Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 275

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Spin-off Episode 11
3. A Secret Within Secrets (5)
I didn’t know what a Blue Hole was right now, but it was clear this was connected to the secret (★).
Achieving 1 star is the basic clear condition for this game, so it must be completed no matter what. Even if I meet the 2-star condition, it’s useless if I can’t meet the 1-star requirement.
“Do you know where Sallie originally lived?”
“Y-yes…? Of course, that is…”
“Take me there right now.”
“B-but that place is… far too dangerous!”
Of course, those Sacred Executioners or whatever they were would be on high alert and watching.
Ran was adamant that I absolutely could not go.
“No, just take me. I’ll handle everything.”
I was confident I wouldn’t die, of course, but that was my thinking.
Ran didn’t see it that way at all.
“Y-you don’t understand the Sacred Executioners at all, do you? Just because you dealt with Daria doesn’t mean the rest will be easy! If you’re caught off guard, you’ll die without anyone knowing!”
“No. That’s why. If you go with me, that won’t happen…”
We bickered about this for a while, but Ran remained stubborn.
Haha, do you really think everyone’s gonna think like you, Almond? Lol
“Lol nuts shake, it’s so annoying how he just tells him to go even though he fights well”
-If Almond goes, it really would work out
Why are you fighting with an NPC lol
Will that even be convincing? lol
It seemed like it was already designed so I couldn’t turn back. I even calculated the possibility of abandoning Ran here and going alone.
But I didn’t know where Sallie’s home was, and I didn’t know what might happen to Ran while I was gone.
Moreover, the problem was that this Letera occasionally regained control of the body.
If I lost control while things were going well, it would be over.
“Sigh. Alright. Then…”
How could I overcome this situation? I stroked my chin in thought.
-What are you thinking about?
Today’s walnut is getting worked to death lol
-???:Ah, I shouldn’t have turned on the broadcast (stroking chin)
“Ah…”
Clap.
I clapped my hands as a good idea came to me.
“Is there a university nearby?”
If I only knew Sally’s Father’s name, I could go to another university’s library and read the papers he wrote.

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“We’re almost there.”
Ran spoke as we crested a gentle hill.
Of course, I already knew this without him saying anything.
Thump.
[Klaus University]
A message appeared indicating we’d entered a new location.
“I’m not sure if they’ll let us use the library…”
“Let’s just go check it out.”
It won’t work ㅠㅠ At university too… there’s a dungeon there too… they call it a graduate lab.
“And there’s cc here too. Pure white damage, let’s seduce it haha”
The university is so pretty ㅠㅠㅠ
As if classes had just ended, a boisterous crowd came tumbling down the hill.
Numerous men and women paired off, chatting amicably with one another.
Ran stared at the sight for a moment, then turned his gaze back up the hill.
“That appears to be the library.”
It was a three-story building constructed around four sturdy stone pillars.
“…There doesn’t seem to be anyone guarding it.”
There was no one at the entrance. We simply walked in and found ourselves in the library lobby.
It had an open structure with bright light streaming in from the ceiling.
A librarian sat at the end of the lobby.
“Hello. Welcome to Klaus Library. May I have your name and major…? Huh?”
The librarian adjusted her glasses and tilted her head in confusion.
“What are children doing here?”
Ran and I are currently middle school students. It was obvious at a glance that we weren’t students here.
“Um… we wanted to take a tour. We came to visit!”
“…?”
The librarian looked troubled, her eyes alternating between me and Ran.
“Hmm… naturally, there’s no prior reservation…”
I jabbed Ran’s ribs repeatedly, forcing him to smile despite himself.
Seeing Ran’s sheepish grin, the librarian readily agreed.
“You’re cute kids. Alright.”
Creak.
She opened the door that had been closed beside us.
-So it all comes down to looks?!
“Nuts shake… I’ve really mastered the art of solving things with my face lol”
-Ran is learning all the wrong things from Almond!
Just as we were about to pass through with a cheerful “thank you,” the librarian grabbed us by the scruff of our necks.
“But if you cause any trouble, I’m throwing you out immediately, understand? And you absolutely cannot take any books with you.”
“Yes!”
“Shh!”
“Ah… yes.”

