Chapter 157: Peaceful Actions Before Being Arrested

"I'm home~"

Not long after arriving at GI, he noticed that Sora, who had returned to the real world after finding an unignorable name, "chloro-lucilleful," on Gon's player list, had already come back and was waiting in front of the Perilla Tree. The other three looked up.

Seeing what Sora was holding, everyone tilted their heads.

"Sora, what's wrong?"

"... I don't know either. In short, perhaps... a tribute from a fan?"

"Where were you, and what were you doing?"

Gon asked on his behalf, pointing at the small bunch of dried lavender that Sora had brought back for some reason; Sora also spoke with a puzzled look on his face, as Killua and Biscuit rushed in.

"No, I just wanted to call you, so I went out to the old castle where the game usually resides. After the call ended, I came back without asking anything."

"... Then I handed it to the navigation lady who explains the game.... It seems someone who claimed to be my fan wanted me to have it."

"... Sorry. I don't know what you're talking about."

"Yeah, I don't know either, and the navigator probably doesn't know either."

Sora managed to explain what had just happened in response to Killua's jab, but the more he listened, the more he looked at not just Killua, but also Biscuit and Gon, as if to say, "What is this guy talking about?" He had been carried away. So, Sora gave up on explaining and understanding it himself.

"Well, I don't know why, but for now, these flowers are innocent, so I gave them to you. But to be honest, they're annoying, so let's turn them into potpourri later. Is there an owner here?"

"I'm grateful for that, but... you really do attract those meaningless things."

"And? What was Kurapika's reaction?"

Surprised by Sora's rapid transition, and since Biscuit had been Together with him for a long time, Sora did not try to deceive anything by caring about us. Deciding that he didn't understand the situation or the reason, he stopped pursuing the topic of the flowers and returned to the main subject.

"Well, it seems he hasn't been removed from the list yet, so it's certain that the Chrollo on the list isn't the person himself. Kurapika more or less agrees with me, so rather than being overly cautious, it's better to just stand by and watch." It's not good to contact him. Tesa.

"It's enough to just know whether you are currently in Greed Island, so I was told never to do anything unreasonable."

The answer to the topic was also about as expected. In the end, Gon and the others were just startled by "Chrollo," and everyone felt a bit empty.

As if to dispel that emptiness, Gon, who switched as quickly as Sora, proposed something he had just thought of.

"That's right! Sora! Killua! There's big news, come take a look!! I made a special move!!"

Gon came up with an idea so naive that he couldn't boast about it, "Look at the results of your own Training." I don't object.

However, showing off his Nen Ability in front of the Perilla Tree where the visibility was too good was just idiotic, so he only did it after moving to the nearby forest.

"Jajanken!!"

As soon as he finished shouting, a Bullet the size of a table tennis ball shot out from his open palm.

It was like a fuzzy butterfly, not flying, but drifting, yet still moving forward.

Gon Freecss's face was triumphant at the two's reaction, but he quickly pulled himself together and began preparing his second special move.

On a knee-high rock, he prepared a branch supported by pebbles, stood in front of it, and shouted again.

"At first, Jajanken!"

Accompanied by that loud shout, he refined his Qi and concentrated it on his right fist.

"Jajanken, Scissors!"

I don't know if it's hard to say "Scissors," or if it's some kind of obsession, but at the same time I shouted "Chi!"

Then, the branch on the trajectory broke and fell to the ground.

Killua honestly thought this was better than the weak flight of the little bug, but before Gon could shout again in admiration, he cheered.

"I did it! I did it!!"

"Huh?"

"... Hmm. No way, success on the first try?"

Gon's playfulness left Killua confused. When Sora asked in bewilderment, it seemed to be wrong; Gon was a bit resentful of him and made a correction.

"No! This is your fifth success!"

However, the correction was nothing more than hot stones and water. Facing Gon's rebuttal, Killua said calmly: "Hmm. Then, how many times have you failed?"

Even so, the authentic Gon claimed that the success rate was gradually increasing, but to Killua, he turned a blind eye and actually dove straight into the part he had been worried about from the beginning.

"But the success rate has increased! I can already do it 10 times!"

"Even so, do you have to shout that every time before using your current technique?"

Killua had intended to be sharper than asking about the number of failures, but unfortunately, he failed this time. Gon immediately answered with a face, "I don't know why you would ask such a question."

"Hmm? Yeah. Otherwise, it wouldn't look like a special move, right?"

"Hmm... hmm... hmm..."

"But, to the enemy, this would be a morobare, wouldn't it? The gap is also amazing. If the enemy attacked you while you were shouting, what would you do?"

