【Professor!】 Ask Professor "Naked Armor" Shinra Zenichi Anything Part 152 【Help Us!】
1 Anonymous Questioner
This is a thread where you can ask about the mysteries of the modern dungeon and learn from Professor Shinra Zenichi—an honorary professor at a university in Kyoto and one of Japan's top-tier explorers, famously known as "Naked Armor."
The Professor is a very busy man, so he may not always be able to answer every question.
Please remember that this thread exists solely through the Professor’s goodwill.
Trolling and flame wars are strictly prohibited.
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357 Anonymous Questioner
I have a question for the Professor!
Professor, why are you always completely naked?
358 Professor
Oh? Could it be that this is your first time visiting this thread?
359 Anonymous Questioner
I’m sorry, it is my first time.
Was that... a bad question to ask?
360 Anonymous Questioner
This question comes up like clockwork...
361 Anonymous Questioner
I thought the reason the Professor stays naked was common knowledge by now...
362 Anonymous Questioner
>359, go ROM.
363 Anonymous Questioner
ROM...?
I’m sorry, I don’t really follow.
364 Anonymous Questioner
>363, what are you, some kind of ass!?
365 Professor
Now, now, everyone calm down.
For a child who has only recently learned of me, it’s only natural not to know, isn't it?
Since we haven't addressed this in a while, let me explain it once more for everyone.
366 Anonymous Questioner
Thank you, Professor!
Please, tell us!
367 Professor
Ah, understood.
Then, I shall start with the conclusion... Quite simply, the reason I explore the dungeon completely naked is to acquire titles.
368 Anonymous Questioner
A title?
Is that... so you can become famous in order to get a title?
369 Professor
Look at that, you understand perfectly.
Yes, I explore naked specifically to become famous!!
It is not as if I am an exhibitionist or anything of that sort.
As proof, I rarely roam around completely naked outside of the dungeon.
370 Anonymous Questioner
Rarely...?
Um, does that mean...
371 Anonymous Questioner
>370, don't go any further!!
372 Anonymous Questioner
>370, woah there, watch your step with those careless questions, okay?
373 Anonymous Questioner
>370, we're currently listening to why the Professor is naked.
Don't derail the conversation; it'll just make things longer, won't it?
374 Anonymous Questioner
Y-Yes...!! I'm sorry!
375 Professor
Well, that is essentially the entire reason... Questioner-kun, if you are thinking of imitating me and going naked yourself, there are a few things I must warn you about.
376 Anonymous Questioner
Ah, no! I have no intention of imitating you at all...!!
377 Professor
Is that so? However, you might have a change of heart, and there may be others here who admire the naked form.
For the sake of caution, I believe I should provide an explanation.
378 Anonymous Questioner
Admire the naked form...?
I-I don't really get it, but... please go ahead!!
379 Professor
Umu.
First of all, being naked is dangerous.
No, I don't mean in the sense of being handled by the police; I mean that fighting monsters while naked in a dungeon is dangerous.
After all, you aren't wearing any kind of armor, and without armor, defensive skills hardly function at all.
While naked, you become extremely vulnerable to attacks from monsters.
This requires careful consideration.
380 Anonymous Questioner
I-I see...!?
381 Anonymous Questioner
That’s so obvious it’s hilarious lol
382 Anonymous Questioner
It definitely is dangerous lol
That’s something you gotta watch out for, for sure lol
383 Professor
Secondly, it is cold.
Dungeons are fundamentally underground and chilly, so if you are there naked, your body heat will be rapidly depleted.
As your level increases, your body's temperature regulation functions seem to be enhanced, so it eventually ceases to be a problem, but caution is necessary while your level is low.
Furthermore, when your temperature regulation is enhanced, you might develop a constitution that makes it somewhat easier to sweat.
That could also be considered a drawback, fufu.
384 Anonymous Questioner
T-The scales have fallen from my eyes...!!
385 Anonymous Questioner
I keep telling you, it’s obviously gonna be cold if you’re naked lol
386 Anonymous Questioner
No, no, these are important points to consider lol
387 Professor
And this is the most crucial point... Being naked does not necessarily guarantee that you will acquire a title.
