Volume 2 Chapter 67 At the Guild Master Room of the Shinjuku Gyoen Guild (I)
......"Shinjuku Gyoen Guild" Guild Master's Room
"Hiyaaa!"
"You're here, Troublemaker."
Three days after clearing the Ryukyu dungeon, Takeru was summoned to the Guild Master's room by Sakurako.
"Bad reputation."
"Who are you calling bad?"
"Come on now, that was unavoidable, right? Besides, Sakurako-tan even said I could use it to show off how strong Seekers in Japan are."
"I said that, but I also said hold back on your magic!"
"W-well, Magdala used dark magic..."
"You could've handled it without magic!"
"N-no, no... I thought it'd be tougher without it..."
"Don't lie! You didn't want to waste time taking out each of those duplicates one by one, so you used Sainte Lumière from the Light Attribute, didn't you?!"
"Uh...!"
Busted.
"Ugh... Seriously, sure, showing off the strength of Seekers in Japan was okay, but using magic like that? A little much."
"Sorry."
"Think about it!"
"OW!"
Sakurako suddenly appeared behind Takeru, using her skill: Jumper, and delivered a solid punch.
"Especially showing off in front of Carlos Strong. That guy is a skill maniac. During the livestream, he practically screamed 'That's not a skill, that's magic!'"
"Yeah... he said that... with a happy face."
"Carlos Strong, the skill maniac, is huge in the community, and now the whole world's gonna hear that 'magic exists.' Nice job."
"Well, then, why don't we just have Just a bit strong join in and say, 'Oops, that was a misunderstanding'?"
Takeru suggested, thinking he had a clever solution.
"Yeah, no. Even if that guy tries to deny it, nobody's gonna believe it now. And making him 'deny it' only makes 'magic' sound more legit."
"Hmm... yeah, definitely."
* * *
"Anyway, that livestream of the Ryukyu dungeon had a lot going on..."
"You mean the Stampede?"
"Yeah, that too, but also the existence of Elixir and magic..."
"Sorry."
"And... there's also that Talking Monster called Four Pillars?"
"Oh, that one. But seriously, looking ahead at what's coming next is... dicey, huh?"
"Yeah, you're right. It's just that..."
"This world's Seekers aren't equipped to handle it."
Their opinions clicked in unison.
"Guess Sakurako-chan thought so too."
"Of course. Not just Four Pillars, but Talking Monsters in general... there are very few Seekers who could even think about dealing with them."
"Yeah, no kidding."
Sakurako's been worried about this for a while.
"Right now, even the so-called 'weaker' Talking Monsters, like the mechanical Talking Monsters, can't be handled unless they're at least B-class lower rankers."
"Just to put it in perspective, an 'adventurer' from another world would be as strong as a D-class higher ranker here, which is about a B-class lower ranker..."
"Yeah. And the big shots among the Talking Monsters? Empress Mare or the person in white. Looks like the Demonkin brass from the other world are behind it."
"...Empress Mare?"
At the mention of Empress Mare, Takeru's face clouded over.
"If those guys are mass-producing Talking Monsters like Baron from the Shinjuku Gyoen dungeon... and launching attacks everywhere..."
"It's a total mess, huh?"
"Yeah. We really need to move fast..."
With a sigh, Sakurako said, "Haa."
"Honestly, it looks like there's more of those Talking Monsters like Baron than just the Four Pillars like Magdala."
"Right. If they're the same level as Baron, only A-class upper-tier to S-class Seekers could handle them. But..."
"If they start cranking out Baron-level Talking Monsters, it's gonna be a nightmare."
"Exactly."
A moment of uncomfortable silence passed.
"Oh, speaking of that thing we discussed before?"
"That thing? Oh... the Trans Potion!"
Right. Before heading to the Ryukyu dungeon, Sakurako had called in Kisaragi Kanna, a genius scientist from Amamiya Value Technology, to discuss mass-producing the Trans Potion. Takeru knew exactly what she meant.
"If we can mass-produce it, Seekers could get a huge power boost. It'd be a game-changer against Talking Monsters, right?"
"Yeah, that's true. But... she's already succeeded in mass production."
"Wait, seriously!? Then we need to gather all the Seekers and get this thing rolling right now!"
"Hold up! I haven't heard how much she managed to reduce the side effects. So, it really depends on that."
"Side effects, huh... But the power-up's worth it, right?"
"That's insane! Even I wouldn't recommend something if I don't know what kind of side effects it'll have!"
"Oh, really?"
"Of course! Don't compare me to you! Besides, you saw what happened to that guy Sagawa with those side effects!"
"Well, that's true, but unlike over there, we can actually gain new skills related to our existing ones here. Doesn't seem like such a big risk."
"Yeah, but that Sagawa guy turned into a total diva from it! Sure, it was temporary, but we don't know if that's the case for everyone else."
"Okay, fair point."
"First, let's see how much she's reduced the side effects with this Trans Potion... then we'll figure out our next move."
Sakurako reached out to Kisaragi Kanna at Amamiya Value Technology.
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