"Avoid while saying it."

"What if I can't avoid it!?"

"Or say..."

In Gon's answer, I understood that the still-young Killua longed for "special move-like performances," so I didn't deny it directly, but I would tell you that considering reality is unreasonable, but I will live by following my intuition. This is too useless for Gon.

Seeing Gon's stubbornness in not admitting defeat, Killua held his head and looked at the two women as if asking for help. "Hmm," he shouted inadvertently: "You guys too!"

Sora smiled as usual, defusing Killua's anger, and explained why he didn't deny Gon's obsession.

"Killua is right. However, the disadvantage of that correct argument is the 'limitation' of increasing Nen Ability. Or rather, even if I say so, it's not very convincing. Using Gem Magic. At that time, I was the same as Gon is now."

"Is that so?"

Although Killua was annoyed by Sora's consistent adult composure, he agreed with the explanation. Of course, if you look at it, Sora's Gem Magic is too simple to detonate, and it's clearly different from what Gon is trying to do.

However, Sora made good use of the obviousness, so believing that everything depends on the method is fine, but Gon can use the advantage of his hands being exposed just like Sora. In the end, I became anxious.

It was too rude, but when asked if he could do it, Gon could only say, "I don't have the confidence!"

"Yeah, when Sora uses Magic or tricks, he often mutters and shouts, doesn't he? I've always thought that was cool, so I imitated him!!"

"... The result of the imitation is Scissors, Rock, Paper?"

Sora's innocent report made him smile slightly, but Biscuit inadvertently rushed into the sense of tilt created by the Scissors, Rock, Paper that "Ku" imitated from Sora's Spell. However, Sora responded to that thrust in a curious way.

"Yeah, she is honest and cute... At least, this is much better than digging out my heart using 'Rock, Scissors, Paper, Die!!'."

"Wait, don't look too far ahead. Who did you do such a disgusting thing with, you foul-mouthed person?"

"... It doesn't matter. He is not from this world; he is a magician from my world."

Killua used a shout similar to Sora's Gon to interrogate this person who, unlike Gon, was not cute in many ways, but fortunately, he was not an enemy.

【2: No. 84 Paladin's Necklace d-60】

"Both of you have worked hard, so let's begin."

As the conversation became sloppy, Biscuit clapped her hands momentarily to get attention, but when she forcibly took it back, the obedient Gon quickly turned and said: "Master! Let's start from the basics."

However, Biscuit laughed it off and denied it.

"This is not Training. Start with mature game strategies!"

"!!"

For the past few months, it seemed the only game was catching monsters in the Rock Area, and it had been a long time since I finished catching all types, not to mention Gon, Killua was a bit like this. When told of the purpose they had almost forgotten, both of their eyes lit up.

Even if forgotten, for a boy who just turned thirteen this year, "adventuring in the game world" was probably the most exciting purpose.

Sora asked: "Then, Master. In terms of game strategy, what do you do first?"

"Yeah~. Starting from here, the ones with low difficulty are the White King Beetle and the Gold Dust Girl..."

Under Sora's inquiry, Biscuit wrote down the locations and details of the specific Pocket Card acquisition events that were collected during Gon and Killua's Training and when Gon and Killua returned to the real world for a while.

The three disciples tilted their heads at Biscuit's silence, calling out "Biscuit?" and "Master?" respectively in question.

"... What day is it today?"

"Eh? If it's the same as the real world, it's the 15th? Of course, it's January."

Sora answered Biscuit's question with a blank face immediately. She knew this was the real world, but she was too lazy to ask, so she answered that the Game Master did not want players to realize this was the real world, so the convenient date was different from the real world. However, Biscuit seemed to have just forgotten the date and day of the week due to her longevity.

Sora's answer made Killua realize what he had forgotten. Or rather, he had completely forgotten the date until he was told.

"!! The Antokiba Monthly Tournament!!"

"Ah!!"

During their first designated card acquisition event, the painful memory of being robbed by other players resurfaced, and the two remembered their thoughts, "I will definitely take revenge one day!" I forgot, and ran to Antokiba.

Thanks to the four of us sprinting, we were able to sign up for this month's "Two-Person Tug-of-War" competition in time.

It was fine, but Sora noticed his indescribable gaze, frowned, and asked: "What is this?"

I understood the meaning of the event participant's stare. Gon and Killua, and Sora, who was a child with long hair tied up with a ribbon, could now be seen as female.

When the event started, Sora didn't mind at all, but the problem was that there were similar gazes among the audience.

