It's Valentine's Day again this year. |
Unfortunately, our Special Steel Squad is on duty as usual without breaks. Allies of justice have to work all year round. |
Sentosa |
"Conductor! Happy Valentine's Day♪ Even if it's a little early for Valentine's Day!" |
Sentosa |
"Yet it's never too early for Valentine's Day! So, please accept Yours Truly's love♪" |
Sentosa, the newest member of the Special Steel Guard, smiled brightly as she held out a large heart-shaped chocolate with both of her hands. |
She is the daughter of one of the biggest celebrities in Flamarine, the economic powerhouse country, and perhaps because of her pampered upbringing like a princess, she sometimes has trouble reading the room. |
Sentosa |
"Now now, there's no need to be shy, right? You should rather be proud to the whole world that you can receive Yours Truly's chocolate of love! OOH~HOHOHO☆" |
Asahikawa |
"........." |
While Sentosa's smiling with a laugh so perfect it should be printed in textbooks, another new member, Asahikawa, is approaching silently behind her. She walks with distinctively peculiar sounds, and opened the window of the running Train - |
Asahikawa |
"Die." |
Saying this non-chalantly, she simply kicked Sentosa out of the window. |
Sentosa |
"GYAAAAAH!?" |
Sentosa |
"F-F-F-F, FALLING! GOING TO FAAAALL! HEEEELP~~!" |
Asahikawa |
"Hmph? Strange, why aren't you falling off yet?" |
Sentosa |
"WH-WH-WHAT ARE YOU AAAH--? YOU ARE PSYCHOOO IS IT AAAH!?" |
While Sentosa was struggling and wriggling away from the car window, Asahikawa kicked Sentosa's buttocks again and again. Obviously, I am unable to overlook the dangerous acts taking place in front of me. I stopped Asahikawa by pinning her wings down. |
Asahikawa |
"Meh... Don't touch me so casually, Papa's a pervert." |
Sentosa |
"Pa, what do you mean papa? What kind of relationship are you two...!?" |
Jeran |
"Heard Sentosa screaming dah~!" |
Violently opening the door that's connected to another car, the familiar long-time squad member - Jeran jumped in. She and Sentosa seem to have a subtly complicated relationship, perhaps because they are tiger and lion beastkin respectively. |
Jeran |
"What's wrong dah~? Are you alright? Did you get a bug inside your clothes?" |
Asahikawa |
"Pft... What an idiot for making such a big deal out of all this, dumbass." |
Sentosa |
"There's so many things to say, but first of all, someone please pull Yours Truly uuuup! Yours Truly's going to be minced if you dooooon't!" |
Khajuraho |
"Yes, what a waste! There are so many things you can do before you're minced!" |
Khajuraho, also a new member of the team, shows up at the end, saying something unintelligible. She is a preacher of a shady religion that claims to attain enlightenment through sexual pleasure. |
Asahikawa, Sentosa, Jeran and Khajuraho - These are the four unique individuals who make up the team on this mission. When I look at them side by side like this, they look very formidable... |
Sentosa |
"ENOUGH WITH SPECTATING AND HELP ME FOR REAL! HEEEELP!" |
Khajuraho |
"Not even a 'please, Master'? Hmm?" |
Sentosa |
"H-H-Help me, help me, master, pleaaaaaase! Why? Why is Yours Truly being treated so badly just for trying to give out chocolate!?" |
Asahikawa |
"Normally, that kind of thing should be done in off-duty time. Isn't that right, Papa?" |
Conductor |
As we're currently simply on the move right now, I could say it's 'off-duty time'. |
Jeran |
"Hey, hey, Ducky~? About that, what's the mission this time dah~?" |
Khajuraho |
"Aaaaah, a statement only a real dummy could make! That's good, my little Ranran, you're cute in that way...♪" |
The currently excited Khajuraho has a bad habit of wanting to tame beastkin for some reason, with Jeran being her particular favourite. I think it's my mistake to call both of them for duty at the same time. |
Asahikawa |
"Taming... In case you're wondering, me and the dumbass who's about to fall out of the window are beastkin too." |
Khajuraho |
"Haha♪ I don't mind orgies, but right now I'm in the mood to complete my little Ranran's taming!" |
Sentosa |
"I mean, don't make me look like Yours Truly's dumb enough to die on my own! Yours Truly's going to sue you for defamation aaah!" |
Khajuraho |
