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Chapter 20 (Bulletin Board Chapter)
[My hometown too] Thread to talk about Cursed Blade user Worksite-bro and the Dragon-slaying Swordswoman 03 [Might be the same way there]
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Anthem's thread and SNS are both a festival lmao
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XX Prefecture S City might be the most watched local city in all of Japan right now
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Definitely
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Some influencer types have already reacted. The mayor, city council, prefectural assembly, Labyrinth Agency staff—all their names are out
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That Sadoyama guy who lost his temper and almost beat up a prefectural assembly member on the spot—his stock went up
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Heard he's a former A-rank explorer
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Apparently he was in the same clan as Anthem's manager back when he was an explorer
Retired and became a local Labyrinth Department staffer supporting regional explorers, only to find his superiors were completely rotten the tale of woe
I feel for him
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Someone said it, but that might have been a microcosm of current Japan Honestly, there was an uncomfortable sense of "my hometown might be like this too"
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Same Probably a lot of people thought that after watching
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Which is probably why it blew up so fast Also Anthem's manager was definitely aiming for that Worksite-bro seemed like it was after the fact for him. She was clearly mainly going after S City's people—it wasn't really about deciding Worksite-bro and Tia's situation
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She must have been fed up with their irresponsibility They sent Anthem's main team into a mutated labyrinth and nearly got them wiped out That part was genuinely an accident. If they'd just apologized from the start, it would've been over They probably have no problem being humble with pleasantries when there's no fault, but admitting fault and apologizing was beyond them
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The "You worker ants should just go collect magic cores from those incomprehensible labyrinths" scene is getting mass-produced into shitty memes
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Truly the internet's plaything None of us will forget the name Sasamori Takeshi for a while
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He's probably more famous than Worksite-bro's real name now
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But Worksite-bro's amazing too Being in that room, looking fed up the whole time, and trying to leave midway I could never do that I'd be curious about how things turned out
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He really was just "here because he was called," huh He also seemed to want to ask about the magic cores and the dragon rare drops
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That was a bad move by the mayor too Logic doesn't always equal what's right Especially since they were ignoring both logic and ethics themselves
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Anthem's manager was pretty pissed off too
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She was angry from the start, which is why she dragged an ordinary civilian like Worksite-bro into a live relay I mean, Anthem is a national project. It'd be a problem if they just had to say "we accepted the request and failed" She probably wanted to make it known that S City commissioned Anthem while hiding the irregularities I'd like to think she didn't plan for it to go that far No joke, this is going to dominate Japan's attention for a while
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Like someone said above, it really "hit close to home" It wouldn't be surprising at all if our own local leaders and assembly members were like that That scene made me think so
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No wonder Section Chief Sadoyama lost his temper Especially as a former explorer
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And Tia-chan one-punched that former A-rank explorer away
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That was cool Honestly, if Takeshi had been killed right there, I'd have sided with Sadoyama But Tia-chan chose differently
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A kind and cute girl who uses violence to teach that violence is wrong She's the spirit possessing the holy sword Lightbringer, right? Some people are saying the footage was composited or trickery
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If you start doubting that, you'd have to doubt everything from Kamioka Dungeon mutating and Anthem members almost dying in the boss room The whole story falls apart
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Worksite-bro didn't seem like he was lying either I mean, it's not realistic, but still Also, I think he realized he was being streamed as a sort of sneak attack He waved at the camera He just didn't seem that angry about it, which was surprising Annoyed the whole time, though
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Might've found Worksite-bro's channel (URL omitted...)
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WTF!?
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Worksite-bro had a channel?
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Gonna go check it out
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Did a rough check Definitely Worksite-bro All the stream archives were cleaning records (trash mob extermination) at Sugai Dungeon in S City—Worksite-bro's workplace, a D-rank dungeon Apparently if you leave a labyrinth alone too long, a 'Labyrinth Rampage' can happen, so unpopular labyrinths get contracted out by the local government for trash mob extermination You might think "then just destroy the dungeon core at the deepest part and get rid of it," but there's a theory that doing that just creates a labyrinth somewhere else Actually, labyrinths have been destroyed a few times, but afterward it's either 'a new labyrinth is discovered elsewhere' or 'a nearby labyrinth rampages'—only those two outcomes (reason unknown) Anyway, Bro's a cleaner His channel name is 'Cleaning Log' or something equally unmotivated. It doesn't seem like Worksite-bro wanted to do labyrinth exploration streams I mean, Bro doesn't even have an explorer's license In one of his early streams, he said "the purpose is to leave an archive of the real-time stream as a record" Btw the oldest archive is from about two years ago So Bro started streaming about a year after he became a cleaner The reason he needed to keep real-time records was because when he submitted the magic cores collected during monster extermination (cleaning) to the Sugai Dungeon branch office, he was apparently suspected of fraud and almost couldn't continue as a cleaner
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otsu Suspected of fraud? What do you mean?
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You can see if you watch—his movements aren't those of an ordinary person below D-rank explorer level He walks around at a steady pace the whole time, and even if they're just D-rank dungeon trash mobs, he takes them out in one or two hits. Since it's evidence footage, it's him muttering "Furball, three. Demi-gob, four." Nonstop. A very surreal stream Of course, view counts were like 2 or 3
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Whoa So Worksite-bro had talent after all
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Well, the talent people usually talk about for explorers is magical affinity It's believed that by defeating monsters in labyrinths and absorbing magic power, explorers gain extraordinary physical abilities and superhuman powers The reason middle school education from the 2010s onward includes labyrinth exploration practicals is because finding people with high magical affinity early is in the public interest Anthem's members are probably the ones who exceeded the threshold for magical affinity during those practicals Easy to forget when watching streams, but that's a national project Worksite-bro probably had low magical affinity and couldn't get an explorer's license
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Then how can Worksite-bro do that labyrinth-cleaning speedrun thing?
