CH 68

By Effugium February 22, 2023

「Riiiiiiiiiiintaaaaaarooooooooooooo!!!」

「What’s with you all of a sudden!? Gueeeeeh!!」

As soon as he returned to the Ark Dominion secret base, Swordminas, a tall, dark-haired beauty, hugged him around the waist. Almost like a tackle, Rintaro’s back was slammed against the wall.

「I-I-I-It’s bad……! Samecchi is…… Samecchi is……!!」

「What happened to Samecchi!?」

Rintaro grabbed Swordminas firmly by the shoulders and started running as if he was saying ‘don’t joke around’. Then, as if to slip in, he opened the door to his room in a panic.

「Samecchiiiii!!!」

Rintaro gasped as he caught sight of Samecchi. The scene there was so gruesome.

Wearing a long coat snatched from Swordminas. Putting on a sunglasses, and on top of her head is a French bread. It was Samecchi squatting in a threatening posture in front of Rintaro.

Dooon!!!!!

(Eh…… She’s been…… Influenced……!!!)

「Aniki, Welcome back, orraaan ssu!」

「Un, I’m home, Samecchi. What’s up with your outfit?」

「Is it weird, ssuka? Samecchi had always been like this, ssu. Ah, like this, orraaan ssu!」

「You just rephrased yourself huh?」

Samecchi pressed the French bread head against Rintaro’s stomach with a giggle. Swordminas, who was hiding behind Rintaro and watching the situation, cautiously called out to Shark.

「Come on, Samecchi, You are troubling Rintaro. And you shouldn’t play with food!」

「Orraaaaaan ssu!」

「Aaah, Stop! Rub it against me!!!」

Swordminas easily fell prey to the French bread. She was in tears as she was shoved a mouth full of thick French bread.

「Orraaaaaan ssu!」

「Nfuh! Phlease Shtoph! ひょんなのひゃいらないはらぁーっ!」

She was probably under this kind of harassment for a long time until Rintaro returned.

「Amuh…… Hamuu……」

「Alright, let’s leave it at that!」

Rintaro picked up Samecchi, who was straddling the Swordminas, and made her sit on the bed. He then sat down next to Samecchi and spoke to her as her guardian (aniki).

「So, can I ask why you suddenly started cosplaying?」

「…………Orraaaaan ssu……」

Samecchi remained face down and pressed a piece of French bread against Rintaro’s chest. Rintaro silently removed the French bread and gently patted her head to fix her messy hair.

Samecchi was silent for a while, but eventually slowly opened their mouths.

「…………Aniki hasn’t been giving Samecchi much attention latel, ssu……」

Samecchi said, fidgeting.

Her mouth pouted, a “kachin” sound coming from her fangs under her tiny lips.

「That’s not true, right? We just went on a date.」

「Got left behind, ssu……」

「Ugh……!」

Looking back, Rintaro’s treatment of Samechi was not so good recently.

Even today, Rintaro went to see Kirika without telling Samechi anything. But there was no way he could have told her in the first place.

But it’s not hard to imagine why Samecchi got worried.

「Aniki, is Samecchi no longer needed, ssuka!? Are you no longer satisfied with Samecchi, ssuka!? Is samecchi already a “woman from the past”, ssuka!?」

「Oops, that’s a very bad word, Samecchi. There is also Swordminas listening after all.」

Rintaro glanced at Swordminas. Swordminas shook her head quietly from side to side and placed her hands on Rintaro’s shoulder.

「Rintaro, if you did something, I think you should take responsibility as a man.」

「I definitely didn’t do anything. I wonder what Swordminas-san thinks I am.」

Still, Sametchi continues to press on Rintaro.

「Samecchi can be a good boy or a bad boy, ssu! That’s why Aniki should pay attention to Samecchi, ssu!」

Sharky’s big eyes were full of tears. Rintaro understood, in other words, Samecchi was lonely.

With an irresistible feeling, Rintaro put his arm around Samecchi’s shoulder and patted her on her small back.

「I’m sorry, Samecchi. I’m sorry I worried you. It’s all right now.」

「Really, ssuka? Aniki, really, ssuka?」

Rintaro gave him a kind look and nodded silently. He couldn’t say that he had met another woman, let alone a hero!

「Yeah, Really. Because Aniki doesn’t lie.」

「Aniki isn’t actually secretly meeting with other women, ssuka?」

「Nnngh! Alright, let’s have a lot of fun today! That’s right, let’s play a game, Samecchi!」

「Yaaaay, ssu! I love Aniki, ssu!」

Rintaro, who took a direct hit to a vital point, brushed off Samecchi’s sharp questions with forceful techniques. Seeing them together, Swordminas had a bit of a mixed feeling.

「Ahaha…… Isn’t that great, Samecchi」

「Ehehe! Let’s play together as well, Swordminas.」

「Is it fine? Thank you……N?」

An unfamiliar large black bag entered Swordminas’ field of vision as she sat on the sofa with her arm pulled by Samecchi.

Huh? I often clean this room, but did I find something like that in Rintaro’s luggage?

Swordminas approached the luggage and gently opened the mouth of the bag.

Rope! Candles! Whip! Gag balls! And a mysterious thing!

「Wa hyu~tsu! ? Hi ~yowawawawawawawawa……!!!」

In an instant, Swordminas, who was dyed red to the tips of her head, jingled and scattered blades from her cuff.

