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Bulletin Board: Around Chapters 4-6
I posted these in the wrong order.
In this work, I plan to express the outside world, public opinion, and general reactions through these kinds of forum threads, or later on through live stream comments and live broadcast comment sections. So forum posts like this will be interspersed at a reasonable frequency.
Other things the protagonist can't see, such as the activities of major guilds, will also be presented by being mentioned in places like this.
Well, if I want to write a character's inner thoughts, I'll write them normally as text in the form of an interlude.
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【That Guy】Praying for Amamiya Kanata's Safety【Who Is He?】
730：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Wow, it's properly night out now.
731：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That's not the sky above ground. What's that pale moon?
732：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Apparently you can see it rarely on Earth too.
733：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, it's definitely not the sky above ground—or rather, not this world. The star arrangement is completely different.
734：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Who knew there was a world like this under the dungeon.
735：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
You think there are monsters there too, like in the dungeon?
736：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
......I just made a really nasty prediction.
737：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Don't say it.
738：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I don't want that. What's the deal with ownership rights over there anyway?
739：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Ahhhhhhhhhh
740：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well, it's already been decided that dungeons are treated as structures owned by the country that owns the land they sprouted from...
741：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
If the very bottom of every dungeon leads to that place?
742：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What do you mean?
743：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Oh! You mean whether diving from Japan's dungeon or from America's dungeon, they both end up there!?
744：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Dunno.
745：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Would it turn into a fight over it?
746：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Earth doesn't have much land left to develop......every country would want fertile land like that.
747：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
War, you think?
748：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
>>747 Stop it, that's not funny.
749：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Ah,
750：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
By the way, has this already reached the higher-ups in government?
751：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The camera disappeared?
752：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Whoa.
753：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What did he do just now?
754：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
A skill? Or magic?
755：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
"I just put Amamiya-san to sleep with magic, so now I'll take her back up to the surface. Should be able to reach the upper layer in about a week."
756：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Hmm, what does that mean? Not tomorrow?
757：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
"I'm putting the drone in the pouch for now. It probably won't be able to keep up."
758：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What's up with him, doing that so suddenly?
759：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Maybe some kind of danger approaching?
760：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, it's that.
761：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Which one?
762：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Kana-chan looked uneasy, so he was being kind enough to carry her while she slept.
763：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That might be it too, but......maybe he thought it was easier to put her to sleep and carry her like luggage than to carry her while she's awake asking all sorts of questions? is what they're saying.
764：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Hmm, that's not guilty.
765：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
He wasn't guilty to begin with.
766：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Since he put her to sleep so suddenly, I thought he might be up to something like that.
767：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
If he were going to do something, he'd just attack her normally. He knows he's stronger than her.
768：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Maybe all of that so far is a lie, though?
769：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well, that's true.
770：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
But surely it's not all a lie and he's actually trying to keep Kana-chan captive anymore.
771：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I can't fully trust him, but since there's a sky, I know it's not any known dungeon area.
772：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
"Robo! We're heading out."
『Wolf-like howl』
"You go as far as right before the deep layer. I'll buy you some seasonings. I'll make you something delicious."
773：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Oh, he's coming out to the surface~?
774：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
So he wanted seasonings.
775：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
All he had was salt and spices.
776：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
How did he get the spices?
777：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Spices are originally plants, after all. If you find them, you can dry them and grind them into powder and use them, so you could use them.
778：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
"Alright. Then first, step on a transfer trap, and from there, only follow the movement magic circles—shortest route, fastest speed. You can follow the flow of mana, right?"
『Wolf-like howl』
"Good boy. Then GO!"
779：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Can you eat dungeon plants?
780：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, what about poison?
781：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Oh, looks like they've started moving.
782：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What's a transfer trap?
783：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
There's a trap like that before the deep layer? That's deadly.
784：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The one Kana-chan stepped on?
785：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
>>784 That's the one.
786：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Oh! That explains why Kana-chan warped to somewhere beyond the deep layer!
787：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That magic circle in the small room too!
788：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That's a pretty big discovery, isn't it?
789：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Major guilds are probably going to move.
790：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
It's nighttime.
791：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Think it'll get noisy tomorrow morning?
792：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
It might get noisy, but you can't use it.
793：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
>>792 Why?
794：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
It's too dangerous to use. If you transfer somewhere deep in the deep layer, you'd die, right?
795：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That's true.
796：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I thought it'd at least be usable for preliminary investigation, but no good, huh.
797：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Think you can come back?
798：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Life-risking experiments are a bit much......
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898：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The thread really died down, huh.
899：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well, yeah. It's been 3 days since they started moving. With just occasional "Let's go" and the sound of cutting through the wind, it's not much to watch.
900：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
A discussion thread was made about what that place is and stuff.
901：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Umm,
902：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
>>901 What's up?
