Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4 - Mizuiro Gunjou
1:22 AM
The lesson starts
The lesson starts
The lesson about the girl who manifested the labyrinth disease starts
She has no privacy nor huhts
Since she has already been designated as a calamity
As ated
『First Hour Period ---
Please learn about the profile of the girl』
Name --- Mizuiro Gunjou
Sixteen
Girl
Height 147 cm
Weight 35 kg As light as a feather
Born in Minato, Tokyo city
She is a descendant of the founder of Mitsutolomerates that have expanded rapidly since the discovery of the labyrinth disease In other words, she's a super rich hter
Which re was a 'Mitsutomo Heavy Industries Made' one So that was the reason why she was using that headphone
As a lady of the Mitsutoifted education since when she was still a child
As for her family members ---
Mother - Mitsutomo Yurie
Father - Mizuiro Seitarou
Elder sister - Mizuiro Ruri
Three people
Her parents' teaching was that it would be ician As a rown thanks to the 《Magic Converted frorow up as a talent who could save the world and be useful to the world
Consequently, since she was a child, she had received strict instructions to not shame the Mitsutomo name
But when Gunjou was eight, her big sister Ruri as fifteen then died Her big sister, who had already becoician and started to make a name for herself, died in a failed labyrinth raid
Even as Gunjou cried, shaken up, her parents did not cry There was not even a funeral If she could die in a labyrinth of that level, she's not our child, they scorned her
Make sure you don't die in such an unsightly manner like her, they drilled into Gunjou
Since then, Gunjou strove a notch harder in her training
For the sake of saving the world
For the sake of not becohtly
For the sake of getting praised by her parents
And then, we had that Gunjou That Mizuiro Gunjou who had becoician with twenty corporate sponsors
But yesterday
On the 2nd of December
She had a labyrinth disease onset
That is the official data given to us
Or I could say, so that Gunjou herself was already aware of
However, there is soer has any privacy
About her recent behavior
About how she went to karaoke with friends recently and how she had fun there
About how she became more tearful recently
About how she got hyped up by her rivalry with her classer hours than before
””
But that doesn't matter
More importantly,
Both she and her big sister were abandoned kids ---
They were orphans bought from a children's home by the Mitsutomo Group ---
Their parents were not eveninstructors ---
Mitsutomo Group hid this truth fro it, they tried desperately to please their 'parents'
Reading about that environly, in the end, it's the saht and smiled
Kiri looks at me sadly, and smiles
shi+ro's face has becory, it seems But maybe I am mistaken
As if none of that matters, the lesson moves on
About her recent behavior
About her wonderful results
About the large number of people she had saved
About the fact that she actually likes flowers, and had made a flowerbed on the balcony of her room And about how she disliked winter because floilt then
In the middle of the lesson, shi+ro raises his hand
”Sensei”
”Hn? What is it, shi+ro”
”It's enough I've read all the data”
”You are not allowed to read ahead on your oithout”
”That's for e have a lot of people right? If there's a gap between the coht be a better way but”
shi+ro looks at us At me, Kiri, Yousuke, and Himi He didn't look at the other students
”In the end, the guys who are gonna do it today are mostly those who know Gunjou well There's no need for us to learn anything more about her profile Let's leave more time for the raid and move on to the next lesson”
Honjou Tsukasa looks at us
”Is everyone in agreement?”
There is no objection Honjou Tsukasa nods
”Then, let's take a toilet br”
Before she finishes, our homeroom teacher stops She then says
”You don't need a break?”
No objection as before
Honjou Tsukasa grins
”Aren't you guys unusually serious? You guys are finer people than I thought Do you want to save your classmate that badly?”
Even though she said 'save', but it's really to 'kill' --- no one replies to her question
I look out the
The snow has started piling up in the schoolyard Is it also cold inside the tower that Gunjou has given birth to?
Just like Gunjou, I too hate winter It's because it's cold
””
And thus, the first hour period ends
『Second Hour Period ---
Lesson on irl』
The lesson in the second hour period, is to read and memorize the data of the labyrinth created by Gunjou, from the scans by the researchers
No one knohy it is a tower
There are 100 floors above ground; this is a tower that only extends upwards
Additionally, the labyrinth is not a coht path
On each wide floor, there is only one place where the next floor is connected via a staircase
The floor that Gunjou is on is the 75th floor
If we insert into the labyrinth in the re all the way up froround floor, on't make it if we take more than a minute to clear each floor
And say, if ant to fight Gunjou with 20 , we have to reach Gunjou in 40we have to clear each floor in about 30 seconds or so and that's just impossible
In that case,
”Are we inserting right into an upper level?”
