By Effugium February 14, 2024
Rintaro and Kirika ran around Ark Dominion’s underground secret base in search of the fleeing Samecchi.
「Senpai, let’s split up and search.」
「Yeah, I am counting on you, Mayuzumi!」
However, the Ark Dominion underground secret base is a vast and intricate labyrinth of modern art. Once a child was lost, it was extremely difficult for just two people to find him.
「Ah, Death Green-san. What’s wrong, why are making such scary expression, Oraui? Everyone is scared Oraui.」
「Bancholf! Have you seen Samecchi!?」
「No, I haven’t seen her Oraui……If she is lost, shall we look for it together?」
「…………No, that’s fine. Get back to your work.」
Rintaro left the werewolf, who was concerned about his ass, and headed back the way he came. Because of the nature of the situation, Rintaro could not ask for help from the mysterious beings who were unaware of his secret. If he did, his secret might even become known throughout the Ark Dominion, starting with Samecchi.
Rintaro was forced into a situation where he had to get a hold of Samechi as soon as possible.
「I can’t help it, I didn’t want to use this technique, but I have no choice……」
Rintaro took out his “Death Green Transformation Gear” and connected the line to the chairman’s office on the top floor of Tagaden Tower. After a few beeps, a cute voice answered with a short “What’s up?”.
…………
Tagaden Tower, the tallest building in Tokyo, stood directly above the underground secret base. In the chairman’s room on the top floor, the owner, General Tagaraak, and another unexpected person were waiting for Rintaro. He is a gray-haired old man in a black tuxedo, looking at first glance like a Taisho nobleman. However, his eyes are sharper than blades, and his earthy skin reveals his wicked white teeth.
「Leader Dragius!?」
「Rintaro, I heard the story from Tagaraak. You made an out of character blunder.」
「Yeah, I was caught off guard. My mistake entirely.」
「Kukuku, I don’t mean to blame you. I knew this would happen eventually.」
With that, Dragius quietly turned away and looked out the large window at the Tokyo cityscape. As Rintaro’s expression clouded, Tagaraak, a little blonde girl, smirked and rubbed her cheeks together with a sneering smile.
「Like I said, that’s why you should have undergone the remodeling surgery, noja. Uhyohyohyo, Well, it’s not too late to have it done now, is it? Abbaaaa!」
「I decline! Your face is too close……!」
「Ngogogogo, you’re a stubborn person, jano! I don’t know anymore! I won’t even tell you where Samecchi is!」
「I don’t think it’s going to be easy here either. Here, the thing.」
Rintaro pulled out a pair of shiny silver gloves from the inside pocket of his jacket. It was the “Hamerun Hand”, the weapon he had taken from Utako Komorado in the previous battle that had decimated the Hundred Beast Army.
「Hyohohoi! That’s it! That’s what I’ve been waiting for, nja! Dehehehehehe……」
Tagaraak snatched the glove from Rintaro with a diving catch, spread out her tools on the sloppy chairman’s desk, and immediately began dismantling the glove. Tagaraak, who moved with immediate and obvious advantage, pointed to the door at the back of the chairman’s office while laughing like an old man in a sweet Lolita voice.
As Rintaro passed through the door as he was urged to do, he found himself in a monitor room with images of all kinds of places in the base running all over the walls.
「Hahahahaha, what do you think? Isn’t it quite spectacular?」
Dragius, who entered the monitor room after Rintaro, proudly puffed out his chest.
「Two old men whose hobby is peeping, it will be cuter for them to play pachinko with their pensions.」
「Hahahahaha, just as you say! By the way, Rintaro, what do you plan to do if you find Samecchi?」
「What do I plan to do……」
Dragius’s question caused Rintaro to pause for a moment.
If she knew his true identity, what would be his excuse? Rintaro had been deceiving Samecchi, who had always believed in him and followed him, for three months.
It is hard to imagine the despair of a young girl betrayed by someone she trusted. Was she angry or sad?
Rintaro had yet to find the words to say to the hurt Samecchi.
「I apologize… but I don’t know what to say.」
「Hmm, that’s a passing grade. I thought you would say you were going to seal her mouth.」
「……I am her aniki, after all.」
At that moment, the screen filled up with the scene of a certain private room. The steel furniture looked familiar: it was the room of Swordminas, Kenmochi Minato.
