Chapter 1216 - Hope of Humanity (1/2)
After they had run away, Kyouko told him to get her car that she parked nearby and she would explain everything to him after.
Haru agreed without hesitation since the information that he had about both organizations was very limited. He had tried to hack into the government website, but he didn't find anything. He was wondering whether the story plot tried to block him or tried to make it harder for him to complete this quest and at the same time, it made him alert.
Haru knew very well about plot armor and how unreasonable that power was. Even though he was a million times stronger than the opponent, as long as his opponent had the power to plot armor, then it was only a time that guy would escape then returned, becoming stronger, and that process could be repeated several times which caused the situation to become very troublesome.
Haru thought that he needed to be careful about this quest since he didn't know anything.
For the Penguin that he had seen earlier, he didn't think too much since he thought that they were a group of perverts, though, he was wondering what their purpose was since it was part of his quest.
Haru entered Kyouko's car and wondered where this woman would bring him.
Hopefully, he could get most of his answers about the Beauty Salon PRINCE and the Penguin Empire since he needed to go to his teacher's home at night to learn the lesson that he didn't understand.
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On the side of the riverbank, Haru sat down on the bench while listening to Kyouko's explanation about the Penguin Empire and the Salon Beauty PRINCE.
”Like I said, those Penguins are a threat to this world and the enemy of mankind,” Kyouko said.
”So the large penguin robot that appeared last week was because of them?” Haru asked.
”That's right.” Kyouko nodded and said, ”They're an evil empire that we must defeat. They are a scourge on the world. They pose the greatest threat to mankind's existence. We have to beat them down and ultimately vanquish them!”
Looking at Kyouko's expression, he was wondering whether this woman had a great hatred toward those Penguins, but he wouldn't ask that question since they had only met each other for the first time.
”I understand.” Haru nodded.
”Then..?” Kyouko's eyes were shining in excitement when she thought that Haru would help her.
”But how does that have anything to do with me? You do realize that I'm just a normal high school student,” Haru said while staring at Kyouko since it felt weird to accept her request without hesitation so he needed to reject her for a bit.
”No, Kasugano-kun. You're not just a high school student.” Staring at Haru with an eye that was full of determination, Kyouko said, ”You're a ”Factor”, a person who can store powerful HI-ERO particles.”
”HI-ERO particles? What's that?” Haru asked with confusion.
”I'll explain everything to you, but for now, please follow me,” Kyouko said and extended her hand toward him. ”Kasugano-kun, we need your power.”
”...”
Haru was speechless since he didn't expect this woman to use a sentence that was usually used in light novels. He owned a publishing house after all and he, himself, was also a writer. He had read a character novel that said those sentences to the main character, but when he heard it directly, he felt a bit embarrassed even though he wasn't the one who said it.
”I'm sorry.”
”Why?” Kyouko was surprised and looked at Haru in disbelief since she thought that she had successfully invited him, but she didn't expect him to reject her.
”Your organization sounds fishy to me.” Haru stood up and said, ”And I've been curious for a while, how did you know my name?”
”Our Beauty Salon PRINCE isn't a fishy organization and we have done a lot of research on you, Kasugano-kun,” Kyouko said.
”I'm sorry, but I have....”
Haru was about to go, but he felt the ground tremble.
”What?!”
Kyouko lost her balance and fell down, but she was caught by someone.
”You alright?”
Kyouko blushed and nodded. ”I, I'm alright.” She looked away and wondered why this teenager that she had only met a moment ago had touched her body, but it seemed that she didn't hate it.
Haru ignored Kyouko's reaction since he saw something incredible in front of him. ”Sonan-san.”
”Y, yes?”
”Is that a robot from the Penguin Empire?”
”Huh?”
Kyouko was surprised then followed Haru's gaze and she saw a huge robot in the shape of a penguin walking toward them.
”You can't run away anymore! Please give up!”
The giant penguin robot let out a voice, telling Haru and Kyouko to give up.
Looking at this giant penguin robot, Haru was speechless and wondered whether the Penguin Empire was a rich organization since it could create such a huge robot. He also wondered how the heck that giant robot could move and wondered what kind of energy that was used in this giant robot.
”Kasugano-kun, we have to run away! Let's get in my car!” Kyouko didn't hesitate and pulled Haru's hand to enter her car, running away from this giant robot.
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Sitting on Kyouko's car, Haru looked at the giant robot which chased after them while destroying the street in the city. If the shape of the giant robot wasn't so ridiculous then he wouldn't be this calm at this moment.
”Kasugano-kun, inside your body, you have a power that can defeat that robot,” Kyouko said with serious expression.
”....”
”If you want to joke around then you need to do that once we have run away,” Haru said with a speechless expression. He was really able to defeat this giant robot if he used his ability, but he didn't want to use it since he might change the plot if he really used his power and if the plot changed, then it would be hard to finish the quests, and at the same time, he was afraid the HI-ERO particles in this world would make him berserk once again since it was really hard to control this energy.
However, he knew that he needed to defeat this giant penguin robot since it was part of his quest.
”You might not be able to defeat it the way you are, but if you use Daimidalar....” Kyouko said with full confidence.
”Daimadalar? What the hell are you talking about?”
Kyouko ignored him and took out her smartphone to communicate with the headquarters of the Beauty Salon PRINCE.
”This is Kyouko! A Penguin soldier robot has appeared! Please release Type-2!”
”Type-2? That's not good.”
”What do you mean? The repairs should have been completed by now.”
”The repairs have been completed, but it's not moving at all. Oh, but the Type-3 maintenance robot can move!”
”A mass prototype like the Type-3 is useless! Send Type-2 immediately!”