Dungeon's Final Boss: Banished by My Boss, the Goddess, to Earth—So I'll Continue My Past Life - 82-83

Chapter 82: The World’s Reactions

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On a certain short-form social media site (with automatic translation enabled):

: The Dungeon Convenience Store has come to our country too!

: Ours as well!

: Looks like it’s one store per country, but now we can get the DC Ring!

: The DC Ring is seriously a god-tier item. You have to get one.

: Still, they really expanded all at once, huh.

: All the food-based buff items are standardized as bread, huh.

: Yeah, it’s apparently a type of food called “Japanese sweet bread” or something.

: I’m not picking based on taste, but I kinda wish they had displayed food from our own country too…

: More importantly, is the creator of the Dungeon Convenience Store really Japanese?

: Might be. Our country’s donuts have that weak punch, which is typical of the Japanese flavor here.

: America is weird.

: Agreed.

: No doubt about that.

: Oh.

: Japan’s the only one with a ton of branches. Maybe at first they wanted to apply that same scale worldwide, but gave up and went with one store per country instead.

: Or maybe they weren’t thinking about anything outside Japan but then changed their mind.

: Well, having one is better than none, so I’m grateful to DCM.

: DCM?

: Dungeon Convenience Master.

: Nice. Let’s go with that from now on.

A few days later

: Hey, the DC Ring got a new feature added. Did you see it?

: Say what!?

: Cheeeeeeeeck!!

: What, you can view your own status now?

: Whoa, so these are my abilities?

: You actually used it? Didn’t think it might be a trap?

: Isn’t it a bit late for that?

: If DCM really wanted to, they could blow up or brainwash everyone wearing a DC Ring anytime they want.

: Whoa, stop. Don’t pour gasoline on the conspiracy theorists.

: They’ve already been screaming about it. Some people are refusing to wear the DC Ring because of that.

: There are actually people like that?

: With something this convenient?

: There’s always a backlash group whenever something new comes out.

: There are still folks claiming 5G is evil, you know?

: Do people really wrap aluminum foil around their heads? Isn’t that just an urban legend?

: Nope, they do exist.

: Anyway, let’s focus on the status. Did you guys check out the skills section?

: You guys have one too?

: Yep. So I’m not the only one. Lame.

: What do you think this means? Are our techniques just being listed as “skills”?

: I trained in karate before awakening, and I mostly fight with my fists. This thing says 【Fist Strike Modifier】—is that like being a black belt or something?

: It sounds like a game term where the skill adjusts the outcomes of the action. 

: That’d make it a passive skill, right?

: Then is there anyone with active skills?

: Yeah, that’s right. Doesn’t anyone have like a super move or something?

: Anyone doing the “Kamehameha!”?

: I’m a magic user, and the names of the spells I use show up in the skills section.

: I’m a tank, and I’ve got 【Taunt】.

: Ohh, so that counts too.

: Yeah, 【Taunt】 definitely sounds like a skill.

: There’s no magic tab, so I guess they’re lumping it all under ‘skills’ section.

: Hey, seriously, doesn’t anyone do the “Kamehameha!”?

: You’re so persistent.

: “Kamehameha!” is a universal childhood dream!

: I totally get it.

: I practiced it when I was a kid.

: Actually, I can do the Kamehameha!

: Huh?

: No way, are you serious?

: Yeah right, lol.

: Video or it didn’t happen.

: Alright, alright. I’ve kept it a secret all this time, but I’ll upload a video soon.

: For real?

: I’m looking forward to it.

And then, the video of “The Man Who Did the Kamehameha!” was released to the world.

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Chapter 83: Skill Training

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A video of “The Man Who Did the Kamehameha!” was released to the world. Thanks to the DC Ring, people had become able to check their own status, revealing the existence of skills. With that, the existence of skills that weren’t magic also came to light to the world.

『I’m a C-rank miner type. So I didn’t have any abilities that were useful in combat.』

The man in question had uploaded a new interview video, and we were watching it with Mio and the others.

