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Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Light Novel) - Volume 6, Chapter 4: Recollection (Part 1)
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Recollection (Part 1)
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Part 1
Saturday, December 19
Today was blessed with clear weather and no wind. Thanks to that, it felt warm, despite it being winter. It was an indian summer[1].
“Koutarou, what about your coat?”
“I don't need it. It's hard to move in, and besides, it's warm today.”
Because of that, Koutarou shook his head at Kiriha who had her hand on his coat. He then picked up a nearby jacket. He was planning on going out in some more comfortable clothes.
“I see. Then I'll do the same.”
As she helped Koutarou put on his jacket, Kiriha smiled gently.
Today was Saturday, and school was closed. Because of their previous promise, Koutarou and Kiriha would be going out together.
Five pair of eyes stared at Koutarou and Kiriha. They belonged to Sanae, Yurika, Theia and Ruth, and Shizuka who had come over to play.
Sanae, Yurika and Theia sat in front of the TV playing games. However, they weren't focused on the game, but rather on Koutarou and Kiriha. They would glance at the two from time to time.
Ruth and Shizuka sat down facing each other, drinking tea by the tea table. However, Ruth seemed to be in a bad mood, and her cheeks were slightly puffed up. In contrast, Shizuka was in a great mood. Her eyes were sparkling as she pretended to drink tea and stared at Koutarou and Kiriha.
“Alright. Then let's go, Kiriha-san.”
“Yes. Well then everyone, we'll be going out.”
Having finished their preparations, Koutarou and Kiriha moved towards the front door. However, none of the remaining five moved. Normally, Sanae would have made a fuss and ask to come with, but instead was still sitting in front of the TV.
“Kiriha-san, do you need the shoehorn?”
“Thank you. Fufufu, Koutarou, the area around your heel has collapsed.”
“That's why I won't need the shoe horn.”
However, once they had confirmed that Koutarou and Kiriha had reached the front door, all five girls began moving at once. They gathered around the hall leading to the front door and stared at the two by the front door. Their heads peeked around the corner, above one another. From the top it was Sanae, Shizuka, Yurika, Ruth and finally Theia. They looked almost like a totem pole.
“Koutarou, you haven't forgotten anything have you?”
“You gave me my cell phone, handkerchief and wallet yourself just a moment ago.”
“Right, my bad. It was just a habit.”
“I feel like you're telling me I'm unreliable in a roundabout way.”
What entered the group of five’s vision was the sight of Koutarou and Kiriha getting along. Seeing that, four of the five glared at them.
The next moment, all five hurriedly pulled their heads back. That was because Koutarou put his hand on the door.
“I'm off!”
“See you later.”
Koutarou and Kiriha turned around and said goodbye to the five girls. If they hadn't pulled their heads back when they did, they would have been noticed.
“Goodbye.”
The five girls spoke in harmony. Koutarou and Kiriha then turned their backs to the room. If they had listened more carefully, they would have noticed that the five girls sounded a bit obvious.
“...”
Their heads then appeared in the same totem pole fashion. They stared at Koutarou and Kiriha's backs as they left the room.
The 25-year-old door creaked as it shut. With their view obstructed, the five girls lost sight of Koutarou and Kiriha. However, they remained motionless for a moment.
“...That's a date, there's no mistake about it!”
The first one to speak was Shizuka, the only one smiling of the five. Since she was a girl of age, she had an interest in this kind of thing, and she didn't even try to hide it. Her eyes were sparkling with excitement.
“When did they get so close!? I really want to know!!”
“I won't forgive him for this betrayal when he has Sakuraba-senpai! This is a betrayal towards Sakuraba-senpai and I!”
Just below Shizuka, Yurika was shaking with anger. The gentle Yurika was unusually angry as she clenched her fists.
“He's going on a date with the wrong person! Satomi-san should be going out to play with Sakuraba-senpai and me!”
Yurika felt that if Koutarou was to date someone, it should be Harumi. However for some reason, when Yurika imagined Koutarou and Harumi on a date, she was with them for some reason. Yurika failed to notice that, and didn't understand half of the reason for why she was so angry.
“Koutarou, you stupid idiot!! Why can't you notice that it's all part of that woman's trap!”
