One Hundred Storey Tower Ch 1

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1: What this place is...
2: (title) Chapter 1 - The Largest Tower in History (Part 1)
3: and who that girl is...
4: My memory regarding those two things
5: was the key to everything.

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1: 21st century Tokyo
2: As per usual, the government has published // the names of those confirmed to have died today in the Babel Dungeon.
3: (on tv) Yet another day with over 100 deaths
4: I hope you’ll participate! // Here you go!
5: Here you go.
6: (on paper)
State-run Gamble - Babel Dungeon
Challenger Application
Reward upon reaching goal - 10 billion yen
Qualification Requirements - None
MLIT
7: The Babel Dungeon // is that really big tower, right?
8: That’s right.
9: Back when the Olympics // were taking place in Tokyo,

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1: your grandmother here would have never guessed that such an enormous building would get built in this country.

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1: There is a special kind of gambling in this country.
2: It’s known as the Babel Dungeon.

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1: “Challengers.” // Those that choose to enter this gamble are known by that title, with new Challengers consistently joining year by year.
2: However, today there was a boy that ended up entering against his own will.
3: He would now soon find himself in the largest tower in history, the Babel Dungeon.

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1: Where...
2: am I?

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1: Actually,
2: what was I even doing before this?
3: I’m pretty sure
4: I left for school like usual on a Friday morning,
5: (left of 4) Here Tatsuki, your lunch.
6: and then I got on a train that was different from normal.
7: I remember at least that much, but...
8: I better contact Gramps, he’s probably worried...
9: Huh?
10: My phone’s gone...
11: Tatsuki Kuroumi.

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1: Welcome to the Babel Dungeon. // We will be serving as your guide, known as the “GG.”
2: This is the ground floor, Floor 100. // Please do your best to aim for the goal // and return to the outside world with your reward of 10 billion yen.
3: B-Babel...?
4: What are you talking about?

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1: The first mission will start in 10 seconds.
2: Huh?!
3: Commencing countdown.
4: Wait...!
5: This is bad...!
6: It won’t open?!
7: Is anyone there?! Please let me out of here!
8: Please...!
9: BDP System activating.
10: bloop
11: (text on left) Babel Dungeon Portable. When inside the Babel Dungeon, information is transmitted via a microscopic communications device equipped in one’s eyes.

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1: (text on display thing)
Tatsuki Kuroumi
WELCOME TO BDP
The BDP is an information management system specialized for use within the Babel Dungeon. We will be using the BDP to manage information regarding your body and other factors.
2: There’s text floating in the air...
3: Wait, what?
4: It’s showing up right inside my eyes?!
5: ...Wait, no.
6: It looks like it's something like contact lenses.
7: Huh...?
8: W-What the heck...?!
9: What are these? ...Bruises?!

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1: Please take off all your clothes other than your underwear // and head out of this room within 60 seconds.
2: Wha?!
3: Those that do not comply will be penalized.
4: Seriously, what the heck is going on here...?!
5: It’s telling me to get out by the door won’t even open!
6: The door will // now be unlocked.
7: click
8: Whoa...!


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1: W-What is this place...?
2: Ah...

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1: Thank goodness...
2: I’m not the only one here.
3: woosh
4: It’s kind of hard to see since it’s dark, but it looks like there’s about 20 of them...

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1: There’s a number on the door...
2: 11...?
3: My phone and accessories were all taken away, // and I got these weird tattoos on me too. This is the worst.
4: Plus, // no one told me I’d get separated from my boyfriend!
5: This seriously pisses me off.
6: U-Um... // Excuse me...

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1: Huh...?
2: Uh... // I...
3: Um...
4: Hey! // What do you think you’re staring at?!
5: I-I’m sorry!
6: That surprised me.
7: I can’t believe she just started stripping out of nowhere...

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1: ......!
2: Everyone’s stripping?!
3: A-Are they all following the orders of that lion?!
4: There’s no way I’m stripping down to my underwear!
5: I never should’ve come here!
6: Cancel my entry!
7: “Come?” “Entry?”
8: So she chose to come here...?
9: ...Wait, hold on here.

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1: Don’t tell me...
2: I’m the only one here with no idea what’s going on?
3: Tatsuki,
4: why are you here?!
5: Huh...?
6: Why does she know my name?!

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1: Wait, don’t look!
2: It’s embarrassing!
3: But... // I really never would have thought you of all people would come here...
4: M-More importantly, you need to hurry up and take off your clothes!
5: Huh?
6: Ah?!
7: W-Wait!!
8: Kyah!

