Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - Super Hero
0:30 AM
It has been 3 hours since the onset of the disease happened in Gunjou
I a with and adjusting my 《Headphone Fuzz》
It is a German 《Headphone Fuzz》 called 《Willer Corp Manufactured Prototype 42》 Due to the fact that it places an overly large burden on the body and mind, it never entered production, but I went on to ask Liezel to further custoerous level that would immediately destroy the brain if it was not adjusted precisely
I fiddle with it Adjust it
The news stream from the TV in the room, but it never touches on the disease onset that happened earlier in Kichijouji
The infor restricted
Of course
Since the onset of the labyrinth disease happened in a place that it should not, and at a time that it should not happen
I finish adjusting my 《Headphone Fuzz》
No one has contacted me yet
But, so what if someone did? The labyrinth manifested by Gunjou is probably a hopeless one
In the first place, in the event that a labyrinth is ic, then that labyrinth will be at an abnorh level
And Gunjou is a world-class faician In that case, the labyrinth will probably be at a rank that can't be cleared
By the way, if it's a rank 12 labyrinth, with sufficient preparation, aany casualty but
In the case of Asahi Momoka --- based on h level People die relentlessly As for the few of us who cleared that, we ht even have become famous around the world
The teaed to clear a rank 20 labyrinth without sufficient investigation and within the limited amount of time
Might even have been called the 『Hero Team』, I suppose
””
However, in the past, I cleared a labyrinth of up to rank 40
It hen I was fifteen
It's a story in an unlawful, irregular, dark world
A story of an organizationof human lives
The name of that labyrinth was 《Holy Sword 40》 ---
It was the labyrinth froic that formed the basis of 《Holy Sword switch》
However, we are talking about an eternal labyrinth that had no time limit after all
After a thorough investigation on the structure of the interior of the labyrinth, a teaicians was formed after meticulous levels of preparation, sent in, and the whole raid took a total of 1 month and 2 days, and to top it off, the only one who survived till the very end was me
””
At that
It's my homeroom teacher Honjou Tsukasa
She's alive huh
” hello”
”Ah, you picked up So you're alive Then, come to school now”
” because Gunjou turned into a labyrinth?”
”Oh, you already caught wind of it despite skipping the raid? Who did you hear it from? Your classmates?”
I don't have the contacts of my classmates In the first place,
”I heard that Gunjou's disease broke out while she was on the returning chopper In other words, the whole class 5's wiped out?”
Meaning that shi+ro, Himi, Yousuke, as well as Kiri, have all been sed by the labyrinth
”Oh, you already knew that much But fortunately, our class 5 which has all the capable students are fine And you skipped the raid as well”
”My, how did they survive?”
”At that ti the chopper which the relief squad was riding That's why, together with that chopper, both class 1 and class 2 didn'tyour interview got caught in it as well, you know?”
”Hmph None of my business”
”Ah-haha, that goes the same for me He's useless anyway At any rate, coation froht away”
But I smile at that
”In the first place, is the school still there? The skies above Kichouji have been transforht?”
Honjou Tsukasa replies
”That too is a lucky thing Gunjou's labyrinth is a vertically tall labyrinth and the surrounding area that was enveloped wasn't that wide”
”It's a tower right?”
”Furtherely expanded in the opposite direction of the school, it didn't reach the school If I', it's about 8km in radius”
That's a very wide area An incredible number of people were annihilated
”If the school had been destroyed, then it ht be necessary to call in the labyrinth raid teaion Rather, I heard that the students in the Kansai region are actually starting class at the same tiood those Kansai brats are, but the ones ill clear the labyrinth is us”
I ask
”What's the raid level?”
” rank 15 Weon us but ~, if it's you, shi+nnosuke-kun --- 【Devil-Sword Devil】, the faht?”
My eyes narrow Hearing less nickname ---
”In the end, you checked on me, didn't you?”
”That's what I heard froher ups just now And we still don't know anything about you save the nickname Who on earth are you?”