I turn the page The infiltration route starts indeed froround floor The possible points of insertion are, the 100th floor, and the 30th floor, it seems
Even though both routes are provided in the documents, it's probably better to enter from the 100th floor In that e have less floors to clear in our raid
At that moment, Santou raises his hand
”Erh?”
”What is it? Ah ~, you are who again?”
”Santou Santou Taisuke”
”So, Taisuke-kun, what is it?”
”Which route should I ”
But, Yousuke says
”We don't knoill happen, so it's better to memorize both”
I agree
Gunjou is a high level labyrinth Then, the instant we enter, on't knoill happen and what kind of problems ill face; in the first place, we don't even knohether the labyrinth structure would be the same as the scans
In that case, we should make as many preparations as possible
”Memorize both both I see”
Santou looks a little surprised, and he nods
Our homeroom teacher Honjou Tsukasa then says
”Ah, by the way, class 5 will be inserting into the 100th floor”
Kiri looks up
”Class 5? Which means there will be other raid teams?”
I then say with half-opened eyes
”Probably the guys from Kansai”
Honjou Tsukasa didlike that over the phone Since there was the fear of the possibility of the Tokyo students getting wiped out by Gunjou, they called in the students from Kansai ---
The team from Kansai will probably raid Gunjou at the same time
Honjou Tsukasa nods
”That's right I heard they'll coer than our team But still, it see our 『Hero Team』 they are dubbed the 『Valor Team』”
Never heard of them
But Himi says
” they are a team that has several corporate sponsors behind theht? I heard they are really strong as a team”
I smile
”Haha, they et along huh?”
On hearing that, the ferily
”Then you guys should just get along!”
I look at her How are we supposed to get along better than this?
Then, at that moment, I can hear the sound of choppers outside the
5 transport choppers See
They are probably deceived about the difficulty level
I ask
”Sensei”
”What is it, shi+nnosuke-kun?”
”This is not in the documents yet, but what is the rank of the labyrinth this time?”
Honjou Tsukasa replies readily
”It's 15”
As expected, she lied If that's true, then there won't just be only 10 Kichijouji High students left here
Even though 15 is not a low rank per se, it's possible to clear it with barely a few fatalities And the reward for clearing it is huge You can get correspondingly high rewards for clearing high level labyrinths There will probably be a lot of people ants to participate
But all the students in this school did not think that the labyrinth born out of Gunjou would be of a low rank That's why everyone's gone
shi+ro says
”So, its actual rank?”
I answer
”42”
A buzz sounds instantly in this classrooave off a shi+ver
shi+ro looks at me
”How did you know?”
”Sensei told me over the phone”
”So, you ca the rank?”
”You should also have a faint idea that it'd be soone home”
But Kiri says from beside me
” 42, you say it's a number where it's not a question of cowards or not anymore”
At that irl with a boyfriend in class 2 stands up She tree of tears She then looks at us,
” uwu uuuuuu uuwuuuu”
She lets out so, she leaves the classroom
She has abandoned her boyfriend
The perilous love affair easily ended
And that is the right choice
”All right, one Escaped”
Two others stand up And dash out of the classroom
”Three Escaped”
I murmur
Santou and another girl remain Both of them have fearful faces
Santou turn to face us
” erh away fro?”
shi+ro appears thoughtful A face that looks as if it's considering what the right choice is
He then looks at me
”Hey, shi+nnosuke”
”Hn?”
”What is the highest ranked labyrinth you've cleared before?”
Kiri too looks at me with deep interest on her face
But Honjou Tsukasa interrupts
”Since the lessons on how to go about raiding it, and what kind of team to form, will take place in the 4th hour and 5th hour periods, can you guys wait until then before deciding on whether you are going to get bloay by the wind of cowardice?”
She's right The ti ourselves out with this kind of talk
”How's the map?”
shi+ro then answers Honjou Tsukasa's words
”Already doneit”
Santou then frantically says
”You're kidding me!?”
But no one looks at Santou At any rate, his ability won't be of any use in a rank 42 labyrinth It doesn't matter whether or not he has memorized the map
Honjou Tsukasa says
”Class 5 will insert on the 100th floor However, from the survey, there will be more obstacles from there down, so we don't really knohich insertion point is really better And by telling you this, the 2nd hour period is over, and now”
I look up at the clock
The second hour period has ended at 215 No more than an hour has passed since the start of class
Honjou Tsukasa says
”Do you need a break?”