"Before that, I think you should sue her for attempted murder? Aaah, little Sento's really cute when she can't think straight♪" |
Sentosa |
"Please don't give me weird nicknames! It's not 'Sento', it's 'Sentosa' aaaah!" |
Jeran |
"Whatever, but can you not move wildly dah~. It's hard to help you dah~" |
While watching kind-hearted Jeran pull Sentosa up, I decided to explain to everyone again about this mission. |
I've even explained to them all before we left, and even handed out the documents... But apparently aside from honours student Sentosa, the rest of the team doesn't seem to know what the mission is about. |
Asahikawa |
"Hmm...?" |
After hearing my explanation, Asahikawa sighed hard while she sprawled around the train seats. |
Asahikawa |
"So, that Sentosa's family there is a major investor of the SSS?" |
Sentosa |
"Precisely! This is a no money no talk world, whoever has the money is the boss! You tried to kill Yours Truly, when Yours Truly should be worshipped instead!?" |
Asahikawa |
"So what?" |
Sentosa |
"Eh, so what...? You should realise what a fool you've made of yourself and reflect on what you've done...!" |
Asahikawa |
"Why?" |
Sentosa |
"Why do you mean... Eeeh? Did Yours Truly said something wrong? Oi!?" |
Khajuraho |
"No. You are not wrong, I assure you. I will help take away your fears...♪" |
Sentosa |
"Ugh-uuuugh! You understand how Yours Truly feels, don't you...♪" |
Jeran |
"Sentosa... If you drop your guard with Khajuraho, you'll get into trouble, so you shouldn't take her too seriously dah~" |
Asahikawa |
"Hmph. Noisy lot..." |
Asahikawa |
"That aside. We've been forced to do publicity work in accordance with the wishes of the sponsors of the SSS." |
Sentosa |
"Ye-Yeah. The confectionery company run by Yours Truly's family is the client of this mission." |
Sentosa |
"To establish the culture of Valentine's Day in a small nation in the subterranean universeof Iris Metro -" |
Sentosa |
"At the same time, we plan to sell the necessary chocolate for Valentine's Day and make a huge profit lah." |
Asahikawa |
"Hmm~? Why do we have to work for the 'conspiracy of a confectionery company', that's thought up by someone who hates Valentine's Day?" |
Conductor |
The Allied Forces, the parent organisation of the SSS, has told us that we should follow the wishes of our investors as much as possible. If a company that brings a lot of money to the SSS makes a lot of money, we benefit too. |
Khajuraho |
"What a fishy story... To be honest, I don't really like it." |
Khajuraho |
"The only thing that smells fishy is the thing between your legs." |
Sentosa |
"You, can you please stop saying vulgar things with that serious face...? Yours Truly was listening to you seriously earlier too, and now my ears are going to rot!" |
Sentosa |
"A-anyway! Our aim is to promote the greatness of Valentine's Day culture and to motivate people to purchase products!" |
Jeran |
"Eeeeh~? No fighting monsters? That's booooring dah!" |
Sentosa |
"You, why are you so barbaric? Wouldn't it be better without bloodshed, and peace, and..." |
Conductor |
Exactly. Because of the peaceful nature of this mission, members who take part in it are not chosen in terms of their fighting ability. The main objective is to give the new recruits experience. |
Jeran |
"What about Jeran? Jeran is not a newcomer daah~!" |
Conductor |
Jeran, you're frequently put in Oshioki Prison because of too many problematic behaviours, so I wanted you to achieve results in this mission. Accomplish the objectives of this mission and clear your name. |
Jeran |
"Ugh. Don't want to be put in prison again, so Jeran wil do the best. But Jeran can't do anything else but fight daah~." |
Asahikawa |
"Then you should do the only thing you can do, incompetent idiot." |
Jeran |
".........?" |
Asahikawa unexpectedly opened the window again. As she indicated with her chin - From the wilderness outside the window, was a pack of wolf-like things with fur all over their bodies, rushing towards us. |
Monsters? |
'Graah! Gwaargh!' |
Jeran |
"Woah, such fierce howls dah~!" |
Khajuraho |
"Are they wild dogs or something? But... don't they look like humanoids too? No, are they more like beasts? Are they monsters with that kind of appearance? What?" |
Everyone was perplexed, but for the time being, we were ready to engage just in case. |