[Better Than Dying]
The surviving members are gathering again in the room used by Yoiyami-san.
I thought this when I came before, but this room is so dreary that it’s unbelievable someone lives here. Dust has piled up on the table, and the two chairs are strewn about randomly.
With only the sound of the ventilator echoing, Yoiyami-san who is sitting on the sofa and placing his hands on his lap opens his mouth,
“We need comrades, no?”
Our current battle force is 5 people.
I look around at the members in the room.
Even without reconfirming it, we are currently lacking in battle force.
“Pff…”
Sen lets out a laugh unintentionally.
No wonder. We are only five people in total. Perhaps she’d rather laugh at this too desperate situation.
However, the fact that Yoiyami-san is here with us is significant.
If it’s only the surviving 4 of us, we should be just insignificant existences for the Self-Defense Forces. Boss is trying to get rid of us as we are uncertain factors, but to be honest, there is little we can do with the four of us.
Therefore, our degree of priority is low
However, it is wise to treat Yoiyami-san as one ‘force’. One man force.
Even if he is against an army or against a single person, he would still be able to exert tremendous power. That power was once enough to repel Midou Ryuusui – who even Boss didn’t attempt to challenge head on – by himself.
Yoiyami-san’s ability is versatile. It is excellent in attack range and maneuverability, and can even be used for long-distance movement and detection.
――Ability to control ‘force’ of darkness.
Well… at present, that Yoiyami-san said we need comrades thought.
Hell, no.
I mean, we don’t need half-baked comrades.
Yes, they’re unnecessary if he just want to increase our numbers. I want sacrificial pawns, but they will just get in the way.
In short,
“Do you have someone that you can count on? Err… a trustable comrade who can be of help for us.”
I look at Yoiyami-san, then shift my sight to Sen, Roll, and Utsusemi-san.
Sen is silent, Roll shakes her head, and Utsusemi-san shrugs his shoulders as though to say, ‘no way I have one right, right?’.
“How about entering another organization? Since Anonymous that was in control of the underworld was crushed, I think there’s gonna be an organization taking its place.”
No one thought about that, right? – Sen says her opinion out loud while radiating such air.
“Haha, it’s already settled that all of such organization will be crushed. The reason why Anonymous had such a huge notoriety wasn’t only because we were strong, but also because the others were weak, y’know?”
“The ‘Association’ and ‘Nursery Rhymes’ are no longer exist after all, right?”
“Ahh, there’s no way that Boss doesn’t take measures in anticipation of that.”
That incident that allowed the Association and Nursery Rhymes to be rounded was certainly convenient for Boss.
“You don’t have to shower me with rejections Like that…”
Sen steps back with a vexed face, and turn silent.
But comrades… comrades, huh.
In that case, the problem is not whether they will be useful for us, but probably the fact that now we can’t trust the word ‘comrade’.
When I’m thinking about that, Yoiyami-san says,
“I certainly don’t have someone I can count on, but don’t you have one, Shion?”
“…?”
I have one, he says?
I should have none. No one come to my mind.
For me who haven’t been living in this world for long, such a connection is…
“Other than you guys, there’s also another guy wanted, no?”
After he said that, I understand the meaning of Yoiyami-san’s words.
“…Don’t tell me, you’re talking about Midou Tsurugi?”
With the fabricated story that Tsurugi betrayed Self-Defense Forces and attached himself to Anonymous, he is now wanted alongside us.
He also survived from that place, and is still running away from the Self-Defense Forces.
“That’s right. Moreover, if he brings Yumesaki Aika along, it will be a huge advantage for us.”
I immediately refute Yoiyami-san’s words,
“No, that’s impossible, you know. You do know that Midou Tsurugi is the son of Midou Ryuusui, right?”
To Tsurugi, Anonymous is his father’s worst enemy.
Just because Anonymous was destroyed, he wouldn’t just team up with us.
“Ahh.”
“…Besides, there is a big feud between me and Tsurugi. You remember it, right? What happened at that base…
…If he sees me, the first thing he will do is to kill me, you know.”
Yoiyami-san stares at my eyes.
I listed the reasons (excuses) why Tsurugi can’t be counted on, but to put simply, I don’t want to ask him for cooperation and I don’t want to fight together with him.
Yoiyami-san should be able to catch on to that.
…or so I thought, but it seems that my thought didn’t reach Yoiyami-san.
No, Yoiyami-san understands my thought, that’s why he says,
“We are in a situation where we can’t be picky. We have no room for personal feelings.”
Dammit. To count on Tsurugi, doesn’t that mean Yoiyami-san, too, is bringing his personal feelings into the matter.
The matter of Observer must have never gotten out of his mind.
I spit out inwardly and swallow my saliva.
…No, Yoiyami-san is not wrong.
Now, Tsurugi is in exactly the same situation as us.
The only demerit in cooperating together with him is nothing but personal feelings. Tsurugi too must want to prevent this situation where Anonymous’s Boss is trying to climb to the top of the Self-Defense Forces.
Having thought so, I stop making excuses and proceed with the discussion.
“First of all… I’ve already said this yesterday, but I don’t know where Tsurugi is, you know.”
There, Yoiyami-san gets up from the sofa.
“We just have to find him. To cooperate.”
