When I want to plan a gold strategy in the other world, the quickest way to do it is to sell the precious metals I own.
　If there's an adventurer's guild in the other world, it's easy to sell the demon materials, so I don't have to worry about it.
　But this time, when the guards asked for directions, they were told "Adventurer's Guild?　I was told "What is that?".
　Apparently it was a different world where the profession of adventurer didn't exist. Or is it just not in this region? To me, both are the same thing.

　I changed my mind and brought the diamond in the item box to the trading floor.

I'm sorry, but we can't handle anything without a certificate.

　A fine old man with a fine kaisel beard earnestly assessed the jewels I had taken out, and then spouted a supremely plausible line.

'No! Do something about it!　Someone who desperately needs money right now!

　I tried to worship it down in front of me, but the old man's reply remained the same.

''This gem certainly seems to be a priceless object, but we can't handle something that might be stolen, can we?
Ggghhhhh...

　It's frustrating, but the old man's opinion is probably right on this one.
　There is no way you can buy something whose source is unknown from a horse bone that has no introduction or contacts.

　If this is an adventurer's guild's buying place, we can skip a lot of things.
　The adventurer's guild's buyout centers are lax in their review of purchases for some arbitrary reason, such as the fact that there is a big penalty for handling stolen goods, or that adventurers are in the business of trust and that a super-strong tracker will be in charge of finding out about the violation.
　It's useful for a quick money-making strategy when it comes to gold-related pledges, so that's about as far as I'll go with the wild tweaks.

　Now, if they won't buy me out, there's no way around it.
　Do you want to use a hypnotic cheat as usual to force them to buy it?
　Or do you prepare a fake certificate of authenticity using illusionary magic?
　But, though, Ossan is just trying to get a fair deal. There is no way to sell the diamond without damaging this man's career.

'It looks like there's a reason for it, but you shouldn't offer these things elsewhere too much. It's a good idea not to sell this kind of thing anywhere else, because depending on the place, it may attract bad things.
'Oh, yes. I'll be careful.

　Oh, yeah. It's not good.
　I can't involve someone who's going to give me some friendly advice on how to get me through the scum rush.
　Let's find some perverted villainous aristocrat who's a cross-species slave collector and get some money out of him, let's do that.

''........By the way, what's your name?''

　When I was about to leave my seat, an old man stopped me.

I'm Ryouji Sakahagi, an otherworldly tripper, just passing by.
'Your eyes seem to be very forward looking. Please do your best.

　He didn't move a single eyebrow at my name and sent me off with a smile.
　If you say that much, you can't steal or kill, can you?

''Alright, let's just work one thing seriously here!

　With that resolve in mind as soon as I left the store, I took a big step out of the trading floor.



　And then.

'Ahahahahaha!　Oh no, I'm sorry!　It's my lucky night!

　I was in an underground casino, laughing stupidly at the pale dealer, sneering at him with the same look of disdain as I look down on the gods.

　The table was littered with cards that looked a lot like playing cards, but when I misbehaved and put my foot on the floor, even the chips on the tabletop popped and scattered.
　No one blamed me for this act. The dealer's last bet was a final game, and I had won everything.

I knew it. It's nice to have a bit of down-to-earth, down-to-earth work that doesn't bother anyone, once in a while. Don't you think?

　The dealer shook his head with a quivering lip as he glittered a jeweled ring on every finger in this and that, and then, as he dipped his wine glass in one hand, the dealer shook his head.

'This is ridiculous.... Why. No. How!'
'Hmm?　How did you do that?　What on earth are we talking about?

　Yes, I have no idea what you're talking about.
　I have no idea why the cheating card the dealer had up his sleeve is transferring into my hand!

Now, I'm going to need the diamond that I used as collateral. Ankato-san.

　I'd have to hustle through a few more underground casinos to pay off my pledge's astronomical debt.
　Serious workers can't afford to waste time, chimey.

'Wait!　You don't think you can just go home!　Hey, I'm gonna take this guy down--Babe?
Hey, you--gah!
What?

　With a light psychokinesis, the dealer is blown straight away by a light psychokinesis, and he crushes the two huge men who are trying to hold me down from both sides with his back fist, crushing their faces in a bansai-like stance.

It's not a good idea. This is the cost of the treatment.

　As I left, I flicked a gold coin toward the ceiling with my thumb, and it slipped into the chest pocket of the dealer, who was slumped against the wall.
　I left the casino without a care in the world, with the staff and customers buzzing around me.



　The sun was rising all night long.
　Since the underground casinos in other cities don't open until night, I had no choice but to sit in a hidden bar and enjoy a cheap drink that would make me sick.

"Well, well, well, well.
'What?　You're....

