Chapter 326: The Backside of the Earth (1/2)
“…Where are we?”
“Who am…I?”
“No, you didn’t have to respond to that.”
Taiyou tightly furrowed his brow. He couldn’t believe the scenery that unfolded before him. At one point he was riding on something, and the next minute he was brought to this place that he knew nothing about. Before him was a small mountain, surrounded by barbed wire fences. There was also a warning sign. So not only was he in a place that he didn’t know; the sign had letters on it that weren’t from his own language, spurring Taiyou’s confusion.
“No seriously, where is this?”
“The home base of…the, mafia.”
“Mafia!?”
“Oh, but they’re…not, yakuza.”
“Yes, I can tell that, thank you!”
Taiyou looked at the barbed fence and solemn sign in front of him. Suddenly, it came to him.
“…So when you say mafia…”
“?”
“Does that mean this isn’t Japan?”
“Good…eye.”
“Seriously? Why did it have to come to this…”
“You said you’d…come with, me.”
“I did. I did say that, but…”
He had no idea that she would take him to a place like this. He resisted the urge to say this, however. Now that they were here, that was that.
“Hera.”
“Jajjajaaan!”
Hera appeared out of midair.
“Oh? Where is this, Taiyou-chan? And why is it the afternoon?”
“You can tell where everyone is, right?”
“Your wives? Yes, I can. Who do you want to know ab—-wait, what?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Everyone’s under.”
“Under?”
Taiyou looked at the ground. He questioned what she meant by under, but he soon got it. Looking at Shirokiyami, he inquired fearfully.
“This isn’t…the other side of the earth, is it?”
“You have…a good, eye.”
“That’s gotta be a lie.”
“Eh? What are you two talking about?”
Hera didn’t seem to grasp what was happening, and likewise, Taiyou seemed like he figured something out but actually hadn’t caught up either. Nor was there enough time to understand.
“Taiyou-chan, something’s flying our way.”
“Eh?”
Perplexed, he followed Hera’s gaze. He could see something flying toward them from the mountaintop. Making a trail of smoke as it flew over, he noted that it was something he had seen numerous times before.
“Rocket launcher!”
“Ohhh!”
Taiyou was astonished, while Hera seemed to be rejoicing for some reason. Meanwhile, Shirokiyami prepared her katana with a clinking sound.
“Katana?”
“I shall…cut it.”