”Just a tih school student”
”Haha, whatever But, you're probably the only one who can clear this labyrinth So please do your best”
That's easy for her to say I stroke my 《Headphone Fuzz》 in which er and attach it to ht away if I were to enter a labyrinth right now
But,
”If you want me to do it, then please don't lie”
I say reproachingly
”What do you mean by that?”
”With someone as powerful as Gunjou, it won't be just a rank 15 labyrinth right?”
Honjou Tsukasa then laughs
”Ah-hahahahahahahahahaha I' up”
”Don't screith me Answer me What's her rank?”
On hearing that, Honjou Tsukasa replies readily
”42”
As I thought, it's hopeless
A time-limited labyrinth with hardly any time for preparation at a rank of 42
Just the task of infiltration is impossible
It's the end for Mizuiro Gunjou
And if we leave her as she is, she'll turn into an eternal labyrinth and her difficulty level will jump up by ten times
She'll turn into an abnor, let alone saving her, will be impossible
The same fate as Saki
No, it was already over for her when the disease irl does not have any options, except to either becoet killed before she turns into one
”Hey Sensei”
”What is it?”
”You don't really feel like raiding the labyrinth right?”
”But if we don't do it then tens of thousands of people will die”
”I can't really see you as such a person who's concerned about others though”
”Ah-haha, there are quite a nu in that area, and I'd feel really good if we could take care of this --- there's a really big reward for it after all”
An acknowledgeable explanation
Betting on not her own life but the lives of others, if she succeeds, her faive it a shot?
”I thought that our teaht just be able to accomplish it But, if it's iuys are important pawns for o up just by entering such a difficult labyrinth”
””
”Well, that's how it is, so coirl and save the”
I cut her off and say coldly
”Why don't you just tell me to kill Gunjou?”
On hearing that, Honjou Tsukasa laughs With the sound of hter
Then,
”I'll tell that to you as many times as you want if that'd make you do the work Quickly kill Mizuiro Gunjou, and make me rich Mr Goody Hypocrite”
””
”Well then, see you at school ~”
She hangs up I toss my cellphone onto my bed and lie down
And look up at the ceiling
””
The disease manifested in Gunjou
Rank 42
She probably can't be saved anyot sed by the labyrinth as well
I shouldn't bother going at all Up till now, I have never heard of anyone raiding a time-limited rank 42 labyrinth If anyone did that, it would be suicide He would be a fool He would have come doith the 'super-hero' syndrome That is not the place to play hypocrisy
” I definitely won't go Saving the world my ass”
I said disgustedly
”I'm not a fool I'm not a fool”
I said the sa twice
But, if there were someone who could save Gunjou, it would be none other than me If she becomes rank 420, no one will be able to save her any that can be done if we don't take care of it at rank 42
””
On top of that, I have the Holy Sword in my hands
I have the Holy Sielded by the hypocrite, which just irl
I snapflows from the 《Headphone Fuzz》
The song of the Holy Sword
The holy cursed song
””
The news program on TV ends and a variety show starts Artistes who merrily
A peaceful world A tranquil world A safe world But a world that would have already disappeared if Gunjou hadn't been working hard A world that would have already disappeared if no one had sacrificed herself
But no one is thankful That's because, no er appears, or what kind of abnormal circu, foolish and frantic Gunjou would appear and risk her life to do so about it
””
But that's not me It should not be me Because I have to save my little sister Because I have to save my little sister If that's the case, I shouldn't be using this Holy Sword, which may or may not be completed yet I shouldn't show this to anyone And I can't afford to die in the labyrinth as well
I never can become a super hero
Thus, I say
” I shall abandon Gunjou”
Up till now, I have been doing that
Up till now, I have been doing that
Up till now, I havethat
Sounds of laughter ring out fro out I don't knohat's so funny about that So themselves tre a crowd of s faces
I pull its plug and the projection disappears
The room returns to silence
Only the sound of the clock can be heard
The sound of Gunjou's re away one second at a time
” damn”
I stand up, for a reason that even I do not know
♦
1:00 AM
《Kichijouji High School》
A dark, dark schoolyard
A dark school premise
The only places with their lights switched on are the staff room and the classroom of Class 5
As I enter the classroom,
”shi+nnosuke-kun!”
