23 I Overhunt

Author: Bishamon Mine
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0664js/26/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

We and Swallow-san take a slight G and leap into the sky.
From behind, Alice and Shogun follow too.

I move over the hotel while piloting Swallow-san.
Hover and look down.

“There.”

The ogre is climbing the hotel wall.

“It isn’t even bug-type, how is it climbing——”

Punching fists into the hotel wall while climbing……
I let my true feelings slip in a mutter.

“You can fight that thing properly…… idiot……”
“Suu, when I saw you stream before you seemed quiet, but you’ve got a pretty foul mouth……”
“Ah…… sorry…… my true nature comes out rarely, so if it’s scary I’m sorry.”
“That quiet feel, and a foul mouth is the true nature?”

Somehow Otoko-san laughed looking like she was having fun.

❝I see, that’s the raw one lmao❞
❝I love you like that too❞
❝In her head she seems like she does insane insults lmao❞
❝Rather I want to be insulted directly❞

“But a Dominant Ogre is an opponent that regenerates as much as it wants, right? What’re you gonna do?”
“This.”

I keep Swallow-san in flight form, move only the frame’s arms, and grab the ogre stuck to the wall.

❝Whoa———this kid——moved the arms in flight form……❞
❝She did simultaneous VR and real-stick again❞

I pull trying to peel the ogre off…… but.

“Huh? It won’t move——”

Wait, this thing…… is resisting Swallow-san’s rocket engines with arm strength.
What stupid strength……

“Ill-san, climb while photodisintegration engine full open.”
“Yes, My Master!!”

At full rocket-engine power, even the ogre——whoa, it brought the wall it tore off.

The hotel wall apparently couldn’t take the ogre’s stupid strength.

The ogre slams Swallow-san with the hotel wall, bang bang.

“Keep climbing.”

So it won’t thrash I grab its arms, and go outside the atmosphere.
Then at a place completely free of the planet’s gravity,

“Don’t come back!!”

I say, and throw the ogre toward the star near Elias.

It probably won’t reach the star, but it shouldn’t be able to do evil either.

“Ill-san, for now try burning it with 〈Critical Blackbody Beam〉.”
“Yes, My Master. 〈Critical Blackbody Beam〉 firing.”

When Ill-san swings his arm, the cockpit is wrapped in flash.

When the light settles I couldn’t confirm the ogre’s figure. Like it burned away.
But the text displayed in vision, “Ogre-type hyper-mutant, Dominant Ogre,” doesn’t vanish.

While I have a bad feeling——from a place where there was nothing, a lump of flesh suddenly wells up.
Eventually it becomes the original ogre shape.

“No good, this is……”

But however much it regenerates, it’s too late.

The ogre, thrashing, disappears into the starlight.

“Well, this is fine as this.”
“Suu, this is…… honestly speaking——didn’t we just beat that Dominant Ogre……?”

❝No way oi……❞
❝For real isn’t this humanity’s first victory against a hyper-mutant……❞
❝The world’s going to make a fuss again……❞

No——even with that I don’t think you can say we beat it.

Anyway now we have to save the hotel people.
Then Ill-san puts on glasses. And points forward.

“My Master, the Dominant Ogre seems to have dropped a sealstone.”
“Heh, why?”
“Because the body was completely destroyed twice, I believe.”
“Twice?”
“The first time, falling to the ground in cooperation with Alice-san. The second, destruction by Critical Blackbody Beam just now. The second was destruction by Master alone so the probability went high, and a sealstone appeared.”
“———Eh, then if I keep irradiating 〈Critical Blackbody Beam〉 every time the Dominant Ogre revives…… For now blow the Dominant Ogre away again.”
“Yes, My Master. 〈Critical Blackbody Beam〉 irradiating.”

Ill-san swings his arm again.

❝What’s going on? What’s she intending?❞
❝No——no way❞

The flesh lump sizzles away.

Ill-san puts on glasses again.

“Master, a sealstone seems to have appeared.”

❝Wait, you!! ——Overhunting!?❞
❝You intend to overhunt sealstones from a vicious monster of Floor 30, the deepest humanity reached, that nobody’s ever beaten!?❞
❝Miss shuu! Please, We eager to buy a memorites!!❞

James-san wants them with amazing force——but I promised Vic first……

I answer honestly.

“I have a prior engagement.”

❝A prior engagement? ——The USSF!! That Victor bastard!! A cunning one; he did jump the gun!!❞

Ah, found out.

Sorry Vic, handle it well———.

“Anyway——not the time to fuss with the ogre; we have to mop up the remaining goblins.”

When I try to reverse toward the planet, Alice’s face displays at the edge of vision and she comms.

