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Chapter 51 - It's Trending So I Bought One, But You're Lecturing the Source of the Trend?

**Day 27 Noon Inn White Weirdo Pervert Meeting**

We dragged Haruka-kun to the guild to make him show up, figure out what really happened, uncover the truth. His confession probably won't make any sense anyway.

Seriously, what even is Haruka-kun's special skill "Report-Contact-Consult"? It has literally never helped once. Isn't that thing actually a bad status effect? Well, no skill's reforming Haruka-kun anyway. Definitely not.

"I was totally sure Haruka-kun would go missing in the dungeon, but nope—it was the monster surge instead..."

"Later he said he saw—or rather, clubbed—an orc at the forest entrance a few days ago, so the death flag was already planted. By the time we heard, the flag had been annihilated, though."

"No, if he went into the dungeon he'd definitely fall. No question. No way he doesn't fall."

"Even if he fell, he'd probably go 'Crashed straight to dungeon conquest? Kinda?' and just stroll back out normally?"

"He didn't notice the monster surge? How? Why did he think it was an bulk-buying tour?"

"He kept insisting one-by-one appearances meant it wasn't a surge. The culprit, that is."

"Yeah, it doesn't seem like he was lying... If they came in a group he'd have wiped them with magic... but he punched every single one... even the king..."

"Ah~ he was going 'Monsters attacked me, so I'm the victim, right?' super stubbornly."

"Normally~ victims don't commit mass murderer on the perpetrators, right? Not really?"

"Why is this town suddenly super popular among monsters? He was convinced someone was advertising it? What?"

"Why did he think there'd be prizes? 'Monster Master'? Game brain?... Said it was perfect clear too..."

"He said once he started whacking he couldn't stop... kept whacking till perfect? Something like that..."

""""Haaah~~~""""

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"We all decided to protect Haruka-kun together~ right? But... what exactly are we protecting him from~?"

""""...Yeah."""

If we're protecting anyone, it'd probably end up being the monsters from Haruka-kun. No matter how you look at it, the victims are the monsters.

"Seriously, if something shows up that needs protecting from Haruka-kun, we should just give up. Impossible."

""""...Right?"""

Yeah... Did the level wall get completely smashed? He's popping kings left and right...

"He thinks he's a mob... but if every mob in the story was like Haruka-kun, the moment the Demon Lord appears he'd get clubbed flat, right? Demons would need protection. Mob protection program—endangered species status, guaranteed."

""""...He'd kill them."""

A world where mobs are the ones going full power... Do we even need heroes? The world's crisis is the monsters? They're the ones facing extinction?

"Lately the townspeople are casually carrying clubs too... What even is a mob? A clubber? Are all those people Haruka-kun types?"

"Ah... yeah... They're holding some really nice clubs... totally normally..."

"Before we knew it the weapon shop turned into a club specialty store and it's booming? It used to sell actual weapons?"

"Right in front of the inn, kids were whacking each other with clubs playing... looked super fun..."

""""...This town doesn't need protecting, does it?"""

Monsters, run away~! This town's dangerous! Not popular—mass murder! Mass clubbing! Come to think of it, Haruka-kun once said the strongest might actually be Villager A? Who? Villager A? Mobs are way too scary!

Looks like this isn't a world of swords and sorcery after all... It's clubs. ...Caveman era? Trading blows with gobs?

Before we knew it a few of the girls bought some too? Sword users? It's trending? Clubbing boom? Am I gonna buy one eventually too? Start whacking people? The trendsetter is getting lectured!

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