At midnight, Rintaro woke up to the smell of disinfectant. It seems that he had passed out after being kicked to the ground by Colonel Usanyi-chan.
「Uun, It hurts……」
「You’re awake, Rintaro. You better not move yet, because you almost died just now.」
Minato gently tucked Rintaro back to sleep after he tried to force himself to sit up. Although no bones were broken, Rintaro’s entire body was covered with compresses, and numerous bandages were wrapped around him like a mummy.
He was hit by a kick that blew a 4-ton truck nearly 100 meters away. If he didn’t wear the Death Green suit on the spot, he would have been hit so hard that his entire body disintegrated beyond recognition.
It’s a wonder that He was even still alive.
「How about Samecchi……?」
「Ah, about that……」
When Rintaro asked her about it, Minato turned her face and mumbled a few words. Where she looked, a woman in military uniform was kneeling down on her knees with her rabbit ears sticking to the floor.
「I am sorry Corporal Death Green ……. It’s all my fault for my hasty decision, I’ll take whatever punishment I get……」
「Colonel Usanyi-chan… Well, that’s fine, but where is Samecchi now…?」
「Let me explain it to you, noja.」
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed young girl, tugging at her lab coat, operated a remote control. Somehow, a three-dimensional map resembling an ant’s nest was projected on a floating image.
「Is this a map of the secret underground base……?」
「Well, to be precise, it is a map from 30 years ago. Due to too much automation, It is developing on its own, so now I don’t even know where anything is.」
「……Could it be.」
「You guessed it. Samecchi is somewhere in this endless secret underground Ark Dominion base.」
It was a hopeless declaration. Rintaro once gone lost in this underground secret base for half a day. At that time, Dragius came to pick him up and everything went smoothly, but the journey was miserable.
There was a river of flowing lava. There was also a bottomless abyss. There was also a blizzard in which you couldn’t see even 1 meter in front of you.
Although it was said that the environment was designed to suit the special characteristics of various mysterious beings, it was not an environment in which a child could survive on his or her own.
Rintaro looked at the clock in the infirmary. Three hours had already passed since he had fainted.
「Sorry Corporal Death Green…… it’s all my fault, if you ask me to cut my guts out, I will……」
「I can’t say that all of this isn’t Colonel Usanyi-chan’s fault, but understand that now is not the time to say things like that.」
Rintaro jumped out of bed with his body covered in bandages. His back and arms ached from the severe full-body bruising, but that no longer mattered.
He put on his shirt and a green jacket with tear stains.
「A search team has already been sent out, but the situation is not looking good as there is a risk of a secondary accident.」
「Are there no cameras in the uninhabited areas?」
「That’s the thing. Rintaro, the room you were kicked into and crashed into was my “personal server room”, ja. Thanks to you, I am no longer able to track the footage. I’m pretty sure she entered the uninhabited areas, jaga.」
「She must not have gone that deep yet. Can you tell me the chain of command and organization of the search parties?」
This was different from just a lost child situation, they must treat it with care. Rintaro crossed his arms and became increasingly irritated, and Tagaraak gives him another blow.
「Rintaro, I have to tell you something before the search. This time limit is 24 hours.」
「What was that? It can’t be that fast right.」
「You know that the rate of progression of Samecchi’s tooth decay is extraordinary. She has an outstanding recovery ability among the Ark Dominion mysterious beings, but this is a side effect of that.」
Indeed, as he had been told, Samechi’s cavity had progressed to the point where her tooth was chipped in just two days. Rintaro thought it was an exaggeration that it was only a cavity, but Tagaraak’s face was serious.
「At the rate we’re going, if we don’t find her and bring her back within 24 hours, the worst case scenario could lead to…… death.」
「That is…… not very gentle.」
Rintaro frowned and bit his lip as he looked at the three-dimensional map.
「Sharky, did you really hate cavity treatment so much……?」
…………
Deep beneath the ground, in the depths of the earth, where not a sound, let alone the light of day, could be heard, there was a girl.
