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Chapter 91: [Forum] HQ Dungeon Closure Thread 2
【Urgent】HQ Dungeon Closure Thread 2【Discussion】
1:Anonymous Adventurer
This thread is for discussing the closure of the HQ dungeon.
The main thread is a mess, so please keep the theorycrafting here.
Please refrain from posts that could identify individuals, or that slander the deceased.
800:Anonymous Adventurer
So are we good with assuming the missing Kaori-chan is the culprit?
I went and looked at Kaori-chan's pics in the main thread—she's super cute.
A girl like THAT is the culprit?
801:Anonymous Adventurer
>>800
That's what I keep telling you—it's impossible.
She was Level 30 the moment she entered the dungeon.
No way she could take down nine Triples like that.
What job could even do it? That's the question.
802:Anonymous Adventurer
>>803
You're saying nine is impossible, but the discoverer said all the wounds looked like they came from the same weapon.
One culprit is the leading theory for now.
Exactly one person remains unaccounted for.
Elementary, my dear Wats*n.
803:Anonymous Adventurer
Even if it was one person, what job lets you take down nine?
【Sword Saint】, maybe?
804:Anonymous Adventurer
>>803
And Sword Saint-chan's the one saying the culprit's blade work was all one and the same, y'know~
805:Anonymous Adventurer
Just got here—what'd I miss?
Is it for real, the HQ dungeon's closed?
806:Anonymous Adventurer
>>805
The bodies of nine Triple-Ranks are found in front of the 'Gate to Floor 30' on Floor 29
First on the scene: the five members of Blue Ocean, on their way back from the depths
The Adventurer's Association rules it a homicide and throws an emergency shutdown on the HQ dungeon
A subjugation force—pardon me, a 'search party'—sets out ← that's where we're at
807:Anonymous Adventurer
A job that can take down nine...
The first ones on the scene...
Welp, we've found our culprit, haven't we?
808:Anonymous Adventurer
>>809
Sword Saint-chan wouldn't go out of her way to haul the bodies back.
Dumping them deeper in would've made it the perfect crime.
809:Anonymous Adventurer
>>808
They brought the bodies back?
The Selfish Queen actually stowed corpses in her 【Storage】?
810:Anonymous Adventurer
>>809
Even she wouldn't gripe when lives are on the line.
Well, maybe she did gripe—but the fact is the bodies made it back, so that tells you how it went down.
If anything, the one who's always making selfish demands is Sword Saint-chan, and her handler just keeps telling her No.
811:Anonymous Adventurer
If the bodies went into the Selfish Queen's 【Storage】, that means stuff that was in there got pulled out, right?
She threw away Floor 40-range drops?
What about my katana?!
The culprit will NOT be forgiven ( ﾟДﾟ)
812:Anonymous Adventurer
>>811
Give it up, the big corporations will buy it all up anyway lol
None of it trickles down to us regular adventurers.
Ahh, there was a time you could buy SDF surplus, though...
Save up enough money, and now they've cornered the whole market, huh...
813:Anonymous Adventurer
>>812
I took out a loan back then to buy mine—I'm one of the winners lol
814:Anonymous Adventurer
>>806
It's called a three-line summary, lol
>>813
Adventurers can't take out loans, as always
So who's Kaori-chan?
Pics URL too, please m(_ _)m
815:Anonymous Adventurer
>>814
The ones who got flattened were the party that had taken on a Triple-Rank promotion escort request, and the client is currently missing.
Supposedly they're searching for the missing Kaori-chan.
For the record, it's not just HQ—Triples at the surrounding branches got the call too.
Which means, in this very thread...
816:Anonymous Adventurer
Hey, I'm a Triple and I haven't joined lol
Got the contact, but it felt like participation was optional
817:Anonymous Adventurer
>>816
Wait, don't tell me...
Oh? Looks like someone's come for you...
818:Anonymous Adventurer
So when can we get back into the dungeon?
I straight up can't pay rent this month...
Can I at least withdraw the weapons I've got stored?
819:Anonymous Adventurer
>>818
Nope.
Can't even set foot in the surface HQ building.
Only choice is hitting another dungeon to buy weapons... and you're broke, lol. Rip.
Official line is 'until dungeon safety is secured,' so probably not until the culprit's caught?
820:Anonymous Adventurer
>>819
But the Association is looking for Kaori-chan, right?
Does that mean she's the culprit?
821:Anonymous Adventurer
>>820
The Association seems to think so.
822:Anonymous Adventurer
The leader of the party that took the request was a 【Holy Knight】, right?
Level-wise, they must've been strong enough to clear Floor 30 with just four members?
823:Anonymous Adventurer
>>822
Thing is, theirs wasn't exactly a high success rate...
Word going around is they'd made enemies who came back for revenge.
Doesn't look like they ever made it into the 30s floors, so their levels and coordination were probably middling.
And the other escort party was just three 【Samurai】 and the like...
824:Anonymous Adventurer
【Holy Knight】, huh... Σ(ﾟдﾟ)--!!
Wait—what's the captain of the disbanded Holy Knights doing these days?
825:Anonymous Adventurer
>>824
He runs a ramen shop in the Aomori Dungeon.
For the record, he was in Red Shadow's video yesterday, so he's not the culprit.
The old 【Sword Saint】 was in it too.
Just saying it upfront before you lot pin it on him.
826:Anonymous Adventurer
A ramen shop? Inside a dungeon? Nothing means anything anymore lol
Videos have to be recorded, right? No livestreaming inside a dungeon.
