178: Last Resort
The Kanda Jimbo-shin GOD was completely silence after the engine room was overrun by the mysterious beings who boarded it. Once the power was stopped, it was nothing more than a large scarecrow.
The 200-meter-tall super-massive robot turned into a gigantic coffin with no escape. The operators, knocked down to the depths of despair, heard the sound of scattered gunshots in their ears.
「Waaaaaaaa! They actually made it here!! What are those guys below doing!!」
「Hiyaaaaaaaa! Pl- Please spare my life!!」
「Damn it, I am not going to die in a place like this! Gueeeeeeeeeeeeh!!」
Several hero staffs were hit by the bullets, thrashing and toppling over. The general staff headquarters was transformed into a hellish scene of screams and shouts.
The intruder who had fired bullets without any warning was the mysterious being that Hero HQ was most wary of at the moment.
「Good morning gentlemen, there is no need for introduction, is there? Otto, If you resist, I will shoot you without mercy.」
「Aniki, already started shooting, ssu!」
「Listen, Samecchi, sometimes you need to fire a warning shot. Just like this.」
As he said this, Rintaro, the heinous mysterious Death Green, pulled the trigger of the strangely colorful machine gun he had stolen from the hero.
「Ababababababaaaaaaaa!!」
One of the operators, who was trying to grab a gun from under a desk, was riddled with bullets and slammed into the wall with so much force.
While the hero suit boasted excellent bulletproof performance, it was unable to absorb the impact if hit by concentrated gunfire at a single point. The operator flopped on the cold floor, twitching and spasming like a fish that had been caught alive.
「This isn’t the “warning shot” that Samecchi knows, ssu!」
「Hahaha. It won’t be a warning unless we make an example of two or three people, right?」
「Understood, ssu. Samecchi has become a little smarter again, ssu.」
The merciless warning seemed to have had an unexpected effect. Seeing their colleagues being ravaged, the other operators honestly raised their hands.
「Come on, you’ll catch a cold if you sleep here.」
Rintaro kicked the buttocks of the groaning operators and forced them to their feet while holding the machine gun at the ready. He then pointed the muzzle of the gun at the shaking operators, who were huddled together against the wall.
「I have no interest in shooting people in the back, you know what I mean right?」
The operators nodded their heads so hard that a ‘bunbun’ sound can be heard. Then, pushing aside the others, they ran away as fast as they could.
Trying to escape in the confusion, only Kazami alone remained on the spot, having fallen and been trampled.
「Guh…… Y- You bastards…… To run away and leave me here alone……」
He was the only one not wearing a mask, and blood was dripping from his nose as he hit it on the floor. Kazami crawled on his hands and knees and looked at his subordinates’ backs with a resentful look on his face, but then he sensed a threat behind him and cautiously turned around.
The dim light from the backup power source illuminates his face. In his frightened eyes, he saw an inorganic green mask that showed no emotion.
「What’s the matter? You’re not gonna run away?」
「Aaaaah! Saw this guy on TV, ssu! He is the ‘Kancho’, ssuyo, aniki！」
「Did you see the commercial for the drug company or something? ……I see, you’re Director(Chokan) Kazami. You certainly look familiar, with your pale face.」
「……Me- Mere mysterious being, don’t look down on me!」
At the same time Kazami pulled a pistol from his waist and readied it, the muzzle of the machine gun fired a single shot. The Director-reserved shiny, golden gun was sent flying and slid across the floor of the cockpit..
「Aaah……! My finger, my finger broke……！」
「There are 19 more to go. Wouldn’t it look more charming if at least one more of them was broken?」
The index finger of his dominant hand, bent in an unintended direction, was sending a painful message to Kazami’s brain. Tears welled up in his eyes as he felt a pain he had not felt in a long time, ever since he retired from the front lines and became an office worker.
Kazami stared at the green demon, holding his aching finger.
「The heinous mysterious Death Green…! What do you intend to do by taking over Kanda Jinbo-shin… are you planning to turn Tokyo into a sea of fire…?」
「Why should I do that? I am not you.」
It’s common sense for a hero to lump evil mysterious beings and seas of fire as one. Comparing this to his former self, Rintaro feels as if he was being shown just how blue his ass was.
As if to cover it up, Rintaro exuded an aura of evil to the fullest.
「Fuhaha, give up, Kazami. Stop making stupid toys like this. I won’t show any mercy to anyone who disturbs my peace, even if they’re the Director of the Hero Headquarters…」
「This will solve the Heinous Legion’s financial problem, ssuyo,aniki! hopefully they can sell it at a high price, ssune!」
「……Samecchi, you don’t have to say what you really think in this situation.」
Despite the confrontation between justice and evil, Samecchi was sitting in the cockpit of Kanda Jinbo-shin, having fun. Kazami couldn’t believe his ears when he heard the words coming out of her mouth.
