Ch.34 Collab Stream "The RuruHaru Duo!" 4

"... So, if you spend about three years sneaking around trying not to get caught, or camping in a safe place... in a high place, in a hollow, or somewhere else, and spend the weekend there, I think anyone can do it. The example's right here."

[No, I don't think so]

[That's not true]

[There's no way that's possible, Haru-chan...]

【What does that mean…】

Oya?

Everyone's reactions are strange.

I feel like it's different from what I thought.

"? All you have to do is keep hiding, so it should be easy, right?"

Right?

[Haru-chan...?]

[That's not easy, that's hard]

[I see, so the generations have advanced so much since the dungeon was created... (Eyes spinning)]

[That is causing great damage to the reputation of the current generation, so please stop it.]

[lol]

Since everyone seemed curious about my tricks, I made a conscious effort to dig up and explain the things I'd done - things I'd done since I was a man.

"You see, there's nowhere to go during the holidays anyway. So I brought along some food and water, and some tools to play as a way to kill time."

[Play!?]

[Haru-chan was a wild child...?]

[lol]

[Eh……]

"... Huh?"

As expected, the reaction was different from what I expected.

I thought for sure they would get excited and say things like, "Yeah, I know that," or "It's like camping and it's so fun!"

I honestly thought there were a lot of people doing similar things.

"I mean, isn't the inside of the dungeon safe in a way?"

Right?

[Hah?]

[E... Eh?]

[Bad news: Haru-chan was a dangerous girl from the beginning]

[I knew... I knew that, but I didn't think it would be this bad...]

"You think.... It's safe? Haru-chan..."

Hmm?

Ruru-san also has a strange look on her face...I wonder why.

"I mean, monsters generally spawn at set points, and the types they spawn are also set, right?"

[That much I understand]

[As long as it's on the Wiki]

[Strategy information can be bought at a high price by the Dungeon Association.]

[There's no need to hide it, it's profitable]

"And you can tell by observing from the same spot for several hours."

Fixed point observation.

You see, all you have to do is look up every few minutes and make a note of anything that's changed.

[Hmm?]

[Hang on]

[Wait Haru-chan, I don't understand what you're saying]

[lol]

[I don't know anymore lol]

[I don't understand anything...]

[Isn't the unit of time wrong...?]

[You said "how many minutes" wrong, right? That's what you mean, right...?]

"Monsters have set routes to travel - routes to guard, to a certain extent. As long as we humans don't get too close. It's like a territory, so there are rooms they rarely enter."

I like it when it's damp and moist.

"Also, some monster types have some sort of military power, and when one of them is fighting, they go and call for reinforcements."

So even if you don't have friends and everywhere is crowded during the holidays, you might want to try something different and grapple with a difficult book, right?

[Eh? Is that true?]

[As if I know]

[This is information that no one should know]

[※If sold to the Dungeon Association, this information would be worth millions.]

[Eh……]

[lol]

[Um, if it would normally take a few hours... I don't think even dungeon scholars would investigate it.]

[I wish there was someone who specialized in that kind of thing...]

[I'm sure there are, but there's no one who would even consider doing that much research... Ah, nevermind, there's one right here...]

[lol]

[In the first place, staying in a dungeon for a long time is too dangerous...]

[What kind of person would be so eccentric as to enjoy diving all the time?]

[Is there really a person like that...?]

[There must be, at least one person in this world...]

[Maybe: Only Haru-chan]

[lol]

[In the first place, you'd usually be discovered and attacked right away, so there's no time to observe, Haru-chan...]

[In the first place, it's not normal to think of hiding in a hollow on a hill, Haru-chan...]

[Normally, you'd be attacked by monsters before you even got that far, Haru-chan...]

"So, what if there was a nice hollow in a room that people don't come into often?"

I started to feel happy, so I handed the gun to Ruru and told her to wait a moment.

"Eh? Ah, um, Haru-chan?"

I slowly approached one of the walls and captured the hollow at the top on camera.

"That's right, if there are no flying monsters, you can stay at 5 meters. Even if there are, you won't be noticed if they're 10 meters high, so like this."

I took out a rope with a claw attached from my backpack.

"You can make this yourself, but there should be a camping gear just like this. And if you make it yourself, make sure you make a decent hook... Like this..."

Woosh woosh woosh.... Clank.

"If you have throwing skills, you can hook it like this, then climb up and set up camp."

