Subaru was once again in his respawn point and dropped to his knees as the only thing he could think of continued to stay in his head.
'I just wasted my final death! Are you serious?! How did I walk into a construction site?! I guess I'll have to go with my second plan then…Time to find a book on undead.'
He treaded along the streets yet again thinking how this might be the last time he sees them. He reached a place that held many books and began cycling through them to try and find one on undead.
"….Especially attracted to holy auras…Wait a second."
He went through his memories and finally remembered why this line clicked with him. Aqua had said something about being holy just before he died the last time.
"Of course I the great Goddess of Water Aqua, am very powerful and have the holy might of the gods. Clearly I'm the best fighter here."
"…Does this mean I can use Aqua as my bait…?"
He put the book back and decided to try and build up the strongest party he could manage. The first thing he did was head to the back alley around the time he had first met Yunyun. He waited then walked in once again being ambushed by thugs.
"Let's just get this over with."
Subaru was kicked in the stomach and curled over. He started getting kicked from all around until he once again felt the surge of heat from over him. He looked up to see their heads lit on fire and turned around to once again meet Yunyun.
'I haven't met her in this state in some time.'
"U-Um…Um, are you okay?"
"Thanks…You…You really helped me out back there."
He stood up and prepared to once again introduce himself while doing his iconic pose:
"I'm Natsuki Subaru! And I ask for your name!"
"E-Eh? I-I'm…" She began to make her voice quieter. "…Yunyun…"
"Well thanks, Yunyun."
"U-Um! It was no problem at all!"
She was still turning red and acting shy and Subaru intended to try and play out the events as similar as he could while making a few tweaks.
"Um Yunyun…Do you happen to know where I can sign up for the adventure's guild?"
"The adventure's guild? I was just heading there so I can battle with my rival once again! So…So I can take you there if you'd like me too! O-Of course if you don't want me as a guide that's under-"
"Lead the way then."
He gave her a smile and they headed to the adventurer's guild together. After a not so long walk they reached the building where he would once again become an adventurer and try to escape his death. He knew everyone he needed to make his plan successful and so far everything was playing out correctly. They entered the building and he felt a little nostalgic as he hadn't yet played out the same events he had done in a previous loop, at least not to this extent.
"So where do I go to sign up?"
"Ah, it's over there. This is where we part ways I guess, I have to look for my rival!"
Yunyun ran off again to meet with Megumin and he left the sign up. Of course he wasn't able to as he lacked the funds necessary so he headed towards Rudy to make the sweet deal once again.
"I ask for a battle! And if I win you have to give me the money needed to join the adventurer's guild!"
"In that case what would I get if I won?"
He took out his flip phone and showed to those at the table.
"This is a one of a kind time freezing device! You use it to keep a moment in time with you forever! How does that sound?" 'Welp, time to get beat up again…' "So where are we fighting?"
"Follow me."
Subaru followed Rudy to the same fight location as the first time and used wooden swords for the battle. The fight began and in one slash the sword was smashing into his stomach and then hit him from left to right until Subaru was defeated.
"I guess it's my win…Listen if you ever want to fight me again you can…And to make it a fair fight I'll even tell you my weakness. I can't stand being wet, so if you do that maybe you'll have a chance of winning, but I'll be taking this "flip phone."
They left Subaru lying in the dirt and as they were leaving he stood back up.
'Guess this time it really is a loop.' "Hey! What if I were to pay you back?"
"Hm?"
"I could take on some jobs and pay you back as soon as I can! So please just lend me some cash so I join the guild!"
The party members looked at each other and walked over to Subaru. Rudy took his hand and put a couple coins in his hand.
"I guess it wasn't a fair fight to begin with, we're all about level 42 so I already had a bigger advantage then you."
"Huh? So you'll lend me the money?"
"Yeah, but I expect a rematch once you reach our level! I'm Rudy by the way. Come see us after you're registered. Maybe you'll join our party some time in the future."
"Actually about that." He looked Rudy directly in the eyes. "I've been hearing rumors of an undead horde and was wondering if maybe you could investigate with me. I think a job like this, if it turns out to be true, could be very beneficial for me and your party."
"Hmmm…Might be fun, might as well do one last quest in this town before we leave. What time are we investigating?"
"Sometime tomorrow, there's something I have to do first so I hope you'll understand."
"We're not in too much of a rush so it should be fine. Just don't keep us waiting too long, okay?"
"Yeah. I have to go now. Oh, and my name is Natsuki Subaru. It's nice to meet you Rudy."
"Nice to meet you too."
Subaru waved to Rudy and his party while heading back towards the guild. There was someone there that would be a helpful part in his plan and he just wanted her to be there in general.
'I'll survive this time. I'll make sure everything works out just fine. I refuse to die again, I want to move onto the future with everyone!'