Chapter 110 – 10.5 the Hunt Begins
The person who was most surprised by such an unrealistic increase was not the older sister.
“Yes, it can…… ?”
Seeing the numbers displayed on the grip strength meter, Shinoshino widened her eyes in disbelief.
In just a few minutes, grip strength increased by 20%.
The number does not simply mean that the grip has become stronger. It meant that all physical abilities increased by 20%.
Shinoshino, who has worked hard to train her body her, would not know the meaning. That’s why Shinoshino was even more shocked.
“Teacher! Is it real now? Aren’t you two cheating on me?”
“Yes? Really.”
Shinoshino asked with a ready-to-eat force.
The older sister nodded his head in bewilderment.
“What are you lying about? What do you gain by deceiving you?”
Of course making fun of Shinoshino is fun, but I’m not free enough to even do this just for the sake of a prank.
It’s all real. Since the invisible rabbit itself is like a bonus mob, the increase was a bit dramatic, but this is what catching monsters to level up means.
“Have you seen it well, Shinoshino? I didn’t just say that.”
“I can’t……So, what have I done so far…….”
Shinoshino shakes her head blankly as if she can’t accept the result.
It is understandable that Shinoshino has a hard time accepting it.
If a runner who ran 100m in 12 seconds suddenly records a record of 10 seconds, anyone would suspect manipulation. Athletes who practiced the same way would feel as if their life up until now had been denied.
But this is not manipulation or joke, it is reality. I hope Shinoshino will soon accept the reality.
“I wouldn’t be so shocked. That doesn’t mean that your efforts were in vain. Did I say Levels are just corrections to basic physical abilities. The more effort you put in, the greater the effect you get from leveling up. So don’t be disappointed.”
Hmmm. Like I said, it’s a really good story.
I don’t know if Shinoshino will fall in love like this.
Thanks to my advice, even Shinoshino’s dead eyes were brought back to life.
“Is it……Then, if I only catch monsters……!”
“Wait.”
I stopped Shinoshino, who was about to run away.
“It’s not something you can catch by just running around. Did you just see how transparent it was? How are you going to catch it?”
“How can you do that…… Ah.”
It seems that Shinoshino was going to run around without any plan.
To Shinoshino, I let out a pathetic sigh and said,
“Unless you’re a master of the invisible rabbit, you can’t even find it. It is even more impossible to catch. Doesn’t that mean your runes are for detection?”
Shinoshino’s Rune is a ‘Guardian Rune’ that takes damage from nearby allies instead.
However, the criteria or principles by which this rune works are ambiguous.
If it’s a game, you can simply think of receiving damage from party members as numbers instead.
But in reality?
What if you cut yourself with a knife? What if a bullet gets stuck in your body? What if a body part is amputated?
In reality, the standard of ‘ally’ is ambiguous, and the principle of absorbing damage is not understood.
But since it’s impossible to hit Chairman Mizuki as a test, it’s not possible to verify the function. The only thing I can do is keep it by the chairman’s side like a talisman in case of emergency.
Above all, it is basic to finish a battle against a monster without getting hit. In reality, unlike games, being hit hurts and injuries last a long time.
So when dealing with monsters, Shinoshino’s runes are not very helpful. It can be said that it is the same as not having it.
“Is that transparent monster special?”
“Okay. It’s hard to catch, so it gives you a lot of experience. Maybe 10 times more than normal monsters? It could be more than that.”
“10 times…….”
“In other words, if you catch 10 normal monsters, it’s the same. Invisible rabbits aren’t something I can easily spot, so don’t expect too much.”
“…… Okay.”
As he nodded, Shino Shino’s heart was pounding with anticipation and excitement.
This is the reaction of a child who has just started playing the game he received as a gift. Are you a fighter? I know your heart.
“There is one over there. Grab it.”
“Is it slime?”
Slime. It’s a famous basic monster that I don’t even need to explain.
It’s cute to see them wriggling and crawling. However, it is by no means a monster that is as easy as it looks.
“Be careful not to melt your clothes off.”
“Huh.”
Shinoshino snorts at my advice.
You might think it’s sexual harassment as usual, but it’s not just sexual harassment.
We must not forget what kind of world this world is. Even single-celled monsters like that are always looking for opportunities to humiliate female characters.
“Whoops!”
Shinoshino, who drew her katana, lowered her stance and cut the slime horizontally.
“Oh~.”
A cool pose that shows signs of practice. I even want to learn.
But it had no effect.
Even if the blade cuts through my torso, the slime just sways with a question mark on its head.
I don’t even know what happened to my body.
“Shinoshino. You have to aim well for the nucleus.”
“…… Mmm.”
At my half-teasing remark, Shinoshino looked as if his pride his was hurt.
A slime has a nucleus the size of an eyeball inside its body, so you have to physically attack that nucleus to catch it. Otherwise, it will be restored as it is now.
Aiming at the slime’s core is a basic knowledge taught even in the academy. There’s no way Shinoshino wouldn’t know.