『But hey, since I’d awakened, I wanted to make the most of it. Digging magic stones every day is profitable, sure, but if I’m going to do this, I figured I might as well fight properly. So whenever I had time, I kept practicing the kamehameha and eventually, one day, I could do it.』

『It’s not all that powerful, but I can hit monsters about ten meters away. And now, thanks to the Dungeon Convenience Store, my defense is solid too. That’s how I managed to attack monster too.』

『Oh right, the skill name was 【Energy Blast】.』

With that, he demonstrated the 【Energy Blast】 again and ended the video. Surely now, more people around the world would start practicing the “kamehameha!” too.

“So cool.” 

Mio said, her eyes sparkling.

“Since he’s a miner type, does that mean I could use it too?”

“Anyone can learn it.”

“Huh?”

“Yeah. Do you want me to teach you?”

“Eh? Ehh?”

Since I was a monster, I had gained a certain number of skills naturally through racial evolution. However, just like awakened humans, I could also learn skills through sheer effort. I realized this by observing awakened ones practicing skill acquisition inside the dungeon, and I figured I could mimic them. Just like what Sun Tzu said—Know yourself and know your enemy. That teaching really was important.

“He didn’t mention it, but there’s actually one more important skill involved.”

I didn’t know whether Kamehameha Guy hadn’t realized it yet or had noticed and simply chosen not to say anything, but if he had checked his status, I figured he must’ve seen it.

“He said the skill name was 【Energy Blast】, right? In that case, he’d need a power source to project that ‘qi energy’ wouldn’t he?”

“Um, so… That would be Qi Control, then?”

“Exactly. I just call it a qi-type skill, but once you acquire it, all of your abilities will get a buff. The limit to how much you can use it depends on your ‘Body’ status, so keep that in mind.”

“Y-yes.”

We replayed The Man Who Did the Kamehameha!’s video. Then we paused it at the key moment.

“Look here—before he fires the blast, doesn’t it look like there’s a glow around him?”

“Ah! Yes, it does! It’s glowing!”

Ah, so she noticed. Well, I guess that made sense.

“Right. That glow is proof that he’s using 【Qi Control】 or a similar skill. If you practice while in that state, you’ll be able to use 【Energy Blast】.”

“So that means, I have to learn 【Qi Control】  first, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Um… Jiro-san, can you use it? Can you use【Energy Blast】?”

“…Well, I’m from the same generation as him, after all.”

I’d been a fan of the author since the previous series. Of course I had practiced shooting Qi energy. It was embarrassing, but hey—I succeeded, so it was fine.

From here, we decided to head to the Kichijōji Dungeon to practice. We brought Piroane with us and went to a deep area where people rarely came to train. First, I had them learn 【Qi Control】.

“What’s important is the flow of energy.”

“The flow of energy?”

“Yeah. The wish to feel the flow of energy.”

“The flow of energy… So, meditation?”

“If that’s how you interpret it, then sure.”

The important thing was believing that the power existed and strongly wishing to feel it. As long as you could do those two things, it didn’t matter if it was meditation, yoga, or standing under a waterfall. The method didn’t matter, really.

“Mmmmm…”

“Hmph.”

While Mio was struggling and groaning with effort, Piroane succeeded almost effortlessly. In her case, she already knew such things existed, so it was probably easy to manifest the skill. So really, there was no need for that smug look, Piroane. Your face looked irritating.

“One trillion yen.”

“…Ahh….”

She immediately slumped with disappointment.

So it still works, huh.

Or so I thought—until Mio, still meditating, looked at me with a “No teasing!” face.

Fine. I’ll seal that one away.

Mio managed to learn 【Qi Control】 in about thirty minutes.

“That’s amazing. I thought it would take longer for you to master it.”

It was her first time acquiring a skill, after all. Even though I’d shortened the trial-and-error part, the hardest part was gaining the very sense of acquiring something new.

“Because Jiro-san said I could do it! I believe in you!”

Well, that was what she had said. It was kind of embarrassing. Once she had Qi Control, learning 【Energy Blast】 came quickly. She succeeded, so we recorded a video.

Title: I Can Do the Kamehameha Now!

First, we had Mio do it. Then, together with Piroane. Huh? Me too? And so, the three of us were filmed doing the kamehameha together.

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