“I was watching the stream. From Otoko-san’s info I found where the hotel staff are, so I’ll save them on the ground with Shogun. If we know the position we can rampage in Versus Frames. Suu-san, please overhunt to your heart’s content.”
“Eh, are you okay alone?”
“If I use a robot, bare goblins aren’t even worth counting.”
“That’s true. Then later Alice overhunt the ogre too?”
“Yes. Please switch after a while.”

While we’re comming, Otoko-san asks timidly.

“H-hey Suu, me too okay?”
“Of course, shall I lend you my frame?”
“I’m fine, I came in a Versus Frame too! I parked it in a parking-lot-like place!”
“Then let’s switch after a while.”

And so the pitiful Dominant Ogre was decided to be burned any number of times.

“But please leave propellant for the return.”

At Alice’s warning Otoko-san claps her hands.

“Ah, I almost forgot.”

Because I’m worried about Alice I say.

“Alice, if it looks bad put a comm in, I’ll come back right away.”
“I don’t think there’s worry first, but if something happens please.”

After that, after a certain amount I return to the ground and switch with Alice.

Because the hotel seemed about to break we ended up fighting bare too, but we wiped the goblins and evacuated the hotel staff.

Incidentally the Dominant Ogre sealstones I got were these.

★1 Common: 〈Super Night Vision〉.
★★2 Uncommon: 〈Sixth Sense〉. Strengthens intuition. Sometimes works passive. If used active you can know a simple impression. ×2
★★★3 Rare: 〈Super Strength〉. Obtain tremendous strength. ×2
★★★3 Rare: 〈Psychic Power (Random)〉. Obtain a random psychic power. ×2

Thanks to 〈Miracle〉 I guess, I got four types.
Or rather 〈Sixth Sense〉 and 〈Super Strength〉 and 〈Psychic Power (Random)〉 each one extra.

The psychic power you get from a 〈Psychic Power〉 sealstone is random apparently, so I decided to sell 〈Sixth Sense〉 and 〈Super Strength〉 to Vic.
I used both 〈Psychic Power〉. The powers I got were 〈Psychic Power (ESP / Psychometry μ)〉 〈Psychic Power (Telekinesis / Psychokinesis μ)〉.

〖Psychometry〗 can read residual thoughts. At μ you can even interfere, they say.

〖Psychokinesis〗 can move things with mind power. At μ you can move quite heavy things, they say.

Incidentally μ is a Greek letter, apparently.

It gets stronger in this order, they say.

α (alpha)

β (beta)

ε (epsilon)

ζ (zeta)

η (eta)

μ (mu)

ξ (xi)

ς (sigma)

ψ (psi)

ω (omega)

Somehow lots of similar letters.

And maybe because stars, the Greek element is strong.

Alice got the psychic power 〈Psychic Power | (Perskinesis / Clairvoyance μ)〉. Alice said you can see through objects to quite a thickness.

“Perskinesis” is apparently a classification of psychic power that acts on both psyche and physics.

Otoko-san seems to have gotten 〈Sixth Sense〉.

“Cleared “Tomorrow’s Peace.” Obtained 100,000 Galactic credits and 50,000 merit points.”

Then, what.

“Suu-san, this is huge! When I defeated a goblin I got a 〈Cauldron〉!”

Alice got the rumored 〈alchemy cauldron〉.

And so while getting various things we finished saving all the hotel staff from the hotel, and on the beach we were thanked with all their strength.
About twenty people.

“Th-thank you so much!!”
“There were injured, but fortunately no one died.”
“Even if you die you get regenerated, but somehow that still isn’t yourself——” “Hey!” “Ah! It’s nothing.”

Hmm…… as I thought, even for Union people regeneration after death feels like a copy of yourself.

After all you mustn’t die, this.

If a copied me is made, that person can live as the real one——but however identical, she is another person.

The current me——will be gone.

While I’m thinking that, the hotel staff are still continuing lots of thanks.

Alice’s and Otoko-san’s and my propellant got refilled free too, so it’s already enough.
Also they packed hotel food into bentos——as a gourmet I’m really looking forward to it.
——Incidentally a later story, but the bento had Alien Kraken sashimi and I went insane.

A lot of the hotel staff are Humanoid-san.
There are two or three Datanoid-san too. No Animanoid-san.

I ask a cool male hotelman in a crisp uniform who seems to be the representative.

“Is the rest already okay?”
“Yes. There are no more goblins, and hotel damage was kept to a minimum, so I think reconstruction will finish quickly.”
“Then can we start the Alien Kraken quest?”
“You’re going already?”
“School tomorrow, and we can’t stay at a hotel in that state.”

