Vol 2 Chapter 23 (1/2)
Sadly, there were some people in this world who abandoned reason and allowed their e amok There were also those murderers who hated monks so much that they even hated their cassocks as well There were those ould even turn their blades on their targets’ family members
They would also turn their eo after people ere completely unrelated In the case where their hatred transferred to the perpetrator’s family, the sins of the fathers would be passed on to their sons, as in how debts would be left to them or their relatives to pay, in the barbaric Roman way However, those were how civilizations fros, because they were not as spiritually mature as people now
However, to the victiuests froion, were in a sense the first citizens of an enemy nation they had seen
They were buried in the huge crowd thronging Ginza, and there was no guarantee that the people here would not transfer their anger onto them As a result, Itami relaxed the stern look on his face and spoke despondently to Kuribayashi+ and Tomita
“Let’s forget it for today We’ll spend the night at Risa’s place”
The two of theed However, it was only expected that Itas he did not like — would say so like that However, Kuribayashi+ replied:
“But if ait until toents from somewhere, and when the tiht?”
The original plan was to protect Piña and Bozes froathered If they ran away now, her hard ould be wasted
“Ahhh, we run and they chase us over and over again, they’re like debt collectors or so”
Ichinotani nixed the idea of hiding in a overnment protected them, then when the American President called, they would not be able to escape Prined for that as well Because their overnment control, they could say, “They ran off, so sorry”, and then stick their tongues out at them in their hearts His Excellency Tarou had laid the situation out to Itami, and he understood
“Ahh, what a pain…”
Itahed deeply before turning to Kuribayashi+ and To them an order
If anyone tried to harirls, Tomita and Kuribayashi+ would shoot theranted”; this was an “order” Tomita and Kuribayashi+ had volunteered to join the JSDF, and as career soldiers with the rank of sergeants, they had been highly trained In addition, they were veterans of actual combat Once they heard the command phrased as on “order”, it flipped a switch in theirthat, the two of theazines of their looted weapons, and they stuffed azines into their waist pouches or pants pockets Of course, they would not openly carry their weapons and frighten the people around them Instead, they tucked their weapons into their coats, but with the safeties off so they could shoot at any tiot off the bread van and set feet onto Ginza’s pavement
Kuribayashi+ shi+no wore a black leather jumper
Under that, she wore a stone-washed denis Her feet were encased by a pair of heeled boots Perhaps the heels were because she had a co short? As her nicknaested, she was a petite woets, her muscled body and slender liave the impression of a woman who had been shrunken doith the exception of her breasts
The front of the jacket was open, exposing a white sweater
If she were drawn in a standing pose, one would be able to see her left hand pressing down the left heht hand was thrust inside it If that depiction was in full color, one would be able to see the red lipstick on her lips and her clearly defined eyebrows, in addition to the cool expression on her face Naturally, her right hand was gripping a Ger breasts, even after concealing the SMG’s 34cth inside her coat, the way her bosoles people to see what she was carrying inside
She stood like this in the frigid winter wind, her mind on alert, which made people think that she looked really cool
Beside her was Tomita He wore a half-coat of cashmere wool The tall and masculine To clumsy His body resembled that of a nimble athlete His skin was tanned, his face was stern, and his chin was shaven, so he looked fierce at a first glance He watched his surroundings like a hawk
He had a Belgian-made PDW under his arm, the FN P90
The last was Italance, he looked like a salaryman in his 30s He wore a wrinkled suit, and a pair of cheap 2000 yen leather shoes (ricoat, the saht see in shi+njuku bars If he stood in traffic during the peak hours, he would vanish into the crowds in an instant, and picking him out from everyone else would be very difficult He had a Makarov handgun under his suit coat
And so, the three of theasped in surprise behind them Until just now, they had been relaxed, but now there see aura around them, and there was an air around them as sharp as a bared katana This was different from the air of intimidation that the yakuza or punks had around the its prey, which unsettled and discomfited people However, Itami only stayed like this for a fewself
“Sorry, Risa We can’t take you along for the rest”
Risa shrugged at Itami, who had stuck his head in from the outside of the van
“Can’t be helped, right? What should I do about this van?”
“Find a place and abandon it And don’t forget to return me the money I lent you”
“If, if h for that When are you coain?”
“Beats , at least I’ll let you knohen I can make it”
Just as Itami was about to turn away, Risa called out to him and he froze
“S-sempai, even if you say you’ll come back, sometimes you don’t So, would you let me wait for you here?”
“If you have to say this sort of thing, why did you even leave me in the first place?”