It couldn't be said to be more vicious than the event participants, but there was a strong air of looking down and mockery, an air that deepened the frown between Sora's brows.

"Oh, maybe the eyes are saying, 'Oh, another duck!'"

Like Sora, Killua, who had a look of disgust after feeling that atmosphere, understood exactly what Sora wanted to ask and answered.

However, such an answer made Sora's doubts deepen even more.

"Duck?"

"Yeah. Just arrived in G. I., won the Monthly Tournament here, got the prize, but was immediately asked by other players. Spell, it was stolen with my card."

Gon added to Sora's question, remembering that he was too flustered to explain "there is a tournament where you can get designated cards," but this had no effect on the frown between Sora's brows.

On the contrary, the frown deepened.

"... Hmm. So that's how it is."

"Eh? So, Sora? Well, it's a game! It's a game that includes that!"

I had just received a direct attack card, Spell, when Gon realized the act of robbing the two, he hurriedly tried to calm Sora down, as these two didn't know the card itself, nor that it was too much for Sora.

But to Gon, Sora easily smoothed out the deep frown between his brows and smiled, saying.

"Yeah, I know. It's frustrating, but I still can't help but want to steal it with a Spell card in the same way."

Gon thought he was going to attack the players watching the match, with the intention of "if I win again, I will steal the product," but Sora did more than Gon imagined, and Gon and Killua did this within the scope of the game. I understand this. Even so, he didn't seem to have any intention of forgiving.

Seeing Sora's answer, Gon and Killua breathed a sigh of relief.

Gon was completely relieved that Sora wouldn't suddenly fight other players and do something eye-catching, even for their own sake, but Killua was a bit different. He was relieved because his prey had been caught.

"Well, I'm coming! See you in the finals!"

"Yeah, Sora and Biscuit, good luck!"

"I mean, we didn't win the last match!"

At the NPC's call, Sora pulled Biscuit's arm onto the stage and waved to Gon and Killua. Gon also waved to cheer him on, and Killua smiled while communicating happily and harmoniously, while sneering at what Sora said.

Just after the friendly exchange, Killua pulled Gon's hem and whispered in his ear.

"Hey, Gon. When it's our turn, use 'Kneading' to pull the rope the moment it starts. Rather, 'Ten' the rope."

"? Isn't it enough to go that far? Isn't 'Perimeter' particularly meaningful?"

Gon looked at Killua's proposal in confusion, rather than opposing it, why make such a proposal? When asked this question, Killua answered with a smile like a cat preying.

"The momentum is so great that the rope slips out of the opponent's hands, and we are pushed by that momentum, throwing the rope into the audience. For those who think..."

After speaking, Gon finally understood what Killua meant and gave a wry smile.

Apparently, when the Truth Sword was stolen, only Gon was angry, and Killua didn't seem to care, thinking, "It can't be helped, it's just the price of learning." Killua was the one who possessed it.

However, this method was a bit insidious. Although he had trained so much, learned from previous mistakes, and challenged himself with a full set of Spell cards, Gon himself still hated being treated as a "duck." "Must be careful of the audience that has nothing to do with you," and did not oppose Killua's petty revenge.

However, it is a pity that the two's revenge, which could not be distinguished as trivial or brilliant, ended in failure.

"Then let's start!!"

As the signal from the master of ceremonies rang out, the two of them, both playful and mischievous, raised their heads and turned their gazes toward the stage, but the moment their eyes shifted to the stage, they were already fixed.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!!"

Naturally, it was Sora, and even Biscuit, who had absolutely no motivation for "seeking people," shouted as well, grabbing the rope and starting along with the signal.

As they performed "kneading" and "circling" on the rope simultaneously, the timing was so wonderful that one could only assume the meeting had already been completed.

The opponents of Sora and Biscuit were a pair of slim women in their 20s and a teenage girl. Unexpectedly, these two, even if careless, were stronger than the physical strength of a "Goo" state user who was not good at Enhancement.

Even being so careless, I understood that if I didn't hold the rope firmly, even if I had the strength, if the rope slipped from my hands, I would lose. He held the rope wrapped around his wrist once.

It turned into an enemy, and Sora's opponent flew beautifully with the rope.

Gon and Killua then had pouting faces, their mouths half-open, just like the other spectators.

The opponents, still tied by the rope, mocked themselves as they were cleverly changed in direction by Sora and Biscuit. The audience player when he was thrown.

