"Laid boss."

"I knew you'd think so?

Inside the mansion, in front of the transfer room.

I caught Sakura returning and talked about the Nihonium XV floor, and she made the same assumptions as I did.

"I think so. Judging by what my uncle has seen, there's the same monster on the other side. Right?

"Yeah."

"So, I guess I'll have to knock them both out at the same time because I had a little waiting time after I broke one corner"

"I guess so."

I snort.

In the circumstances I've seen, Sakura made exactly the same assumptions.

"We had the waiting time there, so if we make sure we have a meeting, it's pretty easy to match, isn't it?

"Right."

Reminds me of the sight of a ghost horn when it's broken.

There was indeed quite a respite.

"I'm glad it's not a cynical time to have to defeat the Apostle on Unison."

"It's true."

I grinned.

When they told me to do that super cynical timing in separate rooms where we couldn't see each other and didn't have the means to get in touch, I was on my way.

"Ha, you can't use this as an excuse for a twister game or something!?

'Cause you don't have to.

"Has my uncle ever done that? Most of the kids I don't know in the first place are my generation."

"Once, but... you're not happy about anything just because it's hard, are you?

Reminds me of bitter memories.

The reason I was hard was because I did it with my boyfriend and as part of a bad ride.

I don't know real fun or "joy" because I did it between guys. That's why it's so hard... what is it?

Don't tell me that because Sakura is going to eat up in many ways when I talk about it.

"But even here, it's the Nihonium one."

"Is that it?"

"My guess is that this last fifteenth floor was made from watching my uncle move. Because my uncle is a solo, it turned out to be a structure that I can't help on my own."

"Hmm."

"Blah, blah. Even now, uncle, a month counts for thirty days, right?

"? A month is thirty days, right?

"That's the place."

Sakura reached out and decoupled me.

"Calculate thirty days, solo even in the investigation. Try to do it all by yourself. It hasn't changed much since we rented vanadium."

……

That's what Nihonium sees.

"I wonder if that's what this is about. 'Cause even when I was a sitting boy, I relied on Alice."

"I can't help it anymore. My uncle depends on us."

……

"This time too."

Somehow, I couldn't say it back.

"I've always been strange, haven't I? Why does my uncle have so many women in his company and not go around the dungeon with anyone?"

"There's all kinds of dungeons going around, but they're all partying and doing cute things. Maybe it's Neptune. It's always gonna be fun to let those two samurai."

"That looks like fun"

"Leia"

"Huh?"

I was freaked out.

"I've never had one before, so just talk. It's great to merge with a beautiful Ayanami girl to fight, you porn. Yet my uncle just sent her to the Spirit, and he doesn't even try to call her back. Don't call me back, I'm fighting alone."

……

"Blah blah - why?

Sakura has been staring straight at me.

An inescapable, straight gaze.

It's like digging up something I've been looking away at.

"... Phew"

I sighed.

Take a deep breath, pick a word, and say it.

"Is Sakura talking about that famous black tavern chain?

"I don't know."

"Don't you know that"

I don't know much about that one, well, I'm a student.

"The owner was famous, and when I asked my men to do what they could, they went black. I can work without rest, that's why I succeeded. You guys need to do the same thing."

"Hmm."

"I'm... I'm with him."

I laughed at myself.