Sanae was also angry that Koutarou had gone out with Kiriha, but the reason for that was that she simply worried about his safety. She was worried that Koutarou had fallen for her temptations.
“Now that it's come to this I'll have to reveal that woman's true colors and protect Koutarou!”
The reason Sanae hadn't gone with Koutarou was because if she had, Kiriha wouldn't have shown her true colors. She didn't want to avert this disaster but solve the problem once and for all.
“Ruth, can you track them?”
“I already am. I'm tracking them with the Blue Knight's firearm control system.”
The two bottom heads of the totem pole had already swung into action. They were using the Blue Knight's monitoring system to follow after Koutarou and Kiriha.
“What's their current location?”
“They've left Corona House and are heading east. I believe they're heading towards the station.”
Theia, who normally went overboard, aside, this time Ruth was just as eager. Normally, she would say it's an invasion of privacy and prevent Theia from doing anything rash, but this time was different.
“Her highness's knight is meeting with a woman in secret... This kind of scandal cannot be allowed!”
Ruth's eyes were bloodshot and she gave command after command to the Blue Knight.
Koutarou had to be Theia's knight. He had to be a noble, strong, just and true hero. Of course, problems with women would get in the way of that. To Ruth, the most important thing was setting Koutarou back on the right path. For his sake, privacy was hardly a problem.
“Cursed Koutarou, collaboration with the enemy is a serious crime!! Does he even understand!?”
Theia said that, but in reality she didn't think that Koutarou was collaborating with the enemy. He wasn't that kind of man, Theia knew that more anyone.
You're acting too much like a knight! Disregard some people's unhappiness once in a while!
That was Theia's hunch. A while before, she vaguely felt that Kiriha was wrestling with some kind of problem. At the same time, that Koutarou was getting involved with her.
If Kiriha had a problem, Koutarou would never just ignore it. That was her hunch as a princess, and her desire as a woman.
“The fool! He really is a fool!”
Worry and a bit of jealousy tugged at Theia's heart. However, above all else, she was happy with his willingness to help.
“Koutarou and Kiriha are heading towards the station, right? They must be planning on jumping on a train and going somewhere!”
“Taking the train from here, you'd either get to the city or the beach. Which way are they going I wonder?”
If they were planning on shopping, bowling or any other city-centered entertainment, the fastest way would be to cut through the prefecture.
On the other hand, if they headed towards the sea, there were various sea-side resorts and large-scale entertainment venues. Since it was now winter, it was unlikely that they were heading for a sea-side resort, but there was still the chance that they were heading towards the aquarium or amusement park.
Because of that, based on what train they took, they would be able to narrow down Koutarou's and Kiriha's destination.
“Nothing will come from waiting here! Let's head for the station!”
“Here we go!”
“W-Wait for meee!”
Theia dashed out of the room. Sanae quickly followed suit. Yurika panicked and followed behind them.
“Then I shall go too.”
Ruth hurriedly stood up and headed towards the entrance. She had to give Theia backup.
“...Good bye.”
Shizuka stared at Ruth's back and spoke those parting words. She sighed and her tone of voice sounded sad. Hearing that, Ruth stopped moving after she had put her hand on the door frame.
“Aren't you coming along, Shizuka-sama?”
“Well, I have that part-time job.”
“Ah, you did mention that you would be helping out at a show again.”
Shizuka was also interested in Koutarou and Kiriha, and she wanted to join the pursuit party by any means. However, since she had the part-time job she had been offered last week, she couldn't do that. She was going to work this weekend. So she had to get ready to go to her part-time job in a while.
“Aaah, if I knew this was going to happen I wouldn't have accepted that job!”
Shizuka was mortifyingly grinding her teeth. In response, Ruth smiled wryly.
“I'll report what happened to you afterwards.”
“Really?”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
Ruth smiled at Shizuka as she sighed.
“Ruth, what are you doing?”
“Yes, right away!... Very well then, Shizuka-sama, I will take my leave.”
And with that, Theia and the party left Shizuka behind and exited room 106 to chase after Koutarou and Kiriha.
Part 2
Koutarou and Kiriha had gotten on the train headed towards the sea. Seeing that, Theia and the others got on the following express train to chase after them. Because of that, Theia and the others had arrived at the station they assumed Koutarou and Kiriha were going to get off of ahead of time.