Seeing the "Gyafun!" scream, the opponent rolled their eyes and lost consciousness, and the participating audience, Killua and Gon finally realized that their scheme was unfolding before them in a way more brilliant than they had imagined. He was attacked, and Gon smiled bitterly, as if saying, "I am no match for you," while Killua clicked his tongue in genuine regret.

Regardless of whether they knew the two of them, Sora called out innocently on the stage: "Hey! You two!! We won!"

Sora happily pulled up the rope, spinning it like a Heavy hammer, knocking the end of the rope into the ground like a whip, smiling at the host NPC, the other opponents, and the audience.

"Ah, sorry."

Although Biscuit apologized, she looked at her disciple who implicitly said "I will do more" instead of saying "I will be careful next time," but she did not stop him.

For some reason, even Biscuit did not like those Greed Island players who did not notice the growth of the disciples they cultivated.

Killua glared at the two of them from under the stage, complaining: "Don't be selfish!"

But Gon did not miss it. Even while complaining, a happy and gentle light flickered in Killua's eyes.

It is a bit frustrating to be ahead of what they want to do, but Sora felt their frustration as if it were his own, and acted on that basis, saying he loved Killua as he loved himself. I know.

As if to show that their regrets and humiliations of the past few months had completely disappeared, Gon smiled and said to the two on the stage: "Thank you for your hard work!!"

Furthermore, not only the hyenas who intended to snatch the winner's goods because of Sora's prank, but also the contestants who were licking Sora finally realized the evil of their opponent, they turned into enemies, and the audience fled one after another. In the end, the Sora/Biscuit vs. Gon/Killua match that was supposed to happen in the third round became the real final.

And Biscuit seemed to have no motivation except at the beginning, and because it was a 1-on-2 tug-of-war, Sora would generally lose.

【3: Witch's Aphrodisiac B-30】

"Ever since I saw the Material I collected, I've been wondering, is this just for a man to make a woman fall in love with him?"

"Hmm? Why do you think that?"

As the four of them walked through the forest, Sora suddenly muttered to himself, and Killua asked back.

Then, Sora first showed the memo Biscuit had obtained, which contained instructions on how to obtain the Specified Pocket Card "Witch's Aphrodisiac."

The event to obtain this card was a common material collection quest in ordinary games, given simply and ordinarily.

The Material to be collected was just the Material for the Specified Card, either in an area with a relatively high monster level, or part of the same high-level monster, or just in some places that were hard to find. Still a B-Rank Card, so not only Sora and Biscuit, but Gon and Killua could also easily collect the extra Material, with only one Material left.

He pointed to the last "Mandrake," explaining to Gon and Biscuit, who, like Killua, had no idea what he was talking about.

"No, it's just a male Mandrake, I don't need a female Mandrake. Even in my world, this is a famous aphrodisiac ingredient, but I have to use a plant of the opposite sex, it shouldn't work."

The Material for the item "Witch's Aphrodisiac," although the professional field was different, seemed to make Sora, who was a witch, feel somewhat out of place.

Whether this knowledge was useful was unclear.

"Hmm. That's it."

"I mean, since it's a game, isn't the setting different from the real thing?"

"Ah, that is indeed the case. Or rather, since there is Alraune in the Material, is this a substitute for Mandrake?"

"Eh!? Is that also Sora's world?"

"No, it's just the same name, there's no such thing."

When Killua said what he was thinking, Sora agreed and stated the explanation he found after checking the notes.

Sora's direct denial was not without reason. The Alraune in G. I. was a plant-type monster with the appearance of a life-sized charming woman, and the world where Anna-chan was rampant and full of mysteries was troublesome.

"In my world, Alraune is just a subspecies of Mandrake. For some reason, it is a female strain that can only be taken in specific countries like Germany. So, I'm sorry I couldn't meet your expectations, but being naked isn't that wonderful."

"Sora!"

"Do you like calling it that? It's stupid in every sense, so don't do it."

Although Sora felt sorry for failing Gon's expectations, he then launched an attack to deny it. Gon did not want to be misunderstood, letting Gon correct his own statement. Pierced.

This woman, Alraune's appearance was quite realistic, but her skin was made entirely of wood, looking at her nakedness made one unable to tell if it was Hard or shiny, it didn't make sense, but it accurately represented Alraune. He muttered a name, perhaps he liked the name, because he crushed everyone's abs, never expecting it to be used this way.

And since Gon and Killua still couldn't tell if this was serious reverse Harassment or the self-defense of a wandering girl, it was even harder to react.

Biscuit was stunned by the chaos, but the impression was, "As usual, this world looks similar to your world, but it is a different world, isn't it?"

