Chapter 416 – Interruption
“Kiss ♥, oh, ohoo ♥, Mm, ah, hey now~ ♥ ngo ♥”
“”””Slurp, chu-ju-ju-ju ♥””””
“Pwah, wh, what lewd shadow clones you are~. Ngu, while licking, nhi, m, my, n, nooo, lick lick, o-ohh, y, your fingers, both front and back…… licking at the same time…… Ooooh ♥.”
What should I do……
〔Right then… well, finally managed to have a chinwag with you, even if it’s usin’ ol’ Benlinerve’s body as a mouthpiece. Hiro’s son…… Earth Lagann, was it? I’ve heard a fair few tales about you.〕
“Nnnoooo ♥ Haa, haa… now, shadow clone. You, take off your pants! Turn your butt toward me!”
〔Word is you made quite the splash over in Cacretale. Plus, seems like Jamdi’el and that doll girl are proper sweet on you. Back in the Empire days, your rep wasn’t much to write home about, but looks like those humans had their blinders on, eh.〕
“Butt! Butt♪ Plumpy, juicy butt♪ Gimme me that butt, want that ass ♪ Hey! Even if it’s a shadow clone, I’ll take your butt hole――――――.”
〔Let’s get proper introduced, then. I was once one of the Six Supremacy of the Demon King Army…… Haku――――〕
Hang on, I can’t take this anymore!
“Hakuki, wait one second! Shinobu! Come on, stop messing around and dispel the shadow clones already! What the hell are you doing!”
Hakuki spoke to me through Uncle Ben.
The fact that the mastermind behind everything appeared, even if only indirectly, should create a tense, high-stakes atmosphere.
But. I couldn’t focus at all.
Because, in order to suppress Norja, Shinobu created a hundred shadow clones of me, and Norja……
“B, but, Honey… if I dispel the shadow clones… that person will attack again, you know?”
“That’s enough! Look! One of my shadow clones is going to lose his underwear! Stop, stop it, argh! I mean, if this keeps up, the clone will reach adulthood before I do…… and of all people, it’ll be with her! We haven’t even been on a date yet, let alone exchanged diaries!”
“Oh, don’t worry, Honey! Even if a shadow clone takes off his pants…… or even if it does that with other girls… I don’t really mind……”
“I’m telling you, I’ll die of embarrassment!”
Although Norja was clearly older than anyone here except Granpa Mikado, they’re doing outrageous things with Norja, who looks like a little girl…… moreover, she’s taking off their pants and turning their backside towards her. What the hell are you making my body do!
Just imagining the scene makes me want to die.
“B, but Big brother, if we interrupt and leave her hanging…… if we leave her in a state of limbo…… Norja might really lose control…… and grow into her giant form and go on a rampage……”
“It’s okay, Brother! No matter what the shadow clone does, it’s different from the real Brother, the main body. We all know how cool you are.”
“Earth Lagann…… I think we’ll just have to endure this…… Rather, it may be cheaper to just satisfy her with the shadow clones, don’t you think?”
But Espie, Slayer, and Lal —they’re telling me, the real me, not Shinobu or the shadow clone, to stop and endure it?
Like hell I can do that!
〔…… Oi……〕
“Ah~…… Hakuki …… just wait a moment. In the first place, isn’t this all because of your former comrade?”
“Nngh… incredible, Earth-kun… to say ‘Wait’ right in front of Hakuki… even Hiro couldn’t do that…… Or rather, just what is your relationship with Norja, Earth-kun? Including Espie…….”
Leaving Hakuki alone might make him angry, and with everything else going on, my head is starting to hurt.
〔Hmph…… former comrade…… thought I’d just snuff her out meself…… but she’s a right sorry sight now, ain’t she? Never reckoned Norja’d go fallin’ for the likes Earth Lagann, though……〕
“…… Hakuki …… Then, you’re the one who attacked Ben, Norja… and the Shiznautmy investigation team?”
