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Over the Infinite – Chapter 13 (5)

Translator: mii

「I’m surprised at your name, but what is this [Primitive Man]?」

「I don’t want to comment anything about that one anymore, so can you ignore it for me?」

I didn’t really know much about that skill’s existence anyway.

「This is my guess, but maybe not only Tsuna-kun, but Yuki-chan also have marginal skills?」

「By marginal skills, do you mean having more than five skills? …You’re right.」

It was possible that he perfectly had five skills, but he learned a lot of skills inside. There’s no doubt that his total skills had exceeded five.

Yuki showed his card to us. We could show our card so casually only at this time, after all.

「Nn? …Eh? You are a boy? No way… seriously?」

「Ehhhhh!!」

It was the reaction I had expected. By the way, Croc was too late to be surprised.

Speaking of Yuki, he was in a bad mood, even if it didn’t show on his face. I could tell from his presence.

「Ah, both of you are really amazing. But old sis, it’s surprising that you don’t know.」

「I think if you looked up at our registered name, you’ll notice Yuki’s gender.」

「I only checked both of your name, so… Now that I remember, your name is Yukito, right? I should’ve realized it at that time…」

「I played dress up with him at Shimomura, but I didn’t notice it at all.」

So while I was picking the cheap T-shirt, you guys were doing that?

「W-well, leaving that aside, have you checked the rest of your skills? You can find out about them in the guild, you know?」

「No, I don’t have much time yet, so… Tsuna haven’t checked it too, right?」

「Oh, I haven’t checked it in the guild too, but the dungeon master helped me look at them before. It seems like he did that to assess what kind of bonus should I receive.」

「So that kind of thing happened… how nice, you can ask for anything, even if it’s bonus skill?」

「It’s the shortest capture clearing bonus, so you’ll receive it too, yeah? …Hm?」

The shortest capture clear?

That means, the person in front of us also received a bonus from the dungeon master, right?

「Asha also completed the trial in the shortest time, right? Did you receive something at that time? I understand if you want to keep it as a secret, though.」

「Speaking of which, I did. I’m not hiding it since it’s listed in the magazine, but I have spear skill called [Meteor Opposition].

The wide range of non-magical skill is still useable even now, I used that skill if I had the chance. …But it’s difficult that I can only use it with a spear. Perhaps you haven’t decided on your bonus yet?」

「Yeah. Dungeon master had a look at my skills and he told me that, “You’ll be fine no matter what kind of bonus I give to you.” But that makes me even more troubled.」

「Just how many skills do you have anyway?」

Eh? How many were they again?

「…………」

「Eh, you don’t remember?」

「No… If I’m not wrong, it’s 20…? I think the number doesn’t reach 30.」

They were looking at me like they saw some kind of strange guy. As I thought, I had a lot of skills.

But there were strange skills, and the numbers didn’t equal strength. Like that [Primitive Man] for example.

「Now I know that you’re completely in different league, Tsuna-kun. Anyway, you shouldn’t tell anyone about that. I’ll keep it a secret too.」

「Is there something wrong with having a lot of skills?」

「It’s not bad, but the clans’ invitation will lost its balance.

My clan is quietly watching you guys since the requirement to join us is to reach Level 75 or more, but they’ll definitely feel unsettled after listening what you said just now.」

So this lunch meeting was not an invitation?

「Isn’t it a good idea to enter a clan quickly? Even if it’s impossible to join with our current ranks, we can do provisional contract, right?」

「That’s also fine, but honestly, since I don’t know which clan is going to stay balanced, be careful when choosing your pick.

Normally, this is impossible to happen to a rookie, but some clans may come to you with contract payment.」

「Then they are no longer training us. They’re drafting us, huh.」

Let’s stop referencing professional baseball’s terms.

「It depends on where both of you are aiming, but you don’t want to belong to a low-ranking clan and standstill in the lower class, right?

…It might be better to start a clan by yourself. You can do that to refuse clans invitations too.」

Did we need to belong to a proper clan if we aimed to pass the hundredth floor, to the place where Dungeon Master was fighting?

But, considering how the top ranks hadn’t surpassed the hundredth floor, I couldn’t be sure if actually the firefront clans were enough. 

Making a clan by myself would be troublesome, so I didn’t want to do that. …But Yuki could be the one making that.

「What are the benefits of starting a clan on my own?」

「There are a lot of advantages, but the biggest one is that you can choose the member you want to fight with. After all, you’ll need to consider whether you have the compatible strength and compatible personality with the clan members. 

There are management issues, but at the worst case, there’s a way to consign the clan.」

Was it like running a company?

「Somehow, the conversation takes turn into different spin…」

「Croc, you have made your debut, so it’s not other people’s affairs anymore. Even if you want to join my clan, your level is not enough for that.」

「That’s a given. My goal is to get into sister’s clan. I won’t join any clan for a while.」

「It’s fine as long as you don’t become like Sasha, okay?」

「That’s… yeah. Of course I won’t.」

Another unfamiliar name appeared, but was that their other sister? Seemed like it would be better not to probe too much about that.

「Speaking of which, what does adventurer usually do? Since adventurers can only do dungeon attack once a week, we can’t enter it in another four days.」

「Hmm, it depends on the person. Lower class ones mostly work part-time, and if they joined a clan, there are a lot of fixed training menus and many talent star jobs.

I guess both of you will have interviews from the newspapers and magazines for a while.」

There was interview too in this city?

I lived in a world with no existence called as newspaper before coming to this place, so the change was a little too extreme for me.

「When Tsuna when to the bathroom in the guild, the staff told me that there will be video editorial meeting for our trial records.」

「What will we do in the editorial meeting? Dubbing for the special effects?」

「I don’t know, but maybe we’re going to decide the parts we want to cut?」

But the guild could just do that on their own, couldn’t they?

「Are you going to publish your trial video?」

「Yes, since we received a lot of inquiries. The guild already paid us.」

「That’s awesome. But then, I guess it’s only natural. My clan should’ve inquired for the video too.」

「I also want to watch it. Sis, if you bought it personally, let me watch it later.」

The video was packed with some pretty gory images, but was that something normal for adventurers?

「You won’t know if I’ll buy it or not, right? Since they are debuting at the same time as you, go buy it on your own.」

「Really, don’t be so cold, sis. I know that you’re interested in both of them. When we were eating, you even tweeted, “I’m having a meal with the rumoured rookies naw~ ヽ(=´▽`=)ノ”. 」

…Twitter?

「Ah, hey, don’t expose me. I-I understand, let’s talk about that later.

Mhm, err, it’s about time we break up the meeting, so I’ll give you guys my contact details. If you want to consult about something, don’t hesitate to call me anytime.

…If you want to join my clan, just tell me and I’ll prepare the necessary arrangements beforehand.」

「Yes, thank you very much.」

After receiving Asha-san’s business card and handwritten memo, we finished the talk and left that place.