"...What a spectacular sight. But does it really make sense for a pyramid submerged in water to have an entrance halfway up its side?"
Lowering his head and noticing that the water stains on his clothes had vanished along with the automatic outfit change, Matsuda Jinpei made a sarcastic remark.
"It's upside down and soaking in the water, yet you're still debating whether it makes sense. Then how do you explain the pyramid being made of glass?" Kenji Hagiwara, who had struggled through the entrance while dragging his vehicle, slapped him on the back.
With their current party composition, the underwater temple affected the two of them the most.
After all, one mask was entirely fire-related, while the other mask form could not be separated from the fundamental concept of a vehicle.
Trying to bring a riding vehicle underwater had been incredibly difficult—far more difficult than diving itself.
"First, there's no proof that this ruin's real-world prototype has anything to do with ancient Egyptian pyramids. Second, legitimate pyramids can be entered from the sides too." Hirotsugu Morofushi spoke up in defense of Binga's wild imagination. "To prevent people from entering, many pyramids place their entrances twenty or thirty meters above the ground. That makes it difficult for intruders to climb up, and easy for them to be spotted."
"Really? When I went to Egypt, I entered through an entrance on the ground." Shimabukuro Kimiye rested her chin on her hand and thought it over.
"The pyramid ruins open to tourists nowadays mostly use tunnels dug by later tomb robbers... Wait, you've been to Egypt?"
"Listen to you. I told you, I only returned to my hometown some time after graduating from university. It's not like I was sealed away on some island and never left. I chose to shoulder my