Ch.56 "Dungeon Escape RTA From 250F" 6

[...Ruru-chan seems a bit scary... but Haru-chan isn't looking, I'm sure]

[There's that trust.]

[Haru-chan is given negative trust by listeners]

[I mean, it's Haru-chan...]

[It's Haru-chan, you know?]

[Yeah……]

[For better or worse, this shows Haru-chan's bad side of not reading the room]

[Haru-chan's good points... well, her bad points have wiped them away...]

[No no, thanks to that she's been able to steadily progress without rushing, so it's like a negative vs negative situation.]

[lol]

[How many floors has she climbed so far?]

[According to the counting team, she's on the 99th floor now]

[It's amazing how she managed to do this in just two hours...solo, and with a bow and arrow too]

[Even if she dives normally, she would still breaks the world record...?]

[Still an explosive angel as always]

"...Phew...Ah, the arrows... I'm almost all out of them..."

The rattling sound comes from the quiver I carried on my back.

Bow and arrow.

It's weaker than a gun and more difficult to use, but it's a cheaper weapon to use than a gun.

And there are only a few arrows left.

"...I'm pretty...tired..."

Since there's no monsters around, I sit down on a rock.

"Phew..."

[Haru-chan, good job! Seriously.]

[She can't even use a handy sniper rifle anymore, she have to use a bow and arrow]

[Bows and crossbows are tiring to use, aren't they?]

[Yes, there is tension in proportion to the power, so it takes strength to nock the arrow.]

[Moreover, Haru-chan's suspenders fly quite far... it might be easier to understand if you think of them as suspenders weighing about 20 kilograms.]

[Furthermore, as you aim and pull back, you'll need to maintain that for at least five seconds]

[Haru-chan only does long-distance sniping with a bow and arrow.]

[Eh, it's that bad?]

[Yeah, probably.]

[And every time she did it...]

[Even a slingshot is tiring, and throwing stones is tiring too]

[Even if you have sniping skills, it's still hard to use]

[A little girl like that... Ah, with her level, skill and magical power, it's much easier than having nothing.]

[But no matter how much magical power you use to reinforce it, it's still tiring.]

"……………………………………"

My hands are shaking.

My arms are shaking too.

...I'm pretty tired.

[Hands]

[Hands]

[They're shaking]

[Haru-chan, would you like to take a little break?]

[That's right, you haven't taken a single break.]

"...It's been a long time since I've used up this much energy."

I let out a sigh.

[That Haru-chan...!]

[She's really tired]

[That's a very deep sigh]

[A sigh that you should never hear from a little girl] (TL note : as in, you should never let them get so tired like that)

[Well, she's doing a strange RTA solo of a dungeon with a difficulty level that goes beyond the front line of humankind's conquest, and she's also starting from the very bottom...]

[If it wasn't Haru-chan, this would definitely be bad.]

[Well, normally, that is...]

[I was able to watch it without worry because it was Haru-chan, but thinking about it calmly...]

[In the first place, it's a solo below 100th floors of difficulty for intermediate level explorers or above without any preparation.]

[Was the difficulty appropriate for Haru-chan, or was it meant to be an impossible game...?]

"……………………………………"

The only ranged weapons remaining were a few arrows and stones.

"In the end, I'm the one who's best suited to throwing rocks. I'm like a rock."

[lol]

[lol]

[That's kind of cute]

[Are you sulking?]

[Cute]

[Haru-chan, why are you suddenly so negative?]

[Cheer up]

[That's what happens when you get tired]

[Hang in there]

[Or should I say take a break? Seriously]

[Even in an RTA, if you're this tired, it's probably okay to take a rest...]

It feels like it's been a long time since I've felt this cornered.

...Well, that's true, normally I would have already gone home with my wristband.

In that sense, dungeon exploration these days is pretty easy.

After all, it is a "death game" in which real death is possible.

Just by avoiding death with the wristband, diving becomes much easier.

