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Chapter 119 - Episode 119 Goddess and Sadaharu

"Saaadaaaharuuu!"

In a pure white space, the Goddess glomped Okabe Sadaharu from behind as he worked in silence.

Sadaharu used to say "Stop it," but the Goddess was so persistent that he had now given up and continued his work.

"How’s the work going? Have you implemented the final boss for the Grade 6 dungeons yet?"

"It’s provisionally complete. I mean, there are already people challenging the Grade 6 dungeons, so it would be bad if it wasn’t."

"Mhm, mhm. You’re amazing as always, Sadaharu. Now, I have something to ask you."

"...Don’t tell me you want to sync with a boss again?"

"Correct, correct, that’s absolutely correct!"

The Goddess threw her hands up and cheered.

"Last time I synced with the boss in a Grade 3 dungeon. So I just had the idea that next time, it would be good to do it in a Grade 6 dungeon. So, think you can do it?"

"You should have thought of that sooner. They’re already about halfway through clearing the Grade 6 dungeons. Well, it’s Hayate-kun and his group, as usual. They’ve paused their progress for a bit now, and I’m using that time to rush the implementation of the Grade 7 and 8 dungeons. To be honest, I don’t have any time to spare."

"In terms of can or can’t?"

When asked if he could do it, his pride as an engineer wouldn’t let him say it was impossible.

"...Technically, it is possible."

It was possible if he had time, but right now, Hayate and his friends’ clearing speed was too fast for him to keep up. In other words, it was impossible. However, such a nuance would be lost on the Goddess.

"Yay! In that case, please make the adjustments so I can sync."

Cursing his own words, Sadaharu decided to offer a compromise.

"Understood. However, I can only create a special setting for you for one body. I won’t be changing the settings for the other two."

The Grade 6 dungeons consisted of three dungeons called Thicket, Abyssal Sea, and Blue Sky. Sadaharu judged that he could manage to add adjustments to allow the Goddess to sync with just one of them.

"Only one, huh. I want to fight the explorer who’s made the most progress, so I guess it’ll have to be the Thicket dungeon."

That was the one Hayate and his group were currently clearing. Since Shinonome Academy had opened, the number of times they entered dungeons had decreased, and they were also redoing dungeons from Grade 1 to accompany Naoto and the others, but even so, they were still the party that had progressed the furthest in the world.

"But there’s a possibility that Hayate-kun and his group will change dungeons midway, right?"

"Aww. I see. Then maybe I’ll set up another trophy so they’ll come to the dungeon I’m in."

"Let’s not do that. That incident generated a lot of hate towards you, Goddess-sama."

"It did!?"

"Of course it did. If you create a situation where someone can monopolize their favorite celebrity, anyone would resent the one who caused it."

Thinking that everyone would flock to challenge the dungeons if they could monopolize their favorite celebrity with a personality tailored to their liking, the Goddess had made Rena and Hollywood actresses into trophies in the Grade 3 dungeon.

"Gasp. Humans think that way?"

The Goddess fell to her knees and hands on the pure white ground, looking dejected.

"Why don’t you just ask them to come to the Thicket dungeon?"

"Huh, will they come if I do that?"

"I mean, you’re the end content of this world now, Goddess-sama. If a challenge from a being like you arrived, a true gamer would accept it without hesitation."

It was a challenge with a chance of death, but resurrection potions were now available. Sadaharu, who knew Hayate’s personality well, believed that he would come.

"I see. I can just invite them myself."

"Please don’t set the sync rate to one hundred percent for the next boss either. It would be a problem if you disappeared, Goddess-sama."

"Okay, I won’t yet. I want to create a situation where the end content makes a mid-story appearance to check things out, so I think I’ll set the sync rate to about half next time."

"Understood. In that case, I will add the special settings to the final boss of the Thicket dungeon."

"I’m counting on you, Sadaharu!"