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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 496 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 496: Three Angles of a Triangle Part 1

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The Gods of Energy Drinks are just grumpy and moody fellows. Just praying to them won’t even cause their gazes to be turned your way. And their favor……? Forget about it.

However, as soon as the Gods of Energy Drinks realize that your prayers are starting to be caffeine infested, all of a sudden BAM! They turn their gaze your way and bestow their blessings upon you. Wouldn’t you call that entering a trance? Does that mean that by drinking energy drinks you turn yourself into a freaking shaman or what?

For example…… Ah, yes, that’s precisely right. If I were to pray to them for anything, it would be for the courage necessary to be able to withstand that fiery gaze of the woman wearing a Hannya mask who was looking at me right now. Have a strong heart, me! The situation may be tough, but it’s not unsalvageable!

「Ever since I have saw your performance at this year’s GGC, I really wanted to meet you so bad.」

「…… W-Well, you are certainly flattering me. T-Thank you very much…… I guess?」

God damn it, why did it have to be a Hannya mask out of all things!? Look what this thing is doing to my accumulated courage reserves! Now they are all but crumbling away! Give me back the blessings of the Gods of Energy Drinks that I worked my ass so hard to obtain in the first place!

Without that blessing, this whole thing might actually be over before it even has a chance to start! No, it will certainly end before it even starts!

「Ah, umm……」

「Just to let you know, it’s not really that I am obsessed with the title of the Real Life Cursed Prison or anything like that. However, now everyone around the world is giving this title to you instead of me. I would like to personally find out why that is.」

「Eh……? S-So that’s your reason……?」

But I don’t even remember calling myself that title in the first place. And look, woman. If we keep on making the cameras center around ourselves all the time and ignoring Sasahara Eight, we might get into some serious trouble here!

「Come on now, Ame…… I mean, Hannya! Try to be a little bit more amiable here! See!? Don’t just hog the camera all to yourself like that!」

Whoa now, who would have thought that the Mysterious Silver Mask, the player who has no intention at all to keep her identity hidden, would come out and intervene like that. Huh? Am I also the one at fault here? Should I strive to make peace here? Oh well, I guess it cannot really be helped…… Here goes nothing.

Oh my, what is it, Katso-kun? Why are you whispering all of a sudden? And what’s more, whispering in a way that makes sure that the mic will be unable to pick that up?

「Sa…… I mean no, No Face? What’s wrong? For some reason, both of your behaviors is highly suspicious here.」

「…… Although that may have been manufactured here in Japan so their effects might be slightly weaker, I still broke the forbidden taboo and chugged down on some energy drinks mix. You know, since today’s a special occasion and all that stuff. But worry not, I made sure to dilute it all first with sports drinks and coffee…… Hehe, hehehe!」

「Whoa now…… doing a “Mix Accel”, are you seriously insane, dude!? I mean, how come you had access to those in the first place!? I don’t remember you mentioning you would bring any with you! Or rather, they would surely confiscate them from you! Oi, don’t tell me……」

「Fufufufufufu…… “Mix Accel Joint” here we go……! Let’s goo……!!」

「I-I can’t believe this…… How stupid or insane do you have to be to do something like that……」

Hearing my words Katso shakes his head, as if he had trouble believing that someone would even dare to do such a thing to themselves. Plus, that combo’s name was pretty much hit or miss.

I realize that the effects of this concoction might not be nearly as strong as if I was using the American variants, but it is exactly because I decided to mix all those kings together that this might actually work. Like that I can get all the benefits of all the kinds involved, with potentially low risk of the side effects…… But that being said, after this event it might actually be in my best interest to cut on Energy Drinks for a while. Otherwise I might face some potential health hazards, and I would like to avoid that at all cost.

To be honest, even I came to realize that taking that much of Riot Blood all at once was maybe not that good of an idea. However, the deed was already done, so whatever ends up happening because of that, I have no one else to blame for this but myself…… But that being said, I was strangely enthusiastic about this whole ordeal. I wonder why?

「O—Okay, so…… If you decided to go that far with this, does that mean that you are sure that you can win, or……?」

「Umm, no……? Not in the least? Winning, losing…… none of those things are all that important here at the current moment. …… However, in order for me to be able to do what must be done, the caffeine intake in my body needs to be at least at the level of five point five or even higher. Because you know…… this level of caffeine intake allows you to experience concentration levels that are one and a half times stronger than normal. I thought that this was common sense?」

「Ah, sorry, even if it was common sense, I wouldn’t really know. I have never been all that keen on Energy Drinks to begin with. And even if I was keen on them, I’m not so desperate as to sell my soul to Riot Blood for some momentary concentration boost.」

「What the fuck is that smug expression for, you smiley bastard……」

「No, I think that if someone is acting irrationally here, it’s most definitely you, my friend……」

However, the proper execution for this Energy Drink Combo is not something that can be so easily done. After all, each one of those Energy Drinks has different characteristics and potential side effects, so you have to know in what ratio you can mix them together and with what to mix them in order to achieve the maximum efficiency. Those are all things that come to you naturally as you drink more and more Energy Drinks, but when it comes to that I would say that I’m still somewhere in Mid Tier at best…… but that being said, I can do my research and be able to cover lacks in experience with wisdom of other users.

「W-Wait, wait, wait, wait! Wait just a moment, please, Uomi-san! I am the one who is supposed to lead in here! Please don’t take the reins from me like that completely out of the blue!」

「Ahh, most terribly sorry about that! Ahh, but you see, in other words, it seems that things look exactly like that. But please, there is no need to concern yourself with Silver Mask here. You just have to make sure that you play your absolute best, because if she realizes that you are half-assing things, she might get really angry, you know? It might seem like a handful, but that’s just the way she is.」