See? Theres a manhole right here.
Ah, youre right.
I was showing i-chan to a round, tallic lid fixed on the roadside, a manhole from any angle you look at it. Id noticed that these were here on the first day we started exploring this isekai town, but chose not to bother looking through dirty sewers since I had no particular reason to. Until now that is.
I an, Sakurai-kun cant do anything if were underground, right?
Yeah, I dont think he can penetrate this deep. Actually, I dont think hell be able to sense us going through the sewers at all.
i-chan affird my theory, and I believed in her intuition.
Now there was the issue of whether the sewers linked to the other side of the lake. I wasnt exactly a fan of going in there if I could help it, but like the saying goes, when push cos to shove.
Lets get it over with I guess huh, how are we supposed to get this open, anyway?
I think they used so special tal rod that fit in the holes.
The dungeons manholes also had the little holes on the lid. Although, they werent sothing we could stick so fingers in and pull.
Huh, this sure sucks. And with the shape its got, it doesnt look like I can use my tentacles either
Hmf!
i-chan stomped and the manhole popped up and out of the way.
There we go.
Thanks. Alright, so lets send Rem in first.
I thanked i-chan for her excellent usage of brute force, and had Rem #3, our proverbial canary, dive in and check for danger.
I scanned the sewers from above. Inside, I could see that it was lit up with the sa white light panels found all over the dungeon, so there wont be any problem checking our surroundings once inside.
This was a dungeon sewer so it wouldnt be strange to find monsters living inside, for example, insect types or giant alligators. In the sewer zone I was previously at, there were Jiras, those fish-Goma like monsters, so those could be in there too.
GUGO, GUGAGA!
A little ti later, #3, who Id sent in to scout had returned.
All clear, it looks like.
Ill go in first then.
Sure, thanks.
i-chan volunteered to go in first. She didnt use the attached latter and just jumped all the way down.
There was a good bit of distance to the bottom but she you know what, Im not going to bother.
She was now very used to her Berserker body so she had no problem with feats of acrobatics like this, Im sure. She wouldnt do it if she was unsure of whether shed land unscathed.
As a Shaman, I needed to do research and experints to figure out the extent of my abilities, but maybe other types of Jobs had a learning curve more instinct based. Or at least, thats how I think i-chan had it.
Kotarou-kun~, its safe down here~
Ok, Rems there and i-chans confird the safety too. This was more that enough. I should get going.
KHSHASHA.
Ah, sorry Arachne, youre gonna have to wait here.
This was simply because of the fact that Arachne Mk. II was too big to fit through the hole.
Oh right, and i-chans main weapon, the halberd, and that big shield wont fit either so we were not taking those.
We were only going in to see how the route looked, so we werent abandoning our stuff or anything like that.
Huh. Its not that different from the sewer zone actually.
The construction was practically the sa as the sewer zone I once traveled with Tendou-kun and the Yankee Party. So I was honestly expecting suddenly hearing GyoGyoGyo! and getting assaulted by a school of Jiras but that hadnt happened at all. So far.
Since this was a people-less ancient town, there wasnt any wastage flowing with the water in these sewers and it actually didnt sll so bad. Actually, now that I think about it, every place where those Jiras popped up stunk like ass. I bet it was those fish mofos that were stinking up that whole zone.
Kotarou-kun, I think around here should be where the lake is.
i-chan, with ever the sharp senses, could easily navigate inside these repetitive sewer tunnels.
You an if we go straight through here, well be on the other side?
Yeah, it should be this direction.
Right, lets go then. There werent any bends or branching paths so we just went straight For about 3 minutes, after which we had to stop.
Damn, its completely caved in.
Great. Just great. The whole tunnel was caved in right at the point where wed be completely across. Large blocks of the concrete-like stone had closed off our path.
Though it wasnt exactly sealed tight. There was just enough space to let a little amount of sewage through.
GU, GAGA
I tried having #3 squeeze in from sowhere, but she found no gaps wide enough. And even if we could squeeze into the sewage way sohow, I dont know how long wed have to hold our breath before coming out the other side. And I wasnt willing to go that risk.
Looks like this is a dead end. Lets go back and look for another route, I suggested.
Yeah, too bad huh, i-chan agreed.
We headed back the way we ca.
We arrived at the bottom of the manhole where Arachne was on standby. I put my hand on the ladder to climb up when,
Ah, wait, Kotarou-kun. Ill go up first. No telling if theres a monster waiting outside, right?
I an, Arachne was outside and she could probably drive most things off, but i-chan had a point. Say, the mont I pop out my head, a raging Roylopse stampedes over the manhole like an out of control truck, Id have my head turned to paste before I know it. Plus, I didnt think Arachne would be able to handle that large a beast if it does decide to charge.
I an, theres always the possibility of such an attack, but the chances of it really happening was incredibly low. Still, i-chan asked to go first with my safety in mind, so the least I could do was agree to her kindness.