"That might be part of it, but I feel the difference between Alraune and Mandrake here is exactly what Killua said, because the settings have been appropriately changed so that they are convenient as enemies and items in the game."

"... Gon, and then Killua. Even if you find a Mandrake in the real world, you shouldn't pull it out."

When Sora rode Biscuit to change the subject and answer, Sora suddenly said: G. I. here he remembered important information about "real Mandrake," and with a straight face gave Gon and Killua a Suggestion, making them feel confused.

"Is it really that Poisonous?"

Killua asked, confused and pouting his lips. Perhaps Sora's Suggestion hindered Killua's strange pride that most Poison did not work.

Facing Killua's slightly elusive stubbornness, Sora replied: "The previous question." Killua's mood became worse, but only for a moment. Sora told him what "the previous question" was before he could get seriously sulky.

"Mandrake doesn't look as realistic as Alraune, but it's a humanoid underground stem. It's as big as a radish, which is common in our world and in this world's G. I. The biggest difference here in G. I. is that Mandrake screams when pulled out. It is said that anyone who hears that scream will die without exception."

I only saw dried Fugura that had been pulled out and turned into powder, so I don't know what the logic is. So I don't know much about countermeasures, and anyway, you don't need aphrodisiacs, right? If so, don't pull it out even if you see it. Fill it up.

Knowing "if you hear the scream, you will die," it was as dangerous as Sora's eyes, if not worse.

"I see. It must be a problem before the toxicity."

"Yeah... Hmm? But if you die when you hear the scream you pulled out, how do you get a real Mandrake?"

While Killua shivered and agreed with the truth, Gon also noticed an overly simple question.

To this question, Sora answered with a gentle smile.

"Perhaps this 'method' is the reality G. I. here, so that's why I was able to change the settings of Mandragora."

Gon, the most orthodox method of obtaining a Mandrake is to tie the Mandrake to a dog's body or tail with a rope, then pull it out. Of course, the dog will die as a sacrifice.

... The reason the Mandrake here lacks the greatest characteristic of "dying upon hearing a scream" is likely because it is too powerful to be propagated using Nen Ability. I think it's because the effect is too strong. Cruel, but I am certain they made this game, Game Master, you... you don't like it, do you?

For example, even if the victim isn't a real dog, but a dog just in case, killing an unrelated animal for human convenience."

Facing Sora's answer, Gon was speechless. His round eyes stared straight at the gently smiling Sora, but what he saw was not Sora.

Someone saw Sora's mature smile, as if it had wrapped everything up, letting him return to the words on his earlobe.

"Animals like a good Hunter."

Kaito said he had already received his compensation and left.

Even if it were Kaito's own words, who did he think it was?

I am sure this is what he said to Kaito.

"... Does Ging hate it?"

No voice answered the muttered expectation.

Of course not. I don't even expect anything.

I decided to go find it myself, so I am here now.

Thus, Gon took a step forward to find the answer.

For the time being, it might be part of the "answer" to find a Mandrake with characteristics and acquisition methods completely different from the real thing.

Fortunately, Gon showed such motivation, the two women smiled, and Killua looked at the thing in front of him with some envy, but the atmosphere was broken in an instant.

"Waaaaaaah!"

"............"

Accompanied by the wild old man's scream, on the beast path in the forest, a small figure instantly shuttled from bush to bush.

Small does not mean the size of a child; it means the size of a doll or a gnome. The speed was fast, and ordinary people could recognize it as a human figure, but the four people here all possessed dynamic vision comparable to beasts, so they were able to see the figure more clearly as it passed them.

Between the size of a radish and a carrot, unlike an Alraune, the humanoid brown root ran like "a root vegetable that just happened to be shaped like that."

The Mandrake here seems to be a monster frame rather than an item frame; it doesn't need to be pulled out, it moves on its own.

And they don't have any special combat abilities. It didn't attack from the opponent, just dazzling. Its size is not large, and it is a plant, making it extremely difficult to find while camouflaged in the forest; compared to ordinary strong monsters, it is a more troublesome monster.

If that were all, it would be fine. If so, that would be a feature added, instead of "you will die when you hear the scream when pulling it out," and it was just a setting to adjust the game difficulty, so even if the four thought it was troublesome, they would see it from afar. I don't want that.

The reason the four of them, especially Sora and Gon, looked from afar was probably the remnant of the greatest characteristic of "dying upon hearing a scream," and also a product of the GM's vicious glue.

No, if you run around silently, the difficulty of this Mandrake acquisition event will explode, so there was also an intention to consider the players. Furthermore, the setting that Mandrake is an aphrodisiac ingredient might also be related to this.

