On the 25th, the Ark dominion underground secret base welcomed a quiet morning. Rintaro was walking through the corridors of the underground base with Swordminas.
「Fuaaa…… Sleepy……」
Kuriyama Rintaro is 26 years old. Even though he was still young, staying up all night was indeed hard on his body. Rintaro hadn’t slept a wink since the fuss at midnight.
He threw Samecchi, covered in jam and on the verge of falling asleep, into the bath, and had a hard time just cleaning up the messy room. On top of that, He had to soothe a screaming, half-naked Swordminas until morning, so he was understandably exhausted.
「I’m sorry…… It was meant to be a surprise……」
「Well, I did get surprised though.」
「I was actually planning to leave right after leaving the present……」
Swordminas was wearing Rintaro’s shirt and sweater. Rintaro is not so devilish as to kick a crying woman out of his room in a tattered costume Santa. Rintaro’s creed is to show no mercy to his enemies, but to treat children and friends with sweetness(ゲロ甘 georama).
「Don’t be so depressed. I am actually very thankful despite how I look.」
「Yeah, I know…… I’ve received a lot of comforting so it’s fine now. My butt still hurts a little though……」
Although she was not in perfect condition, she seemed to have recovered some of her energy. Rintaro’s decision to take her for a walk for a change was the right one.
Rintaro left Swordminas in front of her room and walked to his own room next door. As expected, he had to get some sleep to keep himself going.
However, Rintaro’s plan was not to be realized. When he returned to his room, he found that he had a rare guest.
「A, Aniki, Welcome back, ssu!」
「You have guts to leave your superior waiting!」
It was a girl wearing a moss green officer-style military look with a rugged eye patch. She wielded a whip in her hand and had a pair of bunny ears on top of her head. He is not sure how old she is, but she’s probably 20 or so, like Minato.
「Umm…… You are Hundred Beasts Legion’s Usanyi-chan, was it?」
「Call me Colonel!」
The whip flew towards Rintaro’s butts. A dry pain that blows away any sleepiness instantly passed from his butts to his brain.
「Yes! Colonel Usanyi!」
「Don’t forget the –chan, you fool!」
「Yes! Colonel Usanyi-chan!」
According to Samecchi’s story, despite looking like this, Colonel Usanyi-chan is Hundred Beasts Legion’s number 2, and she seems to hate to be treated like a child. For what reason would such a girl come all the way there to visit Rintaro.
「This is an emergency call! The heinous mysterious Death Green is to proceed to the Dark Capitol immediately! A maximum of one attendant is permitted to accompany you!」
She came to tell him that he had been summoned.
「Hey Samecchi, Why does the number 2 and a colonel like her come to be a messenger?」
「Colonel is self-proclaimed, ssu. Colonel Usanyi-chan often comes to see Samecchi even though she is busy, ssu.」
By the way, as you can guess, Samecchi used to be part of the Hundred Beasts Legion, but apparently, she is supposed to report directly to General Dragius currently. The purpose is to prevent unfair personnel affairs from being carried out in the work of “solicitation”.
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In a corner of the underground secret base, going straight from the cathedrals, there was a room. The heavy black door, which refused entry to all but the top brass, was like the gate of hell.
In the place called the Dark Capitol, four emblems were displayed. Each of these emblems probably represented the three Generals and the leader Dragius III. It seemed that the three executives were already there.
「Iyou(Yo?)! You are late, brother! I’m tired of waiting!」
Carrying the emblem of the lion and claw marks was Bearion, the Hundred Beast General. The number two, Colonel Usanyi-chan, was quietly standing next to him with her eyes closed.
「The stars in the sky may fly, but the night embraces them equally and never meets one another. Then I shall become a butterfly that dances in the moonlit night, its wings filled with the glow of burning love.」
「’It’s good to see you again, next time I’ll send you an invitation to the tea party. Also the bear can go back to the forest’, was what Master Zazome said.」
Sitting in the seat with the butterfly and clown emblems carved on it is the Strange Insect General Zazoma. He is accompanied by a beetle-like attendant as an interpreter, who probably added the bear crap.
「Rintaro, you seem to have a good time last night, ja no. It’s rumored that you asa chun[1] with Swordminas. Ukekeke……」
The one smirking and giggling with her butler and maid is the machinery general Tagaraak. Behind her shines the emblem of a musket that intersects with gears.