[Haru-chan doesn't want viewers to comfort her, just complaining]

[Because it's Haru-chan]

[A sense of fortitude that comes from knowing your abilities]

[That's pretty clear since she doesn't even bother to look at the comments]

[Haru-chan, it's about time you became aware of your role as a streamer... Ah, that's impossible]

[lol]

[Even the Origins has abandoned her in anything other than combat.]

[Haru-chan is going through a tough time and it seems like she's being told such harsh things lol]

[Haru-chan, look. RuruEmi has reached the 80th floor!]

"Oh, Ruru-san and Emi-san are coming, huh."

Oh, I happened to look at the screen and saw information about those two -- and they're probably with Kushima-san as well.

Just knowing this kind of thing makes me feel better.

That's strange.

[!?]

[Good news: miracles happen]

[Yeah……!]

[Woah!]

[I can't see the screen because of my tears]

[Haru-chan...Haru-chan finally read an important comment...!]

[It's a miracle... it's a miracle...!]

[Oh no, what should I do? This is the most moving thing I've ever experienced in my life]

[lol]

[Everyone is so moved by something as simple as Haru-chan responding to comments from viewers]

[Because it's Haru-chan...]

[No matter how important things get, she's just a little girl who never looks at her smartphone...]

[She's a little girl, it can't be helped.]

I wonder if I've worried those two...and also Kushima-san.

But with this Curse-sama, if I didn't hurry, Lili-san would have a hard time.

...Huh?

"...Maybe Lili-san would have been safe even if I hadn't rushed? After all, Curse-sama is obsessed with me..."

Eh?

Did we end up losing money because I rushed unnecessarilly?

Eh?

You're kidding, right?

"What was I rushing for...?"

Could it be that all the hard work I put in was for nothing?

Was I trying so hard for no reason?

"I'm an idiot."

[lol]

[Haru-chan, cheer up]

[Why are you so negative suddenly?]

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

[What do you think Haru-chan... Ah, yeah, you're right.]

[lol]

Oh, I see.

I'm kind of tired now.

…As for Lili-san’s case, it’s a rare but normal problem.

Besides, Lili-san herself wasn't actually in that much trouble; she just couldn't attack the boss monster since it looked like a pet she kept.

I forgot to ask where she was hiding, but at the very least she managed to get through the time from when I started diving until I arrived more or less unscathed, which means she must have been on high ground that the dog couldn't climb.

If it had been a cat or a winged monster it would have been a different story, but since it wasn't, it should have been fine.

Well, it might have barked a bit, but that was it.

She seemed confident in her abilities, so there was probably no need to rush.

...I guess I was a little worried after what happened with Ruru-san.

"Oh no. This is what I'm always like. Thinking in vain, taking unnecessary action, and losing out... Seriously."

When I'm tired, I start to feel grumpy.

I'm feeling grumpy right now.

"Oh no. Enough."

[Haru-chan, are you feeling down?]

[Haru-chan, so you still have human feelings...]

[She's cute even when she's depressed]

[The sense of helplessness that comes through in her loli voice]

[Why is such a little girl exuding such a sense of futility...?]

[This might be good too...]

[Wait, come back]

[Haru-chan is the only one who can supply this kind of thing]

[And there's an extremely low probability that a situation like this will occur.]

[This will probably never happen again, so this is the only supply we have now]

[lol]

[A depressed little girl is too niche]

[A depressed young girl... what a novel genre...]

[Probably only Haru-chan is there]

[That's probably true.]

[Only Haru-chan, and only when she's tired, there are so few sources lol]

I throw a rock at random as I'm feeling upset.

"A stone like this."

Knock.

Knock.

[lol]

[Cute]

[She's legit sulking]

[Cute]

Bad mood.

I'm in a bad mood.

…This might be the first time since I got this body that I'm in such a bad mood when I'm exhausted.

I see, that's right.

Because I've become a child.

When children get tired, they get fussy.

Plus, since I'm a girl, my mood is even worse.

"Ahh, I want to go home already. I can't take it anymore."

[lol]

[Haru-chan has become a little girl]

[Isn't she originally a little girl?]

[But her behavior up to this point was not that of a little girl.]

[Haru-chan looked quiet, but she was still a child after all...]

I look around.

