CH 339

Episode 339: Parting(Third Party Perspective)

-Kata kata kata kata!

A woman with long black hair tied back and wearing glasses is sitting in a room in an expensive-looking apartment, facing a laptop computer in front of her and typing.

She is Kurosaki Rei. She is one of Fuhito's party members.

She is in the process of summarizing the results of her month-long investigation into the dungeon transfer incident.

-Piroriroriin!

"Fuu ~. Who is it ..."

Since the sound of her smartphone rings, she writes the sentence until a good break, and then opens the screen of her smartphone.

It is an email, but the moment Rei sees the name of the sender, her complexion changes.

"I thought it was about time to reach the limit, but to think that it's this timing. But, it's fine. It's already quite difficult to harm those children."

That person is Rei's adoptive father. He is the person who raised her when she lost her parents when she was young.

However, the reason her adoptive father took notice of Rei, was because of her ability as an explorer that suddenly blossomed.

From then on, Rei's daily life was like hell.

When she was still a Junior High School student, she was secretly hidden in a dungeon every day, forced to fight monsters and raise her level, in order to improve the ability of rare covert and mental skills, being forced to use her skills against someone she didn't want to, days when she was left alone in a high-ranked dungeon where her life was in danger.

Rei had cleared the quota imposed desperately to survive.

However, the quota got higher day by day, the opponents became people who could use skills and also became high-ranked explorers in secret, it was said that if it was found out, she may be killed, it truly was side by side with death every day.

Then, around the time she reached A-rank, Rei was given an order.

That was assassination.

Yes, it was a job that took people's lives.

She thought about going against it, but the opponent was even stronger than Rei. He was resistant to mental skills, had high detection abilities, and was an opponent with outstanding combat abilities, so she couldn't resist.

She then took on the job of background checks and assassinations at every turn.

From then on, her spirit wore out every day.

As part of such a mission, she met him when he was given his status at the Explorer's Guild, Fuhito that is.

Far from having no expectations at first, she even felt sorry for the boy.

However, he had achieved phenomenal growth that could not be measured by his status.

He now has the power to destroy the world, and is accompanied by a jet-black wolf, which is said to be a disaster in the Explorer's Guild, which makes all security useless.

Rei, apart from feeling worried about Fuhito and Nanami, unconsciously hoped that he would free her from the curse of her adoptive father.

When she opened the email, there were merely three words.(TN:Original says 'five characters' not three words.)

[ Come at once. ](TN:Sugu ni koi, 5 = su, gu, ni, ko, i.)

It was too one-sided and simple to send to his daughter.

"Should I borrow a little power."

After receiving the report and processing it, Rei immediately answers the summons and heads to her adoptive father.

"I'll tell you bluntly. Stop your futile struggles."

As soon as she arrives in front of her adoptive father, she receives a merciless order from her adoptive father.

"What are you talking about? And, isn't that too rude for a parent-child reunion? Guild Leader Yamanaka. No, adoptive-father?"

"Fuun, shameless. You probably don't think of me as a parent."

Rei's adoptive father is Yamanaka, who reigns at the top of the Explorers' Guild. He raises his eyebrows slightly in response to Rei's reply.

On the surface, Yamanaka plays a man with a strong sense of justice, but in reality he is a cold-hearted man who mercilessly eliminates hostile forces. He nurtured the dark side, and with that power, he still reigned at the top of the Explorers' Guild, which boasted great power.

"Well, that's right."

Rei shrugs and replies to Yamanaka's words.

"More importantly, as I said earlier, stop your futile struggles. I've already investigated what you're trying to hide."

"What do you mean?"

Yamanaka tries to give orders to Rei again, but Rei doesn't bother to respond and replies with the same words again.

"Do you think I don't understand? Satou Fuhito. Satou Nanami. Shimotsuki Amane. Katsuragi Alexia. I won't let you say you don't know."

"What's wrong with them?"

Specific names are given, but Rei is completely unmoved.

"Even though you know their power, you thought you hid it so that I wouldn't know, but I know everything. I just don't take them seriously."

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Rei seems to have given up on Yamanaka's words and asks for Yamanaka's instructions.

"Have them move according to my orders."

"..."

Yamanaka's instructions are too arrogant.

Rei is silent.

"Are you listening?"

Yamanaka looks a little grumpy and asks Rei who doesn't answer.

" ... Fufu!"

A quiet voice escapes from Rei's mouth.

"Hey, answer me!!"

Yamanaka's voice doesn't reach her, and Yamanaka becomes even more displeased, banging on his desk and giving an order.

"Fufufufuu. Ahahahahahaa!!"

However, the reply to that order is a loud laugh.

Rei can't help but laugh at the ridiculousness.

"What's wrong!!"

"You don't know anything. Neither their power, nor mine."

Rei wipes the tears from the corners of her eyes and responds with a serious expression to the furious Yamanaka.

"What!?"(TN:Nani!? Omae wa mou shindeiru!!)

The next moment, Rei disappears and appears behind Yamanaka, with a dagger attached to his neck.

"You, what is that power ..."

"Don't think that I'll follow you forever ... Also, to be clear, you shouldn't put your hands on the people around Fuhito-kun. You guys along with the entire world will be destroyed, you know?"

Yamanaka can't react to Rei's movements. It brings fear to his face. Rei threatens him with all her might, along with her grudge against him.

"Do you think you can live in this world if you go against me!?"

"It's okay. You can't do anything. Don't underestimate my power. Besides, I've already deleted or rewritten all the data."

Yamanaka shouts as if to say that he will not give in to the threat, but she has already dealt with it because she has become an overwhelmingly strong person due to her life with Fuhito and the others.

"What!?"

"And also, I'm keeping an eye on you. Right?"

She gives a signal to give the astonished Yamanaka an added blow.

"Won!"

"~~ !?"

Luck's Kagema barks from under Yamanaka's feet, and Yamanaka's body trembles with that sound, and he is frightened.

Yamanaka is frightened by the fact that someone has slipped past his perception.

"You won't do anything careless, will you? Adoptive father?"

Rei says so, removes her dagger from his neck, and calmly leaves the room.

"Don't screw with meeeeeeeeeeee!!"

The howl of a loser in the mountains reverberates through the room.

"Haa ... Haa ... Fufufufuu. Thank you, Fuhito-kun. Thanks to you, I've gained strength."

On the other hand, Rei who goes outside has her body trembling.

She acted aloof, but she was, in fact, quite frightened. As was natural. Her opponent was the man who had ruled her with the fear of power since she was little.

Confronting that man was a tremendous amount of mental stress.

What she looks at on her smartphone is a stupid face of Fuhito.

Rei was empowered by his photo and managed to overcome the fear that she had inside her.

"Okay, let's go home."

Rei, who is looking down, puts away her smartphone and raises her head. Her face is extremely bright.