Surviving in a World Teeming with Monsters with the Useless Skill 【Everyday Items Master】! I Was Just Hunting Wild Animals with a Crowbar, So Why Is Everyone Screaming It's an S-Rank Monster? - 96

Chapter 96: Everyone, Let’s Watch Fast & Furious!

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From what we heard from Bloody Guy, the safe was extremely well-guarded.

“It’s about the size of a prefab shed. I snuck a look at the documents, and the steel plating is exactly 50 centimeters thick. It’s located at the deepest part of the Kagerou base.”

The Bloody Guy (who was no longer bloody) explained this to us inside one of the large vehicles used by the Ferocious Shark Gang. I, Shachimaru, Ui, and the formerly Bloody Guy made up the four in our vehicle. In the one behind us, there were another four Ferocious Shark Gang members.

We were heading to the Kagerou base. We were using vehicles because Ui didn’t know the location. Apparently, whenever they had to go somewhere for the first time, the Ferocious Shark Gang always needed to transport Ui by car for safety. Shachimaru pondered over the information given by our driver, the formerly Bloody Guy.

“That’s a tough one. Whether we’re blowing it open or picking the lock, it’s going to take a large crew and a few hours at best.”

He looked troubled as he said that. I was the one who voiced the obvious question.

“What if we take out the surrounding enemies first, then let the safecracking team do their thing…? No good, huh? A giant wild animal would show up during that time.”

“In that case, it’d be faster to have Aniki take down the giant wild animal. The whole point is to crack the safe and make things easier so we can kill the Wolf King, right?”

Just like Shachimaru said. We wanted to get rid of the giant wild animal the easy way and kill the Wolf King. That was why we wanted to break into the safe and deal with the artifact—to get the beast out of the picture.

Even if it’s a wild animal, if it’s ridiculously huge, it’s still a huge problem. A few meters tall is one thing, but if it’s tens of meters? That’s way too much.

And then Ui spoke up.

“Hey, Shacchi~ Isn’t this, like, totally checkmate?”

“To kill the Wolf King and crush Kagerou, we gotta get rid of the SS-class. But to get rid of the SS-class, we gotta crack the safe. And to crack the safe, we gotta get rid of the SS-class again…”

An endless loop. Listening to it normally, it really did seem like the only option was to brute-force our way through the giant wild animal. But then—

“…You know, lately, I’ve been watching movies. A friend of mine got me into them.”

“Aniki?”

Shachimaru looked at me, surprised that I brought this up out of nowhere.

“That friend’s name is Rick. He’s a great driver. Some people probably know him from his streams.”

“You mean Vehicle Master.”

“Even Ui-chan knows who he is!”

“That Vehicle Master is more famous than Crowbar Bro, even!”

The three of them chimed in one after another, and I nodded.

“Good, then you know who I mean. You know how that guy acts like he’s in a Hollywood movie all the time? That’s why I started watching Hollywood flicks lately. And—”

I crossed my arms.

“There was a situation just like this in one of them. A treasure protected by a massive safe. They needed to figure out how to steal it.”

“…What did they do in the movie?” 

Shachimaru asked.

“In the movie, they hooked a wire to the safe, yanked it out of the wall, and had a car chase with it.”

“…Come again?”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

Shachimaru looked confused, and the Bloody Guy complained. So I repeated myself.

“I mean, if the safe can’t be opened, then we just need to steal it without opening it. Shake off the enemy and escape, then take your time cracking it open back at our base! That’s the plan.”

““……””

Shachimaru and the Bloody Guy were both speechless. Honestly, if I’d been on the receiving end of that suggestion, I would’ve reacted the same way. It was the kind of absurd idea that only flies in movies. But Ui jumped up and down, excited.

“That is totally flashy and amazing~! Let’s do it that way! Let’s steal the whole huge safe!”

She squealed in excitement, her bunny ears bouncing up and down.

“Kyaa!” 

Then the Bloody Guy muttered to Shachimaru.

“Aniki, these guys are nuts… There’s no way that plan would work—”

“…No, I think it’s worth a shot.”

“Huh!? Aniki!?”

Shachimaru fell silent, seriously thinking through the feasibility.

“I’d actually thought of stealing the whole safe from the start. A simpler version—using Inaba’s teleportation magic somehow. But…”

“That thing’s way too heavy, there’s no way Ui-chan’s teleport magic could handle it~!”

“…Yeah, I figured she’d say that, so I kept quiet. But this might be a real option.”

Shachimaru grinned.

“We’ve got some pretty powerful vehicles, right? Including the one we’re in now. And we carry wire all the time—there’s some in this truck too, yeah?”

“Y-You’re serious about this…?”

“Yeah, dead serious. So, Aniki…”

He said, turning his attention to me.

“Let’s go with your plan. I’ll have one of the smarter guys in the truck behind us iron out the details. What do you say?”

“…I mean, I’m the one who suggested it, but seriously?”

“Dead serious! That’s just like you, Aniki! First you throw Inago into the moon, then you freeze the entire monster Kraken, and now you’re pulling a movie stunt!”

“Tacchan’s plans are always wild!”

Shachimaru and Ui were getting all fired up, laughing and shouting. Even the driver, the Bloody Guy, muttered nervously.

“Now that I think about it…Pulling all of that in just two or three days? Crowbar Bro’s terrifying…”

In that enclosed space where everyone was teasing me like that, I—

“Say whatever you want. Anyway, if we’re all in agreement, then let’s do it.”

I brushed off their words, doing my best to hide how embarrassed I felt.

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