Chapter 254
Nihonium Dungeon, basement 2nd floor .
Since my Flaming Bullets have ran out, I came here for a refill .
The zombies living at the 2nd floor were slowly being shot in the head with the Growth Bullet .
The zombies who had their heads blown away fell to the ground and dropped seeds, where it was sucked into my pouch .
[Hmm, I wish the special bullets were a little easier to refill . ] (Ryouta)
While resting between work, I pondered about my dilemma .
The easiest special bullets to replenish are the normal and Homing Bullets .
Normal bullets can be replenished by using bean sprouts, and Homing Bullets by using Trash rogue monsters .
However, special bullets only comes from monsters of Nihonium .
Although the normal bullets came from rogue monsters as well, but since the quantities are way higher than seeds, it’s easy to get a ton of supply for it in comparison to the special bullets .
… . . I can’t think of any other ways, as the drops in Nihonium can only be dropped by me .
Let’s at least build up a farming pattern to make it easier .
Thinking so, I continued to defeat the zombies .
[Hm?] (Ryouta)
I suddenly stopped and looked at a certain direction .
I felt someone’s presence .
[There’s someone in Nihonium?] (Ryouta)
I doubted my senses .
Since Nihonium doesn’t produce anything, normally no one other than me comes, with the exception of Margaret who produces Air Box once in a while .
And since she only wants air, she won’t go below the first floor .
So, since we’re at the 2nd floor, no one should be here .
I lowered my revolver, and took a deep breath .
Regaining my calm, I went to where I felt the person was… . . And I was right .
It wasn’t a misunderstanding .
Wondering why they would come to such a place, I stopped collecting seeds and went to where they were .
After turning the corner—-
[——STOOOP!!!] (Ryouta)
I saw a man with a rope hanging on the ceiling, and clearly the man was trying to hang his neck right now .
As he was about to do it, I pulled out my revolver and fired at the rope .
With the rope torn off, he lost his balance and fell to the ground .
I then ran towards him .
[You alright?] (Ryouta)
[… . . ]
The man looked at me, and at first he nodded, but then he shook his head .
[I did not ask for help . ]
[I can’t let you do that . But why would you… . ] (Ryouta)
[Nobody would come to Nihonium, so even if I were to die here, the equipment that I dropped would not bother anyone . ]
[No, that’s not what I meant, I meant why would you want to commit suicide?] (Ryouta)
The man looked at me again and laughed, but it had no expression .
[I am… . . no good… . ]
That’s bad .
I can’t leave him alone, so I dragged him to my mansion using the Transfer Gate .
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[Have you calmed down?] (Ryouta)
[… . . Yeah] He nodded .
After warming him up at the salon with Emily’s tea, he seemed to have slightly calmed down .
I’m glad that Emily’s tea have the effect of calming and relaxing someone .
After pushing him into the salon, I immediately ran to find Emily’s whereabouts in the Transfer Gate and asked her to come back .
[Thanks . I’m fine now . ]
The guy seems to have been reluctant to suicide again .
[Can I ask for your name before you leave?] (Ryouta)
Better to ask about him first .
[… . . It’s Mateia . ] (Mateia)
[I see . I’m—–] (Ryouta)
[I know . You’re Ryouta Satou . The number one celebrity right now . ] (Mateia)
Mateia then laughed to himself .
[Being able to solve difficult incidents, followed by having four subordinates with spirit name holder, and the boss of Shikuro . A completely different person than me . ] (Mateia)
Mateia muttered which was a mess .
[What happened, to make you want to suicide?] (Ryouta)
[I… . . can’t do anything anymore . ] (Mateia)
[If you don’t mind me asking, maybe I can help you . ] (Ryouta)
[… . Help?] (Mateia)
[You mentioned that I often solve hard incidents right? Maybe I can help with your problem as well . ] (Ryouta)
Then I stared straight at him .
For some reason, I can’t leave him alone, probably because I have often seen people like him back in earth .
After some time, he finally talked .
[My family started a new business . ] (Mateia)
[Oh, okay, and?] (Ryouta)
[It was about a year ago, everyone was in a drinking party, and we were overly positive that we proposed such an idea . Even if it doesn’t work, at least we can find every dungeon’s floor, the most efficient way to kill those monsters on that floor, and sell that method to adventurers . And we can earn money with that . ] (Mateia)
[Ah, so an information broker—–I mean selling your know-how to others . ] (Ryouta)
Mateia nodded .
