"Konbanwa"

Rustle──

From the mountain of bug corpses, piled up high like a literal mountain, the Russian Climber they'd thought was dead rose to his feet.

That was why Wakamo had been stopped when she'd tried to check whether he was alive.

Wakamo had wanted to recover the body, since leaving a corpse behind in a dangerous place like this meant monsters might tear into it.

But of course, he was far from dead. He'd only been playing dead.

Even so, just in case, he'd also taken a drug developed by a Russian government Alchemist that put him into a state of suspended animation.

Since he'd effectively been in suspended animation, Wakamo had only been suspicious and hadn't caught on that he was alive.

"This is [Chetyre]. As planned, the fox has gone into the den."

"[Confirmed]"

──When the Russian agent who referred to himself by a number, "Number 4," took off his gas mask, a reptile-like face was revealed...