D Genesis, 3 Years after Dungeon Appeared

On the 41st floor of Nishi-Shinjuku Park Tower, four Simon team members gracefully enjoyed afternoon tea.

He was told to come back from the dungeon to confirm the orb's bid and prepare to receive it, but when he came back, there was a delay in the arrival of personnel to obtain the mining.

Apparently, DoD threaded the personnel out of their place so strongly that the selection of personnel returned to blank paper.

As for DoD, it is our jurisdiction because it is a resource, but as for DAD, it seems that we are more appropriate because it is still at the investigation stage.

From the scene, aren't you an idiot? This is the kind of trouble that I would like to say, but the management team is unavoidable because this is the source of points.

Nevertheless, the squeeze comes to the scene.

Simon and the others decided not to go back to the 18th floor, but to take a vacation. However, they must have come to Yoyogi on vacation before the building.

Joshua is very accustomed to her hands and carries the cup to her mouth.

Mason, wearing a shirt with an unfamiliar collar and sleeves, threw a tea hood into his mouth while looking tight.

Finger food and Petite Suites have disappeared with great momentum, but tray service will be here soon.

Here afternoon tea sets can be eaten as much as you like, not just tea, but tray service tea food. The boulder is Park Hyatt. I only do 45 dollars (* 1).

"So, how was Yoshimura?

Simon leaves the single-estate autumnal and asks.

Autumnals are usually harvested in autumn. Though it has nothing to do with muscat flavors, it has a lot of fans in its tannins.

But Simon thought it would be nice if he kept his coffee in his heart. He is a coffee party.

"Yoshimura? Not Azsa?

Natalie heard it and said strangely.

Yoshimura.

Catherine patrolled for a moment, but as soon as she stretched her spine, she answered her superiors' questions.

He was a very strong man.

"What about it?"

"Jenkins are called rock-paper-scissors."

"Oh, no, I know that."

"Excuse me!

"Didn't Kathy challenge him? I want to know what he was capable of at that time."

"That's it...."

Catherine explained the situation in detail.

Challenging a mock game in a dungeon and getting caught up in a jianken match for the reason that it was troublesome.

I was provoked to wonder if Janken thought that luck was the only thing that could be measured by luck alone.

If you think it's a lie, do what you're told to do.

And surprisingly, I never won.

"You couldn't win? Maybe it's just a coincidence.

"I definitely tried 100 times, but I never won."

"Never? No icons?

"Icon?"

"It's about giving each other the same thing."

"... speaking of which, I didn't. It's strange."

The probability is 1/3 because there is no icon at all, and it's all on for the first time.

Is that what happens 100 times in a row? If it's a coincidence, the probability is...

"About a five-hundred-quattuordecillionth."

Natalie said roughly.

"I've never heard the word Quattoo Odysserions."

"Ten to forty-five. So the denominator is about 5E plus 47."

"There are too many digits, I can't imagine."

"Orders about the total number of water molecules on the planet."

"It doesn't make any sense."

Anyway, I knew it was an unlikely probability.

"Was there a trick?

"That's what I thought. So I asked them if they had the ability to read their thoughts."

So?

"I was told that if you think of something else and you think of a different hand, you can win."

"Did you try?

"Of course."

But he said he lost it all.

It is impossible to strike out such an unlikely chance. I think there was some trick - perhaps a skill - there, but I couldn't imagine what it was.

"In that case, Janken won't be injured, and you can challenge me at any time. I was told that if I lost, I would face other challenges."

I'm sure you'll never lose, but that's convenient.

"Cathy will be exploring the secret of Yoshimura's abilities for a while."

"Okay."

Without being told, Katherine, who hated losing, was full of willingness to challenge Yoshimura.

"So, was the training program explained?

"No, that's probably tonight, but we may not be able to report on the program for a while."

"A non-disclosure agreement?

"No, it's not. Your bosses are your first customers, so if you want to report it, just wait till it's over."

"What do you got?

"I was told it would make me less impressed."

Are you impressed by the training? They're as interesting as ever. I don't know what the hell you're doing.

"Have you entered into a non-disclosure agreement?

"No, that's..."

"What?

"I have nothing to hide, and I can tell my former boss what I learned during my work, so I want you to work hard."

Simon burst out of his mind when he heard that.

"You've already woven everything!

A service staff member brilliantly throwing Simon through, who was showing off the job of shouting and killing and laughing, brought in a freshly baked scone.

While adding plenty of chewed jam and clotted cream to it, Joshua was arguing with Mason whether the jam or clotted cream should be applied first.

"Anything else?

"... about the reward."

"Oh, I decided to treat you part-time in front of the building, but your salary will be paid as before. In your case, it was E-6, but it was E-8 because you were in second grade on assignment."

"Ah, no, no... are you sure you want to get paid from D Powers?

"Well, I'm not a volunteer, so I can't take it."

"But...."