However, theory and practice are completely different. The nucleus does not stand still. Aiming for nuclear power in real combat is not as easy as it sounds.
“See the black dot in the middle of the nucleus? The nucleus moves in the direction that point is facing. Like catching a flying fly, you attack by predicting the direction in which the nucleus will move.”
“Paris?”
The core of the slime seems to move arbitrarily, but there are rules to its movement as well. If you know the rules, even beginners can easily catch it. On the contrary, if you don’t know the law, everyone has no choice but to suffer.
“Ah. Be careful.”
The slime spits bodily fluids.
A weak attack that only stings upon contact with the skin.
However, if you get it on your clothes, it will dissolve. It can be said that it is a monster optimized for Yagames.
“Huh.”
After lightly dodging the slime’s attack, Shino Shino swung his sword again.
– Shook.
“Oh oh.”
The slime’s core was completely split in half, and the slime disappeared.
“Whoa.”
Shino Shino sighs lightly and returns his sword to its scabbard.
“Knives, meter.”
“Have you seen it again?”
Hand over the grip strength meter at Shinoshino’s request.
It would be better not to expect too much, but the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
“44.7 kg.”
Is it 44.7 kg from 44 kg.
There was no dramatic change like her older sister her. This can be said to be within the margin of error.
“Mmm.”
Shinoshino also looked a bit disappointed at the subtle numbers.
“There is nothing to think about in a hurry. Didn’t you think that you would become stronger overnight?”
“…… Okay. It did.”
Shinoshino shakes off her lingering feelings with a sigh.
Slowly and surely become stronger.
Like nurturing a character in MMORPG, in the end, the one who is consistent wins in the end.
“Do you want to catch some slime too? See one over there?”
“Yes? Oh, see!”
Slimes also change color depending on their surroundings.
In a meadow like this, it’s green like grass, so it’s not very noticeable.
“Slimes are weak against magic attacks, so just hit the ice. Or freeze it entirely.”
“Okay. Eight.”
As she got closer to the slime, she made a baseball-shaped block of ice and fired it at the slime.
-Puck.
Part of the slime’s body falls apart due to the impact of being hit by the ice.
But he isn’t dead yet.
“A little stronger. Killing in one hit is important. Otherwise, you will get hit back.”
“Okay. Ah.”
Squeeze, the slime spits out bodily fluids as a counterattack.
I swiped off the bodily fluids that would fit my sister with my bare hands.
My sister immediately starts attacking again.
-Puck.
The ice with more power than before hit the slime, and the slime disappeared.
“Knives! Are you okay?”
“Yes? Ah.”
After killing the slime, my sister checked my hand first.
“Nothing. Look.”
He spreads out his healthy hands to his concerned older sister.
I’m not weak enough to get hurt like slime bodily fluids.
“Phew. You were surprised Don’t do anything dangerous like that in the future.”
My older sister is relieved only after carefully examining my hands her.
“Yes. Okay.”
I had a lot to say about things like that was okay, or that my sister would get hurt if it wasn’t.
But noona didn’t want to see me in any danger. It was a realm of emotions, so it was not a problem that could be solved rationally. So I kept quiet.
After that, we got along well to catch the slime.
One Shinoshino, one older sister, and one more Shinoshino.
Being in charge of the search, I constantly guided the party to monsters for Shinoshino, who was overflowing with enthusiasm.
And finally.
“Hey, Shinoshino. I caught an invisible rabbit.”
“Hot!”
At the word “Invisible rabbit,” Shinoshino swung her sword before I could finish my words.
Shinoshino’s sword accurately cut through the body of the invisible rabbit, and the invisible rabbit disappeared.
“It’s a surprise. Weren’t you taught not to wield a knife at people?”
Of course I didn’t fit.
But my sister was surprised. Because Shinoshino suddenly swung a knife at me.
“Student Shinozaki. It’s dangerous.”
“Sorry.”
Shino Shino listened to her older sister’s words and answered without hesitation, then immediately looked for a grip strength meter.
“55.7!”
“Oh oh. It has risen a lot.”
It was definitely a 20% increase compared to the first time.
Shino, who used to measure her grip strength every time she caught a slime, trembled as if she was thrilled with the dramatic growth she saw after catching the invisible rabbit.
“Congratulations, Shinoshino. But in the future, it won’t go up that high. Shinoshino, you know how difficult it is to level up after playing a game like that, right?”
“Of course.”
Shinoshino nodded in joy.
However, once tasted, the sweetness of growth must have been an irresistible temptation for Shinoshino. Shinoshino quietly approached me and whispered to me in a slightly servile voice.
“…… Knives, an invisible rabbit if possible, that…… More…….”
“Well? Well, I’ll try.”
“…… Request.”
“I don’t know if Shinoshino does it again ‘just like that time’, but we might catch more.Haha!”
“…….”
This time, it was just sexual harassment, but Shinoshino was deeply troubled.
Haha! As much as you have despised me so much up until now, think about it!
