Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Quasi-Special Reclamation Directive; Ten Thousand Fools Day

When I logged in that day as usual, the world changed.

"Wow!?"

After darkening, he opens his eyes and unintentionally raises his voice. I rubbed my eyes thinking that my eyesight had worsened and put my hand on my forehead wondering if my head had gone crazy. But the world remains strange.

"Oh, oh, you're awake. If you have time to stand up, sprinkle some water on the flowers."

"Ka, Kamil... Wow!?"

Reassured by the voice familiar to your ears, you look back and jump up again. What stood there was a "roughly Kamil-like" set of blocks about 10 cm on one side.

It was as if a retro dot painting had been three-dimensionalized. She moves the cube parts and (probably) looks at me with a gaze.

Kamil wasn't the only one. The furniture in the logged-in villa, the other buildings that could be seen outside the windows, the white sand beaches and the blue sea were all made up of fine blocks.

"Oh, excuse me." I was surprised to see my face. It's not the same as usual, is it? "

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was a little alarmed."

It seems that Kamil himself is unaware of this change or does not care. In other words, if there's something wrong with me, if there's a bug on the player's side, or...

I lightly pat Kamil on the shoulder with a pleasant smile and walk towards the door.

"I'm going out to town for a minute. I asked you to take care of the flowers."

"Huh!? Well, before that, I noticed something..."

"I'm sorry! I'll be right back!"

She jumped out of the villa, hearing Kamil's voice on her back. The outside world is still made up of blocks. One of the grains of sand is a 10 cm block, and the splash of waves is the same size.

When you walk on the beach, the sound of footsteps is only when you step on the sand, but it feels like you're walking on a marble floor.

"What the hell is going on?"

I leaned my neck and headed towards [Wadazumi]. If you look at other players' reactions, you can see if it's your problem or the game itself.

"What is this! What is this!?"

Pixel Man, here we go!

"My, my chest is in the padding!"

Wow, ahh, don't hit me in the corner of the block!

The town was in trouble.

Apparently, this anomaly wasn't due to my subjectivity.

The boulevard of [Wadazumi] is chaotic with chaos and cheers, with players and NPCs composed of blocks. Type - Golem, Type - Fairy, Type - Lycan slope, all the planes are made up of blocks. On the contrary, the fruit sold in the stalls is also a true square.

I stood up to the sight of mosaic art. To push me back like that, a pixel-carriage pulled by a pixel-machine horse from behind was busily overtaking me.

Ledge!

As you walk through the crowd, you are called by name from the front. Without knowing what it was, a player composed of red blocks appeared in front of him.

Ledge-san, this is going to be amazing, isn't it?

Could it be Letty?

Are the blocks piled up from overhead rabbit ears? In the first place, that voice made it clear.

"That's right, it's a little low resolution."

"Is it a resolution issue?"

Letty tilted her neck at the slightly fluctuating answer, but at the same time, she was relieved. It was a relief to be able to rendezvous with my people in this situation. Besides, she knows more than I do. Ask if you know the cause of this disturbance.

"Letty, this is--"

It's an event. It's the Quasi-Special Reclamation Directive.

"Oh, Wan Yu...?"

Rounds (squares) the eyes (rather than blocks) in words that pop out of Letty's mouth (or blocks).

Then she put her hand on her waist with a dazed face (although I don't really understand the expression).

"Please check the official news before logging in."

"Excuse me."

She prompts me to check the news from the Izanami Project Executive Committee. Then, there was indeed a notice of the "Quasi-Special Exploitation Directive; Ten Thousand Fools".

I should have seen it yesterday.

I was supposed to take a peek before I logged out, but I don't think that was the time. Having said that, Letty shrugged her shoulders.

“What day is it, Mr. Ledge?”

"April 1st."

What day is it?

It's the beginning of the year.

No, it's not that!

Even though I was supposed to give the right answer as a social worker, I got angry. Without being convinced by the irrationality, I think about it a little bit.

"April Fools?"

"That's what I'm talking about."

Letty nodded in satisfaction.

I mean, I guess that's what it is.

"It's a one-day-only mini event." Let's have some fun. "

"I see... I see, I'll do it."

