By Effugium November 15, 2023
The sensation of sinking into the depth of the water, the rapid loss of body heat. Without knowing what happened, she frantically shook off the looming shadow of the Grim Reaper. The moonlight reflected on the shimmering surface of the water was far away, and she reached out her hand as if to cling to it at the bottom of the cold water.
Just as her consciousness is about to freeze, her hand was suddenly pulled strongly.
Despite the strong and warm embrace, her consciousness melted into the dark, cold depths of the water.
「……Oi, Answer me! Wake up, please open your eyes, Minato!」
The moon rising in the night sky reflected its light on the surface of one of Japan’s largest rivers. It was only 20 minutes ago that a mysterious flying object crashed on the banks of the Tone River.「う、うーん……」
Kenmochi Minato woke up to find that the feeling on her back had somehow turned into sharp gravel instead of a car seat. What she saw was a myriad of sharp blades like saws that were about to tear off the tip of her nose.
「Hyoeaaaaaah!!!?」
She hurriedly turned her face away, and at the place where her face had been a moment ago, a sharp “Gachin!’ sound echoed. Upon closer inspection, it was sharks’ distinctive fangs, and the owner of the fangs was lying flat on Minato’s belly, who was lying on her back.
「Sasasa- Samecchi!?」
「Aree? Geez, why did you dodge, ssuka?」
「Sto-…… P- Please don’t eat me!!」
「Samecchi won’t eat you, ssuyoo. This is “Jinkonkonkyuu”, ssu.」
「Jinkon…… What is that……？」
They looked at each other for a long time, and a large number of question marks appeared above both their heads.
「You mean ”CPR(Jinkō kokyū)”. What is that “Jinkonkonkyuu”, it’s not an Indian ghost.」
The owner of the voice grabbed both sides of Samecchi and lifted her up in a single motion. Wet bangs fell over the emotionally dead eyes peering out from behind black-framed glasses. It was Kuriyama Rintaro, the heinous mysterious Death Green.
Rintaro’s bloodless profile was illuminated by the bright light of the fire. For a moment, Minato thought she was back at the scene of another fire, but the scale of the blaze was much smaller.
Looking around carefully, she saw more than 30 half-naked men and women warming themselves around a campfire right next to a sign that read “No Swimming”. They looked less like a family camping on the river and more like a group of people in distress, on the verge of freezing to death in a snowy mountains.
「You don’t have to get up yet, Minato. Take it easy.」
「A- Aah……」
She remembered that they had been driving through the mountain road at a ridiculously high speed, but apparently, after some twists and turns, they fell into the river.
When Minato finally remembered that much, she realized that her body was soaking wet from top to bottom.
「Unfair, ssu! Samecchi also wanted to do Jinkonkonkyuu, ssu!」
「You can’t, if Samecchi is the one doing it, their mouth will be shredded, you know?」
She thought it had the power to not only shred his lips but also gouge out her face. More than that, Minato felt a certain discomfort after listening to Samecchi’s words.
「Umm…… Samecchi “also”……」
Minato traced her own lips with her fingertips and looked cautiously at Rintaro’s face.
Speaking of CPR, it is, after all, mouth to mouth. As soon as her eyes met Rintaro’s, she felt her cheeks heat up in spite of her cold body.
「Co- co- co- could it be, Rintaro you……」
「Oh! Have you finally woken up? I’m worried, Medic Minato. Looks like nobody else needs any help.」
The sound of boots stepping on grass on the bank interrupted Minato’s words as her eyes began to tear up.
When she looked up, there was Colonel Usanyi-chan, soaked from the tips of her rabbit ears to the heels of her boots, just like everyone else.
As if her distraught state in the car was a lie, Colonel Usanyi-chan held Minato firmly by the shoulders. Then, she checked her reaction while touching Minato’s whole body.
