We start wandering around the dungeon again.
　We're literally wandering around without an ate, so there's a lot of chatter along the way.

''Hey Misaki. You were talking to the errand boy about the same rules as last time, right? Was that, in essence, just a confirmation that there was no killing?
'What?　Oh, yeah. That's right. You can work together, or you can pretend to be your buddies and kill them from behind by cracking their heads open. That's Dunrois!

　Perhaps it was because he was able to show off his knowledge as a repeater, but Misaki started to talk about it in a good way.

'Participants can cooperate with each other, but, well, is this a game that recommends betrayal?　If you reduce the number of people, you have a better chance of escaping, and it's a given that you'll kill the other participants. The maximum number of people who can work together as a team is 5. However, like before, Cap'el releases information that someone escaped from the game, so a team of 5 people will be split up at that point. At most, only 3 members can survive. That's why I wouldn't recommend forming a team of too many people.
This time, both of you escaped from the dungeon at the same time... which means someone else teamed up to solve the dungeon.

　If two more people escape, there will be only one left.
　At that point, we'll be paired up, and me and Misaki will have to kill each other.

But you obviously didn't want to solve the mystery from the start. You only cared about killing other people.
'Yeah. Because this game is 'not a game where five players have to escape, but a game where four players have to die. For example, if four players escape and I don't make it out of the game, if all the other players die, then the winner is determined and they can move on to the next game. That's exactly what I want. If I escape, I can't get killed and stay in the safe zone, but I don't know any riddles or anything. So it's more fun and easier to kill the ones weaker than me, right?
'I see. Well, now that you mention it, that's certainly true.

　There is nothing wrong with what Misaki is saying.
　Of course it's faster to kick all your rivals out than to solve a solid riddle.
　All the enemies die and we survive...it's the most ideal form imaginable.

'What, so Misaki thought it through properly too?
'So Ryouji!　I'm not impressed when you talk about people like you have it all figured out!　Besides, it's been bothering me for a while now that you keep calling me Misaki-Misaki. Aren't you being a bit of a stranger?
I don't remember getting to know you well enough to call you by your first name, but...
Hmm. I'll call you Ryouji, but I won't call you Ryouji...

　As I was about to say, Misaki, who was walking ahead of me, stopped as if he noticed something.
　A familiar smell wafted through the air, and I knew why.

'You're dead,'
You're dead.

　At this point, I see a figure lying in the middle of the passage.
　It was bleeding from its temples, and even from a distance I could clearly see that it was dying.
　That distinctive round scar........could it be that he was killed by a gun?

'They don't announce any deaths, do they?
Yeah. So the information that someone is already dead is quite an advantage. And it lets us know that we only need to kill at most three more people.

　So if you just play Slaughterhouse without thinking, you'll be able to move on to the next one.
　That's why Misaki would be wandering around the dungeon in Street Demon mode.
　If I knew all the rules from the beginning, I would do it too.

"Hey, you're not being rude, are you?
No, I was just thinking that was a bit like me, you know?
Huh. Maybe me and Ryouji are more on the same page than I thought?

　Misaki smiles over her shoulder like a normal girl.
　It's a horrible thing to be on the same page with a murderer, but.......well, it's certainly something of the same kind.

The best way to do it is to have a good time with your friends.

　Pointing to the corpse, Misaki says matter-of-factly, "Manto-kun?

''Manto-kun?''
See, the guy in the mask?
Oh, that masked little guy. Another repeat customer.

　I think he was wearing a cape, if you ask me.

'He was shot to death, wasn't he?　Manto, you use a gun. It's like you have that ability.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I had one of those, come to think of it.

　To my casual mumbling, Misaki turns her head around and reacts super-responsively.

''You didn't think you could see Manto-kun with some kind of appraisal skills or something!
'What?　Yeah, well, I saw it.
Really?　Tell me what it is!

　Misaki changed the color of her eyes and grabbed me by the shoulder.
　His usual aloofness seems to be a lie.

''The level of disguise is too high for my appraisal skills to tell. Hey, come on. I haven't even beaten Mr. Cloak once yet. I haven't even lost, but...
Hmmm, what was it?

　I saw it for what I saw, but I didn't feel like I had enough to remember it.

At least you had 'Modern Weapons Cheat'.
"'Modern weapons cheats'?　What's that?
As the name implies, it's a cheat ability to bring guns and bombs into a fantasy alternate universe and do a modern weapon real TUEE.

　Modern weapon cheats.
　It seems to be a major ability for otherworldly trippers to obtain, and I see it quite often, but it's usually 'the ability to create a weapon from something'.
　Of course, I have it too. It's the result of taking the Genri from many Cheat Holders and fusing them together, resulting in the ability to extract the exact same amount of real weapons from a photograph with an unlimited number of ammunition.
　In other words, he can extract weapons directly from the weapon catalog in the item box.

　By the way, it's also possible to craft and customize original weapons by taking them apart, or even create an infinite amount of ammunition by retrofitting them.
　Even sci-fi weapons such as those used by Ans-Baal's army can be used as long as I know that the weapons in the catalog are real in some other world, so it's no longer a question of what is a modern weapon.
　I'm sure I'm powerful enough to use nuclear weapons and planetary vaporization bombs as long as I have a picture, but in an alternate world where enemies that can only be defeated by magic are rare, this is far from the strongest ability.
　That's why you can't really use it against strong enemies, but against small fry, it's my opinion that you can enjoy being a warrior in your own way.

In short, is it a weapon making skill that specializes in firearms?
Well, sort of.

　It's not strictly true... but most otherworldly trippers often confuse cheat abilities with otherworldly-specific skills and recognize them. It seems that Misaki is the same way.
　Well, most cheat abilities are sometimes treated as skills in the game imitation type world status display. In fact, skills are probably the more popular term among cheat holders.
　But I'm the only one who thinks it's better not to confuse them with cheat abilities, since skills specific to other worlds may not be compatible with other worlds.

'I know you're using a gun, Manto, so that doesn't help... what else?'
'Hmmm, I just got a glimpse of it too. I don't have any information to assure you.
Mmm, I see...

　Misaki pulls away from me in disappointment and purses his mouth.
　I do have a feeling that the masked little guy had a number of more rare abilities.
　I think one of them seemed to be based on the premise of combining it with a modern weapon cheat, but what was it?
　I knew they weren't a threat to me, so I didn't pay much attention to them, actually.

'Oh, by the way, aren't you going to examine that body?
''Well it seems likely that there's still a chance that Cloak-kun is lurking nearby. It's probably best to stay away from it.

　I don't want to get caught in a trap, but it's a trap I usually avoid.

Okay, I'll do it.

　This is one place where it would be interesting to try to trap them.
　If the other side reacts, you can do various counters.

Then, I'll leave it to you!

　I can't wait to see what happens!　Misaki sent me off with a sparkling smile on his face.