Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN) Chapter 517

Chapter 517

Machine World Arc Around That Time, at Earth ②

Exactly at the day when Hajime and others left for their other world trip.

A high cla.s.s car with famous brand was running on a highway under the bright summer sun. The car’s type was sedan with black paint. It looked really tough.

It couldn’t be helped that the pa.s.senger of a typical family car would get curious if such car was approaching with quite the speed from behind.

A dad who was in the middle of going in a family trip right after summer vacation arrived glanced at the rearview mirror. He was driving on the left lane and his car wasn’t moving that slow so there shouldn’t be any problem but……

He could see a beauty wearing black suit with eyes that didn’t look nice. He only caught sight of that through the rearview mirror so it wasn’t really clear but, it felt like the woman was making a supremely displeased expression. Or perhaps that was sugarcoating it too much. That was a face of someone who wouldn’t have any problem with killing at least two or three people.

A black luxury car with a black suited driver who didn’t look like someone with respectable profession……

Ah, this is a car of the type of people you’ll be better of if you never got involved with……the family dad was convinced.

The luxury car quietly changed lane and then pa.s.sed by from the side. While the dad was praying slightly nervously so the car would just overtake them without anything happening, his son who was sitting at the back said 「Ah」.

「Dad! Dad! The lady in that car looks somewhat super lewd!」

「Oi, what’re you saying!」

The mom on the pa.s.senger seat warned her son, but the back seat part of the luxury car was coincidentally side by side with the driver’s seat at that moment. Dad gave a glance.

「Ah, it’s true! There’s a somewhat super lewd lady riding in there!」

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That lady was really looking somewhat lewd that his tongue slipped out like that.

The woman had white hair and wearing kimono. Her appearance was already giving the sense of unreality just from that, and yet she was also a beauty who ten out of ten people would say was beautiful. Furthermore, how to describe it, she had this bewitching allure that could be felt even when she was inside another running car. Should he say that it felt chillingly scary, or should he say that it made it hard to take his eyes off even while his instinct was ringing the alarm bell……

Most of all, the way the lady was wearing the kimono was the problem. Her shoulders were completely exposed. The kimono’s collar was going so low that even now her very excellent b.r.e.a.s.t.s looked like they might spill out.

The car door’s rim got in the way with the height of a child’s sight line that the lady might look naked to the kid. It was no wonder the son yelled 「Lewd lady!」.

Perhaps the lady who was lewd in both appearance and aura noticed the father and son’s gazes because she sent them a pa.s.sing glance. Her lips tugged with a smile.

It felt like dad fell into the sensation like the core of his body was bursting into flame. & the son was on the verge of danger having his s.e.xual disposition distorted.

「You two」

They felt a dangerous pressure. From the pa.s.senger seat. The two returned to their senses with a gasp like they had been doused with ice water.

「Let’s stop by at the next rest area. ……I have something that want to talk for a bit.」

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The father and son looked straight ahead. Their eyes wouldn’t turn toward the pa.s.senger seat no matter what. It seemed, the first day of the trip would be started from putting back the madam (mom) into a good mood. Ɽ

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「Such thing like that happened I believeth. Fufufuh」

The lewd lady aka Shuten Douji──true name Yaya no Hidzuki said something like that while smiling bewitchingly.

And then, she crawled *sruu~~t* that hand on the thigh of the person sitting beside her. *Twitch* The person jerked which caused Hidzuki to narrow her eyes and licked her lips.

That hand got struck *slap*.

「Hidzuki. Do you know how many times I have told you to stop with the thoughtless and excessive allurement?」

The admonishment was presented by the girl dressed in shrine maiden clothing──Fujiwara Hinata who was sitting snugly on the rear seat’s opposite side with a good manner.

「I wonder, what doth thou mean by that? If thou mean that I should not do that to mine beloved, then I shall tell thee that it’s out of the question♪」

「Ah, hey, you are snuggling like that again! That is improper!」

「If thy art jealous then wouldst not it be better to simply say so?」

「I-it is not like I am thinking of anything like that! In the first place for that kind of thing, it is only after marriage that……wait, it is not about that! I am telling you to stop tempting other people!」

「My! That art a terrible way of mentioning that. To accuse me to make eyes at another beside mine beloved……mine beloved? Hinata art trying to plant a groundless misgivings just as thou can see. She art truly an unbelievable schemer art not she? I beg thee to please be careful.」

「Who are you calling a schemer! Aah geez! Pressing your, che-, chest on him so casually like that, that is what I am saying is wrong!」

「Art thou jealous? Kukuh, there art no use crying for what thou didst not have. Resign thyself♪」

「Tsu! Tsuuu!! Hidzuki! A person like you-! No, not a person but oni! I will eradicate you!」

The car was filled with a noisy exchange. The smirking Hidzuki had completely entered her teasing mode, while Hinata leaned forward with a bright red face.

