Let's check it out. Alice, and Margaret, we'll give you a hand. Alice is good at checking levels and Margaret is good at checking abilities.

　I think of my friends who are swept away and build up the combination for the test in my brain.

　If I guessed correctly with Sakura, I should be able to carve out a test that includes Alice and Margaret, and if I can't, it means my guess was wrong and I'll just have to make another guess.

　Then I'll have to go back and find Alice and then Margaret.

'You know, uncle,'
Hmm?
Are you the kind of guy who doesn't check the strategy site until you've cleared it?
How did you know?
Because this is a dungeon normally managed by that figurehead uncle. You can ask him and he'll tell you, but you're trying to find out on your own.
You're a figurehead.

　I giggled a bit.

'Well, you're right. But that doesn't mean it's a pointless obsession, does it?
What do you mean?
'The adventurers of this world are running dungeons on the premise of circling and optimizing. They're the producers of everyone's consumption, and they're all mindlessly producing anyway. They rarely do anything extra.
Do you mean we're all just going through the motions?
Yes, everyone works on a near-optimal basis, so when I listen to them, they give me very preconceived advice.
Okay, then I shouldn't ask.
'It's better to hear it for normal work, though. After all, we're optimizing on the level of tens of millions of people.
I see.

　I'm making small talk and explaining a bit more about this world to Sakura.
　I try to avoid giving my own preconceived opinions, so I try to be objective and just list the facts as much as I can.

　This is what I did.
　It's because I was in a position where I could be counted on to help with some major events, and I was in a position where I could be counted on to help with anything that came up, so this is what I did.

　Sakura might be a completely different adventurer than me.

　It might be the same, it might be different.

　Status continues to be power leveling, the base ability is there and it doesn't hurt to have it.
　Other than that, I try to stay out of it.

　The Lyota family also went to dungeons together when me and Emily first started living together, but as we got better at each other's abilities and equipment, we each soloed in the style we do best.

　It's not Sakura, but it's a different world.
　I want her to have the kind of otherworldly life that I think is good for her.

　　　　　☆

　The front of the Californium dungeon, in the city.
　The four of us, me, Sakura, Alice, and Margaret, arrived at the meeting.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call you out of the blue. How's your business?
You'll be fine.
Thank you.

So, what do you want to do, Uncle?
Do you want me to go into the dungeon with you?

　Sakura and Alice.
　The women looked at me and gave me instructions.

To put it simply, the targets of the monsters in this dungeon might be a bit special. Are they targeting you based on your level or on your ability? We want to find out if it's a level or an ability, so we'll ask you to enter in pairs.
'All right. Then I don't think you should take everyone with you.
Guys?

　Sakura tilts her head slightly.

'Yes. Rato, Socha, Play, Builder.

　Margaret called out, and four ninja knights appeared behind her without a sound.

'Whoa!　What the hell was that?　Where did they appear from?
Ladies and gentlemen, I've been right beside you the whole time.
That's awesome!　The princess and the knight who follows her like a shadow. That makes the thin book thicker!
Don't be thick. It's not that kind of material.
That's not true. To save the princess, who has been brainwashed or drugged into a state of nyan-nyang, we, the loyal ones, who respond to nyan-nyang while crying tears of blood with our hearts, are the best--
Okay, stop. You're being very rude in front of him.
Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.
Yeah, yeah. Okay, sure.

　Margaret, who didn't understand the content, smiled at her in confusion.
　The four knights apparently understood it perfectly and gave Sakura a gaze that was colder than ice.

　Let's digress.

'Then the order is ...... first Alice and Margaret. Let's look at the levels here. Then Margaret and Sakura. It's a super high level duo. Then me and Alice, a very low-level duo. Let's try them out in that order.

　The three of them nodded their heads and agreed to my proposal.

　Thus, after a round of testing and analysis, and after summoning additional friends to try out more conditions, I found two things.

　One is that Kalifornium's monsters will concentrate on the opponents they think are weak.

　And another.
　Level 1 or F-final (regardless of combat or drop).

　Without either of them, I couldn't enter the dungeon in the first place.