In fact, it would be quite difficult to do so by simply being naked.
388 Anonymous Questioner
Um, why is that?
Can't you get a title if you just become famous?
389 Professor
Hmm, Questioner-kun, are you aware that there are two types of title acquisition conditions: achievement conditions and recognition conditions?
390 Anonymous Questioner
Y-Yes.
I don't know the details, but I've heard of them.
391 Professor
Hmm, so you don't know the details.
In that case... well, let us use the Slime Killer title as an example to explain.
392 Anonymous Questioner
Please do.
393 Professor
The achievement condition for Slime Killer is to "defeat 100 slimes," which is not difficult. In fact, it is quite easy.
And the recognition condition is "recognition by an unspecified large number of people"... but there is one more condition here.
It is whether that person is "appropriate to be a Slime Killer"—or to be more precise, "whether they are recognized as being appropriate to be a Slime Killer."
No matter how many people recognize you, if they have an image of you that doesn't fit the title, or if there is no such image associated with you at all, you cannot acquire that title.
394 Anonymous Questioner
I see.
395 Professor
It is a lamentable thing, but if one simply becomes naked, they will likely just be thought of as a pervert, and that will be the end of it...
I myself struggled quite a bit when I first became an explorer in order to investigate things like dungeons, statuses, and skills...
396 Anonymous Questioner
Ah, right.
397 Professor
But well, it isn't as if being naked is entirely meaningless.
In terms of acquiring a title, becoming famous is not a bad thing.
Rather, it certainly makes it easier to satisfy the recognition condition. There is no doubt about that.
Therefore, you should feel at ease becoming naked as well.
398 Anonymous Questioner
Ah, no, as for me going naked...
399 Professor
Is that so?
Well, whether you go naked or not is entirely up to you.
Returning to the answer to your question of "why am I naked?", during the early days of the dungeon's appearance, while I was investigating the title acquisition conditions, I hypothesized that making my exploration activities widely public on the internet to become famous might make it easier to acquire titles. To quickly garner attention, I decided to try going naked.
400 Anonymous Questioner
So you became naked as a result of logical thinking.
I totally get it (dead-eyed).
401 Anonymous Questioner
And that was the birth of DungeonTube...
402 Anonymous Questioner
Wasn't the Professor's hypothesis proven, which then became one of the catalysts for the creation of DungeonTube?
How nostalgic... (dead-eyed).
403 Anonymous Questioner
Is that true!?
I-I didn't know... That's amazing in so many ways...
404 Professor
Well, the verification results are as I stated before... but as you can see by looking at me now, you could say that being naked had a certain degree of effectiveness.
And with that, how is it? Has your doubt been resolved?
405 Anonymous Questioner
Yes! Thank you very much, Professor!
406 Professor
Umu, that is good to hear.
Now... since we still have time, are there any other questions?
407 Anonymous Questioner
Yes, Professor!
I have a question!!
408 Professor
You there, >407, what is it?
409 Anonymous Questioner
I am an explorer myself, but my progress has stalled on floor 6.
Please tell me what is necessary to advance deeper into the dungeon, or if there are any tips you can share!!
410 Professor
Hmm, that is a fairly good question.
I shall answer.
411 Anonymous Questioner
Thank you!!
412 Professor
To give you a direct answer, what is necessary to advance deeper into the dungeon are skills.
Specifically, powerful and useful skills are desirable.
We humans fundamentally have lower stats compared to monsters of the same level.
We cannot move forward unless we overcome that gap and achieve victory. For that, strong skills are required.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that whether or not you can obtain such skills determines whether or not you can go deeper.
413 Anonymous Questioner
By the way, specifically, what kind of skills are good to have?
414 Professor
Hmm, I cannot say definitively that it is this or that... but the two types of skills that I consider to be highly versatile and powerful are stat enhancement-type skills and damage enhancement-type skills.
415 Anonymous Questioner
I see... but those kinds of skills are surprisingly rare, aren't they?