[Better Than Dying]
The surviving members are gathering again in the room used by Yoiyami-san.
I thought this when I came before, but this room is so dreary that it’s unbelievable someone lives here. Dust has piled up on the table, and the two chairs are strewn about randomly.
With only the sound of the ventilator echoing, Yoiyami-san who is sitting on the sofa and placing his hands on his lap opens his mouth,
“We need comrades, no?”
Our current battle force is 5 people.
I look around at the members in the room.
Even without reconfirming it, we are currently lacking in battle force.
“Pff…”
Sen lets out a laugh unintentionally.
No wonder. We are only five people in total. Perhaps she’d rather laugh at this too desperate situation.
However, the fact that Yoiyami-san is here with us is significant.
If it’s only the surviving 4 of us, we should be just insignificant existences for the Self-Defense Forces. Boss is trying to get rid of us as we are uncertain factors, but to be honest, there is little we can do with the four of us.
Therefore, our degree of priority is low
However, it is wise to treat Yoiyami-san as one ‘force’. One man force.
Even if he is against an army or against a single person, he would still be able to exert tremendous power. That power was once enough to repel Midou Ryuusui – who even Boss didn’t attempt to challenge head on – by himself.
Yoiyami-san’s ability is versatile. It is excellent in attack range and maneuverability, and can even be used for long-distance movement and detection.
――Ability to control ‘force’ of darkness.
Well… at present, that Yoiyami-san said we need comrades thought.
Hell, no.
I mean, we don’t need half-baked comrades.
Yes, they’re unnecessary if he just want to increase our numbers. I want sacrificial pawns, but they will just get in the way.
In short,
“Do you have someone that you can count on? Err… a trustable comrade who can be of help for us.”
I look at Yoiyami-san, then shift my sight to Sen, Roll, and Utsusemi-san.
Sen is silent, Roll shakes her head, and Utsusemi-san shrugs his shoulders as though to say, ‘no way I have one right, right?’.
“How about entering another organization? Since Anonymous that was in control of the underworld was crushed, I think there’s gonna be an organization taking its place.”
No one thought about that, right? – Sen says her opinion out loud while radiating such air.
“Haha, it’s already settled that all of such organization will be crushed. The reason why Anonymous had such a huge notoriety wasn’t only because we were strong, but also because the others were weak, y’know?”
“The ‘Association’ and ‘Nursery Rhymes’ are no longer exist after all, right?”
“Ahh, there’s no way that Boss doesn’t take measures in anticipation of that.”
That incident that allowed the Association and Nursery Rhymes to be rounded was certainly convenient for Boss.
“You don’t have to shower me with rejections Like that…”
Sen steps back with a vexed face, and turn silent.
But comrades… comrades, huh.
In that case, the problem is not whether they will be useful for us, but probably the fact that now we can’t trust the word ‘comrade’.
When I’m thinking about that, Yoiyami-san says,
“I certainly don’t have someone I can count on, but don’t you have one, Shion?”
“…?”
I have one, he says?
I should have none. No one come to my mind.
For me who haven’t been living in this world for long, such a connection is…
“Other than you guys, there’s also another guy wanted, no?”
After he said that, I understand the meaning of Yoiyami-san’s words.
“…Don’t tell me, you’re talking about Midou Tsurugi?”
With the fabricated story that Tsurugi betrayed Self-Defense Forces and attached himself to Anonymous, he is now wanted alongside us.
He also survived from that place, and is still running away from the Self-Defense Forces.
“That’s right. Moreover, if he brings Yumesaki Aika along, it will be a huge advantage for us.”
I immediately refute Yoiyami-san’s words,
“No, that’s impossible, you know. You do know that Midou Tsurugi is the son of Midou Ryuusui, right?”
To Tsurugi, Anonymous is his father’s worst enemy.
Just because Anonymous was destroyed, he wouldn’t just team up with us.
“Ahh.”
“…Besides, there is a big feud between me and Tsurugi. You remember it, right? What happened at that base…
…If he sees me, the first thing he will do is to kill me, you know.”
Yoiyami-san stares at my eyes.
I listed the reasons (excuses) why Tsurugi can’t be counted on, but to put simply, I don’t want to ask him for cooperation and I don’t want to fight together with him.
Yoiyami-san should be able to catch on to that.
…or so I thought, but it seems that my thought didn’t reach Yoiyami-san.
No, Yoiyami-san understands my thought, that’s why he says,
“We are in a situation where we can’t be picky. We have no room for personal feelings.”
Dammit. To count on Tsurugi, doesn’t that mean Yoiyami-san, too, is bringing his personal feelings into the matter.
The matter of Observer must have never gotten out of his mind.
I spit out inwardly and swallow my saliva.
…No, Yoiyami-san is not wrong.
Now, Tsurugi is in exactly the same situation as us.
The only demerit in cooperating together with him is nothing but personal feelings. Tsurugi too must want to prevent this situation where Anonymous’s Boss is trying to climb to the top of the Self-Defense Forces.
Having thought so, I stop making excuses and proceed with the discussion.
“First of all… I’ve already said this yesterday, but I don’t know where Tsurugi is, you know.”
There, Yoiyami-san gets up from the sofa.
“We just have to find him. To cooperate.”
