Chapter 66 – Starting the Case Together!

“Hеу thеrе! Кonnichi-wa! It’s Sрiсe herе! As annоunсеd, tоdау we havе a su-su-surprisе~! It’s а LARF sроnsоrеd dеal! Аnd I’ve invitеd Little Shirokо аs mу аssistant!”

“H-h-hеllo, gоod evening! I’m Shirоkо!”

※ “Konnichi-wa!” “Littlе Shirоko’s here again tоdаy!” “I subscribed!”

“Ah, ah, thаnk уou so muсh~!!”

Tоdау is thе evening.

This streаm is hapреning аfter we’vе lightlу fillеd our stomаchs with somе hot snacks.

And аftеr it’s all ovеr, I’ll rеveаl my true idеntity and invite Мashirо оut for dinner.

Perfeсt.

So hеrе wе arе in front of thе Dungеоn, the two оf us lined uр, сhесking thе LARFs.

“Саn уou lоаd it properly? Does it fire the bullets? Is the range okay? Let’s check all that stuff beforehand! If there’s a problem, we’ll investigate and fix it! If we can’t handle it ourselves, we’ll send it to Buzz Blow! The address is right here!”

A caption appears with the address for Buzz Blow’s Japan branch.

※ “It’s a proper sponsored stream…” “He’s so experienced. It’s like he’s a working adult.”

Well, I am a former working adult.

We finish the general LARF check.

This time, Spice and Shiroko are using the new rapid-fire type LARF.

By attaching a large cartridge loaded with sponge bullets, it allows for a whopping 60 consecutive shots!

Retrieving them is a pain, though!

“For bullet retrieval, use the dedicated sponge bullet retrieval tool sold by Buzz Blow! It’s like this, it sticks to the sponge bullets like Velcro… so you just scoop them up like this, whoop whoop whoop!”

He demonstrates by retrieving the sponge bullets he rolled on the ground one after another.

※ “Whoooa” “That’s so fast!” “I didn’t know they had something like that.”

As he’s promoting the product like this, a Buzz Blow employee shows up in the comment section and throws in a Super Chat.

※ “Nice one!” “Buzz Blow’s watching too” “To get a sponsored deal just half a month after that stream…” “They’ve got their antenna up high.”

Buzz Blow is always aiming to expand their market share, after all.

That’s the greed of a global corporation!

And so, we charge into the Dungeon!

“This one’s a multi-tenant building Dungeon. Apparently, after all the tenants moved out, it just turned into a Dungeon on its own. The owner was having trouble finding new tenants, and when he came with a real estate agent to check it out for possible renovations, it had already Dungeonized!”

Buzz Blow swooped in on that immediately and provided it for this sponsored stream!

They’re good…!

They’ve also got a sponsorship deal with Yatagarasu, and since many streamers use LARFs, they’re a pretty influential company in the streaming world.

Please back me up too, Buzz Blow!

Alrighty then, let’s start by stepping into the first-floor tenant space.

We’ve been given the key, so we’ll use it to open the back door…

“Pardon the intrusion.”

“P-p-pardon the intrusion!”

Once inside, we found a fairly spacious area.

Messy partitions acted as dividers, making it look very Dungeon-like!

No one responded to Spice and the others’ greeting.

The Dungeon’s monsters have become ferocious and lost their reason.

So they attack without any discussion…

Carefully, we take aim with our LARFs and step forward.

‘If we had Magic, it’d be over in one shot.’

“We can’t use Magic on a LARF sponsored stream, can we!”

Flota was the one complaining.

※ “What about combining Magic and LARF?” “Using toys in ways they’re not originally meant for probably isn’t welcomed, right?” “It’s a sponsored deal after all.”

Exactly!

There are a lot of restrictions this time.

But in return, the money coming in is also substantial.

This alone will amount to a year’s worth of my salary from my office worker days.

Seriously, if you hit it big, streaming is such a lucrative business.

Though I hear a ton of people either die or retire before they ever hit it big.

Normally, everything inside should have been cleared out.

Yet, this Dungeon was overflowing with stuff.

A broken copy machine and the piles of paper it had spewed out.

Countless partitions were combined to form walls.

Sales desks were piled up or knocked over, becoming complete obstacles.

Potted plants had grown wild, turning one corner into a little forest…

‘Kishaaah!!’

“Ah-! A Goblin that looks like a flying squirrel came flying out of the forest!!”

“Eeek!”

Shiroko fires, papapapapap.

But there’s no way her panicked, aimless shooting is going to hit!

“Shiroko, wasting bullets is a shame! Cease fire! Advance!”

“Advance!?”

Shiroko, who was about to run, hesitates.

“Just advance!! Hyah-!”

Spice, bringing Shiroko along, charges forward!

The flying squirrel Goblin… the Musagob, grazes past just over their heads.

‘Kishashaa!?’

“Hah hah hah-! Since they’re moving forward, even if Spice and the others fall back, the enemy can adjust their altitude, right? But if Spice and the others advance, the enemy won’t have time to lose altitude. Then we can pass underneath! And then! Their back is wide open-! Yeehaw!”

Spice spins around and fires his LARF from the hip in rapid succession!

The sponge bullets fired in a three-round burst, pospospos, pierce the Musagob’s rear end.

‘Uguwaaah!!’

With a scream, the Musagob explodes into scattered light and disappears.

※ “Nice!” “Niiice!!” “He completely read the monster’s movements in an instant!” “Little Spice’s game management is too good.”

“I used to do airsoft, you know. It was for dealing with those rascals who’d shoot at you with drones. If they head straight down, you lose sight of the target for a moment.”

From there, the spin-and-shoot.

That’s a classic move.

Even against someone bombing you, if they dive straight down, the bombs won’t hit.

“Whoa-! I-I see! You’re so reliable, Little Spice. You kinda remind me of someone I respect.”

That’s probably the person himself!

With this kind of momentum, they clear the monsters that keep appearing one after another on the first floor of the Dungeon!

Finally, when they take down a copy machine that stood up, with Shiroko in a pincer attack, the Dungeon Core plops down.

Good, good, the first floor is secured.

But still…

“It’s just that, well, the monsters in this Dungeon feel kinda coordinated. Usually, they come at you all scattered and doing their own thing, but these guys… it’s like they have high killing intent, or rather, they’re following a high-killing-intent operation…”

‘It smells fishy! I sense the presence of an Abazure!’

“Hey, stop raising death flags.”

Flota suddenly says something that’s no joking matter.