39: And Then, Meeting the Mask, under the Moonlit Night
I lost at rock-paper-scissors and ended up having to go shopping for dinner.
Damn it, if only I hadn’t been deceived by Erea’s words that she would throw rock…
“By the way, I heard there are a lot of weird street Fighters appearing recently.”
As I was leaving the shop, Erea said something like that.
street Fighters—in other words, Fighters who challenge you to street Fights.
Like Fuutarou, the Fighter I battled the other day.
Apparently, there are about four Fighters who are becoming a topic of conversation.
“Yeah, I’ve heard. Like Fuutarou I met the other day?”
“He’s also a serious person, but his appearance is 100% pure samurai.”
Besides him, Mecha-Shi, who’s currently working part-time at our shop, was originally one of those weird street Fighters too.
…Wait, one unit. Such a Mecha-Shi is currently cleaning the floor.
Cleaning using his built-in vacuum cleaner function.
So why did you use your budget on such things instead of putting it toward deck strengthening?
And then—
“Over 190cm tall, a muscular macho man with sunglasses and a knit cap—a suspicious person. Self-proclaimed Tire King.”
“…I-It’s not me!”
I turn my gaze to the suspicious person who had been holed up in the shop until closing time, wrestling with the storage boxes.
I heard those exact same words from the detective-san the other day.
Besides, why are you trying to cover it up when you’re already caught?
“You’re still a topic of conversation?”
“N-No! I haven’t done anything to become a topic! In the first place, I only accepted a fight that was challenged to me once, and for some reason I became a topic…”
“Nicknamed Tire King, a [Granshion] deck user who’s beaten up Fighters confident in their abilities who challenge street Fights in several battles so far…”
“…Several?”
“Well, excuse me for today. See ya!”
Ah, he ran away!
he’s been doing street Fights even after the detective-san brought it up, hasn’t he?
Besides, if you use [Granshion], your identity will be completely obvious!
You don’t normally use it at the shop either!
Ahem.
“Come to think of it, there was one more weird Fighter who became a topic, right?”
“That’s right, I believe the name was—”
For the last person, I don’t have any information because none of my acquaintances have fought them.
For the other Fighters, I get stories from Necca-boy and Crow-boy, who enthusiastically participate in such street Fights.
Anyway, if anything, I don’t know the last person’s name.
Fuutarou apparently fought them, but he forgot to ask their name.
“—Apparently they’re called Moon Rabbit Mask.”
…Hm? Moon, and rabbit, and mask?
I had an intensely bad feeling.
Or rather, I had a feeling that a major flag had been established.
And then, on the way back from shopping.
“Fighter over there, please fight with me.”
I was called out.
A woman’s voice. One that I’ve heard before, at that.
At precisely the perfect timing—
“I am Moon Rabbit Mask, a mysterious beautiful girl street Fighter.”
Moon Rabbit Mask—Haku-san appeared.
For now, I turn around and look at her.
I need to confirm what her intention is in talking to me.
“—Eh, Manager!?”
“…Haku-san, what are you doing?”
Apparently, it’s a pattern where she didn’t realize it was me because she called out from behind.
The harm of distinctive hairstyles characteristic of hobby anime—you can only recognize them when seen from the front—has appeared again.
And it seems that calling out to me wasn’t intentional on her part either, so her eyes are darting around. So I decided to talk to her, knowing it’s Haku-san.
If she had ignored the fact that I noticed and pushed through with it, I would have had to pretend not to notice too.
“Ah, um, this is, well, to create the atmosphere, or rather…”
Saying that, Haku-san bashfully strikes a pose as if hiding her costume.
Clad in an outfit that looked like a tight white bunny suit with phantom thief elements added, Haku-san’s proportions combined with it made it, how should I say… heavily reflect her personal tastes.
There are holes around the waist and stomach area where you can see her bare skin—I feel the fetishism in that. And needless to say, she’s wearing a mask.
The title of self-proclaimed mysterious beautiful girl street Fighter isn’t for show.