「Umu, the pupils are not dilated, and the consciousness is clear. Hmm… is your pulse a little fast? Your breathing is a little erratic.」
「Umm…… Colonel Usanyi-chan……?」
「Oh sorry, it’s a confirmation after life-saving measures. Because you were in cardiac arrest a while ago. No matter how strong the mysterious being’s body is, it will take a little longer to fully recover.」
「The- Then the CPR……」
「N? Did it, what’s wrong?」
Colonel Usanyi-chan responded with a puzzled look on her face, and at the same time, the tension drained from Minato’s entire body. At the same time, Minato covered his cheeks, which were still slightly red, with her hand, feeling embarrassed and ashamed of herself for having been so strangely excited by her assumption.
「Haaaaa…… I see, of course that’s how it is…… I- I- I thought……」
「You thought……? What’s the matter, Medic Minato?」
「No, it’s nothing. Thanks for the help, Colonel Usanyi-chan.」
Minato thanked Colonel Usanyi-chan while leaning on her shoulder. At her words, Colonel Usanyi-chan let out a small smil, wondering what was going on.
「I’m just telling you but, I wasn’t the one who performed the life-saving measures.」
「Eh?」
「If you want to thank someone, thank corporal Death Green.」
In an instant, Minato froze like a statue of ice, her entire body shaking with a shudder. As soon as Minato understood the meaning of the words, she fainted again and collapsed on the bank of the Tone River, scattering butter knives all over the place.
「Oi, What’s wrong! Get a hold of yourself, Medic Minato! Somebody, Medic! Mediiic!!」
…………
Regardless, Rintaro and Samecchi were sitting side by side by the fire. Their bodies were chilled to the core, and their lips were turning purple, beyond blue.
「I-I-I-It’s cold, ssu, Achoo!」
「Come one, you not only need to warm your hand, but also your stomach and thighs. But it’s good that everyone is alright, nice job, Samecchi.」
「Ehehe, ssu. But aniki also did a great job, ssuyo.」
「Well, you know, it’s just something from the old days.」
Rintaro patted Samechi’s wet head as if to hide his embarrassment. Swimming in the cold and lifesaving measures had been drilled into him during his hero school training, but of course there was no way he could tell her the details.
However, training and practice are different, and even Rintaro was prepared to die when he was thrown out onto the cold, dark surface of the river in his clothes. Nevertheless, everyone survived, thanks in large part to the efforts of Samecchi. The water temperature in the Tone River in February was below 6 degrees Celsius, and without Samecchi, the aquatic mysterious being, every last one of them would have been turned into algae debris in the bottom of Tone River. Samecchi opened her mouth anxiously.
「……Kirika is also safe, ssuyo ne?」
Rintaro narrowed his eyes when he heard that name. She should now be taken captive in exchange for over 30 members of the Beast Corps.
「Don’t worry, aniki will help her out soon.」
「Aniki…… Samecchi will also do her best, ssu……」
Of course, there was no guarantee that she would be safe.
Rintaro knew better than anyone else how the heroes’ headquarters do things. She may have been subjected to a torture so severe that it is beyond description.
As long as they don’t know where the other party was going, there was no way for them to make a move, and his anger toward the Hero Headquarters was rising.
However, he was reluctant to tell Samechi, who looked worried with downcast eyes, about the possibility. Rintaro hid his clenched fist bitterly and put his arm around the little girl’s shoulder to keep her warm.
Then, maybe because of the sense of security, Samecchi suddenly got tired and began to sleep soundly in Rintaro’s arms.
Rintaro looks at the sleeping face of Samecchi and thought again.
Just like how Rintaro treated Samecchi like his precious daughter. She also felt that the villainous army is like a precious family member.
………………
…………
……
In the middle of a dark room lay a single crystal. Several cords of electrodes were connected to its hard surface.
「More, desuwa. Let her feel more pain, nodesuwa!」
「ＯＫ Utako. Sorah! Increase the voltage even more!」
「Uaaaaaaaaaah!!」
In the basement of the Gunma branch of the Hero Headquarters, the charming voice of a young maiden echoes through the basement.
