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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 413 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 413: Money and Making Distinctions and a Special News Part 2

「H-Hey there! L-Lovely weather we are having here today, huh……? R-Really lovely, I won’t lie……」

「Tell me, lad: there is something that you are hiding from me, am I right?」

「Who!? Me!? Nah! Impossible! I’m…… I’m not! I’m not hiding anything! I swear!」

Please don’t be ridiculous, Big Bro! W-Why would I want to hide anything from you!? C-Could it be because it’s about something absolutely crazy!? I mean, yeah, sure, it’s crazy alright, but it’s nothing to be worried about! Please believe me! Everything’s fine! We don’t have to worry about Uselessnine getting out into the wild and multiplying further or causing damage, since for the current moment she is under a literal house arres in the depths of the cave at the Sigmonia FrontlineValley! Self-imposed, but a house arrest still! And the way I put to her, she should have no real incentive to leave that place, or even order Sammy-chan to go out, at that! So no! I’m not hiding anything!!!

N-No, wait a second, maybe there is something to be worried about in here…… And it is something directly connected to me! Why do I even want to keep this pseudo-Goldunine as my personal pet!? What am I going to do with her in the future!? And there is probably a whole bunch of other issues that I haven’t even thought about as of yet! Oh my God, nooo……!!!

「Just my pinky! Please, for the love of God and all that is Holy, let’s just call it even after one pinky, I beg of you……!!」

「Am I the only one who cannot grasp the flow of this conversation here!? Like, at all!?」

「Now, now, let’s just slow down here and wait for a moment, Sanraku. I am not going to force you to cut off or get rid of anything from your body…… At least not for now. But still, if there is something you feel that we should know, I would be glad if you’d decide to come clean and said it.」

Why!? How come he was able to see right through me with little to no effort at all!? Is it that visible on my face!? It must be about that, isn’t it!? Or maybe this old bunny is an Esper of some kind!? It’s certainly a possibility, but…… No, I honestly think that it is not the case in here. It’s about something else entirely. Could it be that this is some sort of Vash’s special power? Like the kind of Clairvoyance or Omnipotence? Something that allows him to see or hear stuff even if it is happening on the other side of the continent? If that is indeed the case, then what a terrifying of an ability that is!

「In that case I’m afraid that do not have anything to say on that matter…… But Big Bro, are you sure that you are absolutely fine with that?」

「You of all people should know just how difficult that one is to deal with…… And I am no longer as young as I used to be. However, even if I am getting more and more wrinkles here and there, I am still here and I am doing what is expected of me. That being said, are you ready to take the eventual responsibility for causing me even more wrinkles than necessary, lad?」

Right here! If there was ever a time and place to make bold moves and statements, it is right here!

「Yeah. Even if it means that I would be unable to occasionally help out the Vorpal Bunnies that are still putting their lives on the line in the tunnels, defending Rabbitz from foreign invaders.」

「Kukaka, that would be troublesome for us, indeed. Surely I would have thought about some countermeasures for that, or even think of a new place entirely if that was to happen.」

Alright! Is that a successful intimidation check? Or maybe a persuasion check? Either way, it’s a huge success for me!

I flashed a smile at Vash who was also laughing right about now, although the look in his eyes was more like a glare to me rather than anything else.

PON.

「Oh well, let’s put it that way…… You are free to do however you see fit, but don’t you dare come crying in here if you happen to mess something up or it will come to bite you. You mess up, you either fix it yourself or you die. …… Understood?」

「………… Yes, sir. Understood.」

P-Please give me a break here, Big Bro! I really don’t want to act out of character, and I don’t want to be afraid……

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「Ugh…… It’s too soon, transformation from a millionaire back into a regular goon…… I wanted to enjoy that feeling more……!」

「What were you doing in the meantime, Sanraku-san?」

「Hm? Oh, you know…… Meeting and taming Goldunine, nothing really all that special……」

「Hee…… HUEEEHHHHHHHHH!?」

Hey! Calm down for a moment! Calm the fuck down, you stupid bunny! I’m sorry for leaving you out of the loop like that and going back on my own, but it was too dangerous, you hear me! It was for your own good! But soon we are going to resume our activities together, so best be prepared!

But when you are going to see just how good of a taming work I have done you are going to be amazed!

「Oh, for crying out loud, enough already…… I already know that it is useless to try and worry about you, Sanraku-san. So? What are we going to do now?」

「Hmm, let’s see…… Off to the frontline base we go.」

「Right.」

There’s someone I want to meet for a moment.

While appreciating just how convenient it is to travel together with Emul, we flew to the front line base, and Emul and I headed to the place where a certain person would be, paying close attention not to be seen by other people.

「Yo!」

「Hmm……? Oh, well, if it is not Sanra……」

「Shhhh……! Quiet! It’s a stealthy mission I’m on right now! Your Hubby around here at the moment?」

「Eh? N-No…… He had to go to sleep early because he has something to do tomorrow. No, wait! This will be bad if I let you go from here without asking for anything! I’m the Vice-Leader, so I should suffice, right……?」

Vice Leader, you say? Hmm…… Well, anyway, this is the information I want to see on the market to some extent.

「Understood. I think it’s high time for us to actually take over.」

「Hello there, my name is Sate. Are you ready for another batched of freshly gathered rumors?」

「It depends. What kind of rumors are we talking about here?」

「Since this is the conversation just between the two of us, I would like to tell you about the “Walking Bag of Information”.」

When you say something like that, there is no way that anyone will be able to argue with you. That being said, I’m not all that happy about enriching some walkthrough site with the knowledge I have worked so hard on obtaining, and I don’t want to easily let go of the things that I might as well consider the aces up my sleeve when it comes to negotiating stuff with others.

「Alright, so? What is it that you wanted to discuss with me today? It must be something fairly important since you have decided to pay us, the “Library” a visit because of that.」

「Hey, please don’t be so ironic. There is hardly any reason for you to be that way. …… Besides, it’s about something really special. Because of that, there is something that I would like to ask you about.」

Without actually putting up a fight, you cannot possibly hope to survive. Then when you want to survive against a Retarded Snake like that, there should be small wonder that you would have to get a little bit dirty tactics-wise.

「It’s about generating the Unique Scenario EX for “Goldunine the Inexhaustible”.」