The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life

- in the tent of the campsite,

I was waiting for Aiba to say something.

I'm pretty sure this guy has something to do with the fact that Peonie should have eaten Gokokawahara's wife and daughter alive.

They're supposed to be dead, living the same way they lived.

That is to say that this person's skills may be 'resuscitation' skills that can bring the dead back to life.

Because its value is immeasurable.

Now or now, Aiba suddenly bowed her head to me waiting for an explanation.

……

What is it, suddenly?

"Um... what's going on? Suddenly, you keep your head down?

"No... thought I'd apologize first"

"What...?

"Because I thought you were going to betray your expectations. The fact that they are alive is certainly due to my skills. That's for sure."

But he goes on.

"- My skills are not 'resuscitation'"

"... Huh?

"Isn't this what you thought? If they were alive, which was supposed to have been eaten by the great trees, I wondered if I had used my skills to bring them back to life."

"Chi, are you not...?

As if I had read it in my mind, Aiba said exactly what I thought.

To my surprise, Aiba shook her neck beside me with a bitter smile.

"We don't have the skills to resurrect the dead in the first place. There are several skills that have similar effects, but all are similar and non different things. Dead people never come back.... because if you have such skills in the first place, she (...) should be getting them first and reviving them."

You don't have the skills to resuscitate him? How the hell does this guy know that?

I didn't hear the last part very well, but still, Aiba's tone contained strong emotions similar to those of certainty.

Could this guy have a 'right to a question', too? Or something else...?

Apparently, this guy has more information than I think.

I'm obsessed with conversations with Aiba, and I couldn't even get my head around that 'meaning'.

"Mr. Kudo, take a look at this"

……

Aiba then held the cup placed on the table in his hand.

When I wondered what I was going to do, I took it as high as my gaze and suddenly let it go.

Naturally, the cup falls on the table according to gravity and the contents spill flashly.

"Aiba, what?"

"Well, look at that"

Aiba hands on a rolling cup on the table.

Then this time the cup glowed pale.

The water spilling around also shines out and returns to the cup.

It's like a video rewind.

"Is this... a remote operation skill?

"No, you don't. Take a good look. Now I will disarm this skill."

"... disarm?

Once again, Aiba puts her hands on the cup.

Then this time the cup floated up into the universe alone and fell.

Water splashes on the table again. Same sight as earlier.

No, wait. Same...?

"Could this be..."

"Yeah, that's right. This is my skill - 'reproduction'."

I knew it.

The height of the cup up and the way the water spilled were all the same as the first time.

- That means no way...!

Ha ha. I look at Aiba.

Aiba snorted.

"Yes, my skill 'Reproduction' can rewind and reproduce a subject's appearance until a certain time, regardless of person or object."

"Become -!?"

"Naturally, if used on the dead, it is possible for that person to restore his memory and flesh intact. There are various constraints, but unless I release this skill, it is possible for the dead to think and act in the same way as they did in life. It reproduces the biological body, so it's not like zombies, and you can use your lifetime skills as they are. You will gain experience and increase your level."

Hey, what's that skill? It's against the rules...

It's a shame it wasn't resuscitation skills, but that's powerful enough skills.

I also convinced them why the signs they felt were 'real'.

That's why my skills didn't respond.

But then...

"I knew they were..."

"... Yep, he's dead. Because my skills are ineffective if there is no object to reproduce"

"Huh...!

Even if I know it, it's still tight.

Even though I thought it would be, I still wanted them to survive.

When that happens, what worries me is still the effect of the people and skills in this campground.

"Um... can I take a closer look at its effects?

"Of course, I don't mind. Because I am not willing to keep this skill a secret. Right..."

Aiba tries to come up with something and stands up.

"Follow me, Mr. Kudo."

As they say, I left my tent about the back.

Walking straight inside the campsite, starting with you earlier chara man, people of all kinds call out to Aiba and me.

"Aiba, you're done exploring!

"Aiba, I need to talk to you about food..."

"I'm finally getting to the level. Skills are new."

"Aiba" "Aiba"

"Mi, gentlemen, please don't talk to me like that. I'll ask you right later, so in order..."

Though he grins bitterly at the people who rush over, Aiba politely returns the answer.

This sight alone seems to show how trusted Aiba is.

Keep following him.

The place we got there was a rest space just a little climb up the hill.

Only a few stumps are put aside to sit in simplicity.

