「No, is this real Indi○na huh.」
「Or perhaps, this is The M○mmy or To○b Raider isn't it.」
That was their impression of the gruesome death of a person in front of their gaze. From the view point of the people who had the experience of repeated adventure in another world, they had already seen even more gruesome death, so perhaps it could only be said that their reaction couldn't be helped.
「Even so, there should be nothing inside that ruin though……」
Below, people were gathering around the man who died with melting face and yells were flying around. Hajime whispered dubiously while watching that.
「Did we fail to notice it?」
「Let's confirm it from now.」
*rustle rustle*, the familiar figures of the jack of all trades Arachne-san that became regular made appearance. One of the Arachne-san swung its leg as though to say 「You bastards! It's time for workkk!」 before leading all the other Arachne ahead.
Their figures simultaneously heading to the ground by grappling on string looked like the rappel of a special army unit.
Shia was watching that sight with an expression like 「As expected they really have a will isn't it? But as expected it's scary so I can't ask!」, while beside her Hajime took out his smartphone.
It was hybrid smartphone that bined the modern technology with crustal display made in another world. Basically, the smartphones of Hajime and co were all of hybrid made, it could contact another world, displayed status, fired laser of concentrated super small sunlight with the thickness of a needle, anyway it was multifunction.
Right now, one of its functions, the function of sight sharing with Arachne was activated. At the same time, the screen was a bit small to be watched together with Shia, so the hologram function (midair display) that was created from earth's programming technology, another world's magic (space magic and so on), and special ore like distant penetration stone etc. was activated.
In the air before the eyes of Hajime and Shia, the field of vision of Arachne-leader that was projected from the smartphone was created three dimensionally. At the corner of the main projection, there were also small reflections lining up in a vertical line. Those were the field of vision of all the other Arachne.
「Yosh, there is no problem with the sight linking. Erst until Funfte go toward the ruin. Sechste until Neunte, head inside the surrounding tents.」
Hajime who sounded like he was giving instruction to the Arachne caused Shia to crack her necks while putting some spirit 「Yo~sh, I'm going to put in tsukkomi nooww~」.
「Hajime-san Hajime-san. Hajime-san is controlling all the Arachne-san aren't you!? Why are you making them saluting like 『Rogeer!』 while following your order!? As I thought they have will aren't they!? It's true isn't it!?」
Hajime showed a doubtful expression as though saying 'This bunny, just what is she spewing on?'. Shia was irritated.
「Don't say scary thing like that, Shia. They aren't Myuu's golem squadron. There is no way they have will or anything right? I just programmed them to act to some degree when they receive voice input. They are golem, but I'm also equipping them with earth's robot technology you know?」
「……That salute is also included in that?」
「Yeah. After all I used Arachne a lot for situation that demand secrecy. I put in the program based on the reference from the action pattern of special squad, but I've gone through that much trouble, so putting in salute movement while I'm at it should be okay right?」
If that was the case, then it wasn't strange……was it? Shia's rabbit ears dropped down powerlessly.
When she glanced at the display, she caught sight the Arachne bunches were skillfully raising two of their legs, doing reaction as though expressing 「Good griefyare yare」.
「Their performance is really detailed isn't it. Is that also an action pattern that is inserted into them?」
「Hm? Which one?」
Hajime returned his gaze from Shia toward the display. All the Arachne-san already resumed their action in order to acplish their work.
「No, that's why I said, it's their movement of shrugging their shoulders as though saying 『good grief this girlyare yare daze』.」
「That's why I'm telling you Shia, stop that. Do you want to scare me? There is no way they can move like that even though I'm not giving instruction right?」
「……」
Shia stiffened still. Her rabbit ears were standing on end with shudders. Shia wanted to insist 「The one who is scared is me desuu! As I thought, those Arachne-san, they are possessed by something for sureee!」, but it didn't seem like it wouldn't be just merely a snake that would e out if she poke the bush.
And so, 「After this, I'll consult with Myuu-chan, let's do that」 Shia swore inside her heart while she made tsukkomi at another matter.
「Cough-. Then one more thing. Does Hajime-san named those Arachne-san?」
「More or less. It will be more convenient in various things if they have individual name right?」
「Their name sounds terribly familiar for me though.」
The platinum apostles flashed at the back of her mind. The people who Shia worked hard to beat to death.