However, there is no doubt that Sora is certain this screaming line is a product of midnight tension.

The line that gained this conviction echoed from the forest once again.

"................"

Apparently, the Mandrake here seems to come out of the soil by itself, and when it is in a hostile state, it will look for a female Mandrake. While screaming with all its might.

Gon said again: "This place, Father Ging, this is where I am deeply moved, because I recognize that this is a world created by him."

It is a plant, so the wording itself is better, but in a sense, Gon, who directly expressed sexual desire, covered his face with both hands and squatted down on the spot.

This was an unusual reaction for Gon, but not without reason. To him, the current situation was probably the moment his parents slipped up after making dirty jokes in front of friends.

Killua and Biscuit looked at Gon sympathetically, but Gon was too pitiful and Ging was too low, so I couldn't think of words to comfort him.

Then Sora said to Gon, while casting his gaze in the direction from which the lowest-desire scream came, as if he were looking at trash.

"... Gon."

"Please."

He didn't ask for permission, but announced that it was a matter of decision; Gon, who was squatting with his face covered, answered immediately.

Seeing that immediate reaction, I don't know if it was Killua and Biscuit, after praying for the rest of Ging's son instead of Gon, and after praying for the rest of the soul, Gon inexplicably returned to calm. Tosa.

【4: No. 19 Yukon Pillow A-13】

Catacombs, Catacombs, Gon is waving a butterfly net in the set dungeon.

Of course, I am not crazy.

"Oops! This is the fifth one! The quota has been reached!!"

A light orb the size of a tennis ball, it can not only pass through the mesh of the net, but also pass through any physical object by firmly "wrapping" the insect net. Put it in your pocket.

Today's designated card event is the task of collecting 20 "Ghosts" and handing them over to the grave keeper.

The monster "Ghost" can slide through all physical barriers and, of course, will not be affected by any physical attacks; if it touches a place without protection, it will steal a small amount of this Aura and then run away.

That is to say, as long as there is "Wrap," you can catch it normally, but of course, this game event, which has the lowest requirements for Nen Ability users, is not that sweet; you can use that degree.

It's just troublesome to be fast, but this place has a fairly high ceiling, Catacombs, Catacombs, because it basically flies around in the sky, so even a very large person would find it difficult to catch it with bare hands.

Therefore, using a butterfly net like Gon's is efficient, but if you want to use a butterfly net to catch a Ghost that slips through physically, of course, the Four Major Principles application technique "Ryu" is an essential skill.

For the time being, there is an item called an Aura-infused insect net, probably considering those who cannot use "Ryu" due to restrictions, not because of Training or lack of ability, but there is that kind of item that can be purchased at the store. The price is expensive but the number of uses is limited; a one-time Aura cannot catch a Ghost, even if it is empty, it is empty. Because it is a little harder than clearing it (but can be cleared without any "Ryu" skill), Gon and the others of course chose to use an inconspicuous butterfly net to Collect Aura.

"Is everyone here? Let's go back to the entrance for now."

Gon, who had cleared the quota for the time being, muttered to himself while returning to the entrance of the Catacombs, defeating the Ghost-type monsters that appeared in a near-daze.

This Catacombs, Catacombs is of course just an open appearance; in fact, it is a complete dungeon, so monsters appear normally even in the city. However, this is a game-like convenience; naturally, it is impossible to crawl out of this Catacombs to attack the town's residents.

However, from the player's perspective, this dungeon, which is full of Ghost-type monsters completely immune to physical attacks, has special attacks like poison, and has the worst Zombie-type monsters, seems to have a high difficulty, including psychological aspects.

The number of clear reward cards is 13, which is not many, but the number of cards has not reached the limit.

To be honest, even Gon doesn't want to dive into this dungeon over and over again to get multiple copies of this card. The monster's difficulty level belongs to the simple category, but for Gon's dog-like sense of smell, the Zombie monsters are too harsh.

So once Gon reached his quota, he decided to go home. But even so, the area where Gon collects Ghosts is the best.

This Catacombs, Catacombs dungeon has a structure where you can walk down the stairs from the middle of the Chinese character "Tian," from where you can enter the four cemetery areas. The difficulty level can be adjusted according to the player's wishes, such as "moderate number, mostly Ghost-type monsters," "moderate number of Ghosts, but Zombie-type monsters," "large number of Ghosts, but also many monsters."

So, of course, Gon chose "many Ghosts."