"What? Something wrong?

"... $250,000 a year."

Simon, who whistled unexpectedly, gathered his gaze around him for a moment.

"You're fat. That's more than O-10."

Say what Natalie was impressed with. O-10 is the salary scale given to the general of the army, with a ceiling of roughly less than $20,000 per month.

"The job is to train the trainers, right?

"Yes"

"Do you have a confidentiality bonus?

Severance payments are a common mechanism.

"That's what I said earlier."

I'm not sure what they think.

If the instructor gets so much, is it possible that the cost of the course is out of order?

"Well, it's okay to have a staff surgeon with a higher salary than General. This is not a USMC (* 2)."

Joshua said casually asking the staff for a change of tea.

"If you say you're going to give it to me, give it to me. DAD's front team earns more with items and Orb bonuses, so don't worry about it."

"Okay."

In fact, the front team is risking their lives. That much was available.

Otherwise, you won't be able to participate in the auction of the orb.

Simon looked at the Madeleine in front of him and asked Catherine.

"Finally, can you tell me what Yoshimura is like?

Catherine answered the question immediately.

He was a very strange man.

Wonder?

Even though he's just a G-ranked Explorer, he's not strangely scared of things, he's strangely obsessed with them, not just making them look great.

She felt uncomfortable with her attitude.

That's a Japanese characteristic.

"Is that what it is? Ah, and, boss, it was strange that Azsa was swearing allegiance."

"Loyalty?"

"Yes, she called Yoshimura" Semper Fi! "(* 3). I didn't expect to hear the Marine motto here."

Natalie asked.

"Cassie, isn't that a” slurp ”?

"What? It certainly felt like that."

"That's senpai.”

Senpai is a very difficult word to explain. In the English-speaking world, differences in age were sometimes not as important as in Japan, and there was no word to describe them exactly.

senior only tells people about their age, and mentor is a little far away. It was a really nasty word, and Kathy, who could speak a little Japanese, had no choice but to misunderstand it.

"Sempai?"

"Senpai. Somehow, it's a name for someone who is relatively close and has a career longer than herself."

"Hah...."

"Yoshimura was a good tutor in her previous job."

"What, you're looking into it in strange detail?

Natalie asked strangely.

"They're modern Enigma (* 4)."

"Of course, I think Azsa has something to say...."

She's the one who started the auction for the orb, and she owns the appraisal.

They're using it to produce even a status measuring device. A national researcher sent me an e-mail asking me to buy and send one right away.

"No. Yoshimura really sucks. You can bet on it."

Simon stepped out when he ordered coffee from the service staff.

"Listen. Azsa first dived into the dungeon at the end of her first year of existence, when she was a Uni (* 5) student. So, after getting the D card, the records show that Yoshimura never went underground until she got her license."

"And Yoshimura first dived into the dungeon just three months ago. And it's consistent with when I quit my previous company."

"Why did you suddenly quit the company and start diving into the dungeon?

Natalie said surprisingly. Because it was an unusual behavior for Japanese people.

"That's right. Does quitting a company you've been working for years dive into the dungeon? If you've been diving in your hobbies all this time, you didn't even have a license?

"It's a little weird."

"If you're a high school student, it's a mess."

Simon shrugged his shoulders and said so. Joshua began listening with interest, but Mason threw a little cheesecake into his mouth without my involvement.

"So, around the time Josimura quit the company, Azsa is taking a commercial license course at JDA."

"Is that it?

"Since diving two years ago, a woman who has never shown interest in the dungeon suddenly goes to get a commercial license without entering the dungeon?

"Maybe you wanted to start some business independently with your company's connections?

"I thought about the possibility. However, their company didn't seem to have any latent and powerful connections about dungeon materials, and in fact, they didn't use such connections. The only companies that seem to be involved are ventures for medical devices that are developing devices."

"You've done a lot of digging."

Natalie said astonished.

"Anyway, Azsa is applying for a course on obtaining a commercial license as Yoshimura quits the company. You think it's Yoshimura, don't you?

"Maybe you made a promise to marry and started a business together?

"With zero prospects, I'm not saying there's no such a stupid couple, but are they such balls?

That's exactly right.

Items do not drop until the fourth layer of Yoyogi. If a beginner does something like that, he will go bankrupt in no time. I had a lot of nerves.

"Speaking of which, he was only diving in the first month. Seekers from Yoyogi told me that suicide bastards were famous for a while.

"Suicide?"

"I didn't wear any protective equipment, I used to frequently go in and out of the first layer, and I used to hang out."

"Oh, I decided to commit suicide, but I can't believe it."

"Yes, I met Naruse from JDA."

Just then, the coffee I was ordering arrived.

Simon took a sip of it and kept talking, thinking that the beans at Azsa were better than tea and what kind of beans they were using.

"Look, Yoshimura suddenly quits the company and starts diving into the dungeon, repeating meaningless actions for about a month."