I was frustrated because I thought it was a big bug or something, but if I understood the reason, I could rest assured. Then you can enjoy this time as much as the players around you.

Did Letty just log in?

"No, it's early in the morning." I woke up a little. "

I talked to Letty as I walked unexpectedly. She logged in a few hours ago and looked around the field.

"It was interesting that all the protozoa and the field were blocked." The grass is also blocked, but if you walk, it will collapse. "

"Huh. I have to go once."

Seasonal events themselves are common, but it's unusual for the whole world to change so much. I quickly took out the camera and put all the pixel art in the viewfinder. I regret a little that I should have photographed the figure of Dot Kamil.

The people of the town seem to be enjoying all the unusual sights of the day.

But how does this make it a block world?

I said it while looking over the [Wadatsumi], which consisted of a 10cm cube on one side.

Apparently, the smallest unit of matter is this block alone, and not all of it exists along the grid. It rotates 360 degrees up, down, left and right, and some are diagonal.

It looks like we have a limited-time quasi-special mission, so let's head over to the control tower.

Lettie pulls her back and takes her to the center of town.

The central control tower, which is usually a smoothly curved cylinder, has become a collection of white blocks that have become rusty since today. Once inside, when the terminal was operated, a quasi-special mission was indeed issued for the duration of the Quasi-Special Exploitation Directive.

"< Special Optical Awareness Pollution Removal Mission >?"... I see, I have no idea. "

I can't keep up with the words of young people who are full of horizontal characters, but it is also difficult to find a long list of kanji characters that is unique to the Executive Committee of the Izanami Project.

When I was frowning, Letty read the description underneath and explained it to me.

The main point is that the Black God Beast project seems to have something to do with the black beast.

"Is that the Zero Period Advance Research and Development Group?"

“Yes, it looks like contaminated reclamation exteriors have emerged and are rampaging all over the place.”

"Hahaha. I see."

If you chew it up and think about it, you'll catch up with your understanding.

For the time being, Lettie and I were on a mission, and we stepped into the [Misty Forest of Odd Dragons].

However, the Black God Beast came out quite casually.

Well, it's a special development directive (event) level, albeit quasi-authorized.

A mysterious civilization once glorious on this planet, and a white god beast who was in a partnership with it. It was the Black God Beast that destroyed the faction. Nowadays, the remnants are left in various places and sometimes come back to life.

We even know that the Zero Advance Reconnaissance Expedition that came to the planet Izanami before us was somehow rampant.

"Was there anyone in the field that seemed like that?"

“That's right, you'll see.”

Outside the city, there are more armed players. They may have come on an event assignment, but none of the weapons they have look like pixel art and they can't hold back.

Is Letty's hammer not much different?

"That's not true!" I'm a little sad that all the details are gone.... I think the winning judgment is getting bigger. "

The hammer on Letty's hammer is originally huge, so it doesn't make much of a difference to her appearance. On the other hand, the handle of my spear is connected with a 10cm cube, so I feel uncomfortable just holding it.

This is going to take a lot of time just to be able to handle it properly.

The forest is really made of blocks, isn't it?

Even the [Misty Forest of Odd Dragons], which is usually dense and densely packed with trees, is made up of blocks all the way to the end of the branches today. With all the details gone, it's probably a better view than usual.

That said, the fact that the trunk of the tree is square makes me feel a little uncomfortable, and even if it collapses if it hits, I'm not used to scratching blocks.

I walked through the square woods with a hint of anxiety in my chest. While doing so, Letty, who was listening, stopped.

"There he is, there he is."

She points.

Seeing through the gap between the trees was like a fireball floating in the sky, made up of blocks of dark shades of red, black and purple. It has a terrible appearance and is about the size of a person's back.

"That's the target of the mission."

"That's right. -" Biological Appraisal. "" It seems to be called the perforated manomere. "

Letty appraises and reveals her name. I also took pictures from a distance with a camera, and collected information through photo forensics.

According to this, "Fractured Eye Manomere" seems to have the ability to cause abnormalities by "visualizing". That's why it's a special optical recognition contamination procedure.