And although there is no limit to the number of people who can enter which zone, because there are only four people, they entered different zones separately to compete who could catch five Ghosts first. It is poison-resistant, but in the end, it reached the area with many Zombies, and Sora, who was used to it, chose the area with the highest difficulty.

"Hmm. Sora and Biscuit should be fine, but is Killua okay? No matter how much you say you're immune to poison, this is a game world, so it's very likely that even Killua is immune to poison, and most importantly, this is normal. I really hate zombies..."

Muttering such words, Gon arrived at the entrance of the catacombs, and at the same time, a small figure appeared at the other two entrances.

"One"

Gon, Killua, and Biscuit arrived at the same time, having decided that Sora would lose alone, so Gon felt more sympathy for Sora than happiness that he had won.

Killua seemed a bit uncomfortable with arriving at the same time, but even so, he seemed somewhat happy that he had defeated Sora.

"That child, because he uses his eyes to look at such real things, conversely, he might spend a lot of time in a strange environment where he doesn't use them."

"But Sora, no matter if the opponent is a ghost or a zombie, the first thing that comes out is a leg, not Direct Death."

Meisuke guessed why Sora was having trouble, and Gon smiled slightly, pointing out Sora's bad foot habit.

While laughing, thinking of Sora's horror crusher, everyone spoke of sympathy for the ghost face Sora made. Last time!?

"... Is it too late?"

Killua glared at the entrance to the area where Sora was supposed to be heading, with a hint of displeasure on his face.

Biscuit crossed her arms and tilted her head to look at them.

"Yes. It's just a change in scale; the type should be common to all regions."

"Yeah, it might be too easy for Sora to want to win. I wonder if he's doing it to catch more souls to get more cards?"

Gon agreed with Biscuit's words and talked about other possibilities.

It's not that they weren't all aware of the worst-case scenario, but if they knew Sora's ability and his number of fouls, I think Sora wouldn't be defeated by monsters of this scale no matter how many there were, so I'm very worried now. It seems rare.

And Killua was more anxious than the other two, but even so, when he recalled the zombies and ghost monsters he had defeated, he concluded that "he can't lose," so Killua himself felt anxious. I told him not to move.

"That's right, I mean, he misunderstood something; what he's collecting are real ghosts, not spirit monsters..."

It was meant to be a joking line, but there was a silence at the scene.

After about ten seconds of silence, no one spoke, and the three of them rushed toward the area Sora was going to, shouting Sora's name and looking around.

"! What's wrong with everyone? But it's just right. Huh, how did this turn into a card!?"

"There's no reason to do that!!"

Realizing he had been called by the three, Sora answered while waving his hand and kicking away zombies and ghosts, and while leaning out to ask, Killua threw the materialized Binder with a fastball.

Killua's joke was very popular.

After that, it turned out that the spirit of the dead, born from Sora's misunderstanding of being beaten by monsters here, was attacked by other players out of resentment, making it look like the work of a monster, abandoned by death.

Fortunately, the area where this undead appeared was the most difficult, so players rarely came, and this undead made players more afraid psychologically than killing them. Because he was obsessed with breaking self-esteem, there might be people who found it more shameful than death, never expecting that he was the only one who died in this dungeon.

In a sense, it's rare to see a ghost that doesn't thank you for contributing to increasing the survival rate, and even if you are stepped on and kicked until now, you won't feel pitiful. It is said that the GM who knows the existence of Nen also thinks so.

【4: No. 56 Memory Photo Studio B-25】

In some forest again.

"Kiki kiki! 'Book'!"

"Gyaa!! You damn monkey!!"

"Biscuit! 'Sound-mimicking Monkey' is fine, watch out for 'Pickpocket and Squirrel'!!"

"Hey Sora! Why don't you attack the squirrel!!"

"Impossible! It's too cute!! I can't attack it if I want to catch it!!"

"If you say so~! I didn't kick you like that... Sorry!"

"Thanks!"

"Biscuit!"

Even without materializing the Binder, the "Sound-mimicking Monkey" would mimic the player's voice to chant "Book," and the "Pickpocket and Squirrel" would randomly pick up free Pocket Cards from the materialized Binder. The four were about to cry over the monster combination, but somehow they managed to spell out a defense and move forward, and then Gon found a spring and raised his voice.

"! Yes! There is a 'Fountain of Forgotten Time'!"

The goal of the four was to obtain the item for card No. 56, "Memory Photo Studio," the "Fountain of Forgotten Time."

The card acquisition event for No. 56 is a Material collection quest almost identical to No. 64, "Witch's Aphrodisiac."