"From here, you can see the whole campsite."

"Right......"

People doing cookouts or chatting around tents.

If the world wasn't like this, it'd be an idyllic sight.

"This is a continuation of an earlier conversation, how was it from Mr. Kudo? And them?"

"They, when I say...?

"It's the people from earlier. Did those people look properly 'alive' from Mr. Kudo?

"Huh..."

That's what they said, and I got stuck in words for a second.

In other words, all the people who have spoken to Aiba by the time he got here are probably people who were 'reproduced' by him.

"It's, uh..."

"... excuse me. That was a slightly ill-intentioned question..."

Aiba bows her head sorry.

"More than half of the people here are people 'reproduced' by my skills. They don't realize they're dead. We live just like the people who are still alive."

Half...... so much.

"I... want them to stay unaware if they can. If we recall our 'death', it could trigger a bug in our skills."

But he goes on.

"At the same time, if their families survive, they want to reunite them. Because this is the world. It's a miracle my family just meets again. But if, when we meet again, we become aware of our 'death'..."

"... that your skills could be solved?

"... Yes. There is no certainty. I haven't tried anything yet..."

Haven't you tried it?

No, I guess I didn't even get a chance to try. Not in this world.

But now...

"... I'm lost, I am"

……

"I've been asked many times since I 'reproduced' them, until today. When you have a proud father, Mr. Green tells you that you have a husband that you can rely on very much. I'm already happy to talk about it."

"... I've heard it from Gotokawara a few times too. He said he was a proud wife and daughter. I knew you were family. I'm saying the same thing."

"Yeah, yeah, you're really right. I think it's a rare good family these days. As long as I envy you. So the truth is, I want to see you soon... I guess that's why I have this skill.... but in case you think about it, you're going to really step on two legs..."

I didn't know what to say to Aiba, who had a complicated look on his face.

If I'm going to make it happen, I'd like to take them under Mr. Goshogawara.

But after I hear this story, I really get a hesitation.

"... why don't I go back to the base in advance and tell Mr. Goshogawara what's going on? I think we'll be fine if we put our backs together..."

"... right. That would be good."

Goshokawahara-san isn't the only one.

Nishino and everyone else need to talk about this and get their backs together.

Quite a hassle, but still, I wanted to reunite my family with Goshogawara.

"Oh, I want to make sure, do the reproduced people have any restrictions on their behavior?

"Basically not. Unless I solve my skills, there is no time limit or distance...... However, we have to keep some idea of our behavior, so we are putting restrictions on the scope of our activities…"

Coincidentally, it would also be because of the possibility of reuniting with a living, parted acquaintance.

The reproduced people seem to be primarily responsible for labor in the camps.

He just asks people with exploration and battle-based skills, like Moon, to explore around safe campgrounds so that there is no unnaturalness.

"I don't think there were any such vicious monsters around here... it was unexpected."

……

I apologized to Aiba in my heart.

Excuse me. Maybe that's because of our Sola's braces.

If it weren't for the array, maybe the metal lizard wouldn't have moved towards the campsite...

"Nevertheless..."

"What is it?

He stares at me and leaves his neck open.

"No, I thought Aiba didn't look like a monster at first glance. That may be a rude way to put it..."

"Ha, I don't mind. I don't care about being a monster."

Unlike Ono, Aiba has no apparent change at all. Just like that intelligent zombie.

If you look for signs, they are definitely signs of undead, but their appearance is entirely with normal people.

That's why I was curious to hear about it.

"How did Aiba become a monster? Still eating demon stones?

Probably because Aiba's atmosphere and the way he spoke were too friendly.

I asked questions that I would never normally ask.

"Oh, do you care?

Aiba has the same tone as before.

"I became a monster before the world was like this."

Lightly, that's what I said.

"... Huh?

For a moment, I didn't know what you were talking about.

"There was something I had to do. So I tried everything to see if I could get here ahead of her, but I still thought it would be the most certain thing to be a monster before the metastasis. So I decided to mutate into an undead with no change in appearance."

"... what does that mean?

Before this happened to the world?

Are you most certain you're going to be a monster?

What are you talking about, this guy?

Well, then, it's like...

"That? Didn't you notice? She was spotting me as undead at a glance, and I wondered if she'd noticed me perfectly..."

Aiba gave me a slightly unexpected look,

- I'm from another world, Mr. Kudo.

That's exactly what I told him.