“Your highness, as we expected, Satomi-sama and Kiriha-sama got off on this station.”
“I thought so...”
Hearing Ruth's report, Theia nodded.
“This is a definitely a date.”
“Grrrrr, if we don't do something fast, Koutarou will fall prey to Kiriha!”
Theia, Ruth, Yurika and Sanae hid in a small alley while keeping an eye on the entrance to the station.
“However, the two of them entered a paid area with a roof, so the unmanned aircraft lost track of them.”
While the four of them were moving, they had an unmanned aircraft from the Blue Knight follow Koutarou and Kiriha from above. However, since Koutarou and Kiriha entered a paid area with a roof after getting off the train, it became impossible to track them from the sky.
“No problems. They'll have to leave eventually.”
“But, with that many people how can we spot Satomi-san?”
Yurika pointed her finger at an endless crowd. Since it was the weekend, there were a lot of people out to play. Even if Koutarou and Kiriha appeared, they wouldn't see them in this crowd.
“Fufufu, leave this to Sanae-chan!”
That was when Sanae stepped forward, full of confidence. She stood in front of everyone and squinted with her eyes.
“There's a special bond between I, Sanae-chan, and Koutarou!”
Sanae was looking for the spiritual energy that Koutarou was emitting. Since she always clung onto him, she was especially sensitive to his aura. Thanks to that, Sanae was able to find Koutarou and Kiriha without any problems.
“I found them, they're over there!”
“Ruth!”
“I've got a lock on them! The unmanned aircraft is following them again!”
Thanks to Sanae, the unmanned aircraft began chasing after Koutarou and Kiriha once more. With this, Theia and the others would no longer lose Koutarou and Kiriha.
“Sanae-chan, that's amazing.”
“Praise me some more you bastard♪”
Sanae boasted proudly as Yurika praised her. However, she didn't get patted on the head like with Koutarou so she didn't feel as fulfilled.
“Satomi-sama and Kiriha-sama have begun moving.”
“Where are they headed?”
“...According to the map, there's a zoo in the direction they're heading to.”
Once Koutarou and Kiriha got out of the station, they began moving straight forward. In the direction they were heading to was the Harukaze Zoo. It was the largest zoo in the prefecture.
By the way, to the right of it there was an amusement park, and to the left was an aquarium. This area was so crowded because all of those attractions were so tightly grouped up.
“Alright, let's keep a safe distance and follow them.”
“Don't we need to get a little closer?”
“There's barely anywhere with a roof in the zoo, so we should be fine, right?”
“Ahh!? H-How could this be!?”
As Theia and the others began moving to follow after Koutarou and Kiriha, Ruth let out a loud voice akin to a scream.
“What's wrong!?”
“The two of them are holding hands!!”
In the center of the footage captured by the unmanned aircraft were Koutarou and Kiriha holding hands as they walked.
“Wh-whaaaaaat!?”
“Satomi-san!? Are you serious!?”
“You're being fooled, you're being fooled, Koutarou!!”
In reality, Koutarou and Kiriha were only holding hands so they wouldn't lose each other in this crowd, but to the others, that wasn’t what it looked like.
“We're going to close in! I want to know what they're talking about!”
“Roger!”
“I'm glad we followed them... I never imagined it would turn out like this...”
“Once we get home he'll be punished. This behavior is shameful and unworthy of a knight.”
Having splendidly misunderstood Koutarou and Kiriha's relationship, the four girls hurriedly chased after the two.
Although there was a large crowd on the outside, once they got inside the zoo, the crowd began to disperse, so there was no longer any risk of losing sight of each other. Koutarou and Kiriha let go of each other’s hands.
“Koutarou, there's a giraffe over there.”
“Ah, hey.”
And because Kiriha headed off on her own, there wasn't even a chance to hold hands.
“...What's up with her today?”
Following after Kiriha, Koutarou scratched his head.
Normally Kiriha gave off the appearance of being a mature. She was the most mature of the residents of room 106.
“Koutarou, is it true that giraffes sleep standing up?”
“Supposedly. I hear they have no problems with sleeping while standing up for a short moment.”
“I see, so it's true.”
However, as she stared at the animals, she had none of that mature appeal. In fact, it was the opposite; at the moment, she seemed like an innocent child.
The answer to that question might be around here...
