CH 225

Chapter 225 – Jungle Transformation

“Oh, it seems that Sayuri-san and the others are back.” (Torimoto)

The gate at the entrance opened, and several cars came through.

Sayuri and the others exited the cars and headed straight towards the building. They should have been in the strategy meeting up until now. I could only express my admiration for her hard work.

From her expression, I could tell she was somewhat tired, but she was also making her best efforts to protect her family and the place where she belonged.

This evening, I had plans to hand over the weapons that Otaka and the others had requested. With that, they would have all the weapons they needed to fight.

All that remained was deducing the location of their boss and deciding on everyone’s positions. They still had to reach a decision on how to defend the base.

In the meantime, I had sent Sol out to check on the status of Hosen Touya.

If the war situation reached a critical point and our side was about to lose, I would ask Sol to take him out, even if it was a bit against the rules. But then again, I probably didn’t have to worry about that. My Familiars were too powerful, enough that I couldn’t let them go on a rampage, but they could at least serve as an absolute control over the situation.

“―Puuuuu~! Masteeeer!” (Sol)

At that moment, I received a well-timed telepathic message.

“What’s up? Did you find him?” (Torimoto)

“That’s… there’s big trouble!” (Sol)

“Huh? What’s going on?” (Torimoto)

I could tell from her tone that something was off, so I braced myself.

“Right now, I’m in the office of the Hosen Group, but…” (Sol)

I waited for the rest in anticipation, wondering what exactly had happened.

“…The whole area has turned into a jungle!” (Sol)

“….Wha?” (Torimoto)

“…? Is something the matter?” (Asamine)

“Ah, no, excuse me. I felt like I had to sneeze.” (Torimoto)

I had unintentionally spoken out loud, causing Asamine to look at me in confusion.

“Are you feeling alright? Do you want me to take your temperature?” (Asamine)

“No, it’s fine. I’m sure it’s just someone out there talking about me.” (Torimoto)

I gave a polite smile to smooth things over and continued my conversation with Sol.

“What do you mean by that? It’s a jungle?” (Torimoto)

“It happened just a moment ago. While I was monitoring the office, trees and grass suddenly started popping out of the ground!” (Sol)

No way, a dungeon appeared there…? No, I guess it’s an otherworld transformation.

In other words, a field from the other world had appeared in the area around the yakuza’s office. It was the same as the sudden appearance of the desert and the spout of concentrated acid from before. The environment underwent a sudden transformation without any warning whatsoever.

“What about monsters? Are there any monsters there?” (Torimoto)

“Uhhh… Ah, yes, I can confirm the presence of some monsters!” (Sol)

Another big, troublesome problem had occurred. The office where Hosen Touya was supposedly located had suddenly transformed into an area from the other world. And there were also monsters nearby.

In other words, if the yakuza continued to use that office as their base, Sayuri and the others would have to clear the jungle full of monsters. Dealing with monsters was totally different from dealing with humans.

“Excuse me. I have some business to attend to at the moment.” (Torimoto)

After finishing my conversation with Asamine, I immediately headed over to the building where Sayuri and the others were.

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My reason for meeting with Sayuri was, of course, the jungle transformation. Naturally, Sayuri, who still didn’t know about the situation, was bewildered by the sudden report, but she immediately sent some of her followers to the site to check it out.

After a while, they were able to confirm that what I said was true. With good timing, Kuzuhara and Otaka arrived in front of the church.

They must have also learned about the situation with the jungle transformation and urgently came to discuss the matter.

Sayuri, who had just returned not long ago, immediately started the car again and headed to the conference room from last time, along with Kuzuhara and Otaka.

As for me, I told Sol to continue monitoring the situation over there, while I returned to my room to look into something.

Was there any way to stop the otherworld transformations? If there was a convenient fantasy item with that kind of effect, I would have to look into purchasing and using it.

But apparently, such a convenient item didn’t exist. Since this phenomenon of otherworld transformation didn’t exist in the other world, this much could be expected.

“But if they’ll have to move in the middle of the jungle, that means…”

There was a lot of cover and obstacles, so it was easy to overlook the enemy. And since it had pretty much turned into a stage from a survival game, they would need training to survive in such an environment. On top of all that, they would have to deal with monsters.

“But isn’t that also true of the other side?” (Shiki)

Well, Shiki was right, but…