CH 59

By Effugium January 4, 2023

Red sparks sparkled in the streets where the light has gone out. The black sword and green sword, illuminated by the moonlight, clashed violently.

The battle situation seemed close……., the green was being pushed one one-sidedly.

「As expected, doing it the “right way” is bad…….!」

Rintaro’s face contorted as he fought off the increasingly fierce attacks. His opponent was Mayuzumi Kirika, who could have defeated Death Green even without her suit. When Kirika puts on the hero suit, her fighting power will surpass not only Rintaro but also any other mysterious being.

However, the current Rintaro was different from before. He had prepared every possible trick he could think of.

「Mugetsu Itto-ryu, Dai ōichimonji!」

Chasing after Death Green, who was running around on the defensive, Kirika finally seemed to have put the final nail in Rintaro’s coffin. However, it was a life-size panel of Death Green that was cut in half.

Immediately after, a green deadly blade attacks Kirika from behind.

「Got you!」

「That’s what I thought!」

「Gueeeeeeh!!」

Kirika turned around and slashed with “kuroageha”. The counter hit beautifully, and Rintaro was blown away by nearly 20 meters.

「Damn it, Why!?」

「No matter how many tricks you try, they won’t work on me.」

The third direct confrontation between Kirika and Rintaro had a big difference compared to the previous battles.

It is “location”.

Until now, the heroes have been in a position to surprise the mysterious beings, and the mysterious beings have had no choice but to intercept them. However, in the case of the Saitama Shin-Toshin urban area, the mysterious beings had the advantage in that they were the ones who had initiated the attack.

In other words, Rintaro had set all kinds of sneaky traps in this field. However, Kirika had already seen through all of Rintaro’s attempts to trick her.

「Damn, it’s as if all of my hands have been read….!」

「I know what you’re thinking, and I can see right through you.」

As she said, Kirika was able to predict to some extent what Death Green would do.

「Rubber mats and nails (nails) are spike strips…… wire nets are electric traps……」

Rintaro and his team went to a home improvement center in Tachikawa to buy materials for these traps. There was no way that the public safety authorities could have missed this information, and the list of items to be purchased was already in the hands of the heroes’ headquarters.

「The plywood (ita) and paint (toryo) are decoys…… all of which I was taught…… by that guy……!」

Kirika could tell what Death Green was up to just by looking at the list. It was a series of easy booby traps that Rintaro and Kirika had devised together in the past.

She remembered the days when they played all kinds of pranks on the training instructors. It was Kirika’s role to be found and struck by lightning every time.

Looking back, it seems that Kirika’s memory of having devised the idea together with him was only beautified, and that she was actually just being used as a pawn in the scheme.

However, it is an undeniable fact that these memories have become her flesh and blood, and that they are now hunting down her arch-enemy, the heinous mysterious Death Green.

「Ze……, ze……, why, why don’t my tricks work!!」

「The current me isn’t “all alone”!」

「Damn you, Victor Blaaaaaaaaaaack!!」

Rintaro moved away and threw a red ball on the ground. In an instant, each side’s vision was enveloped by a large amount of red smoke. Taking advantage of the momentary gap created by the smoke, paint was sprayed at Kirika.

「Uhahahahaaaaa! This way, you won’t be able to see anything」

The hero suit is dyed orange and the mask completely blocks the view. It is a special paint that does not come off when wiped off.

「Fireworks were purchased in large quantities and were used as smoke screens…… and colored balls for security are used as a blindfold……」

All of this was within the realm of expectation for Kirika.

「Transformation release!」

If she were an ordinary hero, she would have been dead in the water once her vision was blocked. However, Kirika’s strength lay in her decisiveness, and she would even abandon her hero suit when the situation called for it. In her battle against the shooting rabbit, Colonel Usanyi-chan, she used this tactic to escape from the electric shock whip.

And just as Kirika had planned, her eyes caught the silhouette of Death Green, even though her vision was poor in the smoke.

「I told you. I told you that I know everything you think.」

「Wh- What!? That’s impossible!!」

「Mugeki Itto-ryu Secret Technique, Takane Kujaku!」

This is the final blow for Kirika. She will avenge her master’s death, her loved one, here.

「Goooo!!!」

「That’s impossbile…… Impossible, Impossible…… Impossibleeeeee!!?」

A jet-black flash of light closes in on the desperate heinous mysterious Death Green.