When Koutarou had asked about Kiriha's intentions regarding the surface invasion, she had said there was some place she wanted to go with him. And here, she showed a different side of herself that she hadn't showed before. Koutarou didn't imagine that this was irrelevant to that.
“Koutarou, where are the penguins?”
“The penguins should be at the aquarium.”
She had an honest smile, her eyes jumped back and forth looking at unusual animals, she spoke quicker than normal and she was clasping her hands like a child.
I guess I'll play along for a while...
Seeing Kiriha like that, Koutarou was overcome with a feeling of gentleness. He wanted to let her do as she pleased.
“Even though the flamingos are here?”
“Even then, they're still in the aquarium. The polar bears should be at the aquarium as well.”
“I see... their classifications are surprisingly vague...”
“Do you want to go the aquarium later?”
“Please! I want to go by all means!”
This was the first time Koutarou felt like Kiriha was from the same era as he was.
Part 3
“I see, so this is how it tastes.”
Kiriha had a satisfied look on her face as she bit down on her red candied apple. Next to her sat Koutarou. The two of them were sitting on a bench, eating lunch.
“Is this your first time?”
Koutarou stopped eating his yakisoba and looked at Kiriha. She nodded in response as she munched on the candied apple.
“Yes, this is my first time eating one. I saw them once in the past, and ever since then I've been interested in trying one.”
Koutarou and Kiriha were in a resting area located in one of the corners of the zoo. In that place, there were snack shops, stalls and candy shops lined up, giving off the aura of a festival being held. They had bought the candied apple Kiriha was eating there.
“Hmm. So how is it? Is it as good as you thought? Or was it bad?”
“If it's just one, it's delicious.”
“Hahaha, that's true for most stall foods.”
“That yakisoba too?”
Kiriha looked at what Koutarou was holding as he laughed.
“Yeah. Want a taste?”
“Please, I'm quite interested.”
Kiriha had an interested look on her face as she received Koutarou's chopsticks and carried the yakisoba to her mouth. After chewing on it for a while, she looked back at Koutarou.
“...It's persistent and greasy. It's not very good.”
“Yeah. You can't eat too much of this.”
“Fufufu, I think I can understand.”
The yakisoba had been altered in order to make it cool slower, and so that the taste would remain unchanged even if it did get cold. Because of the large amount of grease and having been cooked in a lower temperature, the yakisoba rarely got dry, and because of the grease the taste got thicker. It was fundamentally different from yakisoba that had been made to be eaten when it was the most delicious.
Because of that, the fate of this kind of food was that you wouldn't be able to eat much of it.
“So it's only meant to be eaten at special times.”
Kiriha smiled and went back to eating her candied apple again. Meanwhile, Koutarou nodded and carried some noodles to his mouth.
“Thaht's rhight.”
“Mind your manners, Koutarou.”
“Ith's fhine at thimes like this.”
Kiriha took a bite of her candied apple.
“Fufufu, thath's thrue.”
As Koutarou and Kiriha were laughing-
“I found you, underground people!”
A familiar sounding manly voice echoed throughout the surroundings.
“What?”
“Koutarou, over there.”
Koutarou looked up from his yakisoba and in front of him was a lone man wearing a red outfit.
“Fate brought us together here today! This time―”
The man in red was in the middle of his speech, but he stopped half way through.
“Wait a minute, isn't that guy...”
“Oh? You're from that time...”
Through the visor of the man's helmet, Koutarou and the man's eyes met, and the two spoke at the same time.
“Baron Demon-san and Black Rose-san?”
“You're the Sun Ranger, right?”
It was the Sun Squad, Sun Rangers, the five-man hero group Koutarou and the others met at the Harukaze-man hero show last week.
“I am terribly sorry for intruding on your hero show last weekend!”
After noticing Koutarou, Red Shine bowed deeply. Remembering that he had angered Koutarou on top of the stage, Red Shine used this chance to apologize.
“No, no, you were hardly intruding.”
Because of the man's gentlemanly and proper apology, Koutarou and Kiriha hurriedly stood up and bowed their heads.
“At that time, Harukaze-man had gotten in some trouble, so it really helped that you appeared to help buy some time. Thank you.”
“It helps hearing that. I'm still very sorry for leaving without saying anything that time.”