903：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I came for my morning exercise today, but,
904：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Yeah?
905：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Hurry up and continue?
906：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Why don't you do it in the morning exercise thread?
907：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, not that. I saw a guy leaving a sleeping woman at the dungeon entrance.
908：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
......isn't that a different issue from morning exercise?
909：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Is it a crime?
910：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Which one does this sort of thing fall under? Dungeon Union? Explorers Association?
911：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The Explorers Association mainly focuses on controlling explorers, so dungeon injuries and such would be the Dungeon Union, I think.
912：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Neither side is set up well for rescue teams though......
913：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, and then I looked closer and the woman, isn't that Amamiya Kanata?
914：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Huh?
915：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Sorry, I don't really get what you're saying.
916：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Also, she's still sleeping, right? I've been following the stream pretty closely since the movement started, and at this time of day she should still be asleep. I've been checking back, but I haven't heard the usual wind-cutting sounds from movement for about the last 8 hours.
917：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
And it's still silent now, right?
918：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Yeah.
919：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Is that person breathing? Since it's outside, but still in front of the dungeon, rescue activities are pretty lax, so maybe you should at least check?
920：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Wait a second. The stream is silent?
921：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What happened?
922：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
If she's sleeping, wouldn't it be silent?
923：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No, John Doe's sleep time is pretty short. He gets by on like 3 hours. His movement stopped last night before 7, so it's weird he wouldn't be moving now.
924：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
So what're you saying?
925：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
It really is Amamiya Kanata. I wonder if I could contact the Dan-Sta office.
926：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
A hospital would be fine, JK.
927：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I was wondering how celebrities handle that sort of thing...
928：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Ah......no, injuries can happen during exploration, so if it's Dan-Sta, they'll probably issue a statement right away.
929：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I have a connection with the Dan-Sta manager, so I contacted them. Apparently they're heading over right away.
930：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
>>929 Who are you!?
931：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
So someone like that is in a place like this, huh.
932：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
By the way, what about the guy who left her there?
933：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Huh? Now that you mention it, he disappeared at some point.
934：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Hmm, I wonder if this is that.
935：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That is?
936：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I mean, think about it. John Doe declared that he hates getting involved with that group. Would he deliberately tell them the timing of when he's reaching the surface?
937：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What do you mean?
938：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Meaning, he could normally arrive in 3 days, but he deliberately announced it would be a week to avoid being ambushed, is that it?
939：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Would he go that far?
940：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
It's John Doe.
941：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well, yeah, it's John Doe.
942：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
And it was John Doe-san who brought Kana-chan here.
943：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
No. He was right behind me. He said "Please give my regards to Dan-Sta-san."
944：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Huh?
945：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
What does that mean?
946：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I was watching from a distance to see if it was Amamiya Kanata or not, and he was right behind me. Seriously. Not like he approached me or anything. He was just there. I was so scared I couldn't even turn around.
947：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Does he have a skill that kills his presence?
948：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
That's possible. No matter how strong he is, it's hard to believe he went solo beyond the deep layer, so maybe he slipped through with stealth-type skills.
949：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
So that means he's already out in the city?
950：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
He did say he wanted to buy seasonings......
951：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well, if he has stealth skills beyond what the top raid teams have, there's no way we could find him or anything.
952：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
He seemed like he'd hate that kind of thing, though.
953：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
If he safely brought Kana-chan back, that's enough to satisfy me.
954：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Actually, that's enough satisfaction for me.
955：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
But you know top guilds and companies are probably gonna want to recruit him.
956：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
With item-wise, he's like steps ahead of everyone else.
957：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
I'd like to hear about that sort of thing too, but I guess he won't show himself publicly anymore.
958：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The very bottom of the dungeon is scary. If he shuts himself in there, no one can drag him out.
959：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
He's the strongest NEET ever, that one.
960：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
The Dan-Sta manager and three other women came and took the sleeping woman away~
961：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
So it really was Kana-chan, huh?
962：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Let's wait for the official announcement on that part?
963：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Thanks to it being night, neither rubberneckers nor reporters gathered.
964：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Well then, I have my morning exercise, so I'm off.
965：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
Later~
966：Anonymous Prayer-Maker
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Might Have Spotted That Person In Town
1：Anonymous Witness
What should I do?
2：Anonymous Witness
Which person?
3：Anonymous Witness
Is the stalker thread here?
4：Anonymous Witness
Reported.
5：Anonymous Witness
Wait. I just caught a glimpse of them, that's all.
6：Anonymous Witness
Who to begin with?
7：Anonymous Witness
If it's celebrity sighting info, go to the thread for that.
8：Itchy
I'll use this handle. The person I spotted is the one who calls himself "John Doe," the person who apparently rescued the DungeonTuber Amamiya Kanata and brought her from below the deep layer all the way outside the dungeon.
