@KamiKira00 He's just picking the safest option there is. Even if he chooses this safer path first, he is still able to observe a possibility that will happen. And again, he is still being warned by his emperor friend, so he is considering that there may be something on Floor 99 that is not...
@AlphaFlow The fact that the chapters are literally released in parts and the translators are trying to release their translations as fast as possible? I do not see how that is lazy but guess you do you.