In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 431: Cooperation, and the Naked Kings.

The sensation of the sand beneath his body when he woke up in the morning notified the

Dauburn king of his current circumstances. It seems that the whole chain of events in the previous day wasnt a dream, as expected.

As he tried to stand up with his weary body, tired out from all that running yesterday, a metallic clang together with a weird sensation on his right foot promoted him to look down.

What is this

His right foot was enclosed by a shackle, with a 50cm-long chain extending out from it. And at the other end of that chain was the king of Zadonia, whos still asleep on the sand.

When he stretched his right leg to raise the chains, he saw that the other end of the fetters was connected to the Zadonia kings left leg.

Nu?

The sleeping Zadonia king slowly woke up due to his left leg being pulled, looked up and frowned when he saw the Dauburn king standing besides him, then turned his eyes downwards and saw the shackle bound onto his left leg.

The Zadonia king slowly stood up and turned towards the Dauburn king with a scary look.

You bastard, what are you doing!?

Like hell I have any idea!

They grasped each others collars and yelled at one another. Of course, they arent actually stupid enough to think the other person here did this. They just wanted a target to vent their anger on.

You mean I have to stick with you 24/7 from now on!? That makes me want to puke!

Those are my words! Jump into the sea and drown yourself or something if you dont want it!

How about you do it!?

After a bout of childish arguments, they started grappling with each other again.

The moment the Dauburn king managed to mount the Zadonia king and sent a fist towards the latters face, strangely, the former was the one who was blown away.

Gube!?

The Zadonia king didnt know what was going on and stood stupefied for a while, but seeing the Dauburn king rolling around next to his feet, perhaps feeling that its a chance, he used his un-fettered right leg to kick the fallen man in the gut.

Gufu!?

The instant the kick landed, the Zadonia king was the one who fell down while holding his belly. A pain much like someone had actually kicked him assaulted his own stomach.

Guuooo

Looking at the crouched-over Zadonia king, the Dauburn kings head conjured a terrible hypothesis. While thinking that it cant be, he nevertheless tried to kick the fallen Zadonia kings back, only for his own back to be struck with pain like its been kicked, and he fell face first onto the sand.

Ugege

With that, hes now convinced. He doesnt know why its happening, but the damage he inflicted on the Zadonia king is coming back to himself.

The Dauburn king raised his hand to stop the Zadonia king, whos trying to attack him again after seeing him on the ground.

Stop it! If you attack me, itll come back to yourself as well!

Drop your nonsense, youbuge!?

The moment the Zadonia kings sweeping kick landed on the Dauburn kings neck, he who is the attacker instead fell down sideways.

Fool. nd I had kindly told you about it too.

Guooo Just what is going on!

I dont know exactly, but it must be the work of that brat. If I hit you, the pain will come back to me. Conversely, if you hit me, the pain will also go back to you. Damn him and his weird magics!

The Dauburn king tried touching and patting his cheeks. He can feel them. It seems that the other side cant feel these.

Does the sensation get sent over only if it hurts beyond a certain degree? Thinking that, he gripped his hand into a fist and swung it towards his own face.

With a *gaan* that resounded in his skull, an intense pain struck his cheeks. When he looked ahead, the Zadonia king was also clutching his face and groaning.

Y-y-you bastard! Whatre you doing all of a sudden!

Calm down. Its just a bit of an experiment. So it seems like the pain also goes to the other side if I hit myselfit hurts!? sharp pain ran across the Dauburn kings right arm. When he looked in front, the Zadonia king was pinching his own right arm with all his strength.

So the pain really does get transmitted. No, rather, this is more like our senses of pain are shared, isntBufuh!? sudden pain, the kind felt when being struck, visited the Zadonia kings right cheek. The

Dauburn king had slapped his own right cheek.

What are you doing!?

Shut up! How dare you do that to me earlier!

Youre the one who started it!

They grabbed each others collars and swung their fists at each other again, but they both stopped inches before their hits connected. Afterwards, through an unknown thought process, they somehow both struck themselves in the face with their own fists.

Gaha!?

The pain from hitting themselves and the pain transmitted from the other person; the two of them were assaulted by double the normal amount of pain.

They fell down onto the sands, but immediately stood up again, and after glaring at each other for a while, they swung their fists at themselves once more.

This guy! This guy!

This idiot! Stupid bastard!

Two men punching themselves on the sands; such was the surreal scene the morning sun shone on this morning.

Touya-kun, are they even stupider than monkeys?

Please wait a moment. This is beyond even my expectations.

I held my head as I replied to the professors completely-astounded voice.

Ive chained the two of them together to force them to cooperate, but if they turned to hurting, or even killing each other, then it wouldnt have any meaning.

Thats why I casted a curse on them which makes them share their pain perception. If they try to hurt each other, then that would come back to themselves. If one of them killed the other, they themselves might die from that as well. If I made them think that way, then they might become more cautions and prudent in their actions, was what I thought.

Who wouldve thought that they would just start swinging at themselves.

In the first place, why are these two hitting themselves anyway? If its like this, then hitting the opponent directly would be the same thing, wouldnt it?

Just like what the professor said, theyd hurt if they hit themselves, and theyd still hurt if they hit each other since the pain would come back to them. In the end, its all the same Ah, could it be because if they try to hit each other, the receiver can try to dodge it? If they punch themselves, the damage would 100% be sent to their opponent without fail.

They surprisingly thought about it Is what I would definitely not think if I look at the two of them right now

While looking at the two old men reflected in the monitor who are still hitting themselves, I heaved a sigh.

Haah, haah, haah

Zeeh, zeeh, zeeh

Unable to endure the pain running through their bodies, the two of them lied down spread- eagled on top of the sands, glaring at the scorching sun above them with hazy eyes.

As they lied there, the pain in their bodies disappeared. Its actually recovery magic Touya casted stealthily, but the two of them would never notice.

Loud rumbles came out of the twos stomachs. They havnt eaten anything since quite a while ago. If they dont eat something soon, theyre going to start starving to death.

They slowly raised their bodies, and stood up.

Guess Ill go catch some fish in the sea or something

Guess Ill go look for nuts in the forest or something

They muttered to themselves, before glaring at each other and then turning their heads away with a *fun*.

And just like that, with their backs to each other, the Dauburn king headed towards the sea while the Zadonia king headed towards the forest, before they both fell down headfirst into the sand. The fetters chaining their legs together jangled as it grew taut.

What are you doing!

Those are my words!

They yelled at each other while banging their heads together with a *Gaan*.

Bastard, just how much do you like getting in my way!

How about you! In the first place, do you think its that easy to catch fish in the sea!?

Fuun, this is why you guys from a country with frozen rivers year-round are no-good. Since I was a kid, Ive been catching fish with a harpoon in the oasis river. With my prowess, a fish or two

A harpoon? Then pray tell, where do you see a harpoon here!?

The Dauburn king couldnt reply to the Zadonia king, and closed his mouth with a Mugu. No matter how hard you look, theres nothing around here that looks like a harpoon.

With no harpoon, no rod, no hook, how are you going to catch fish? With your hands? Can you catch swimming fish with your bare hands!?

Gununu!

As expected, theres no way the Dauburn king had ever tried to catch fish with his bare hands.

Just like the Zadonia king said, he cant catch anything with a lack of tools. His opponent is in the right this time.

The Dauburn king twisted his face in frustration. Seeing that, the Zadonia king launched further attacks against him.

In the first place, how are you going to eat the fish you caught