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1: Ah... // S-Sorry!
2: W-Wait, that uniform...
3: Huh?
4: I can see you’re from the same school as mine,
5: but do we actually know each other?
6: W-What are you saying?!
7: Of course we know each other! // After all we’ve been through...
8: “After all we’ve been through”?!
9: So she’s at least my friend, I’m guessing...?
10: Now that I think about it...

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1: It feels like there are some faces I should know well
2: that I can’t remember.
3: If this girl is one of those people...
4: Time’s up.

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1: Huh? // Wasn’t there supposed to be a penalty if you don’t strip?
2: A-Anyway, let’s get up.
3: Right...
4: bloop
5: (warning) Penalty: Use of legs disabled.
Restriction Duration: 600 seconds

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1: Whoa!
2: Kyah!
3: I-I suddenly lost any feeling I had in my legs!
4: What the heck is this...?

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1: Is this the “penalty”?!
2: It’s happening to her, too...!!
3: I can’t move it...?! // Why...?!
4: The same happened for that other woman!
5: But how is this even possible?
6: ...Ah!
7: Iah...! // Higuh...!
8: That woman looks like her entire body got paralyzed and she can’t even talk anymore.
9: As for you, it only looks like it's only your legs that aren’t working.

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1: How long is it?
2: Huh?
3: I’m talking about the penalty duration.
4: It was displayed on the lenses in your eyes, right?
5: Lenses...
6: ...Oh, right. I-It said it was 600 seconds...
7: I see only one of your legs was affected.
8: Kyah?!
9: Hmm...

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1: I’m assuming something got injected into your bloodstream, // and it’s controlling your nerves via the commands of someone else.
2: And the extent of the penalty varies in proportion to how much clothing was on your body, // meaning that it’s possible to control where the paralysis spreads...
3: U-Um... // do you think you could...
4: Fufu.
5: I can’t believe they actually put it to application.
6: ......
7: That’s the Babel Dungeon for you, I suppose. // It’s a good thing I came here.
8: rumble // rumble

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1: Oh, shit! // Something came out!
2: It’s just water.
3: You damn scaredy-cats.
4: My clothes are all soaked now.
5: This is an announcement from GG.
6: This area is the “Cylindrical Waterway.” // Please find the exit.
7: What’s up with that...? It’s like this is a game or something...

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1: So the first mission is an escape kind of thing, huh?
2: Hey, did it feel like GG’s voice // came from above for some reason to any of you?
3: Like hell if I’d know! We need to focus on finding the exit!
4: Hey...! // The doors are all locked!
5: Not like there’d be any point even if they weren’t. // They’d just lead to the rooms we were in from the start.
6: Why are they all accepting the situation so easily...?
7: ...Kah... // Guboh...!
8: ...? // Ah...!!


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1: Someone help that woman over there...!!
2: She’s going to end up // drowning in her current condition!
3: ...Kah... // Ka...hah...
4: It’s her own fault, just leave her be.
5: I mean, yeah, her whole body’s paralyzed.
6: ...Wha?
7: We might end up getting a penalty if we try helping her out.
8: T-That’s just wrong, don’t you think?!

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1: You’re the one that’s wrong! // Following the instructions is the most important thing when you’re in here!
2: Wasn’t it your fault that this girl got her leg paralyzed?
3: Huh...? // Oh...
4: ...Kah!
5: ...Ough!
6: Goboh!
7: If you wanna save her so bad, then do it on your own.
8: She’s about done for.
9: .....!

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1: Damn it!
2: Tatsuki?!
3: What the heck is up with this place?!
4: Why is everyone being so unsympathetic while someone’s dying right in front of them?!
5: Where’s their common sense?!
6: Where are their morals?!
7: Seriously, what the heck is going on?!
8: Don’t just watch, go save her!!!

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1: ... // ...!
2: ...Ough...!
3: Tatsuki!
4: Wait...!
5: If only my legs worked...
6: Damn it!! Please let me make it on time...!
7: Stay with me!
8: Guh...
9: Are you all right?! // Are you...

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1: ......!
2: This...!
3: This really is just wrong...!

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1: There’s nothing // wrong about this.
2: We’re all
3: “Challengers” here, after all.

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1: “Challengers”...?
2: You really are kind, Tatsuki.
3: I was really scared about coming here,
4: but I’m glad you’re here with me.

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1: I don’t know how many years it’ll take,
2: but let’s survive and reach the goal together.

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1: Wha...
2: What is this girl saying?
3: No...
4: More importantly...
5: Who are you?

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1: Babel Dungeon Article 1 Section 1 - Reward of completion is 10 billion yen.