Volume 4 Chapter 24 Hidden Bulletin Board [Poor Harvest] District ⑬ High School: This Year’s Freshmen are Just Messing Up Big Time [Bad Luck]
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Thread: [Poor Harvest] District 13 High School: This Year’s Freshmen are Just Messing Up Big Time [Bad Luck]
0001 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
What a bunch of pathetic losers.
0002 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
2nd.
0003 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Did something go down?
0004 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
A bunch of this year’s freshmen got caught off guard. The count is higher than usual this time.
0005 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Situation bad enough to trigger an Escape ball? The training dungeons are chosen specifically to be safe, otherwise it’s on the teachers. If they dove into some illegal high-level dungeon, that’s entirely on them.
0006 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Sounds like it’s because of this topic↓ [Uniform patches] Drop Items1 [Uniform patches]
0007 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Uniform patches price list?
0008 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Uniform patches prices have been skyrocketing lately.
0009 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Someone posted that rare Uniform patches drop in E-Class dungeons. Seems like a bunch of groups went in for a cash grab. Then, a lot of them ended up running into a Unique Variant.
0010 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Lol, get rekt.
0011 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Expensive tuition, huh w
0012 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The ones who dove in on requests from Uniform patches collectors got caught in it too.
0013 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
There are a lot of well-known handle-names for Uniform patches collectors. Lately, this guy Oppen in the thread above is famous for paying well. But he’s a total nobody, definitely a fake name. Super sketchy.
0014 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Fake name isn’t really a problem, is it?
0015 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The ‘nobody’ part is the issue.
0016 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Hard to argue against the lack of trust.
0017 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I know someone who dealt with him a few times and they said the impression wasn’t bad. Seems the payment went through immediately too. The rating is actually high.
0018 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Hand-off?
0019 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Nah, through the mail and bank transfer.
0020 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I guess that figures.
0021 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Collecting Uniform patches feels like something an upstart second-gen would get into. Constantly hunting for rare Uniform patches to flex on other collectors.
0022 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It helps us out, though. Truly a godsend.
0023 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Oppen’s buy-in price is a bit high, which is also why everyone’s flocking to him.
0024 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
People are always suspicious of new handles. Offering a high price early on to gain trust and paying out reliably is a common tactic.
0025 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Doesn’t sound like there’s any problem then, does it?
0026 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Who was the one saying it was sketchy?
0027 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It was me, Meatball!
0028 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It was me, Corned Beef!
0029 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It was me, Crab Cream Croquette!
0030 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It was me! All the people who got caught off guard were the ones diving for Oppen’s requests. That’s too much of a coincidence.
0031 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
They were all after the same Uniform patches, so they just happened to run into the Unique Variant for the same reason. You can’t engineer a failure like that on purpose. Use common sense.
0032 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Maybe the spawn conditions for the Unique Variant were specific? Newer dungeons are always a gamble like that. If your strategy is ‘Safety First,’ better to dive into a 50-year-old withered dungeon.
0033 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Newer dungeons have better yields, though. If you’re a ‘Go All-Out’ type of group, you hit the new ones. It depends on the group’s skill and policy.
0034 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Actually, the issue is on the administrative side for marking it as an E-Class when a Unique Variant like that spawns.
0035 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Are the details of the Unique Variant posted anywhere?
0036 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It’s on the emergency notice page for the Ministry of Sorcery.
0037 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Head-Hunting Mantis is no joke. Even among 2nd and 3rd years, not many can go toe-to-toe with that.
0038 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I get why they got caught off guard. Total despair for greenhorns who just entered an E-Class dungeon.
0039 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Dungeon rank hasn’t been changed? Why?
0040 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Because the spawn conditions were specific and are already identified. The judgment seems to be that it won’t happen again if managed. Ultimately, the punchline is that it was a Head-Hunting Mantis dropping the rare Uniform patches.
0041 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Diving into a Free dungeon implies they had some confidence in their arms. Then they get a death match with a strong enemy out of nowhere. Could easily turn into a lifelong trauma.
0042 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Even if it isn’t a trauma, burning an Escape ball at this stage is painful. Makes proactive attacks difficult. Even if you earn your purchase rank smoothly, it takes years to actually buy anything. Gotta find another way to get it.
0043 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The existence of ‘purchase ranks’ is why talented sorcerers shrink. If the rule was just ‘if you have the money, you can buy it,’ things would flow much better, but nope. The item transfer rules are strict too.
0044 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Or, jumping ship from dungeon explorer groups to Tower Dungeon conquerors. Still just enough time to change course.
0045 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Rumor has it everyone who got caught off guard was on the ‘exposed’ list from that other thread. Maybe the Plain-folk’s curse actually worked?
0046 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Oh! Our long-cherished desire is finally…!
0047 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
There are things better left unsaid even if you think them. Keep quiet if you don’t want to get glared at by some scary people.
0048 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
What’s with the sudden shift? Creepy! Are you one of those Tsuyo-Osu (Strong-Male) who got caught off guard? www
0049 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Keep it to that. It’s for your own sake.
0050 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
’It’s for your own sake’ stiffly www Yeah, I’ll pass www
0051 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I gave you the warning. If you get a grudge, blame your own lack of foresight.
0052 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Well, well, let’s stop with the scary talk and discuss the Tower Dungeon.
0053 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The freshmen are actually doing well with the tower this year. Some are already nearly double the floor progress of last year.
0054 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The transfer student from District 5 is leading the tower conquest group. I don’t get the pride in a transfer student being talented. Where’s your pride as a native of District 13?
0055 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Is District 13 even a place to feel pride in?
