Volume 4 Chapter 2 Part4 (1/2)

Enlightenment Arc

Chapter 2: Let’s Create an Educational Program D

The 『Exercise Onii-san』, Ivan Juniro raised his thumb at the children while laughing and showing his white sparkling teeth. It was a sultry hot pa.s.sionate smile.

「A healthy mind reside in a healthy body[1]. Now Children! To become a stronger, kinder, and st.u.r.dier adult, let’s train your body together with me!」(Ivan)

The children made mixed reactions to Ivan’s statement. One child found it amusing and was enthusiastic, another child was overpowered by his ambiance and burst in tears as a result, and yet another child clung at Juna-san while trembling…… But for the most of the children, their young minds just couldn’t comprehend the person who appeared in front of them and looked at him with dumbfounded expressions. Liscia asked me worriedly.

「Souma, are you sure about this?」(Liscia)

「Hmm…… Perhaps he’s a bit stiff? Maybe that Ivan is nervous?」(Souma)

「What will you do? It’s the exercise time, right? Won’t it be difficult with this situation?」(Liscia)

Well, certainly in this situation the children wouldn’t be able to exercise. Even in the original program’s exercise part, there would be children who were moving quite freely, running around, rolling on the ground, or attacking the Onii-san…… But,

「I think it will be alright. Since I have a bit of a trick on hand.」(Souma)

「Trick?」(Liscia)

Then,

『Fufufu……Kukkukku…… Ahahahaha‼』[2](???)

There was a three-tiered laughter echoing in the hall.

「Who’s there!?」(Ivan)

Ivan looked at his surroundings. Then, the children pointed up, 「There-」,「Over there!」. On the second floor balcony where Ivan stood before, there was a shadowed figure.

『To make children become stronger, kinder, and st.u.r.dier? How ridiculous! Our evil organization that aims for world conquest, the Dark Society, won’t let that happen!』(???)

While saying that exposition-like speech, there was a costumed woman with half of her face covered by a mask, wearing a nightdress with long slits on the thighs, exposed cleavage, and post-apocalyptic styled th.o.r.n.y shoulder pads. On her forehead, there were two horns, while on her back there were dragon-like wings and a whip-like tail. Ivan turned to that woman and shouted.

「You fiend, name yourself!」(Ivan)

『…… The Evil Female General of the Dark Society 「Miss Dran」.』(Miss Dran)

The woman introduced her name. Liscia, was openmouthed for a moment after she looked at the woman’s appearance, but she quickly came to her senses and asked me with a confused face.

「That woman is…… Carla, right?」(Liscia)

「No. She is The Evil Female General of the Dark Society 『Miss Dran』.」(Souma)

「Eh……?」(Liscia)

「She is the Evil Female General of the Dark Society 「Miss Dran」, understand?」(Souma)

「Ah, yes…… As if! How could I understand that!」(Liscia)

Even while I played a joke at Liscia, the story in the hall continued.  Miss Dran spread her wings wide as if to threaten Ivan.

『To make children become stronger, kinder, and st.u.r.dier will disturb our Dark Society’s world conquest plan. Before that happens, allow me to restrain you, Ivan Juniro!』(Miss Dran)

Whether of out of enthusiasm, or from desperation, Miss Dran ardently acted. Then, while Miss Dran made her exaggerated-looking actions, certain parts were “jiggling”. Since the image quality of Royal Voice Broadcast wasn’t that good, I believe that it wouldn’t be perceived by the viewers…… But, to be honest, it’s hard to find another place to look at. Beside me, Liscia was glaring with scornful eyes.

「Miss Dran’s costume, isn’t it too risqué?」(Liscia)

「It’s something that was entirely made under Serina-san’s supervision. Back then, I had said that since it’s for a children’s program, be moderate in the design, but…… Since she was helping our side in producing the costumes, it’s hard to reject her……」(Souma)

「As expected…… Perhaps, Serina-san is more fitting for the Evil Female General part.」(Liscia)

「Would you really be able to say that to her?」(Souma)

「Completely impossible!」(Liscia)

「Right?」(Souma)

While we talking like this, Ivan pointed his finger at Miss Dran.

「World conquest!? I won’t let that, happen!」(Ivan)

『Humph, you are only good in guts, but what could a fool like you do? Finish him, combat soldiers!』(Miss Dran)

Miss Dran made her order and men covered entirely in black appeared and surrounded Ivan. Since it might be dangerous, they were a bit aways from the children. Ivan made a fighting pose and yelled, 『Come!』. With that as the signal, the black-clothed men began attacking Ivan in turns. Ivan then fought them back one by one.

Swish, swish, blam!

When the punches or kicks. .h.i.t the combat soldiers, cheesy sounds came out. The combat soldiers that received the attacks, made a somersault or corkscrew dive while throwing themselves on the ground. The appearance was showy, but the sound came out from Ivan’s ability, and the blown off actions were also an act, so the actual damage was non-existent.

By the way, during this time, half of the children were frightened, while the other half was observing the fight with glistening eyes. Since the sounds were showy, the special effects were showy too. The frightened children spontaneously gathered around Juna-san and Roroa, who calmed them down by saying, 「It’s fine」, or 「That nii-chan will defeat them, so don’t worry.」Finally, Ivan defeated all of the combat soldiers, but Miss Dran was still calmly smiling.

『Fufufu, you are not bad. Then, what will you do now?  Come, Paper Box Monster-ManKaijin「Danbox」!』[3](Miss Dran)

「Danbooo ―――xx! desu.」(Danbox)

Shortly, a monster in the shape of a piled up cardboard box in humanoid form appeared. The face part of the box was pasted with a paper that had been drawn with one eye, its whole appearance…… So shabby. Its silhouette was completely like a doll from Lego Block, with boxes linked to each other, and rustled when it moved. At that shabby-looking monster Danbox, Liscia looked at me with cold eyes.

「Isn’t that monster’s quality is too low compared to the others?」(Liscia)

「We got the pa.s.sion, but not the time and the budget.」(Souma)

「The world is really a tough place……」(Liscia)

Since I couldn’t make a life-sized doll and ordering for one would take a long, for the broadcast this time, I hoped that this absolutely “rush job-like” monster could be forgiven. It brought to my mind the hards.h.i.+p of creating enemy monsters (kaijin and kaiju) in early days of Tokusatsu films.

However, even though it was lacking in the appearance department, Danbox was strong. It rushed to attack Ivan and easily lifted Ivan, who was 185 cm tall and a bit less than 90 kg in weight, like a surfer lifting a surfboard overhead. Danbox kept its posture, and then turned on the spot, like a wrestler showing off his power. At that stupendous power in contrast with its looks, Liscia was also dumb from amazement.

「Amazing. Perhaps, the person inside……」(Liscia)

「Aisha.」(Souma)