349 – [6] Special Conditions
#349
I explained one by one the contents of the report I obtained from Vlasova.
Vlasova’s eyebrows moved each time she said what she had read one by one.
It was as if he was asking, ‘Wow, did you read the whole thing?’
But it wasn’t to a strange degree.
Because, unlike Lovecraft’s report, the volume was small to begin with.
If you had the habit of reading novels completely, you could read them all.
“No, all of that… ….”
“I was fortunate that there wasn’t a lot of volume.”
“…… Then was there a need to come to me? “Some of the details would have been written in the report anyway.”
“Because not everything they analyzed may be written down.”
Results obtained from analysis on the day or the day before, and small details that are not included in the report.
Only she knew that.
I pointed to the superpower potion.
“What is this for? “First of all, don’t you have any specific guesses?”
“It would be a lie if I said I couldn’t guess at all. There are some expectations…… Well, for now, I’ll just say there isn’t any.”
A defensive attitude that something may not be what one expected.
Then all she had to do was tell me what information I knew whether her prediction was correct or not.
I turned on the recording function on my phone before providing information.
We placed it in the middle of the table so that our voices could be heard clearly.
“Can I record it? “In California, you have to have consent to record.”
“It’s not a very serious conversation anyway…… Yes. “I agree.”
“First of all, you should never say this anywhere. “You understand, right?”
“Yes.”
Recording was necessary not only for consent, but also to reflect on what she said later.
Vlasova stuck her head out slightly, as if she was curious about what I was going to say.
“Mr. Vlasova, do you think there is such a thing as energy?”
For your information, I am not asking you if you believe in Tao.
This was a much more existential question than a religious one.
“Energy…… Yo. This? “Are you talking about magical power?”
“It’s similar, but slightly different. “Should I say it’s something like magical power that only you can feel?”
“I think I heard a rumor that something like that exists.”
“Then, Ms. Vlasova, don’t you feel a strange energy somewhere in this room?”
Vlasova shook her head.
It was an obvious answer.
“Unlike Ms. Vlasova, I am currently feeling a strange energy from this potion.”
“I can’t believe I feel a strange energy…… No, that can’t be…….”
“That can’t be possible. But I can actually feel it.”
“… ….”
“First of all, there is something indescribable in this bottle…… Should I say that I can feel something flowing out…… Anyway, that’s it.”
Anyway, there is something that cannot be described in words.
Something that belongs to an abnormal sense that feels like it can be controlled.
“Do you know that this potion itself was stored deep underground?”
“Yes. “Because the lab I belonged to was in the basement to begin with.”
“But strangely, the energy itself was felt from quite far away. Well, maybe it’s because it’s a closed space.”
“From afar…… ? “Sleep, just a moment.”
She took out her notepad from her luggage and quickly wrote down something.
One page, two pages, three pages.
There were too many notes to be called notes, and what I actually wrote down was really a mathematical formula.
Do you have to be that good at math to become a graduate student in the Hunter Department?
Considering my mental health, I should never become a graduate student.
“Hey, if you have any other information, could you please tell me?”
“First of all, I don’t know if there is a correlation, but the condition of the building where the potions were stored was a bit strange.”
“The entire building, including the laboratory…… “You said it was strange?”
“I wouldn’t say the whole building, but I’m pretty sure some parts were strange.”
“Exactly what was strange about it?”
“The passage of time in some parts of the building was seriously different.”
In fact, I was wondering if I should call this different.
The time difference was more than ten days.
“I was trapped there for over ten days and then escaped. In fact, only one day has passed in the outside world.”
Vlasova tilted her head.
It was as if she had heard something completely nonsense.
“Then time must have been greatly distorted even when I was researching underground.”
“Of course, even now that the potion is in a closed space, time must be greatly distorted.”
I pointed outside the group room.
Through the small window on the door, I could see Cheon Ma-ri and Su-a sipping coffee.
– “Sister, what do you think Jiangshi likes?”
– “What does Jiangshi like? Uh…… “Don’t you know that better than me?”
– “No, I’ve been watching it from the side for a long time, but I don’t really know. “Well, I don’t usually show my favorite tastes.”
The voice was heard very well.
Except for the distortion about me, it was completely normal.
– “Well, that’s fine. Hmm…… “At least I can see some taste for the opposite sex.”
– “Oh, what is it?”
– “Someone older than you? A woman like wine? “I don’t think that’s the case.”
– “Hey, your jokes are too harsh~”
Stop slandering.
I can hear it all the way from here.
What kind of nonsense are you two talking about?
Because the nonsensical story continued, I felt like I had to cover it up with sound.
“Hmm. Anyway, that’s why I’m asking a question. Do you think this potion affects the flow of time?”
“Of course it has an impact! If you’ve read the report in the first place, you would know…… “This potion has the property of distorting time around it.”
“Hmm… ….”
“It is possible that it had an effect in distorting the underground flow of time at the time. “I think it’s almost 100%.”
However, there were two problems with this claim.
If this potion is the main cause of the time distortion that occurred underground at the time, then as I said before, why is there no time distortion now?
Even in the report, it said that it would have a ‘small’ impact, and did not say that something as large-scale as what I experienced would happen.
“Of course, seeing as there is no time distortion now, it seems like there are more special conditions.”
“It’s a special condition… ….”
The conditions of an object that has such a powerful influence.
It was definitely an unusual condition.
It was a time when I was thinking deeply about this.
Vlasova rolled her fingers on the table and made an ahh sound.
“Were you trapped alone in the basement at the time?”
“No, I was trapped with my friends.”