Now, how do you confront someone you can't see? The answer is this world of pixel art.

As revealed during the Pilgrimage of the White God Beast, our researchers do not recognize the world as it is. Unwanted information is deleted so as to add information such as windows that are expanded in an augmented reality. For example, the appearance of protozoa when irreversible damage occurs to ecosystems if they are crushed further, and objects that do not have access to information. We can't see it, so we can't perceive it. When there is room in the ecosystem, protozoa "pop". It was as if it had suddenly come from the void.

Anyway, there's a mosaic all over the world so you don't look at that flame.

Seems like that.

What we see in the world is a collection of blocks to avoid the effects of the Manomere of the Hollow Eyes. If he's highly abstracted, he won't be able to do it.

The hard feeling when stepping on the sand and the uncomfortable feeling when holding the spear are just visually linked illusions.

"Well, then it's easy to fight." That said, are you a physically effective opponent? "

The target was a black flame floating in the air. "From the looks of it, even if I hit it physically, it would slipped through..."

"If you hit me like this, shatter it!" Let's fight before others find us. ”

Soon after I think about it, Letty jumps out. She manipulated the hammer skillfully in the narrow woods and added a gorgeous blow to Manomea.

Gotcha!

A hammer bursts into the flames, making a dull sound.

Manomea, who was struck by the impact, was blowing into the forest.

"It looks like there's a nucleus in the center of the flame." If you aim for it, physics will work. "

I see. Then let's do it!

After receiving Lettie's report, she suddenly felt motivated. If the attack reaches us, we should strike.

Lettie and I run through the woods together, hunting down the blown Manomea. A block of flame blows, but when it hits, it burns. Both I and Letty use long-handled weapons, so we can attack unilaterally without any problems.

"Aaaaaaaa!"

Letty's hammer captures Manomere's core. The sound of glass balls breaking and the black flame blowing up loudly.

Letty!

Kipaa!?

She hurriedly pulled her arm and fell to the ground as she hugged me. A black flame and a blast blew over our heads, and Manomea finally ran out of strength.

"W-what a coward..." Finally, what is suicide bombing? "

"From now on, if you are careful, you will be able to avoid it." Looks like we can't dismantle it. "

Manomea's HP was lost, and the flames disappeared, leaving only a sphere as big as a black volleyball. It was like a vivid eyeball. It seemed like it was the only drop item, and I couldn't dismantle it.

I collected this item called "Evil Flame Eyebreaker" and was able to exchange it for an event-limited item depending on the number of items I collected.

Fortunately, Manomere itself wasn't that strong. As long as you can win the competition against the other players who are watching in the field, you will be hunted without any problems.

Yo, I'll keep hunting!

Lettie raised her flame and looked around her. Manoméa is burning with a melamine sound, so you should be able to find it in her hearing right away.

But...

Hey, Letty.

I turn my voice down and call Letty. Without looking back, she nodded slightly.

Hmm, what should I do?

I turned my gaze backwards. In the darkness, a girl with blue hair stood among the trees. That's fine, but she's in some sort of long-lasting pose.

Players walking in the woods quickly walk away as they look at him.

You can't just leave me like that forever, right?

I became a little pathetic, and I made eye contact with a girl, a lacto.

For now, why don't you come over here?

"Haha!?! Why are you getting caught?!?"

When he called out, Lacto was blatantly reprimanded. The cloth-like object was shaking and moving its neck, and finally, its face turned bright red.

"Could it be... you can see it?"

Well, just like that.

You've arrived from the control tower, right?

Me and Letty nodded at the same time to Lacto, who asked in horror.

When we found her in the crowd in the control tower, she found us again and quickly went into hiding. After that, I wondered what I was going to do, and I came to the back with dignity, taking the long live pose.

"Did you think you couldn't see?"

"That's because I was wearing a transparent cloak."

The lacto is coming, infiltrating your shame. What she offered was a colorless, transparent cloth.

Is this the clear cloak?

Yeah, it's a reward for this event.

When you receive it, you can certainly feel the texture and weight of the vinyl-like cloth. But I can't see at all.

When I looked at the description of the item, it said, "Transparent cloak to hide."