　Sitting next to me at the counter was the old man with the kaisel beard who appraised the diamond.

'I'm surprised. I didn't expect you to raid all the back casinos in this city.
How did you know that?

　When I asked him back in a slightly alarmed tone of voice, the old man with the kaisel beard smiled at me.

I'm not a fan of that. By the way, that's on the house.

　Along with my business card, a glass of liquor, which is several orders of magnitude more expensive than the one I'm drinking, slides in front of me.

'Otherworldly information consulting services?　What is this?

　Mr. Kaiselbeard nodded hawkishly as he squinted at the strange title listed on the paper.

''To put it quickly, I make it my business to provide a variety of information to those who travel to other worlds.
I thought you were from this world.

　When I activated my appraisal eye, I saw that his magic wave motion was indeed different from that of the inhabitants of this world.
　Although he doesn't seem to be from Earth, there seems to be no doubt that this Mr. Kaiselbeard is an otherworldly tripper just like me.
　The name on his business card seems to be a fake name, but there are some cheat abilities that allow you to kill a target with a name, so it's only natural for anyone with knowledge to be cautious.

　I'm not sure if there is any hostility towards me as far as I can see.

So, what do you want from me?
It's a side business. Mr. Sakahagi-dono seems to be looking for currency in this world, so I've come up with some information that may be just right.

　I think for a moment as I stirred up my drink for a drink.
　It sounds fishy, but ... considering the time I'd spend gathering information, I might as well get in on the conversation.

'What's the price of the information?'
'Well how about that diamond from the other day?

　Mr. Kaiselbeard's eyes lit up.
　It would be well worth it for Mr. Kaiselbeard, who would have a route to handle it at a high price.
　On the contrary, I can say it's a cheap buy for me.

　I silently rolled the diamond - of course, I wouldn't let someone with a magic wave that seems to have some kind of appraisal-type cheat ability hold a fake one - onto the counter, and Mr. Kaiselbeard, who saw it as a deal done, nodded his head hawkishly.

''Then here you go.

　Mr. Kaiselbeard took out a document from his bag and handed it to me.

''Hmm........a dark gladiatorial match, huh? Doesn't that sound interesting?

　Dark Gladiatorial Matches.
　Simply put, the players kill each other and the customers bet on who will win.
　The black market is, of course, an illegal rate.

''With the money I made this time, I have enough money. And what would happen if you went into the match as a gladiator and bet on yourself?

　Well, that's a good idea.
　Since he said so, it must be possible for a gladiator to bet money on him.
　Furthermore, Mr. Kaiselbeard lifted the corners of his mouth in a meaningful manner.

''We already know what you're capable of after that one incident in the casino. Of course I'm willing to bet on you," he said. That's your real reward, isn't it?

　Wow, that's what I'm talking about.

Shit. You're such a total dupe.
What are you talking about?　I'm a hard worker everywhere.

　We smiled wickedly at each other after Mr. Kaiselbeard's line.



　The dark gladiatorial match that Mr. Kaiselbeard led us to was, as expected, taking place in the basement.
　We watched the match briefly, but there were many bloody matches taking place on the narrow ring surrounded by iron bars.
　It seems to continue to provide a horrific pleasure to the nobles and great merchants who look down from a safe height.

　A righteous otherworldly tripper would probably spout one of the wittiest conflict lines here, but I've found my ring, and my mind is dancing with the carnage that will eventually come.
　Thanks to Mr. Kaiselbeard's intercession, my match was easily decided, and Mr. Kaiselbeard quietly took his place as the second.

He said, "This is a winner-take-all match, up to ten times. No surrender is allowed and the match will continue until one of us dies. Please be careful how you win so that the odds don't drop too low until the final match.
Laaa.

　Mr. Kaiselbeard is right, it takes a big hole player to reach the target amount, and it takes a big hole player to accidentally win a lucky hit.

　With no warm-up, me and my opponent step into the cage ring.
　We hold our weapons at the ready for each other. I guess the difference between this and the demon warfare match one day is that the blades aren't crushed.
　By the way, my first opponent said, "Hehe, boy. Would you rather die comfortably or suffer and die? So I threw my sword with all the love I could muster for his fragile life and plenty of murderous intent, and slit his carotid artery.

"Oh, the sword that slipped out of my hand just happened to hit me!　Oh no, I'm so lucky!

　No one in the hall cared about my bar-tongued tone of voice, but only the audience laughed loudly and threw the tickets away.
　After five or so 'accidental' wins like that, I was given the ignominious name of 'Lucky Sack'.

'From here on out, the organizers will have an elite group of players to 'execute' the winners, so be on your guard.
Laaa.