Utako Komorodo, who was the first to escape from the Maebashi branch of the Ark Dominion, and her two subordinates tortured the captured mysterious being Mayuzumi Kirika in order to extract information about the heinous mysterious Death Green.
「What a stubborn GIRL! But how about this one, voltage max!」
「Uguuuuuuuu!!!!」
When Will, one of his subordinates, twists the red dial, the voltage meter swings. The entire crystal glowed pale due to the amount of intense electrical discharge.
The electric torture device adjusted for use against mysterious beings has a maximum output of approximately 50 times that of existing electric chairs in terms of both voltage and current. The girl trapped inside the crystal was unable to resist as the unrelenting high-voltage current raced through her body, causing her to bend over.
「A a a a a…… Fheels gyood……!」
「Why doesn’t it work at all!? Why!? Areeeeeeeeee!!??」
No matter how many times Utako checked the meter of the device, the value was still over the max. However, Kirika looked fully relaxed, as if she were sitting in a massage chair.
「Hey, Will-san. Could it be that the device is broken？」
「That’s impossible. Damn it, move, you piece of shit!」
When Will thumped the device, a rampant electric current spread throughout the basement and struck Utako and the others.
「「「Ababababababababababababa! ! ! !」」」
The three were charred black and collapsed, belching smoke from their mouths. The Hero Headquarters staff, who were monitoring the situation in another room, rushed to their rescue.
「Ababa…… Wh- y……？」
「Compared to senpai’s “special training”, this is nothing more than an insect bite. If you want to humiliate me, please bring senpai here.」
「That senpai…… Is he really human……? Gufuh……」
Kirika didn’t care whether she was baked in an oven or doused with liquid nitrogen. Mayuzumi Kirika’s durability, trained by Kuriyama Rintaro’s vicious “special training,” far exceeded that of ordinary mysterious beings, and the Hero Headquarters’ plan was already coming to a halt.
By Effugium November 15, 2023
The sensation of sinking into the depth of the water, the rapid loss of body heat. Without knowing what happened, she frantically shook off the looming shadow of the Grim Reaper. The moonlight reflected on the shimmering surface of the water was far away, and she reached out her hand as if to cling to it at the bottom of the cold water.
Just as her consciousness is about to freeze, her hand was suddenly pulled strongly.
Despite the strong and warm embrace, her consciousness melted into the dark, cold depths of the water.
「……Oi, Answer me! Wake up, please open your eyes, Minato!」
The moon rising in the night sky reflected its light on the surface of one of Japan’s largest rivers. It was only 20 minutes ago that a mysterious flying object crashed on the banks of the Tone River.「う、うーん……」
Kenmochi Minato woke up to find that the feeling on her back had somehow turned into sharp gravel instead of a car seat. What she saw was a myriad of sharp blades like saws that were about to tear off the tip of her nose.
「Hyoeaaaaaah!!!?」
She hurriedly turned her face away, and at the place where her face had been a moment ago, a sharp “Gachin!’ sound echoed. Upon closer inspection, it was sharks’ distinctive fangs, and the owner of the fangs was lying flat on Minato’s belly, who was lying on her back.
「Sasasa- Samecchi!?」
「Aree? Geez, why did you dodge, ssuka?」
「Sto-…… P- Please don’t eat me!!」
「Samecchi won’t eat you, ssuyoo. This is “Jinkonkonkyuu”, ssu.」
「Jinkon…… What is that……？」
They looked at each other for a long time, and a large number of question marks appeared above both their heads.
「You mean ”CPR(Jinkō kokyū)”. What is that “Jinkonkonkyuu”, it’s not an Indian ghost.」
The owner of the voice grabbed both sides of Samecchi and lifted her up in a single motion. Wet bangs fell over the emotionally dead eyes peering out from behind black-framed glasses. It was Kuriyama Rintaro, the heinous mysterious Death Green.
