D Genesis, 3 Years after Dungeon Appeared

The reason that day is the worst day of the week is because my first afternoon class is math.

I was vaguely wishing that the people who make the curriculum would think more about it, and with the looseness of tomorrow being the last day of school, I could no longer understand what the teacher was saying, and I was about to surrender to the blazing sunshine that seemed to anticipate the spring that was soon to arrive.

Our upper and lower eyelids, which had become so close that we would kiss without a care in public, were about to make out again, ignoring the TPO, and at that moment, I let out a strange sound.

"Whew!

I wasn't the only one who had a similar reaction. At least all of my classmates who were looking forward were showing some kind of reaction.

Because at that moment, the teacher was glowing.

No, it wasn't my head, okay?　He's still young, and apart from the fact that he's in charge of math, he's quite a popular teacher.

It's just that the teacher's body glowed like a god.

All of his classmates were surprised to see it, but those seated farther back witnessed the same glow from their astonished classmates' bodies as well.

At the reaction of the class, the teacher who was writing on the board turned around and, as he did so, gasped at the sight of us and removed the chalk. The sound of it landing on the raised wooden floor in front of the blackboard reverberated through the classroom, and the light gathered in front of Meimei's eyes.

"Whoa!

--It became a card and fell on my desk.

On that historic day, a miracle had come equally to those who have Japanese citizenship.

◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ ...

The news reached them as they were compiling yesterday's report and preparing documents to ask the JDA for the identity of the two people that Dantzuk-chan had missed so much.

'Mr. Narimiya!　This, this!

Murakoshi said impatiently and turned up the volume on the TV.

He had been checking several stations, including a news channel, in a multi-window to see how yesterday's events were going to be reported.

'What?'

There, the announcer was excitedly announcing breaking news about a mysterious card appearance phenomenon that had occurred all over Japan.

Apparently, the same phenomenon could have happened to the performers during the live broadcast. It was the same in the theater, at the game, while driving, and there were accidents all over the place.

What's this?

"Well, no way, please. ......

Just as Sugita said this as he watched the news, the phone in the ready room rang and the Cabinet Intelligence Officer Murakita brought information about the phenomenon that was currently happening all over Japan.

'Yes, yes ...... I understand,'

Murakoshi leaned forward to ask Narimiya, who had put down the receiver.

"And what?

Apparently, every citizen in Japan who did not have a D-card was given one.

Or .......

When Sugita muttered to himself as if he knew that, Mitsui said, "You knew about this? And asked.

"No, we told her,

"What?

"You know, the 'Second Party permits the First Party to prepare to serve the Second Party's people' thing.

"Oh, oh, sure,

That was the declaration in the first message I sent to her.

"I didn't know what she meant by 'service,' so you talked about just allowing her to prepare for now and finding out what 'service' was.

Yes,

Does that mean her service is something that is predicated on having a D-card?

Murakoshi put the fingers of his right hand to his lips and muttered as if he were thinking about something.

'What does it mean to own a D-card?'

The D-Card, obtained by defeating a monster for the first time, was at first actively researched because of its strange phenomenon - it had your name written on it from the beginning.

However, as they could only be used to confirm acquired skills, their research naturally died down and they are now almost forgotten, without any significant achievements.

Apparently you need a D-card to use the skill orb, but I'd have to look into it to find out more about the details.

Let's get right to it.

"Where are you going?

"JDA and the Dungeon Authority, and then the Science Council?

Sugita waved his hand in annoyance.

'I don't belong to any dungeon experts,'

After all, most of the researchers who study dungeons are young. There's no room for young people to get involved in an organization that has all the big names in it.

There haven't been any reports or recommendations for about 10 years, and all they do is make recommendations that impose the needs of the subcommittee. Even if we make a report, we can't get a straight answer to the question, because there's a woman with an appraisal, right?　Doesn't she know more than the experts?

"Azusa Miyoshi or ......

Sugita tilted his head at Narimiya, who gave him an unusually reluctant look.

'What's the problem?'

Murakita-san once told me, 'Don't poke around.

"A bush?　Nice, aren't you interested in what kind of snakes come out?

"You know what?

To put it simply, this incident began with Sugita's outburst.

As I looked at Sugita's amused eyes, I could see him charging into the bushes with a bamboo spear in his hand, and the anguish between his eyebrows deepened as he said, "I'll try to inquire through the JDA, but...

''I'll try to inquire via JDA, but--''

"What is it?

"Just don't do anything you don't have to do, okay?

What do you mean by "extra?

"I'm not going to storm her office without an appointment!

In fact, they are not in seclusion. There are no hidden offices, and it's easy to follow the footsteps of both the D-Powers members and the superintendent the JDA has assigned to them, and indeed, we know where their offices are.

But from the report, DAD's Mr. Gershwin is in, isn't he?　I've also seen reports of a visit from the Russian Nelnikov?

"Did you go through all of those massive dossiers?

Of course. How can you make policy without information?

Narimiya chuckled inwardly at the fact that what we are planning is about diplomacy with the other side of the dungeon, but he could never say that the searchers were not involved in it.

It's just that until the Shibuya commotion, the searchers were the only ones who had any contact with the other side.

And the instructors of the D-Powers boot camp are active DAD members. What the hell does my country do?

"What is ......

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. It's not a good idea to have a strange coin.

He had a very good point, but there was nothing I could do to rehash it now.

So, belatedly, I don't think it's a problem for any of our members to come in, do you?

Sugita's words were so insane that Mitsui, a man of common sense, said no. "There's a big difference!

It's a big deal!　What's the reason to visit in the first place?

Hmmm. How about just because it looks kind of fun?

...... You're the only one who seems to enjoy it. What kind of person would be happy to be stuck in a strange government official's office without a reason?

