Chapter 53 (1/2)

Chapter 53

—- Arakawa Kouki Point of View —-

I was inside the airplane sitting oncoffee which is in a paper cup while spreading a newspaper to knohat’s in today’s newsI have been busy lately so I haven’t experienced such free ti while

When I look outside the , I can see the Russian Air ForceFurtherin front of , I then heard an announcement

“We will soon temporary land at an Air Force Base in MoscowWe will take off after around 15 et off”

After listening to the announceainThe ossan in front ofa “Nnnnn” sound, so I decided to fold the newspaper and fasten my seat beltStill… Skinhead, I mean Anton-san and I were able to secure a ticket after I use uys also boarded the plane with us

Moreover, the hter jets who graciously started to escort our planeThanks to the the coffee that the beautiful oneesan brought me earlier

“I knoe haven’t spoken to each other but… when the announce about us right? Since when did Russian Governuides for civilians to assist their tours?”

I suddenly asked them in Russian and they were so surprised that even me, an amateur, could tellFuhahaha!

Serves theht! It was already over 4 hours since the plane took off fro me ever sinceThanks to that, I cannot enjoy my very first normal air travel experience

Also, I live at “Hakone Base” right? I was living with the erous looking fellows so your inti to me

“We are here to escort youOur boss is waiting on the ground, he will explain the details later”

“Explain? I aal procedure… so why are you changingdestination to an Air Force Base to arrest me?”

“W-e are not arresting you! If soreat loss to the worldWe are justsure that you are safe”

“Ma~ alrightHowever, rele mistakeIt will become a diplomatic issue”

The ossan were disnored the next to me was silent because I was able to explain to hi how otiationMoe in negotiation if you take the initiativeSo I think hard on the last 4 hours and was able to think of a solution to use the word ‘diplomatic issue’ to stop our opponentsWith this, the ossans cannot forcibly take us away somewhere without any explanation… probably

Still, I’rySince I was in a hurry earlier, I haven’t eaten lunch and if this continue I will not be able to have dinner as wellMaybe I can ask them to feed me once we reach our destination?

“Anton-san, I’ is a famous dish in Russia, how do you usually eat it?”

“Hm? A~ it would be marinated or served as a soup called Ukha, its pretty tasty” (TN: Ukha is a clear Russian soup, made from various types of fish)

“Is that so, I hope I can eat it”

While talking, I look at the ossans and they were consulting at each other while saying ‘prepare dinner’ in small voiceYoshi+ Yoshi+! Looks like I will be able to eat dinner once we land on the groundThe only possible problem left is if they mixed our meal with poison… They have no reason to kill ht now so they cannot kill him either

Rather, if they do such thing, it will definitely become a diplomatic issueI also asked Anton-san earlier on our way to the airport and it seems ‘that incident’ did not happen to this world so there is no worry of using radioactive substance such as ‘polonium’ for assassination(TN: ‘that incident’ pertains to the assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer who received political asyluhly vocal critic of Russian President Vladi in November 2006)

Now that I think about it, Claire-san was always stealing a bite on ht she just want to taste the theood care of

“Kouki-kun, it seems we are about to land”

Anton-san toldawayAlright, in that case I will need to dothe appearance of the boss of these ossans who should be waiting on the ground, I drunk the rest of my coffee and throay the paper cup

■■■ (TN: This is notlike this in the raw)

When we land to the ground, a relatively as blowingAlthough it was often misunderstood, Russia is not a cold place all year roundThe truth is that the average te su its short sue te that the current temperature is 24°C

“We have a car waiting for you, this way please”

As they say that, alk to the hangar which is in the corner of the baseA large four-wheel drive car and a black luxury car was parked in thereOne of the ossan approach the luxury car, opens the door at the rear and urges us to get insideI can’t back off now that I have come this far

I bow to the ossan and quickly get in the carThere was an elderlya dark blue reeted me as soon as we have taken our sit

“Pleased to meet you, ArakawsanI aence ServiceThe n Affairs”

“Nice to meet you Lieutenant ColonelAs you know I a me is Anton Volkkievich a former member of your country’s secret unit”

As I say ht jab about Anton-sanThe lieutenant made a clouded expression for a ht, I cannot do it as good as my mom but since I am here I can just do my best

“So, what is the purpose of your visit to our country?”