Rintaro’s bloodless profile was illuminated by the bright light of the fire. For a moment, Minato thought she was back at the scene of another fire, but the scale of the blaze was much smaller.
Looking around carefully, she saw more than 30 half-naked men and women warming themselves around a campfire right next to a sign that read “No Swimming”. They looked less like a family camping on the river and more like a group of people in distress, on the verge of freezing to death in a snowy mountains.
「You don’t have to get up yet, Minato. Take it easy.」
「A- Aah……」
She remembered that they had been driving through the mountain road at a ridiculously high speed, but apparently, after some twists and turns, they fell into the river.
When Minato finally remembered that much, she realized that her body was soaking wet from top to bottom.
「Unfair, ssu! Samecchi also wanted to do Jinkonkonkyuu, ssu!」
「You can’t, if Samecchi is the one doing it, their mouth will be shredded, you know?」
She thought it had the power to not only shred his lips but also gouge out her face. More than that, Minato felt a certain discomfort after listening to Samecchi’s words.
「Umm…… Samecchi “also”……」
Minato traced her own lips with her fingertips and looked cautiously at Rintaro’s face.
Speaking of CPR, it is, after all, mouth to mouth. As soon as her eyes met Rintaro’s, she felt her cheeks heat up in spite of her cold body.
「Co- co- co- could it be, Rintaro you……」
「Oh! Have you finally woken up? I’m worried, Medic Minato. Looks like nobody else needs any help.」
The sound of boots stepping on grass on the bank interrupted Minato’s words as her eyes began to tear up.
When she looked up, there was Colonel Usanyi-chan, soaked from the tips of her rabbit ears to the heels of her boots, just like everyone else.
As if her distraught state in the car was a lie, Colonel Usanyi-chan held Minato firmly by the shoulders. Then, she checked her reaction while touching Minato’s whole body.
「Umu, the pupils are not dilated, and the consciousness is clear. Hmm… is your pulse a little fast? Your breathing is a little erratic.」
「Umm…… Colonel Usanyi-chan……?」
「Oh sorry, it’s a confirmation after life-saving measures. Because you were in cardiac arrest a while ago. No matter how strong the mysterious being’s body is, it will take a little longer to fully recover.」
「The- Then the CPR……」
「N? Did it, what’s wrong?」
Colonel Usanyi-chan responded with a puzzled look on her face, and at the same time, the tension drained from Minato’s entire body. At the same time, Minato covered his cheeks, which were still slightly red, with her hand, feeling embarrassed and ashamed of herself for having been so strangely excited by her assumption.
「Haaaaa…… I see, of course that’s how it is…… I- I- I thought……」
「You thought……? What’s the matter, Medic Minato?」
「No, it’s nothing. Thanks for the help, Colonel Usanyi-chan.」
Minato thanked Colonel Usanyi-chan while leaning on her shoulder. At her words, Colonel Usanyi-chan let out a small smil, wondering what was going on.
「I’m just telling you but, I wasn’t the one who performed the life-saving measures.」
「Eh?」
「If you want to thank someone, thank corporal Death Green.」
In an instant, Minato froze like a statue of ice, her entire body shaking with a shudder. As soon as Minato understood the meaning of the words, she fainted again and collapsed on the bank of the Tone River, scattering butter knives all over the place.
「Oi, What’s wrong! Get a hold of yourself, Medic Minato! Somebody, Medic! Mediiic!!」
…………
Regardless, Rintaro and Samecchi were sitting side by side by the fire. Their bodies were chilled to the core, and their lips were turning purple, beyond blue.
「I-I-I-It’s cold, ssu, Achoo!」
「Come one, you not only need to warm your hand, but also your stomach and thighs. But it’s good that everyone is alright, nice job, Samecchi.」
「Ehehe, ssu. But aniki also did a great job, ssuyo.」
「Well, you know, it’s just something from the old days.」
Rintaro patted Samechi’s wet head as if to hide his embarrassment. Swimming in the cold and lifesaving measures had been drilled into him during his hero school training, but of course there was no way he could tell her the details.
