Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

"---I see, is it still difficult?"

"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't have the strength."

The first day of summer vacation.

At the coffee shop in front of Hachioji station, I met Tono-san, a bill merchant.

The subject of the conversation was about the succubus that he had been asking for.

Five hundred million dollars rolled in unexpectedly. I had a lot of trouble with the usage, but after all, I decided to turn to strengthening the party as usual.

Yes, in other words, it is the rank-up of Mare that I have been postponing from before.

Everyone at the party felt that Eliza, who had the same D rank, was in a strong hurry because Yuki ranked up and even Suzuka, who was supposed to come in later, became C rank.

Until now, I have been silent because of the lack of money and access, but now that I have a helper named Tono-san with money, it was not good to postpone her ranking up any longer.

Above all, I wanted to save her life in the retreat battle with the hound man, and then I wanted to tear her up with the painful skill of "Curse people and two holes" and dedicate her to the party.

That's why I contacted Mr. Ono immediately after the incident ended... but the progress has not been very good so far.

"... if it's a super popular card such as a succubus or an elf, it's not something you can get with money. Still, with a regular card, there's nothing I can do about it...."

That being said, I asked Mr. Ono to look at me, and I shook my head with sincere regret.

"No - I'm sorry, but it has to be Sucubus with Zero Drop Skills."

"Really...."

Kono lowered his eyebrows slightly disappointed. I was sorry for that, but I never gave up.

From his point of view, my order may only look like a "rubbish that doesn't know the reality of the kid who got a lot of money."

But from my point of view, this was a line that I would never give up.

Here, it is easy to compromise with a regular succubus card. Of the $500 million budget, about $100 million to $200 million will be spent, and Maa will be delighted.

But in that case, stretch her out and it's over.

The succubus is said to be difficult to obtain, but when it becomes a rim on it, the difficulty of obtaining it jumps even further. No, it would be better to say that it is not available rather than difficult to obtain.

Or rather than the mainstream rim as a dream demon, there is a route called Hecathee as the Lord of Empusa, but it is still not as difficult to get it with billions of cards as the rim.

In other words, in order for Mare to gain her power as a B rank card, she has to regain her spiritual character... and still get through the limits of the acquisition conditions that are not well understood.

In order to fill even the slightest battle power gap in the party that continues to widen as Lotus gains her limit breaking skill - even for Mei, who wants to stand next to her best friend Lotus, I wanted to leave her with the possibility of spiritual regression.

"I will continue to look for a Zero Skill Sucubus. However, it depends on your luck, so please be patient..."

Thank you very much.

"So, what do you mean instead....."

So Mr. Ono took the microSD card in the case out of the bag.

"I've managed the other client. Here is your data. Please pay."

"Oh! Thank you!

When I received the microSD card, I just inserted it into my phone.

And look lightly...

"... I see, even if I rank up under the same conditions, the Zero Skill may or may not be handed over. And the spiritual regression inherited will return to the zero drop skill...."

The data I asked Mr. Ono for was "research data on zero drop skills and spiritual personality recursion."

Information on spiritual regression skills that is incorrect on the Internet and whose details are not always known. I asked Mr. Ono for the research data.

The unpublished data cost 10 million dollars, but it was worth it.

There are six properties of spiritual regression that can be seen from this data.

One, if the Ranked Up Card has a Zero Drop Skill, the Ranked Up will not lose the Zero Drop Skill (i.e. Mera can also have a Zero Drop Skill by using a Zero Drop Skill Sucubus).

Two, the combat power lowered by Zero Drop skill varies by rank. 200 in Rank B, 100 in Rank C, 50 in Rank D, and 25 in Rank E. Zero drop skills in A and F ranks have not been confirmed at this time. These numbers are inverted to positive at the stage of sublimation to spiritual regression.

Three, if you rank up a card with a spiritual regression, it is random whether or not the spiritual regression is inherited (no law has been found). Most of the time, it will not be taken over.