“Because, because I felt bad about ood as a hu”
Ita, “Do as you like” This tione
“And so, Prime Minister Motoi’s sudden hospital visit and the announcen took the world by surprise”
The rooround, and fa on it
A bearded university professor said unhappily, “That was far too irresponsible”
A female author replied in his defense, “The Priht end up having health problems as a result”
“The opposition party’s been hounding him about his cabinet’s dirty laundry for days now, but now that he actually resigned, they don’t have anything to say”
The“Former Governor”, as now a political commentator, briefed the Diet on the situation
“Nah, the opposition won’t be discouraged Once the next Prie, they’ll just poll for the dissolution of the House of Representatives and then re-elect everyone”
“I think the topic of discussion noill be the next Priata-chou of the incu fast”
After reporting the commentators’ remarks, the presenter went on to the next topic, which was the candidates to be the next Prime Minister
“The incumbents have nominated three candidates, Morita-shi+, Kanou-shi+ and Aramaki-shi+”
The huge pictures of the three men appeared on the display
“Morita-shi+ has a strong support base and is viewed as the No1 candidate Kanou-shi+ is popular with the people, but he does not have much support within the party It is not knohether the next party leader will be decided through internal agreeentle viewers!”
After the political topic was concluded, the presenter’s face seee as he moved on
“The Ginza Incident”
It was followed by commercials
After about four 60-second co liquid, car insurance, and super-thin, super-fragrant diapers), the next segment featured the people who had been summoned before the National Diet
What the viewers saas Tuka, the Elf with the flowing golden hair, standing on a red carpet and bathed in the light of countless flashbulbs, radiating an ethereal beauty She looked like a model for shampoo and conditioner
Then there was Lelei, with her silver hair and calm eyes
After her was Rory, in her black Goth Loli outfit, with her sharp tongue and playful expression
“The three guests froion armly welcomed by the people As soinations, Tuka Luna Marceau is thethem
A commentator said, “She’s very beautiful, isn’t she? Don’t you think she’d stir the otaku iht to exist in fantasy until now, anyone would want to meet a real live elf”
“I watched the Diet live telecast too, it really surprised ht? In just a few ht Tuka-san’s ears were so female entertainment lawyer said
“Speaking of their ages, what’s up with that? No, I know it’s ee Maybe the years in the Special Region are very short?” a female author asked She seemed quite concerned about that issue
“According to reports froion is roughly 3893 days long, and every day is shorter than ours, so it all equals out in the end”
“But Rory Mercury-san said she was over 900 years old Yet she looks like a middle-schooler”
The obsessed female author went on about it
“Also, Tuka-san is supposed to be 160 years old, doesn’t she look too young?”
The truly obsessed female author continued
A book once wrote that a properly educated wo For instance, they would not be overly sensitive about looks and wealth However, when a 50-year old woman saw another woman as far older than her, yet looked like she was in her teens, it would be difficult not to have s about her
“They already said at the Diet that the two of the-lived species”
“How about their , but they’re over a hundred years old”
“In truth, it does seem kind of unreal,” the bearded professor said
“I won’t say they used ht of it before, but given the faces they showed to the audience, I don’t think anyone would mind if they were over a hundred or over 500 years old,” the young entertainment lawyer replied
“The girls who raised such a stir are now here today to offer flowers to the Ginza Incident memorial plaque, and after that they will return to the Special Region A truly staggering nulimpse of them”
The presenter changed scenes, showing a close-up of people thronging the streets until they spilled out onto the roads
Traffic was completely paralyzed, withto control the crowds, trying to herd them with police whistles Then, the presenter’s face appeared on the screen
“What you’re seeing now is Ginza at one in the afternoon Fans froo over to our intervieho’s on the ground right now Nanami-san~”
The ie shi+fted from the studio to a live telecast
Because this was a nation-wide broadcast, Kuribayashi+ Nana her surroundings She had written the word “ood s the memorial plaque
“Kuribayashi+-san~
After that, without any prearrange a clear path that led to the altar where the floould be offered, under the plaque Along this path walked the black Goth girl, the long-haired elf, and the silver-haired girl, all carrying bouquets of flowers, followed by a woolden drill hair, and behind them were a japanese uards There were seven of them in total
“Is the sound working, Kuribayashi+-san!”
In truth, Itami was present too, but his sheer lack of presence irls ere the stars of this show
In that sense, one could say that he was a failure as a main character
“Kuribayashi+-san~”
After she realised so out to her, Kuribayashi+ hurriedly put on her earpiece
“Ah, this, this is live from Ginza”
“Right nohat’s going on in this ie?”
“Ah, yes We’re on the scene right now Currently, the three girls are approaching the flower altar, while the crowd is cheering and waving to them The fans have filled up the roads and sidewalks and jammed up traffic for blocks around, but they’re especially polite to the girls nobody arranged it, but it seems the crowd has parted for them”
A youth suddenly dashed out of the wall of people Before Tomita could body-check hiround, creating a ringing sound like a shakujo Coupled with her bewitching smile, the youth fell flat on his butt, and then he scrambled back into the crowd
“We can only see three people in that ie, are there any more?”
“Yes, there are seven in total”
“Are the other four froion as well?”
“I don’t think so, they look like… like… nee-san?!”
“Hah? Kuribayashi+-san?”
“Sor-sorry I don’t knohy, butsister is there”
“Is that Kuribayashi+-san’s big sister?”
“Yes,sister works in the JSDF, she should be in the Special Region, I never heard anything about her co?!”
“H here?”
The older Kuribayashi+ sister replied nonchalantly to her little sister fros at maximum alertness They had to work extra hard because they were not professional SPs
“I’ a TV broadcast”
“No way, you mean it’s live?”