Yes, on top of the lap of Kousuke who was sandwiched between them.

At the left side was Hidzuki who was hugging him and burying his arm between her chest. At the right side was Hinata who was pleading 「Endou-sama too please say something to her!」 tearfully.

Hinata’s hand was placed on a slightly dangerous position. Her other hand was slapping away repeatedly in her bid to tear off Hidzuki from him, so that hand that was supporting her body weight was grinding down.

Of course, this was Hinata-chan so there was no way she was doing it intentionally. But, it was hard to tell her 「Grinding on there is a bit bad so can you let go?」 exactly because she was doing it unconsciously. Or rather it would absolutely become too awkward for both of them if he said that so he didn’t want to say.

And so, Kousuke warned the female oni who was guiding this development.

「Yes, well, we have work after this, so Hidzuki, can you let me go for a bit? As expected you’re pressing yourself too close, right?」

「! Horrible……mine beloved, hath thou become bored of me already? Even though thou we were pressing our bodies together so fiercely like that only yesterday……」

「Wordinggg!!」

「Endou-sama……?」

Hinata-chan looked at him with eyes as though she was seeing something very hard to believe.

「M-misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding Hinata-chan! I’m telling you I was just asking her to accompany my training!」

「Ah, t-that’s right isn’t it. Yes, I know that must be the case. Endou-sama is the only person that could not possibly do such thing so imprudent──」

「Just how many times mine beloved hath taken off mine clothes to play with mine weakness……」

「Endou-sama!?」

「I didn’t take anything off! They came off! No, that was already stripping! In the first place there’s no way a legendary oni has anything like weakness!」

Apparently the fact that Hidzuki was undressing in the middle of combat training was a constant. Hinata guessed that it was a force majeure──or rather it was mostly Hidzuki’s fault, even so her complicated maiden heart made her expressed her displeasure 「Uu」 toward Kousuke with a wordless speech.

With that, as expected she unconsciously leaned forward even further and ended in a posture that looked like she was pressing her chest on him……

「Rather art not Hinata thyself that art being a little immodest right now? Thy art pressing thyself so close like that, fufufuh」

「? !!? Tsuu!! ──Endou-sama, my deepest apologies. I am being a little too carried away, but by no means there is any ulterior motive here……」

Hinata-chan looked puzzled, then she looked up at Kyousuke, and her face reddened with a puff from the closeness, then she quickly fixed her sitting posture. She was doing her best to keep up appearance, but she was bright red from her neck until her ear tip.

「I get it I get it. I know that both Hidzuki and Hinata-chan are cute, so let’s stop this here.」

「Oh my! Thou art really a seducer mine beloved. To think that thou wouldst send us a follow-up attack」

Hidzuki’s hobby recently was teasing Hinata because of her cute reaction, so he warned her in that meaning but……

Certainly saying “Hinata-chan is cute” in this situation was a follow-up attack. Hinata’s hands suddenly covered her face with a loud Wah.

Hidzuki roared with cheerful laughter at that and fixed her sitting posture while looking truly satisfied.

Kousuke exhaled out in relieve, even so he got a bit worried seeing the fidgeting Hinata and pondered what he should say but……there, a voice murmured in a small volume.

「Just go die」

「! Zhu-san, how can you say such thing!」

The one who spewed out such straight abusive words was the former Shadow Monk agent──Zhu who was filling the role as their driver. His eyes met Zhu through the rearview mirror. Those eyes had gone past looking displeased and lost their light.

「Why, is this me have to transport you guys back and forth? Since when I became Fujiwara Clan’s servant? And on top of that. This whole time, this whole time since we set off, you three just keep f.u.c.king flirting flirting flirting and flirting. Aa, Liu, forgive this pathetic elder sister of yours. Perhaps I’ll go home alone. I don’t have the confidence to curse all these guys to death in the middle of the mission’s hecticness……」

「Really sorry! We had been real noisy!」

Zhu-san’s sulkishness was staggering.

