Chapter 97: Exclusive Chosen Bulletin Board JPN [No.1000 – Kurose Hikaru] 3687th (1/2)
Sopnsored Chapter!
TLN: More than one chapter today! Make sure you didn’t miss the previous one!
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-4: Anonymous from Earth
Because we are watching, Hikaru is taking the path of misery himself…
-8: Anonymous from Earth
But I can’t stop watching. The more Hikaru treads into the darkness, the less I can take my eyes off. Sorry for being a piece of shit.
-10: Anonymous from Earth
It must be pretty rough for him. I feel bad for him, like…seriously.
-14: Anonymous from Earth
He said he would do anything, but being together is a no, huh…
-16: Anonymous from Earth
He once again said that he arrived in that world after being killed.
I would like to hear more about the situation in detail though.
-19: Anonymous from Earth
Most of the information it comprises comes from the announcements of the police and the speculations of Celica after all.
What’s most important is to apprehend the culprit.
-22: Anonymous from Earth
Wonder with what eyes the culprit is watching Hikaru…
-25: Anonymous from Earth
More importantly, he finally said he wants to revive Nanami-chan.
It is just as Celica thought…no, anyone could tell.
-28: Anonymous from Earth
Nanami-chan really played a big role in Hikaru’s life.
Hikaru rejecting Rifreya here must be because of Nanami-chan.
-30: Anonymous from Earth
He says it is not because of love, but that also means that’s how important his family is.
-32: Anonymous from Earth
Now that I think about it, I have been watching all this while with this in mind, but Hikaru himself didn’t outright state he was reviving Nanami-tan until now.
-35: Anonymous from Earth
Seeing Rifreya-chan so desperate made me want to cry -no, I cried.
-37: Anonymous from Earth
For some reason, I cried too.
This is sad…
-39: Anonymous from Earth
Celica: “I think Onii-chan considers the objective of Rifreya-san to become a knight as incredibly noble. But she herself is saying she is fine with throwing that away. Her objective might be the equivalent of ‘I went to college in order to get a job at the local bank’.”
-44: Anonymous from Earth
It is not like the person herself said that that’s her dream after all >templar.
-47: Anonymous from Earth
Her household is renowned for their templars, so she probably can’t just easily say ‘maybe no~’.
People like Celica who are geniuses that can open their own paths as much as they want wouldn’t be able to understand that feeling.
The importance of the rails set for you.
-48: Anonymous from Earth
Rifreya saying plainly that she wanted to rent a room with him made my heart skip a beat.
She definitely doesn’t understand the meaning of being watched by 800 million people.
-52: Anonymous from Earth
Of course she wouldn’t.
Even I wouldn’t be able to.
-53: Anonymous from Earth
Even though Hikaru was most likely in love with Rifreya a long time ago…
What’s with this…?
What in the world is going on…?
-54: Anonymous from Earth
Still being only 15 years old and not being able to dream of the future is too painful.
-55: Anonymous from Earth
He has already secured a way to earn money, so I don’t think he is too down in the pits though?
-59: Anonymous from Earth
I haven’t been popular with women or have money.
Of course, no future either.
-66: Anonymous from Earth
If you get isekaid, you might have another chance.
How about participating in the suspicious ‘lifestyle to be chosen by God’ seminar.
-71: Anonymous from Earth
There’s rumors that there are quite a good amount of participants in those seminars.
With God being proven real, the supernatural trade has gotten revitalized.
-79: Anonymous from Earth
They aren’t getting hit with divine punishment from that?
-83: Anonymous from Earth
Divine punishment doesn’t hit small scale stuff.
The reality is that the killers of the Chosens before the transfer didn’t get divine punishment.
-88: Anonymous from Earth
It is only towards people that tried to manipulate the viewership on a large scale.
That’s when divine punishment-like stuff happened.
Also the people that would say ‘I was the one who made it~’ towards edited videos other people made.
-91: Anonymous from Earth
Chosen killers were probably within the plans of God.
In the end, no matter if it is in the past or the present, that’s something that would have definitely happened.
Considering that, controlling the viewership is probably taken as being in the bounds of God.
-94: Anonymous from Earth
If we think about it with the perspective of the origins of humanity until now, the ability to broadcast began just recently.
-97: Anonymous from Earth
The world was connected with the internet only a few decades ago.
Until then, the world overseas was truly so so far that it felt like an isekai itself too.
-102: Anonymous from Earth
Hikaru being watched by us = Rifreya being exposed to evil intent too; is that the possibility he is thinking?
