Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Enter the 16th tier of the botanical garden with the lacto you met along the way. She could only get into the first chamber, so for the time being I had to score points there too.

……

Lacto?

"Wahhh!? What?"

However, from the time he was in the elevator, Lacto was silent with a somewhat stiff expression. Reading her name, she jumped up in surprise.

Is something wrong?

"No, something has happened, or the thought hasn't caught up with the current situation." --Ahaha, nothing! "

"I see..."

I don't know, but Lact replies with a smile.

I tilted my neck but decided not to listen deeply.

Can Ledge go to the second chamber now?

The elevator door opened and Lacto jumped out of it and opened his mouth.

“Yeah, I'm going to earn enough points to go to the third place this time.”

In the chamber, chatting while looking at the plants housed beyond the glass. Puzzles to earn Research Points can take some time, so having someone to talk to is appreciated.

"I'm going to the 3rd..." You've accumulated so many points. "

"Well, other than that, I haven't used any points." Look, when the lactos aren't logging in, they're generally earning points. "

I have plenty of time. Recently, while basically studying here, I have lived a life of looking at the state of the villa's farm.

"Really, Ledge has been logged in for a long time." Doesn't it hurt your body? "

"Huh? Yeah, that's right. That's not particularly the case."

"Great. What kind of bed do you use?"

Basically, when connecting to a VR device and diving into a virtual space, the real body is placed on the bed. It's a regular bed that doesn't have a floor-to-ceiling function for ordinary users. It is also heard that the time until the forced logout is shortened by the load.

That said, I'm not using a regular bed.

"It's like a bed, or it's floating in a tank..."

Yeah…. Could Ledge be just a brain?

Unwittingly, Lact turns around. I shook my head in a panic and denied it.

I'm using a medical VR shell.

"Medical!? Ledge, are you sick somewhere?"

A lacto that throws out research and feels rushed. I didn't talk much until now because I knew this would happen, but I got caught off guard because I was alone.

I open my mouth worrying about what I've explained.

"I can't tell you much." It's not like there's something wrong with life. "

Oh, I see. Well, it's not very good to hear about root digging and leaf digging, and if Ledge is healthy, that's fine.

Hahaha

It is doubtful whether it is healthy, but it is okay.

Lact strokes his chest and resumes his research.

Behind the thick glass armor is a flower with constantly moving thick tentacles, judged by Konohana Sakya as a "fetal flower of flesh".

I thought that I could create something to solve the food problem, but I am proud that I started cultivating it, but I am able to produce a lot of yields. The tentacles taste like slightly pale crabs, and they are worth cooking.

The problem is that if you are alarmed, you will be eaten, and you will need the blood of a protozoan to grow it.

"I like growing ledges, don't I?" Do you like plants? "

"Yeah? Well, that's right. In reality, dirt bullies haven't been made recently, and they're still fun. I used to grow things in the garden."

"Huh. I wanted to see the flowers that Ledge grew up in."

"Hahaha. I hope I can show you someday."

It will be some day before that comes. The flowers that used to grow must have withered by now. I left some of it with my sister, but I'm not sure she's raising it.

"Fufu, at the Ledge and the Botanical Garden." Isn't this really a date? "

Lact muttered something in a whisper, often reminding himself of the flowers once upon a time.

Lacto?

"Haha!? Haha, nothing!"

She jumped up on her shoulder and shook her head. I'm sorry I interrupted your research.

But Lact is quick to solve puzzles.

I see? Well, I've always liked this kind of thing.

Lacto's fingers do not stop while I am talking.

She is putting multiple pieces of blood with different specific gravity into three test tubes and solving a puzzle that changes order, but there is no way to get lost. She progressed much faster than I could slowly solve it in my own time.

"I used to play with the head system very well." like junketting with both hands. "

Isn't that scary?

In time, one hand moved away from its own thoughts, and it seemed like such an occult story.

"I'm not afraid of anything else." I gradually got more and more of them, and eventually I made about 101. There were about 5,000 winning and losing conditions. ”

"Wow, that's amazing."

A lacto that quickly moves its hands. It's hard to think of a role like that, but it's hard to remember those conditions of victory or defeat.

She does the dexterous thing of double chanting, but she must have had that kind of ground from that time on.

"I haven't been able to use it since I was an adult." How much can you skip while working? "

Is that a skip?

"When I concentrate on skipping, it feels like my work is over, so it might be easier." Somehow, it looks like another person is doing it for me. "

It's so dexterous.