And as I was watching her climb up, suddenly, a bolt of electricity passed through my head.
Wait, wait, wait. Isnt this where, I get to see her panties!?
She only had on that swaying, pleated skirt while she was making the climb. In addition, i-chan didnt wear spats, those accursed barriers that subverted panty shots. In other word, from underneath, the only piece of shielding that separated my eyes from her flesh would be a re pair of panties.
Id painstakingly held myself back from a lot of similar situations, situations that drove my self-control to its very edges, but this, this I could actualize by simply looking up. If this isnt what you call a once in a lifeti chance, I dont know what is.
No wait, think about this. This is definitely i-chans trap
The mont I lose to my libido, I look up, and then, i-chan and my eyes et, thus spelling the end of my dungeon survival.
She was testing , fully aware of the possibility that her panties were in plain view. This was my battlefield, my chance to prove that I was in fact a gentleman!
D-dammit I, I wont, but I, I
Kotarou-kun~, all clear up here, co on up~
Oh, ok. Fan-service ti was already up, ok.
In the ti I spent pathetically deliberating, i-chan had already climbed to the top, which wasnt that far up, and called down to .
Damn it all. I just wasted that big chance. No, I know, it was better this way, twas for the best.
Haaah, bad day today
In the end, we couldnt find a sewer tunnel that led to the other side of the lake.
This was just a bad day for .
First, the bridge was blocked by Sniper Sakurai. Then, my big plan about using the sewers as a safe route only led to dead ends. Finally, I even had to endure the sheer pain of resisting the act of looking at i-chans panties.
Nothing good at all was happening today.
After all that walking and climbing without any result, Id gotten pretty tired, and checking my watch, it was night ti already, so we ended up heading back to the Fairy Square. All my energy from the morning when I thought wed be finally leaving our first Fairy Square in this zone, and this is where we end up, returning after a day-trip.
Kotarou-kun, dinners ready~
Looks like its German fries for dinner today. She made it using bananatatoes and Roylopse bacon.
Apparently shed used so of the plants Id collected that worked well as spices but I wasnt able to get a good taste of it. I was constantly thinking how wed really have to fight Sakurai-kun at this rate.
Seriously, how the hell
How the hell am I supposed to bypass that Archer whos beco so incredibly over powered? I needed a way to get close to him, specifically, I needed a way to get i-chan close enough to him. Close enough to give her a fighting chance.
Her usual defensive equipnt, the Dark Tower Shield, was quite bulky and looked like it could withstand massive blows. But would it be enough to block a serious shot from Sakurai-kun? I didnt know, and I was worried. I had a feeling that if he used one of his archery Battle Arts, he might just pierce it through.
This led to believe that trying for a mad dash across the bridge holding only the shield overhead was a suicidal idea.
Then what if I add Rem to the mix No, even if theres two enemies running across, Sakurai-kun would know to target i-chan first. The guy had an insane level of intuition, and he was very likely to figure out that Rem wasnt that tough an opponent.
Then theres the problem of whether, even if Rem makes it there, can she, with her increased strength from the Goliath parts, even defeat this Archer? He might not have specialized Battle Arts for lee combat, but he might still be flexible enough to use a dagger or sword, and might still have decent enough skill in close combat to beat Rem. This tactic is unreliable.
Getting i-chan to face him is definitely the more practical choice.
But I didnt have a way to accomplish that safely.
Haah if only my clone had Pain Return
Pain Return was one of the Skills that only worked with my real body, and didnt transfer over at all to my 2Shade clone. Heck, if I could get that sort of cheat combo attack, I wouldve beco a master suicider.
No wait, he wont actually know its the clone, will he?
I already told him about my Pain Return.
aning, that he definitely wont headshot imdiately. Hed probably try grazing an arrow past my skin to see if the damage does get reflected.
Yeah, wont work. The mont he does that, hell kill the clone in the second shot.
Hell see that Pain Return wasnt happening when he hurt sothing that looks just like , so inevitably, hell think that I was just bluffing about this countering skill and will rcilessly shoot to kill from there on after.
As a result, the most I could do with the clone was have it die in combat in the middle of the bridge, still far from Sakurai-kuns location.
Oh, I know. I dont actually have to make the clone go by itself.
There was finally a plan unravelling in my mind.
Thats it, Ill just have i-chan carry clone as her shield!
I yelled in a stroke of genius and stood up from the bath Cauldron in that state of excitent.
Kotarou-kun~, you called ~?
I-I didnt! I didnt call you so relax!
I was sure that if I didnt stop her right away, i-chan would easily sweep aside the thin blackhair curtain and invade my bathing area.