　Mr. Kaiselbeard was right, the next player was a mob-faced elf girl with prominent freckles who wouldn't look out of place here if she wasn't an executioner.
　However.

''Holy shit, it's Ally already!
Bloody Ally!
Sack's lucky day is over!

　Kill!" filling the hall. Cole tells us that she is a popular executioner.
　The elven girl, Allie, spread her slender arms out and a line of light spread like spider silk towards the bars.

''Oh, wow!　Using ultra-fine yarn is rare there!
You can see?

　Oh, no.
　I couldn't help but comment on it, but no normal person could see it, right?

'I knew it wasn't a coincidence that we've won so far.

　Still, Allie smiles wryly, confident of her victory.
　He must be absolutely confident in his own abilities.

　In fact, if he plunged in like this, he would have to jump into the ultra-thin thread that stretched across the ring. The trick is that her opponent would be torn apart by the ultra-thin thread and break apart on his own.
　Or maybe the exaggerated iron grate is also an object to keep her thread wards in place.

'Can I switch weapons?'
Yes?　You're free to trade weapons before the match.

　I pretended to take it out of the big bag I brought with me and equipped a certain weapon from the item box.

''........What is that?''

　Allie gives him a dubious look.

'Do you know what Shishido Baiken is?　Well, you don't know.

　At the start of the match, he explains the weapon while spinning the chain (...) minute (...) bronze (...).

This weapon is originally a weapon that catches the opponent at a distance, draws him in, and strikes him with a sickle. But--

　As soon as I said it, I let the chain weights crawl towards the ground.
　The weight that slipped through the ultra-fine thread wards while wriggling freely on the ring like a snake due to the telekinetic cheat entangled itself around Allie's wrist.

'Looks like we won't need the scythe this time, right?　Bloody (Bloody) Ally.
No, no!

　Without listening to the girl's pleas for her life, who realized what we were aiming for and her fate, I pulled the chain as hard as I could and made Allie's body jump into the string wards.



　After that, there were some cheat-smelling things like lightning-fast sword users and rotting opponents who touched me, but I had each of them self-destruct with a sudden heart attack and a mysterious ability run amok.
　I was also matched up with some kind of half-ogre wrestler who looked like he was brought in from somewhere, but I was able to successfully win with a paro special disguised as a coincidence while creating a moderate struggle.
　I managed to get the Lucky Sack name back, even though I showed some of my abilities in the Allie match.

　My popularity has grown quite a bit by this point, but the odds were safely 25x for the final match, as the strongest opponent was coming up.
　If I can plunk down what I've made so far, I'll be able to successfully fulfill my pledge and make some change.

　Mr. Kaiselbeard wrinkled his brow unusually when the last player was announced.

''Be careful. My next opponent is the evergreen and undefeated champion, Jag. Everything seems to be called zero because he decides every match in an instant.

　Hmm.
　Well, it's the last game, so there's no need to pretend it's a coincidence.
　Let's use our appraisal eye too.
　Ha-haha, this guy. I see.....

　The person who appeared across the ring is a thin man with a thin line.
　It doesn't look like the type of person who would come out to fight.
　Apparently he was not popular, and there were no cheers like there were with Arie.
　It was easy to see why.

"Hey, boy. You're a sakahaghi, aren't you? Can't you get out of the game right now?　I'm bound to win anyway, so don't bother fighting it.

　Jag gives a disgusting smile along with a lick-rotten line.

'What if I said I wanted to?'

　When I replied to the person I'd seen somewhere else with a voice that didn't have any emotions mixed in, he suddenly started laughing in high spirits.

'Hahaha!　I'm just kidding. I love to kill. One minute you say you're out, the next minute you're dead with my sword through your heart!

　Haha.
　I see why they hate me.
　Nevertheless, the reason for the 25x odds is a sign that none of the customers are betting on me winning.
　I have a vague idea of the ability stuff, so I'll just treat it as it is.

'Okay, I'll make a prediction. Then I'll make a prediction.

　He pointed his sword straight at Jaeg and declared clearly.

'You will die the next moment, tormented by madness, with your limbs gone and your soul drained.
'Hahahaha!　You've got a pretty funny joke, too!

　No, you were the only one who laughed at your joke.
　Unaware of the blur of my mind, Jag readied his sword.

'Now it's time for the execution!
Yeah, come on. Let's see what you can do. Show me what you can do.

　It might be a little more promising.
　When I was about to raise my sword, at that time.

《Zero Time Space》.

　The moment Jag yelled that, the world went still as if it had frozen.
　The guests' cheers and shouts ceased abruptly and they didn't move, as if they had become statues.

This is my ability, zero-time space. This is my ability, zero-time space, I can move in zero seconds, in other words, I can move in the fourth dimension. Simply put, I'm frozen in time. Of course, you can't hear me, though.