0056 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It’s been thriving for nearly a thousand years; the history is decent. There are a few famous sorcerers in history from here. Lately, it’s pretty unremarkable, honestly.
0057 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It’s just a place where nobles from the capital were exiled to, so a lot of people ended up here.
0058 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
But thanks to that, ancient sorcery-related books and treasures remain, so it’s not half bad.
0059 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Something about being proud of the collar as a slave feels wrong…
0060 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Ultimately, what’s with that transfer student? Still wearing the District 5 Uniform. I thought they’d switch to the 13 Uniform when it got cold, but they’re still wearing the 5th’s winter gear. At this rate, they’ll be here for the 3rd term too.
0061 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Sounds like they are here for the 3rd term too.
0062 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
So they’re on the international student track? I seriously don’t know what those hags are thinking.
0063 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
My vote is they aren’t thinking anything at all.
0064 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Same.
0065 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Maybe it’s fine since they seem to be enjoying it? Just a Tower Dungeon otaku?
0066 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Our Dungeon generator is the latest model, so did they transfer just for that? On the District 5 board, they said their machine is practically ancient. Ultimately, are we settling on them being someone with weird priorities?
0067 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
It’s not just the tower conquest group, the regular dungeon explorer groups are extremely talented too.
0068 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The clear info for the Commercial District got updated, didn’t it? Those guys are legitimately insane.
0069 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The fastest clear was that group that got Counter-attacked. Second place was that scrawny group with only one Initial Strong-Female. What are the other groups even doing?
0070 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Seriously pathetic.
0071 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
No, no, look at the timing of the clear. Admit it, that Counter-attack group is just that good.
0072 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The current 2nd and 3rd years cleared it faster.
0073 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I think they mean the Oni group for the 2nd years and ‘that’ group for the 3rd years. Those two were just exceptionally fast. The second-place groups for the 2nd and 3rd years weren’t actually that fast.
0074 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Huh? Was that it?
0075 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
This year’s group is one of the fastest clears in history, actually.
0076 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Anyway, setting aside the second place, the top group is the problem. How can a group with a Counter-attacked Tsuyo-Osu (Strong-Male) and Strong-Females (Shoji’s group members) clear dungeons so smoothly? It’s weird any way you look at it.
0077 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I never imagined a masochistic Tsuyo-Osu (Strong-Male) would be this much of a nuisance. I’ll never forgive you masochists!
0078 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Whose perspective is that? What is this guy even saying.
0079 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
The second-place one isn’t a masochist.
0080 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
I’ll never forgive you total perverts!
0081 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
That, I understand. As a serious sorcerer, I can’t accept losing to perverts.
0082 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
They are definitely total perverts.
0083 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
They’re so sharp they’ve gone past the edge…
0084 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
My eyes didn’t deceive me. They’ll leave their names in history. No doubt about it.
0085 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Don’t go dropping comments like ‘I raised them’ when you have zero relationship with them, seriously?
0086 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Honestly, I think there are a lot of people who want them to just drop dead.
0087 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
They are the pride and the stain of District 13 High School.
0088 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
If only it was them who got caught off guard, that would’ve been hilarious.
0089 Anonymous Student＠National High Schooler
Hidden believers and radical anti-fans. The one likely to be the grade valedictorian is a Counter-attacked masochist. Really, this year is hell, Fu-hahaha!
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Summary:
Anonymous students discuss a series of incidents where freshmen students suffered setbacks in training dungeons due to encounters with a Head-Hunting Mantis, a Unique Variant. The discussion touches upon the influence of rare items known as Uniform patches, the mysterious buyer “Oppen,” and the competitive atmosphere of the school. The conversation shifts to the surprising success of tower conquest groups and specific high-performing students before concluding with a mix of disdain and grudging respect for the school’s top performers.
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Trivia:
- The students at District 13 High School perceive their own district as an unremarkable place, originally used for the exile of nobles from the capital.
- “Uniform patches” are rare drop items that drive the local economy and competition among students.
- The “Head-Hunting Mantis” is identified as a dangerous Unique Variant that even 2nd and 3rd-year students struggle against.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• B – A student originally from North Middle School who was added to S’s group.
• M – A first-year student at District 13 High School and the childhood friend of Anonymous Student 0006, described as an atavistic strong-female who looks plain but possesses significant power.
• S – A first-year student at District 13 High School who has taken B from North Middle into his squad.
• T – A first-year student at District 13 High School who has recruited K and N from East Middle into his group.
• A – A student from South Middle School described as an idol who has been recruited into R’s high school squad.
• N – A student from East Middle with an eccentric personality who entered National High School due to complex family circumstances and used herself as leverage to negotiate a protective agreement for K.
• Oppen – A collector and buyer of Uniform patches, known for paying well, though viewed as a suspicious newcomer.
• Meatball – An anonymous student on the school bulletin board.
• Corned Beef – An anonymous student on the school bulletin board.
• Crab Cream Croquette – An anonymous student on the school bulletin board.
• R – A first-year student at District 13 High School who has successfully built a squad and added multiple girls, including M and A, into his group.
• K – A student from East Middle who followed N to National High School out of care, successfully remaining pure through N’s protection until a misunderstanding involving Anonymous Student 0008 led to her capitulation.
• Shoji – A conspicuous, top-ranked male transfer student in a distinctive white uniform who leads an independent exploration group and treats diving as a change of pace. Encountered by Minoru, this tower-conquering protagonist associates with Kotoha’s group and links with other curriculum students. He maintains a dry, direct demeanor, often baffled by others’ intense focus on dungeon mechanics.
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