549 549. Muimui




 The next day I descended via the transporter room to the sixth floor of the Nihonium basement.

 It was still a visceral dungeon, and the horror was much less frightening now that the dungeon snow had stopped.
 That one wasn't harmful, but the combo of viscera and bloody snow was a bit of a mental attack, so it was nice to see it subside.

 First of all, I use my abilities to figure out the structure of the dungeon.
 The shape is different than above, but that's within the normal scope of things.

 It's very different, and there's something particularly different about it - it doesn't seem to be.

 After checking out the structure of the dungeon, I started walking around looking for monsters.

 Since I was the only one in the dungeon since it was a random walk, and since I was the only one in the dungeon since it was a research period, I was ignoring the dungeon structure since I wasn't going down until I checked the monsters and drops on this floor.

 No, rather, I actively walked away from the stairs, thinking that there might be something in the dead end/ cul-de-sac as well.

 While doing so--.

'Girls?'

 I came across a girl.

 She had an okappa head and a cute patterned kimono.

"Why is there a girl here?

 I thought, because when the girl looked at me, she smiled at me and came running up to me with a big smile on her face.

 When she came in front of me, she stopped and smiled again, "Smile".

 It was like a vanadium.
 Just a pretty girl.

'You, what's your name? Why are you here?
?

 The girl tilted her head a bit.

'Um, .......'

 I was in trouble.
 It was the same here with Vanadium.
 A girl who seemed to be trying to communicate with no words, just facial expressions and body language.

 So I was slow to notice.

'Huh?'

 A little further away, there was another girl.

 Her face is slightly different, and her hair is also slightly different, but she's wearing a cute kimono with an okappa head, just like the girl in front of me.

 I couldn't help but look twice at this one and compare it with the two of them in turn.

'.................. Zashikido!

 The name flew out of my mouth as white lightning pierced through my brain.

 New Nihonium. A dungeon full of youkai.

 A girl in a kimono with a cute okappa head appeared there.
 It matches the characteristics of the Zashikido being I know.

 The hem of my clothes is pulled on from behind me with a gulp.
 Yet another girl appeared!

 There are subtle differences, but they are still similar looking girls.

 Here, I'm sure of it.

 Six floors below Nihonium, the monster is - Zashiki-Do.

...... eh.

 That's fine, but I'm troubled.
 I'm in trouble.

 If the opponent is a monster, the basic principle of this world is to defeat it and get a drop, but with the way it looks, I just can't attack it.
 The fact that the other side doesn't attack me, and I can't help but think it's a monster is one of the reasons I'm hesitant to attack.

 It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the market.

'To is ...... no ......'

 I found myself getting a pained look on my face.

 Since it's an investigation, it's not worth talking about if I don't defeat it.
 But I can't help but attack it.

''Guh...... well, first of all,''

 I ran away from the scene.

     ☆

It was a monster.

 Alice told me when she came back in the transporter room.

'Right. 'Thanks.'

 When I escaped the dungeon, I asked Alice for help.

 Dungeon-born.

 Alice's special ability is my upper hand, one that not only knows the structure of the dungeon, but also knows where the monsters are.
 In other words, it's the ability to know if the entity in front of you is a monster or not.

 Even if you don't defeat it, Alice has the ability to know if it's a monster or not for now.
 I asked her for help.

"Thanks, my bad. I have a few things to attack.
No, I know how it feels.
'If Nihonium were to be released to the public, every day would be a living hell.
Maybe. Oh, yeah.

 Alice clapped her hands with a pop and made a gesture as if she remembered something.

'Mui mui, say hello to Lyota.'
Muiuiui?

 Who are you? But the next moment, something peeked out from Alice's back and landed on her shoulder.

 It was like a stuffed animal, that zashiki-dou thing.

''My new companion, Mui Mui.''
(Pecori)
Did you beat him?

 I was pleasantly surprised by Alice's relentlessness.