ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 613: A Pure and Correct Match-Fixing According to Pure Rules Part 1
It was only at around 7:00 pm that Mold decided to log into the game, which was hardly a surprising thing, because wherever Rust would go, Mold was sure to follow closely behind her. But it was still a surprise that those two became so active when it comes to ShangriLa Frontier.
Of course, Rust was nowhere to be seen next to Mold, because as the person in debt she would spawn in a completely separate location. But still, one would never see a person who actually looked so happy to go bankrupt like that.
「Geez, Karen……No, I mean, Rust…… She said something about wanting to understand the principles at which the mechas in this game operate or something like that. So I guess that her active participation is going to be postponed after she manages to repay all of her debts in full……」
When it comes to Rust’s debt it was actually pretty tremendous, because before she went into bankruptcy she also managed to lend a huge amount of mani in order to be able to play some more…… But apparently Rust and Mold managed to devise together a surefire method for her to bounce back from the red. So I guess that we can leave that matter at that and let them do their thing. Therefore, Rust was enjoying a kind of a forceful vacation here where she could use the Tactical Warbeasts to her heart’s content, without anyone obstructing her fun. Call it stagnation if you will, but to each their own fun, as the saying goes.
「But I guess it’s really boring to just watch Rust go on a rampage every single time like that…… I wonder if we should enter the races and have some fun in there as well?」
This is strictly my opinion here, but I think that Mold would do really well in the Trading Card Games department. When it comes to those things, it is important to be able to think a few steps ahead while keeping your cool and not losing your composure no matter what ends up happening on the next turn. And Mold was giving an impression of someone who would be able to do just that and then maybe even some more. But then again, that’s solely my impression here.
「Mold-sama.」
「Huh? Who, me?」
With someone suddenly tapping Mold’s shoulder, there was no mistake that they were talking to him. Turning around, there was a girl with a big smile on her face. For a moment I wondered if her barely exposed tailcoat and bunny girl outfit indicated that she was an NPC, but it’s very rare to see an NPC inside of this Leviathan. So it was probably not that.
Plus, just like Mold, she should have her name displayed hovering right above her head….. Huh? What the?
「Why do you know my name……?」
Turning his gaze towards the girl in question, Mold gazed over her head to see if there was player tag there. And there surely was one. It was the one that read “Sanraku”.
「Hey there~, Mold-kun……」
「Hyuh!?」
If we want to discuss the psychological effect that took place right here and right now, it was as if the poor little sheep turned its back around and saw that there was a big and hungry wolf breathing down its neck right next to it. For a moment out there, a girl with a vicious smile on her face seemed to Mold as if there were rows of sharp teeth extending from her mouth, and her white and slender fingertips biting into his shoulder with the strength of an iron claw. It was at this moment that Mold came to a realization: it was all over now. There was nothing he could do to escape from this situation. He could just surrender to it and let things roll just like that.
It was then that the bunny-girl Sanraku whispered into his ear:
「You see, you are such a tease, Mold-kun. I had no idea when you might actually log in, so I had to wait until the sun went down like that…… Would you like to go and meet me in private? Like, right about now?」
「W-What are you saying so suddenly……?」
「Even if you don’t want to, it doesn’t really matter to me all that much. I’ll just force you to do it. So you have no real choice in the matter.」
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「And that is why I have brought us the Red One’s right hand man, or you could call him the Brain Miso Soup of the entire operation.」
「H-Hello, nice to meet you all……」
If Rust is up to something and she is successful at doing it, then you can be about eighty nine percent sure that Mold is the one behind the strategy that made Rust’s endeavors successful. So it was only my hunch in here, but I’m glad that it turned out to be a correct one. And so I took custody of Mold and dragged his ass towards the restaurant where the rest of my party members were waiting for my return. As for Mold, he surely looked unhappy with this, but he did not try to run away or protest or anything like that.
Inside of the restaurant, we were cooking the meat of the Superior Homage Frost Body over a coal grill, and once it was ready we treated ourselves to some truly delicious stakes. Also, while I was being at it I ordered a plate of the mysteriously sounding “Nigiri Sushi” to see what that thing was……!!
「Now way, are you ordering sushi? When we are eating steak? Were you completely abandoned by God or something……!?」
「And I see that your brain is as smooth as a freshly opened miso pudding, so everything checks itself out.」
「Well, as long as I can eat that whenever I want in real life, then why the hell not? But wait…… Miso pudding? How would that even work in the first place?」
「But if you wouldn’t be able to eat it whenever you wanted, wouldn’t it be more empty and hollow than a mocha that was hollowed out and left with just the outer shell? That kind of thing?」
「Dude, this here is a Full Dive game, and the first thing that comes to your mind in terms of analogy is mocha? Maybe you should really go to the doctor’s office and you’re your head checked out? I really think that you are starting to lose it……」
And why the hell now? Besides, what’s wrong with mocha being used in an analogy, anyways? I mean, yeah, this is a Full Dive game, but the only difference between eating things in real life and inside of the game is the fact that in real life food actually fills you stomach and gives you precious energy, am I right? But even though this is just a game, who said that you can’t enjoy the texture and taste of the dishes that you already know? I think it only adds to their overall flavor and enriches the experience we call eating.
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