The monsters have been eliminated, and if I pick up the drops I can move up from this level.

By the way - at the end of the corridor there is an open space.

The hole I fell through runs vertically.

"That hole caused me this situation."

[Well, that's true.]

[Curー No Name-sama, I wonder how it made that hole.]

[But, even though it was supposed to be the lowest level, there were floors below it, with monsters and treasure chests like this, right?]

[That's right]

[Hey, I was watching Haru-chan's stream while drinking and something just occurred to me]

[Ou]

[Oh, it's remote so no one will notice]

[Who cares about that?]

[lol]

[Say it quickly lol]

[...You know, the lowest floor of the dungeon - there's always a treasure chest and stuff, and there should be nothing below that.]

[Ou]

[What is it? Just go straight to the point.]

[That place - the lowest floor, "I wonder if it's really the 'lowest floor'"]

[Eh?]

[Huh?]

[……Ah]

[But you know what? Right now, there's a normal dungeon here after the lowest floor of the dungeon - "what was" there? There are monsters, right? There are stairs and traps, right? There are normal structures, and drop items, right?]

[Wait, wait, that's bad]

[The dungeons that have been confirmed so far, including the lowest floors, are there really nothing below that? And what about below the 250th floor? Is there something after that too?]

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

[Uh oh]

[This is bad...]

[Sorry, I'm heading off to work for a bit... I'll keep watching the stream though...]

[I'll contact my boss too...]

[Oh no, a phone call... I just took some paid leave...]

[This is already a catastrophe]

[I can imagine lol]

[Isn't that grass withered?]

[They sprayed herbicide on me] (TL note : in JP "lol" is just "www" or 「草」 which can also means grass)

[Um, if I follow Haru-chan, something terrible will happen...]

[Everything is connected again]

[I didn't want them to connect...]

[But now that I know]

[I need to investigate.]

[Well, there are over 1000 maintained dungeons in the country.]

[What if there was an empty space underneath the entire dungeon?]

[Rorororororo]

[Ahh... (resignation)]

[What is this... (resigned)]

[...including those overseas...there are over 100,000, right?]

[Uh oh]

[Be whatever you want ♥]

[I wish I hadn't known♥]

[But it's too late now♥]

[Oh, overseas mirrors are going crazy too]

[lol]

[Of course...]

[You can't escape now♥]

[If you look into the abyss, blah blah blah]

[From now on, you'll be constantly haunted by the fear that the space underneath might suddenly open up♥]

[What is this... (in despair)]

"... Phew. I've had enough. Let's go home now."

[lol]

[Haru-chan is carefree and unaware of the viewers' despair]

[She's in a bad mood, but she's probably more peaceful than anyone else in this space right now.]

I want to go home.

I want to go home.

Very badly.

Because I'm tired.

What's this? I rushed all the way here and now I'm cursed?

"Curse-sama, you idiot."

[Ah]

[Eeek]

Once again - I kick the stone, which doesn't fly well, with a thump.

"You idiot. Curse-sama, you idiot."

It's okay to say this much, right?

It was the curse that had been placed on Ruru-san that caused me to regret my efforts.

[…………………………Huh?]

[...Huh? Nothing happened?]

[...Is it okay with what Haru-chan says...?]

[Maybe: No Name-sama likes Haru-chan]

[Ah, like an elementary school boy who is bullying a girl...]

[No Name-sama is at elementary school level!?]

[Eh……]

"Today was tough, you idiot Curse-sama."

[●REC]

["Idiot"]

[My heart is pounding...]

[What on earth is this feeling...?]

[Everyone, let's go to the hospital later. Of course, a psychiatric hospital.]

[lol]

[We're big friends, so it can't be helped]

I have a strange feeling in my stomach.

So this is how children feels when they get annoyed.

That's true, if people are in danger, then it's not right to make me your target.

"You idiot, Curse-sama. Fool. Smooth brain."

[Ahh... (ascension)]

[\50000]

[\50000]

[\50000]

[\50000]

[\50000]

[\50000]

[To commemorate the fact that I asked the head office to remove the charge limit \999999]

[Huh?]

