Can Someone from a Tradition-Ridden Village Pull Off a Narou-Style Story in a Modern Dungeon? ～The Higher Being Behind Me Is Way Too Much of a Final Boss～ - Chapter 116: The Tide-Beckoning Shadow
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I was witnessing with my own eyes the arrival of spring for a high school boy.
It's summer, though! Hot, hot summer, though!
The spring wind is here. A scorching first spring breeze is blowing in his chest!
"So, if we go out, what do we do?"
"Eh?"
"You said you wanted to go out with me. I accepted. What comes after that?"
"U-Um, well..."
Yoshinori-kun's eyes began darting around.
What is with this guy? He finally got to go out with Master, and he hadn't thought about anything?
『Sora, what kind of event do you like at a time like this?』
『I like it when they finally get together and then are cruelly separated by death.』
『Sora, what kind of event do you like at a time like this? (second action)』
『I like it when I keep restraining myself so that the weight of my love won't hurt the other person, but at some point I lose control, and the very existence I was trying to protect without hurting ends up being hurt and defiled the most by my own hands. (follow-up attack)』
『I'm talking about the event happening right now.』
Why am I being told the Director's ideal scenario?
And your ideal scenarios are pretty terrifying, you know.
I thought you were cackling from the same position as me, but you're completely different.
I was having so much fun and getting so excited until now, but now I've gone completely cold.
『Well, it's hot, so shouldn't we just go home? Walking around in this blazing heat is unnatural as an event. Small noise like this disrupts the player's immersion!』
『Are you trying to turn Yoshinori-kun's love life into a game?』
『If a character is hurt in the scenario but their standing art has no wounds, you'd think, "Hmm," right? It's the same thing. A first date under a blazing sun so hot it makes you want to stay home is just wrong.』
『...Sora, have you played gal games?』
『Yes! It's a special gaming PC equipped with an OSR-7090Hyper!』
That's one weird GPU you've got in there.
『By the way, I made it by attaching leftover Aberrant Entities, so it also has residual will. It's practically an AI.』
So you made a PC-type Aberrant Entity...?
And you're gaming on it? Is that thing safe? It won't spread something nasty online? Like curses?
『We've gotten off track. I recommend going home. Then confine this data in the house, and afterward do whatever you like with it, boil it or make content out of it.』
『You're right, I need to report to Senano-chan too.』
Well then, as the cupid of this romance (Aberrant Entity), I'll offer some advice.
"Both of you, it's hot outside, so why don't we go back home for now? Then we can discuss the future of the two of you... okay?"
"Th-The future of the two of us?!"
"The future... yes. If there are two of us, we'll have more variety in the training menu."
"Nene?"
"All right, we're going home, Yoshinori. First, let's wash off the sweat and have a nice chat."
"You're not taking me to a gym, right? ...Ah, I can walk on my own without being carried..."
Yoshinori-kun, who had been hoisted up in one fluid motion, said that with a dejected face.
Master simply said, "I see," and put Yoshinori down.
She glanced at Yoshinori and started walking without another word. At least she wasn't dragging him along by the hand.
Once Master had gone a little way ahead, Yoshinori-kun whispered secretly to me.
"Hey, does Nene think of me as a kid?"
"She's like that with everyone. Probably even with a boyfriend."
"I see..."
Wearing a complicated expression, Yoshinori-kun ran off after Master.
As I watched them from behind, I naturally clasped my hands behind my back and let out an admiring sound.
A giant woman × a high school boy, huh...
Feeling as if I were admiring a work of art, I slowly follow after them too.
What a peaceful and wonderful time.
I wish times like this could last forever.
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While an S-rank and a calamity-lord-class pseudo-medium were about to attempt a pretend romance with data, outside the ZONE people were moving about busily.
In particular, the Enri Agency's 『Special Disaster Command Room』, whose main role is observing calamity-lord-class entities, was now flooded with paperwork and people's angry shouts and screams to a degree unmatched in recent years.
The reason was the Night Kagura, said to arrive soon, and...
"What are SKY-9's calculation results?!"
A stocky man wearing the scarlet nameplate of the room chief on his right chest shouted.
His voice was nearly drowned out by the voices flying from all directions, but fortunately one of the operators noticed and responded.