Kiryuu Kiri stands up
I look inside the classroom
Normally filled with twenty people, the classroom of Class 5 has only nine people in it
Including me, it'll be ten
Further aside shi+ro, Yousuke, Himi and Kiri, I have never seen the other five students Meaning they aren't students from class 5
Kiri draws close to me immediately
”shi+nnosuke-kun, did you hear? Gunjou”
”I already know”
”Ah, ah I see Did you hear it from Sensei?”
I nod More iet wind of this?
It was said that Gunjou was in a different chopper from class 5 when her disease manifested In that case, Kiri and the rest of the students should not have seen her during the onset of the disease Those who saould all have already been sed by the labyrinth
And the news about Gunjou having the disease would have been concealed for a while even fro students
A labyrinth becoirl can erade No fool would enter such a labyrinth If they want to raid the labyrinth --- at the very least, asse the class, then they should have kept the new under cover
But, Kiri knows
From the looks of this turnout, the rest of the students probably knoell
That's e have such a small turnout
A all the classes, probably only the ten people here will be entering the labyrinth For class 5, aside from the Hero team, shi+ro, Himi, Yousuke, and Kiri, the rest have been 'wiped out' Meaning that they have Escaped before even entering the labyrinth
I ask
”Hey Kiri”
”Hn?”
”How did you know about Gunjou co doith the disease? Did you hear it from Honjou Tsukasa?”
But, she shakes her head
”On the way from the labyrinth in Saitae from the rescue chopper”
””
”They contacted the chopper of class 5 and said that Gunjou looked strange”
””
”Then, the people around suddenly started yelling, 'it's the labyrinth disease!' --- and an evacuation order was then given to all the choppers”
” that's enough I got it”
It means that Gunjou's disease onset wasn't hidden from the other students
Most of the students probably already bailed Escaping before even entering the labyrinth
And that's so right that it's alht Rather, I' back too
””
I look at the five people I don't know
Three males
Two females
They are probably from class 3 and class 4 Class 1 and class 2 were probably sed up by the labyrinth
A man speaks
” oh, you must be the famous Arisu shi+nnosuke-kun from the Hero Team! I'm happy to meet you Let me introduce myself I'ht now, I'm the top of class 3”
I look at him with half-opened eyes
The guy called Santou approaches me and says
”Even though the cowards ran off, the fate of the world rest on us Let's save the world together!”
He extends his hand to me
I look down at it in boredom,
””
Ignoring it, I return to my seat
Santou smiles
”What a shy guy But anyway, let's give it our all together”
Is this guy saying that for real? Or did he catch the weird superhero syndrome in his head?
Another person, this tiirl, stands up
”Erhm, everyone, please hear me I, have a boyfriend who's in class 2”
I no longer need to hear any further Since I already know herhere
”Erhm, my ability ranks around ht be a burden to the class 5 that's filled with capable people I' I can for this labyrinth raid so please! Save Hiroki!”
Who the hell's Hiroki?
Santou strokes her back trying to cal
The other students look on as well Well, each and every one of the this absurd labyrinth I suppose
Ignoring them, I return to my seat
I look around the classroo close to shi+ro like goldfish droppings
Sluht ht By the time we are done with our lesson and infiltrate the labyrinth within the next 6 hours, it'd already beWe'll be in no shape to raid the labyrinth if we are sleep-deprived
However, if shi+ro's taking a nap now, then, itGunjou's labyrinth
Kiri takes the seat beside me, and peers into my face
” what?”
She then says
”Nothing, I just didn't expect you to come”
”Why?”
She
But, from the look of her face, she understands
That this labyrinth can't be raided
Gunjou can't be killed
But I ask,
”In that case, why're you here?”
Kiri appears to ponder a little, and replies
” to save the world, I suppose?”
”I won't ask you anymore”
”Ah-haha”
She sain
While I don't know thebehind that, she probably has her own reason as well A reason whereby she has to enter the labyrinth Which re the Asahi Momoka incident, she never Escaped as well until the very end Despite having been abandoned by her classmates