About an hour and a half had passed since the start of the final qualifying round.
The qualifiers started at ten in the morning, so it would be about half an hour before noon. Tenge, feeling a little hungry, was climbing the stairs of a small abandoned building in the suburbs.
"Hmm, it's like this room in the footsteps."
I followed the trail of the Explorer's shoes clearly on the dusty floor to the front of a room on the third floor. When I listened, I could already see that there was a rattling sound from inside the room. If I close my eyes, the shadow of the doll that was about to rise was flickering through the ground glass.
(This is also a protective doll, right? Of the six watermelons I've found so far, the doll protected the watermelon in three places... about fifty percent. I would be grateful if you could get points for the doll with the guardian doll.)
While walking up to the room, Tenji quickly took the Iron Sword out of the weapon case and opened the door of the room without hesitation. After all, there was that doll [Mannequin] there. The mannequin jumps up to confirm the figure of the person, or to show his sympathy for the sharp kick toward the trap.
However, Tenji did not change his expression one by one, but he exchanged it half-heartedly.
With little reserve movement, Tenji pushes the handle of the sword diagonally upwards at the base of the palm.
I noticed that the cutting edge was piercing only the MP Ore. A mannequin with a deep sword in its head fell to the floor in vain.
Minimal reserve motion of attack, don't let the Mischief take away your wasted energy - Tenji, like an assassin, quickly knocks down a mannequin to embody Leon's teachings.
"This is my 29th point, and my 34th point is my watermelon." It's going well, it's going well. "
So far, I had earned points from four mannequins and six watermelons.
One point was added to the mannequin fingerprint authentication, and five points were added to the watermelon fingerprint authentication. Whether there were more or fewer 34 points after an hour and a half of exploration could not be determined by the current tenge.
Since I met Mizue, I have never encountered another participant.
That's why I don't even know how many points I have right now.
I don't know if I've ever encountered another participant before, whether this qualifying venue is sprawling, or if there's a watermelon battle going on anywhere else - I don't know.
Koro-chan hasn't sent me any stories since then, so I don't really know how this qualifier is rolling.
However, sometimes I saw fixed-point cameras, drones and other equipment, so Tenji was able to concentrate on the final qualifier with a sense of security that he was not alone.
Maybe it's harder to collect points than you think.
Is it because the time setting of the qualifier ranges from six to forty-eight hours and the range of vibration are set in anticipation of such scenarios? Or - you might want to set aside a pre-set amount of time and prepare a field that is not easily encountered by other participants, and dare to raise anxiety among the athletes involved.
Stir up anxiety and keep your body motionless as usual - you might want to give your athlete such a sense of nervousness and check the athlete's ability to cope.
Collect points without thinking too much about other players.
Tenge decided that it would be better to concentrate on the task.
"Now, we need to find the next tip." There are only 66 points left to reach the minimum of 100 points in the main election, and nearly 13 watermelons are required. "
That's when I took a step out of the small ruins.
It turned out that the ancient cage fire and the threads of thought for connecting the stories with Koro-chan were tightly stretched. When Tenji stopped immediately, he looked up at the sky and concentrated on the story.
(Did you find Koro?)
(I found it. I can't find it anymore.)
The moment I heard those words, Koro-chan shared the sight I was seeing. This was one of Koro-chan's abilities. It is not possible to know the exact position in an instant simply by sharing the view, but Tenji grasped the approximate position from the position of the sun and the surrounding buildings.
(Maybe three or four kilometers from here. Thank you, Koro-chan! I'm glad you asked. I'm on my way.)
(We'll find the next one ~)
Soon after, Tenji ran toward the watermelon he had discovered.
At the same time, I decided to have a little talk with Koro-chan.
(But after all, this is one of the few things, right? I've only been able to find six of them. hidden in a room or buried in the roots of a tree...... I think it's pretty bad character)
(That's the third generation ~, I don't know what we are. But, I remember the smell, too.)
(Smell? What's that?)
(The third generation is talking a lot, ehm, ehm, ehm? This watermelon has an unbelievably strong smell, and it's only unique. I'm weak, so I'm sensitive to evil only ah)
(Eh, you mean you know where it is?)