Four, the lucky spiritual character regression returns to the zero drop skill, gaining the skill of spiritual character strengthening. This skill does not occur if it is inherited with zero drop skill.

Five, even if you give a key item to a card during spiritual regression, you will not rank up the "second stage" (Lotus during spiritual regression will not rank up further on auspicious days).

Six, even if there are multiple evolution destinations, there is basically one key item that the card responds to. However, there are also cards that rarely react to multiple key items and can use multiple transformation destinations.

That is the basic rule that we can see from the experiment. The rest of the data seemed to be mostly key-item data for each card.

Looking at the data carefully later, I confirmed that the information I wanted to know was rough, and I smiled at Tono-san.

"Thank you, thank you."

"No… your data will only be sold to companies with contracts, so please don't spread it too widely."

"I know."

As a precaution, I nodded back to Mr. Ono, who gave me some advice.

This data was bought by him from a national research institute using his connections as a bill dealer.

On a day when it is not yet open to the public, such as when it spreads online, you will lose not only Mr. Ono's trust in me, but also his trust as a bill dealer.

In the first place, I wasn't willing to give the information I bought for 10 million for free.

This data will also be stored at home and will not be viewed outside of home.

And so Mr. Ono unexpectedly relaxed his expression.

"... well, in a couple of years, some company will be launching it as an app, and it's a popular piece of information."

But I can't wait that long. I want information on spiritual regression now.

I bought it for a couple of years.

"... and yet, it's tough. I didn't expect a labyrinth to appear in school."

Mr. Ono said such a thing unexpectedly when the deal came to an end.

"It's true... fortunately because it was a general cross-sectional type, but if this is a special type like the Tokyo Dome, all the students will transfer to another school."

If a labyrinth appears at home, at work, etc., the landowner may choose to move to a government-provided alternative location or live the life as it is in exchange for a gate.

In most cases, if a labyrinth appears in the general household, the former is often chosen, and if it appears in buildings, schools, and other workplaces, the latter is often chosen. However, depending on the type of labyrinth that appears, the former may be forced to choose.

It is a special type of labyrinth that captures and dungeons original land and buildings, such as the former Tokyo Dome, which is set in Mongolia.

If it is a general cross-border labyrinth like the one we usually lurk in, it can be managed even by the private sector if the entrance is managed by the gate. However, since the special labyrinth erodes the surrounding land and becomes dungeonary, there is a risk that children will be able to break into it if they are concerned.

For this reason, it was decided that the special labyrinth would be taken over by the state without exception and managed by a high wall.

Naturally, if a special labyrinth appears in a school, the students attending it will be divided into small groups and distributed among various schools.

Though I had no choice, it was not enough for students who were separated from their school and friends and forcibly transferred to school.

"I was lucky to be unhappy before summer vacation."

"Yeah, but, well, there are about 200 cases a year. And there's a high probability that a labyrinth will occur where a lot of people are gathered."

"Have you found out the rank of the Labyrinth?

No, we're still investigating it.

"Hmm... after more than a week, is it a C rank or secret dungeon? Isn't this good news for Kitagawa-san?

"Really...?

I bowed my neck to Mr. Ono's words.

"School-like spaces tend to be reluctant to let outsiders in and out. In most cases, professional adventurers are hired to manage the labyrinth. Having said that, it's not free to ask a professional...?

"I see... the school adventurer manages it for free or cheap in exchange for something."

"Of course, if I'm not certified as a secret dungeon, I'm talking about."

Hmm, if we do what Tono-san says, the Adventurer Division will be able to monopolize the C-Rank Labyrinth or the Secret Dungeon.

It was a huge advantage for us, as a rushing professional team, to be able to tread safely without competing with other professional teams.

It depends on the conditions on the side of the school, but perhaps the formal establishment of the Adventurers Department will also be allowed....

I see... I inflated my expectations that Anna would not be able to study for the exam.

"Is it finally over... I can't talk to you anymore"

When I left the cafe and broke up with Mr. Ono, I heard a voice talking to me.