As before, no one makes a sound
And I have already memorized the map
I have alreadythere is to know about the way to where Gunjou is
Now, the next lesson begins
『Third Hour Period ---
Lesson on the girl's weakness』
Gunjou's weakness is the blood of others
Froation, her movements will cease if she either sees or touches blood
While it's not like she will be daed by the blood itself, but it's possible to stop her movements
””
She can't deal ith the sight of blood
She can't deal ith seeing her comrades die
She can't deal ith seeing others get hurt
Is that the reason why she's weak against blood?
I don't know It's not written in the docuainst blood
Furtheret blood on her
How to predict her movements
Infor a variety of patterns on these, as well as what abilities Gunjou possesses, are written; though I memorized them, I cannot rely on theirl will move in more complicated manners than what is written in the docuence left in them
Gunjou's abilities are alsoon the labyrinth, her abilities will get boosted, but anyhow, it ic
In other words, she will use a variety of ic ---
” how troublesome”
I think aloud
She's now different froe of fortifying ic In that case, no matter how much you try to predict her movement patterns, it will never be exactly the same
Honjou Tsukasa has prepared tens ofcylinders filled with red fluids on the teacher's desk and she says
”The blood has been prepared, so take as many as you like Get it on Gunjou, stop her, then kill her Get it?”
With that, the 3rd hour period comes to an end
♦
10 minutes break ---
Right after ere dismissed, I headed out of the classroom to the toilet
To the toilet at the level two floors above, where the AV androoms are at It's the toilet which Gunjou often visited when she puked from her nervousness This here she desperately hid that self of hers which was crushed by the pressure from her commitment to protect her comrades
””
I switch on the lights of the completely dark corridor
No one is here as expected
I stare at the ladies, but since Gunjou is no longer here, I enter the gents Just as I am about to relieve myself at a urinal, shi+ro enters the toilet
Lining up right beside me
I look at shi+ro and say
”There are three urinals so why are you standing beside ay?”
”Aren't you saying that because you are e looked at?”
”Shall I show it to you?”
On hearing that, shi+ro grins,
”Oh e”
And, as he starts to turn towards me,
”Huh? damn you, don't screith me!”
I holler angrily and step back from the place I have yet to open up my zipper
At that moment, Yousuke enters
”helloz”
On top of that, Himi and Kiri enter as well
While looking around, Kiri says,
”Wow, this is the first tients ~”
I look at them in blank amazement
”Why are all of you here?”
Kiri then answers
”Isn't it because the Hero Tea?”
shi+ro looks at me As expected, shi+ro's fly is also still closed Well, that's a given
Yousuke says
”Ah, but shi+nnosuke, if you can't hold it in, we can go out for a while”
”Never mind that It's not that full”
My arms crossed, I look at the assembled Hero Team in the cramped toilet
shi+ro says
”Ah, anyway for now, can I speak in the role of the person in charge?”
No one objects, and he nods and continues
”First, let's ascertain our situation The rank of the labyrinth that Gunjou gave rise to is 42 Even in the world-level perspective, this is a rather high level labyrinth If we let it becoreater but --- now Is this so we should raid, or not? Letit, raise your hand”
The way shi+ro is seeking for hand raises with clear-cut words and not expecting any opinions, is the ed a great number of people before
Despite pretending that he was opposing Gunjou, he really is so people
Those who are in favor of entering the labyrinth, raise your hand ---
However, no one raise his hand to those words
Continuing, shi+ro says
”Then, those who are against entering it raise your hand”
Then Yousuke, Hi at one another's faces
That's natural Because it's a rank 42
Only fools will enter it
shi+ro looks at me
”I'ainst it And thus, on't enter it this time”
”My”
”The people on't be entering it includes you as well, shi+nnosuke”
”Ha, you want me to just follohat everyone decided?”
shi+ro then nods readily
”That's right”
”Don't includeme”
But shi+ro looks hard at me,
”Even if you say that, this is a no-brainer choice for norht? However, if this were a rank 25, I believe ould be able to clear it if this team cooperates”
He said so incredible Both Himi and Yousuke have looks of surprise on their faces, but Kiri says hesitatingly
”Eh, eh, don't tellit? It's 42 you know?”