[Eh……]

[lol]

[Hey, even the employees of the streaming site are mixed in with this stream]

[Um, 10, 100... 1 million yen...]

[Ehhh...]

Closing in on the staircase...and a gaping hole next to it.

A drafty hole.

The hole me and Lili-san fell into.

With this, if I could use a trap to easily take a shortcut like when I descended to the 80th floor, or if there was a direct path like the collapsed hole when we came up――――

"Ah."

[What happened!?]

[FOE?!]

[FOE is Haru-chan, right?]

[Idiot, we're talking about monsters]

[Oh, right]

[lol]

[...Wait, whenever Haru-chan acting like this]

[She does something weird that makes me want to hold my head in my hands]

[No way…]

[That's not it, right? You have to be careful when attacking, right?]

[What more are you going to do, Haru-chan?... (Awe)]

[Fuee... (incontinence) ]

When I remembered something, I quickly rummaged through the bag.

ーIt's stuffed with recently eaten or drunk items, things I've picked up, and things that are getting in the way.

But what's strange is that nothing seems to pass time inside, and it doesn't rot or break even when it's packed full.

The contents won't get crushed even if I step on the bag or sit on it.

This means that the inside is safe no matter what impact it receives.

"ー There it is"

My handmade backpack that has two tubes attached to it. (TL note: It's her jetpack from the first few chapters)

It was something that the moving company had brought over, but the people in the new apartment were scared of it and told me to do something about it because it was dangerous.

[What did you find, Haru-chan?]

[Haru-chan, that's scary...]

[Everyone's afraid lol]

[It's Haru-chan, you know...?]

"Now it will be a breeze with this."

I put the heavy bag on my back and fastened the belt around my stomach.

ーActually, this was made because it would be cheaper than going home with a wristband.

I don't remember how much fuel or magic power was inside, but even so, I should be able to fly about 50 floors.

Because that's how it was made.

If this doesn't work, I'll try again -- this time, since Lili-san isn't there, it'll be easier to get down, and I know I can avoid it and go to another floor through the atrium like this, so I'll just go with ease.

Above all, I'm tired.

I don't even want to use my brain.

[Haru-chan, please explain...]

[That's impossible, it's Haru-chan!]

[Yeah……]

[I have a really bad feeling about this]

[What a coincidence, me too.]

[Probably all the viewers do[

[Rororororororo]

[It's scary]

I look up at the pitch black space above.

Maybe the top is still in the same state as when me and Lili-san fell down.

In other words - the hole remains hollow.

It's been hollow ever since we fell.

And so?

"I'm going home now. I don't want to do this anymore."

[Huh?]

[lol]

[Cute]

[It's cute, but what is this? What does it mean to go home?]

[The Origins are terrified too]

[lol]

[I'm busy right now, so can you be quiet?]

[lol]

[Haru-chan, please explain――]

I close my eyes and check the magical power within my body.

ーI poured all of my magical power, which was probably only a few percent of my usual power, into it.

I feel dizzy.

Extreme sleepiness.

But I defeated that dog on the 80th floor.

So it's safe there.

Besides, there is...

"ーRuru-san and Emi-san should be there."

There's a sound "shugoooooh."

"I'm not scared."

[Huh?]

[Why is this sound so familiar... Ah]

[From Haru-chan's perspective when she saves Ruru-chan]

[That was when she's flying――]

-----------Pashuuu.

I'm flying straight up.

I'm flying.

Flying

I kept flying, flying and flying and it started to get a little brighter.

"ー So Ruru, the viewers are saying that Haru-san is okay, right?"

"But I put Haru-chan in such danger, so I have to help her I have to help her Haru-chan Haru-chan Haru-cha――――huh?"

"Ah"

A feeling of floating.

With a whoosh, I― went outside the hole.

A little below me are Emi-san, Ruru-san, Kushima-san, and many other people.

"Haru-chan?"

"Ruru-sa―"

...Pshhh.

I heard the sound of gas running out behind me and looked at Ruru-san and the others' faces.

They have these worried look on them.

I felt the consciousness I had somehow managed to maintain begins to fade.

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