“Then, did any of your friends who were trapped with you have any superpowers related to time?”
It’s not an acquaintance, but I have superpowers.
I quickly raised my senses to demonstrate my abilities right away.
I got up from my seat, quickly walked behind her, and then sat down again.
Because this happened so suddenly, Vlasova’s gaze could not track this direction properly.
“I had superpowers. “Like this.”
“Ah… ….”
“But personally, I think it would be difficult to slow down the entire building with this alone.”
I pointed outside again.
Honestly, it was a leap to say that the entire building slowed down with time superpowers and super power potions.
Although time psychics themselves are rare, they are not strong enough to make such a thing happen.
Obviously other factors must have been intricately intertwined.
“Well, if the potion had been affected just by using the ability, the outside of here should have slowed down right now…….”
“Actually, those three are still drinking their coffee well.”
It wasn’t much different from before.
Remarks were exchanged that were so refreshing that they could even be heard here.
– “By the way, Marie. “What do you plan to do after you graduate?”
– “What should I do? Oh, employment or career path? What am I…… Because I have to conquer the world. “I should take over the company.”
– “I would appreciate it if you would forget about the mistake our young lady made in the middle. Sorry.”
– “No, whatever. Anyway, I think Mari just said it for a laugh. It’s okay, Mari. “This girl understands everything.”
So, the correlation between the potion and the phenomenon in question was a bit suspicious.
It doesn’t seem to be completely wrong, but it was clear that it wasn’t a matter to be verified here and now.
“Wow, if the lab had been fine, we would have come to a conclusion right away.”
“Well, there’s nothing we can do. The situation was such that I was barely able to get out of the collapsed building…….”
“Wait a minute, the building collapsed?”
“Yes, the dastardly knights set off an explosion scroll during the battle. So the upper part of the building collapsed, the stairs were destroyed, and everywhere was on fire…….”
“…… “You damn bastards.”
Anyway, it is 100% the drivers’ fault.
Although they used an explosion scroll to breach the entrance, it was no problem compared to what they did.
Of course, it wasn’t just a problem for me.
Vlasova, a graduate student victim in a terrorist attack, lamentably wiped her face.
Judging by their expressions, it seems like there was quite a bit of research material there.
Well, the basement was overflowing with documents and the like.
“Haaaaa…… Life really…….”
But this makes me a little depressed.
I felt the need to freshen up the atmosphere.
“I’m talking about potions, by the way. “Do you happen to know where the remaining bottle is?”
“The remaining bottle…… ? “Why is that?”
“The report says there are 2 bottles, but no matter how hard I search, I can only find 1 bottle.”
“That’s…… “I took it with me when I escaped.”
Oh, then I guess I know where it is.
Are you sure you returned it to Palaistra Academy?
You didn’t sell it to a complete stranger or give it as a gift, right?
“I’m at my house now.”
It was fortunate.
But wait, it’s not an academy, it’s a house?
“I went out with the idea that I should continue my research…… Well, since I graduated right away, I had to stay home without being able to submit it to the academy.”
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Oh my.
Still, it wasn’t bad.
“And you wrote in your report that you purchased the potion from a certain hunter. Do you know what kind of merchant they raided to obtain something like this?”
“Oh, that? Well, let’s hear it. They say it was a platform used to transport excavated artifacts from the eastern ruins of Charelletea.”
“East of Charelletea. There are definitely a lot of ancient ruins there. “Maybe so.”
“Of course, this is just the hunter’s claim, so it could be a lie. That’s why the story about the ruins wasn’t written in the report.”
But if something like this didn’t come from ancient ruins, that’s just weird.
It could be said that I received it by solving the dungeon, but among the rewards for clearing the dungeon, there were almost no potions that I did not know about.
Anyway, consumable products are a matter of probability.
That’s what it is.
I’ve mastered the game but don’t know the consumables for clearing dungeons?
It made no sense.
Therefore, her uncertain claim may be true.
On the other hand, that was why I looked at the potion with an uncomfortable gaze.
“This is a potion that is thousands of years old, so it’s okay to use it on people, right?”
“Hmm…… Haha, I see…….”
Actually, I was planning on swallowing it if it helped me improve my superpowers.
But, if it is an item from an ‘ancient ruin’…… If you eat this, won’t you get hooked?
It seems like something more dangerous than eating milk that has been left out for a year, spoiled British food, or antifreeze.
Seriously, the object in front of me seemed no different from super-strong vinegar (it also sterilizes people).
It was too mature for an ordinary, delicate cadet like me to touch.
It was at that time that I even thought about whether it would be better to just pass on this pseudo-vinegar to other researchers.
Squeak!
“Hey! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Draft! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi! Jiangxi!!!”
Cheonma-ri suddenly opened the door.
I motioned for her to stop calling her name.
“Come out quickly now!”
“Why?”
“Anyway, come out quickly!”
He grabbed my hand and dragged me outside.
What on earth is going on?
I stood in front of the cafe window with embarrassment.
Cheonma-ri stamped her feet and pointed out her window.
“No, what’s going on outside the window…” … Uh?”
That moment.
A panorama like a painting appeared.
Water drops pouring slowly like a turtle.
Leaves falling extremely slowly.
A dove frozen with wings flapping.
People taking a step.
Vehicles that are only slightly moving.
It felt like everything in the world had stopped.
Of course, it didn’t really stop.
It only appeared that way because it moved extremely slowly.
When I was trapped in the basement, if I were close to the first floor, I might have been able to intuit this scene as a burning version.
With such visually beautiful thoughts.
I remembered the culprit of this phenomenon.
“Have you seen this crazy potion?” ….”