Volume 6 Chapter 7 – Bloody Sunday 4

| Todou Kyosuke

“Is this also thanks to your strange power? Those ears you took from those people?”

“Ah, yeah. When I saw Mayumi-san and Mami-san’s condition, I acted reflexively.”

This girl… Is she really not grossed out by the severed ears? Sure, I made clean cuts, and I even stopped the bleeding, but still.

I tore them off, thinking of them as monsters, and arranging them neatly on the coffee table was just my idea of bubble wrap therapy.

Mayumi-san, meanwhile, is poking at the severed ears with a stethoscope.

At first, I considered reattaching them. But seeing how pathetic the enemies were, I thought this might help lift her spirits a bit. So I left them as they were.

And yet…

“I’m so happy…”

“Ahaha… hahaha.”

That reaction wasn’t what I expected. Isn’t that the kind of expression you’d make if someone proposed to you? Definitely not the face you’d have while nervously pressing a stethoscope to a severed ear, then pulling it away.

And those ears? They’re not going to make a sound. They’re basically donuts.

Meanwhile, Mami-san sits down on the sofa, looking thoroughly accomplished.

“Ahh, we did it! We did it! That felt so good! Thank you! Oh, by the way, Todou-san, are you a high schooler? Wait, you’re a third-year, right?”

“I’m a first-year. Fifteen.”

“What!? You’re younger than me? No way…”

“Then it’s Todou-kun!”

“Todou-kun, yep. Todou-kun…”

Mami-san really has a cheerful personality.

Fake cheerfulness is still a kind of cheerfulness, I suppose.

Even though she went through something so horrible—a forced virgin break—she’s likely putting on a brave front so we won’t worry about her. She’s a kind girl.

Looking outside, I see the rain still hasn’t let up. There’s no way they can go home dressed as mini-skirt nurses, especially since they’re from the neighboring prefecture. For now, they’ll need some proper clothes.

What should I do? Drop some cockroach clothes for them?

“You obtained: Cockroach Clothes!”

…Nope, gross.

“You obtained: The Boss’s Clothes!”

Well, that’s a little better… No, wait. The boss’s clothes are twitching over there. That’s just as bad. And with their legs broken, they’ve got all these extra joints now.

Plus, there are two of them. Only one can wear it.

“So, I can stick around a while longer. What about you two?”

“Todou-kun, is your house nearby? Somewhere around here?”

“I think it’s not too far, but since I got driven here, I’m not exactly sure.”

“Hmm… long-distance, huh?”

“I don’t think it’s that far.”

The three of us sit on the sofa, chatting casually.

They must need a moment to decompress. Violence, especially for gentle souls like these, takes a toll. Perhaps feeling vulnerable, they each loop an arm around mine.

…So here I am, sandwiched between two senior mini-skirt nurses, each holding one of my arms. In front of me, eight twitching cockroaches that won’t stop spasming.

I casually cross my legs.

…This is the worst visual I’ve ever seen.

What’s the term for cockroach-like people like this…? Oh, right! Semi-gre!

This whole scene makes it look like I’m the semi-gre here.

“Call the police?”
“Should we… call the police?”

“The police!? If they come here, Todou-kun, won’t you get in trouble!?”

“Yeah! And we’re, um, fine! Really…”

That… sounds like a line someone would use to protect semi-gre thugs. Please stop.

It makes me feel like I’m on the verge of turning myself in or something.

“I mean, I was lucky to be here to help you two today, but I’m sure there are countless others who’ve suffered because of them before. If possible, I’d like to expose everything they’ve done. What should I do…”

“You’re right… Now that I think about it, they were horrible to me too…”

“Mami…”

I pulled Mami-san close, her expression tinged with sadness.

Unlike Alefgard, saving people in the real world is much harder.

The victims are too many and too scattered. These thugs probably don’t even remember most of them. Even if I used Satori to read their minds, I wouldn’t know who is who.

The videos they sold are already circulating. The more I dig into it, the more complicated it becomes. It’s like a high-difficulty dungeon, where I can’t even find the entrance.

If they were just bandits, I could squash them one by one like bubble wrap.

It’s frustrating. I want to take the direct route!

Is this what they call modern society’s disease? Stress?

Saying “me too,” Mayumi-san leaned into me as well. I gently patted both their heads.

What do I do now?

Also, this scene is getting increasingly absurd…

“Alright, let’s make them turn themselves in for now.”

“I guess… there’s no other way.”

“Yeah, I mean, it’s not great, but what else can we do~?”

In this modern world, all a so-called hero can do is tear off ears, apparently. There’s no Adventurer’s Guild here. I feel so powerless.

And the more we sit around like this, the worse this scene looks.

“But before that, I’ll call someone reliable to help.”

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“Don’t you think you got here a bit too quickly?”

“That’s just the kind of distance there is between Kyosuke-kun and me.”

When I contacted Kinuko-chan, she was at the front door in about ten minutes. Way too fast. Faster than pizza delivery. Even if she was tracking me, how did she get past the entrance security?

“…Who’s this girl, Todou-kun? Kyosuke-kun? She’s calling you by your name?”

“Todou-kun, introduce her to us!”

“Kyosuke-kun, who are these shameless nurses? Do you like them?”

“This is Shutou Kinuko-san, Kinuko-chan. She’s a very important girl to me, ever since grade school.”

“My servant.”

“Wait, what?”
“Servant? Seriously?!”

“…Anyway, these two are the victims I told you about, Mayumi-san and Mami-san.”

“Asakura Mayumi!”
“Shidou Mami!”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Shutou Kinuko. A servant.”

…Did I accidentally awaken something strange in her? Sorry, Kinuko-chan.

But I have no regrets.

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“Are the ones you told me about in there?”

“Yeah. What do you think we should do? I feel like brute force is the only thing I’m capable of, pathetic as that is.”

To avoid any revenge plots, I left Kinuko-chan at the entrance while I dragged all the cockroaches into the holding room.

Using my phone’s camera, I made sure to get clear pictures of their faces. Well, ahegao faces, but still. I showed the photos to Kinuko.

“I’m glad you called me. So, do we use force on them?”

“Well, maybe just a little.”

“Is that okay?”

“It’s fine. I can’t lie anyway.”

The two senior mini-skirt nurses are still clinging tightly to me. I mean, they’ve been through a lot, and even though they’re putting on brave faces, they’re still scared.

Their breathing is heavy.

Ah, no, wait. That’s not fear.

“…Something about this is irritating me. Right, Mayumi?”
“Yeah, Mami. It’s like this I already know everything attitude of hers is just too much.”

“Hmph.”

“Ahh! Did she just laugh through her nose?!”
“What’s with her?!”

“Now, now. Anyway, what do you think we should do?”

“Before we return their bodies to normal, we should get their passwords and access their PCs and phones. Oh, and Kyosuke-kun…”

“Hm? What is it?”

“Can I call in some reinforcements?”

Reinforcements?

Are we in the middle of some grand adventure?