Having both been raised to respect their superiors, Koutarou and Red Shine connected and smiled at each other.
“By the way, Baron-san, Black Rose-san, based on your appearance, are you enjoying some private time?”
“Yes. We wanted to talk some things out.”
Koutarou and Kiriha were wearing casual clothes. Seeing that, Red Shine assumed that they had come to the zoo to play.
“And are you in the middle of work?”
“Hahaha, I'm afraid so.”
Red Shine was wearing his red suit. Seeing that, Koutarou assumed they were holding a hero show in the zoo.
“But it seems this sortie was for naught.”
Red Shine smiled wryly as he shook and hit a small device that looked like a handheld console.
“I see.”
So that show wasn't a hit...
That was how Koutarou interpreted what Red Shine was saying. That they had held a hero show in the zoo, but the reaction had been cold.
“Well, if underground people really were to appear that would be a problem too, Ahahaha!”
“That's just how it is for heroes.”
Red Shine and Koutarou laughed together. Their conversation wasn't quite matching up, but neither of them noticed that.
Did he say underground people? And that device... last week that group mentioned underground people as well, could it be...
Only Kiriha realized what Red Shine had said.
“Kenichi!
“Kenichi-kun!”
Two more Sun Rangers appeared from behind an animal’s cage: a woman and a fat man. Koutarou remembered seeing those two as well.
“Oh!? They've...!!”
Seeing those two, Koutarou's eyes began sparkling.
“Hey, Red Shine!”
“That's right, Baron-san!”
Red Shine boasted proudly as he saw Koutarou getting excited.
“Pink and Yellow! They've gotten different colors!”
The two Sun Rangers running towards them were, unlike last time, not Red Shine. Their suits were Pink and Yellow respectively.
“So you can do it if you try, Sun Rangers!”
Getting excited, Koutarou forgot his manners and began acting similar to Baron Demon's character as he slapped Red Shine on the back.
“Yes! We took what you had said into account and had gotten different colors to make it easier for the kids to tell us apart!”
Pink for the girl, yellow for the curry lover. Their colors fit their personalities perfectly.
“That's right, that's the idea! Now I'm sorry for those harsh words last week, Sun Rangers!”
“No, this is all thanks to your guidance, Baron-san.”
“Damn, I wish I had my outfit too!”
This is it! This is how heroes should be!
Compared to last week, their heroism had grown exponentially, and Koutarou got even more excited.
“Wait, no way!? Daisaku-kun, isn't that Baron-sama!?”
“Looks like it... Oh? Is that girl next to him holding some yakisoba? I want to eat some too...”
The next moment, Pink and Yellow noticed Koutarou and Kiriha and sped towards them.
“Baron-sama! No long time no see!”
“Kenichi! Kenichi!”
Pink ran towards Koutarou at full speed, while Yellow ran up to Red. The two of them then began speaking in between rough breaths.
“Look, Baron-sama!! I've gotten cuter, right!?”
“Gwahahaha, you've gotten more heroic, Pink Shine. However, all that's changed is your appearance. Without your allies, you will only fall prey to my powers.”
She spun around in front of Koutarou and showed off her suit. Seeing that, Koutarou complimented her in a fashion similar to that of a villain’s.
“How wonderful! I'm prepared for anything you'll do to me!”
Pink's pupils turned into hearts and she wiggled her body. Normally, Yellow would tell her to not be so shameless but he was too occupied to notice her.
“Kenichi! I want to eat yakisoba too!”
“Yakisoba?”
“Yeah! That girl is holding some, right? They must be selling it around here somewhere!”
Yellow pressed against Red as he pointed towards the yakisoba that Kiriha was holding. Red answered Yellow while pushing back his gigantic body.
“C-Calm down, Daisaku! There doesn't seem to be any enemies here, so you can go buy some!”
“Really!?”
Hearing those words, Yellow moved away from Red and began searching through the area around him. He was looking for the stalls that were selling yakisoba.
“Hah... geez...”
With Yellow backing off, Red dropped his shoulders in relief. Yellow's hand appeared in front of him while Yellow still scanned through the area.
“The wallet, the wallet!”
“Here.”
“I'll see you later!”
“Don't forget the receipt!”
After receiving the wallet that Red pulled out from his pocket, Yellow ran off to a nearby snack shop.
