Let’s me get back to the story.
After the monsters broke through, the defense unit that was originally stationed at the city hall was apparently wiped out before they could evacuate her.
The main force fighting on the front lines also couldn’t spare reinforcements for the city because they were protecting citizens from the surging monsters.
In the end, they couldn’t retreat on their own because they couldn’t confirm the safety of the girl who was their employer’s daughter, but they didn’t have enough forces to push the battle lines forward either—they were in a complete deadlock.
That’s when Mogami-san appeared.
With completely free—and moreover, possessing firepower equivalent to their own regular army—forces joining the battle, the Far East Russian military personnel gained some breathing room and decided to go on the offensive, leaving some troops behind.
Incidentally, at this point they had given up on the girl’s survival, and the military personnel’s objectives had become avenging the girl and protecting civilians.
Well, normally she would have died.
Heck, if I had been ten seconds later, she would have died.
However, the girl was safely protected—though she may have suffered psychological trauma from the terror of being attacked by monsters—by me, a fighting force the military personnel hadn’t anticipated.
This resulted in a perfect win-win-win situation: Mogami-san and her group were very satisfied because protecting the VIP eliminated business obstacles; their side was very satisfied because they could rescue the VIP’s daughter; and I was very satisfied because my bonus was confirmed.
“That’s not all. Thanks to you saving her, there’s no one left in Japan who can complain about us regarding this incident.”
“Ah, there was that too.”
If the predictions of the General Headquarters and Staff Headquarters are correct, monsters should be attacking Japan right about now.
If damage occurs there, those who want to discredit me might spread malicious rumors like “they ran away from the monsters.” But by rescuing a VIP this time, we can silence such voices.
Or rather, they’re planning to ask His Excellency the Grand Duke for words of praise to make that happen.
As cunning as always.
However, if they do that, while we’ll be saved, it will also save the necks of the Operational Policy Division folks who approved our coming here. But honestly, I don’t know about that part.
I’d like to expect Mogami-san and the Second Division members to do their best.
What I can say at this stage is that, thanks to securing this VIP, all the concerns about post-return care that had been causing some anxiety have been completely resolved.
Furthermore, the successful rescue of the girl has boosted the morale of the military personnel.
I think they’ll now go on the offensive to rescue the civilians remaining in the city.
The “finally retreat” that someone said earlier only means “we can choose the option to retreat.”
Thinking normally—provided they have sufficient reserves—they should try to subjugate the monsters rather than retreat.
So I thought about it.
With them around, I won’t be the sole target of enemies.
With them around, I won’t need to escort every rescued person myself.
No one has grounds to complain if I monopolize the monsters.
Heck, even if I destroy buildings, they’ll probably write it off as accidents.
Most importantly, it’s a chance to reach for something I had once given up on.
With conditions this perfectly aligned, it would be rude not to aim for additional rewards.
“Mogami-san, may I go out once more in coordination with their offensive?”
“That’s fine with me, but even if you defeat more monsters, there’s no benefit for you… no, wait, that’s not right.”
“Yes. I certainly won’t say there are no profit calculations involved, but this time is different. Though I suppose it’s just self-satisfaction.”
“…Ah, I see.”
Besides, I’ve learned that I can crush both small and medium-sized ones as long as I don’t get surrounded. So there’s no threat there. That’s not carelessness or overconfidence—it’s pure fact.
That’s precisely why I can take the perfectly natural human action of “if there are people in front of me who can be saved, I’ll save them.”
Of course, I’ll demand compensation, but that’s not my primary purpose. That’s definitely not my main goal, yeah.
Who will benefit from my sortie again, and who will suffer misfortune—I suppose that goes without saying.
At least I’ll be satisfied.
It’s certainly not good news for the monsters, but they’ll just have to accept that.
Actually…
“You came to kill. You must be prepared to be killed, right?”
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“Then die!”
[Wh-what the hell is that?]
[A new type of monster!?]
[No, the identification signal shows it’s friendly!]