Also, Zhu-san, originally she was off duty today. She had the plan to tour “flour type food restaurant” where she was a regular. Recently work was busy that she tended to end up with supermarket food, so she was really looking forward to it.

Tomorrow I’m gonna challenge the toppings I never tried beforeee~, such was her excitement. That was until her phone rang late at night. How sad it was, dog of the nation.

In short, she was working as the driver accompanying the mission of Hinata and co like this was solely her following the order of her home country.

「In addition, they told me to act friendly with this bunch-. Kuh, just kill me instead!」

Actually, dispatched personnel from USA after collaborative structure had been formed regarding supernatural phenomena had arrived first at the place they were heading to.

The returnees, and then Fujiwara Hinata who was unmistakably j.a.pan’s strongest pract.i.tioner if they were excluded. The agent dispatched from China Zhu must never give the impression that there was discord between her and them even by mistake. Rather, she should give the impression that they were friends.

That was the direction for her from her home country.

「Haha……after all even with the commotions about the awakened calming down, the supernatural phenomenon in many countries are getting stronger instead. This is to give a bit more advantage to your own country. You have it hard too Zhu-san.」

「Kuh, you’re talking like it someone’s else problem!」

「Everyone is being quite blatant. Betrothal offers are also flooding my family. Especially from gentlemen of large companies in various countries.」

「On the surface they’re seeking connection for economy or politic purpose but……certainly, it’s blatant. Especially the USA companies.」

「O-oi! Don’t ignore me! Do you know just how I’m

「Yes, they must be seeking the bloodline of Fujiwara. ……U-umm, Endou-sama. Please I ask you to not have any misunderstanding. I, do not have even the slightest intention to accept marriage interview meeting with other gentleman no matter the reason!」

「Eh? A-aa, that’s, yeah. Err, thanks?」

「Yes! Okaa-sama also told me that she is refusing all the offers so there is no need to worry. It’s……she said that her excuse is that her daughter already have a man in her heart who is also approved by Fujiwara Clan.」

「Yeah, I wonder. My escape paths are steadily getting cut off one by one huh? Recently, it looks like both Chikage-san and Taisei-san are getting closer with my parents too……」

「Yes-, I too am also getting treated well by Okaa-sama(Mother-in-Law) and Otou-sama(Father-in-Law)-」

「T-these guys, they’re ignoring me……kuh, I’ll curse them all-」

The inside of the car, it was lively in a sense. Putting that aside.

In reality, the countermeasure taken against supernatural phenomenon in each country only kept getting intensified. It could be said that the underworld was entering an era of turbulence. Should it be called a quiet information war behind the scene? The condition was a little bit of spy battle.

Needless to say it wasn’t just Fujiwara clan. Actually other countries were also frequently sending honey trap toward the returnees.

Demons in golems with perfect human appearance were accompanying them as bodyguard while also enjoying the modern era earth to their heart’s content so there was no problem though……

No, some, like a certain Nakano Shinji and a certain Saito Yoshiki were happily rushing into the trap so it might be a problem but, at least, it didn’t seem like they were divulging secret so it was barely safe?

It was scary because before long it felt like they would blunder though……

Getting back on topic.

「Kukuh, thou art saying that, but in truth art thou not aiming at mine beloved too?」

「! Don’t say something stupid. There’s no way I’m doing that.」

Hinata’s gaze snapped toward Zhu. Zhu-san, her displeasure that was raging until just now was dying down like it was just a lie. She was driving seriously while looking straight ahead. She looked so serious it was scary but,

Ah, she is absolutely lying. Everyone thought.

「……Thinking carefully it is only natural isn’t it? It is the most effective way to display good relationship to the outside. It would be stranger if that kind of direction had not been given to Zhu-san……」

「I’m saying there’s no way there’s anything like that.」

「Recently, even though I am not so sure but it feels like your distance with Endou-sama has gotten a bit closer……or rather, the other day, there was a report of both of you eating okonomiyaki out together……」

「How did you-, no, that was just nutritional supplement in the middle of mission! There isn’t any ulterior motive!」

「Or rather wait. Who gave you the report? Hey, Hinata-chan, who was reporting to you? Was I monitored? Hey, Hinata-chan. Hey!」

「Zhu-san. Can you swear to your homeland that is really true?」

Hinata-chan was slightly writhing from Kousuke pulling on her sleeve even while looking at Zhu with a sharp glint in her eyes through the rearview mirror.