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Rustle. Rustle.
The library was silent except for the sound of pages turning.
Ran and I walked carefully until we found where the papers were shelved.
“Here it is.”
I quietly hummed and nudged Ran.
“Ah.”
“Look for Sally’s Father’s name. Hurry.”
“Yes.”
Ran had memorized that name precisely since attending Sally’s father’s funeral.
There was no way she could forget that gravestone she stared at blankly every day.
“G… G is…”
While following the initials to find papers written by Sally’s father.
“This… this seems to be it.”
Ran pulled out two papers.
Since it was a collection of papers, it wasn’t very thick. In fact, it was far thinner than any typical weekly magazine.
Of course, that didn’t mean the content was easy to understand.
“Now let’s just search for Blue Hole here.”
We each took one paper collection and began flipping through them randomly.
The pages were covered in incomprehensible terms.
But it didn’t matter.
After all, there was only one word we were looking for.
‘Blue Hole… Blue Hole…’
We found it quickly.
It was right there in the table of contents: “Blue Hole Research.”
I read through that section carefully.
Extracting only the important parts while ignoring everything else.
「…Upon consumption, hallucinations occur, and stimulation of the pleasure center was found to be activated…」
「…During white rat experiments, the rats consumed only milk containing Blue Hole, initially becoming much more active, but soon after…」
「…With prolonged continuous consumption, subjects easily experience hallucinations in daily life. It became difficult for hypnotists to induce the desired hallucinations. We call this state the ‘trance state’…」
In summary, it was a drug.
Why was Sally’s father researching such a drug? And why… was he killed?
“Ran. Look at this.”
I showed Ran what I’d found and added a rough explanation.
Though I struggled because there were terms difficult for Ran to understand.
“Something like opium poppies?”
“That’s right.”
He seemed to understand as I explained something roughly similar.
“But it seems much worse than that.”
I showed Ran a sentence from near the final paragraph.
「Those who enter this trans state can never stop using Blue Hole.」
This was a stark example of Blue Hole’s addictive nature. Scholars rarely used the word “never” in their writing.
Moreover, whether one could quit a drug or not was a matter with considerable variables depending on individual strength.
Yet this paper stated definitively that it was impossible to quit.
“But why… would they try to suppress this research?”
“Suppress it?”
“Yes. From what I can see, the Religious Sect killed Sally’s Father to suppress his research.”
“…!?”
Ran’s eyes widened in shock.
“You think it’s a coincidence? That Sally’s Father was murdered right before you were deployed?”
“Then, then why didn’t they just kill Sallie the same way…”
“Who knows. From what I can tell, they killed Sally’s Father, but they probably didn’t find out what they needed in the process. So maybe they wondered if the daughter knew something, attached you to her, and wanted to see what she knew.”
-Walnut high-speed spin lol
-Wow
-Detective Almond;
I glanced at the chat window and smiled with satisfaction. Even I had to admit my deduction was quite plausible.
“But… what exactly are you saying?”
“Hm?”
“What they wanted to find out, and what they wanted to see if she knew?”
“I don’t know that.”
I scratched my head and avoided his gaze.
Haha, I have no idea about that.
-Well then lol
-I don’t know~ You tell me~
The Religious Sect killed Sally’s Father to suppress this drug research?
Then why did they kill Sallie?
Because she also knew about the drug research?
“Wouldn’t it be part of the Religious Sect’s efforts to eradicate drugs…”
Ran ventured a careful guess.
Well, I suppose that’s one way to think about it.
If you were Ran, brainwashed by the Religious Sect since middle school, you could certainly think that way.
But I’m nearly thirty and have experienced all kinds of social life, so I can’t think like that.
“That’s not it.”
“…Is that so? Why?”
I couldn’t bring myself to say that your Religious Sect would never do something so unproductive and altruistic…
“Hmm…”
I flipped through the paper again, trying to find more clues.
I had already read through the Blue Hole research, but among the papers submitted on different dates, there was one titled “Trance State.”
If I hadn’t read the Blue Hole research, I would never have connected this to it.
Rustle. Rustle.
I quickly flipped the pages to that section.
Before long, my eyes widened noticeably.
‘What is this…?’
Words I had heard somewhere before were written here.
「…In religious terminology, some places express it as ‘the vessel has opened.’ In other words, a state where spirit possession becomes easy…」
The vessel has opened.
Or rather, a state where spirit possession becomes easier.
“Where have I seen this before…?”
I showed this sentence to Ran.
“Spirit possession… Ah. You’re referring to the state of accepting a divine incarnation. Simply put, these are beings called Contractors. You don’t know this? Aren’t you the divine incarnation and Lete the Contractor?”
What?
I had never thought of it that way. I was completely taken aback.
So Lete was a Contractor. In other words, a state where the vessel had opened.
That’s why I had entered as a divine incarnation.
‘So that’s why Ran said all those embarrassing things about me being the divine incarnation of the Sacred Archer not long ago.’
I wondered why he kept using the word “incarnation,” but Ran truly believed I was a divine incarnation.
“Wait.”
I suddenly remembered something and grabbed Ran’s shoulder firmly. Ran startled and his hair stood on end, but I paid no attention and rushed to ask my question.
“When did Lete become something like a Contractor?”
“After he was severely injured before. His life was in critical danger. Usually, children who opened the Heavenly Gate that way──”
“No!”
I suddenly shouted.
Other students in the library gave me irritated looks.
What’s with those kids making noise since earlier?
“I’m… I’m sorry…”
I apologized in a hushed voice, but my eyes were sparkling brightly—clearly not sorry at all.
“It’s the Potion. The Potion.”
I whispered into Ran’s ear.
“The Potion is a drug.”
Ding!
A notification sound rang out, confirming my deduction was correct.
[Secret (★) Condition Cleared!]
Finally, all the secrets had been revealed.

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[Beginner’s Tip: Contractors accept divine incarnations into their bodies and can use a portion of their power as their own. All Contractors are believed to be purely chosen ones, but why they occur and how they come to be remains a mystery.]

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