Hajime grinned widely,
「Great name right?」
He said such thing. It really sounded like sarcasm. The names of the opponents who she once carried out mortal bat with were used to name subordinate golems……
「If the people of Tortus heard it, it's easily something that they will yell 『Accursed thing!』 for……」
「The civilian doesn't know as far as the names of the apostles so it's fine. In the first place, Shia, try looking at Japan's literary work. Whether it's god or devil, they are toyed around a lot just as anyone liked in their work don't you see. Even things like erogeerotic game won't blink an eye to do it. Like a certain archangel, just how much terrible experience that angel met in the past……」
「Can you stop talking about eroge in front of your lover!? Besides I think that Japanese people's karma is just too deep desuu!」
「I cannot deny that huh. Recently anything will get turned into story character, and even after that it will be anything goes for them following where the creator's heart is going. But, I'm proud from the bottom of my heart toward such people in that business.」
Hajime said such thing with a serious and tense expression. Toward such Hajime, Shia thought 「This person, no rather Japan is totally no good. There is no saving them anymore desuu」 while holding her rabbit ears. She wanted to see the face of the parents who raised such son. Although the parents were manga artist and game pany president. The father was in the middle of diligently producing a new eroge!
While they were making such stupid talk, the group of Arachne who were given the name of god's apostles acplished infiltration into their respective target safely.
Hajime put his finger on a midair display and slid it to the center in order to make the vision of Sechste who infiltrated the nearest tent as the main screen. The screen could be directly controlled with the concept of touch panel.
Sechste was sticking on the ceiling through the tent's framework, taking a bird's eye view to overlook the whole tent.
「This is……how should I say it, my heart is fluttering.」
「Isn't that right! My heart is drumming fast here!」
What was displayed in the midair display was a single room that was covered with transparent curtain and people wearing protective outfit who seemed to be researchers. No matter how they looked at it, it was a sterilized room, or perhaps a quarantine room.
Those factors that didn't suit as facility for ruin investigation caused the eyes of the two to sparkle with curiosity.
The image from Siebte and others who also acplished their infiltration into other tents didn't project only the image of excavation equipments, there were also a lot of things like some kind of measurement devices and sensor equipments.
One of the Arachne circled to the back of Wilford.
Wilford was investigating the condition of the melted man. He then gave some kind of new instruction, persuaded the scared locals to make them return to their work. Perhaps because of that he looked a bit tired and shrugged his shoulders in exasperation. It seemed that he kept making exaggerated gesture like drama even when no one was looking.
The Arachne who stuck on his shoulder without getting noticed then……
「Hajime-san. This Arachne-san, it's mimicking the movement of Luffy-san and then pointing using its leg see. Ah, this time its putting two legs on its mouth while twitching. I can hear its voice of heart saying 『You saw the reaction just now? Laame~~e! Gi~ggle giggle』.」
「Eh, strange. This guy……Neunte, you again. e on, Neunte! Work properly! Don't make strange movement! Okay, movement check! Lift upper right! Lift upper left! Don't lower your right, lower your left! Ah, oi! Don't lower your right! What are you doing lowering it along with the left! Is the voice recognition blurred?」
「……Somehow, Neunte and Erst are ing to mind though. Being able to see them following Hajime-san's order playing raising the flag game is really surreal.」
The god's apostles expressionlessly raising and lowering their hand. Sometimes they made mistake and became flustered.
Certainly, it was a terribly surreal sight.
By the way, Shia was calling Wilford as Luffy was because in the end the two were unable to recall his correct name, and as the result of the two of them plementing each other's memory, they decided that the guy's name sounded like Luffy, should be! And so they called him like that. The self-proclaimed businessman Wilford-san might be aiming to bee a pirate king before long like this.
「Leave alone Neunte. What about Erst?」
They switched the screen to the vision of Erst who was at the main objective. The timing was just right when Erst arrived at the room where a lot of workers were gathering. It stuck at the corner of the ceiling and took overhead view.
「They are digging a hole. What's more they are really going all out.」
「Looks like it. There might be something underground. Zweite. Go right above them.」
Hajime kept Erst's overhead view in position while he gave instruction to Zweite to take the recording from right above the hole. Shia showed a deeply emotional feeling thinking 「Aa, that person who I shaved to death using 100 ton hammer
drill」.