「Pieen…… Absolutely hated by aniki, ssu…… Samecchi is an unwanted child, ssu……」
Only the sound of flapping sneakers echoed down the long, long hallway. Samecchi continued to miraculously evade the numerous traps that prevented intruders.
「Samecchi no longer has the face to meet aniki, ssuuu……」
Seeing Rintaro kicked away like a missile sent chills down Samecchi’s spine, even as a child. She also understood that the responsibility for this lay with her for inciting Colonel Usanyi-chan.
『Anikii! Please wake up, ssu, aniki!』
『……Samecchi…… Uu, Samecchi…… Samecchiiiii』
As Rintaro was carried to the infirmary by Kirika, he kept repeating Samechi’s name as if in a whisper. He was probably blaming Samecchi, who had seriously injured aniki as a result of refusing treatment for a simple cavity.
aniki, because of her own fault.
The thought of it frightened Samecchi so much that she could no longer stop her knees from shaking. No matter how many times he had been hurt, no matter how many times he had suffered pain, Rintaro, who had always laughed and forgiven her in the end, would only repeat his whimpering. She wondered what he will say to her when he wakes up.
For Samecchi, being hated by aniki was ten times more terrifying than having a cavity or a drill.
When Samecchi saw Rintaro lying on the bed, a mummified figure covered in bandages, she felt a heavy sense of guilt and ran away unexpectedly. She did not know what else to do.
「Anikii…… Sorry, ssuuuu……」
The girl kept walking with tears streaming down her face deep, deep into the darkness.
…………
「What was that? We’ve lost contact with the advance team!?」
Rintaro listened to the “Death Green Transformation Gear” that served as his radio. In the uninhabited area of the secret underground base, there were already as many mysterious beings as could be gathered from the Hundred Beasts Legion, the Machinery Army, and the Teaching Corps, which was made up of the eggs of the zako fighters.
The total number of the group was a whopping 250 people. This was approximately 60% of the maximum force that could be mobilized by the entire Ark Dominion organization.
Among those who lost contact were ten members of the elite Hundred Beasts Legion Cat-Shaped Mysterious being Unit.
『I selected those with the best eyes in the dark, and it backfired. It seems they got hit by a catnip landmine.』
「What is that!?」
『Let me explain! As the name suggests, a catnip landmine is an anti-cat type mine that injects catnip extract as soon as it is activated…….』
「No, I’m asking why is something like that planted?」
『It wasn’t me! The construction mysterious being I created set it off on its own, jamon!』
「Isn’t that mostly your fault!」
Tagaraak, who was processing the information at headquarters, received a mountain of other bad news.
The dog-shaped mysterious being squad was nearly destroyed by the sulfurous smell emanating from the magma. The robot mysterious beings of the Machinery Army were malfunctioning in the face of magnetic storms and blizzards. Not to mention the booby-trapped combatants of the Teaching Corps.
Of the units conducting the search ahead, the only ones with relatively little damage are the units under the direct control of Mayuzumi Kirika, aka Drakirika, and Bearion.
『Hintahō, han you hea me(Rintaro, can you hear me). Itfh me(It’s me). If hoesnt feem wike Fe Hamera Will ve hestohed in haim (It doesn’t seem like the camera will be restored in time)』
「It doesn’t seem like the camera will be restored in time, right? Leader, please don’t push yourself too hard, I seriously don’t understand what you were saying!」
『Unferstood (Understood)』
Leader Dragius’ spatial transference could only be used with accurate location information, such as cameras. To begin with, he had just undergone dental work, and Dragius himself was of little use.
「This is a far more difficult problem than I expected… Now, how should we approach this?」
「Hiyaaaaaaaaah, help me, Rintaroooo!」
「D- Don’t grab my tail!」
As Rintaro continued through the labyrinth, he was at his wits’ end as he watched Minato and Colonel Usanyi-chan get entangled with a mysterious tentacle.