However, training and practice are different, and even Rintaro was prepared to die when he was thrown out onto the cold, dark surface of the river in his clothes. Nevertheless, everyone survived, thanks in large part to the efforts of Samecchi. The water temperature in the Tone River in February was below 6 degrees Celsius, and without Samecchi, the aquatic mysterious being, every last one of them would have been turned into algae debris in the bottom of Tone River. Samecchi opened her mouth anxiously.
「……Kirika is also safe, ssuyo ne?」
Rintaro narrowed his eyes when he heard that name. She should now be taken captive in exchange for over 30 members of the Beast Corps.
「Don’t worry, aniki will help her out soon.」
「Aniki…… Samecchi will also do her best, ssu……」
Of course, there was no guarantee that she would be safe.
Rintaro knew better than anyone else how the heroes’ headquarters do things. She may have been subjected to a torture so severe that it is beyond description.
As long as they don’t know where the other party was going, there was no way for them to make a move, and his anger toward the Hero Headquarters was rising.
However, he was reluctant to tell Samechi, who looked worried with downcast eyes, about the possibility. Rintaro hid his clenched fist bitterly and put his arm around the little girl’s shoulder to keep her warm.
Then, maybe because of the sense of security, Samecchi suddenly got tired and began to sleep soundly in Rintaro’s arms.
Rintaro looks at the sleeping face of Samecchi and thought again.
Just like how Rintaro treated Samecchi like his precious daughter. She also felt that the villainous army is like a precious family member.
………………
…………
……
In the middle of a dark room lay a single crystal. Several cords of electrodes were connected to its hard surface.
「More, desuwa. Let her feel more pain, nodesuwa!」
「ＯＫ Utako. Sorah! Increase the voltage even more!」
「Uaaaaaaaaaah!!」
In the basement of the Gunma branch of the Hero Headquarters, the charming voice of a young maiden echoes through the basement.
Utako Komorodo, who was the first to escape from the Maebashi branch of the Ark Dominion, and her two subordinates tortured the captured mysterious being Mayuzumi Kirika in order to extract information about the heinous mysterious Death Green.
「What a stubborn GIRL! But how about this one, voltage max!」
「Uguuuuuuuu!!!!」
When Will, one of his subordinates, twists the red dial, the voltage meter swings. The entire crystal glowed pale due to the amount of intense electrical discharge.
The electric torture device adjusted for use against mysterious beings has a maximum output of approximately 50 times that of existing electric chairs in terms of both voltage and current. The girl trapped inside the crystal was unable to resist as the unrelenting high-voltage current raced through her body, causing her to bend over.
「A a a a a…… Fheels gyood……!」
「Why doesn’t it work at all!? Why!? Areeeeeeeeee!!??」
No matter how many times Utako checked the meter of the device, the value was still over the max. However, Kirika looked fully relaxed, as if she were sitting in a massage chair.
「Hey, Will-san. Could it be that the device is broken？」
「That’s impossible. Damn it, move, you piece of shit!」
When Will thumped the device, a rampant electric current spread throughout the basement and struck Utako and the others.
「「「Ababababababababababababa! ! ! !」」」
The three were charred black and collapsed, belching smoke from their mouths. The Hero Headquarters staff, who were monitoring the situation in another room, rushed to their rescue.
「Ababa…… Wh- y……？」
「Compared to senpai’s “special training”, this is nothing more than an insect bite. If you want to humiliate me, please bring senpai here.」
「That senpai…… Is he really human……? Gufuh……」
Kirika didn’t care whether she was baked in an oven or doused with liquid nitrogen. Mayuzumi Kirika’s durability, trained by Kuriyama Rintaro’s vicious “special training,” far exceeded that of ordinary mysterious beings, and the Hero Headquarters’ plan was already coming to a halt.
