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Chapter 46 (Bulletin Board Chapter)

[Congratulations on Exploration Stream] Toru-Tia Thread 03 [Thank You, Kujo Heiress]

202 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

That was a seriously satisfying stream

Personally I'm really liking Toru-bro as an explorer

203 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

He's got that rock-bottom mindset and a foul mouth but doesn't act all high and mighty, that's what's good about him

Some explorers get all elitist probably 'cause of their mana affinity

Dunno if bro'll start looking down on us commoners once he gets more successful though

204 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I mean, the guy suppressed two Dungeon Rampages in S City with just Tia, so what even counts as "more successful" at this point

205 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Still no official announcement, right?

206 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Nope

And honestly they probably don't even understand the situation themselves

207 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Apparently the scandal politician sealed the labyrinth according to Tia

But then the question is how

Sasamori Takeshi's just a prefectural assembly member

Can't imagine he has connections with the Labyrinth Agency

And even if he did, how do you even erase a labyrinth?

208 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Toru-bro said he "doesn't really understand" either

Guess we wait for the official statement

A Dungeon Rampage happened regardless, even if the damage was minimal

And there's suspicion it was deliberate

209 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

But why does erasing one labyrinth make another one pop up somewhere else?

Or cause a nearby labyrinth to rampage

Well, the rampage thing — the elf and Chizuru said on Anthem's stream that some labyrinths are magically connected, so I guess the logic tracks

But why would erasing one create more?

210 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

It's like a politician's gaffe compilation video

211 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

C'est la vie

212 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

This has been a topic since the Chain Dungeon Rampage era

Scholars have been theorizing forever but there's still no solid hypothesis

I mean, there's tons of hypotheses, just no definitive one

213 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Not like we're gonna figure it out here

Anyway, Toru-bro and the Kujo heiress have pretty good chemistry, don't they?

I rewatched the old Anthem streams after today's stream and Toru-bro looked bored out of his mind the entire time

214 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Well, back when he went into Kamioka Dungeon with Anthem, that was a request from them

And from his perspective, he saved them when they were about to die, and then Anthem turned around and asked him for more help

Plus Ilseria kept picking fights with him, so from bro's perspective that probably wasn't a fun job

215 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

But with the heiress it was "dungeons are fun so I'm gonna teach you that"

Even though it was her stream, anyone would melt at that

216 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Gonna say this before it turns into all Anthem-bashing — Anthem members are doing public duty work, they can't just be like "dungeons are fun~!" like the heiress

They were getting cursed at on social media by antis just for eating local food the day before, so they can't say anything careless during exploration streams either

Bet Megumi's walking on eggshells

217 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I respect the Anthem members as a regular viewer too. They're that young and they're the "worker ants" that politician talked about.

Kids who got their ultra-high mana affinity confirmed in middle school labyrinth training get scooped up by the state, so it's a work environment black enough to make the JSDF special forces look pale

218 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

"Black enough to make them look pale" what does that even mean

219 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Bro didn't seem to hate Anthem, just kept his distance — except from Ilseria

But yeah, he didn't look like he was having fun

220 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

He looked like he was having fun today though

Never thought I'd hear Toru-bro say "Let's rock, baby"

Peer pressure is scary

221 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Bet Toru-bro's gonna cringe when he watches the archive later

222 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Probably lmao

223 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

He's basically the tired guy archetype

224 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Anyway, how is Toru-bro just naturally strong in combat?

Tia says it's the holy sword's blessing or whatever, but can a blessing really fix your actual body movement and guts? He genuinely didn't look scared at all

225 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Who knows

But even before he got the holy sword and cursed blade, bro was dominating upper Sugai Dungeon, so I think it's safe to say he's good at using his body

Still surprised his teamwork with A-rank Kujo Reiko was on par with hers though

226 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

The heiress is basically self-taught too, right?

Her Jo... uh, Kujo-style Fist Way, she bought a DVD and practiced from that, I mean I dunno anymore

227 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Kujo Reiko's is just endless real combat repetition

She's probably been in more labyrinths than Anthem

No way she's A-rank at nineteen for nothing

228 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

The butler's probably been teaching her movement patterns too

He's B-rank as an explorer but stronger than the heiress, right?

229 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

That said, I've never seen Joichiro fight on the heiress's streams

The fact that he's a heiress's butler with that energy is already impressive enough

230 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

The butler seemed to get along with Toru-bro too

231 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I mean, the only reason bro seems memorable is 'cause he talked back to Ilseria. He's pretty quiet otherwise, right? His way of talking and attitude just make him seem tired, so it's hard to get a good impression, but what he said to Ilseria was fair

232 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I wonder if Toru-bro is also a victim of a Dungeon Rampage

233 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Seems pretty likely

The fact that none of his family are alive

Well... I won't say it's common, but it's not unheard of

234 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Every few years there're signs of a Dungeon Rampage somewhere. Each time they scramble to send high-rank explorers and barely manage.

Hell, the reason Anthem came to S City in the first place was technically to prevent a Dungeon Rampage, and since it actually mutated, the timing wasn't bad... well, everything else was bad though

Honestly, it's no exaggeration to say our daily lives are being maintained at the very edge of the water level

There've been two Dungeon Rampages in the last five years alone

No, three if you count this one

235 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Thank the explorers, I guess

Speaking of which, why didn't Tia-chan fight at all this time?

