「Woaaaaaaaaaaaah!! Run, Victory Star Model! Like a shooting star!!!」

Retto twisted the accelerator pedal desperately so that those guys couldn’t catch up. Approaching from behind was an army of giant captured robots that had been turned evil.

The hero’s giant robot boasted enough power to crush the giant mysterious being on its own. They chased after him with a thudding, jerky movement, like a group of people running a marathon.

「Don’t let him get away!　Damn!　This piece of shit doesn’t work the way I want it to!」

「Ojikii! Press the B button to dash, ssuyo!」

「I know that! but the controller is just too small!!」

The robots, numbering as many as 26 in total, each have different specifications and forms. They were controlled by mysterious beings selected within the Ark Dominion.

However, there was no time to read and understand each and every manual of the control system, which was not standardized. So Tagaraak had resorted to the drastic modification of connecting a game controller directly to the console.

「Colonel Usanyi-chan big sister! You seem to be a bit dizzy!」

「Gunnu, I’m not good with pikopiko…! Don’t worry about me, Sergeant Cheetiger, I’ll get used to it in no time!」

The mysterious beings, who do not usually play games, were all having a hard time. Though each one was assigned to one mysterious being, it was inevitable that there would be some variation in their accuracy.

In the midst of all this, there was a giant robot that clearly stood out from the rest.

「Leave it to me! Toryaah!」

The robot skillfully used the boosters attached to its back and the soles of its feet to weave its way through the city. Then, leaping over Retto in an airborne moonsault, it blocked the Victory Star Model’s path with a spectacular hero’s landing.

「Waaaah! So cool, ssuuuuu!!」

「Only that one is moving so strangely well. Who’s riding it?」

「Minato is the one controlling that robot, ssu.」

「Oh, that is amazing. I didn’t know Minato had such talent.」

Rintaro, who was retrieved by Samecchi’s robot, was impressed by the maneuver of the red machine on the monitor in the control room. There are only a few people in the Hero Headquarters who can manipulate a giant robot that freely, and they can be counted on one hand.

Even though the controller simplifies the operation, it is still an impressive feat to be able to move the game this well on the first try. In fact, the use of a controller may have ignited Minato’s gamer spirit.

Rintaro connected the communication to Minato’s aircraft, remembering how he was beaten up while playing competitive games through the night before.

「Minato, well done! Now put an end to Red in one fell swoop!」

『………………Rintaroo…… Ugh』

「Minato?　Hey, what’s up?」

『Ororororororororororororororo! ! !』

Immediately afterwards, the communication was abruptly cut off.

Retto’s Victory Star Model passed by the side of the completely silent red machine as if nothing had happened.

Rintaro pressed his forehead as he recalled the hellish training he had gone through during his hero school days.

「……Well, that’s usually what happens.」

No matter how well the robot is operated, if it moves that violently, the vibration in the cockpit is considerable. The control of a giant robot also requires the strength of the the pilot’s semicircular canals.

「Minato-san, please be strong!　Stay focused!」

「Sorry Kirika……Ugh……Gusun……」

Kirika, controlling the black machine, dexterously helped Minato’s red machine up, and the two of them chased after the fleeing Retto. The other giant robots followed suit.

The giant robot army chasing after Retto was right in front of the new building of the Jimbocho Hero Headquarters.

Kazami, who was watching the scene from the Director’s office, muttered quietly without changing his gentle expression.

「A moth flying into a flame… No, it’s like the Tokugawa army being lured to Mikatagahara. Wow, he really does a great job.」

It was only a matter of time before the new government building would be overrun by the giant robot army that loomed below. The staff all remembered the tragedy of a few months ago, and some of them were in a state of panic.

「What do you intend to do, Director Kazami?　There is still not enough energy to power “that weapon”.」

「Samejima-kun. Heroes sometimes give birth to the next generation of heroes. Just as Akajustice did.」

「……？　I don’t understand what you are talking about.」

「Well, just watch. Here’s what we’re going to do.」

Kazami picked up the microphone attached to the Director’s desk and called out to all the employees in the government building.

『Notifying all personnel in Hero Headquarters, this is Director Kazami. As you know, the mysterious beings are now swarming into this new building. But there is nothing to fear. In fact, you are safer inside.』

Some of the staff, who had been trying to escape, stopped moving when they heard the broadcast.

Kazami is right, there is no guarantee that they will be safe outside. In the entrance hall, they can already hear the footsteps of the giant robot army and feel the vibrations directly.

Clutching at straws, the staff members waited for Kazami’s words.

