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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 182 Part 2

「Leaving that side. I missed the chance to ask it earlier, but where is the place where you have to head to, Touma?」

「Actually I don’t know either. But I’m looking for an area called Mount Kinojou.」

I have heard the name of the territory, but I don’t know the exact location.

In summary, the mission is to rob the so-called『Key』 from the oni called Ura that lives there.

「There’s a lot parts to retort at, or rather, looks like there are complicated circumstances on your side, huh.」

It’s a mission requested by Subaru-kun, so it would be troubling if he were to ask me to explain the circumstances.

「U, umm…」

As I come out of the river, I get called out by a member of the mini-skirted yukata group.

「That, umm, thank you very much, for helping us out of the town of onis.」

As she bows her head vigorously, her loosely braided hair bounces up.

In addition, the yukata is of a baggy size, so her boobs are close to spilling out from her chest.

Since she is dressed as she was at the time of escape, she seems to be bra-less or panty-less under the yukata.

Tatsuya’s gaze being also focused on the same part is a sad saga of men.

Looking at her through the Interface, I see that she is a senior.

Including this Kanako-san, the girls in the mini-skirted yukata squad are all senior students.

Moreover, they’re not from the Enjoy group, and their level is also fairly high.

「U, um, if you do not mind, may I ask your name?」

「… Yeah. My name is Touma.」

Clasping her hands together in front of her chest, she speedily closes in on me.

I’m close to being overawed, or rather, the chills from earlier are coming back.

「Touma, sama… As I thought, you really….」

With a rough breathing, she’s becoming all excited.

I nonchalantly take a step back and use Tatsuya as a shield.

「I’m going to prepare the ride. I’m leaving the rest to you.」

「Huh, doesn’t she have something to say to you, Touma?」

I don’t have anything to do with it.

Besides, it’s true that I need to get it ready.

The number of people has increased, so I have to make the fuzzy cloud a little larger.

「Ah, p, please wait a minute. The talk about the『Mount Kinojou』 territory… We may be able to help you with it.」

「Hmm. Let’s hear it out.」

「Yes. Please leave it to me, Touma-sama.」

I feel like I’ve ended up being lured in, but if they’re going to accompany me, then these girls are by no means unrelated to it.

Kanako-san, the representative of the mini-skirted yukata squad, gives us secret information related to Onigashima.

Rather than secret, I guess it’s more like hidden information, huh.

In other words, it’s a part of the information about the conquest of the other world (raid) 『Onigashima』 that is not generally available even in the academy.

It’s not that I can’t understand why such information is kept secret.

If there is a limited amount of delicious pie available, it’s common practice to monopolize it among their own people.

Much less to say, Onigashima is a long-lived quest that has continued to reign supreme as an impossible to conquer (Ultimate)-class quest.

Hearsay from dungeon conquest-type clubs for generations, or information shared with those they had formed alliance with, or pieces of information picked up accidentally by supplementary lessons participants from the Enjoy groups.

These are probably the results of human wave attack (zombie attack) tactics used to conquer the stronghold known as Onigashima.

「That, Kanako-san, is that you guys’ clubs or parties’, err…」

「Yes. It is so-called confidential information. I mean, the reason why our party voluntarily participated in the『Onigokko』 was because we were told that it would be a sweet quest as long as we knew the information, after all.」

A trap brimming with a sense that we’re being set up.

「We should not have leaked the information to outside the club, but under these circumstances, it is the co-called force majeure.」

「I guess so.」

Things called inevitable situations exist in just about everything.

Kanako-san, nodding her face as she says: I know, right?, holds up her hands.

「Map Projection (Mapping View).」

The wireframes depicted in the space construct a three-dimensional bird’s-eye view of Onigashima.

Nonetheless, it’s not a complete map.

There are missing parts even in the outer perimeter of the entire island alone, the part that is treated as a safe area.

The inner part is mostly in holes-everywhere state, but there are also some areas here and there that are filled in.

Hmm, I can’t tell under what kind of circumstances it was mapped.