The hotelman gives a bitter smile.

“Indeed, our hotel in its current state is not in a condition to host guests.”
“No, I don’t mind———I thought it would be a bother.”
“Ahaha, then please come stay sometime. Of course we’ll welcome you free.”
“R-really!?”

Lucky.

Eh, I’m not holding back? I’m not refusing?
The scenery around is idiotically vacation. Vacation, or rather ahoncation!? No way I’d hold back.

“Me too okay?”
“Of course Otoko-sama is welcome as well. Alice-sama too.”

Alice says looking happy.

“Then let’s all come. It’s a southern-country-like place, so why not come when it gets cold.”

Huh?

We can all stay?

“Wait——!”

I almost let out a weird cry from too much joy and cover my mouth.

(——Isn’t this the first time in my life I’ve traveled with people around my age?)

And an overnight!! I’ve never stayed over with people my age!!

I’m super happy!?

The people I thought were friends all went on a Sunday trip without inviting me, and Monday I couldn’t follow the conversation and only went “eh, ahaha”!

W-well there’s the school trip…… I was a loner the whole time there.

While I’ve fallen conversation-incapable laughing “dyufu dyufu” inside the mouth I covered, Alice advances the talk with the hotel staff.

“Then may we have the passcodes?”

Alice is trying to receive something from the hotel staff.

What’s a passcode.

Alice receives three blue stick-like things from the hotel staff.
But Otoko-san shakes both hands thrust out.

“I…… I’m good for today. No stamina and mentally I’m pretty wrecked so I’ll rest.”
“I see——”
“But if it’s all right I want to adventure together again. Not because I want to collab with Isshiki Alice or Suu or anything, I want to adventure with you two.”
“We’d love to as well. Let’s adventure together!”
“Dyufu dyufu!”
“For real!? ——I’m really glad, being able to adventure with Crimson Flash Alice and “Kyo-in” Suu.”

❝Ah, hey❞
❝Otoko-san, don’t leak “Kyo-in”!❞

I could tell my smile vanished smoothly.

“Kyo-in Suu?”

I walk up to Ill-san floating up-left filming, grab him gashi, bring my face close, and interrogate.

“This, however you hear it, is “mad shade-type,” right? However you think it’s an insult, right?! Who thought of it!!”

❝I thought of it❞
❝Me too me too❞
❝I raised it❞
❝Gachi-koi distance, blessed❞

“I won’t get angry so turn yourself in! Who’s the culprit!!”

❝Me me❞
❝Me me❞
❝Me me❞

Everyone started doing oreore fraud.

“Too many turn-ins, I can’t identify the culprit!?”

I fall on all fours on the beach and shed tears.

“I’m not mad…… I’m not a shade-type……”

❝Whether you’re mad aside…… “I’m not a shade-type” is going too far, no……?❞
❝You can’t talk your way out of that……❞

“Sniff sniff.”

Then Alice goes blank.

“Eh…… shade-types are wonderful too, aren’t they……?”
“Sun-type…… yin and yang don’t harmonize……”

❝Suu-tan, true nature leaking, true nature leaking❞
❝Lmao❞

“Then I’m going! Ah, I sent a friend request, take care of that!”

❝Ah, the one who leaked is running!❞
❝Someone catch her!!❞
❝Otoko-san, see you❞

“See yaa! I’ll wash the pilot suit and return it!”
“Ah, I’ll just give it to you!”
“For real!? I’ll treasure it!”

❝Hey, Suu-tan! Giving Otoko the pilot suit is bad!❞
❝That one’s a Suu-oshi!!❞

“Eh…… Otoko-san is pushing me!? A girl is pushing——me!?”

B-bad! I can’t stop the nima-nima!

❝Hey, she’s happy❞
❝No good, this one doesn’t get it❞
❝If you give a suit that tight to someone who pushes you, what happens❞
❝Suu-tan. Think veeery carefully what you’d do if you got your oshi’s suit❞

The comments are somehow noisy————.

If I got Alice’s suit?
……I think for a while.

“Ah———Otoko-san, no. Please return the pilot suit after all!!”

❝That’s the result of thinking!❞
❝Suu-tan is self-destructing!!❞
❝A sinner climbing onto the execution stand herself lmao❞

Otoko-san’s running speed goes up.
She’s enhanced her running power like crazy!!

In a blink small Otoko-san waves at us and the camera, spewing blasphemous words like “once I get it it’s already mine!”, rides a marshmallow-like frame with wings, blasts the engine, and vanishes into the sky.

❝Even rotten, an old-guard skilled player streamer among Japan’s top subscriber counts, too fast lmao❞
❝You went and did it lmao❞

In this world another new sorrow was born……