(That's it, it's about half a mile away)
(As expected, Koro-chan. Please report when you find it.)
(I know, it's just ah ~)
So I found out that the thread of the conversation with Koro-chan had splashed and broken.
As a result, Tenji ran for 100 points again.
† † †
"...... the watermelon is already cracked"
Tenji stood dazedly.
Even though it hasn't been long since Koro-chan reported the discovery, the watermelon was cracked by someone. This watermelon comes with a plenty of breakage after scoring points. In other words, someone discovered this in the meantime.
"What a timing... well, it can't be helped." Watermelon wins fast. We just know there's another player nearby, so let's do it. ”
Tenge exhales like a change of heart.
Slowly looking up into the sky, I saw a signal that was suddenly far away without electricity.
It was precisely that moment.
Someone was about to fall at the intersection of the signal that I was just looking at, and it curved sharply and ran towards me. Tenji's eyes sparkle when he sees someone for the first time in a long time.
"I'm relieved to see other people." Even though I was fighting against him now, I was still happy. I wonder if it is possible to exchange information. I wish I was a kind person
That's what I thought for a while.
The running athlete waves his hand to discover the tenge that looks at us, or to tell you something. This time, the players are forbidden to fight each other, so Tenji waves his hand back with a smile, without any particular reckoning.
I'm cumming cumming cumming cumming
Huh?
Tenji looks at the desperately shouting at the athlete.
Soon after, Tenge finally understood why the player was angry. A strange shadow flashed right behind him.
"Get away from MEEEEEEEE!!"
From the intersection where he was bending loudly, the doll jumped out in a strange way, lifting his knees to his chest and bending his arms at right angles.
Yes, that was good - the doll was followed by a mannequin that ran strangely one after the other, bent over and jumped out from the intersection.
And it seemed to him that the fifteen bodies were near, even though they were numbered crudely.
Tenji was surprised at the sight and opened his mouth.
A one-point doll that had only been found once along the way appeared in a group of nearly fifteen. Tenge thinks that the shepherd may have arranged a little event to entertain the audience.
"Hey, don't blurt out!" Let's get out of here!! "
Just in time, he reached right in front of Tenji.
When he pulls up Tenji's arm, he runs away like he's running away together. Thinking a little slow, Tenge ran out with him at his speed.
(He's a bit scary to talk to, but he seems kind. How dare you pull my hand... I'd like to talk to him a little bit. I wonder how many points I just got.)
He was a little taller than Tenji, about the middle of the 170s.
The face is somewhat long, and the hair is wearing a purple knitted hat, so I can only see a little, but I have a feeling that it is quite long. With a glove-shaped weapon on his hands and an inner suit in grade 4 blue, I suspect he's a good amateur explorer on the body.
Since I don't wear the Explorer High School uniform, I soon realized that I was probably a college student or a participant from the public. Still participating in this final qualifier, I'm sure he's quite talented as an Explorer. Perhaps the grade of the weapon in his hand is borrowed from a professional Explorer's guild somewhere.
But now he was running to escape from the mannequin.
"Oh, what's wrong?" Where did you find it? "
Tenge suddenly looked next to her and threw a question to her eyes.
However, he replied out loud, without making eye contact.
"I don't know, ahhhh! I just popped up in the abandoned supermarket!"
"Also, did you break the watermelon that was in the post of that house over there?" It looks like someone took it from me... oh, I'm not looking for the culprit. I was a little curious. "
"... you're calm!?" Hurry up! They're super scary, what a creepy way to run. I'm really scared. I'm going to dream. There are too many of them!! What do you want me to do about that? I didn't mean to have a final qualification!
And when he heard the word, Tenji cried in his heart, "Alright."
He went a long way to say that he could not deal with this.
In other words, these would be fine for Tenge to take on.
If he was going to point out the dolls with a plan, Tenge had decided not to do anything. I didn't want to do such a dishonest act of taking the points that people found in the official tournament.
Tenji wants to compete in the main election, so he only scores the points he found. No matter what I was told was sweet, I was going to do it from the beginning.
Tenji held the iron sword on his shoulder and smiled at him.
Well then, I'll take that point.