『Everyone, please rest assured. We have the “hero” Kurenai Retto and the most powerful new weapon “God” with us. All personnel, please gather in the engine room immediately. We will now “open the doors”.』

…………

The robot army was approaching the new government building, and Tagarak, who was at the front of the army and saw what was going on, announced to those behind her.

「Everyone, stop, nojaa!」

「Nuooooo! How do I stop this!!!」

「Gueeeeeeeh!!!」

Those unfamiliar with its operation crashed into the Tagaraak machine one after another, and the 60-meter-long behemoth fell to the ground. The new government building roared to life in front of the poor Tagaraak, the victim of a crowd accident, and the pathetic-looking robot army.

With a tremor, the building slowly cracked in two, and a blinding light leaked from between.

The golden glow of the body bathed in sunlight casted a golden glow over Kanda Jimbocho in Chiyoda Ward.

「Gushashaaa!! Leave this place to me！ The mandible mysterious being who has been resurrected from the depths of hell, Revengedile R (Returns)!!」

「Wait, noja! Don’t approach carelessly!」

One of the giant robots shook off Tagaraak’s restraint and plunged in single-handedly. However, its massive torso was grabbed with a ferocious grip by an even larger hand.

「Wa- Waniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!?」

The giant robot was thrown into the sky and fell in a parabola into the grounds of Tokyo University.

The “Giant God” hurled a giant robot weighing tens of tons a distance of about one kilometer, the distance of three Yamanote Line stations, and appeared before the army of mysterious being robots.

Zuzun!

With just one step, the ground shook so much that the surrounding giant robots lost their balance.

The metal body shone as golden as the sun.

The arms huge, like those of a gorilla standing upright.

The bold emblem of “God” on the chest and shoulders.

The 200-meter-tall giant god glowed green in its eyes and looked down on the robot army controlled by the mysterious being.

「Bow down, mysterious beings, for this is the new and final weapon of our Hero Headquarters. God of Gods, God of Gods!　Its name is “Kanda Jimbo-shin, GOD”! Ahahahahahaha!」

Kazami’s voice came down from far above in the sky as he sat in the cockpit, which was integrated with the operations staff room. Its massive form was truly worthy of being called a god… no, it was nothing short of a god.

「It’s been 20 years since I last operated a robot, but I still have a lot to learn. Maybe I’ll return to active duty like Morikuni-san, hahaha!」

Despite Kazami’s soft voice, the overwhelming sense of intimidation crushed the mysterious beings with a sense of despair.

「What a size…are we planning to fight with this? That’s a terrible joke…!」

Even though they knew this from information, when they confronted it directly, the difference was overwhelming. Not only were they not even close to the waist of a giant robot, but the mass of its upper arms, including its fists in particular, is probably twice the mass of a single robot.

However, if this giant god is not defeated, there is no future for the Ark Dominion, and by extension, the mysterious beings.

However, even Rintaro, who was known for his toughness, broke out into a cold sweat at the machine’s out-of-scale size, which could not be seen in its entirety on the monitor in the cockpit.

「Well, this might have exceeded our imagination…」

「Aniki, aniki！」

「What’s the matter, Samecchi?」

「Samecchi, figured out that robot’s weak point, ssu!」

「What did you say? Where exactly is it?」

To the surprised Rintaro, Samecchi replied with a big smile.

「It has a lame name, ssu!」

「Samecchi, that’s definitely a weak point, but do you think we can exploit it and win now?」

The conversation was overheard by Kazami, who was controlling Kanda Jimbo-shin GOD in an open channel. Kanda Jimbo-shin GOD slammed its huge fist together with a thud and turned to the robot on which Samecchi and Rintaro were riding.

「Fu- Fufufu…… I see, is it lame. Hahaha, maybe this naming sense is a little too early for a child.」

「Oh no……!」

Rintaro hurriedly put his arm around from Samechi’s back and operated the controller.

As soon as the robot performed a brilliant backstep, a huge fist swung down on the position where the robot had just been.

With an impact like the fall of a meteorite, a large crater opened on the ground.

「I’ve decided on the next offerings.」

「so, It’s going to take a sacrifice? What an evil god.」

「Hahaha, you are just mysterious beings after all. That’s a disrespect towards God, the embodiment of justice.」

「Unfortunately, I don’t have justice so cheap that I have to rely on God.」

Other robots gathered around the Samecchi’s one after another. A total of 25 robot armies and a super giant robot confronted each other in the heart of the city in the midst of reconstruction.

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