I will also remember and return the voice that reaches directly into my brain from the invisible person.

"So I told you to wait inside the card... Lotus"

I'm tired of that stuff. Then it would be better to observe other customers in the store. "

Is that so? So, what's funny about it?

Nh... that's right. You had an old man and two young women in your diagonal seat, right?

"Ah... speaking of which, there was a tired old man and a girl like high school student..."

I don't remember the old man well, but I remember the girl because she was pretty cute and big.

"Yes, the old man, but when she woke up this morning, she ran off with an affair with her entire fortune."

Seriously ~

Wow... tragic.

"Besides, it seems that the opponent was my lovely subordinate....."

Double and miserable... So you feel like talking to your daughter about it?

No? The other girl isn't her daughter, she's cheating on the old man.

What? Shit. I felt sympathetic and lost.

Go to the station listening to the interesting stories of other guests that Lotus saw and heard.

"... so where are you going?

"Nh, ahh, it's the guild. It's been a while since I've been pulling a pack of cards."

When I said that, the signs of lotus flowers from the link changed.

Maybe you're going to try it?

"Ah, I'm trying to perfectly link... my destiny outside the labyrinth."

"Hey, aren't you licking a little causal distortion?

I know the danger. So I will not manipulate fate beyond the luck I have saved. Then you can minimize the distortions that arise, right?

The ability to perfectly link and manipulate fate certainly carries a risk that cannot be ignored.

The "trials" generated by the accumulation of causality distortions will sometimes become more tragic than the miracles attracted by fate manipulation.

Incorrect use can lead to personal destruction.

However, if you change your mind, it depends on how you use it.

The distortion of causation caused by fate manipulation is minimal unless luck is borrowed in advance.

This minimum distortion disappears in about two to three weeks.

This means that if you take the safety margin and use it about once a month, you can exercise this ability without risk.

So, why is it an Alliance pack? I don't agree with gambling with this ability. "

"It's purely about efficiency and the risk of information leaks."

When gaining cards in Labyrinth Tactics, I can only fight Solo at D Rank. In other words, the C rank card you get is the best.

If you challenge the C-rank Labyrinth, you may get a B-rank Card, but since it is impossible to attack in Solo, there will be a distribution with the Adventurer section that will attack together.

Anna and the others will certainly notice Lotus's abilities once the rare B rank card drops every few months.

I told everyone in the Adventurer's Department about Hameln's whistle, but I didn't mean to say anything about the specificity of Lotus.

I don't trust them, but I trust them = I don't expose them all.

Considering the various circumstances, the biggest profit that can be obtained from the Labyrinth attack is the calculation of a C rank card in the month.

Now, speaking of the Alliance Card Pack, this one has a 30% chance of getting a D-Rank Card and a 1% chance or less of getting a C-Rank Card.

The probability of a C rank card being less than 1% for a pack of 1 million yen may seem tough at first glance, but if I can use fate manipulation, it will be quite a high probability.

Because the drop rate of C-rank cards is about 0.1%.

If we can make the drop rate of C-rank cards 100% in exchange for a month's luck, we don't have to make it 100% or less.

Also, the Alliance Card Pack contains 12 lots of B-rank, Elf, and Sucubus cards.

In the lottery, this is a high-priced prize, with first-class B ranking and second-class and third-class succubus and elves.

The pack is produced in one lot per month, so it is calculated that clams are replenished at some point in the year.

This refill keeps replenishing regardless of whether the clams were pulled in the previous year.

I mean?

─ There is a possibility that the pack still has a Zero Drop Sucubus.

Until I discovered spiritual regression, the Rare Cards in the Alliance Card Pack were dominated by negative Skills such as Zero Missing Skills.

The discovery of spiritual regression has resulted in the purchase of a significant number of Alliance packs, but not all of them.

Among them, the likelihood that "Sucubus with Zero Dropping Skills" was sleeping was not zero.

... well, I also know that the probability is equal to zero, just because it's not zero.

Even if it remained, it would be difficult to obtain it using fate manipulation.

