SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 104



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Episode 104 SSS-Class Hunter Tears the Crack (9)
2024.06.21.

‘1?’

Suzy stared at the number.

It seemed that the countless other timeline versions of herself that she didn’t know had never arrived at the store.

‘Why?’

There were many reasons she could guess.

Since there was too much information, she might have repeated the same route more, and as a result, she might not have had new experiences.

Or she might have felt more disillusioned with the ‘Great Beings’ than she does now, and she might not have listened to their suggestions.

Or… …

She might have lived a completely different life.

Suzy thought of the expression Elaine had made when she talked about her in the other timeline.

It was a face full of compassion.

Was there no fraud case by Zero in the other timeline? If that case hadn’t happened in this life, Suzy would have also climbed the tower without resting.

If she had found a way to collect Tier 9 weapons and transform them into Tier 10 weapons… … ?

“Did I open the store door because I was trying to get out of this bet?”

– Didn’t you say you’d only ask one question? You’re being rude

.

Suji’s eyes widened at the guy’s words.

Who is suffering because of that bet right now, and how can you bet with such an answer? It was ridiculous.

She didn’t care and continued asking.

“You and the other beings have been interfering since I suddenly took a break. If I hadn’t left in the middle, there wouldn’t have been any reason for me to intervene like this, right?”

– That’s not wrong.

The guy acted as if he wouldn’t answer the question, but he answered obediently.

“Have I ever had a conversation with you like this in another timeline?”

– No.

“… … Even if we conquer the 〈Laurel Tree〉, that doesn’t mean we’ll definitely be able to talk to the ‘great beings’ who rule over that tower?”

– Yes. That’s our choice.

“… … Why did you do that?”

– It was necessary.

“Anyway, I suddenly took a break, so our route changed. The purpose was to coax and appease me to a place where I could see the hint.

– … … That’s because the bet is valid.

No.

It’s not like Hunter is the only one. Since Elaine has memories, it would have been good to drag her in.

It would be more accurate to say, “That’s why it’s fun.”

Even if you watch a drama, it’s not fun if the main character changes in the middle.

She was playing a game and having a hard time, so he tried to drag her back into this betting game.

I thought I understood the “Great Beings” a little, but I only understood half of it.

They were really psychopaths.

If it was true that it was the first time he opened the “store,” I wanted to make her regret that decision.

I wanted to tear apart the “Messiah,” who was the center of the bet, with the items I got here, and destroy all the “Great Beings.”

I looked around at the things around me, but I couldn’t see the items because I was so busy thinking.

Instead, Elaine’s often-used expressions and words filled my mind.

“… … Are you smiling now?”

“… … You seem to have brightened up.”

“… … You’ve changed a lot.”

Every time I burst out laughing, he would say something like that and look at me as if I was a stranger.

I thought he said that because he was so busy climbing the tower that he didn’t laugh often, but now that I think about it, he had another comparison target.

Her from another timeline.

Daphne from another timeline.

He must have been running only for his goal, and at some point he got tired and threw everything away.

He must have thrown away the goal he absolutely wanted to achieve even after repeating it 100 times. It was so hard that he wanted to end it all.

So, he must have seen me so tired.

I remembered Elaine desperately calling my name.

‘… … He cared for me enough to say he would carry my burden for me.’

Strangely, I felt jealous.

The me from another timeline.

The me who knew the Elaine that I couldn’t remember.

But that didn’t mean I wanted to go back to that time.

I just had to move forward.

All I knew in the past was the Elaine from the past.

What I knew now was the Elaine from the present.

I wanted to hold on to the present.

She wanted to properly protect the people she cared about and their memories.

Suzy shook her head slightly and tapped her cheek, thinking to herself.

‘No matter what the reason, it’s a big opportunity for me to come to the store for the first time. It’s a chance to escape the route I’ve only failed at so far.’

The items I get here will determine the final floor and my fight with the ‘Messiah.’

Suzy calmed down once more and looked around the store.

The guy kept urging her to leave a couple more times, but he didn’t take any more direct action, probably because he thought Suzy would lose her temper like last time.

Now that I understand the exact context, I can understand the connections between the items in the display case a little.

Instead of vaguely thinking that Suzy and Elaine have a lot of items, I can now analyze them systematically.

I didn’t know if the order of the items had any meaning, so it was hard to figure out which item was linked in which round, but there was a tendency.

‘They mostly tried to increase the penetration property. With this level of penetration, I can really ignore most armors.’

And yet, it failed. It seemed that there were no such gloves as the rice cake gloves.

In addition, there were as many long-range equipment as there were close-range equipment, and there were quite a few wing items, and there were many mental items among the team’s overall buff items.

Suji carefully chose equipment after removing about half of the items she had originally planned to buy.

She aimed to maximize the effects of the equipment and set items that the party currently had, while also being able to defend against mental attacks and increasing penetration damage.

And there was one item that she chose, even though it wasn’t equipment.

She carefully looked around the corners of the display case and found it, but unlike the other items, there was only one of them.

[〈Dance of Death〉 (Tier 10)

The goddess who crossed the river of life and death is watching over you.

The user who possesses this item will only receive the damage that would lead to death the first time. However, the remaining HP will be 1, and 〈Dance of Death〉 will disappear immediately.

It will increase the number of shoe equipment slots by one.]

It was like saving one more life.

And it even increases the shoe slots?

It was an item that allowed me to receive an attack speed buff with my left foot and a penetration buff with my right foot.

Of course I had to buy it, but I was concerned that I only had one of these items.

It could have been an item that I had used once and completely failed at, so I never bought it again, but somehow I had a feeling that I had bought it in the last round.

Anyway, it didn’t matter what path I took in another timeline to obtain it.

She listed the names of the items she had chosen one by one and requested a purchase.

[Would you like to purchase a total of 10 additional items?

30,000F will be consumed.]

“Yes.”

[10 pieces of equipment were successfully purchased.

You can view them in the item window.]

Tiring.

Suji smiled with satisfaction as she heard the payment sound.

She had originally planned to increase her overall attack power, but there were more hints than she had thought.

“Thank you, you made shopping fun.”

– … … Yes. It’s all thanks to me

. Even as she responded like that, the guy’s voice, which sounded like scraping metal, didn’t seem happy at all.

Suji didn’t show her smile on the outside, but she was intoxicated with the sense of accomplishment of finding out information that the guy didn’t reveal.

And just as she was about to say that she was going to go back

, she

muttered something like that. She

hadn’t realized it because she was so focused on finding items that would suit the group.

Except for Elaine’s items, everything else was to her taste. This fact meant only one thing: no one else had ever used “Deviation.”

The number of “Deviations” on display was just as Elaine had said. It

seemed that the “Deviations” of South Korea were still on the top.

“… … I expected it, but I still didn’t expect it. Mom didn’t use “Deviation.”

She thought she had properly accepted her mother’s death, but maybe she still had regrets in her heart.

It was so obvious, but she felt strangely empty inside.

“I want to go back.”

– It took a long time.

“Isn’t time passing on that side anyway?”

From my experience so far, it almost felt like time had passed since we left.

The moment Suzy asked that, my vision blurred and my body felt like it was being sucked into somewhere.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Before my vision could even fully return, I heard a deafening alarm.

As soon as Suzy regained control of her body, she saw the group clinging to the window.

The familiar and annoying sound of the wave detection system poured out. Not only from the terminal, but also from outside.

The wave was coming from somewhere not far away.

She grabbed the terminal that was making a loud noise. Several alarms were going off at the same time.