At midnight, Rintaro woke up to the smell of disinfectant. It seems that he had passed out after being kicked to the ground by Colonel Usanyi-chan.
「Uun, It hurts……」
「You’re awake, Rintaro. You better not move yet, because you almost died just now.」
Minato gently tucked Rintaro back to sleep after he tried to force himself to sit up. Although no bones were broken, Rintaro’s entire body was covered with compresses, and numerous bandages were wrapped around him like a mummy.
He was hit by a kick that blew a 4-ton truck nearly 100 meters away. If he didn’t wear the Death Green suit on the spot, he would have been hit so hard that his entire body disintegrated beyond recognition.
It’s a wonder that He was even still alive.
「How about Samecchi……?」
「Ah, about that……」
When Rintaro asked her about it, Minato turned her face and mumbled a few words. Where she looked, a woman in military uniform was kneeling down on her knees with her rabbit ears sticking to the floor.
「I am sorry Corporal Death Green ……. It’s all my fault for my hasty decision, I’ll take whatever punishment I get……」
「Colonel Usanyi-chan… Well, that’s fine, but where is Samecchi now…?」
「Let me explain it to you, noja.」
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed young girl, tugging at her lab coat, operated a remote control. Somehow, a three-dimensional map resembling an ant’s nest was projected on a floating image.
「Is this a map of the secret underground base……?」
「Well, to be precise, it is a map from 30 years ago. Due to too much automation, It is developing on its own, so now I don’t even know where anything is.」
「……Could it be.」
「You guessed it. Samecchi is somewhere in this endless secret underground Ark Dominion base.」
It was a hopeless declaration. Rintaro once gone lost in this underground secret base for half a day. At that time, Dragius came to pick him up and everything went smoothly, but the journey was miserable.
There was a river of flowing lava. There was also a bottomless abyss. There was also a blizzard in which you couldn’t see even 1 meter in front of you.
Although it was said that the environment was designed to suit the special characteristics of various mysterious beings, it was not an environment in which a child could survive on his or her own.
Rintaro looked at the clock in the infirmary. Three hours had already passed since he had fainted.
「Sorry Corporal Death Green…… it’s all my fault, if you ask me to cut my guts out, I will……」
「I can’t say that all of this isn’t Colonel Usanyi-chan’s fault, but understand that now is not the time to say things like that.」
Rintaro jumped out of bed with his body covered in bandages. His back and arms ached from the severe full-body bruising, but that no longer mattered.
He put on his shirt and a green jacket with tear stains.
「A search team has already been sent out, but the situation is not looking good as there is a risk of a secondary accident.」
「Are there no cameras in the uninhabited areas?」
「That’s the thing. Rintaro, the room you were kicked into and crashed into was my “personal server room”, ja. Thanks to you, I am no longer able to track the footage. I’m pretty sure she entered the uninhabited areas, jaga.」
「She must not have gone that deep yet. Can you tell me the chain of command and organization of the search parties?」
This was different from just a lost child situation, they must treat it with care. Rintaro crossed his arms and became increasingly irritated, and Tagaraak gives him another blow.
「Rintaro, I have to tell you something before the search. This time limit is 24 hours.」
「What was that? It can’t be that fast right.」
「You know that the rate of progression of Samecchi’s tooth decay is extraordinary. She has an outstanding recovery ability among the Ark Dominion mysterious beings, but this is a side effect of that.」
Indeed, as he had been told, Samechi’s cavity had progressed to the point where her tooth was chipped in just two days. Rintaro thought it was an exaggeration that it was only a cavity, but Tagaraak’s face was serious.
「At the rate we’re going, if we don’t find her and bring her back within 24 hours, the worst case scenario could lead to…… death.」
「That is…… not very gentle.」
Rintaro frowned and bit his lip as he looked at the three-dimensional map.
「Sharky, did you really hate cavity treatment so much……?」
…………
Deep beneath the ground, in the depths of the earth, where not a sound, let alone the light of day, could be heard, there was a girl.
