At night, it was about time for us to head to our rooms .
After soaking myself in a nice hot bath, I was on my way to my room when I saw Nihonium sitting inside the salon all by herself .
She was looking out from the window .
Her back was showing a rather sorrowful expression .
“What’s wrong?” (Ryouta)
I called out to her whilst entering the salon .
“Ryoutsan……” (Nihonium)
“You looked zoned out, what happened?” (Ryouta)
“… . . I was thinking about the case with Tennessine . ” (Nihonium)
She answered me after breathing in once .
“Tennessine?” (Ryouta)
“I’ve heard that there is an influx of people coming into his dungeon, and he’s happy about that . ” (Nihonium)
“Such a tsundere he is . Even today, he said something along the lines of: “It’s not a thank you gift or anything” and hands me a year worth of foie gras . Though I don’t know how he calculated a years worth . ” (Ryouta)
The only thing that won’t bother me if you give me a years worth is some kagami mochi, but since we’ve got so much foie gras, even Emily didn’t know what to do with all of them .
“But still, he looks happy . ” (Nihonium)
“……It’s thanks to you though . ” (Ryouta)
“Eh?” (Nihonium)
“Because of what you’ve contributed . I might’ve not been able to do what Tennessine wanted . ” (Ryouta)
“…… . ” (Nihonium)
“Though Margaret Tennessine has taken shape, but I find Nihonium Tennessine would’ve been better . ” (Ryouta)
Though that would be a recitation of the periodic table, but I swallowed those words deep into my throat .
“Can you do that for me as well?” (Nihonium)
“That’s the plan from the start . Unless Aurum tells me that she wants to stop right now . ” (Ryouta)
“……It’s impossible . ” (Nihonium)
Nihonium smiled, but it felt lonely .
A rather sad smile .
“Why though?” (Ryouta)
“I thought a lot while I was stopping Tennessine’s monsters . ” (Nihonium)
“……” (Ryouta)
“My purpose is to make others suffer . No, I want them to suffer, and that fact will never change . ” (Nihonium)
The more she speaks, the more she descended into depression .
It might be her true intention, but she hates herself for thinking that way .
“…… . If that’s the case, what happens if you try to make me suffer?” (Ryouta)
“Eh?” (Nihonium)
“Do you want to do it? Since you can change your dungeon to a certain extent . You can make it so if I enter right from the first floor, you’ll make me suffer . ” (Ryouta)
“Will you not tell me stop?” (Nihonium)
“For the time being, just inflict it onto me . ” (Ryouta)
I stared straight at Nihonium with resolve .
Immediately after, I changed into a playful expression .
“There’s also another example you can take . Like say if I actually enter the dungeon and you go full on tsundere service on me . ” (Ryouta)
“I will never do those things . ” (Nihonium)
“That’s a shame . Even so . ” (Ryouta)
“Even?” (Nihonium)
“The first will be towards me . ” (Ryouta)
“It must be you?” (Nihonium)
“If you need to torment someone, then it won’t be a problem if it’s just me . ” (Ryouta)
“…… . . ” (Nihonium)
I shrugged my shoulders and said in a playful manner .
Nihonium has been staring at me for awhile .
“Don’t blame me for what’s going to happen . ” (Nihonium)
Was what she said finally .
Oh and by the way, when I said: “If you need to torment someone, then let it be me”, Emily who heard while passing by was angry and scolded me the entire night .
The next morning, the first floor of Nihonium .
After sending Nihonium back to the dungeon, I went out of the mansion and went inside the dungeon normally .
“Hmm . ” (Ryouta)
The air was different .
It’s not the air I am familiar with .
What’s more, my body felt heavy .
When I try opening and closing my hands, it felt stiff .
I tried searching for that unnatural feeling that I’m feeling .
When I punched, it felt slow .
From the outside, it looks like I was doing shadow boxing .
When I took out my 2 revolver——-
“……They’re not here . ” (Ryouta)
My revolvers have been a part of me ever since, and it felt strange that it wasn’t with me .
No, it wasn’t just the revolvers .
My bullets were gone .
Nor my equipment, including the Absolute Stones .
Zero stuff on my waist .
There’s nothing on me whatsoever .
“……What if . ” (Ryouta)
A thought went in my mind .
Since I had just entered, I thought of exiting the dungeon .
The discomfort in my body disappeared .
Whoof! I punched so fast I couldn’t see it .
All my equipment returned .
“A dungeon that initializes abilities and items… . . ” (Ryouta)
It’s so familiar .
As Nihonium has declared: “I don’t care what happens” .
“It’s worthwhile . ” (Ryouta)
I stepped into the dungeon once more .