Chapter 40 Exclusive Chosen Bulletin Board JPN [No.1000 – Ku

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n-21: Anonymous from Earth

nIsn’t Hikaru-kyun shutting himself in at every single thing? Is he gonna be okay?

n-22: Anonymous from Earth

nIt seems his little sisters have also sent messages to him in worry, but the person himself isn’t opening them, so…

n-23: Anonymous from Earth

nEven though he can now fight monsters, he is still your regular high schooler mentally after all…

n-24: Anonymous from Earth

nRather than calling the Dark Spirit Abilities strong, it is more like Darkness Fog is way too strong.

nBy the time I think the monster has disappeared inside the darkness, Hikaru is already coming out from it with stone in hand.

n-25: Anonymous from Earth

nIt is so cool.

nIt is close to being on an artistic level.

n-26: Anonymous from Earth

nHe is still keeping a pretty good margin of safety after all.

nMaybe because he is an older brother? He is super steady…

n-27: Anonymous from Earth

nAre you all watching in real time?

n-28: Anonymous from Earth

nEvery now and then when there’s developments, Celica and Karen would do real time watchalongs.

nAt least try to properly follow the Twin

/Sis official channel.

nThe highlight videos are super well made and interesting, but real time has that spice of excitement that you don’t know what might jump out.

n-29: Anonymous from Earth

nThanks.

nI will subscribe to them.

n-30: Anonymous from Earth

nI don’t know if I am a fan of Hikaru, a fan of Celica, or a fan of Karen anymore.

nI might be a fan of those siblings.

n-31: Anonymous from Earth

nI am a fan of Karen.

n-32: Anonymous from Earth

nThe popularity of Karen seems to be higher on the internet.

nCelica is also hella cute though.

nBut, how to say it, it is like her radiance is too much for the common people.

nShe has an aura that a normal idol wouldn’t even be able to stand up to at all if she were to show up on TV.

nIt is rare to see this much of a difference despite them being twins and having the same face.

n-33: Anonymous from Earth

nThey have already become idols a long time ago.

nWe are talking about the number one most viewed channel, you know?

n-34: Anonymous from Earth

nIt is way too much of a shame that there’s not that many microtransaction elements.

nTwin

/Sis have far more money than any of us after all…

n-35: Anonymous from Earth

nCelica has nice eyes.

nShe has strong and kind eyes as if she could see through everything in this world.

n-36: Anonymous from Earth

nWho in the world are you…?

n-37: Anonymous from Earth

nDon’t sanctify them too much, okay?

nThey are still 12 years old, you know.

nEven at the bathing part with Hikaru, they even said: “We were taking baths together till right before he was transported, you know?”!

n-38: Anonymous from Earth

nWere they serious there?

nThey must have been…

nWell, they were elementary school students just one year ago, so it should be…normal…I think???

n-39: Anonymous from Earth

nI am jealou—how immoral.

nBut at the same time, I also feel like it is barely on the safe margin since they are 12 years old.

n-40: Anonymous from Earth

nWe don’t know why the twins were taking baths with their brother though.

nIn order to reduce bathing times? To have him wash their hair?

n-41: Anonymous from Earth

nDid all 3 go in together? The house of Hikaru is a normal one, right? 3 people would be cramped…

n-42: Anonymous from Earth

nIt might be the strategy to stay real glued.

n-43: Anonymous from Earth

nWell, they might just be saying that for fanservice.

n-44: Anonymous from Earth

nTalk about the little sisters is fine and all, but how about we talk about Alexander Fox-kun?

n-45: Anonymous from Earth

nThe chance meeting with Alex, huh.

nIt lacked spice.

n-46: Anonymous from Earth

nRather than saying it lacked spice, it was more like he instantly ran off…

n-47: Anonymous from Earth

nI laughed at the work of the steam. Godlike!

n-48: Anonymous from Earth

nThe camerawork was like that of hot spring programs.

nWell, they must be keeping it family friendly in those areas.

n-49: Anonymous from Earth

nThe public bathhouse looked pretty nice. That city also seemed to have tasty food. Ain’t that real nice?