Gyuu gyuu.

I'm pulling the string to demonstrate safety.

...Well, my image isn't in the picture, but still.

"Hae~, we can do that?"

[Hae~]

[Hae~ (abandoning thoughts)]

[Smart]

[But wait]

[Calm down a bit, Haru-chan]

[Ruru-chan, be careful, we can't do it, we can't do it okay!]

"Eh? Everyone is saying that they can't do that...?"

[That "Hae~" was cute, but it's not like that]

[No good, there's only boke here] (TL note : In case you didn't know, boke is the other part of tsukkomi where they're the one making the jokes)

[Where's the tsukkomi?!]

[Emi Onee-chan...where...are...we...?]

"... Judging from the atmosphere of the comments, it seems you're wrong."

Ruru-san shows me the screen.

"That's weird... are they teasing me?"

I heard that in live streams there's a set flow of teasing going around.

Is that it?

[No, we're not teasing you]

[Haru-chan, we're being serious here...]

[Why……]

[Normally, you wouldn't stay in a dungeon solo...]

[We-Well, if they're diving deep, I guess they'll stay for at least 1 night...?]

[No good, the number of solo players is too small for collective intelligence to function]

[The only good thing about the internet is gone...]

[lol]

[But is it even possible to stay solo in a dungeon for days?]

[In terms of common sense, no. If It takes several days to conquer, people would usually go in a party.]

[They take turns standing guard.]

[Might also hire someone to handle meals, carry luggage, and keep night shifts.]

[It's so possible that you could die in one hit while you're asleep, it's too scary]

[Even though they say the wristband will make you survive, it still hurts and scary]

[First of all, you can't keep up your mental health...]

"Oh, they're saying that it's because they usually form a party."

"Muu, what is it, everyone?"

Ruru-san's screen... if I get too close my face might show up on camera, so I'll look at my streaming screen instead.

[That "Muu" Is so cute]

[Even Haru-chan gets angry sometimes...]

[You guys, about Haru-chan... Ah, yeah...]

[When in trouble, silence can be the best thing to do...]

[lol]

[Primordials are keeping their mouth shut lol]

[They can't defend this.]

[Everyone, can you guys calm down?]

[Anego!]

[A blonde shota boy with long hair dressed up as a girl for Ruru-chan, and then...]

[Ok, that's enough, stop talking, Anego.]

[Just be quiet for about 10 minutes]

[So cruel!?]

[lol]

...When I see something being denied with such great force, it kind of pisses me off.

"You've probably had that happen to you, right? On a school trip or something, you might get separated from the group because it's too much of a bother to move around with everyone, or you might go off on your own."

"Eh? Haru-chan, did you do that?"

"No? I haven't. But don't you want to?"

"Um, no... I don't think so..."

[Not happening]

[That won't happen]

[What is that…]

[No way, to make yourself a loner...!]

[Her mental is too strong]

[Haru-chan's personality is too strong]

[That's true... She may be small, but if she's a legal loli diving the dungeon, she must be at least a third-year middle school student, so surely she had a school trip ar some point...]

[This is... third year of middle school...?]

[Do you mean third year of elementary?]

[Just looking at her height, you know...?]

[In any case, Haru-chan's classmates at school should be cursed.]

[Hey, stop it, Ruru-chan is really going to home in on them]

[It's Homing Ruru-chan after all]

[I forgot about Homing Ruru-chan lol]

"Also, since you find things like PE too troublesome, on days when your partner is disrupting you, you sneak off to a corner and do it by yourself on purpose, right?"

[PE... pairs... ugh]

["OK, make a pair."]

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[It's brutal...]

[Maybe: Haru-chan is a loner]

[So that means us?]

[No... this girl is more than a loner. She's the type who doesn't mind being lonely...!]

[Lone wolf style?]

[Yeah]

[There are a few people like that in each grade...]

[Sh's the type of person who doesn't feel awkward even when she's alone and is actually cool with it.]

[Those kind of people have a different mental structure...]

[Oh, so they're superior to us]

[I somehow understand]

[lol]

"Haru-chan..."

It seems like everyone is taking damage in a weird way.

I wonder why.

Also, Ruru-san gives me looks that she gives me from time to time.

Why?

"...Anyway, if you steadily accumulate experience like this, you'll eventually become an expert. You know, they say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert. But in reality, it seems like it takes less time than that."