Wait, this isn’t the time to be critiquing!
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After Haku-san acted bashful for a while.
Ahem, she cleared her throat, and then—
“I am Moon Rabbit Mask. A mysterious beautiful girl street Fighter. I challenge you to a Fight!”
“You’re continuing with it…!”
She’s apparently decided to treat everything up to this point as if it never happened.
There are many things I want to comment on, but now that it’s come to this, a Fight is unavoidable. More importantly, I need to confirm Haku-san’s—Moon Rabbit Mask’s true intentions during the Fight!
“Let’s go!!!!”
“C-Calm down…”
We both held up our Ignis Boards and began our Fight.
Ignition!
…There was a bit of embarrassment remaining in Moon Rabbit Mask’s Ignition.
One thing I understood was that Moon Rabbit Mask (Moon Rabbit Mask) is not a Dark Fighter.
If she had a demon card, I’d be able to tell immediately when the fight started that it was a Dark Fight. In other words, this fight is truly a pure street fight.
And on top of that, there’s one problem. I have a very poor win rate in these kinds of fights.
Well, of course. After all, my opponent is the embodiment of promotional material.
A mysterious new character wielding a new deck.
Basically, since I always use [Primordial Holy Angel Ancient], I’m very weak when I’m being targeted.
So this battle is purely to gauge their true intentions.
To find out why Haku-san became Moon Rabbit Mask, and to entrust the resolution to someone else.
Well, naturally that would be Yato-chan… or so I thought.
“I Summon [Supreme Primordial Holy Angel Ancient Nova Arc Lord一Michael]!”
“Kuh… as expected, Manager-san is strong…!”
Clearly, I was pushing.
On Moon Rabbit Mask’s field, what seemed to be her ace [Legendary Masquerade Vorpal Bunny] had already been summoned.
And on top of that, I summoned my ace monster, [Arc Lord-Michael].
Probably, if things continued like this, I would win.
“…Moon Rabbit Mask, why are you doing street fights!”
“That’s rich coming from you, Manager-san! You’re the one who gave me the push I needed!”
“You’re not even trying to hide your identity anymore!”
“Please stop!”
While we exchanged such banter.
It seems the cause was indeed that I gave her [Vorpal Bunny].
That said, I don’t understand how that led to her current form.
“Why, you ask… because this is what I wanted to be! Hiding my face, challenging people to street fights!”
“I’m saying I don’t understand that motivation!”
“If you want to know, then defeat me!”
Well, if you want to question your opponent’s true intentions, the fastest way is to seek answers within the fight, or win the fight and make them spill the beans.
In this case, Haku-san’s actions were so outlandish that I probably couldn’t understand her true intentions without the latter.
I mean, I know Haku-san likes revealing outfits, you know?
The problem is everything else—how did Haku-san arrive at this choice?
I have no clue.
“This is the end, [Arc Lord-Michael]!”
“Kuh… intercept them, [Vorpal Bunny]!”
In any case, I’m the one who will win this fight.
In the end, [Michael]’s attack destroys [Vorpal Bunny] and that’s the conclusion.
That said, in the end, why did Haku-san become Moon Rabbit Mask?
And why was I able to win during what should have been a promotional period—I didn’t understand at all.
“In any case, I win. You’ll tell me the reason, Haku-san.”
“Ku… understood.”
For some reason, Moon Rabbit Mask hides her body bashfully.
Stop it, you’re making it look like I’m doing something wrong!
“Actually, I… like walking around in sexy outfits.”
“I know that.”
“Ah, yes…”
Because I told Haku-san she should do what she wants to do, she’s wearing sexy outfits, right? I get that. The problem is everything else.
“Right, then. Where should I start…”
…Just as Haku-san began to ponder.
“…Manager, Nee-san… what are you doing?”
Looking up, from the darkness beyond.
Under the streetlight, Yato-chan was watching Haku-san and me, her face colored with shock.
Needless to say, Haku-san and I let out voiceless screams…
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