It is often said that it is dark under the lighthouse. Samecchi had been hiding in the room next to Rintaro’s.
Rintaro stared intently at the monitor. At the foot of the bed, he could see her blue hoodie trembling as she covers her mouth with her hands. Rintaro’s eyes warmed at how she tried not to divulge his secret for this long.
「Samecchi……! Samecchiiii!!」
Just as Rintaro was about to leave the room, unable to stay there any longer.
「Guuh……!」
When Rintaro heard a groan behind him, he turned around to see Dragius on his knees, his face covered in greasy sweat.
「Leader Dragius! What’s going on!?」
「You idiot, just leave me alone. Now fulfil your duty as her aniki… Guaah!」
「That’s impossible! General Tagaraak, please come here! The leader is!」
「It doesn’t matter…… in any case, I have reached the point where painkillers can no longer control the pain.……」
Dragius’ earthy skin turned white as he watched, and his wrinkled face contorted in agony. Dragius’ unusual suffering is so intense that even Rintaro can’t hide his worry.
Why do troubles keep happening in rapid succession?
Tagaraak, hearing the commotion, rushes to Dragius and held his shoulders.
「Hey, get a hold of yourself! That pain is no longer something you can manage with just your spirit!」
「Kukkukku… I was planning to endure at least until I saw the back of the cool “aniki”… Uguguguh…」
「General Tagaraak, the leader……? is he seriously ill by any chance……？」
「Fun, this guy had always been so stubborn. If he had just left it alone, he wouldn’t end up like this, ja. Anyway, Rintaro, You go get Samecchi.」
Tagaraak coldly told Rintaro, who was puzzled. Rintaro denied her words, emotionally, to the point that he could hardly believe it himself.
「There’s no way I can go! No matter how you look at it, it’s not an ordinary pain!」
「Just leave this to me and get the hell out of here! I’ll take care of this! Hey, get this guy out of here!」
「Uwahh, Wh- What are you……!?」
Before Rintaro knew it, the butler and maids who had been standing on either side of him grabbed him firmly by the shoulders. They then walked through the monitor room, out of the chairman’s office, and threw Rintaro into the elevator going to the basement.
The inorganic high-speed elevator dropped Rintaro several hundred meters underground at once. After arriving at the lowest level, no matter how many times Rintaro pressed the button, the elevator would not move.
…………
More than ten minutes after Rintaro was kicked out of the top floor of Tagaden Tower. After stopping by the infirmary to inform Minato of the situation and receive a duplicate key, Rintaro met up with Kirika and stood in front of Minato’s room.
「Mayuzumi, I want you to secure the front of the room so that no one can come in. And, if she escaped again, be ready to catch her immediately.」
「Understood, senpai. Please call me immediately if you need anything.」
「Yeah, I know.」
He was concerned about Dragius, but at this point, he had no choice but to be resigned. With no reinforcements and only himself to rely on, all that remained was to trust Samecchi.
He unlocked the room and slowly turned the doorknob.
Light leaked through the gap in the slightly open door. As expected, it seems like Samecchi is still inside.
「Samecchi, you’re there, aren’t you?」
The secret, Samecchi, his future plans, the fallen leader, and the future of the organization. Rintaro was aware that he was lacking in energy as his mind was filled with all sorts of problems.
Hence, slowly and cautiously, I walked over to the bed with a lowered tone of voice.
Rintaro fearfully peeked under the bed and saw a small back, curled up completely in a parka hood, shivering slightly.
「Sorry, that …… what can I say? Anyway, sorry, Samecchi.」
At these words, her little back twitched. Then a sniffling sound could be heard from under the bed.
A large, thick thorn pierces Rintaro’s heart. As if the thorns were coated with poison, Rintaro’s face was stained with intense pain.
「It was all aniki’s fault. I won’t ask you to forgive me now. I will do whatever I can to make amends.」
「……Aa- Anikii……」
A girl slowly crawled out from under the bed, soaking the carpet with her tear-stained voice. Her large, half-moon eyes were red and filled with tears.
Rintaro instinctively picks up Samecchi, who was covered in dust. He hugged her delicate body with all his strength, even though his favorite jacket was stained with tears and snot. As if in response, Samecchi wrapped her slender arms around Rintaro’s back and gripped her fingertips tightly.
