Saike Once Again 119

And now today's first chapter. I admit it does rub me the wrong way that on the main page it looks as if I missed two days when I didn't but there's not much I can do about it, lol.



Take 119: 5 second Rooms.
Pedro: I am Pedro.
Welcome to the “5 second rooms.”

002
Johann: “5 second rooms”....?
Care to tell me what those are?
Pedro: They are testing rooms...
I would like to find out between the two of us...
who has the longer lasting decisiveness.

003
Johann: Testing decisiveness?
Pedro: Correct.
Whether life goes well or it doesn't is all dependent on one's “decisiveness.”
Life is a series of choices.
And it is through those choices that one proceeds.
However we do not have the luxury of taking time to make choices..
(Sfx- Chichichichi ticktockticktock)
Pedro: As there is with most situations a time limit.
My opinion on the matter is for choices that truly matter the time limit is...
“5 seconds”...!!

004
Pedro: Those who cannot decide on correct decision within five seconds are fools!!
It's a shame, but if one cannot do that much they cannot hope to walk down the path of a good life.
Johann: That's quite the reckless viewpoint you have there.
All right, I'll bite. How are you going to test my decisiveness?
(Sfx- Suoooooohh whoooom)
Pedro: Let me invite you to...
The “5 second rooms”!!

005

006
{So this guy has the same type of power as Minmin.}
{A “world” Class ability.}
Pedro: As you may have correctly deduced, my ability is a “world” class one.
My oracle can create a space where anyone who enters is bound to rules of my making.
Now I will explain the rules of the “5 second rooms”.
Right now you are in a set of 25 five by five rooms.
I am in a room within this set as well.
However...

007
Pedro: Neither of us knows the location of the other person.
These rooms are completely soundproof so finding each other through “sounds” is also impossible.
Please touch the door.
(Sfx- Zuhhh sffft)
Pedro: Do you see?
There's no need for you to open the doors –you can just slip right on through.
That is the makeup of these rooms.
Johann: So essentially to have our fight we have to first find each other in these 25 rooms, huh?
Pedro: Correct.

008
Pedro: However in these rooms there's...
One more very important “rule.”
That is...
The time we're allowed to move through each room!!
We are both granted only “5 seconds.”
In summary,
First you will begin to search for me.

009
(Sfx- Pitaaah takk)
Pedro: And for five seconds afterward..
you will not be able to move.
In the moment you are unable to move, I will conversely be unfrozen from my location and be able to go forward.
And then in five seconds..
I will no longer be able to move.
(Sfx- Pitaaah takkk)
Pedro: And in that time you will be unfrozen for five seconds only.
We will continue in this loop...
Until one of us faints or dies. Only then will this world we're in be unlocked.
If you should win then you can advance forward.

010
Pedro: Those are the rules.
Do you understand them?
Johann: Yeah.
{Not that there are many rules to start with.}
Pedro: Then let us start.
You will move first.
5 second rooms....
Begin.
(Sfx- Dooon thooom)
{Now then...}
{Let me gather some information.}

011
(Sfx- pihh beep)
(Sfx- Pihh beep)
{The numbers on the doors act as a counter huh?}
{The size of one room is about 4.5 sqm...}
(Sfx- Hyuuruhhh spnnnn)
{I can use my oracle too.}
(Sfx- Pihh beep)
(Sfx- Bishiiihh zzzt)

012
{I see...}
{So even slight movements are restricted while one is constrained.}
{But I can still think.}
{How about my oracle?}
Johann: Rondo!!!
(Sfx- Shuruuuhh spnnnn)
{I can still use my oracle while constrained....}
(Sfx- Pih beep)
(Sfx- Pih beep)

013
Johann: Tenso!!
(Sfx- Zubaahhhh sliishhhh)
(Sfx- Jigaaahh ddshhh)
(Sfx- Kiin clang)
{So it's impossible for me to destroy these walls with my oracle....}
{So that's the situation here.}
{Now then...}
{The question is should I leave this room or not?}
{If he's coming at me with a roller plan in play, then...}
{Even if I don't make a move he'll find me eventually.}

014
{On the other hand If I want to launch an attack against him...}
{It's obvious the best time to do so would be during the five seconds where he can't move..!!}
{No matter how I slice it, I put myself in a way better position to move as much as I can, investigate other rooms and find him first!!}
{That is the rule of this world!!}
(Sfx- Pihh beep)
{And I can't move again.}
{Five seconds certainly passes before one knows it.}
{In any case once I can move again in five seconds, I've gotta put everything I've got into finding him.}

015
(Sfx- Pihhh beep)
(Sfx- Bishiii zzzzt)
(Sfx- Piihh beeep)
{Four seconds left.}
{Ugh, one second feels like an eternity!!}
{Compared to how fast it zips by when I can move, the pressure when “I can't move” make it feel like time is just crawling by.}
{Dammit, three more seconds....}

016
{Just two more seconds...}
(Sfx- Zuhhh sffft)
Pedro: Well, well. I've found you.
Could it be that you haven't moved from here yet?
I did warn you.
That this is a test of your “decisiveness.”
(Sfx- Zun thump)

017

018
Pedro: Whoops.
Guess I don't know my own strength.
You should have used the “5 seconds” I gave you with more care.
A shame.
Thank you for participating in...
5 second rooms.