As Long as You Have the [Shop] Skill, the Dungeonized World Is a Breeze ~The Bullied Youth’s Payback Lifestyle~ - Chapter 178 – Dangerous Group

“Then I will be returning this bank book to you.”

I handed back the bank book that I had borrowed a moment ago from the man in front of me.

At the moment, I was working at Torimoto Kentaro for the first time in a long time. The reason for that was because Earth had been becoming progressively affected by regions from the other world, and many people were either injured or sick.

The sick people were the people of Earth who had developed illnesses unique to the other world. They were unable to adapt quickly to circumstances and had no way of curing them.

However, my medicine could cure any disease instantly, so I was very busy.

Of course, my main clientele were the wealthy, and I was careful to select those who were not too radical in their thinking.

After all, there would be people who would try to blackmail me to try and get me to hand over my treatment method or extort the medicines from me. However, I quickly turned the tables on those people.

After I returned the bankbook, the fully recovered patient thanked me and left.

I began to walk leisurely through the newly developed upscale residential area.

“Hmm, that makes five cases in a row. Yesterday there were five too, and the day before that, there were six. I’m making good money, but it’s still pretty tough.” (Torimoto)

Physically, it was no problem. Even if I felt exhausted, there were items that could top me up again. Mentally, the fatigue was coming from having to continuously stay in character as Torimoto Kentaro.

I was used to pretending to be someone else, but doing it for a long time really wore away at my mental capacity.

Is it about time to take a break? Or would it be better to take this time to earn more money?

If some otherworlder with a recovery skill that was like Torimoto’s showed up, the monopoly market I had would collapse.

From that perspective, it might be better for me to earn as much money as possible while I still could. But I had already earned quite a bit, so I still felt the desire to relax for a bit.

“Milord, I would also advise you to get some rest,” Shiki said to me, concerned for my well-being. “Besides, if it comes down to it, the work can always be done by a [Copy Doll].”

He was right. The [Copy Doll] was a great help because it mimicked me. But if it took any damage, it would turn back into a puppet. Even so, if I had to make an important decision on the spot, I still wanted the resulting decision to have been made after considering it myself.

So if there was no danger, I wanted to do as much as I could myself.

“How does a rare trip to the hot springs sound?” (Shiki)

“…The hot springs, huh…? That sounds nice.” (Torimoto)

In fact, I was thinking of building a hot spring on Joysprout Island soon. It wasn’t possible to dig up a hot spring, but there were items that, if used, could instantly create hot springs.

The monsters could take care of the management and upkeep, and we could even build a hot spring district if we wanted to.

“Then let’s go back to the isl—” (Torimoto)

Suddenly, I stopped, and my expression stiffened.

“…Milord.” (Shiki)

“Yeah, I know. We appear to be surrounded.” (Torimoto)

Perhaps because I had spent a lot of time clearing dungeons and facing deadly, hostile monsters each time, I had developed the ability to detect presences and hostile intent.

Although I wasn’t nearly as good as Shiki and Kaza, my honed perception allowed me to notice that there were people around me.

“…If you have business with me, you should at least show your face.” (Torimoto)

Shortly after, a group of people came trailing out from behind the shadow of a building.

…These people, huh?

I was surprised to see the faces of the people who had showed up, although I didn’t let it show on my face.

The group consisted of a bunch of women clad in white overcoats. They had a variety of weapons in their hands, and some of them were even pointing guns in my direction.

My goodness. The world has really become a dangerous place, hasn’t it? If they try to kill me, I guess they’ll be in for a slaughter then.

I had the [Respawn Tag], so even if I died once, I could come back to life at the location inscribed on the tag. But it was pretty expensive, and since getting killed would piss me off, I vowed to get revenge on these guys if they killed me.

“““All men are enemies. Men are beasts. Men are scum.”””

Yikes, scary…

They were all wearing noh masks, which only made it even more terrifying.

(TL: Noh mask. Probably best not to click on this link in the dark with your face right next to your phone screen, haha. Noh is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama from the 14th century, and the masks originate from that art form.)

All of them had a blazing vengeance in their eyes, as if they bore a grudge against me.

“““Eliminate. Exterminate. Destroy.”””

They were saying one scary thing after another.

“““Sterilize. Sterilize. Sterilize. Sterilize. Sterilize.”””

What, are men viruses or something…?

I had no idea who these people were. It was one of those communities that had recently emerged, and it was made up entirely of women.

If that was all there was to it, it wouldn’t be anything to worry about. But they were a militant group, and they claimed to be misandrist. In fact, I had already witnessed them eliminating men in the past.

They would surround a man like they were doing now, jump him all at once, and murder him. Even if the target was physically superior, the man wouldn’t be able to do anything against such a large number of people.

Each of their groups always operated with a fixed number of people, so the man that they targeted had no way of fighting back and could only attempt to flee.

Moreover, they had recently been increasing their numbers, and they were apparently recruiting comrades all over Japan.

Almost all of their members harbored grudges against men and wished to erase them from the world, labeling them as dirty, defiling existences.

It had crossed my mind that I might become one of their targets in the near future, but it seemed that time had finally come.

“Milord, what shall we do?” (Shiki)

“We’ve already looked into them. They won’t listen and will attack without question. Can I count on you to take out the people with guns?” (Torimoto)

“Understood. Kaza-dono is already on the move, so please give me the cue at any time.” (Shiki)

Kaza was always watching over me from a little distance away. The fact that he was moving meant that there might be a sniper or something nearby. Kaza would surely take them out.

With the two of them by my side, it would be possible to kill them instantly no matter how many there were, as long as they weren’t equipped with incredibly powerful weapons.

“Okay Shiki, get the gun users n—” (Torimoto)

Right as I was about to give the command… the people in front of me started to back away.

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