Chapter 107
Trigger Happy looked at Finger Man with a gaze full of pity.
"Alright, Shimaenaga-san, what are we doing today!?"
"Chii-chii-chii! (Translation: Hideo, wake up-chii! Why do you always end up locking in the weirdest kinds of resolve-chii!?)"
"First, I'd like to pull this poor corpse out from the roots of the tree! Hyaa! Power!! Waaah! It's gotten beautifully torn apart!"
"Gii...... (Translation: This guy is less a dungeon YouTuber and more just an aberrant......)"
In the depths of the accelerating chaos, Finger Man's bizarre behavior did not stop.
Finger Man's plan was to revive the corpse and extract information about the dungeon—namely, the location of the metal monster.
The miscalculation was that Finger Man had forgotten how brutal the Daily Missions were.
Watching him cheerfully gather the freshly dismembered meat chunks, Trigger Happy thought amidst the madness.
"Finger Man... I have to support him."
"......Gii?"
Happy quietly made up her mind.
(Finger Man. An explorer burdened with a dark secret, who came to possess supernatural powers. I don't know how grueling his journey was to get there. But surely, it wasn't an easy road. No way. He gained power. He is a respectable explorer. Maybe it was the backlash... that caused his mind to break and led him to this state.)
With a perfectly calm head, Happy mourned.
He had the qualities of a hero and overwhelming strength.
He had a good face. A cool vibe. You could sense his sincere personality.
Loved by animals, holder of secrets, and still capable of compassion.
He was an admirable human being.
That's how Trigger Happy saw him.
And above all, Finger Man was Happy's hero.
If that's the case, then why should a serious illness diminish the respect owed to her lifesaver?
If anything, this was a valuable insight.
(Finger Man, you're not some perfect superhuman. The fact that you just randomly started pretending to be a dungeon YouTuber is undeniable proof. No one probably ever truly understood him. That must be it. Only I can understand him. That's why—I have to support him.)
Her thoughts were veering dangerously off track, but she didn't notice.
"Alright, Shimaenaga-san, please use 'Blasphemous Morning Star' on this poor man!"
"Chii...... (Translation: I guess I have no choice-chii......)"
"Gii (Translation: If we do it about a hundred times, Master will probably stop.)"
"Chii (Translation: I don't really understand the Daily Mission rulings either-chii... At this rate, Hideo will really just turn into a pervert-chii.)"
"Gii (Translation: It's okay, senpai.)"
"Chii? (Translation: Junior, don't tell me you have a plan-chii?)"
"Gii (Translation: Master is good at unlocking new doors. In other words, through shame play, he'll surely discover a new version of himself.)"
"Chii......! (Translation: That's no solution at all-chii!)"
The Calamity Beast reluctantly activated the divine skill 'Blasphemous Morning Star,' a move on the level of violating the international Rome treaty. Black hands extended from behind its basketball-sized bean pastry body, thrusting countless palms toward the mystical victim reduced to a lump of flesh.
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'Blasphemous Morning Star Lv2'
Rebellion against the world.
A guiding star that ravages the dark world.
Resolves death status and restores 3,000 HP.
Usable once every 720 hours. Stock: 2
Cooldown can be resolved with 10,000 MP.
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The skill activated precisely, reversing reason itself.
The unforgivable blasphemous miracle had now occurred.
As black lightning rained down from the heavens, it incinerated the meat chunks, from which a human slowly rose up amidst the black flames. It was a pale-skinned, strange man wielding a silver hook. Naturally, he was completely naked. No weapons, no clothes, just bare.
"You've got to be kidding... Finger Man, did you seriously use a revival skill...!?"
Even Trigger Happy couldn't hide her shock at this.
Finger Man always did things far beyond imagination.
He could regenerate arms, crush deep monsters in the Archon Dungeon with a mere finger snap, or suddenly start pretending to be a dungeon YouTuber...
But reviving a life already lost was going too far.
To use a miracle allowed only to gods while saying, "Waaah! You came back to life so cleanly, Gorori!—I mean, Shimaenaga-san!"
(Or rather, the direction of Finger Man Channel still isn't established even in his own mind...)
Trigger Happy was losing a massive chunk of her sanity from being exposed to Finger Man's madness.
Was this reality, or a dream? If it was a dream, it was definitely a nightmare.
"Gii (Translation: This human is about to lose their sanity in the face of a miracle.)"
"Chii (Translation: What a pathetic human-chii. But I guess it can't be helped-chii. Anyone would lose their mind if some creepy weirdo was screaming in a dark, scary place-chii. I'll take care of her out of pity-chii. She's truly special-chii.)"
"Gii...... (Translation: I believe the massive sanity loss was due to senpai's skill...)"
As Trigger Happy collapsed to her knees, on the verge of unconsciousness from a pounding headache, the Calamity Beast softly descended upon her. It puffed up its body and wrapped her in its large, soft wings and bean pastry form.
It was the moment they discovered the Calamity Beast's fluffy mochi had the function of restoring sanity.
"I have to support him... Only I can understand him..."
Trigger Happy repeated like she was possessed, her consciousness fading.
"Chii (Translation: She suddenly started acting like the girlfriend-chii. But the hero's heroine slot is already taken by me-chii. Anyone can see that-chii. Coming in now thinking you can win this fierce heroine race is a huge mistake-chii.)"
Humans are nothing special after all.
The Calamity Beast believes without a doubt that she is the heroine.
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——Dr.'s Perspective
"Alright, it's complete now."
The old man, his lab coat tattered with oil burns and electric heat holes, had just finished another creation in a mystical chamber filled with a thin layer of water.
Its name: 'Great Mugen High-Load ver6.5.'
The prototype, made to evolve a container-type massive anomalous substance, had been destroyed in the Witch Enaga incident, so this was a revised model.
"Ah, thank you, all of you. You're always a big help."
The Dr. expressed his gratitude to the Breakdancers who managed and operated the EXP factory.
They were excellent assistants who provided generous support for the Dr.'s research.
"Heh heh, I've made yet another great invention. I can't wait to show Finger Man. Hope he comes back soon."
The Dr. waited in high spirits for Finger Man's return.