CH 59

Episode 059 Anomalous F-Rank Adventurer (Third Party Perspective)

A section where the staff of the Toyoshima Branch of the Explorers' Union work.

An investigator returned from a request to a place that could not be entered without special circumstances. The request itself was completed at the branch office, but it was necessary to make a proper report only for the request content and submit it to the branch office.

The request was an examiner for the E-rank promotion test for F-rank explorers.

His name is Shigeru Arakaki. He is a C-rank explorer and is nineteen years old. He is a very promising young man. He himself had some good pride, but he too had his pride shredded in today's exam.

"Hey, isn't it Shigeru? Somehow you don't look too energetic."

"Ah, Yama-san."

It was Yamazaki Miyabi, a veteran explorer, who spoke to Shigeru. He is commonly known as Yama-san. He looks like he's in his early fifties, with his short hair streaked with grey and standing on end, and wearing sunglasses. He is a B-rank explorer whose superiority is acknowledged at the Toyoshima Branch, he is caring and also teaches newcomers.

"What's wrong?"

"No, the F-rank newcomer that took the exam today was so shocking ..."

"What kind of guy was it?"

"That is ..."

Shigeru started talking, but ...

"What the hell is that! The enemy burst without a trace?"

Was interrupted by Yamazaki's shout.

A staff member walking down the same corridor, surprised by his voice, stares at them in surprise.

"Yama-san, your voice is loud ..."

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry ..."

Aragaki looks around and hides himself while reproaching Yamazaki.

"Is he really F-rank?"

"There's no doubt. It's a promotion test request via the Union ..."

The request received by Aragaki is a formal request from the Union.

There can be no such perjury.

"It's possible that you're just exaggerating ..."

"Is there any reason I would lie about this?"

"Well."

Yamazaki stares at Aragaki, but Aragaki shrugs his shoulders.

Aragaki, a C-rank explorer who has already received an official request from the Union, had no reason to lie that the F-rank explorer he met today was too abnormal.

"it's hard to believe ..."

"That's right. I still can't believe I actually saw it ..."

Yamazaki wants to believe in Aragaki, but he thinks that there can't be such an insane explorer. Aragaki, himself, still couldn't understand what was done in front of him.

Silence dominates the place as they cannot say anything to each other.

"If a high-ranked explorer defeats a low-ranked monster, that might be possible, but a low-ranked explorer has a low level and, of course, a low ability score. They can't do that."

"I thought the same, but the explorer didn't know that common sense, and burst every monster with a single blow."

"What the hell is that ..."

After a while of silence, they both muttered in a murmur.

Then, when the silence was starting to pervade the space again, one man interrupted their conversation, saying, "Tell me such an interesting story."

"Section Chief!?"

"Shindou is it ... why are you here?"

The man is Shindou, the Section Chief of the Emergency Response Department.

"No, because my affiliation is here ... So what on earth were you talking about?"

Shindou seems to be curious and enters in between Yamazaki and Aragaki and puts his arms between their shoulders. It was a signal that he wouldn't let it go.

"Well ..."

"I wouldn't talk in a place like this. Let's move to another place for the time being."

With his arms on their shoulders, he points to the door of the room with his thumb.

"Yes."

"Well, it can't be helped. We were the ones who were talking carelessly in such a place. Let's follow the instructions."

Aragaki was withering against such an important person as Shindou and couldn't refuse the instruction, so Yamazaki raised his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

The two are also in a position to receive direct requests from the staff. If two such people talk in the corridor while ignoring the leakage of personal information and the protection of information, it is natural that someone will blame them.

"Then, let's go quickly."

"Yes."

While the two replied downheartedly, Shindou entered the room with a triumphant look.

"So what were you talking about?"

"That is ..."

They changed the place to the drawing room again and started talking about what happened to Aragaki today.

"I see ... it's hard to believe."

After listening to Aragaki's story, Shindou puts his hand on his chin and looks far away while thinking about something.

Completely grasping the enemy's whereabouts, walk to the enemy at the shortest distance, defeat everything with a single blow, and just hit and burst without a trace. He didn't think it was the work of a low-ranked explorer.

"Do you know his name?"

"I think it was Satou Fuhito ..."

"That guy ..."

The moment he hears the name, he realizes it's a name he's heard somewhere.

Where oh where did he hear it?

Shindou thinks.

"Satou Fuhito. He's a high school student who has just become an explorer."

Shindou's mind suddenly remembers hearing the name from the staff when he rushed to the site of the Dungeon Rebirth.

"That guy!!"

Shindou stopped moving like a figurine for a while, but the moment he remembered, he stood up on the spot.

"Waaa!?"

Aragaki is surprised by Shindou's sudden actions.

"What happened?"

It's not surprising to Yamazaki who is accustomed to his abnormal behavior.

"Oh, no, I probably know him. I've only met him once."

"What was your impression of meeting him?"

"He was a normal guy ... Well, he quickly escaped due to my suspicious behavior ..."

"... You've done that kind of thing for a long time."

Yamazaki shook his head as if he was amazed at Shindou, who talked badly while remembering.

"That's okay. I'll investigate it for a moment."

"Ah, punishment ..."

Aragaki asks with a jerk.

"I'll forgive you with just one public request."

"Yes, yes. Hmm ..."

He sighs with relief at the light punishment.

"Is that me as well?"

"Of course."

"Yeah, yeah."

As a matter of course, Yamazaki also received a light punishment.

After a light chat, Shindou parted from Aragaki and Yamazaki.

"I don't think it's true, but I have to investigate. Should I tell him to come to me when he comes here again?"

When Shindou left his seat, he returned to his room and contacted the receptionist.