Since there’s still a possibility of survivors, trampling with the Mikage-type isn’t possible. Therefore, Keita, who decided to re-enter, dons the Mogami Heavy Industries enhanced exoskeleton, Kokuten.
“Your head! Leave your head behind!”
Basically, Keita’s combat method—due to his lack of confidence in marksmanship and thus avoiding heavy machine guns or assault rifles—involves closing distance to slash or stab, and shooting fleeing enemies in the back with his pistol.
[He’s charging into a horde of monsters on his own and slashing with a sword?]
[…Why would he do that? Doesn’t he have a gun?]
Furthermore, from his earlier successful experience, Keita understands that monsters cannot withstand his attacks. Therefore, he no longer hesitates to charge at hordes of monsters.
“If I charge at double speed, the destructive power doubles too!”
[Come to think of it, Grandma said Japanese people have screws loose in their heads, so we should never make enemies of them.]
[It is the country of harakiri after all…]
Moreover, this time he’s not charging in alone. There are friendly forces around.
If he rescues people who need rescuing, he can leave them to the friendly forces.
He can leave the cleanup of defeated monsters to the friendly forces too.
And Keita knows that the more he defeats, the more magic power accumulates in his magic crystal, strengthening himself.
“It’s a bonus stage!”
Keita charges gleefully into the monster horde as if declaring he won’t let the others have any.
“Drop dead!”
Having erased the words “restraint” and “self-control” from his mental dictionary, Keita mercilessly swung his sword, thrust with his spear, and shot with his pistol at every monster that came into sight.
Kawakami Keita. He’s in a complete trigger-happy state.
[Hey, that guy has a gun too!]
[If he has one, why didn’t he use it from the start!?]
[Huh? Wait, didn’t his arms multiply?]
[Isn’t something glowing coming out of his multiplied arms? And isn’t he glowing?]
Something black, with an abnormally muscled upper body, occasionally sprouting extra arms, sometimes glowing mysteriously and human-like, completely ignoring surrounding attempts to stop him while charging into enemy hordes with strange enthusiasm. Solo, of course.
“Come on, come on, come on!”
By the way, what would the surrounding people—who are regaining some composure due to their advantageous position—think when they see Keita’s appearance and this series of actions?
[That’s really… dangerous.]
[Yeah, I don’t really understand it, but I can tell it’s dangerous.]
[Idiot. It’s dangerous precisely because we don’t understand it.]
[His arms multiply, you know? That alone is dangerous.]
[That kind of thing, I think in Japanese it’s called “hentai,” right?]
Strictly speaking, it’s probably “henkei” (transformation), but there was no one present who could make that correction.
First of all, seeing Keita charging solo into monster hordes with his tension rising higher and higher, sporting an expression as good as a British gentleman on something, even close friends would find it extremely difficult to deny calling Keita a pervert.
To make matters worse, misfortunes tend to pile up.
[That’s right. I’m well-versed in Japanese! No mistake. That’s “HENTAI”!]
The misunderstanding wasn’t corrected but rather affirmed by a self-proclaimed Japanese language expert among the soldiers.
[[[Ohhh!]]]
That was the moment the Far East Russian military personnel recognized Keita as a hentai.
Ultimately, having made great contributions to subjugating hundreds of monsters including ten medium-sized ones and saving thousands of civilians, Keita’s name would be recorded in the Far East Russian Grand Duchy as either the “HENTAI Hero” or the “HENTAI Savior.”
A few days later, after being laughed at explosively by Takafumi and even called a pervert by the Grand Duke, Keita—knowing that his enhanced exoskeleton did indeed transform, and moreover understanding the difference in their positions and that they meant no harm (excluding Takafumi)—couldn’t lodge a clear protest and had no choice but to accept the title. This scene was witnessed, or perhaps not witnessed.
A few more days later, when a certain demon who heard this information through Symbiosis faction channels seriously retorted, “No, it’s not okay for a hero or savior to engage in perverted acts,” but that’s another story entirely.
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