For me, the only stat enhancement-types I have are Fighting Spirit, Fleet-footed, and Herculean Strength, and for damage enhancement-types, I only have Increased Damage with Bladed Weapons and Sword Aura...
416 Professor
Well, to put it simply, I have the impression that skills of these two systems are often derivative skills, evolution skills, or title skills.
In many cases, derivative skills and evolution skills cannot be unlocked until you increase your level or stats to a certain point. So, if you are specifically aiming to obtain those kinds of skills, there may be times when you find you have no skills you can activate, or no more useful skills left to activate, leaving you unable to distribute your skill points... or so I've heard.
Therefore, title skills become increasingly important.
Most explorers who can advance past floor 10 possess some kind of title skill.
As an extreme exception, there are some who have powerful skills unlocked from the beginning regardless of titles... but if you want to break into the top tier, you should indeed aim to acquire title skills.
417 Anonymous Questioner
So it really is no good unless I acquire a title...
Um, my DungeonTube channel reached four-digit subscribers, but no titles have sprouted at all...
418 Professor
Umu, as I said before, that is likely an issue of image.
Even if you are recognized by the vast majority, if they do not have an image of you that matches a specific title, you will not be able to acquire it.
419 Anonymous Questioner
Kuh, then what should I do...!?
420 Professor
One way is to establish your own character.
Such as only defeating specific monsters, becoming incredibly proficient in swordsmanship, becoming extraordinarily fast, or charging into monsters and blowing yourself up.
Oh yes, it might also be good to wear a mask, paint your face, or perhaps explore while cosplaying.
With cosplay, the image of the character you're modeling yourself after is emphasized, so it might make it easier to acquire a title.
421 Anonymous Questioner
Are those gimmicky methods the only way, Professor!?
422 Professor
Hmm, if you do not care for cosplay, then perhaps you could try going naked like me?
After all, becoming naked is a powerful method for being recognized by the masses.
I believe compensating for a thin image with sheer numbers is an option well worth considering.
423 Anonymous Questioner
N-No... I'm not confident in my body like you are, Professor...
It's not the kind of body I could show to other people...
424 Professor
Hmm, that does make it a bit difficult...
425 Anonymous Questioner
>423, hey now, don't trouble the Professor too much!!
426 Anonymous Questioner
>423, if you say no to this and no to that, of course the Professor will be troubled!!
427 Anonymous Questioner
>423, just shut up and get naked!! We can talk after that!!
428 Anonymous Questioner
Did I really say something that selfish!?
>427, don't try to casually make me get naked!!
429 Professor
Ah, that's right! Questioner-kun, do you know of Junkie-niki-kun?
430 Anonymous Questioner
!?
Yes Professor, I know of him, but...
431 Anonymous Questioner
!?!?!!?
Hey, hey, Leveling Junkie Bro is finally starting to be talked about even in this thread...
432 Anonymous Questioner
Wait, even the Professor knows about Leveling Junkie Bro!?
433 Professor
Ah, of course I know him.
He has been particularly famous lately, after all.
He is an extremely interesting existence.
434 Anonymous Questioner
For real...
A newcomer who hasn't even been an explorer for two months has been recognized by the Professor...
435 Anonymous Questioner
Can we even call that guy a newcomer...?
He's already joined the Special Crisis Case Explorers.
436 Professor
Lately, it seems there is an increasing number of explorers who imitate Junkie-niki-kun by screaming while doing an Ina Bauer after defeating a monster.
It's apparently becoming a bit of a problem even for the association, which is how it reached my ears...
437 Anonymous Questioner
Ah, I know about that.
You mean the seekers on the Seeker Thread, right?
I heard they're imitating Leveling Junkie Bro in the slime dungeon to get Slime Killer.
438 Professor
Ah, that's part of it.
439 Anonymous Questioner
?????
440 Professor
Even besides that, it seems explorers imitating him are appearing all over the country.
441 Anonymous Questioner
Wha-!?!!??
442 Anonymous Questioner
For real!?
443 Anonymous Questioner
Hey, hey, what is happening...
This country is doomed...