The lieutenant ignored round and asked the purpose of my visit insteadHere is the first hurdle, Claire-san said before ‘If you want to negotiate carefully, you should approach theoal quickly, go straight to the point’The purpose of our travel this time is to rescue the foro straight to the point

“I’d like you to hand over Anton-san’s former boss who is currently detained”

“I apologize but I do not knoho you are referring toAlso, supposedly we do have that person in our custody, how are you related to the with our internal affairs”

“Let’s stop playing aroundI believe it will be a problem if other countries find out that I am currently ‘confined’ in this car”

As soon as I said the word ‘confined’, Yuri-san eyebrow slightly moveMa~ what do you expect… in this situation, only I can decide if I am confined or notThey can just say “We do not know that person, please leave” while forcing et out of the country but they will be in trouble if I say “I was confined in Russia!” afterwards

“If that person is really in our custody… since this is a country ruled by law, that person probably co to say that Noah is trying to release a criminal?”

So you are now bringing up the na to check how serious I a to determine if my mom is involved to all of this? I do not know his intention but I should answer the questionThink, how can I ansithout getting into trouble?

“No way, I have not said such a thingI just heard this ht be due to some kind of mistake or miscommunication? In that case, even if they were mistakenly arrested it will be hard for them to continue their current work after their releaseSo, I a to scout them and want to ask ‘If they don’t mind, they can ith us'”

“I see, so that is your reason?”

“YesAlso, I have a special job to theht it is necessary to ask permission to soet them outThat’s why I visit your countryOf course I will not leave you eive ‘compensation'”

How’s that? As far as the reaction of the Lieutenant Colonel is concerned, I think there will be no problems on his answer but I am worried about Yuri-san since he is just silent as usualWe reave his personal terminal to me

A simple text was displayed on the screen, it says “Kouki-kun, just like you said that thing was found on that place”Yoshi+, with this we can now htly nodded to Anton-san and decided to talk to the lieutenant

“Lieutenant Colonel, I’d like you to confirm if that person in question is really in your custody or if they really commit any crimes…”

“I understandAlthough I normally refuse this kind of request, I cannot refuse if the one asking is ArakawsanIt will take some time so in the meantime, would you like to have some dinner?”

“I will gratefully acceptI am ashamed to say this but I haven’t eaten lunch because of ratefully acceptI am ashamed to say this but I haven’t eaten lunch because of my workAllow me to join you”

I felt so is Arakawsan” but whateverConsidering his attitude changed when I talk about couy knows about Anton-san’s forht frootiation is going well, it will be bad if all of my effort is wasted

I can now understand why ht it was because she was tired from all the complicated talk but looks like that’s not itI also heard froo to the training facility and beat up her subordinates…… It is because they feel a lot of stress(TN: Oni are a kind of Youkai from japanese folklore, variously translated as deres or trollsYoukai are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits and demons in japanese Folklore)

“By the way, I believe you saw our state-of-the-art aircraft that was involved in escorting you to our country but as an expert,them?”

While the car started to move towards the place where ill eat our dinner, the Lieutenant Colonel asked hter jets of Noah who are doing flight tests on Noah Island seeile and have more fire powerIt was ridiculously powerful that itcompared to that(TN: SF = SciFi / Science Fiction)

“I am not an expert, but let’s see… they look like manned aircraft, why not do an unmanned aircraft? For exaround, the stress of the pilot is alleviated especially if it is a dangerous et is worth more than the aircraft then they can just use the jet itself once they used up all of their ammunitionUnlike powersuit, aircraft doesn’t need precise controlI think these are the great advantages of an aircraft”

“T-the jet itself?”

You don’t need to be that surprised, I a you to do that with manned aircraft you know? Since it is an un you to treat it like an expensive ht doesn’t happen and fighter aircraft aremissiles’

In fact, alhter jet are unmanned and I expect all the powersuit would be unh-spec model used by some co to build a powersuit when Iabout the specs of a robot that I saw in an anime in my previous life but that one is impossibleWell, I really hope that its i to create an anti-round and space

“We have arrived”

I was starting to break in cold sweat thinking onneeapons which makes her look like a mad scientist as we arrived at our destinationI look outside the tinted glass, are we in an underground parking lot? Several private cars are also parked nearbyAn ossan who see at the other vehicle opened the door and guide us towards the elevator

“All of you can stay here”

Lieutenant Colonel stops the ossans ere trying to ride the elevator with usFu in hope to discuss a better coe, there is no point in doing thatWhile I was thinking that, I atching the Lieutenant Colonel when he push the button for the 30th floor

“We are originally heading to floor 83 but we cannot go to above floor 80 without passing through the security room on the 30th floor”

I see, so it will keep us safe but at the sa the placeActually, even at Hakone Base it is not possible to go to the underground floor whereto a different elevatorI guess this is a security standardJust like the Lieutenant Colonel said, we transfer to a different elevator on the 30th floor and get off to the 83rd floorA corridor similar to that of a luxury hotel is before my eyes