Ox Man

　In a room lit by emergency lights, Akira and Nao confided everything they knew about each other.
　Nao was first surprised and deeply interested in the words quests and trophies, among other things that Akira talked about.
　As expected, it seemed that quests and trophies were only given to Ichijo Akira. Nao also shook her head, saying that she had exchanged information with the survivors so far, but had never heard of such a thing before.

　Akira further described the status changes caused by them and the skills acquired by spending the large number of points he earned.
　And so, when Akira confided all the skills he had, Nao nodded once in agreement.


"……I see. Then that means that it wasn't just by a series of time leaps that you were able to defeat that minotaur, huh?"
"……So, regarding you, Nao-san."
"Oh, I know. My status values are――――"
"No. In fact, I've already checked that part."
"……When? Ah no, I see. Must have been back then, when I was sleeping, right? "


　Akira gave a silent affirmation to these words.
　Nao let out a small sigh and looked accusingly at Akira.


"It's an invasion of privacy."
"No way. It's the status, you know?　Anyone can see them, as long as they have Analysis."
"The status is no different than personal information at this point. I don't like it when people peek in without permission."
"Well, yes, that is true."

　Akira's lips pursed at Nao's words.
　At the sight of Akira, Nao let out a sigh and opened her mouth.

"……Well, but that doesn't mean there's currently any way to prevent them from peeking in. Besides, the person who is peeked at will not know that they have been Analyzed. The invasion of privacy part is disturbing, but I don't see how you can blame them for that under the current circumstances."


　Then Nao stared into Akira's eyes.


"――You should be careful, though. Right now, the only people who know about it are the Self-Defense Forces personnel here…… If the other guys do an Analysis on you, you're going to get into even more trouble than you're in now. Even you're famous enough and being called the Ox Man."
"――――What?　Ox man? "


　Akira sounded stunned by Nao's words.
　Nao looked a little dubious at Akira's words, and then, as soon as she had an idea of what he was talking about, she opened her mouth to speak.


"Oh, come to think of it, you didn't know that yourself, did you? ……Your image of you defeating the Minotaur that night was posted on social media shortly afterward. Maybe someone who was there was taking a video. It was so shaky that I honestly couldn’t even make sense of half of it…… haha, but well, considering everything, it was well taken."
"No, but that doesn't explain why would……"
"When that video went viral then somebody started to say. About the salaryman who defeated the raging bull―― Ox man, you were being called. Other than that, let's see…… As far as I could tell, some people were calling you the 『Mino-man』 and others were calling you 『That dangerous dude who tried to beat a bull with his bare hands』. Well, out of all of them, my favorite nickname is 『Buffa〇man』, from that Muscl〇 Man manga. That was a nice nickname considering you were fighting the Minotaur with your bare hands."

　Then Nao stopped speaking once and grinned.
　Perhaps she was trying to get back at him for doing the Analysis while she was sleeping.
　With a smirk on her face, Nao continued to speak.

"As Karube said, there has been no screen showing that another guy has defeated a boss. This means that for the rest of us, we're not yet in good enough standing to take down a boss. If you get analyzed, it will leave no room for doubt. You'll become the rumored 『Ox man』."

　Emphasizing the word "ox man," Nao remarked.

"Nao-san, um, I apologize for any analysis I did without your permission…… But that nickname is a bit……"
"Why?　It's pretty good, Ox man. Cool even."


(Crap…… This girl is completely amused by this…… Don't tell me she's the one who started it all or something!? )

　Akira turned his eyes warily toward Nao and eventually let out a loud sigh.


"――――Anyway, I'll try not to get analyzed."


　Having said that, there was currently no way to prevent others from doing an Analysis on you.
　This was known only because Akira had seen the vast array of skills that could be acquired by expending a huge number of points.

"Let's get back to the point."

　Akira cleared his throat and said those words, to which Nao corrected her expression and turned a serious gaze at him.

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