“What a troublesome bunch...”
Red couldn't hide his uneasiness as he looked at Pink wiggling her body in front of Koutarou and Yellow who disappeared into the snack shop.
“Oh well, there doesn't seem to be any enemies anyways...”
“Nii-chan, is it true that there are no enemies?”
“Oh, Kotarou.”
While Red was sighing and rubbing his shoulders, the fourth Sun Ranger came over. The suit he was wearing was green. Although he didn't stand out because of his short height and green color, he himself had wanted that color, because to him, not standing out was safer.
“So about there not being any enemies-”
“That's right. I came all this way chasing a reaction on the detector, but there's no underground people to be seen here. As you can see, it's the very definition of peaceful.”
“You're right. The reaction is pointing to somewhere around here, but there only seems to be guests in the zoo around.”
Green Shine pulled out his own handheld console looking device and looked at its screen, while scratching his head. It was indeed showing a reaction to the machines the underground people used, but the enemies they were looking for was nowhere to be seen.
“Surprisingly, the only ones I found were Baron Demon-san and Black Rose-san. They have today off and came to play.”
The only ones at the location the detector had reacted to were different families and Koutarou and Kiriha that they had met the other week.
So they really are...
Staring at Red and Green, Kiriha understood the situation.
This Sun Squad, Run Rangers were not staging hero shows for children, they were in fact a real battle squad. On top of that, they were working to prevent a surface invasion by the underground people. It also seemed like they had a device capable of detecting the technology the underground people used.
Maybe I should try them now...
Kiriha's expression returned to that of a leader of the People of the Earth, and made a swift decision. She looked down slightly, hiding her face from the Sun Rangers and whispered.
“Karama, Korama, Class II stealth mode.”
“Ho-! Understood Ho-!”
“Roger!”
As she whispered, she got a response from Karama and Korama, who were hiding, right away. They whispered loud enough so that only Kiriha could hear.
Normally what Karama and Korama were using to hide was a function called Class I stealth mode. This hid electromagnetic radiation and visible light, making them invisible to radar and the human eye.
Compared to that, the Class II stealth mode that Kiriha ordered them to use not only did the above but also hid their spiritual energy. By doing that, the haniwas blocked the spiritual energy the generator was emitting and could no longer be tracked by spiritual energy sensors. Normally, this function was only required when dealing with other People of the Earth, so she's never had the chance to use it until now. And in this state, Karama and Korama's performance dropped dramatically, to about 10% of what they were using while in Class I stealth mode.
“Ah, it vanished, nii-chan.”
“Same here.”
At the same time Karama and Korama changed their stealth mod, the reaction on the screens Red and Green were looking at also vanished.
“I'm starting to doubt this device is actually working.”
“It was suspicious from the start.”
As I thought, they're detecting spiritual energy. Did our technology leak to them for some reason? No, the accuracy of the detector is too poor for that. Either they produced their own spiritual energy technology or they analyze and reproduced ours...
Based on Red's and Green's reactions, Kiriha could imagine what had happened. The technology they were using was still far away from the level Kiriha and the underground people had. Even though this was Class II stealth mode, being unable to detect Karama and Korama from this close, that was obvious. Regardless of whether they developed the technology on their own or if they had analyzed and reproduced it, they were still only taking their first steps into spiritual energy technology.
However, she couldn't let her guard down. If they had analyzed and reproduced the People of the Earth's technology, this could prove to be problematic. It would mean that the Sun Rangers or another part of the organization had come into contact and engaged in combat with the People of the Earth.
I just hope the radical faction hasn't sped up their movements...
Kiriha was worried the most about the part of the People of the Earth that wanted to invade the surface using force. It wouldn't be strange for them to have appeared and fought on the surface. And using that presumption, the worst case scenario would be that their technology had been leaked to the surface side. If they had been marked by the surface dwellers as enemies, and their technology had begun leaking to the surface, Kiriha's peaceful invasion plan was at risk of being ruined.
“Oh yeah, where's Hayato?”
“He's still not here? He left chasing after the reaction before I did.”
No, I'm just overthinking it... I've been a bit too suspicious lately...
In the end, Kiriha decided that she was worrying too much. Seeing how casual the Sun Rangers were acting, she didn't think they felt all that much danger.