[Oh yeah, maybe so...]

[Maybe that's how it is for Haru-chan...]

[For us?]

[Can you do that?]

[I can't do that]

[Normal people would go crazy if they were to stay alone in a dungeon for several nights in a row.]

[Lonely, constantly on guard against life-threatening danger 24 hours a day...]

[That's the level where you spend time in a jungle... the type with wild animals]

[Rather than wild beasts, they're monsters.]

[They are many times more dangerous than wild animals.]

[lol]

[『I see, the time spent in the dungeon gives you a small amount of experience points...Thank you for the information』$500.]

[『Excuse me, but it seems there is a limit. Sorry for the eyesore』 $500]

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[『We are also grateful.』]

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[『... It seems like I'm suppressing comments and bothering everyone. I'll transfer the rest to the Agency later.』]

[Wow...]

[Eek!]

[I don't know what it says, but I know why they're throwing so much money...]

[Foreigners are scary...]

[It's scary]

[But maybe it's easier to level up by spending time in a dungeon...]

[If the attack time is simply longer, the number of attacks and the number of monsters defeated will increase.]

[Um, if sneaking skills and the like were to accumulate over time... wouldn't that be dangerous?]

[Eh]

[Just by spending time in the dungeon, you can level up little by little...]

[Ah, yeah, there'll be less danger if you do it in a dungeon lower than your level...]

[There were certainly some comments like that on the Wiki, but...]

[Well, no one takes it seriously]

[That's too unreasonable]

[In the first place, it's a mental thing, and even in a normal... party, a maximum of eight hours a day is recommended.]

“But Haru-chan, the streams… Primordial-sans and the others said that you're only streaming a few times a week for 2-3 hours a day so far.”

"Oh, you mean that?"

I answered Ruru-san, who for some reason was speaking to me with an oddly bright voice and a big smile.

"That's just my streaming time"

"Hae?"

"Like I said, that's my streaming time. I turn the stream off when I'm sleeping, because I don't want my face to be accidentally shown on camera. If I'm diving for too long, people start to worry... well, I feel bad."

In fact, when I stayed there for several nights in the early days, people were genuinely worried about me.

"……………………………………Eh?"

So after that I commented "I'll come back with my wristband" and turned off the stream, I went even deeper from there.

[Huh?]

[Huh?]

[Wait, I don't know]

[As a Primordial, I didn't know]

[As a Primordial, I'm astonished]

[As a Primordial, I'm sad]

[As a Primordial, I'm shocked]

[As a Primordial, this is a blind spot in my 3.5 years of watching]

[lol]

[Primordials are broken lol]

[Primordials are in shambles lol]

"There were times when I streamed for about 10 hours on my days off... but you know, it's a pain to go home every time on the weekend, so after the stream is over I wander around for a while and sleep inside. Then when I wake up, I can just pretend like I came home and stream again, which is easy, right?"

Lies are a useful tool, and well-intentioned lies are necessary to avoid causing worry.

It is because I think that way that I am so concerned.

["Right?"... Who is this kid asking for consent from...?]

[Easy……?]

[I don't understand this little girl's criteria]

[Ummm...]

【In other words?】

[Sad news: Haru-chan actually wanted to be alone]

[And it's in a dungeon]

[And it went undiscovered for three years...]

[Good children, don't try this at home!]

[It's okay, if you have normal nerves you wouldn't be able to sleep in a dungeon like that]

[It's impossible even if you try, so it's fine!]

[lol]

[It's like having a barbecue in a forest full of bear sightings, turning on the music and just relaxing...]

[Listening again, Haru-chan was doing something dangerous]

[I'm glad Haru-chan... you finally get the attention you need...]

Hmm.

Apparently there is no one in the audience who is like me.

"Even though it's fun."

[lol]

[She's sulking lol]

[Haru-chan acting appropriate to her age lick]

[But... is it... fun...?]

[New sensation]

[I see, we were cheering on Haru-chan while she was having fun...]

[Primordials!]

[I felt a mysterious joy welling up inside me]

[After three and a half years, we are reaching new heights...!]

[After this stream, let's all talk about it... and experience it for ourselves]

[Wait, Primordials, don't be hasty, only Haru-chan can do that.]

[lol]

[The very existence of the Primordials is so interesting]

[Haru-chan herself has a slightly strange and interesting side to her...]

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