〔Hmm? Oh, yeah. Figured I’d knock out two pesky players while I was at it… didn’t bank on it turnin’ into this mess. Take out Norja and Ben Reenerf, then use Japone to clear out that meddlin’ Mikado and Koujiro too…… that was the plan…… but well, I’ll put your lives on the back burner for a bit. Had to shuffle me plans around a bit, see?〕
“Plans? What do you mean?”
〔As if I’m gonna tell you lot! Koujiro, and Mikado! The truth is, I was plannin’ on finishin’ off Norja, Benlinerve, Mikado, and Koujiro, or turnin’ ’em all into me own pawns, but I’ll leave you lot breathe a bit longer.〕
“Ho~…… At any rate…… even though it’s been over a decade since the war ended, for you and the remnants of the Demon King Army, the war is still on… is that it?”
〔Just cause the Great Demon King is gone…… you lot and that idiot La’iphant went and acted like it was all over your own. But your mistake—your bloody mistake—was givin’ me over ten years to muck about and get ready.〕
“What was that?”
〔The Ancient Ruins of Shiznautmy…… couldn’t get to the deepest bits, but the surface had plenty o’ toys to play with. Even found a means to nab the Six-Gate Eyes, the mark o’ the new king. True, Earth Lagann’s meddling mucked things up a bit…… but no bother—if he’s the key, it’s all the same to me.〕
UOOOOOOOOOOOH, STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
The shadow clones lined up in a row, sticking out their rear ends, and Norja gleefully whipped her Nine Tails at them one by one……
〔Things might be a bit wonky, but the endgame’s set in stone. ‘Cause in the end, it’s all about Kaguya’s—〕
“Pako-pako-pako ♥ Hame-hame-hame ♥ Zuppu-zuppu~♪”
“You bastaaaaaaard!!!!!! I’ll kill―――――.”
〔…… ENOUGH, WE’RE HAVIN’ A CHAT HERE!〕
――【Giga Thunder】!!
At that moment, a huge bolt of lightning rained down on us. We instinctively leapt back to avoid it, but the large number of shadow clones were unable to withstand the shockwave and were all obliterated.
Well done!
“What the hell!? Like, who’s the fool interrupting my little romp!?”
“That was close! Wait, what was that?”
“That was Benlinerve’s…… Hakuki…… casting magic while consciously communicating telepathically… I didn’t know he could handle such intricate control……”
Dust swirled as a massive hole opened in the village.
It was a bolt of lightning fired with the sole intention of killing.
Well, for me, it could almost be called heavenly lightning saving me from humiliation……
〔SHUT IT.〕
“””Huh!?”””
Ah, from Uncle Ben… no, the pressure of Hakuki emanating through Uncle Ben.
What an oppressive pressure, even though the main body isn’t here.
〔Right… there we go. Now we can have a proper chinwag.〕
“Ngh …….”
〔Pleasure meetin’ you at last, Earth Lagann. Name’s Hakuki, one of the Six Supremacy. Been meanin’ to have a word since that whole Jamdi’el business. Well, I’m only havin’ a chat from afar like this.〕
Right. The Jamdi’el business. Or rather, the Kron affair.
Hakuki was the mastermind behind everything Jamdi’el was doing in Cacretale.
It seemed he was planning to use Kron for various schemes, and he even got intel on that tournament through an inside source.
That’s why he’s interested in me…… but……
“Heh, even the strongest of the Six Supremacy… has some pretty big blind spots. Or are you just senile and forgetting things?”
〔…… Huh?〕
This guy’s got one thing wrong.
“Hey, Brother!?”
“Earth-kun, don’t provoke him too much……”
“Honey!?”
Everyone looked flustered by my tone, but I still had to say it.
“I met you once, a long time ago. Don’t you remember?”
〔…… What?〕
Yes, I’ve already met Hakuki.
Over a decade ago, and what’s more……
“And what’s more, this very place… is where I met you back then.”
〔…… Huh!?〕
And then, upon hearing my words, I could tell that Hakuki, who was on the other side of Uncle Ben, showed a slightly surprised reaction.
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