nIt even has a dungeon.

n-50: Anonymous from Earth

nIf Hikaru had spoken properly with Alex there, he could have learned about the guild and stuff like that.

n-51: Anonymous from Earth

nHe is selling all his stuff in the black market after all… That place only buys it at around half the regular price, right?

n-52: Anonymous from Earth

nWell, he does buy everything, no questions asked, so it can’t be helped.

n-53: Anonymous from Earth

nDoes Alex not have information about Hikaru?

nHe was talking totally normally there.

n-54: Anonymous from Earth

nMessages need you to have strong emotions in order to reach, so only the people that have feelings like ‘I must tell Alex about Hikaru being a criminal!’ will be reaching him.

nWhen checking the messages sent site, from the messages sent to Alex, only 82 are about Hikaru.

nBy the way, the total messages that have reached Alex are 1,860.

nFrom the 82 messages related to Hikaru, 71 are about protecting Hikaru.

nMost of them are from Celica and Karen though.

nIn other words, only 11 messages from the Antis of Hikaru have reached him.

n-55: Anonymous from Earth

nSo this is the representation of how strongly they wish to protect Hikaru, huh…

nIt makes me tear up…

n-56: Anonymous from Earth

n>>54

nTy.

nCelica and Karen must be sending a whole ton of messages here and there.

n-57: Anonymous from Earth

nRight now the only clear way to cheer for them from Earth is the message system after all.

n-58: Anonymous from Earth

nThe viewer count is also a way though.

nHikaru seems to want to reduce it though, so he is an exception.

n-59: Anonymous from Earth

nAlex somewhat knew about Hikaru through the messages, but doesn’t think of him as a criminal.

nIs that the current state of things?

n-60: Anonymous from Earth

nIt seems gibberish is also being sent in those messages, so the popular Chosen normally just skim through the messages that are not from their friends and family.

n-61: Anonymous from Earth

nJeanne-chan does seem like she reads them as if it were quite a pain in the ass.

n-62: Anonymous from Earth

nThen, that means Alex isn’t an enemy…

nHikaruuu! Alex is an allyyyy!!

n-63: Anonymous from Earth

nI want this voice to reach.

n-64: Anonymous from Earth

nBy the way, we don’t know if Rifreya-sama is an ally or not.

n-65: Anonymous from Earth

nThe one Rifreya-sama is waiting for must be Hikaru, right?

n-66: Anonymous from Earth

nProbably. But no assurance of it.

n-67: Anonymous from Earth

nI thought she was a loaded girl, but seeing her waiting all the time alone, maybe she isn’t that rich of a person?

n-68: Anonymous from Earth

nShe did seem to have servant-like people, so I think she is a noble of some sort though.

n-69: Anonymous from Earth

nShe might be the daughter of a merchant. Who knows.

n-70: Anonymous from Earth

nShe said she was a Templar Apprentice.

nYou need to have a certain degree of standing or you can’t even take the test to become a Templar.

nAnd for people who don’t have a certain degree of standing, they need to reach a certain rank as an explorer in order to take that test.

nThat’s why, maybe she isn’t that high in the social stratum?

nShe wouldn’t be diving a dungeon if she had a high standing, right?

n-71: Anonymous from Earth

nShe might be a prodigal noble lady that drags her servants to play in the dungeon…

n-72: Anonymous from Earth

nThat she is calling herself a Templar Apprentice is proof that she isn’t someone that’s seeking the right by being an explorer.

n-73: Anonymous from Earth

nSo she really is prodigal.

n-74: Anonymous from Earth

nYou are forgetting the simple possibility that she is doing this to earn money.

n-75: Anonymous from Earth

n“If you don’t want me to tell anyone…”, Rifreya-sama says to Hikaru as she makes a circle with her fingers.

n-76: Anonymous from Earth

nBefore that, she would tell him to sell all his belongings…

n-77: Anonymous from Earth

nRifreya-sama even rejected the handsome and pure Alex-kun. Maybe she is the honorable type, or…

n-78: Anonymous from Earth

nWould she wait every day just because she is honorable?

