The exit door to the boss's room is open.
What they were waiting for was a well-known figure, Yoshito Fukuyama.
He didn't seem particularly impatient and behaved as if he had waited here for the Tenge.
The three of Tenji, Mizue and Tachibana looked at Fukuyama's face, and the question that could not be wiped off once came back to life. It is possible that this is part of the entrance exam.
"Fukuyama-san?
Tachihua uttered words to squeeze out the back of her throat.
To those three, Fukuyama simply smiles and answers.
"Good luck in the meantime. Come here, come here. Everybody's waiting.
"Guys? Can you explain what this is all about?
"Well, don't look so scared. I'll explain everything, so why don't you come over here for now? Everyone's waiting around this corner."
Now, the three men who were forced by Fukuyama to hurry began to put their weapons away and move on to Fukuyama.
Tenji weaponizes the Book of Demons. However, Fukuyama was not surprised by the sight and looked as if he had seen it somewhere before.
(Oh, I knew it. That's it... that's what happened.... this was all an exam. Should I say they took a bottle, or should I say that's Chariot's test? I don't know what to say anymore)
However, it was a tenge that truly understood the significance of the contract prior to the sub-dungeon entry.
The sub-dungeon tactical exam started by the participants alone, who were waiting ahead of the end gate. Perhaps this was a deliberately designed and sophisticated trap.
(Still... I think we'd be dead if I weren't here)
On the way into a monster house with over a hundred needle mice, the three were ready to die once.
I couldn't tell whether I originally thought I could do something about it, or even if I was given a dive test.
Well, Tenji decided not to think too much that he would answer right away.
After ten meters, the three arrived at Fukuyama. From there, they turned to the right, and the dungeon was full of open places.
Blue and gold worn-out decorations, square ground magic formations, old thrones... they're all familiar.
Apparently, it's like a site in the boss area.
As soon as Fukuyama walked out, the three of them followed in a hurry.
As soon as they entered the square, the three looked around.
There were already seven participants and sympathetic people sitting on the ground, and three regular Chariot members, with the exception of Fukuyama, stood in majesty.
All but one of the participants were worn out.
Clothes are routinely slashed and torn, with scratches and dust on cheeks and knees. There appears to be a blood stain so I don't know whether it is returned blood or my own bleeding.
It turns out that other participants have also survived the death.
"Where are we?
Mizue immediately asked Fukuyama.
Fukuyama gradually smiled back at us. I said with my hands wide open and my voice high.
"Congratulations! A total of three members of Group 26, Noriji Tenjo, Kayo Tachihua, and Katsushi Mizue successfully passed this final exam.... you really did your best."
When Fukuyama said that, he slowly approached in front of three people and hugged them with enthusiasm.
The three men, who were not surprised by the sudden words and Fukuyama's actions, stopped thinking for a while.
"Final exam? This should have been one step ahead of the final exam."
Mizue, who activated his brain again, immediately noticed the contradiction of Fukuyama's words.
Before taking this exam, Chariot's commander, Kujo, said, "This is, so to speak, the outpost for the final exam."
But Mizue now said, "I passed the final exam."
On a sharp question, Fukuyama smiled funny.
"Commander Ki-young never said he won't take the final exam today. Well, I don't deny that Captain Mio's character is twisted."
The three stood still with their mouths wide open, as if they had been completely written on the back.
The other chariot members and participants laughed at the fun of the three.
"What? What do you mean?
While understanding Fukuyama's explanation, didn't you want to understand it in your head? Tachibana asked a question to approach Fukuyama.
Fukuyama chewed it up and replied.
"Well, in short... where I was accompanying you was the primary exam, and from there, you alone attacked the sub-dungeon was the final exam. So everyone who leaves the final exam is designed to get here."
"You think this many people have slipped through that hell?
Mizue didn't think everyone here had passed the final exam, and began to observe the faces of the other seven in surprise.
"I see. Yeah, but... Difficulties varied slightly from team to team. Incidentally, your route is the second most challenging of all routes. Ahahaha, I was unlucky. Luck is very important to the Explorer."
Was Mizue satisfied with the fact that he was asked, or was he a little relieved?
So Tenji raised his hand and looked back at Fukuyama.
"Can I ask you a question?
"Of course. Ask me anything."
"Not everyone who passes the final exam will pass, right? Ten people are too many than usual."
"That's right. Breaking through is only a passing point. From here, Commander Miao Ying, me, and other members will conduct a full screening through the video. Probably in the middle of a review right now. I've already submitted my report, so I'm free now."
The other participants were surprised that they had not heard the fact.
Answering thank you, Tenji turned to the face he saw.
Among the seven people who scored here were Tenji's friends Aika Asami and Inagaki.
The two smiled as they gazed at each other.
I wonder if the morning mist is calling for air and said "Good work."
Inagaki struggled with his right arm forward without saying anything in particular.
While relieved by the safe passage of the two participants, Tenji smiled gently back.
"Do you have any other questions? I'll answer as many questions as I can until Commander Kimoe arrives. I'm free, too, and I saw something good...."
Fukuyama peered into the eyes of the three and finally fixed his hot gaze on the tenge.
The eyes are clearly shining as if they had locked the tenge on.
Well, can I have another one?
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
"Is that the end gate we went through a fake? I've never heard of three people getting involved in random metastases at once."
"You're sharp, you're right. That's a specially made fake gate we got for you. Well, it's quite a legal substitute, so I can't tell you how to create it."
Kira, Fukuyama winked.
So Mizue raised her hand and opened her mouth.
"One from me, too. May I ask you about the other route tests?
Is that another route? Well... first of all, the first group of four people over there is the third best team to count from below. The final boss is the same everywhere, but I wonder if the hidden mouse dominated the journey? How rare was the needle mouse? "
When Fukuyama turned to the first group, four people, including Aijia Asami, Aijia affirmed "yes".
Apparently, the routes varied considerably in difficulty, and the first group followed a route quite separate from the Tenge and all four arrived here.
Fukuyama goes on explaining.
"And the two teams over there are the second group. Is it just intermediate in difficulty? The basic appearance monster is a needle mouse, at most a flock of five."
Fukuyama's gaze was on a tired team.
The group is down by two and appears to be composed of two others. Even so, Tenge predicts that he was tired and worked hard to achieve the goal.
"Did he... come here alone? Or did Chariot pick up the wounded along the way?
Mizue looks sharply at the strange young man sitting on the edge alone at the end.
There was only one young man sitting with no scratches.
It's just a little strange.
The dress was stained with bright red blood, not my own blood.