Doesn't Aomori to HQ take less than five hours?
Huh? Did I just poke a hole in his alibi?
827:Anonymous Adventurer
>>826
Don't you underestimate the Aomori Dungeon.
How long do you think it takes from the dungeon to the nearest shinkansen station?
828:Anonymous Adventurer
Is the 【Ninja】 still in Aomori?
What's he even doing?
829:Anonymous Adventurer
>>828
He can't crack the old man's Time Attack record, so he's still there.
Said he's not going home till he beats it, so he might never come back lol
830:Anonymous Adventurer
Well, well, aren't we knowledgeable
If we're talking a job that could take down nine Triples, there's only one: 【Berserker】
A 【Berserker】 running 【Frenzy】 could handle nine easy
Which means your girl Kaori-chan went and became a 【Berserker】 on Floor 30, didn't she
831:Anonymous Adventurer
>>830
Huh? If that turns out to be true, I'm rallying the full force and flattening this thread of yours?
832:Anonymous Adventurer
>>831
Cool it.
>>830
So if she is a 【Berserker】—could Sword Saint-chan beat her?
833:Anonymous Adventurer
>>832
I'd love to say '【Berserker】 is the strongest,' but >>831
is scary, so here's an honest answer.
【Frenzy】 is a skill that keeps you rampaging until your MP runs dry.
And you can't cancel it by your own will.
The moment you use it, your MP stays at 0 until you leave the dungeon.
If Kaori-chan hasn't come out of the dungeon yet, Sword Saint-chan wins.
834:Anonymous Adventurer
Doesn't matter when, doesn't matter who—Sword Saint-chan ends it in one 【Dimension Slash】.
The other side dies.
835:Anonymous Adventurer
>>834
You can't just flatten people, lol
But against something that dangerous, the only one who could take them alive is Sword Saint-chan.
836:Anonymous Adventurer
>>835
What about the SDF special forces?
Word is they've got nearly a hundred Quadruples.
Might we finally get to see what they can do?
837:Anonymous Adventurer
>>836
The SDF doesn't get deployed against people...
Least of all when the target's a murderer, and a violent one at that.
Even a legitimate self-defense kill would catch flak.
When that happens, it's the politicians who get burned, so approval will never come down.
Bottom line: Sword Saint-chan is the only card they can play.
838:Anonymous Adventurer
【Breaking】Umemoto Atsushi (27) wanted on suspicion of murdering nine adventurers
839:Anonymous Adventurer
>>838
Wha—!?
Huh?
Then what about Kaori-chan?
840:Anonymous Adventurer
If the p0lice are the ones wanting him, that means he's on the surface?
What is the Adventurer's Association even doing?
841:Anonymous Adventurer
Aren't the p0lice alarmingly competent?
The Adventurer's Association (lol)
842:Anonymous Adventurer
【Sad News】P0lice lose Umemoto. Wanted list, here we come.
843:Anonymous Adventurer
WHAAAT lololol
Now this is getting good lololol
844:Anonymous Adventurer
This isn't a laughing matter.
If he holes up in some dungeon, nobody can touch him...
He took down nine Triples, remember.
845:Anonymous Adventurer
Uh, first off, you all owe Kaori-chan an apology
So where's Kaori-chan?
846:Anonymous Adventurer
You've gotta be kidding
If he comes to our dungeon, ours gets closed too?
I won't be able to pay rent either, man
847:Anonymous Adventurer
【Good News】Mr. Umemoto, bound for the Chiba Dungeon
848:Anonymous Adventurer
>>847
Chiba lol
Perfect—there's nobody there
849:Anonymous Adventurer
I mean, the gap between losing him and him entering a dungeon is way too short lol
Isn't the culprit's movement speed absurd?
Did they lose him right in front of the Chiba Dungeon?
850:Anonymous Adventurer
>>849
The Association and the p0lice probably aren't coordinating.
My guess: after the p0lice announcement, the Association checked the license logs and found he'd already passed through the Chiba gate.
851:Anonymous Adventurer
For the p0lice too, it'd be a major faceplant if word got out they lost him
They probably burned time trying to hunt him down on their own first...
852:Anonymous Adventurer
Then send our dear Sword Saint-chan
Bam, case closed
And the Association gets to throw its weight around with the p0lice, too
853:Anonymous Adventurer
>>852
They're searching for Kaori-chan at HQ...
Should be sweeping up from Floor 1 in a rolling operation, so she can't have gone too deep, but it'll still take five, six hours
854:Anonymous Adventurer
>>853
Relax, five hours is still faster than summoning the Sword Saint of the North from the Aomori Dungeon lol
855:Anonymous Adventurer
【Sad News】Yours truly has been summoned... It's over ＼(^o^)／
856:Anonymous Adventurer
The capable Triple adventurers are off searching for Kaori-chan...
Our trump card Sword Saint-chan needs five hours too
The SDF can't move
And the ones getting summoned are slackers like >>855
857:Anonymous Adventurer
>>855
What about your party members?
858:Anonymous Adventurer
>>857
Everyone but me is at HQ orz
No matter how many times I read it, the wording screams 'mandatory'...
I've got a stomachache, so I want to turn it down—think that'll fly?
859:Anonymous Adventurer
>>858
You reap what you sow—I can't even laugh
Divine punishment for lurking the forums at home while your party searches for Kaori-chan
Off you go
Oh, and give us a live thread of the Chiba branch before you go in, lol
860:Anonymous Adventurer
Whoever it is has been outside the dungeon, so their MP's fully recovered, no?