“Sorry for keeping you waiting! Kenichiii!”
At that moment, a manly voice rang out from above Koutarou and the others. It was a cool and deep voice, coming from on top of a nearby cage.
“Hayato-niichan climbed up someplace like that...”
“That idiot, what's he doing over there...?”
On top of that cage stood was a lone person.
“Is he one of your friends?”
“That's right, Baron-sama♪ Hayato loves to stand out♪”
Koutarou couldn't really make it out because of the position of the sun, but based on the silhouette, he was almost certain it was a Sun Ranger.
“Haaa!”
That person jumped and flew towards Koutarou and the others. Thanks to the amazing help of the suit, he jumped close to ten meters in an instant and landed in front of Koutarou. On top of that, his posture wasn't ruined by his landing whatsoever.
“The heaven calls! The earth calls! The people calls! They all call for me to protect the planet!”
He then swung his arm around and posed.
“I am the son of the Sun! I am flame incarnate!”
He thrusted his hands overhead as if to grasp the sun. He must have practiced it countless times. His appearance was manly and powerful.
“Reeeeed Shiiiiiiiine!!”
At the same time as his shout, his red suit shone in the sun.
“Quit messing around!!”
However, Koutarou's axe kick was far more powerful than his pose.
“Agh, ugh.”
Receiving Koutarou's powerful blow, the second Red Shine was thrown to the concrete ground of the zoo. Because of the all too powerful kick, the second Red Shine rebounded and turned around before landing on his back.
“O-Ow, just what... why...”
“No what’s or why’s! Damnit, it was going so well too, why would you ruin it at the end!?”
“Eh!? Baron-san!?”
“Don't give me an 'Eh!? Baron-san!?'!! Do you understand what you just did you bastard!?”
Because of Koutarou's shout, the second Red Shine finally noticed him. And while flinching from Koutarou's attitude, he gets up and desperately tried to protest.
“Just wait a moment! Why are you so angry, Baron-san!? We colored ourselves after our roles!”
“Then why are there two Reds!?”
“Please, calm down, Baron-san!!”
Still overly excited, Koutarou was about to axe kick the second Red Shine once more, so the first Red Shine hurriedly stopped him.
In reality, another commotion was occurring behind Koutarou's back.
“That ferocious sound voice!! Power that would be unstoppable unless wearing this suit!! Those evil looking eyes on fire!! Kyaaaan, I want to be scorched by that glare!!”
“Calm down, Megumi-neechan!”
Seeing Koutarou burning with rage, Pink Shine's excitement exceeded its limit. Green Shine desperately stopped her from unsteadily walking towards Koutarou. If Pink Shine got involved in this, she would only fan the flames of Koutarou's anger.
“Daisaku-niichan, help me stop nee-chan!!”
As his last remaining hope, Green asked Yellow for help.
“Hm? Just wait a while longer until I finish eating this yakisoba, Kotarou-kun.”
“Baron-sama, your Pink is over here!”
“W-What can I even do!!”
However, reality is cruel. No one came to back up Green as he desperately tried all he could. Pink dragged Green with her as she gradually approached Koutarou.
This is bad! Baron-san is going to kill us!
Green looked forward towards Koutarou who was enraged as usual.
“Are you doing this on purpose!? Is it that fun making me this mad!?”
“You're wrong! That's not what we're trying to do! Please calm down!”
“As if I could calm down!!”
“We still haven't officially decided on who's the leader!! So we decided to keep the two candidates in red!!”
“Quit messing around!! There's only one leader!! The only time when there would ever be two leaders would be in the movies or around episode 26 when the leader changes!!”
“S-So that really was the case...”
“What was that!? Did you do this on purpose!?”
“Oh crap!!”
“You idiot, Hayato!! You had to say something stupid!”
“Baaaron-samaaa~! Please mess me up with your power fist!”
“Uwah, it's no useee~!!”
“...This yakisoba is delicious. I'll get one more on our way home.”
Since they were a government sponsored battle squad, the Sun Squad, Sun Rangers were strong. They were trained, and their suits were durable and powerful.
“Dieeeeee! Pay for you sins with your deaths!!”
However, the enraged Koutarou was even stronger than all five of them combined.
Translator's Notes and References
1. ↑ Refers to unseasonably warm weather
