452. Rainmaker




 Once I got an "aha" moment, everything I saw after that changed.
 The things I dropped were seemingly disparate, but all of them were things that were used as goods money.

 Once I understood that - it was like an aha experience and it felt good.

 Once I understood the commonality, I went around the dungeon further.
 I became more and more convinced of that, and at the same time I found out that only goblins and only those things (、、、、、、) would drop.

 Around the time I was convinced of that, I got a firm grasp of the dungeon's structure and left the dungeon in a straight line.

 Cell was waiting for me outside the Kalifornium dungeon.

'How did it go?'
'It was just as I said, and as soon as I went around, I understood it.
''It's as good as Satou-sama. Yes, this place has nothing to do with money by nature, the monsters and drops are different.
What?
What?

 When I was surprised, Cell, who had been explaining it to me, was surprised and asked back.

'Isn't it, Satou-sama?'
'Oh, doesn't that mean they're going to drop something that's going to be an excise currency?'
Is that ......?

 Cell frowns and wonders.

 I knew right away.
 There is no material money in this world.

 No, paper money and coins are originally "material money".

 The material money was used mainly in ancient times when technology was low and in some countries and regions of the present day.

 The essence of this was that things of value could be used as money as they were.

 In that sense, in this world where everything is dungeon-dropped, both paper money and coins are a type of goods money because they are "used as they are dropped".

 That was an interesting thing.
 But Cell still had a strange look on his face.

'No, for example, this seashell. I was wondering if this could be used as a coin.
...... I see.

 Cel stared at the shell I'd pulled out of my pocket for a moment, then nodded quietly.

'Indeed, it could be a good substitute for a coin.
'Right? That kind of thing, I thought it was a dungeon ...... that would drop something that would become currency if it started (,) a little differently.
"Hmm, that's one way to look at it: ...... That's great of you, Mr. Sato. You have a great point of view.

 Cell is such a believer in me that he builds a statue of me every so often.
 I chuckled as he lifted it up and then asked again.

'So what's really going on?'
'Hmmm, as I mentioned earlier, things that have nothing to do with money are dropped.
Yeah.
But the money only drops here.
'...... rare?' Dungeon Master?
Rare is probably a better word for it.

 I cocked my head.
 It's like the thing is stuck in my back teeth, what the hell is going on?

 As I was wondering this, Cell gently pulled out a bundle of tickets.

 They're rectangular like banknotes, but not as cocky as paper money, just like a "ticket".
 A bunch of them - roughly twenty.

 He took them out and held them out to me.

"What's this?
It's a drop of fermium.
That one over there just now or at ......?
With this, I'll go back in and find out.
Okay.

 I can't read a single thing about the situation right now, but I decide to follow Cell's lead and go in again.

 I received my ticket and entered the dungeon.

 The same as before, blue sky, white clouds, and the sun shining down on me, this dungeon has a different feel to it than before.

 As I was casually walking around the dungeon, I suddenly found a place where the ground was shining differently than before.
 I wondered what it was, and the moment I did.

 I saw the ticket I had brought with me, the ticket was glowing too.

 I took the ticket and approached the glowing place with it.
 Then the ticket disappeared with a swoosh .......

 The change from then on was rapid.
 Thunder clouds gathered in the sky, and in an instant - less than a second in time - the skyline looked like a stormy day - no.

 It was like the "magical world" in an animated manga.

 And then the space in front of me was ripped open, revealing a monster from within it.

'I see.'

 This time it was a complete "I see".
 I knew that Cell had said "I'll know it when I get in", but this time I knew for sure I understood.

 What emerged from the rift in space - a ghostly female form.

 It wasn't the first time, it had happened many, many times before.

 It's the original version of a monetary haggle that you often see when turning paper money and coins into potions.

'Repetition.'

 Unlike usual, he released his first move repetition.

 The monster went down.
 In other words, it was a hit.

 The Repetition confirmed that the monster that appeared was the same monster I always beat with Hagremonos.

 And right after that.

 The sky pattern returned to normal.

 A lot of bills were waving from the sky.