"And Azsa suddenly got a commercial license and left the company only once."

"So Azsa quit the company, and in less than ten days, an auction like this suddenly happens."

Hmm.

Joshua groaned to think of something.

"In the meantime, Yoshimura was just repeating strange behavior on the first floor, and when she arrived in Azsa, when Yoshimura first entered the dungeon, she never entered the dungeon until the party was organized."

"And last year, the number of times I think they went down to two or more layers was only three."

"Where did you get that information....."

"JDA's security is a little sweet, isn't it?

"You know...."

"But just listening to that, I have no idea where they took the orb from... but I think it's impossible."

Mason, who had even eaten until then, said so.

"Yes, I agree. The other day, it was revealed that Azsa had an appraisal. We're all focused on what we can do with it, but the more important question is, how did you get it? That's better."

"You killed a monster, didn't you?

"Yes, but think about it, are you sure you can beat the same 373 monsters a day?

"Well, if you can use it for 24 hours, maybe... no, it's tough."

"Right? Even if the orb appeared by accident, how the hell did you kill 373 of them? The announcement is a zombie, but even if it's a goblin, it's very difficult. I mean, you're sure they have something to make it happen, right?

All three except Catherine nodded at once.

"And here's a hypothesis that might explain it."

"Are they building a huge organization of Explorers?

"If that doesn't leak, the CIA has to lower its head and ask them to teach us. The more humans flock, the harder it becomes to manage. So the lack of information means that very few people are involved."

Joshua, who was thinking of something, loosened her arms and opened her mouth.

"Hypothesis... right?

"Of course."

The shadow of the afternoon's clear light falling through Hawaiian bamboo on Joshua's face swayed slightly.

"Yoshimura suddenly appeared in World No. 1. It's probably also a blunt one."

Simon made a gun out of his hand and shot it at Joshua with his congratulations.

"Exactly!

But Natalie was still skeptical.

"But where is the time to be number one in the explanation about Yoshimura now?

"That's what everyone will think. That's why we can stay at The Phantom forever. I don't know how. But assuming that, everything can be explained smoothly. That's all."

She said, "Interesting guess," while making Air Aquatics (* 6) with both hands.

"Of course there's a basis, isn't there?

"For example, Yoshimura quit the company just before Phantom appeared, so it's likely that she quit and started diving into the dungeon because she came first."

Simon wetted his throat with his coffee before he continued.

"There's plenty of other evidence of the situation, but I'm sure the Yoyogi Explorers told me the answer."

What?

"Rank one in Area 12 really suddenly appeared like a comet, didn't it?

"Yeah."

"Whatever he is, some of the people we've been adventuring with will find out, and they'll think he's crazy even if he doesn't."

Well, yeah.

"That means he's a solo or a rookie. And there was no fluctuation in the material supply market."

If an existing Explorer suddenly rises in rank, there will be a fluctuation in the materials they sell.

Anyway, if the rank suddenly changed, it should have always been noticeable.

Even if you stop selling it, it appears in the form of a reduction in the materials provided.

"That's why it's for newcomers. Besides, I don't sell the materials that I would have gotten. How does this guy make his living?

"Is that Orb?

"Maybe. No matter what you do first, it can't be discreet. However, none of the Explorers could have predicted number one, even if they had asked JDA officials. I didn't even know anybody, as if I didn't see him."

"That's why they call you The Phantom, right?

"That's right. But there's no such thing as transparent people. I mean, I could see it, but nobody recognized it."

"What do you mean?

"Recently, Yoshimura was the first person I knew about Yoyogi."

Most of them have a DoD scourge team in the dungeon.

No matter how powerless the DoDs are, they're not supposed to be scattered by amateurs.

If you look at the nine layers of disturbance in understanding different languages, you'll see that people from other countries are similar and approaching.

"So, Simon. What the hell do you want?

"Our job is to investigate and attack the dungeon, perhaps ultimately The RING."

Yes, it is.

"But for three years, or almost four years, I've been struggling around 30 stories of Evans."

Sort of.

Mason said to the boss on the 31st floor with a bitter face that he remembered that time.

"I want to know the secret that they slightly jumped past our three years to rank first in a very short period of time."

If that were possible for us, I would have begged you to tell me. Even if we continue our offensive like this, the deadlock will soon come.

Thanks to the new Skill Orb, there will be 10 more tiers left, but given the situation so far, we don't know where to go.

"If you do it like this until you become a grandfather, you won't see the end."

Simon's tired face is unusual. A moment of silence came to his face, which seemed to age at once.

It's almost time for afternoon tea. The voices of people wandering and enjoying in the distance filled the space with sounds that could not be heard.

"So, Kathy."

Ah, yes.

Until then, Catherine, who had no choice but to listen in silence, was suddenly summoned.

"Find Yoshimura."

Simon laughed hard and said so.

Catherine could only nod in silence.