"No good! No matter how many times we run it, large-scale trench movement and complexification of ocean currents will occur 48 hours from now. At this rate, a trench equivalent to the Mariana Trench will appear off the coast of ■■ Prefecture...!"
"Tch! Sorayodo no Oohito alone was already more than enough, and now after Night Kagura we get an unexpected tide-weeping?! Please, God, we haven't even procured the residents for the tide-weeping from the prison yet...!"
"Chief, it seems the Enri Bearer Touen entered the ZONE a week ago and hasn't responded since! Same for the Enri Bearer Mikama and the calamity-lord-class pseudo-medium who accompanied them!"
"Of all people, two beings who might be able to counter this are in the ZONE...!"
"...If there's no response, could something be happening inside the ZONE as well?"
The operator's unease was accelerating due to the signs of destruction currently emerging.
Even a week of being out of contact, which normally would not have been a concern, now stirred up even more emotion as they considered the 『what if』 scenarios.
In contrast, the chief deliberately sneered at her as if to show off.
"Hmph. Nene is a training fanatic. When she went to Yakushima before, she holed up for a month and didn't contact us, remember? This is the same thing. ...If she's dead, then anyone we send would die too. It's fine, this is normal."
After saying that to calm the operator, the chief continued with 『More importantly』.
What they needed to think about now was the most effective stopgap measure.
"How many S-rank personnel currently in Japan can move?"
"Right now, there is one: an S-rank Enri Bearer on standby."
"Who?"
"The Enri Bearer Happou Toride."
"...That's like using cluster bombs on an urban area to contain a pandemic, but I suppose it can't be helped."
Many qualities are required of the chief, but the most necessary one was seeing people as numbers.
Even if each one was an irreplaceable life, he would cut them away if necessary.
"Understood."
His hesitation lasted only a few seconds.
With that alone, the chief chose, in the form of his own order, the path that would save the world.
"Contact Happou Toride. ...Also, secure fetuses and umbilical cords."
"Fetuses and umbilical cords?"
"Ask the Zero Section, they'll understand. They seem to have a preferred client."
Was the fatigue carried in those words because he had been responding to emergencies all along?
Or was it because he was imagining the catastrophe that was to come?
"...I can only hope they settle this peacefully without using Hakkai."
His wishful voice was immediately drowned out by the surrounding voices.
■
【Emergency Application Document | For Special Dispatch of S-rank】
Document Number: EN-HPT-8888
Date of Submission: Reiwa ██ Year ■ Month ██ Day
Submitted by: Hatchan's Cute Girlfriend♥
Receiving Department: Enri Agency Special Disaster Command Room
■ Mission Category
• Capture of an individual believed to be a calamity-lord-class or calamity-lord-class pseudo-medium.
Because mass maritime self-sacrifice by civilians due to the tide-weeping has already been confirmed at ■■ Coast, suppressing the scene is the top priority rather than protection.
■ Dispatched Personnel Information
Name: Happou Toride
Affiliation: Sealing Section, Zero Tactical Squad
Rank: S-rank
■ Target Aberrant Entity Information
Aberrant Name: Tide-Weeping Shrine Maiden (presumed)
Danger Level: calamity-lord-class
Occurrence Location: ■■ Prefecture, ■■ City, ■■■ Coast
Anomaly Summary: Large-scale movement of trenches / Mental Contamination of civilians, etc.
Scene Status: Determined that coordination with the local Enri Bearer who was directing evacuation is impossible. The surrounding area has been sealed off on the grounds of land subsidence and landslides.
■ Force Tier
It has been determined that conventional sealing against a calamity-lord-class target is impossible.
Use of Maison de Hakkai is requested.
Additionally, children aged 15 or younger and women have already been evacuated to outside a 5-kilometer radius from the planned site of Hakkai use. Remaining civilians are all male and aged 16 or older, and it is assumed that there will be no deaths caused by Hakkai.
■ Remarks
Note that this is strictly prioritizing suppression of the scene, and if A-E1 and Touen Nene return from the ZONE, the mission is to be handed over immediately.
Basically, I'm just reluctantly helping out.
Hatchan said the report was a pain, so I wrote it for him, but you're the ones who asked for help, so who do you think you are making me submit it?
Later, give me high-quality umbilical cords for everyone. Then I'll forgive you. If there are fetuses too, I'll be BERRY HAPPY...
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Keep this a secret from Hatchan, okay!
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