"Uuu, I thought you didn't notice..." I tried to surprise you.

Is this a cloak that hides the cloak itself? Isn't that a transparent cloak?

Isn't that normal April Fool's joke?

"Guuuuuu"

Lact distorts his expression with shame and remorse as I and Letty look at each other.

"No, I think that, long live, you were cute."

Isn't that what it is!

My words didn't seem to be any consolation. When this happens, I'll hunt for it, and the lacto will draw an arrow to the bow. The 10cm thick arrow is almost like a pile.

"Oh, it's not Ledge. Letty and the others are all here, too.

When you stop in the woods, you're called a name. Looking back, a huge black snake made of a large number of blocks was approaching.

"Wow!?"

”Fufufu. It's a good reaction, isn't it?”

The snake laughs as it jumps up in surprise. When the figure collapsed, Amy appeared from the inside.

"Amy!? What is this?"

"It's a reward item for an Event Assignment." "Dokkiri Black Snake-kun"?

This is a disgusting item.

Apparently, Amy had something that turned her appearance into a black snake. When a black snake is used in the vicious [Fog Forest of Odd Dragons], it's bad for the heart.

We're here, too!

There, there was another voice.

The voice of the Lord is a toka with a shiny and glowing sword, and he is accompanied by a minkage covered with a heavenly shield.

You both have strange things, don't you?

A weapon called "USO800". No matter how much damage you do, it will be 800 damage in the log. ”

Shit, it's a messy item.

Toka's sword has an overall rounded toy-like appearance.

"What about the face of the mikage?" It's a very long nose, though. "

"The false face of the goddess." When you lie, your nose stretches.

Mikage said that and repositioned the surface.

"I hate ninjas."

When he said that, Tengu's red nose grew slightly. Is it also seen on the brain wave, it is a futile lies detector.

"Hey, isn't that funny?"

"Everyone already enjoys April Fool's Day." Letty and the others are running late, aren't they? "

"I thought there was some kind of event."

Amy laughs at Letty, who sharpens her lips. It seems that everyone expected something to happen on this day. I wasn't thinking. I was confused.

Hmm. Letty wants something interesting too.

Me, too. Let's go hunting together.

Agree with Letty to show motivation. There seemed to be plenty of other joke goods, and Amy and the others said they still needed to defeat Manomere.

We reconstituted the party and walked out looking for the black flame that appeared in the [Fog Forest of the Odd Dragon].

†

"Ugh, I didn't notice at all..."

A suburban villa district. At the farm owned by Shirakaguan there.

Kamil looked down at the blocks of flowers swaying in the wind. Suddenly, a noise ran through her body and her figure changed dramatically.

What appeared was a chiffon sharpening its lips.

She was logged into the FPO a bit earlier than her peers, and she was alone at the event, getting an item called "Alter Hologram." It could be transformed into a figure of the players and NPCs around it, and I was trying to surprise Ledge with it, but I didn't ask any questions.

"Should I be frustrated, or should I praise my acting skills?" I don't know. "

Chiffon speaks to the flower in front of him. There was sorrow in that figure.

At that time, the explosion-proof door of the farm opens and the real Kamil in protective clothing comes. She saw Chiffon's figure and guessed roughly what had happened.

I think it's useless just to expect something from that nibbutin.

That's right, right?

In Kamil's straightforward words, Chiffon nodded. It is no exaggeration to say that she knows him best when it comes to his occasional misunderstanding.

And chiffon

What's going on?

Camille puts her hand on Chiffon's shoulder as she takes off her protective clothing. He said calmly to her as she tilted her neck.

"The farm will explode in three seconds."

"Huh!?"

Suddenly, Chiffon jumped up and tried to escape. Leaving the farm, she jumps into the villa and peeks out the window in thrill.

However, no matter how long you wait, there will be no expected shock.

Ah, huh?

The bewildered chiffon heard a giggle and a laugh.

Looking back, Kamil stands laughing like a cat.

April Fools are fun too, aren't they?

"Hey, you can't be lying to me that doesn't sound like a joke."

According to Kamil's seeds, Chiffon's whole body was relieved and collapsed from his knees.