I Reincarnated Into a Vending Machine Chapter 84

Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta ore wa Meikyuu o Samayou
Author: Hiru k.u.ma
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Conversation

Hyurumi and the residents, who had heard Ramis' yell and came rus.h.i.+ng over, carried her on their shoulders to a bed. Right now she's resting her body and heart.

"Hakkon, just now, was Ramis saying something weird? Like something about talking."

Hyurumi, who put Ramis to bed, came back in a hurry and posed that question
I guess there's no need to keep quiet about it from Hyurumi.

"Ye s."

"Eh, eh, eh, eh-?"

When I answered her obediently, Ramis froze up. I haven't been able to say anything but the same things all this time, so of course she's going to be surprised when I respond normally.

"Ju st a lit tle"

I can only speak in five segments, so there's some s.p.a.ce in between.

"But no t good."

N-, there are restrictions with the amount of syllables and words I have, so a.s.sembling them is hard. No matter what, there will be strange word usages.

"Uh, that, so you mean, how … so you can't say everything fluently, na."

"Ye s"

"That weird way of talking is … is there a limitation on the syllables and words?"

It really helps that Hyurumi understands quickly from me talking.

"Welcome Thank you very much Please come back again You've won another bottle Too bad Grand prize Please insert the coins."

I uttered all of the pre-established phrases I could say. Hyrurumi, with a serious face, stared intently at me.

"A i u o ka"
"Ku ko sa s.h.i.+ su"
"Se ni ne no ta"
"Chi te to ma mo"
"Ra ri yo wo n"
"Ga go za da de"
"Bo tsu- ya yu"

And with that, I've said everything I could say. They probably don't have the j.a.panese syllabary in this other world, because this world's worlds change themselves to j.a.panese in my head, so anyone else might just hear them as meaningless sounds.
However, I reincarnated in another world as a vending machine. It can't be helped that I have to hope that it conveniently translates itself well.

"So basically… ya can extract single syllables from the words you usually say, and arrange them in place of normal speech?"

"Ye s ye s."

"And also, ya can only say five syllables at a time; I ain't wrong, right?"

"That's ri ght but."
"also diffr ent a bit."

I p.r.o.nounce them smoothly if it's words I extracted from the pre-determined phrases, but when I connect single syllables, no matter what I do, it sounds like synthesized speech from the past.
Hyurumi's hypothesis is 80% correct, but accurately speaking, it's five segments that I can extract from the pre-determined phrases. So in the case I extract "You've won" from "You've won another bottle," that will be one segment. If I just extract "Yo", that is also one segment.

"I see, I've got the jist of it. Ain't this amazing!? We can talk way more than we have. When I tell Ramis, we're gonna have a chatfest. -tte, I'm crazy happy."

Slapping my body with a bang,bang, her face is beaming, as if she was boasting about something about herself.

"Ri ght?"

"Ah, 'cause even I'm glad for it! Because I want to know … more about Hakkon."

Her face turned red, and the speed with which she was slapping me increased. Even though she didn't say anything to be embarra.s.sed about?
Compared to the previouly, I now have the possibility of conveying my intentions with words. It's just, if only I had more words I could say - is something I shouldn't be thinking. I might get divine punishment if I wish for more extravagances. Perhaps, if I increased my dexterity the amount of syllables I can see will increase … I think.
I want to have fun with more conversations, but I also shouldn't say that.

"I wan t to go"

"Back to ter ra ce."

"Aah, you want to return to the terrace. Got it."

I won't get exhausted, so I'm the most suitable person – – vending machine for siege warfare.
There are a lot of things I can do even without transforming.
Once again, I returned to the terrace and took up a position in front of the door. I will show you the strength of will that won't let a single creature past this door.
Hyurumi has already returned, so right now I don't need .
The time right now is a little before evening. If we can withstand another two, three hours then the sun will set, and the temperature will be a little better to bear.
Everyone except for Grandmother and Grandfather are repelling the enemies without a single sign of weariness. Grandfather seems to have overused his magic power, so he's sitting cross-legged next to the door. I gently handed him a mineral water.
It's mostly frogmen demons and the fish that can fly that make it up to the terrace. The bottleneck for the alligatormen demons' are their arms and legs are too short, so they can't climb the wall very well.
They did set up ladders and climb up from there, but the ladders were immediately knocked down.

