Chapter 50
The next morning.
Having restored my vitality to the brim, I stood on the balcony, basking in the chill morning air, lost in thought. I took out the tiny bottles of 'Moteru Motel' and 'Etchi Etchi' and held them up to the sunrise, gazing at them intently. Huh, doesn't this setup kinda make me look cool?
"Today, I'm finally going to win with these."
I finished my morning training, took a shower, and put on a crisp shirt.
Maybe I'll even wear a little cologne, just to be clever. Heh heh.
I won't forget my A-rank proof ruby brooch, the lucky 'Proof of the Chosen One' Buchi, and the stylish brooch called 'Bloodstained Comrade' that I got from Former Chiba-kun.
Now then, let's check the Daily before heading out.
"Daily Mission"
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★Daily Mission★
Let's work steadily every day!
'Don't bully Shimaenaga-sama'
Level up Shimaenaga-sama 0/1
Consecutive days: Day 99
Steady Rank: Platinum Multiplier 10.0x
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Huh?
"Chii chii chii!"
Shimaenaga-san began flying around excitedly, clearly overjoyed.
What is it, Daily-kun?
What's this "Don't bully Shimaenaga-sama" business?
Are you seriously pandering to Shimaenaga-san?
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★Daily Mission★
Let's work steadily every day!
'Not pandering'
Level up Shimaenaga-sama 0/1
Consecutive days: Day 99
Steady Rank: Platinum Multiplier 10.0x
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You totally are pandering.
What's with this "Shimaenaga-sama" nonsense.
You're obviously just trying to stay on Shimaenaga-san's good side.
"It's not like I'm bullying anyone. If anything, we're the ones being bullied, right, Gii-san?"
"Gii."
See, even Gii-san says so.
""Chii!" (pecks at Gii-san)"
""G-Gii..." (deflates)"
"Please stop, using senior pressure to silence juniors is oppression, Shimaenaga-san."
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★Daily Mission★
Let's work steadily every day!
'Don't bully Shimaenaga-sama'
Level up Shimaenaga-sama 0/1
Consecutive days: Day 99
Steady Rank: Platinum Multiplier 10.0x
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Ugh, what a guy.
This is supposed to be my Daily Mission, and yet he's sucking up to Shimaenaga-san—he's a disgrace to all Daily Missions.
"Chii♪"
"Shimaenaga-san, did you maybe bribe him or something?"
"Chii?"
Well, that's probably not it.
Bribing a Daily Mission wouldn't even make sense.
Anyway, if I don't level up Shimaenaga-san today, my streak will reset.
That is absolutely unacceptable.
I must defend my status as a Platinum member.
So, regrettably, today shall be declared Shimaenaga-san Enhancement Day.
"Shimaenaga-san, how close are you to leveling up?"
"Gii?"
Gii-san and I sit formally before the proud, puffed-up Shimaenaga-san, who's perched on the bed. We're on the floor.
Well, they're the star today, so it can't be helped.
"Chii chii chii"
"You need a ton of experience? Regular monsters aren't enough?"
"Chii chii chii"
Even using my Platinum member perks, it still sounds like a stretch.
I'll need to come up with something.
"Gii."
"Ah, Gii-san's acting on his own again."
Today, the brains of Team Finger Man, Gii-san, is up to something once more.
He just put the 'Trap Room Lake' we got yesterday into the 'Mugen High-Load ver5.0'.
Next up... huh? He deftly pulled something out of my coat pocket with his tentacle.
Isn't that the anomalous substance 'Metal Agent' we confiscated from Tetsuro Hagane of the Metal Shiba Inu Club?
I'd totally forgotten about it.
"Gii."
He put the 'Trap Room Lake' and 'Metal Agent' into a box... but nothing's happening.
Must be because we don't have a crystal.
"Gii."
"Let's try it after we gather some crystals."
——Eight hours later
After running hunting grounds routine on the 11th floor, I successfully gathered 300,000 yen worth of crystals. That should be enough to synthesize.
I asked Gii-san again to synthesize the 'Trap Room Lake' and 'Metal Agent'.
The crystal cost came to about 300,000 yen.
Inside the duralumin case was a sleek dagger.
Item name: 'Metal Trap Room'
Oh, the name changed.
But the transformation's within expected parameters.
Actually, it's so within the expected range that it's almost beyond it.
Opening up the details.
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'Metal Trap Room'
A creation by the interdimensional artisan Morton
One monster stored inside will be metalized per day
Storage capacity: 5,000 monsters
Remaining: 2,480/5,000
Metalized: 30/200
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Wait, does that mean the monsters inside got metalized?
Based on the display, it looks like about 30 metal monsters are in there?
And if it metalizes one per day, that means we can farm metal every day and turn them into delicious charred remains daily?
That's strong. Like, ridiculously strong.
Super strong. So strong it's... chunchy strong (?)
"Chii chii chii!"
Shimaenaga-san is absolutely overjoyed.
"Gii"
"Gii-san... wait, do you actually know what happens when you synthesize things...? To think you'd create something this convenient..."
"Gii"
This is Calamity. I don't think we can even match it in intelligence.
You're telling me it understands everything like it's picking it up by hand?
It's radiating a presence too majestic to be a slug. I can see a halo behind it.