「Pieen…… Absolutely hated by aniki, ssu…… Samecchi is an unwanted child, ssu……」
Only the sound of flapping sneakers echoed down the long, long hallway. Samecchi continued to miraculously evade the numerous traps that prevented intruders.
「Samecchi no longer has the face to meet aniki, ssuuu……」
Seeing Rintaro kicked away like a missile sent chills down Samecchi’s spine, even as a child. She also understood that the responsibility for this lay with her for inciting Colonel Usanyi-chan.
『Anikii! Please wake up, ssu, aniki!』
『……Samecchi…… Uu, Samecchi…… Samecchiiiii』
As Rintaro was carried to the infirmary by Kirika, he kept repeating Samechi’s name as if in a whisper. He was probably blaming Samecchi, who had seriously injured aniki as a result of refusing treatment for a simple cavity.
aniki, because of her own fault.
The thought of it frightened Samecchi so much that she could no longer stop her knees from shaking. No matter how many times he had been hurt, no matter how many times he had suffered pain, Rintaro, who had always laughed and forgiven her in the end, would only repeat his whimpering. She wondered what he will say to her when he wakes up.
For Samecchi, being hated by aniki was ten times more terrifying than having a cavity or a drill.
When Samecchi saw Rintaro lying on the bed, a mummified figure covered in bandages, she felt a heavy sense of guilt and ran away unexpectedly. She did not know what else to do.
「Anikii…… Sorry, ssuuuu……」
The girl kept walking with tears streaming down her face deep, deep into the darkness.
…………
「What was that? We’ve lost contact with the advance team!?」
Rintaro listened to the “Death Green Transformation Gear” that served as his radio. In the uninhabited area of the secret underground base, there were already as many mysterious beings as could be gathered from the Hundred Beasts Legion, the Machinery Army, and the Teaching Corps, which was made up of the eggs of the zako fighters.
The total number of the group was a whopping 250 people. This was approximately 60% of the maximum force that could be mobilized by the entire Ark Dominion organization.
Among those who lost contact were ten members of the elite Hundred Beasts Legion Cat-Shaped Mysterious being Unit.
『I selected those with the best eyes in the dark, and it backfired. It seems they got hit by a catnip landmine.』
「What is that!?」
『Let me explain! As the name suggests, a catnip landmine is an anti-cat type mine that injects catnip extract as soon as it is activated…….』
「No, I’m asking why is something like that planted?」
『It wasn’t me! The construction mysterious being I created set it off on its own, jamon!』
「Isn’t that mostly your fault!」
Tagaraak, who was processing the information at headquarters, received a mountain of other bad news.
The dog-shaped mysterious being squad was nearly destroyed by the sulfurous smell emanating from the magma. The robot mysterious beings of the Machinery Army were malfunctioning in the face of magnetic storms and blizzards. Not to mention the booby-trapped combatants of the Teaching Corps.
Of the units conducting the search ahead, the only ones with relatively little damage are the units under the direct control of Mayuzumi Kirika, aka Drakirika, and Bearion.
『Hintahō, han you hea me(Rintaro, can you hear me). Itfh me(It’s me). If hoesnt feem wike Fe Hamera Will ve hestohed in haim (It doesn’t seem like the camera will be restored in time)』
「It doesn’t seem like the camera will be restored in time, right? Leader, please don’t push yourself too hard, I seriously don’t understand what you were saying!」
『Unferstood (Understood)』
Leader Dragius’ spatial transference could only be used with accurate location information, such as cameras. To begin with, he had just undergone dental work, and Dragius himself was of little use.
「This is a far more difficult problem than I expected… Now, how should we approach this?」
「Hiyaaaaaaaaah, help me, Rintaroooo!」
「D- Don’t grab my tail!」
As Rintaro continued through the labyrinth, he was at his wits’ end as he watched Minato and Colonel Usanyi-chan get entangled with a mysterious tentacle.