Still, this was the only way to get Sucubus with Zero Drop Skills.

Yes, I have no choice but to pull the pack for Mare!

─ ─ So, what's the truth?

As a result of explaining this kind of thing as rough, it was this cold word that came back from Lotus.

I can't see because of my hide and seek skills, but I can imagine that I can see the pig in the pig farm, and I was scared.

"Oh, the truth... that's the truth, right? I'm not lying. I mean it.

You're lying. My eyes were filled with desire. You're just trying to pull the crap. "

"Ugh...!?

I unexpectedly moaned when I was poked by a thruster.

After all, my soul guts were found out.

Yes, I tried to explain things exactly as she said, but I just wanted to pull the pack.

I haven't bought a pack since that one that attracted lotus flowers.

That's because I thought there wouldn't be such a big win many times, but I was afraid that if I attracted the hit there again, I wouldn't be able to stop it.

The feeling of drawing lotus flowers at the stake of a million yen that is said to be all property....

Surprise, joy, happiness, sense of accomplishment... I can clearly see that there's secretion that shouldn't come out of the brain.

That was a kind of drug...

That's why I dared to step away from the Alliance Card Pack.

I became a Triple Star and was able to buy many Alliance Card Packs, but I would never buy them.

I had a hunch that if I bought packs and collected cards on Lotus's luck without sweating...

So I dared to forget about the card pack.

... but that's the limit! The limit of patience!

Who doesn't gamble when they know they're going to win?

At least I can't.

This is a bonus...! Monthly reward for my hard work so far...!

It certainly leads to increased combat power, so it's worse not to pull...!

Yes, this is no longer a duty...!

As part of my work as a master....!

That's why I'll buy the pack no matter who says it....!

"Hmm... the recoil that I've endured all at once?"

Lotus has a head when she sees me declaring it strongly.

But I can't. Even you, for free, have a lot of fate. Save your luck for an unexpected misfortune. "

That's what Lotus said. Through the link, she conveyed her firm will.

K... no matter how much I want to manipulate my destiny, the perfect link won't work without the help of Lotus.

When this happens, it's inevitable.

I looked around and went deep into the unpopular alley.

When you enter the trail, which is completely unpopular and has no surveillance cameras, the lotus appearance of Japanese clothing appears.

When I put my arms together and looked down at her, I lowered my head deeply with my hands together.

No, please! Only this time, let me try it this time! You actually need an experiment, don't you?

You don't need an experiment. I used it properly when I was a wolf and seven little goats. Or don't you trust your abilities?

"No, I trust you! But it might be a little different inside and outside the labyrinth! If using it outside the labyrinth when you're about to get involved in an incident or an accident doesn't work, does it?

Then I'll help you.

Ku, tough...! Lotus is tougher than expected.

... I didn't want to do this, if possible.

I decided to use the last resort against Lotus.

Lotus! Don't say that, help me now!

--Arguation, crying...!

I leaned against the legs of Gabari and Lotus Svesbe.

"Please, please, please! This time, I'll put up with it for six months ~"

Hey, pussy!?

Lotus grabbed my head as a goose, but she didn't pull or kick.

This Yankee sitter is too sweet for someone who once opened his heart.

Aren't you ashamed to imitate me like this!? As a man!

"Stupid bastard! You must be ashamed of yourself!

To Lotus, whose face turned bright red, I opened my eyes calmly and yelled back.

"How old do you think I am? I'm 16!? I'm not six! I can't live in this city anymore!

Hmm......? Then don't do it.... "

"It's embarrassing... even if you look good, you won't get anything! I'll lick your legs, you son of a bitch!

Hmm ~, on the contrary, are you masculine...?

Lotus was unusual and really confused. This is... cool! The flow is this way!

When I lowered the tone, I stared at her pitifully.

Huh? Please... please for life. What?

Mummu......

Lotus lost her little mouth for a while, but eventually.

"I don't know what to do... just this once."

He stroked my head like he gave up.

... I did it!