9：Anonymous Witness
He's still inside the dungeon, right?
10：Anonymous Witness
Amamiya Kanata hasn't been rescued yet, has she? Mistaken identity, right?
11：Anonymous Witness
Yes, dismissed. Also, fans really hate false information like this, so be careful.
12：Itchy
No, there's actually a reason. Just hear me out a bit more.
13：Anonymous Witness
Hmm?
14：Anonymous Witness
Don't say stuff like "I remembered his face!" There are plenty of people who look similar.
15：Itchy
I'm an explorer myself. I have a skill called "Measurement Magic Eye," and when I was using it to look around town, I saw him.
16：Anonymous Witness
What kind of skill is that?
17：Anonymous Witness
I think it was something like vaguely knowing an enemy's strength. Even among the same magic eye type, it's supposed to be pretty trash compared to "Analysis Magic Eye" or "Foresight Magic Eye" or "Snake-Gaze Magic Eye."
18：Anonymous Witness
Is it okay to use skills in town?
19：Itchy
Well, I got a permit from the Explorers Association with the reason that "suppressing magic eyes is difficult, and also it doesn't affect the outside, so passive use is reluctantly permitted." So.
20：Anonymous Witness
There's such a thing?
21：Anonymous Witness
Yeah, for magic eye types. Some people can suppress it with an eyepatch, but if it doesn't cause damage to surroundings, it's considered fine.
22：Anonymous Witness
By the way, people with magic eyes aren't allowed to bet on horse racing or cycling.
23：Anonymous Witness
Such side effects......
24：Anonymous Witness
So? Why did Itchy think it was that person?
25：Itchy
I had this written up.
The Measurement Magic Eye shows different things for different people, but generally it visualizes in some form the strength or magical power of the target (whether human or monster). In my case, it's my left eye, and I see overall strength, not limited to just magic power, as something like an aura. For adventurers and monsters, it looks like translucent steam rising from their bodies. By the way, I can see it even in a normal state if I focus, but suppressing the magic eye is actually pretty exhausting.
So the reason I thought it was John Doe is that I saw an incredible aura. The color of auras differs by person so you can't generalize, but this wasn't that level. Auras express strength through their amount and density, and for a mid-level explorer, it's translucent so you can see through to the other side, and the aura stays within about 50 centimeters of the body. When I saw members of Ultima once, there was aura drifting over a meter from their bodies, and the person inside looked hazy like the fog was thick.
And this time, a shining aura like sunlight filled an entire area of town, and I wondered what was happening. Honestly, I didn't even know how far it spread, but since I could see my surroundings with my right eye open, I thought I'd try to find the source, and it turned out to be caused by a single explorer, that's the story.
26：Anonymous Witness
Long!
27：Anonymous Witness
So you mean you saw someone incredibly strong in town and thought "that must be him," is that it?
28：Anonymous Witness
Ultima, that's "Road to Ultima," right? Top guild.
29：Itchy
Yeah. And even compared to that, I couldn't think of it as just one human, so I looked into whether there was anyone like that, and I came across an article about John Doe-san.
30：Anonymous Witness
Tens of times more than Ultima members? When you put it that way, I guess it's possible if it's someone like John Doe, but he's still in the dungeon, right?
31：Anonymous Witness
What if what Itchy's magic eye shows is different?
32：Anonymous Witness
But skills are something you sort of understand how to use instinctively, right?
33：Itchy
I've seen a lot of things, but I think mine is probably overall strength. A mage and a tank of the same strength looked about the same to me.
34：Anonymous Witness
I wonder what standard it's measuring by.
35：Anonymous Witness
Level, maybe?
36：Anonymous Witness
That theory's plausible too, but not enough to be certain.
37：Anonymous Witness
Could it be an overseas explorer? I hear America and Europe are more advanced than Japan.
38：Anonymous Witness
That's possible, but why in Japan is the questionable part.
39：Itchy
But he seemed Japanese to me.
40：Anonymous Witness
Maybe someone of Japanese descent active over there?
41：Anonymous Witness
Not Asian?
42：Anonymous Witness
Asia is pretty behind on dungeons.
43：Anonymous Witness
China is advancing at a crazy pace, but the dungeon appeared late there.
44：Itchy
Hmm, but I didn't feel like he was like an Asian-type Japanese person or anything.
45：Anonymous Witness
But if Itchy's info is accurate, it means there's an incredibly strong explorer in Japan too.
46：Anonymous Witness
Top guilds don't have people who stand out too much, for better or worse. There are multiple people at the highest level, but no one who's the strongest.
47：Anonymous Witness
It's probably an American solo player or something. They're sometimes stronger solo than top guild parties.
48：Itchy
Hmm, I'm seriously curious. Who could it have been...