Having no idea that such incident was taking place at their back. Samecchi sat down on Rintaro’s lap and turned on the game console she had received as a Christmas present.

「What should we play, ssuka? A fighting game, ssuka? Swordminas is so strong, you know?」

「Uuuummmm It’s hard to decide. Aniki doesn’t really play games after all.」

Rintaro’s specialty is strategic simulation games. In contrast, Samecchi and Swordminas spent the entire New Year’s holiday playing games together. 

Rintaro was a beginner, so to speak, and the other two were experienced.

「Hey, Swordminas. Is it okay if you get “tied”(giving handicap)?  I think that would be more exciting.」

「Riririntaro, what are you talking about! Who are you trying to tie up!?」

「It wouldn’t be fun for me if Samecchi and Swordminas doesn’t get tied up, right?」

「D- Damn you!!! What are you trying to do by tying us up!」

Rintaro tilted his head at the unexpectedly stubborn response. It seems like it was not only Samecchi that had been treated poorly recently.

Rintaro understood that this meant that he should follow up with Swordminas as well.

Rintaro smiled clumsily, Grin…… and smiled like a slave trader.

「What am I trying to do? Of course, it’s to “play” together…… Hihihih… It’s gonna be fun…… You’ll get into the habit and won’t be able to stop.……」

「Aniki! Samecchi would like to choose the hard mode, ssu!」

「Samecchi like it fierce……. Swordminas come on over here and let’s fiercely burn out…… Hey, one of these days you’re going to want to do it yourself…….」

「Samecchi knows Swordminas’ weaknesses! Samecchi will make Swordminas scream a lot today!」

What a surprise! Samecchi had already fallen into Rintaro’s clutches! Swordminas slumped down with a wobbly back.

「Hawa…… Hawawawawawawawa…… You can’t, Rintaro. You have to go step by step in this kind of thing……!」

「Are you telling me that I am not good at this? I’m gonna make you cry for sure!」

「Th- There is no way I will cry!! Besides, rather than being good or bad, We are still, you know, it’s still too early for that…… Mumble mumble」

As she twirled her fingers, Swordminas let out steam from his head.

「I-I-If you really want to do it…… I- I prefer the normal one……」

「Normal… that’s fine to me, but how about you, Samecchi?」

「Samecchi is also okay with normal, ssuyo!」

Swordminas glanced at Rintaro’s face.

Rintaro seemed to be quite used to this, and he was very calm and relaxed. He seemed to be in no hurry to take the lead.

But to suddenly try to do something special from the start, including Samecchi, seems a little too hard for Swordminas.

「Rintaro, I can trust you, right……?」

For what it’s worth, Swordminas knows that Rintaro is a kind man.

Swordminas closed her eyes, crossed her fingers and stiffened herself.

She took a deep breath, made up her mind, and left her body to him.

「Samecchi, is this only a two player game?」

「We can take turns, ssukedo, but we can also play with 3 people at the same time, ssuyo!」

「So let’s do it in threes. What do you say? Do you want me in the middle?」

「In term of balance, it’s better for Swordminas to be in the middle…… Samecchi and Aniki will sandwich her in the middle from the front and back……」

「I can’t accept being sandwiched from the front and back all of a suddeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!」

The screams of Swordminas’ soul echoed through the Ark Dominion underground secret base.

…………

Meanwhile, at the temporary headquarters of Hero in Asagaya, the staff were working feverishly.

「Fuu, I think we finished carrying most of it.」

「Thank you for your hard work, Akaninjan-tono, de gozaru.」

「I am grateful, de gozaru, momoninjan-dono.」

They are part of the Fuuma Sentai Ninjajan.

They were tasked with retrieving confidential materials buried under the rubble of the former Jinbocho Hero Headquarters site.

With most of the work completed, all that’s left now is to transport the collected items to the temporary archive.

「Now, one more step, that we must take!」

「Ugh, but the wounds caused by Death Green still hurt, de gozaru.」

「You shouldn’t push yourself too hard, de gozaru yo,  kininjan-tono」

Even though they were just papers, they were heavy enough to be hard on Ninjajan and the others who were injured. A figure lifted such a bundle of materials in a heap.

「Let me help you. Where should I carry it?」

「Ooh, Are you Mayuzumi-dono, de gozaru ka! I am ashamed, de gozaruu!」

「I thank you for your help, de gozaru. Can you bring it to the archive, de gozaru ka?」

Kirika, who had been causing problems outside during the Hero Suspension period, was finally suspended and had no time to spare.

All She could think of was Rintaro Kuriyama and, in Kirika’s view, the heinous mysterious Death Green. When she mentioned this to Commander Asaka, She told her to stay out of this matter.

She guessed that means don’t interfere with the decisions of the Hero Headquarters. It’s not something she agree with, but she have to try not to think about it right now. It would be better to be working in this way so that she doesn’t have to think about it.

Biyo, biyo biyo biyo…….

「Muh? Mayuzumi-dono, what is this sound, de gozaru ka?」

「It’s a “mysterious being sensor.” But it’s a prototype. I think it’s broken.」

「Fumuu… mysterious……」

After bringing in the materials, the ninjajans thanked Kirika and left. Kirika was left alone in the temporary archive room.

There, dug up from the rubble and stained with dirt, are piles of confidential materials from the Hero headquarters.

Kirika reached for one of them.

Biybiyobiyobiyo……

The mysterious being sensor did not even stop ringing anymore.