　Only Jaeg, who activated his ability, leisurely walks through the stopped time and thrusts the tip of his sword into my chest.

''As such, I'll let you fulfill the prophecy. Adios!

　But that sword will not pierce my heart.

''What?''

　Of course, it's because I flicked Jaeg's deadly blade away with my own sword.
　At that commonplace sight, however, Jag's eyes widen in astonishment.

'Why can you move!　You can use the same ability as me?!
Like you?　That's not it. What you're using is a time stopping cheat. What I activate is a spacetime manipulation cheat. It's a cheat ability that can stop time, as well as rewind time, fast-forward time, time travel and time and space itself.
What?　You're kidding me!　That's totally upside down for me!
'Yeah. Because it's a cheat.

　However, because of Summon and Pledge, I can't rewind it back to before I was summoned, and if I use it too much, I can't modify the time line and get it back, so I can't abuse it too much.
　Furthermore, I can only interfere with the world I'm staying in, so I can't stop the entire universe from shutting down time and stopping my wishes from growing.
　To be frank, I can say that I haven't been able to show a shred of my original specs.

　Still, it's useful in some way.
　I can undo Renmi's virginity and clothing, or rewind time right after she's summoned and redo her approach to her pledge.
　I can even bring a dead person back to life before Gaff took their soul.

'So?　How many years can you park in your zero-time space?
"...What?　What are you talking about? Zero-time space can only be maintained for a few minutes at most!　And so would you!
Yeah. That's a terrible disappointment. If it was going to add to my abilities, I could have robbed you with a robbery cheat and let you go without suffering.

　Without saying it, he cut off Jayg's extremities without question.

'Geez!

　The screams of Jag as Dharma echoed through the hall.
　Of course, no one in the audience would hear the screams.

'You can move in a decent zero hour, so the pain and bleeding are still there. You're not so lucky.
"Just kill me!　Stop for my time too, yeah, yeah, yeah.

　Jag begs for his life haphazardly.
　My reply has a clerical sound to it all.

'And of course I'll kill you. But I'm not the one who's going to put the finishing touches on you.

　A hint of impurity sprang up from the tip of my sword, and soon it took on the form of an indefinite dog.
　One or two of them rose up from every sharp corner.
　Soon, they manifested in countless numbers, as if they were filling the ring.

''Do you know if you're a reincarnation?　These guys weren't dogs, but for some reason they were called hounds. They were so persistent in their pursuit of me that I disciplined them and turned them into pets. We have an agreement to feed those who interfere with me in time and space.
No, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! I'm not going to be bitten by that!

　The sight of the hounds is so blasphemous that it drives Jag into complete insanity.
　With a strong stench, the hounds lean their sickle necks on the ground, their eyes gleaming with pure malevolence incomparable to that of the guests in the hall, waiting for my command.

"-- Devour, Tindalos!

　And while everyone in the audience watched, still in the middle of the time no one else was watching.
　Something that couldn't even be called a beast reached out like a tentacle to Jaig all at once.



''Oh no. I didn't expect you to win over even Jag!

　I shrugged my shoulders as I celebrated with Mr. Kaiselbeard and stoked my drink.

'Your face you even know what kind of ability that guy had.
Ha. I'm the one who introduced him to the place.
'I knew it would be something like that!　What seems to be called zero~, duh!

　A person with the ability to stop time is even rarer than a very fine thread user.
　They're the kind of guys who would be able to take on the last boss with ease in a normal other world.

And then?　Are you saying you're going to bet on Jag and scampin'?
Don't be ridiculous, sir. Normally, I wouldn't, but I've put my money where my mouth is.

　Or else?
　That's pretty surprising.
　From the post-fight tension, I thought he was betting on Jag for the last match only.

But the torso is a canker, so I guess it's time to get to work here.

　Ah, so that's why they were after you.
　It was too much work, so I just wiped them all out with instant death magic.

And that was good?　It's going to be hard to do the front office work, too.
What. It doesn't matter if you go to another world.

　Oh, well, we're both so tough.

Why did you put your money on me?　Because you knew what I was capable of?

　To my last question, Mr. Kaiselbeard thought for a moment and then said casually, "No.

No," he said. No, I couldn't see any of your data even though I had the ability to evaluate it. That's why I took a chance on you.

　I scowled for a moment, but Mr. Kaiselbeard answered with a straight face and puffed out in amusement.

　I see.
　So that's one way to evaluate it, isn't it?

I'll buy you a drink. I'll buy you a drink, it's more money than I can afford.
Oh, hello there.

　Even though their sleeves touch each other, they are kindred spirits.
　Here's to a miraculous meeting between two otherworldly trippers!