nShe was there even after Alex’s party had finished bathing and went to the dungeon, so she has at the very least been waiting the whole day for 2 days straight.

n-79: Anonymous from Earth

nI honestly want to see the interactions of Rifreya-sama and Hikaru.

n-80: Anonymous from Earth

nThe little sisters…or more like Celica, seem to be completely sure that she won’t be giving him the light of the day…

n-81: Anonymous from Earth

nThey are blinded by love here, so it is a biased opinion.

n-82: Anonymous from Earth

nMore importantly, Hikaru has finally begun clearing the dungeon, so let’s be happy about that. Dark Spirit Magic is super strong, but I can’t tell at all what’s happening inside the darkness.

n-83: Anonymous from Earth

nI’ve sent a ticket to management.

nIf they don’t make any improvements to this, we can only see the way too tasty and chuuni process of the monster getting swallowed by darkness and Hikaru alone coming out of this after a bit.

n-84: Anonymous from Earth

nIf it is tasty, ain’t it fine?

n-85: Anonymous from Earth

nYou also want to see the moments he fights, right?!

n-86: Anonymous from Earth

nOverseas, it has gotten the alias of Shun-Goku-Satsu, Hikaru = Akuma.

n-87: Anonymous from Earth

nIt is connected with darkness, so shouldn’t it be Darkness Illusion?

n-88: Anonymous from Earth

nDarkness Fog is way too strong after all… Or more like, Hikaru being able to use Spirit Abilities in succession is way too wicked.

n-89: Anonymous from Earth

nThe Affection of Spirits, right?

nIt apparently required 30 Points, so the gamble aspect was way too high.

n-90: Anonymous from Earth

nBut a number of Chosen have already been eaten by Great Spirits and died, you know.

n-91: Anonymous from Earth

nIf you want to make a contract for a Spirit Ability, you get eaten. It is the biggest landmine of the century…

nIt is great that Hikaru got the Spirit Ability with Points.

nI don’t know if to call it lucky though.

n-92: Anonymous from Earth

nThey are called ‘Loved Ones’ by the natives, right?

nThat Skill apparently shows up rarely in natives too.

n-93: Anonymous from Earth

nThe people who have a constitution that make them loved by Spirits are called Loved Ones; the ones with a constitution that’s hated by Spirits are called Hated Ones.

n-94: Anonymous from Earth

nSo literal.

n-95: Anonymous from Earth

nWould the midwife tell the people ‘this child is a Hated One’ when the baby is born?

n-96: Anonymous from Earth

nI would really hate that.

n-97: Anonymous from Earth

nThe predation of Great Spirits was way too shocking.

nIt was gory, as if watching a video of a person dying in an electric chair.

n-98: Anonymous from Earth

nThere’s a number of Chosen who have been captured by the church as guests after all -those Loved Ones. Basically confined.

n-99: Anonymous from Earth

nWhy does the church imprison Loved Ones?

nHas there been a proper explanation about this somewhere?

n-100: Anonymous from Earth

nThe Loved Ones are apparently Apostles loved by the Gods, or something like that…

n-101: Anonymous from Earth

nMaybe they are protecting them so they don’t get eaten by Great Spirits?

n-102: Anonymous from Earth

nI don’t know, but they have almost no freedom and it is pitiful, you know?

n-103: Anonymous from Earth

nThere’s theories saying only a few Loved Ones have freedom.

n-104: Anonymous from Earth

nWhy can Hikaru use Spirit Abilities consecutively? The natives seriously can only use them a few times a day.

nIt is such a difference, it makes me wonder if they are playing a different game.

n-105: Anonymous from Earth

nAs we have said already, it is because of the effect of Affection of Spirits…probably.

n-106: Anonymous from Earth

nSince the encounter with the Great Dark Spirit where he was about to be predated, it has been settled that Hikaru is a Loved One.

nIf it were the other Spirit Ability talents, you wouldn’t be eaten.