[We were all excited, but I thought they were just joking at that time . However, the boss was actually serious, and he made it a reality the next day, ordering me who was sitting closest to him to do so . ] (Mateia)
[… . . ] (Ryouta)
[Having worked hard for a year, using various weapons, magic . I tried to optimize the route and so on but… . ] (Mateia)
[It didn’t go so well . ] (Ryouta)
After nodding, he became depressed .
Well… . . of course he’ll be .
In this world, many adventurers would dive into dungeons day and night with the same routine .
So the structure of the dungeon and monsters that inhabit doesn’t change much, and recently with the breed improvement that changes the dungeon has declined as a rule was made where only families with [more than 2 spirit holders] can do so .
Thus, most adventurers are familiar with their dungeon, and have optimized their movements .
Hence why a new optimized way won’t be found so easily . (reminds me of speedrunners)
[But why would you go so far as to…you know . ] (Ryouta)
[It was my fault that I didn’t get any results after a year, so I’m told to either compensate the damage or create a better way soon… . ] (Mateia)
[Oi oi . ] (Ryouta)
It’s the boss’s order, but he has to compensate for the damage?
What a stupid story .
[That’s why I couldn’t take it anymore . ] (Mateia)
[I see . ] (Ryouta)
I finally understood the entire story .
Though there’s a lot of things to think about for the boss, but for the time being, the first thing to do is fix what’s in front of us .
[So, whichever dungeon can be chosen for the optimization?] (Ryouta)
[Eh? Aah, yes… . aah, except from Nihonium . ] (Mateia)
[Yeah I know . ] (Ryouta)
Optimizing Nihonium is just a waste of time for other adventurers .
Anyways .
[Shall we?] (Ryouta)
[Huh? Where?] (Mateia)
[Don’t worry about it, let’s go for now . ] (Ryouta)
I said as I walked out .
Turning around to look at the confused Mateia, he finally stood up and followed along .
We went through the corridor and went inside the Transportation Room .
Using the room, I set a destination .
The bright vortex which looks like a gate appears .
[Let’s go . ] (Ryouta)
[Huh? Wait—-] (Mateia)
In the middle of his conversation, I pushed him into the gate without saying anything .
When we arrived, it’s a dungeon with similar design to a japanese house .
[T-This is?] (Mateia)
[It’s the 20th floor of Lanthanum . ] (Ryouta)
[Lanthanum? The one in Flint?] (Mateia)
[Yeap . ] (Ryouta)
[You’re lying…How did we… . ] (Mateia)
[Don’t mind that . For now, do you know anything about the 20th floor?] (Ryouta)
[Eh? … . . Aah, a new wine . ] (Mateia)
[Yeap, it’s the dungeon which I’ve improved by breeding . So the structure of the dungeon would change . From now on, I’ll go around farming, and you remember how I did it and submit it to your boss . ] (Ryouta)
[Eh? But that’s… . ] (Mateia)
[For now we’ll do a quick run . ] (Ryouta)
I laughed .
[Since it’s a newly changed floor, nobody has optimized it yet, so we can find a better way . So don’t mind it . ] (Ryouta)
I said as I stared at him .
After he was confused for a while, he bowed deeply .
[Thank you . ] (Mateia)
As I have been optimizing to defeat monsters on a daily basis, it wasn’t that hard to find a good route .
At first, when I showed him a route, it was impossible to do that without abilities of S or SS, so I made adjustments by limiting my ability to B and showed a different method .
Mateia remembered that route and hurriedly went back .
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Several days later, Nihonium’s 8th floor .
Today, I was with Leia and we were trying to increase my Luck .
[Satou-san!] (Mateia)
[Hm? Oh it’s you Mateia . So how was it?] (Ryouta)
[It went well thanks to Satou-san . ] (Mateia)
He looked so much different then he was a few days before .
[So what happened?] (Ryouta)
[I quit . ] (Mateia)
[Huh?] (Ryouta)
I was a little surprised .
[Why did you quit?] (Ryouta)
[After teaching my boss what Satou-san taught me, he completely stole my way and did it as if he was the one who created it . ] (Mateia)
[Aah… . ] (Ryouta)
Something seems to come to my attention .
Failure is the responsibility of subordinates, and the success is the work of the superiors .
Yeap, it’s a common occurence… . it kinda makes me mad .
[Since I have been done by him, I thought of quitting that family . ] (Mateia)
[I see . I wanted to say it, but that’s for the best . ] (Ryouta)
[Yes . Hence why today—-] (Mateia)
Mateia took one step forward and bowed deeply .
[I came here to thank you . ] (Mateia)
[I see, no worries . ] (Ryouta)
Mateia raised his head, and had a radiant look on his face .
It’s strange to say that I’ve solved his problems .
But seeing his face, it was worth it .
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