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Chapter 44: Share House ③

side Hanazono Himehana

After returning the broken drone to Souta, I immediately returned to the share house. According to Souta, he had already finished editing the Tokyo Skyscraper Dungeon conquest video and sent it.

"I'm home~"

I called out to everyone when I got back to the share house, but for some reason, there was no response. Thinking that was strange, I entered the room and found everyone frozen in front of the computer. Footage from our recent Tokyo Skyscraper Dungeon run was playing on the screen.

They were supposed to wait for me to come back, but it looks like they couldn't hold back and started watching. Honestly!

I quickly washed my hands and joined in.

Souta had said he was going with the concept of me being the fifth member of Hyakka Ryouran this time. I didn't really understand what he was talking about then, but watching this video, I finally realized. The camera height is constantly adjusted to match our eye level.

Our faces that appear occasionally look like they're talking through the screen. The viewers must be thrilled about this, right?

The first one to appear was a Ferocious Wolf. I was the one charging in at the front. Ah, so this is how everyone sees me. The party perspective is so fresh!

But somehow, I look like a battle junkie... this is embarrassing...

Ah, I'm grinning like an idiot just because Kaoru-san praised me a little. Eww! Don't zoom in on me!

But now I understand clearly why Souta filmed with this concept. Watching this video makes you feel like you've really become a member of Hyakka Ryouran. Well, I am a member of Hyakka Ryouran, so it's just the usual scenery for me.

After that, whenever other members appeared, I thought "Ah, the usual scenery" and was impressed, and every time I appeared, I got embarrassed thinking this is how everyone in the party sees me.

Well, this video is wonderful as usual, but as the conquest approached the end, I could tell our tension was rising and rising. Will we be able to watch that scene calmly?

We fought well against the Flame Wolf and Aqua Wolf. We were struggling, but Kaoru-san's instructions worked perfectly, and we got to the point where we were one step away from defeating them.

Ah, Souta's drone helped Kaoru-san. I hadn't noticed, but it really moved like a companion fighting alongside us.

And then the Mithril Golem appears.

When that roar came through the screen, everyone's bodies flinched. Our bodies hadn't forgotten the shock we received back then.

Kage-san getting blown away, Toomi-san getting kicked away—scenes that made me want to look away continued, but no one looked away. It's rare to have an opportunity to objectively see ourselves being one-sidedly defeated. Moreover, surviving such an experience is close to a miracle.

We want to find as many shortcomings as possible from this footage and use it as material to become even stronger. From all members seriously watching the screen, such strong thoughts came through.

At the end, Souta's drone charged into the Mithril Golem. There was shocking footage there enough to make me want to close my eyes.

I couldn't help but wonder—what thoughts did Souta have when he filmed this footage, what thoughts did he have when he operated this drone?

I didn't remember at all the scene where I crushed the Mithril Golem's head at the end. Watching it again, my body moved quite well, if I do say so myself.

"Sigh..."

Everyone's sighs overlapped. At the consistently wonderful footage quality, everyone was so absorbed watching that they literally forgot to even breathe.

Wait, at that moment, the continuation of the video I thought had ended started playing.

『From here on is a bonus』

Such a caption flowed, and footage of me and Kureha-san falling on our bottoms was shown.

"Huh, what's this? Huh?"

I couldn't help but speak.

From there, footage of us until we returned was shown. Is this possibly footage from Souta's second drone that suddenly appeared!? That one could film too!?

The footage ended at the point where we safely exited the dungeon.

"........."

For a while, no one could speak.

"Haa, this video is wonderful as always, but there's a bit of a problem. Everyone, what should we do?"

Kaoru-san, the leader, started the conversation.

"I think we should stream everything as-is."

First, Rin-san spoke up about streaming everything without editing.

"That means you'll stream the battle with the Mithril Golem as-is?"

Kureha-san confirmed the point everyone was probably worried about.

"Explorers will watch this video too. It'll be a good educational material for dungeons being dangerous."

At Rin-san's persuasive explanation, the three of us including me fell silent. Yes, it's quite shocking footage, but the wind blowing in the dungeon, the sudden appearance of the Mithril Golem—it makes for excellent educational material for warnings.

Ultimately, we decided to upload everything except the bonus exactly as Souta edited it. However, the bonus does have Souta's voice in it, so we can't stream it as-is and decided to edit it.

We decided to cut only Souta's voice and stream the part where we collect drop items up until we exit the dungeon.

Rin-san will handle the editing, so it should be uploaded tomorrow or the day after.

We were already a little scared about what kind of reaction it would get from now on.