As the name suggests, it is a photo studio that prints photos of the past and memories, but to print photos, you need a spring that says, "If you look at the water surface, you will see the past." Since the old shopkeeper couldn't go to get it, he set it up to be retrieved instead.

Its rank is B, and unlike "Witch's Aphrodisiac," the only thing I need is this "Fountain of Forgotten Time."

The monsters inhabiting the forest are not strong, or rather, there are no monsters with combat capabilities. However, the combination of the aforementioned "Sound-mimicking Monkey" and "Pickpocket and Squirrel" is truly cruel.

If you leave your free Pocket Cards empty, or only put things you don't mind (if they are taken), you seem to be able to ignore it, but that's not the case.

If you clear this event with zero cards, it would certainly be the same as when Gon and the others lost the "Truth Sword" at Antokiba. The Spell is trivial because it is enough to entrust all the cards and have those entrusted wait outside the forest.

The cruelty of this quest is that the required Material is one type, but the quantity is 10 barrels, and the shopkeeper hands them over, saying: "Please put it in this."

It's still okay if the squirrel steals the barrel used as a Container while walking and you are forced to gain profit when the time limit expires.

If the spring water is put into the barrel, it will be treated as an item called "Empty Barrel" and "Fountain of Forgotten Time," and will turn into a card again, so even if there are no cards, it's fine as long as it's within the number you can carry.

Hell is being forced to get a barrel full of contents on the way home. It goes without saying that it will proceed like that.

The only way to prevent this is to use a movement-type Spell card to escape the forest immediately after obtaining the "Fountain of Forgotten Time," so either way, you must defend your free pocket on the way there or on the way back...

Fortunately, Gon and the others said, "Companion" (by the way, S-Rank "Strong Prison"), so everyone thought this would be an easy victory, and used the profit to unlock the wooden barrel entrusted to them by the shopkeeper, but... this game is really made by Ging.

It's not insidious, but it has a bad personality.

"!?"

Splash! Flashed by the sound of water, the four turned their eyes to the spring.

The reason Biscuit didn't even take a fighting stance was because she didn't feel any killing intent or hostility from the owner of the sound, and no one regarded him as an enemy or threat. I was simply stunned.

And when I saw the reason for the sound of water, I was stunned.

"... Teeth?"

From the spring about the size of an elementary school swimming pool, a catfish-like Fugura about half the size of the spring poked its head out and stared at me.

There was no hostility in his eyes, and even if he didn't feel a threat at first, everyone was doing their habitual "Hard," and this catfish could barely hide his aura, only able to speak and act as usual. I guess it's an existence no different from a non-existent NPC.

However, at this moment, Fugura did not appear as an enemy, but as an NPC; not only were Gon and Biscuit unaccustomed to the game, but even Killua and Sora were familiar with the game and knew the templates, so this development was too meaningless for them to react to. None

So I had no choice but to stare blankly at Fugura, while Fugura looked at the four of them with a blank expression, then suddenly, without moving, aggressively spat out spring water from its mouth; the four of them had no hostility and made no initial moves, so their heads were all soaked by the water.

"Wah!"

"It's cold!"

"Huh, what kind of attack is this!?"

"Even so, I still have to return to the fountain!?"

After pouring the spring water onto the four of them, everyone was stunned again by the large Fugura that quietly sank into the spring water.

I don't know what that was. I didn't notice the discomfort of being splashed by the water, the chill of the water, the discomfort of wet clothes sticking to my body, or the incomprehensible actions of Fugura.

If I am not good at this, perhaps even the three people other than Sora won't notice it after this. As far as I know, they haven't changed.

"... Well, what should we do?"

"... For now, let's fetch some water."

"Yes, let's fetch some water first, and go back to the city to change clothes."

"By the way, let's find an Inn to take a bath."

I stared at the water surface where Fugura had disappeared for a few seconds; when I first asked in confusion, Killua gave up on understanding, and Biscuit also used a tired tone to give a Suggestion that he hurry up and complete the mission. Sora squeezed her hair while fulfilling her own wish.

Her own discomfort.

It was a loose fit, so the lines of the body could not be seen, which was also one of the reasons for Sora's ambiguous gender.

And when Sora made a questioning sound, the three of them looked at her involuntarily, dumbfounded for the third time. However, because it was far more shocking than the appearance and retreat of Fugura, the three of them were speechless, their eyes widened to the limit.

Unable to understand the reaction of the three, her own discomfort, and the changes that had occurred, Sora tilted her head with an awkward smile.

............ No matter how you look at it, she looks like she is about ten years old, tilting her head and waiting for the reaction of the three.