「This thing……it seems, there really is a path going underground.」
「Path……is it? It looks like a rectangle well though?」
「No, try looking closer. There, look.」
Saying that, Hajime magnified the image while pointing.
Inside the image, a rectangle hole was projected. It had the size where there would still some space left even if a lot of men were lining up inside it. The rectangle hole was hardened with stone on its four sides, stretching to straight below.
Indeed, it was just as Shia said, in a glance, it was more fitting to call it as "well" rather than "path".
But, if one looked closer at where Hajime's finger was pointing at, protrusion like ladder was jutting out in regular interval from the stone wall, furthermore, something like a tube that was giving out some kind of white smoke was sticking out.
「You will get it if you look at that tube's surrounding. The man whose face melted just now. Most likely, when he was in the middle of going down that ladder, the acid or something flying out from that tube got him. Don't you think it's really dangerous for just a well?」
「Certainly, after all it might enter into water for daily life if that's a well.」
In other words, it was a vertical route to underground.
What's more, the word "secret" was attached to it. Around that vertical path, the stone floor was destroyed by heavy machinery, and the soil beneath it was dug up and wreckage was scattered around. From the condition there must be no mistake of this conclusion.
And then, looking from how even now there were the figures of locals excavating the vertical path until around five meter below, it could be seen how that path was pletely buried with rock and soil. And fairly severely at that.
「Putting aside the floor and stone, there are quite a lot of stones covered with soil. What's more they are manufactured to be like that to a certain degree.」
「In other words……」
「The path wasn't buried naturally. It was intentionally blocked by covering it with several layers of soil and processed huge stone.」
When Hajime said 「This thing is looking more and more like India○-san huh!」, Shia went 「No no, if I have to say which is this, then this must be Ra○der-san you know, surely! Ah, but, an ancient mummy just like in The Mu○my! That possibility cannot be dismissed yet!」 Their tension was rising.
「Now then, Shia-san, what to do yah.」
「Of course, we are going to expose the secret sleeping underground, Hajime-san yah.」
Hajime and Shia chuckled 'fu-fu-fu' suspiciously while facing each other. It seemed they couldn't help but feeling their heart fluttering from encountering an ancient secret at their travel.
「Suppressing these guys and then asking them just what kind of information they got is the fastest way but……」
「I am in the faction of conquering a game without looking at the strategy guide desu.」
「An adventure has to be like that I guess. My transmutation magic will shine here. Let's slip underground using different route from them and pay our respect to the ancient secret faster than them.」
This was an excavation team that spent money for this enterprise. They also had special equipment and machinery. In that case, this wasn't a simple academic investigation. Ahead there should be a profit that would worth the investment for sure. A profit in the form of treasure.
「Hajime-san Hajime-san. Let's do that. Leaving behind a message, just like phantom thief!」
「That's good idea! 『We will receive the treasure first――」
「――by demon king and rabbit』 isn't it!」
The demon king-sama and the bug rabbit-san of the forest bumped their fist while going 'yaa~y' with their motivation going through the roof.
Both of them kept their presence hidden while jumping down from the tree. Then they turned back to inside the thick forest where the armed guards couldn't see them at all.
Shia's rabbit ears were swooshing-swooshing around 「Quu-iick! Quu-iick!」 while she was frolicking around. Hajime sent a glance at such her before he activated transmutation magic while smiling.
While the crimson spark surged vividly, a large hole that the two could enter easily even if they walked side by side was opening. Furthermore it was stair shaped. In addition, so that there wouldn't be even the slightest chance for the soil to collapse, the surrounding was thoroughly reinforced with metal plate.
Like that, they went down the stair to underground while advancing the transmutation. It didn't even take ten seconds until their figure vanished pletely from view.
「For now, when we reach the depth of around 8 meter, how about we try connecting the path to that vertical path right from the side?」
Hajime confirmed the angle of the path and transmuted a cave aiming to the depth that had been dug until this point plus three meter. He didn't make any change to the ground, but he transmuted the wall and ceiling into metal plate while setting chemical light on the wall in order.
Of course, Hajime had "Night Vision
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