The reason we're able to defend against an overwhelming enemy warforce is because the terrace is a reasonable size, and thankfully there are few monsters that are capable of long-ranged attacks.
Short arms and legs meant for paddling through water. It's probably difficult for them to handle throwing weapons like that.
The fish that can fly shoot out ma.s.ses of water from their mouths, but it's at a speed where you can more than easily avoid it, and it's not at a force that can defeat you in one blow.
You can't say this is anything but pure luck.
That said, let's stop observing now. I also need to partic.i.p.ate in the defense. Except for anything that would require me to be transformed for a long period of time, since there's a time lime, what are the things that I can do right now?
Alright, first let's mainly think about hindering the enemy.

I lined up a large amount of 2 liters of cola and opened the lids with . And then, I turned into the Cylindrical Candy Vending Machine for the first time in a while and dropped a large amount of cylindrical candy into my retrieval opening.
When I ejected them from my body, I returned to the usual vending machine, used to unwrap the cylindrical candy, and threw them into the cola, immediately closing the caps.
And then I launched them from the . I launched all the readied colas one after another, erasing only the bottles.

"Ri-bbit ribbiit!"

Oh, the screams of the frogmen demons getting wrapped up in the cola explosions rise one after another. There isn't much damage to speak of, but it's not just nothing when those big eyes get bathed in cola, I suppose.
Alright then, let's keep it going. I have more than enough cola bombs. Let's paint this town in carbonation(blood).

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The sun is about to be hidden behind the horizon. The area suddenly became dark, but the enemy attacks coming towards here have stopped.
Like it was planned, the monsters stopped their attacks and left from the Hunters a.s.sociation. What the, do they have some plan or something?
As everyone harbored doubts about this and was carefully watching the enemy's retreat, the door opened, and black-clothed soldiers appeared.
So that's Suori's guards, huh? What did they come for?

"Good work everyone. The monsters here will withdraw for a little when the sun sets, and will switch to a fierce attack near midnight. We will take over the watch from here, so please rest your bodies."

So the enemy also takes a break. I was thinking that it would be good to switch to offensive measures if there are only this many enemies left here, but if they're going to take it easy here instead then I won't have any complaints.
We left the place to the black-clothes, I also returned with everyone to the inside.

"Kuwa Can't we do something about this humidity?"

"You just have to bear it, Karios."

Gols rebuked Karios, who was asking for someone to do something. The others aren't saying anything, but the pouring sweat and uncomfortable looks on their faces say everything.
Heat stroke can occur even inside a room normally. I have to drop the temperature in the room somehow.
I became the and uttered, "Ice co ming," poured out ice at high speed. When a small ice mountain had been produced in the blink of an eye, everyone stuffed boxes and pots and bags with ice, putting them in the four corners of the room and around themselves in place of air conditioning.
It's just a quick fix, but it's better than nothing.

"Everyone, I'm sorry it took so long. Good job lasting until now. Leave tonight to us and rest yourselves thoroughly. Let's leave the matter of whose responsibility this disaster is for afterwards."

President Bear bowed his head deeply and gave everyone in the room an apology.
There were people who reacted by showing their understanding, but there weren't a few people who glared fiercely; they probably lost comrades and relatives.
He had already explained why he had been away from this level previously, but coming to terms with the fact that this was why this happened is another thing altogether.
If I had been left behind on this level, gotten wrapped up in this situation, and lost Ramis and Hyurumi, I can't say I wouldn't harbor the same feelings that they have.
So it means you need to have this kind of resolution if you're going to be a leader.

"First of all, our highest priority is to repel the monsters in order to live. The monsters on this level are mostly nocturnal, and right now is early summer so the temperature is particularly high. When the temperature has gone down from the middle of the night to early morning is when they're the most energetic."

Frogs and alligators live primarily nocturnal lifestyles, after all. I remember that when I went to the countryside, when it became nighttime, the frogs in the rice paddies would croak out in a big choir.
If I apply the traits and lifestyles of the ones from Earth, then I have a way to deal with the nighttime.
The problem is how to persuade Ramis, who seems like she would object.  That I don't know.

I'll do my best to keep it to the five segments thing, but limiting it to the actual syllables he can say is an exercise in frustration.>