If he learns that there’s no such intent when he opens the messages, maybe he would accept Rifreya?
-105: Anonymous from Earth
Celica also touched on that possibility.
-111: Anonymous from Earth
Celica: “For Onii-chan, the very gazes are not good, or like…I think he has perceived them as something bad. Even when watching other Chosen, none have said they felt gazes, so it is most likely just an issue of perception. However, that’s on the contrary making the problem more complicated. You can’t cut off something that’s not even tangible, so there’s no choice but to have Onii-chan change his perception.”
Karen: “Then, wouldn’t he be able to tell there’s no people with bad intentions if he were to open his messages?”
Celica: “It depends on the person whether they believe that or not… Our only connection with the Chosen are the messages, you know? The problem is whether he would go ‘If all messages are warm, then there’s no problem’.”
Karen: “Onii is stubborn in weird places after all…”
-118: Anonymous from Earth
Celica touches on the topic that our only connection is the messages every so often.
This situation where the filter of God has been placed on the messages towards the Chosen is way too fragile, and it is easy to warp the truth of things.
-119: Anonymous from Earth
There’s a character limit to it, and what’s shown in the Status Board is just the digital text. There’s not even an avatar icon, and no information of the sender.
-127: Anonymous from Earth
The craftiness of God shows here.
The fact that it is not an actual proper messaging function but a simplified one.
-131: Anonymous from Earth
They probably want to take the stance that we are simply fans of the Chosen.
-134: Anonymous from Earth
There might be an actual mail function in the future.
-138: Anonymous from Earth
There’s the chance for a telephone one too.
That would be tasty for the viewers too after all.
-139: Anonymous from Earth
At the same time in another place, Alex and his party…
-144: Anonymous from Earth
I laughed my ass out with Alex’s side.
-146: Anonymous from Earth
“Ah, those two! Snuggling up with one overcoat…they are doing the rank 3 in what I wanted to do at least once after becoming an explorer!” “Seriously?!” “Woah!”
-149: Anonymous from Earth
Idiots I can’t bring myself to hate.
-152: Anonymous from Earth
Celica: “Even we haven’t done anything bittersweet with Onii-chan like that!”
Karen: “C-Calm down. But that certainly ranks high in what an explorer would want to do at least once.”
-159: Anonymous from Earth
This is my first time seeing them speak like that.
-164: Anonymous from Earth
Karen has fallen on the same level as Alex and his party!
-168: Anonymous from Earth
“Uoooh! Flush!” “Fuh, sorry about that -four cards.” “Gueeeeeeh!”
Those idiots really are idiots.
-173: Anonymous from Earth
Playing board games with those guys sounds like a lot of fun.
-174: Anonymous from Earth
Tension ZERO.
-178: Anonymous from Earth
I laughed out loud when they didn’t even notice a ghoul getting really close because they were so into their poker game.
-182: Anonymous from Earth
Anyways, they should just forget about us watching and just flirt with each other.
-187: Anonymous from Earth
Hikaru is way too stoic.
-192: Anonymous from Earth
Well, I do understand the feeling of not wanting others to see the cute sides of their loved ones.
-194: Anonymous from Earth
Then, are you okay with Rifreya-sama getting married with someone else?
-199: Anonymous from Earth
No way I would be. Don’t even joke about it.
-205: Anonymous from Earth
Celica said Hikaru stated this with that resolve in mind.
-209: Anonymous from Earth
What a man…
-216: Anonymous from Earth
Ain’t that NTR!
-218: Anonymous from Earth
Say that once it actually happens, you heretic!
-220: Anonymous from Earth
There’s a whole ton of Chosen who don’t care one bit about that after all.
-222: Anonymous from Earth
Like Master Don Juan. It even feels as if he is showing us.
-227: Anonymous from Earth
It is that style of acting after all…
-228: Anonymous from Earth
If it is an issue with money, doesn’t Hikaru have a rare plant? Isn’t it okay to bring that up?
-234: Anonymous from Earth
It may be rare, but it is unknown how much it can be sold at.
-236: Anonymous from Earth
It is one flower, so it would be crazy highly priced if it goes for 1 million. But for Hikaru and the others, 1 million isn’t that much.
-239: Anonymous from Earth
True.
-247: Anonymous from Earth
If you are going to be living a modest lifestyle, then you might be able to survive for 1 year with just that one flower, but the treatment of Rifreya-sama’s little sister is probably not on that scale.