「Samecchi…… Sorry……! I’m sorry……!」
「It’s not aniki’s fault, ssu……It’s all Samecchi’s fault, ssu……」
「How is that possible? There’s nothing wrong with Samecchi, it’s me who’s at fault!」
Rintaro blamed himself many times in his mind. Even though he could not say it out loud, he felt that he was a despicable traitor.
Towards that self, Samecchi still protected him. Even though she had a big wound in her heart.
「Aniki…… Isn’t angry with Samecchi, ssuka……?」
「Why, why should I be mad at Samecchi?」
「Because, Samecchi made a promise Samecchi aniki. To brush Samecchi’s teeth properly before going to bed…！」
「…………N?」
A question mark appeared in Rintaro’s head. The conversation was not going well.
「Wait, Samecchi, what are you talking about?」
「Egu egu… aren’t we talking about cavities?」
「……Cavities?」
Rintaro grabbed the Samecchi’s jaw with both hands and looked into her mouth. There was one black, chipped tooth at the back of the row of sharp fangs.
It is true that she had been sleeping for two whole days with chocolate still in her mouth, but it was a wonder that a mysterious being’s body can progress so far in just two days.
「Samecchi, is that why you were running away from me?」
「Bieeeeeeeeeeeeeen! Sorry, ssuuuuuuuuu!!!」
Rintaro silently stood up with Samecchi in his arms and quickly left the room. He then briefly told Kirika that he was “all right now,” and carried Samecchi into the infirmary.
「Minato-sensei, an emergency.」
「What is it, Rintaro, you’re here again? By the way, you have a lot of emergencies today.」
Minato said as she glanced at the bed.
In the infirmary, there was an earlier visitor, an old man in a tuxedo, half-crying, holding his cheek and cowering.
「I told you, painkillers only postpone the pain!」
「Hoaaaaa…… It hurts……! Hellish pain that is out of this world is refering to this……」
「Oh, Rintaro, you think Samecchi has cavities, too? Of course she does, cavities are the mysterious being’s natural enemy.」
「Ah, is that so, it was my first time hearing that…. I have a suggestion, but why don’t you leave it like this for a while longer, Leader?」
Rintaro’s tears, determination, and worry had all come to nothing, and his heart could be summed up in one word: nothing.
By Effugium February 14, 2024
Rintaro and Kirika ran around Ark Dominion’s underground secret base in search of the fleeing Samecchi.
「Senpai, let’s split up and search.」
「Yeah, I am counting on you, Mayuzumi!」
However, the Ark Dominion underground secret base is a vast and intricate labyrinth of modern art. Once a child was lost, it was extremely difficult for just two people to find him.
「Ah, Death Green-san. What’s wrong, why are making such scary expression, Oraui? Everyone is scared Oraui.」
「Bancholf! Have you seen Samecchi!?」
「No, I haven’t seen her Oraui……If she is lost, shall we look for it together?」
「…………No, that’s fine. Get back to your work.」
Rintaro left the werewolf, who was concerned about his ass, and headed back the way he came. Because of the nature of the situation, Rintaro could not ask for help from the mysterious beings who were unaware of his secret. If he did, his secret might even become known throughout the Ark Dominion, starting with Samecchi.
Rintaro was forced into a situation where he had to get a hold of Samechi as soon as possible.
「I can’t help it, I didn’t want to use this technique, but I have no choice……」
Rintaro took out his “Death Green Transformation Gear” and connected the line to the chairman’s office on the top floor of Tagaden Tower. After a few beeps, a cute voice answered with a short “What’s up?”.
…………
Tagaden Tower, the tallest building in Tokyo, stood directly above the underground secret base. In the chairman’s room on the top floor, the owner, General Tagaraak, and another unexpected person were waiting for Rintaro. He is a gray-haired old man in a black tuxedo, looking at first glance like a Taisho nobleman. However, his eyes are sharper than blades, and his earthy skin reveals his wicked white teeth.
「Leader Dragius!?」
「Rintaro, I heard the story from Tagaraak. You made an out of character blunder.」
「Yeah, I was caught off guard. My mistake entirely.」
「Kukuku, I don’t mean to blame you. I knew this would happen eventually.」
With that, Dragius quietly turned away and looked out the large window at the Tokyo cityscape. As Rintaro’s expression clouded, Tagaraak, a little blonde girl, smirked and rubbed her cheeks together with a sneering smile.
