The Hundred Beasts Legion team’s invasion went extremely smoothly.

「Go, Go, Go! Move, nyan!」

「……The passage is clear, wan……」

Leading the way across the platform were the duo of scouts from the Hundred Beasts Legion. The two of them eliminated the guards one after the other, looking experienced at infiltration missions.

Following them was Hundred Beasts General Bearion, and at the rear was Colonel Usanyi-chan.

「Oi Usani, don’t space out! If you’re late, we’ll leave you behind!」

「Yes… no, I’m sorry, General Bearion! Passage clear!」

Meanwhile, the Heinous Legion team, consisting of Rintaro, Samecchi, and Kirika, was heading for the monitor room as a separate unit. The plan was for the Hundred Beasts Legion team to allow the mysterious beings in the “Village” to escape, while the Heinous Legion team would attract the enemy’s attention.

Two members of the Hundred Beasts Legion would act as a medical team and to defend the submarine, while Minato would remain on the submarine.

Asaka had no idea that the Ark Dominion mysterious beings were already operating secretly within the facility. Asaka’s brow furrowed and veins popped out at her temples as she held her head.

The inspection, which was supposed to be completed in two hours, has already been delayed by about three hours. This delay was caused by the mysterious explosion that had occurred in the “village”.

Normally it is the facility manager’s job to handle such problems, but in this particular case that is not the case.

After all, the man who may have caused the explosion was brought here by none other than Asaka herself.

「So, when is he going to wake up?」

「Although he is not in life-threatening condition, he will not be able to wake up for a while longer…… After all, he inhaled a large amount of a powerful sedative gas for mysterious beings, and to be honest, I am surprised that he is still alive.」

On a simple bed, Kurenai Retto was sleeping peacefully and snoring while being given an IV drip.

Asaka sighed and closed her eyes. There were a mountain of things she wanted to ask Retto.

The explosion occurred within the mysterious being containment area, which corresponds to the “Village”.

However, as the facility is always at risk of escape, accidents like this are to be expected. In order to prevent the mysterious beings from escaping, an extremely powerful “sedative gas” was immediately sprayed throughout the facility.

Which mysterious person could have done something stupid on such an important day as the Chief of Staff was visiting?  The staff members were mumbling to each other as they put on gas masks and protective suits.

However, when the staff rushed to the scene, they found a man in short sleeves lying on the ground along with the mysterious being.

Asaka, who received the report in the monitor room, could not help but notice. The cause of the explosion was Retto’s unique weapon, the Burning Heat Gloves.

Just how he managed to get inside the “Village” area, or what his motives were for committing this heinous act, are known only to him. At that point, Asaka has no choice but to wait for Retto to wake up and then question him about the situation.

「Haaa… he shows no signs of waking up. Why use such a strong sedative gas?」

「The mysterious beings housed in the Village are of many different kinds. Some of them are resistant to the gas. …So, we have no choice but to follow such standards when responding to emergencies, yes…」

「There’s no point in waiting any longer. Let’s take him back to Headquarters.」

「We are currently administering an IV drip to wake him up, so please wait just another 30 minutes…! We are doing everything we can…!」

With cold sweat dripping down his face, the person in charge of the village tried to stop Asaka from continuing. After making sure that Asaka had reluctantly agreed, he immediately ran into another room and butted heads with the staff.

「Wha-what are we going to do?! If the Chief finds out what we’re doing in the Village, then this time it won’t end with just the plan being frozen…!」

「It can’t be helped since he saw that. The only thing we can do is administer a lot of drugs to erase the acting director’s memory.」

「But… if we increase the dosage any more than this, the assistant director’s mind might go blank…」

「That’s an unavoidable sacrifice. If that man leaks even a little bit of information, our research team will be doomed. Do you still not understand the position we are in?」

Of course, injecting memory-erasing drugs into the human body is highly taboo. But that was a small matter compared to what they were doing there.

The only way to cover up wrongdoing is to commit more wrongdoing.

「This is also to save the world from the threat of mysterious beings. Eventually the world will praise us, and say that our research was correct. But not now.」

「Yeah… We must keep it a secret at all costs… If it is revealed that this is an experimental facility for creating mysterious being form using mysterious beings, not only will our position, but Japan’s position in the international community will be affected…」

「About that, how about you tell me in more detail.」

How long had he been there? A man’s voice suddenly rang out from the darkness in the corner of the room.