-253: Anonymous from Earth
But the equipment of Rifreya-sama is pretty nice, so maybe she isn’t sending that much money back home?
-258: Anonymous from Earth
That equipment -aside from the sword- there are theories that maybe they are all hand-me-downs from her master.
-265: Anonymous from Earth
Leaving aside what’s the truth behind it, equipment and tools are a necessary expense for explorers. Trying to be frugal on that front and ending up not performing well as an explorer would be putting the cart before the horse.
-267: Anonymous from Earth
But if she can’t become a templar…what would she be doing then?
-275: Anonymous from Earth
Hikaru said that he won’t be partying with her even if that happens. He is simply doing his best right now because he has the mission of getting 1st place to revive Nanami-chan.
-277: Anonymous from Earth
The description of the aforementioned flower had written that it might serve for some sort of disease, right?
I am sure that flower can cure the disease of her little sister with that.
I have read enough webnovels to know where this is going.
-285: Anonymous from Earth
Don’t lump reality with fiction…
-291: Anonymous from Earth
Leaving aside the other effects, can’t they just use a panacea or something?
-294: Anonymous from Earth
That!
-300: Anonymous from Earth
The panacea requires 3 Points though.
-303: Anonymous from Earth
You people are idiots.
The disease of her little sister has nothing to do with Hikaru not being able to stay with Rifreya.
-310: Anonymous from Earth
No, it must be serving as shackles for Rifreya herself.
Once the matter of the little sister gets solved, she would be the very definition of an unfettered stalker.
You can manage something by pushing incessantly against a gutless virgin like Hikaru.
-313: Anonymous from Earth
The little sister of Rifreya-sama apparently had a brighter future than her after all.
If the little sister’s disease is cured, the little sister will be the one becoming the templar.
Rifreya would be a free person then.
-318: Anonymous from Earth
Alright, let’s go with that story.
Now, let’s tell him through messages—
-320: Anonymous from Earth
Don’t even have anyone we can send it to…
Maybe send it to Alex?
-327: Anonymous from Earth
If we send it to Alex, won’t he instead begin to make a pass on Rifreya?
-333: Anonymous from Earth
Jeanne-chan is going to be arriving at Meltia soon, so maybe tell Jeanne-chan?
I am sure she will get pissed off though.
-339: Anonymous from Earth
“I am not a messenger girl!!”
-349: Anonymous from Earth
That’s actually starting to become a catchphrase for Jeanne.
For some reason, there’s a lot of: ‘Tell x person this’ or ‘Do y this’ or ‘Please do z’.
Even though she seems to be completely fed up with this, Jeanne still properly grants them, which says a lot about her.
-355: Anonymous from Earth
I think she considers the messages as some sort of quest.
She is a gamer after all.
-357: Anonymous from Earth
Telling Jeanne is fine and all, but the messages themselves are not so easy to send now.
At the beginning, maybe because God didn’t adjust it well, or it might have been a limited time event because it had just opened, anything reached.
-359: Anonymous from Earth
Because of that, a whole lot of flaming and slander reached Hikaru though…
-364: Anonymous from Earth
Now you can’t do it unless you have strong emotions accompanying it.
I also tried sending messages to Jeanne-chan for the fun of it, but they were all bounced off.
-368: Anonymous from Earth
The messages of family reach at a decent rate, so it really is about love.
“You are my pride and joy.” -by mom.
-374: Anonymous from Earth
Americans really like that phrase.
Those were also sent to Alex, right? The: *I am proud of you*.
-377: Anonymous from Earth
In the silent darkness, only the sobbing of Rifreya-sama resonates in the stairs to the 4th Floor…
The pale profile of Hikaru is painful to watch…
-378: Anonymous from Earth
The message function really has its goods and bads.
I would say it tilts more on the bad side though.
-383: Anonymous from Earth
Not really. Take Alex for example. He seems to actually be getting healed by the messages of his family.
-385: Anonymous from Earth
How can we have Alex tell Hikaru once again to open his messages?
-388: Anonymous from Earth
It seems even Celica and Karen can’t send too many messages.
Moreover, there seems to be a system where, the more you send, the less probable your next ones will be sent.
-392: Anonymous from Earth
There’s no way they would implement a system where you can solve things by spamming the send button after all.
-399: Anonymous from Earth
Well, even if your letter arrives, it normally doesn’t equate to having them move according to it.
It is the same logic as when someone tells us to study more, drink more energy drinks, don’t eat ramen, or don’t eat at night; we just don’t listen.
-413: Anonymous from Earth