Greetings.
I am a man in a suit who has fallen into the world of Minecraft.
Last time, in Episode 16, I built a five-tier Japanese castle beside the village.
A man who once fell onto a forest, ran from zombies, searched for bread, and bowed to the villagers now has a castle.
Life is strange.
And once the castle was finished, something changed.
I started to wonder what was outside it.
Beyond that hill.
Past the grassland.
Maybe there is still a world I have not seen.
So this time, I leave the castle and head east for a small adventure.
Here I am before leaving.
The castle is behind me.
I have tools and food with me.
Just having a castle nearby makes me feel a little stronger.
Only a little.
Leaving the Castle and Heading East
The village and the castle are slowly becoming places where I can live.
But if I stop there, the adventure of OjiCra will stop too.
Today, I walk east.
Toward a direction I have not explored yet.
After walking across the grassland, I can see something blue in the distance.
The sea.
In Minecraft, seeing the sea always makes me feel as if I have come far away.
There are flowers around me.
The sky is bright.
This might become a good adventure.
…And then I notice something by the shore.
I Find a Half-Sunken Shipwreck by the Sea
When I move closer, I see it.
A ship.
Or rather, something that used to be a ship.
Is this a shipwreck?
It is half in the water, and part of it seems to be caught in the cliff by the shore.
I stopped moving for a moment.
I left the castle, walked for a while, found the sea, and then found a shipwreck.
The adventure has started very quickly.
Shipwrecks can appear underwater or stranded near beaches.
They are not always complete, either.
Some are missing the bow or stern, and many look broken.
This one feels exactly like that.
When I look closer, I can see different colors of wood too.
The inside is visible from above.
Planks, supports, and the remains of the deck are all mixed together.
It is a wreck, but it still has the shape of a ship.
That makes it exciting.
Also, it makes me slightly nervous.
Whenever I enter something half-broken, I feel as if something might be waiting inside.
Diamonds and Emeralds Inside the Chest
Still, this is a shipwreck.
There may be a chest inside.
I look around carefully.
And then…
There it is.
A chest.
And inside it are diamonds.
Diamonds.
Emeralds.
Gold.
Iron.
This is treasure.
For a suited man who once struggled just to make bread, this is almost too much.
I did not build a castle and then become a rich person.
At least, I did not think I had.
But suddenly, the sea has handed me treasure.
Minecraft is frightening.
Minecraft is generous.
Both are true.
A Treasure Map with a Red X
Then I find something else.
A map.
Not just any map.
There is a red X on it.
This is a buried treasure map, is it not?
The red X is calling to me.
It is saying, "Dig here."
Probably.
I have only just found this shipwreck, and now the next adventure is already sitting in my hand.
This is dangerous.
Not because of monsters.
Because I want to go.
I stand by the shore and look back at the ship.
The broken ship, the sea, the cliff, the map, and the treasure.
This feels like the beginning of a new chapter.
Until now, I was mostly trying to survive around the village.
Now the world has become wider.
Returning to the Castle with Treasure
I take the treasure and return to the castle.
The castle that was just built is now a place to return to.
That feels important.
Diamonds.
Emeralds.
Gold.
Iron.
And a treasure map.
The castle is behind me, and the sea is now connected to the story.
I am very glad I went east.
At the same time, I am already wondering about the red X on that map.
Where is it?
How far away is it?
Can this suited man actually find buried treasure?
That is a question for next time.
This time, I left the castle, found the sea, discovered a shipwreck, opened a chest, found diamonds and emeralds, and came home with a treasure map.
That is a lot for one small walk.
The adventure outside the village has begun.
Next time, I would like to follow the map and see where that red X leads.
That is all for this time.
Greetings.