Oh, government officials are hated. ......

"You're a stranger to me!

"Well, that's the epicenter of dungeon innovation, so if you can really do that, that would be great, but right now it's more about analyzing and discussing yesterday's events.

The analysis is that we went to Shibuya and chased after Dantzuk-chan, and we ran up to the roof of the construction site, and we sat down and watched the two of them and the three of them, who seemed to be French, jostling each other.

There's nothing to analyze," Sugita paused, holding out his hands and saying no treatment.

'Speaking of which, who were those French speakers?　I was surprised when they showed me my military ID.

"By his own account, he simply saw the man he was looking for and chased him down, but he had nothing to do with the disturbance.

Who is this guy you're looking for?　It looks like they were chasing a couple of guys with Dantzuk-chan: ......

We're contacting the embassy now, but I don't know if they'll respond.

We want the right to search and arrest, don't we?

Sugita, with his arms folded, said this with a serious face, but he couldn't bear to have a situation like yesterday happen so easily.

It's a huge deviation from the division of duties,

"You know, like a license to kill.

Don't be silly. At best, you'll have to get someone from the police department on loan.

Sugita, who clicked his tongue, quickly regained his composure and said: "One thing I can tell you is that the people on the other side of the dungeon have a certain amount of respect for our system and social structure, but they don't seem to be interested in the rules on our side.

It's a good thing that the people on the other side of the dungeon have some respect for our system and social structure, but they don't seem to be interested in our rules.

What does that mean?

Because she should have learned her lesson there.

"What?

"Their presence is a cause of conflict,

Just for the sake of appearing, various forces acted to seize it.

Some of them even used smoke grenades in the middle of Shibuya. It's a well-known fact that Shibuya's train station is full of surveillance cameras.

This means that it was important to secure the ones that showed up, even if there was a little diplomatic friction.

What happened to the grown man who showed up with the girl who looked like Dantzuk-chan was not known to them either.

"Nevertheless, as if nothing had happened, this incident the day after 'please know,'

Sugita said, pointing to the TV that repeatedly reported the news of the card's appearance.

"And this is only for people who have Japanese citizenship, not people who were on Japanese soil, right?

So far, so good.

That's evidence of an understanding of the social structure, Sugita said.

'So you're saying that other countries were exempted because they didn't give permission to prepare?

It's doubtful that they even had contact in the first place.

But we don't know how and from where the subject was acquired.

Without access to the family register information at least, there is no way to know if the subject has Japanese citizenship or not.

You don't think he looked in the family register of each local government?

It was in 1994 that the Ministry of Justice approved the digitization of family registers.

However, because a subsidy for digitization that was being considered by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Home Affairs at the time was denied during deliberations in the Diet, the digitization process began to be postponed the moment it became clear that the subsidy was not forthcoming.

After all, the cost of inputting the information was said to be 2,000 yen per case. That cost was not ridiculous.

'Mr. Narimiya,'

"What?

Can you check if a D-card has appeared for the residents of Kamo City, Niigata Prefecture? Oh, Mikurashima Village in Tokyo would be fine, too.

Why?

As a result of more than 20 years of digitization since 1994, most local governments have already digitized their family registers, but those two are the only ones that have not yet been digitized (*1).

If there was some kind of anomaly there - a lack of D-cards or something - then the guys on the other side of the dungeon have definitely hacked into the Japanese network, although I don't know if it's enforced by laws against unauthorized access, etc.

I don't know if the law on the prohibition of unauthorized access to the network can be enforced or not.

It's not an open network, is it?

If it's the same as my number, it's supposed to be a closed network using LGWAN, but I believe it's physically connected to the Internet via LGWAN-ASP or a ministry LAN.

Whether or not you can break in just because it's connected is another matter.

You can't arrest me for that.

Of course. If you say so, then yesterday's was all about illegal immigration.

However, even in countries with which the government, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has no diplomatic relations, the Ministry of Justice has jurisdiction over immigration procedures. If the Ministry of Justice says "yes," they can enter the country.

If the other side of the dungeon is recognized as what the Ministry of Justice calls "an authorized agency in a region defined by governmental ordinance," that is.

However, under the current circumstances, they would certainly say "Un.

Anyway, it's important to know how far they're reaching, isn't it?

If they are hacking into the Earth's network, albeit using special laptops to communicate, the JDA's muzzle is off.

And if it's easy to access networks that require passwords, that's a very compelling problem. If we were to go to war, we would certainly lose.

But if we were to go to war with a force that could create dungeons, Sugita chuckled, we wouldn't stand a chance.

I'm sure you're right, but ...... I'll request an investigation just in case.

"Best regards.

While writing a request email, Narimiya suddenly muttered, "But why is this happening only in Japan?

'But why is this happening only in Japan?　There are dungeons all over the world, but Dantzuk-chan is only in Yoyogi?

If she were like a dungeon master, it wouldn't be surprising if there was one in each dungeon.

But that is if it follows the fictional narrative that humanity has fostered in human culture.

According to the inscriptions, the dungeons with more than 128 layers are 'passages' to the connected world.

So, in a dungeon with more than 128 layers, someone on the other side of the dungeon might be there in Dantzuk-chan's honor?

But no one had ever heard of such a story.

It might be possible that a dungeon with over 128 layers is only in Yoyogi, though.

Why do you think such an entity is only in Yoyogi, or only appears in Yoyogi?

I was almost caught in a whirlwind of thoughts that I couldn't even think about when I heard a clap of hands.

'Yes, yes, yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen. I'll leave that kind of thinking to the experts, but for now, you should think about what you're going to do next.

After all, the preparations have been made. After this, what will happen to Japan if we allow them to serve as well?

It seemed like a terrifyingly sweet invitation.