Zhu-san, she suddenly opened the window and said 「The wind today is pleasant──hott. The heat is scorching-」. She grimaced and immediately closed the window.

An indescribable atmosphere filled the interior.

「Eerr, Zhu-san? In my opinion……」

「Kuh, kill mee-」

「I haven’t said anything yet though!?」

Perhaps various dissatisfaction had been piling up inside her. Zhu-san leaned so much forward that it looked like she was biting the steering wheel and her eyes looked completely dead again.

With a small voice 「When this mission is over, I’ll, gorge myself on “Your palate will go through reformation. Super Duper Wooper Special Jumbo Serving Lavish Okonomiyaki ~You Won’t be Able to Eat Any Other Okonomiyaki Ever Again~”……」 she was muttering a meal set with naming that felt like it would push the listener into madness just from hearing it.

Putting aside what was going on inside her heart, they were currently on highway. It would be troubling if she made a blunder with the driving, so Kousuke and co looked at each other and wordlessly reached an understanding 「Let’s leave her alone」.

「Even so, the place we’re going right now. I read the report but……it’s nasty.」

Kousuke attempted to change the topic. A part of it was because of the awkwardness but, a part of it was also from actual concern.

「Yes, truly……」

Hinata also straightened her expression and her mood became mournful.

「Although it was a depopulating village in the middle of mountain, everyone there……a total of thirty people died mysteriously. What happened there?」

Yes, that was the incident this time.

The crime scene was a so called marginal village, a depopulated village where most of the inhabitants were senior citizens. A relative couldn’t make contact and went there to check the situation where they made the discovery. It seemed that everyone pa.s.sed away in the village’s meeting place.

Naturally, the police moved, and then they c.o.c.ked their head in puzzlement by the strangeness. There was no external wound at all. Not only that, there was also no drug that got detected.

It was like natural death. They all seemed to die from their heart stopping suddenly all at the same time.

It was a mysterious group death incident that erased a whole village. Publicly it was reported as accidental death from gas leak, but the cause of death was unclear. Naturally, the Bureau of Onmyou moved when they received the report.

However, the cause was unknown.

「According to Hattori-san, it looks like mysterious death and disappearance incidents are increasing at other countries too. And if it finally happen in j.a.pan too, of course we’ll need to investigate it huh.」

「Yes. And not only that, at USA, although the details differ, it seems new religions preaching about the so called doomsday theory are also increasing.」

「……It’s not just USA. Apparently such thing is also increasing in my homeland.」

Zhu-san straightened her posture. She immediately put on her pro face when the talk became about the mission. The air felt electrified just from that, all the more because she was a beauty at base.

「Awakened incidents happening all over the world, then supernatural phenomenon and abnormal weather. It’s understandable that people are getting worried. After all people tend to talk with exaggeration already when it comes to phenomenon that is difficult to explain scientifically.」

「Indeed. To a degree that it can give shape and life to existences like us.」

Hidzuki covered her lips with her sleeve while smiling Fufufuh mysteriously.

The more human’s thought and imagination swelled up, the more they would turn into life for apparition that was embodiment for idea, so it must be something that ought to be welcomed for a legendary apparition like Shuten Douji.

Perhaps she was even feeling nostalgia like returning back to the era where even disease was thought as the work of apparition like in Heian era.

「This is why investigation request came our way. “Incident that can’t be explained scientifically is equal to apparition’s work?” They thought. After all when it comes to you guys, people kicking up a fuss more and more from mysterious incidents happening makes every last one of you rejoicing.」

「That art the nature of apparition. Couldst you find it in thy heart to forgive me, mine beloved?」

「Yes, apparition is just like that. Endou-sama, I have been telling you from the start but, absolutely never let your guard down. Especially against their allure, you cannot allow yourself to be led astray-」

「Y-yeah, I’ll be careful.」

Kousuke awkwardly averted his gaze from Hinata who sullenly leaned forward again while smiling wryly.

「Well, in actuality I can’t see this as the work of the apparition though.」

「Why not?」

Zhu looked sharply at him through the rearview mirror. It seemed that she was thinking the chance was high that this was the work of apparition. It must be because she was a member of an organization that had been fighting that kind of incident and existence all this time.