Like, holy crap, if I was another 2 seconds late, wed definitely be in a ridiculously awkward situation right now. I an, sure I had a hidden desire to sohow accidentally end up peeking on i-chan taking a bath, but then again, I wasnt exactly enthused about revealing my own birthday suit to her. Im just saying that my you-know-what isnt exactly a size I can boast about. But that doesnt an its especially short or small or anything. Its normal sized. Yup, completely normal.
Alright, Ill try it out as soon as Im done with the bath.
I ended my soak in a little less than 5 minutes, after which I called i-chan, for real this ti.
Im thinking of doing a little experint so help out.
Experint?
Yeah, I want to see if you can tell apart from my clone.
Id of course already told i-chan about my newly acquired Curses, including 2Shade, but I had yet to show her this one in action. This will be the first ti shes seeing my clone Curse.
So can you turn around for a bit?
Sure.
Alright, lets do this nice and proper.
Expand, Reflect, and so Walk. It is All yet is One, for Reality is None 2Shade.
I used the full canto for maximum effect. Fuzzy black smoke began rising up from the shadow extending from my feet, and in the blink of an eye, the darkness moulded into human form and took a shape completely identical to .
The clones Id used before, when fighting Reina, were all wearing the school gakuran, but since this Curse copies whatever Im wearing currently, this ti, it was more casual, with an open tracksuit and t-shirt inside.
Ok, done. You can turn back this way.
What the!? There really are two Kotarou-kuns!?
i-chan was super surprised. Id had this reaction from others too so I knew that and my clone were one in the sa as far as outside appearance goes. You could look at it from any side or angle you want, but thered be absolutely no difference. There was no player 2 color sche and neither was the clone slightly transparent. No difference at all.
As you can see, theres no difference on the outside, but Im trying to test if people with good instincts can tell sohow.
Basically, since you have really good Berserker instincts, I want you to see if you can tell which one the real is. Sakurai-kun seems to have good instinctive judgent too so I want to make sure I can use this against him.
I had the clone talk first, and I continued after. One thing to note here is that the voice didnt change at all between the two of us. So pretty much like no changes in the VA.
Oh, huh, I see? Lets see, mmm, nope, I cant tell at all, i-chan sulked.
Really? You cant tell? I asked.
Im the real Kotarou, cant you tell!? I forced.
Hes lying, Im the real one, its , i-chan! I pleaded.
Eh, EH!? I, wait, what, umm, I dont know~ i-chan began deliberating nervously.
I thought Id ss around a bit, and started doing the old cliche where a shape-shifting monster starts causing confusion among friends and allies. i-chan was looking to back and forth to the two of us with an increasingly frustrated expression.
So you really cant tell?
Yeah, I honestly really cant tell. But I have a feeling its you!
And without any warning to or hesitation on her part, i-chan picked out the real body, in other words, my body, and swooped up in a tight hug.
What the, hey
Her chest was touching my face. No, it was more correct to describe my face as completely muffled. H-holy moly. What is this soft and warm, whats with this great sll. What in the what is I dont even.
Did I get it right?
S-sure did.
Hurray~
She cheered and squeezed even tighter. Yeah, I can die, like this, in boobies
Phew I sighed to calm myself after being released, So how did you get it anyway?
I wonder, intuition maybe? I just kind of got this this has to be Kotarou-kuns real body kind of feeling.
Oh.
Oh shit. If her intuition is this hardcore, theres a big chance Sakurai-kun might be able to do it too. Once he figures out that my shield clone is in fact a clone, the whole plan will go up in smoke.
Ok, can I try again?
Sure, I dont mind.
I needed to see what sort of success rate this intuition of hers was capable of. If it turns out that she gets it right 50% of the ti, I can still mark it down as dumb luck
I got it, youre the real Kotarou-kun!
And so I kept getting smothered in boobies.
i-chan, what compels you to hug so?
Having had my face drowned in those enormous jugs 10 tis in a row, my brain had already turned to mush and I lost the ntal faculties to even question her actions anymore. Yeah, this is fine
HA!? I ca to my senses with a start.
Kotarou-kun, you seed really out of it, whats wrong?
I an, Id have to be legitimately homosexual if I didnt feel anything from that sheer amount of boobs-to-the-face goodness.
But now was not the ti to lose myself to pleasure. Dammit, my head still wasnt working straight. It was still filled to the brim with i-chans boobs.
Well, uh, anyway, so i-chan, you kinda just had 100% accuracy there. Was it really that easy to tell?
Well, she said, thinking on her words, I can sohow just tell yknow? But I dont think others could do it as well as .
So you an, its because weve known each other for a this long? Maybe you can sense a vague difference in presence or sothing.
Yeah, I bet its just that. Im pretty sure I can say that I know you best.
That sweet yet deadly experint done with, what I learned was that there wasnt a big chance that Sakurai-kun would see through the clone decoy. But then again, it wasnt perfect and I didnt want to put all my eggs in one basket.
I wanted to get one more counter-asure in place, if at all possible. So what is it that Im missing?
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