「What an idiot you are, Mayuzumi.」

Behind his green mask, Rintaro showed a “nice smile” so evil that it was hard to believe that he was a former hero.

Immediately afterwards, Kirika felt a piercing pain in her “eye.

「I- I- It huuuuuuuuurrrtts!!!!!」

「Did you think it was just a smoke screen? Because I bought a lot of fireworks? Ahahahahahahahahaha! My stomach is aching from laughing so hard!」

From his pocket, Rintaro pulled out a black spray can. “Whatever it takes to repel molesters, super-strength pepper spray ‘Jigoku no Stalker Korori’ has been banned in the U.S. because there have been deaths!”

What Rintaro used was not just a smoke screen, of course. It was a bio-terrorist weapon that had been modified from this forbidden item to enable it to be used for area control.

Oleoresin capsicum gas, in short, is a super-hot pepper spray gas for repelling ravenous beasts. The vicious stimulant, which can make even a brown bear suffer for half a day, was spread in a thin mist along with the smoke.

It is obvious what would happen if she were to take off her hero suits to protect herself in such a hellish miasma.

In short, Rintaro’s plan was built around a single point: “How do we get rid of the hero suit?”

Kirika thought she had read through all of Rintaro’s moves. However, Rintaro had “read through” everything, including her reading.

「Migyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!」

「I told you, Mayuzumi, not to take information given to you by the enemy for granted. You didn’t grab the information, you were just being fed it. I wouldn’t be wandering around town in such a conspicuous outfit without thinking.」

「Hauh, Hauuu………!!!!!」

Rintaro’s words barely reached Kirika, who was in agony and bursting into tears. That’s obvious, because she was exposed to such a viciously hot gas that if sprayed on a cactus, it would wither and die in two days.

When he approached Kirika, who was on her knees holding her face, Rintaro crouched down and brought his face close to hers.

「Did you say you could see everything? You didn’t see a damn thing! Did you think you had me cornered? You didn’t even touch the tip of my shadow! A ha ha ha!」

Rintaro laughed this loud so that Kirika, who was writhing in pain, could also hear him. Mental overkill is fundamental.

Rintaro laughed and pulled out a small needle. The tip of the needle was dripping with the same neurotoxin that coated the “Ninja Poison Sword”.

「Well, haven’t you had enough fun at the Dreamland Ball? Well then, let’s get back to reality, Cinderella.」

「Uguh…… Uguuuuuuuuu……!!!!!」

Kirika felt a slight pain in her neck. It was a very small pain compared to the pain of the tear gas, but the small numbness quickly spread to the rest of her body and completely took away her freedom from her limbs.

「Ah…… Higu…… Ua……」

「Now the, what should I do……」

As Rintaro was smiling his vile smile, he heard a voice calling his name from far away.

「Hey Rintaro, we got a problem! Enemy reinforcements are headed this way!」

A tall, beautiful woman comes running toward him, gasping for breath. Minato, breathing hard, looked at the silver-haired girl lying at Rintaro’s feet.

「That was quicker than I thought. Oh well, just about done here.」

「Rintaro, who is this girl?」

「Victor Black.」

「Biku…… Hiiiiiiiiiiii!!!」

Minato shuddered at the mere mention of the name. She quickly hid behind Rintaro, Causing his sword to sway from the hem of his coat.

Rintaro took a cool towel from the frightened Minato and wiped Kirika’s face, which was covered in pepper spray.

「Are you going to show mercy to the hero who caused you suffer a lot…… Rintaro sure is a strange guy. I thought for sure that you were going to behead her.」

「I am a pacifist that doesn’t kill, okay? Well that’s that, do you know, Swordminas, the main ingredient in tear spray is oil.」

Rintaro said this and pulled a black signet pen out of his pocket.

「So I have to wipe it off like this, otherwise it’s hard to write with oil-based ink.」

「Rintaro, you…… are a terrible guy!」

「I am a heinous mysterious being. All hands, retreat!」

It was only a few minutes later that the heroes’ reinforcements arrived in the ruined Saitama New City.

What they saw was the mass of swords standing in a row like tombstones

The pride of the Hero Headquarters, which had been beaten to the ground and suffered complete defeat. Mayuzumi’s face was covered with the word “meat” written on her forehead.
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