「Wait a minute, why is there such a rumor going around?」
「Well, if you came out of your room together on a Christmas morning, rumors would start. I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors about Sword Minas wearing your clothes because you both didn’t get enough sleep. I heard that she was saying that her ass was sore from all the comforting she received.」
「I can’t believe the rumors are spreading that far! Where the hell were they watching us from? …… I left no room for error……」
But now that it’s said, that’s true. It would be strange if that was not misunderstood.
「Aniki, What is asa chun, ssuka?」
「Do you hear the sparrows going chun chun in the morning? That’s all there is to it, Sametchi. Nothing more, nothing less.」
「I see, ssu! Huh? But we’re underground, so there are no sparrows, ssu!」
「Don’t you know, Sametchi? Moles also goes chun chun, too.」
「Is that so, ssuka!? Samecchi has gotten smarter once again, ssu!」
It’s painful to tell a lie to an innocent child, but It was done for her happiness. Even Santa Claus is just an existence similar to a chun-chun mole.
Rintaro took the only seat that did not have a coat of arms on it. Samecchi who had been brought along as a companion sat at the seat next to him.
When the members were all present, Lord Dragius entered the room. Everyone stood up from their seats and greeted the Lord of the Night with nervous looks on their faces.
Dragaeus III emanated a charismatic aura of evil and darkness from his entire body, making it hard to believe that he was the same person as yesterday’s Santa Claus. When he took a particularly large seat with the terrifying devil’s emblem on it, the evil commander urged everyone to sit down.
「The reason I have asked you all to come here today is simple. I’m here to talk about our future plans.」
「Oh, could it be……!」
「Muhyohyo, It’s finally going to be done, ja na!」
Dragius’ heavy words caused the executives to perk up.
「As you know, the operations of our sworn enemy, Hero Headquarters, are currently completely paralyzed. We, the Ark Dominion, will take this opportunity to expand our influence from the 23rd ward of Tokyo to the entire Kanto region!」
The three executives and Sametchi were elated by his words. In the last battle, the Hero Headquarters lost all eight giant robots deployed in the Tokyo Saitama area, and more than half of the heroes who could be mobilized immediately were sent to the hospital. The tokyo area is now a hero vacuum, albeit a temporary one.
On the other hand, the damage to the secret society Ark dominion was extremely minor. There is no better time than now to expand their sphere of influence.
Rintaro, who had been treated so badly by the Hero Headquarters, had no desire to be a hero anymore. However, it was uncomfortable to see the power chart that he had once painted white as a hero being painted black again by his own hands.
「Leave the north to Bealion, the west to Zazoma, and the east to Tagarak. Rintaro will act as a ranger and provide support to the various legions! I order you to launch the “The Great Kanto Conquest”!」
Thus, the evil secret society, Ark dominion, began their campaign to conquer the Kanto region. All for the purpose of improving the status of the mysterious beings and creating a country for the mysterious beings by the mysterious beings.
「Gahahahaa! My arms are roaring!!」
「The evil tones of my bugs will eclipse the light of the sun and turn the earth dark. White will be black, and black will be blacker.」
「I think I’ll start with Chiba for now. I want to bring ふ●っしー(I don’t know who this is supposed to be) into the Ark dominion and convert her into Mecha ふ●っしー!」
The order issued by the evil charismatic General Dragius III inspired the three executives in three different ways. Rintaro was the only one with a gloomy look on his face.
「The Great Kanto Conquest, ssu! That’s pretty cool, ssune! ……Aniki, What’s wrong, ssuka? Is there something on your mind, ssuka?」
「……Something like that.」
「It’s fine, ssuyo! The current Ark Dominion has momentum, ssu! Aniki is also there, ssukara, it will definitely go well, ssu!」
「You believe in Aniki, huh? Samecchi sure is a good girl.」
「Ehehe, ssu…… Ah, no, ssu! If I become a good girl, Santa-san will not come next year, ssu! Samecchi is a bad girl, ssu!」
「Alright bad girl bad girl bad girl, Samecchi sure is a bad girl haa! Wasyasyasya!」
Rintaro’s face didn’t light up as he patted Samecchi’s head.
Rintaro, a former hero and an elite member of the Tokyo headquarters, had his own concerns. He wondered if Director Morikuni and the sister Asaka Samejima, who is obsessed with Samecchi, are watching the situation with their fingers crossed.
It’s true that no matter how good they are, they can’t make a move if they don’t have the right tools. That’s true, but they are a hero headquarters with a history of 50 years. They are an organization that has overcome many critical situations and is known as the hope of humanity.
「I hope everything goes well.」
Rintaro muttered to himself so that no one could hear him.
[1] a way to skip a sex scene in TV drama series, manga, anime, etc. Like the scene would skip to the morning with chirping sounds.