「Short on money…? Is it because of money…? Are you disrupting my plans because of money…?」
「That’s right, ssu!! Samecchi worked hard for the money, ssu!!」
「No… Un, that’s certainly true. Let’s not deny that. But let’s remember phrases like “for the foundation of peace” or something, Samecchi.」
「Ok, Understood, ssu! It all depends on phrasing, ssune!」
Kazami shouted, shaking his greying hair.
「For such selfish reasons… are you going to disturb the peace of the world and go against social justice?」
As if to interrupt his cries, a single bullet was fired between Kazami’s legs.
「Hih……!」
「Whether you use it for justice, evil, or personal peace is up to the person who has it. I think your idea of justice is very selfish.」
「A- Awah…… Gugigigigi……」
Kazami’s face wrinkled and his teeth clenched in frustration at being one-sidedly beaten. The muzzle of a gun was pointed at his bare forehead.
「So what will you do, Director Kazami? I don’t have a preference for shooting people in the back, but… I can shoot people anywhere if it’s not the back.」
「Damn it…… Damn it……My God, This……」
Despite his words of frustation, Kazami’s knees were trembling. Kazami was more of a coward than most, and he understood better than anyone the horror of standing on the front lines and risking his life.
Fear of mysterious beings is an emotion held by every one of the 50,000 heroes in the country. And that is why Kazami knows just how much strength the emotional support of a hero can give to a person.
But now there is no hero to save him.
Beeeeeep! Beeeeeep! Beeeeeep!
The next moment, the room seemed to be illuminated by a bright red light, and then the sound of an alarm rang out. The sound, much louder and more alien than when the armor was damaged, reached the ears of all the heroes and mysterious beings fighting on board.
「Ku…… Kufu…… Hahahaha……」
「What, What the heck did you do, Kazami!」
「…… Kanda Jimbo-shin has a “last resort” in case of a terrorist takeover!」
When Rintaro grabbed the collar of Kazami’s shiny gold suit, a small switch fell from his hand. There was no need to ask what kind of switch it was.
『All personnel on board must evacuate immediately. Kanda Jimbo-shin will self-destruct in 10 minutes.』
An inorganic announcement was made, and the deafening alarm grew louder. Hearing the announcement, the heroes and the mysterious beings who had been busy looting the Machine rush out.
「……You’ve done it now, Kazami you bastard!」
「You foolish mysterious beings who have dared to tarnish a myth, may you explode in God’s embrace!」
A green fist smashed into Director Kazami’s face. However, even though Kazami’s front teeth were knocked out, and he was still smiling goofily with a bloody nose.
Rintaro threw Kazami down on the spot and ran over to Samecchi, who was still sitting in the pilot’s seat.
「Samecchi, you heard him right. We don’t have much time left. We need to get out of here now.」
「Mummun…… this chair is where the most important people sit, right? If that’s the case, There must be a button to stop the self-destruct.」
「Oh…… that’s right, Samecchi!」
「Mumu, Samecchi sees it, ssu! This is it, ssune! Click, ssu!」
Sharky pressed the red button at the far end, which was marked “urgent” and looked suspiciously like an emergency.
『Time to detonation has been reduced. Kanda Jimbo-shin will self-destruct in 3 minutes.』
「Samecchiiiiiiii!!!」
Rintaro took Samechi’s petite body under his arm and started running without looking back.
「Aniki! Kancho is gone, ssu!」
「Did he run away on his own first?! Damn it!!」
Two mysterious beings evacuate the building in a desperate attempt to escape.
Hearing the sound of footsteps moving away, Kazami quietly emerged from behind the operations desk.
「Kukuh…… Kukukukuku…… As if you’ll make it in time…… This is where you guys end……!」
Kazami exited the control room and proceeded down a passageway in the opposite direction from which Rintaro and the others ran off. At the end of it was a narrow spiral staircase that leads to the head of Kanda Jimbo-shin.
Contrary to the mysterious beings and staffs going down, Kazami went up and up. Of course, it was not to have a heart-to-heart with Kanda Jimbo-shin.
「Fufuhahaha! Stupid mysterious beings, you’re the only ones who will die! I have my own drone over here for a proper escape…….」
Yes, Kanda Jimbo-shin is equipped with a one-person drone for the purpose of reconnaissance and emergency escape. The ability to easily store such external units is another strength of the super giant robot.
Opening the heavy hatch, Kazami stepped into the drone storage space.
Then he opened his eyes to the deserted space.
「None…… None……!? Why is it gone!? My drone!?」
Kazami’s mind was filled with the faces of his subordinates who glared at him.
『10 seconds left until self-destruct……』
「Sa- Samejima…… Samejimaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!」
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