Lact says it's plain, but it's a different ability than my parallel thinking. In my case, I have to focus on both because I'm going to work and play. She is the counterpart of thought.

I'm just wondering if this can be applied by FPO.

“Are you all right? It seems to be quite a load....."

Previously, when she did the double chanting, it was very painful. Separating thoughts into two should be quite a challenge. If I do too much and it affects my health, I have no children.

"It will be easier to get used to it little by little." I think you'll be pretty strong if you can master it. "

"I see... well, take care of yourself."

"Even if Ledge tells me, it's not convincing."

While laughing at each other, proceed with the research.

There are three types: basic research, applied research, and the formulation of a proposed accommodation plan, but the difficulty level and the efficiency of points also increase in that order. Basically, we will continue to earn money by formulating an accommodation plan after proceeding in sequence.

Lact also proceeded smoothly with the research and moved to formulate the proposed accommodation plan.

The preparation of an accommodation plan is a matter of writing a report. Create an accommodation plan based on the data obtained from basic research and applied research, and summarize it as a sentence. Depending on the level of completion, you can earn a lot of points if you succeed.

Incidentally, in order to score points with maximum efficiency, I tap another keyboard with my left hand and right hand, and then write three sentences with mind manipulation, making a total of five reports in parallel.

"Ledge is a boulder, isn't it?" I can only do three things yet. "

This kind of thing is training, right?

It seems that the lacto is taking in three parts in parallel: one with each hand and the other with the mind manipulation.

Basically, at this stage, players in more than 15 layers are doing this. So it's not like I'm an anomaly.

Huh? Lacto, that's the wrong procedure.

What? Where?

When I glanced at the lacto window, the sentence on the left was slightly wrong. Pointing it out, she checks the content with surprise.

"Look, here it is."

"Oh, really. Thank you...!"

Reach over your shoulder and point directly at it.

In the process of placing salt crystals around the flowers, the amount was one-tenth the original amount, so the worst containment violation occurred.

Pointing that out, she was looking at me with a red face.

Lacto?

"Wow! That's nothing, thank you!"

When she calls her name, she distances herself as if she were being played.

Looks like I got too close.

"I'm sorry, you were a little shy."

"No, thank you. No, that's not it." It's okay. "

Is that so?

She burns her face and incites with her hands.

It would be troublesome for the old man to point out his mistakes all the time. I feel sorry and I drop my shoulder.

Shortly thereafter, Lact stared at me with a determined look.

Ledge!

What, what?

Serious blue eyes.

What came to my mind was her [Shirakan] withdrawal. Lact was still quite strong as a mechanic at this stage, and he must have had a lot of trouble. It can be used in many places other than the Shirataku-an.

Speaking of which, she has been acting suspiciously since we got together in the elevator.

"This time, uhh, uhh......"

Ofu?

The lacto is wobbly as it moves around the eyes. I don't rush her, I wait for her words. [M]

If you know where the offer came from, you're determined to laugh and drop it off.

Ohhh, I'll go with you to practice the offense.

Offense?

Unexpected words popped up and poked into the void.

In other words, it was an attack. "Certainly she's an attacker, so the offense is important..."

"Hey, isn't that Ledge's right to defense?" That's why I want to develop more intelligent battles with more combinations. ”

"Calm down, you're like a wader."

Suppress the shoulders of the turning lacto with a quick mouth.

She's an attacker, more like a rearguard. When I pitch a tent, you'll be the closest to me.

"Speaking of which, I haven't fought around tents lately." He might be dull. "

"Y-yeah, that's right. That's why it's better to try it a little..."

I see. Lettie and the others--

Hmph, two of us!

Lact sandwiches his words so as to block my open mouth. "I don't think I'll be able to practice well without a vanguard..."

"Actually, I've been practicing a lot. That's why I want to surprise Lettie and the others. So don't tell anyone yet."

"Hmm, isn't that interesting?"

If that's the case, I can't help it. It wasn't easy for me to help her practice either.

Well then, let's go somewhere together later.

"Yeah, let's do that."

It is also quite unlikely that Lacto and I will ever go out into the field together. Basically, the presence of somebody in the front would help keep the fight stable.

However, in the future, there may be situations where Letty and the others will be killed and only me and Lacto will remain. It is also possible to check the movement assuming such a time.

Well, let's just finish our research.

That's right, that's right.

Tap Lacto's shoulder and start researching again.

She gave a slightly regretful expression and began to hit the virtual keyboard.