236 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

If the holy sword user showed up she'd overwhelm even an estimated S-rank dragon

It'd be more of a sightseeing tour than a fun exploration, so maybe she held back

237 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Also I don't think Toru-bro himself really knew how well he could do without the cursed blade

Like Kujo Reiko said during the stream, no matter how low someone's mana affinity is, all those consecutive battles since saving Anthem should have leveled him up considerably

288 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Really gotta thank the heiress for her initiative

Like she said on her stream, if she'd left him alone for even a few more hours, all kinds of people would've been reaching out to bro

But she made the fact that he'd contacted the Kujo zaibatsu heiress public on a worldwide stream

That probably made a lot of riffraff think twice, right? At least anyone weaker than the Kujo can't approach him anymore

If that laid-back heiress hadn't decided to take a helicopter in the middle of the night, we'd never have gotten to watch Toru-bro's labyrinth exploration stream

289 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

So she saw Anthem's stream and hopped on a helicopter immediately?

That's some monster-level initiative

240 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

More like the butler who arranged the helicopter is insane too

I'm not a diehard Kujo Reiko viewer so I only vaguely knew

But that butler's a super butler, isn't he

241 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

That's a guy who dove into labyrinths just to get a supervisor qualification so the underage heiress could dive legally

Oh and during that time, the heiress hired external supervisors and kept diving

242 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Lmao

243 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Thanks to Kujo Reiko, Toru-bro's got a path as an exploration streamer now

But honestly, which is better — being employed by the government or a company?

244 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Given bro's personality, I think independent explorer suits him better

Plus getting connected to the Kujo zaibatsu is huge

That "investment" from the heiress is insanely generous, like she said herself

A guy who instantly kills monsters equivalent to upper S-rank during a Dungeon Rampage?

Can't even imagine how much labyrinth produce he'll get from now on

With a holy sword user's combat power, he could take on any unexplored labyrinth

245 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Well, it's probably not that simple

Right now he's only explored simple-structure Sugai Dungeon and the now-vanished Kamioka Dungeon, but there are labyrinths with traps and stuff

246 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Still, having that kind of combat power as a corporate pet... nah

And not to sound harsh, but Anthem as a national project was completely useless in S City

247 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Honestly, trying to handle something you don't understand with rigid bureaucratic work was doomed from the start

248 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

This is getting scattered

Let me organize

249 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

・Info about this Dungeon Rampage is pending official announcement ・Toru-bro didn't really understand either ・According to Tia, Sasamori Takeshi erased the labyrinth, but that didn't come up in today's stream ・Kujo Reiko came to teach Toru-bro the fun of labyrinth exploration ・Oh and she invested in bro and got priority purchasing rights for labyrinth produce ・Maybe streaming "Kujo Reiko contacting Toru-bro" was a deterrent against people trying to mess with him? ・With the gear Kujo Reiko invested in, Toru-bro can now do exploration streams. Maybe he'll keep streaming? ・Tia is positive about streaming and smiles for us ・Toru-bro shows his dere side sometimes too ...That about it?

250 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Also Sugai Dungeon's mutation

The butler mentioned it too — for such a simple structure to have monster ranks that neatly increase per floor, that's a seriously profitable dungeon

251 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

So Noumi Dungeon probably mutated too?

Think Anthem's gonna check it out?

252 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Who knows

They haven't had any wins since coming to S City, and if they screw up at Noumi Dungeon too, their reputation as a national project would crumble, right? Well, now that Ilseria's here they might be okay diving

253 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Can S City survive this?

The people at that meeting were the mayor, city council, and prefectural assembly

The governor didn't show up, so they'll negotiate with the Labyrinth Agency through that channel?

254 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

No idea about all that

As regular people, best we can do is work properly and pay taxes

255 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Hate to say this 'cause it sounds like a meme template

But y'know, I kinda wanna see where Toru-bro goes from here

He's not exactly a conventional hero personality-wise

But I feel like he could cut through all kinds of bullshit

256 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I get that

Bro seems pretty naive about the world too, so maybe we regulars can actually help a little

257 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Anthem Unicorn is on alert but hasn't attacked apparently

258 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Speaking of which, when Kujo Reiko grabbed Toru-bro's hands and bounced up and down in front of him, he barely reacted

The heiress's PR-2s were going boing boing right in front of bro's face

259 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

The way you phrased that lmao

You sound like an old man

260 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Her personality makes it hard to look at her that way, but she is genuinely beautiful

Even if she's crazy enough to dive into a labyrinth in a day dress with boots and gauntlets

261 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Boing boing is boing boing and bang bang is bang bang

262 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Blessed indeed!

264 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I feel like the butler's intentionally controlling the service shots to be like "this much is okay"

I mean, she's wearing NINELINE leggings under the day dress

But... well, the boing boing didn't seem like she was wearing a bra. Let me go check out NINELINE's labyrinth gear series

265 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I'm a Tia-tan supporter so...

266 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Ten posts ago we were all watching over bro's future

267 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Too much has happened since yesterday

Why does a discussion about going into a post-rampage labyrinth with the Kujo zaibatsu heiress less than twelve hours after suppressing a Dungeon Rampage end up at boing boing

268 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

I see the defeat of intellect

269 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

But at this rate, something else could happen any minute

270 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Gotta check it out

271 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

This thread really reveals the age of its posters boing boing

272 Dungeon-bound Anonymous

Lmao