n-107: Anonymous from Earth

nHe can easily use 10 times the Spirit Abilities than the average after all.

n-108: Anonymous from Earth

nMoreover, it is a proficiency system, so the gap keeps widening.

nRight now he is the only Chosen who has been enlightened with the 8th Spirit Ability after all.

n-109: Anonymous from Earth

nThere’s so much to digest here, I feel like I am gonna forget a lot of it, but it has just begun. There should be more to come.

n-110: Anonymous from Earth

nThis has been the densest month I have had in my life.

nI was right in quitting my job.

n-111: Anonymous from Earth

nHow are you even managing…?

n-112: Anonymous from Earth

nI will win at Total Stakes…

n-113: Anonymous from Earth

nNow that I think about it, has someone bet on Hikaru on the Total Stakes?

n-114: Anonymous from Earth

nI have bet on ‘Who is the next Chosen who will have sex?’…on Alex.

n-115: Anonymous from Earth

nThe nickname of Alex lately has been Skirt Chasing Bastard.

nHe was rejected by Rifreya-sama though.

n-116: Anonymous from Earth

nYou didn’t bet on Hikaru?!

n-117: Anonymous from Earth

nIf there were a ‘Who will be the one to stay a virgin till the end?’ then yeah, I might have voted for Hikaru.

n-118: Anonymous from Earth

nSo horrible.

n-119: Anonymous from Earth

nWas Hikaru-kyun reflecting by himself after the bath?

n-120: Anonymous from Earth

nMost likely.

nThis is just me talking from experience, but you definitely wouldn’t want to be seen when reflecting on your own.

n-121: Anonymous from Earth

nHikaru was super flustered in the bathhouse after all.

n-122: Anonymous from Earth

nEven though he can shoot that many Spirit Abilities, his mental strength is really that of a teenager.

n-123: Anonymous from Earth

nMust be because his physical strength is trash. He should get some confidence once he gets some muscles.

n-124: Anonymous from Earth

nHikaru has quite a lot of points, so he should be using them sometime.

nDon’t know what he will be using them on though.

nThinking about it normally, he should be putting them in increasing his physical strength.

n-125: Anonymous from Earth

nThere’s also the option of going full in on a Spirit Ability build.

n-126: Anonymous from Earth

nEven if that’s the case, you would still need a bare minimum of physical strength.

n-127: Anonymous from Earth

nIf he defeats monsters at this rhythm, won’t he be leveling up? Monstrosification, was it?

n-128: Anonymous from Earth

nEven if he becomes a monstrosity, with his base stats being like that, he wouldn’t be that big of a deal, right?

n-129: Anonymous from Earth

nWhichever the case, there’s the need for some foundation.

n-130: Anonymous from Earth

nAlso a weapon.

nThe treasure he got the other day was nice.

n-131: Anonymous from Earth

nI saved a screenshot of Hikaru-kyun’s face at that time.

n-132: Anonymous from Earth

nKaren was saying the same thing. She even uploaded the image to Twwiter.

n-133: Anonymous from Earth

nIt is rare for him to leak a smile after all.

n-134: Anonymous from Earth

nI am not talking about the damn smile of Hikaru! I meant the gauntlet!

n-135: Anonymous from Earth

nI know it is nice and all, but…it is pretty plain, honestly speaking.

n-136: Anonymous from Earth

nIt really is all about a weapon, a weapon.

nI want him to graduate from that cheap dagger!

n-137: Anonymous from Earth

nWon’t it be difficult for Hikaru who is completely dry from just maintaining his livelihood?

n-138: Anonymous from Earth

nIsn’t it because he is monopolizing an inn room…?

nHe should learn of the communication power of Alex who is sharing a room with his party members.

n-139: Anonymous from Earth

nPointing that out is so cruel.

n-140: Anonymous from Earth

nWell, he is 15 years old after all.

n-141: Anonymous from Earth

nAlex is the same age though…

n-142: Anonymous from Earth

nJeanne-chan too…

n-143: Anonymous from Earth

nStop using those for comparisons.

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