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Not an expert, so this is speculation Probably just because he seriously did the cleaner job for a long time
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Tell me more
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Old man spotted
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Even if his magical affinity is low, it's not zero Even if they're just D-rank dungeon upper-floor trash mobs, if you keep killing dozens a day, you'll get some XP It's the same as grinding forever near the first village in an RPG
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Makes sense So that's why he started streaming about a year after getting the job He kept leveling up for a year, making his cleaning work more efficient Result: the number of trash mobs he could take out increased, and the number of magic cores he obtained increased too That's why the branch office clerk suspected fraud—because the math showed he was killing too many monsters
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If he works, say, 20 days a month and kills 100 monsters a day, that's 2000 trash mobs a month. Even with low talent, you'd level up a bit
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And in Worksite-bro's case, he's working alone I checked the hiring requirements for 'cleaners' in various municipalities just to be sure, and basically it's contract work—outsourced to vendors Those vendors are usually construction companies or temp agencies that employ former explorers, but for some reason Sugai Dungeon in S City outsources directly to Worksite-bro as an individual
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Lax lax lax-ment
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Broad statement lmao
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Worksite-bro's latest stream archive is seriously insane The archive actually shows him going into a wall and entering a hidden room The magic communication probably cut out there, and the stream ends
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Worksite-bro's credibility keeps going up
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Anyway, there'll be more movement from tomorrow onward Not sure if Worksite-bro will do anything, but Anthem and S City will Actually, the Labyrinth Agency and ruling party behind them might already be moving Takeshi was reportedly a ruling party member
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Past tense?
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Well (cutting off a politician who serves no purpose is) of course (the right thing to do)
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Still don't know anything for sure
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But if Worksite-bro's testimony has gained credibility, then It's basically confirmed that something was happening at S City's dungeon And Kamioka Dungeon actually mutated, right? That's a B-rank dungeon. A boss room appeared in the middle layers where there originally wasn't one. And in that middle-layer boss room, the A-rank clan 'Anthem'—even if not at full strength—got their asses kicked. If Worksite-bro and Tia-chan hadn't been there, they'd be dead, right? Let me repeat In a B-rank dungeon's middle-layer boss room, A-rank explorers couldn't compete
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...That's bad Gave me chills down my spine
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High chance it's mutating into an S-rank dungeon?
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It's a 'Labyrinth Mutation' that can cause abnormalities in surrounding labyrinths Worst case, a 'Labyrinth Rampage' could happen
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Things just took a turn Surely the higher-ups are aware of something we'd notice
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The prefectural assembly member was at that level Anthem's manager probably doesn't realize either, given the situation To begin with, the fact that she held the meeting as a live relay without Worksite-bro's prior consent, purely to get back at S City out of personal spite—sorry, but that's childish They might pull out, saying they want nothing more to do with S City's invitation I mean, risking your life for those people is too stupid Besides, with their current roster, they can't beat the middle-layer boss, so they can't go deeper
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I'll email the Labyrinth Agency and S City's Labyrinth Department If a 'Labyrinth Rampage' happens while no one does anything, that'd feel way too bad
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Doesn't seem like it's time to be having an internet meltdown I'll send a tip to some popular streamers
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I like exploration streams, but The first thing is, explorers exploring labyrinths is what prevents 'Labyrinth Rampages.' The reason few people criticize Anthem for being national-funded idol streamers is because labyrinth exploration itself is a public service And they provide magic cores and labyrinth products to society too
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There are some rage-bait streamers too, but as long as they go deep and kill monsters, they're still public servants in the sense of preventing 'Labyrinth Rampages'
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I don't want to see another one, man
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Tia-chan, the holy sword-wielding swordswoman who overwhelmed the middle-layer boss—she could do it
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And cursed blade user Worksite-bro too But honestly, would you want to do charity work for a municipality that tried to take your magic cores for free? Their attitude was "you worker ants should collect magic cores for us." Meanwhile, he'd been doing the cleaner job for three years straight If I were him, I'd take the money Anthem paid for the magic cores and move away
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Well, the ones who'd suffer are ordinary people though
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I'll at least put out a warning on social media Hope some influencers pick it up
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Worrywart L + ratio Everyone's just getting swept up in the meme lol
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If it's just worry, that's fine
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For real
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Look at us, talking on a forum in this day and age Even for the Other World Generation, the 'Chain Labyrinth Rampage' definitely had an impact Back then too, the cynics said "there's no way labyrinth rampages chain. Worrywart L + ratio" If they were still sneering while on the verge of getting killed in a labyrinth rampage, they'd be impressive, though
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Thinking about it, Takeshi really made a terrible move Nobody's gonna want to support S City now, right?
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I don't care about S City itself The citizens elected those assembly members too But I can't go so far as to wish they'd die in a 'Labyrinth Rampage'
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That's why I'm saying it's just worry lol No way a backwater dungeon like that would mutate into an S-rank dungeon lol You dancing fools getting swept up in the meme lolol
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>244 I'm reporting you to the mods Someone in this day and age actually thinks anonymous forums are anonymous
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Report lol I reported lol Go ahead lol Worrywart do-gooder reporting lol
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In a way, I envy them They've never had family or friends die, I guess
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Or maybe they've already lost everything important and have nothing left
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How sad
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Anyway, someone coming to a dumpster like this just to troll is sad as usual Don't they have social media or something? Or maybe they don't have friends so they don't use it
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Stop That hurt and I have accounts on multiple social media platforms despite having no friends
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How sad
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lmao