「Like I said, that’s why you should have undergone the remodeling surgery, noja. Uhyohyohyo, Well, it’s not too late to have it done now, is it? Abbaaaa!」
「I decline! Your face is too close……!」
「Ngogogogo, you’re a stubborn person, jano! I don’t know anymore! I won’t even tell you where Samecchi is!」
「I don’t think it’s going to be easy here either. Here, the thing.」
Rintaro pulled out a pair of shiny silver gloves from the inside pocket of his jacket. It was the “Hamerun Hand”, the weapon he had taken from Utako Komorado in the previous battle that had decimated the Hundred Beast Army.
「Hyohohoi! That’s it! That’s what I’ve been waiting for, nja! Dehehehehehe……」
Tagaraak snatched the glove from Rintaro with a diving catch, spread out her tools on the sloppy chairman’s desk, and immediately began dismantling the glove. Tagaraak, who moved with immediate and obvious advantage, pointed to the door at the back of the chairman’s office while laughing like an old man in a sweet Lolita voice.
As Rintaro passed through the door as he was urged to do, he found himself in a monitor room with images of all kinds of places in the base running all over the walls.
「Hahahahaha, what do you think? Isn’t it quite spectacular?」
Dragius, who entered the monitor room after Rintaro, proudly puffed out his chest.
「Two old men whose hobby is peeping, it will be cuter for them to play pachinko with their pensions.」
「Hahahahaha, just as you say! By the way, Rintaro, what do you plan to do if you find Samecchi?」
「What do I plan to do……」
Dragius’s question caused Rintaro to pause for a moment.
If she knew his true identity, what would be his excuse? Rintaro had been deceiving Samecchi, who had always believed in him and followed him, for three months.
It is hard to imagine the despair of a young girl betrayed by someone she trusted. Was she angry or sad?
Rintaro had yet to find the words to say to the hurt Samecchi.
「I apologize… but I don’t know what to say.」
「Hmm, that’s a passing grade. I thought you would say you were going to seal her mouth.」
「……I am her aniki, after all.」
At that moment, the screen filled up with the scene of a certain private room. The steel furniture looked familiar: it was the room of Swordminas, Kenmochi Minato.
It is often said that it is dark under the lighthouse. Samecchi had been hiding in the room next to Rintaro’s.
Rintaro stared intently at the monitor. At the foot of the bed, he could see her blue hoodie trembling as she covers her mouth with her hands. Rintaro’s eyes warmed at how she tried not to divulge his secret for this long.
「Samecchi……! Samecchiiii!!」
Just as Rintaro was about to leave the room, unable to stay there any longer.
「Guuh……!」
When Rintaro heard a groan behind him, he turned around to see Dragius on his knees, his face covered in greasy sweat.
「Leader Dragius! What’s going on!?」
「You idiot, just leave me alone. Now fulfil your duty as her aniki… Guaah!」
「That’s impossible! General Tagaraak, please come here! The leader is!」
「It doesn’t matter…… in any case, I have reached the point where painkillers can no longer control the pain.……」
Dragius’ earthy skin turned white as he watched, and his wrinkled face contorted in agony. Dragius’ unusual suffering is so intense that even Rintaro can’t hide his worry.
Why do troubles keep happening in rapid succession?
Tagaraak, hearing the commotion, rushes to Dragius and held his shoulders.
「Hey, get a hold of yourself! That pain is no longer something you can manage with just your spirit!」
「Kukkukku… I was planning to endure at least until I saw the back of the cool “aniki”… Uguguguh…」
「General Tagaraak, the leader……? is he seriously ill by any chance……？」
「Fun, this guy had always been so stubborn. If he had just left it alone, he wouldn’t end up like this, ja. Anyway, Rintaro, You go get Samecchi.」
Tagaraak coldly told Rintaro, who was puzzled. Rintaro denied her words, emotionally, to the point that he could hardly believe it himself.
「There’s no way I can go! No matter how you look at it, it’s not an ordinary pain!」
「Just leave this to me and get the hell out of here! I’ll take care of this! Hey, get this guy out of here!」
「Uwahh, Wh- What are you……!?」
Before Rintaro knew it, the butler and maids who had been standing on either side of him grabbed him firmly by the shoulders. They then walked through the monitor room, out of the chairman’s office, and threw Rintaro into the elevator going to the basement.