When the employees saw the face of the man who had been eavesdropping on the conversation without a trace, they all lost their cool. There was now no one in Hero Headquarters who didn’t know who wore the dreaded green mask.

「Hiih! De- Death Green!?」

「Why are you here!? G- Guards…… Gueh!」

The employees who tried to scream were hit from behind and fell one by one. Only one person was left conscious.

「Well done, Mayuzumi. I’ll go and take over the monitor room. I’ll leave the interrogation of that guy to you.」

「Understood. How far should I go?」

「As long as he can still answer yes or no. Do as I taught you.」

「Roger that, let’s start with the pinky finger of his dominant hand.」

After subduing the staff with teamwork, Rintaro left Mayuzumi behind and head to the monitoring room to extract information from them.

「Aniki, what does Jinmon mean, ssuka?」

「It just means to have a little fun and chat」

「Understood, so it’s the same as a cabaret club, ssune.」

「Samecchi, who taught you that word?」

The two of them walked confidently down the middle of the aisle while engaging in casual, everyday conversation. It may seem like they were just taking a walk in the park, but they were unmistakably attackers(terrorists).

Rintaro stood in front of the monitor room, an automatic rifle in one hand and the “black sword” in the other, and kicked open the alloy door as casually as if he was going to knock.

「Good morning everyone, and put your hands up in the air. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t resist.」

「Ora ora, ssuu! Just be quiet and hand over all the valuables!」

「Samecchi, that’s not what we’re here for today. Didn’t we tell you at the beginning that our goal is to help everyone who’s been captured escape?」

As the employees surrendered one by one, Rintaro felt a slight sense of discomfort in his vision. Through the mask of his death green suit, the monitor displaying the floor plan flickered slightly.

「Mufun, the situation is under control, ssuyo, aniki. ……Aniki? What’s wrong, ssuka?」

「No, it’s nothing. You did a great job, Samecchi…」

At the corner of his eye, the monitor flickered and shimmered into a single line.

Shupa!!

「That’s dangerous！？」

Was it the experience he’d had from the carnage he’d gotten through up until now, or was it his natural instinct? Rintaro reflexively lowered his head and narrowly avoided the almost invisible surprise attack.

Zubaaaah!!!

The space where Rintaro’s head had been until a moment ago suddenly split open, and a straight crack appeared from the monitor to the wall.

The scars of that invisible blow were engraved across the entire wall of the spacious monitor room, spanning over ten meters. Both its power and range were not something that could be solved with a sword or a gun.

「Wha……t!?」

Gi……

A faint sound like the creaking of metal reached Rintaro’s ears. The sound was definitely coming from above Rintaro’s head.

「Aniki, above, ssu!」

「!!」

At almost the same time as Samecchi’s voice was heard, Rintaro threw his body almost horizontally.  Immediately afterwards, a similarly huge slash mark appeared in the place where Rintaro had been standing until then.

「Surprise attack failed. Moving to plan B.」

The sound of leather shoes echoed.

The woman, who had been hanging from the ceiling beams, landed on the hard floor and, brushing the dust off her hands, reached for her portable radio.

「Can you hear me, Headquarters? Two mysterious beings, including the heinous mysterious Death Green, have invaded the offshore experimental platform “Village.” There is a possibility that several other mysterious beings have invaded as well. Please send backup immediately.」

The woman gave a cold look to Rintaro and Samecchi, the two mysterious beings, as she adjusted her misaligned glasses. The face of this woman was familiar to both of them, and to Samecchi in particular, she knew her better than anyone else, as she faced off against the terrorists without showing an ounce of fear like the other staff members.

「O- onee-cha…… A stranger! aniki! It’s a stranger onee-chan, ssu!」

「I see, so It’s the stranger onee-chan who’s been following us around a lot recently. Surely she didn’t know we were coming and was lying in wait… Or not.」

Samejima Asaka’s wrist cracked as she calmly prepared to strike.

「I have confirmed an S-class wanted mysterious being, the heinous mysterious Death Green, as well as a completely unknown child mysterious being. I have determined that the target is an enemy. I will begin my duties.」

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