444 Professor
Why is it that people who imitate Junkie-niki-kun appear, but people who imitate me do not?
It is a mystery...
445 Anonymous Questioner
Professor, is it truly a mystery to you?
446 Anonymous Questioner
It's so self-evident it's hilarious lmao
447 Professor
To return to the subject, if being naked is no good, why not try using Junkie-niki-kun as a reference?
448 Anonymous Questioner
Professor, he's not a reference at all!!
449 Professor
Hmm, I see...
450 Anonymous Questioner
Yes, yes, Professor!!
Can I ask a question too!?
451 Professor
Very well. What is it?
452 Anonymous Questioner
Is even someone as great as you paying attention to Leveling Junkie Bro!?
453 Professor
Umu, well, naturally.
He is in a bit of a different league. He reminds me of Headshot Yakuza-kun or Hero Yoshida from a while back.
If I were a dungeon explorer as my primary profession, I might have been wary of the appearance of a powerful rival.
454 Anonymous Questioner
That much!?
455 Professor
Have you all watched the stream video from the Minato Ward Dungeon yesterday?
I am referring to the video related to the metal slime.
456 Anonymous Questioner
You mean the Metasla Grand March!!
I saw it!!
457 Anonymous Questioner
The Metasla army vs. Leveling Junkie Bro!?
I saw it!!
458 Anonymous Questioner
The volume titled 'The Defeat of Animal Gorenger'!?
I saw it!!
459 Anonymous Questioner
Maybe because it went viral through many Special Crisis Case Explorers' influential streams, it's blowing up not just in Japan but all over the world lol
460 Professor
Yes, that's the one.
I also viewed the video... but for an explorer active around floor 10 to be able to win against that many metal slimes is abnormal.
I looked into it, and it seems his level at the time of the stream was around 50.
Depending on his stat distribution, it wouldn't be strange for him to have acquired Union of Mana and Might at that level... but there was no sign of him using it, so he undoubtedly possesses multiple stat enhancement-type skills and damage enhancement-type skills.
Moreover, many of them should be derivative or high-tier skills, or title skills.
He is undoubtedly one of the explorers who will advance to the dungeon's deep floors from here on out.
Furthermore, he is the discoverer of the currently trending Goblin Genocider and Awakened One titles, which makes him very interesting.
As a dungeon researcher, I would like to meet him and talk with him once in the near future.
461 Anonymous Questioner
Ohh...!!
Your evaluation of Leveling Junkie Bro is quite high, Professor.
462 Anonymous Questioner
>461, well, yeah, of course it is.
463 Anonymous Questioner
That guy probably has a ridiculous number of titles, you know?
464 Anonymous Questioner
He's been by far the most talked-about person lately, after all.
465 Anonymous Explorer
Me, a floor 4 clearer.
I thought about hammering down the nail that sticks out when a powerful colleague appeared, but he's already sticking out so much I can't even touch him.
466 Anonymous Questioner
>465, ever heard the phrase "know your place"?
467 Anonymous Explorer
(；∀；)
468 Professor
Regardless, I feel a great deal of sympathy for him.
I, who became famous by being naked, and he, who became famous through public ecstasy.
Don't you think we are similar?
469 Anonymous Questioner
Maybe...
Maybe so...
470 Anonymous Questioner
All I see is that both of you are perverts...
471 Anonymous Questioner
But it is a fact that there are many perverts among high-ranking explorers...
472 Anonymous Questioner
And I have the impression that there are especially many in Japan.
473 Anonymous Questioner
This country is truly doomed (；∀；)
474 Professor
Actually, I am thinking of going to meet him myself soon.
I would like to hear many things from him while we explore the dungeon together.
475 Anonymous Questioner
!?!?!!?
476 Anonymous Questioner
When a pervert meets a pervert, just what on earth is going to happen...!?
477 Anonymous Questioner
It feels like Hinata-chan is going to get caught in the crossfire and it’s hilarious lol
478 Anonymous Questioner
I feel sorry for Hinata-chan, who's likely to be sandwiched between two perverts... (；∀；)