「This is something created after merging everyone’s map coordinate data. It seems that some data was taken over from an Officer who had returned from death due to random login in the past, and some parts were constructed virtually based on what they had heard alone, though.」

「Amazing. So Officers can do even such a thing, huh.」

Tatsuya mutters in admiration at the slowly rotating hologram.

The constructed map is color-coded by area, and the names are added with pop-up displays.

「Broadly speaking, you see, Onigashima is said to have four areas. And then, it seems that there is a boss who rules over the other world (raid) in each of these areas. If you color-code them according to the ruling area, it would look something like this.」

The one occupying the largest area, including the area near the center of the map, is the『Mount Oe』 area.

As if intertwining with that area, the one losing its color is the『Mount Ibuki』 area.

The one coloring up a corner of the desolate land is the『Mount Yuga』 area.

There are also many areas that aren’t color-coded with overlays.

It’s surprising that『Onimenurakyo』, the capital of onis, is a free area.

「Incidentally, there is a mid-boss under their command in each of the smaller areas, and it seems that the area will be opened if you defeat that mid-boss.」

「What is it, a Jintori game (children’s game in which the aim is to occupy the other’s home base)?」

Kanako-san smiles wryly at my retort.

「It is said that maybe the territories were originally separate other worlds (raids). They have been incorporated into the main body known as Onigashima, so it seems that they will not disappear even if you conquer them.」

The redundancy (resilience) level is too high.

How should I put it, it’s a wholly out of the ordinary other world (raid).

「Ah, but… It seems that there are also cases where matured, high-ranked other worlds remain even after they are conquered, as opposed to disappearing.」

「Hou.」

「Huh? This map seems to have only three colors, though.」

As Tatsuya tilts his head, Kanako-san nods her head.

「Yes. Looks like you have noticed a good point. As a matter of fact, it is only recently that we realized that the major areas of Onigashima are divided into four.」

Kanako-san begins to explain as if she has been waiting for that question.

She looks like she would fit to be a history teacher.

「It is just that, since ages ago, it has been believed that there are areas that do not exist on the map. That is because some『Officer』 class holders have also been sent there through random login. However, the coordinates records (Log Memory) from that place are that of a place that is supposed to not be there. That is why the『Mount Kinojou』 area has always been treated as never existed.」

When Kanako-san turns over the hand she is holding up, the projected map of Onigashima is also turned upside down.

The back side of the island.

An unfinished map, covered with even more insect bites, is constructed there.

「I do not know if it is in the ground or in the sea, but this back side of the island is the『Mount Kinojou』 area.」

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―― Territory『Hanging Woodland, Rokujin (69?) Divine Gate』 ――

―― countdown: 04:20:00:59 ――

「…. It, it seems that the Mount Kinojou area, is treated like a special, bo-bo-bo, bonus map.」

「You’ll bite your tongue, you know?」

Kanako-san, clinging to the fuzzy cloud, is trying to faithfully continue with her narration.

The group of Kotarou-kun and Tatsuya, as well as the rest of the mini-skirted yukata squad are also more or less the same.

It seems that they have taken a liking to the elasticity of the fuzzy cloud.

「That’s not the point here, are you an idiot? Though it’s true that it’s soft and fluffy!」

「T, Touma-kun. I think it is a good idea to drive safelyyy.」

My merry companions are riding on the fuzzy cloud, which has grown to about the size of a medium-sized truck.

Following the flow of the river, currently we’re in the middle of descending vertically.

It’s pretty deep.

I still can’t see the bottom.

It’s like Angel Falls, the world’s largest waterfall in the Guiana Highlands.

Not far downstream from the campground, a gigantic hole gaping in the woodland awaited us.

Presumably, maybe this is the destination Hoshikuma-douji was intending to head to, as well as the gate to the underworld I heard just a moment ago.

It seems too convenient a development, but let’s just go along with it.

To begin with, there are many cases where the gimmicks of the other world (raid) are that kind of stage setting.

「Phew… This is getting fun.」

「T, Touma-kun. T, that was, a nice-looking, phewww!」

「Crap, Touma! Kotarou-kun fell.」

Well, Momiji is with him, so I guess he will be fine.

Without lowering our speed, we plunge into the strangely bright splashing water.