「No, I don’t know if it’s before but, now there’s Nagumo.」

「Mu……that’s……true, that……」

The demon G.o.d in control over the energy of earth. Yes, demon G.o.d. To the fairy world, it was Hajime who was the administrator of earth rather than Laila who was the G.o.ddess of the King Tree. He was the G.o.d.

It was a bit unbelievable that anyone would proactively damage his territory, and even doing as they pleased in j.a.pan that was the homeland of the demon G.o.d just to fulfill their selfish desire.

Not to mention that currently Hajime and co were in the middle of executing the plan to revive the World Tree’s branches.

The world would regain its original shape. That was to say, the flow of idea that was their lifeline would return back to normal.

It was unthinkable that they would go out of their way to invoke the displeasure of such person. They would rather cooperate with him instead.

「Well, it’s pointless even if we think about it here. First we gotta check the crime scene. We’ll have a trip to the fairy world next week too. We can just check whether this is the apparition’s work or not then.」

「That is true. Fufu, I am looking forward to the trip to the fairy world-」

The heavy and stifling atmosphere cleared up. By Hinata’s sparkling eyes and bright childish smile.

Actually she felt a bit jealous with Myuu. Her schedule was packed full with her role as the strongest Onmyouji and a young lady of a major company, so she could only refuse the invitation.

She was originally an elementary student. The summer vacation was a good time to play a lot and make tons of memory.

That was why, Kousuke who saw through that feeling of Hinata planned the short trip after this, and it was a good timing because he had also received investigation request of fairy world from Onmyou Bureau and Hajime.

When Hinata heard about that plan, it was like her usual ladylike gracefulness was just a lie──perhaps she was receiving bad influence (?) from a certain demon G.o.d’s daughter recently that the time she became a bit bolder was increasing──she leaped at Kousuke and rubbed her face on his chest.

In front of her parents. It went without saying that Chikage-okaasan was smiling 「My~♪」 cheerfully, while Taisei-otousan was looking at Kousuke with eyes like when he was exterminating apparition.

By the way, it would be his clone that went to the short trip to the fairy world. With the same method of maintain extremely small “gate” just like Aiko. Because it was decided that while Hajime was absent, his main body should at least remain behind on earth in case of unexpected situation.

「After we return from the trip, next we will have to go to a trip──I mean business trip to USA. It will be very busy.」

「Fufufu, Hinata? Thou couldst not completely hide thy joy for being able to go in a trip with mine beloved there. Well, I understand thy feeling though.」

「Aa, uu. I understand that this is in the end for work!」

Hinata pressed her hands on her cheeks that were reddening from embarra.s.sment. Hidzuki narrowed her eyes as though she was watching something lovable.

In any case, just like Hinata said, it was decided that they would go to USA next after their small trip to the fairy world. There they would cooperate with investigating the frequently occurring mysterious incident. Apparently very troublesome incident was going on there and it was rough going even with the help from personnel and demon puppets that had been dispatched there.

Though it seemed that dispatching j.a.pan’s trump card there also had the connotation of taking political balance with various countries.

「Err, Zhu-san will also come along right?」

「Obviously. There’s no way I’ll let go of the chance to go to the land where apparitions are born. This is unheard of. Or what? You’re planning to leave me behind?」

「No no, I don’t have any plan like that. And to USA too?」

「No, my homeland still hasn’t given me any direction about that. After all depending on the situation going there might also reveal the hand of my country. It seems they’re still discussing about doing so or not.」

「I see. USA too surely doesn’t want Zhu-san probing their internal situation around. Perhaps there’s diplomacy being worked on between the countries around this time.」

「Right. It’s

「?」

Zhu’s eyes wandered around for some reason. And then, after hesitating whether to speak up or not, she said.

「It seems a restaurant chain for j.a.pan’s flour food is also opening new branch at USA. I heard they have original taste just for the local.」

「Just how much you like the food huh」

It seemed she wanted to go. Apparently she wanted to enjoy flour food with local taste very much.

This person, regardless of what she was saying wasn’t she rejoicing her life after retiring from Shadow Monk? Kousuke and others all smiled wryly.

「If you get off duty time there, then, yeah. If you can smuggle me with “gate” sec

「Zhu-san……it feels like you have changed. I thought you are a person with more prudish personality.」

It looked like she was self-aware. Zhu’s cheeks reddened while pretending to not hear.