The inorganic high-speed elevator dropped Rintaro several hundred meters underground at once. After arriving at the lowest level, no matter how many times Rintaro pressed the button, the elevator would not move.
…………
More than ten minutes after Rintaro was kicked out of the top floor of Tagaden Tower. After stopping by the infirmary to inform Minato of the situation and receive a duplicate key, Rintaro met up with Kirika and stood in front of Minato’s room.
「Mayuzumi, I want you to secure the front of the room so that no one can come in. And, if she escaped again, be ready to catch her immediately.」
「Understood, senpai. Please call me immediately if you need anything.」
「Yeah, I know.」
He was concerned about Dragius, but at this point, he had no choice but to be resigned. With no reinforcements and only himself to rely on, all that remained was to trust Samecchi.
He unlocked the room and slowly turned the doorknob.
Light leaked through the gap in the slightly open door. As expected, it seems like Samecchi is still inside.
「Samecchi, you’re there, aren’t you?」
The secret, Samecchi, his future plans, the fallen leader, and the future of the organization. Rintaro was aware that he was lacking in energy as his mind was filled with all sorts of problems.
Hence, slowly and cautiously, I walked over to the bed with a lowered tone of voice.
Rintaro fearfully peeked under the bed and saw a small back, curled up completely in a parka hood, shivering slightly.
「Sorry, that …… what can I say? Anyway, sorry, Samecchi.」
At these words, her little back twitched. Then a sniffling sound could be heard from under the bed.
A large, thick thorn pierces Rintaro’s heart. As if the thorns were coated with poison, Rintaro’s face was stained with intense pain.
「It was all aniki’s fault. I won’t ask you to forgive me now. I will do whatever I can to make amends.」
「……Aa- Anikii……」
A girl slowly crawled out from under the bed, soaking the carpet with her tear-stained voice. Her large, half-moon eyes were red and filled with tears.
Rintaro instinctively picks up Samecchi, who was covered in dust. He hugged her delicate body with all his strength, even though his favorite jacket was stained with tears and snot. As if in response, Samecchi wrapped her slender arms around Rintaro’s back and gripped her fingertips tightly.
「Samecchi…… Sorry……! I’m sorry……!」
「It’s not aniki’s fault, ssu……It’s all Samecchi’s fault, ssu……」
「How is that possible? There’s nothing wrong with Samecchi, it’s me who’s at fault!」
Rintaro blamed himself many times in his mind. Even though he could not say it out loud, he felt that he was a despicable traitor.
Towards that self, Samecchi still protected him. Even though she had a big wound in her heart.
「Aniki…… Isn’t angry with Samecchi, ssuka……?」
「Why, why should I be mad at Samecchi?」
「Because, Samecchi made a promise Samecchi aniki. To brush Samecchi’s teeth properly before going to bed…！」
「…………N?」
A question mark appeared in Rintaro’s head. The conversation was not going well.
「Wait, Samecchi, what are you talking about?」
「Egu egu… aren’t we talking about cavities?」
「……Cavities?」
Rintaro grabbed the Samecchi’s jaw with both hands and looked into her mouth. There was one black, chipped tooth at the back of the row of sharp fangs.
It is true that she had been sleeping for two whole days with chocolate still in her mouth, but it was a wonder that a mysterious being’s body can progress so far in just two days.
「Samecchi, is that why you were running away from me?」
「Bieeeeeeeeeeeeeen! Sorry, ssuuuuuuuuu!!!」
Rintaro silently stood up with Samecchi in his arms and quickly left the room. He then briefly told Kirika that he was “all right now,” and carried Samecchi into the infirmary.
「Minato-sensei, an emergency.」
「What is it, Rintaro, you’re here again? By the way, you have a lot of emergencies today.」
Minato said as she glanced at the bed.
In the infirmary, there was an earlier visitor, an old man in a tuxedo, half-crying, holding his cheek and cowering.
「I told you, painkillers only postpone the pain!」
「Hoaaaaa…… It hurts……! Hellish pain that is out of this world is refering to this……」
「Oh, Rintaro, you think Samecchi has cavities, too? Of course she does, cavities are the mysterious being’s natural enemy.」
「Ah, is that so, it was my first time hearing that…. I have a suggestion, but why don’t you leave it like this for a while longer, Leader?」
Rintaro’s tears, determination, and worry had all come to nothing, and his heart could be summed up in one word: nothing.
