CH 134

Episode 134: A sloppy day for a sloppy man (Third Party Perspective)

"A Stampede happened in the forest dungeon!?"

Shindou, who is the head of the Emergency Response Department, Toshima Branch, stands up again in surprise when he hears a report from his subordinate, Yanagi Aki.

The reason is that a Stampede has been reported in the forest dungeon, which is their area of responsibility.

"Yes."

However, Aki replies calmly and doesn't panic.

"Why are you so calm!! We have to go right away!?"

"It seems that the threat has already been extinguished."

Aki gives a straightforward answer to Shindou, who shouts in anger at Aki's attitude.

"Haa!?"

Unable to understand the words, Shindou shouts out in surprise.

There's no way that should be. Usually when it comes to a Stampede, dozens or hundreds of people challenge it, and it takes several hours to finish. If you hear that it's already over, you can't help but let out a surprised voice.

"Didn't it just happen, and it's already over?"

"It seems that most of the staff didn't even notice the Stampede ... It happened about two hours ago."

Shindou asks Aki a natural question, but Aki gives a completely unexpected answer.

"Haa!? How is it possible that they didn't notice!? And it's over in two hours? What the hell happened?"

Shindou's tsukkomi fires at the series of unbelievable information.(TN:Tsukkomi is a type of retort usually used in slapstick comedy.)

Normally, if a Stampede occurs, the guards would contact the Union Branch immediately, and the Emergency Response Department would be contacted. It is clearly an anomaly that it didn't come.

"That doesn't make sense, but according to the guards near the gate, they remembered that the Stampede had happened, and someone was heading towards the Stampede and stopping the monsters near the entrance. The guards seem to have been surprised and stared at them, but after the end of the incident, a mysterious mass fainting incident occurred, and their memory before and after became vague, and it seems that they can not remember those people. I think most of the staff didn't even realize it."

"Such a stupid thing ..."

Shindou is at a loss for words after hearing Aki's report.

If that's true, the Stampede that occurred in the forest dungeon was quickly quelled by a very small number of people.

If it's a high-ranked explorer, there shouldn't be any problems.

Shindou thought so, but Aki's next words denied it.

"More surprisingly, the monsters that overflowed from inside were mixed with B-rank monsters. The police and paramedics rushed to the scene after receiving a report to check for unconscious monsters left here and there."

"What the heeeeeeell!?"

Yes, there were B-rank monsters among the overflowing monsters. If there were only low-ranked monsters, there was no problem with dealing with it with a small number of high-rank explorers. However, it is a different story if high-rank monsters were mixed in.

Violence in numbers cannot be underestimated, and even an A-rank explorer would be in danger if a large number of B-rank monsters appeared. If it's in the thousands, even if there's an A-rank explorer, it would still need quite a few.

It's a scale that requires several people even for S-rank. However, he knew everything about the whereabouts of the S-ranks. They weren't in the forest dungeon or anywhere near.

"What do you mean? A Stampede with B-rank monsters mixed in was handled by just a few people?"

"The circumstantial evidence says so."

When Shindou sums up the story and asks for confirmation, Aki gives a short answer again.

She doesn't want to believe it, but it's an undeniable fact that such a person existed.

"Who the hell is it? That guy ..."

"I don't know."

Aki reacts directly to Shindou's mutter.

"Oh, come to think of it, the fact that tey were there means that there's a high possibility that they entered the dungeon, right?"

The room is silent for a while, but Shindou asks Aki as if he suddenly remembered.

"Actually, around the time the mass fainting incident occurred, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions were confirmed all over the world, but the damage around the forest dungeon was quite large, and the data around that area is gone."

"That's true, this area shook quite a bit. What the hell ... I can't do anything if that's the case ..."

However, due to the disaster that occurred along with the stampede, the data wire disappeared along with the data. It was not possible to follow up.

"Yes ... Oh, but according to the information from the firefighters and the police, it seems that it was a young man and woman who made the call. I don't think they heard a name."

"Wait ... Now that I think about it, I think that guy said they succeeded in making contact a while ago ... If I ask them, we might be able to find out something."

When Shindou hears a young man and woman, he associates that with Fuhito. Shindou remembers asking Amane to find out about Fuhito, so he pulls out his phone to contact her and ask.

-Piroriiin

And at that time, a message arrives on his phone as if the timing was just right.

"Oh. I just got a message."

Shindou unlocks his phone and sees a message from Amane.

"What the hell ... We were diving in the forest dungeon for three days, and Fuhito-kun might be super amazing. Besides, the Stampede that happened on the way back, he risked his life to protect me. So ... I see, you were there after all. Satou Fuhito."

According to the message from Amane, regardless of whether Fuhito-tachi were the ones who stopped the Stampede, there is no doubt that Fuhito-tachi were there to at least protect Amane.

Shindou became more and more concerned about Fuhito.

"What's wrong with you?"

Aki asks Shindou who is staring at his phone while mumbling.

"No, nothing. Thank you for your report. You can go now."

Shindou shakes his head and urges Aki to leave the room with words of gratitude.

"I understand. Excuse me. Oh, I forgot to mention one thing ..."

Aki lowers her head on her way to the door.

"What?"

"Your zipper is open."

When he asks what Aki was hesitant to say, and Aki points it out.

"What!?"

He hurriedly checked what Aki pointed out, and indeed his fly was open.

Shindou quickly closes the zipper.

"Then, if you'll excuse me."

Aki leaves the room, ignoring Shindou.

This is the sloppy(doesn't close) daily life of a sloppy(doesn't close) man.(TN:Author likes to keep making puns on the word 'shimaranai' for Shindou. I should go back and figure out the previous ones too, maybe.)