Kousuke thought. That perhaps, this was Liu’s influence. That little sister, she loved her elder sister’s joyful expression, furthermore, she expressed that straight on.

With that, well, of course even Zhu’s stuffy stiff serious personality would get somewhat softened up.

「Well, in any case, I too shall celebrate this so-called “summer vacation” in mine own way.」

Even for the legendary oni, this would be her first time crossing the sea to visit the country there. Therefore it seemed that she was very much looking forward to it.

And then, even more than that,

「There art still a lot of people who hath not given up on me completely. Mine beloved, please teach them their place♪」

「H-hm~m……I want to take care of it as peacefully as possible」

It looked like she desired a carnage at the fairy world. Hinata’s eyes glinted.

「Please be at ease, Endou-sama. Any such apparition who desire to lay harm on you, they all shall be exorcised by this me, Fujiwara Hinata whereafter they will be added to my Hyakki Yagyou.」

「H-hm~m……let’s solve it as peacefully as possible okay?」

「……Fumu, I see. Thinking again that world is a treasure trove of apparition. It’s a chance to increase my cards huh……」

「Let’s act peacefully foo~~r real there okay!!」

Perhaps, things wouldn’t be peaceful there from how it looked.

For some reason the females’ motivation and hot blood were seething. It made Kousuke regretted the travel plan just for a little bit.

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Time moved on and around the time Hajime and co’s sightseeing at the machine world reached the closing time.

In a breakroom of a certain maid café located on earth at j.a.pan.

「HAH!? Who am I!? Is this the great country of dream!?」

「Wrong. Perhaps it’s a world of dream in a sense, but this is reality you know?」

Bus guide-san who got dragged into a certain incident and got her head *pa-pa ra paa~*-ed regained her senses even while her mind was in a bit of confusion.

In front of her was Aiko (clone body) and Hino Rin aka Kouhai-chan.

「Y-you are……no, rather that that just what in the world I……」

「Amai-oneesan, thank G.o.d! You return to your sense! I didn’t know what to do when you suddenly got half-naked and cackled wildly while starting to rampage……you didn’t recover even after making you drank café au

Kouhai-chan patted her chest in a relieve from the bottom of her heart.

「Eh, wait a second Rin-chan. Half naked? Rampaging while laughing? Where!?」

「Ah, it’s fine. It was in an abandoned building.」

「I-is that so……ah, no, that was true wasn

「Also, I got fl.u.s.tered thinking what if someone else come because of the commotion──I nailed youwith L*on’s Claw by mistake I’m sorry」

「H-hm? I don’t know what’s this lions claw but, does the back of my head feels really hurt because of that? But, thank you. You protected my dignity for me.」

Also, L*on’s Claw was a combat skill of a certain Elden *ing. It was a powerful skill that smashed the weapon down while somersaulting forward. The target would get lodged into the ground with that.

「Ah, more importantly, what about them!?」

「It’s fine! I hammered Gia*t Hunt on the guys there! I did it before Amai-neesan stripped, so your unbecoming appearance wasn’t seen! Fufuhn, I only need one hit if it’s with my “Black Wooden Sword: True Lake T*uya” that I asked Nagumo-senpai to upgrade!」

「R-right. I don’t know what is giant hunt but, you really helped me out huh. Thank you.」

Also, Gia*t Hunt was a combat skill of a certain Elden *ing. The technique charged strength from a low stance before stepping forward and thrusting up powerfully at the target at the same time. It made the opponent floated in the air.

The growth of Kouhai-chan’s anti-Nagumo-senpai martial art absolutely made anyone had to tsukkomi that she absolutely wasn’t a mere high school girl anymore. But putting that aside.

「Eerr~, for now, is it alright if I ask what happened?」

It was currently the time to sleep at the machine world. There wasn’t any particular problem there, so Aiko asked not with her clone but with her true body’s consciousness while smiling wryly.

Bus guide-san and Kouhai-chan looked at each other, and then, they started talking with a horribly troubled expression. About the mysterious incident that they got dragged into even though they were finally in summer holiday.

AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

My plan also include getting into Kousuke side and bus guide-san side, but for now next chapter will be the sky dragon world arc. I think there will be a lot of time where I‘ll get really busy in this year’s remaining month but, I’m happy if everyone can enjoy this story! Best regards!