Chapter 13 Part 1 - This ‘Defeat Event’ is a Service so Please Give it Your All Part 1

This ‘Defeat Event’ is a Service so Please Give it Your All

Part 1

“Try giving him a verbal warning first.”

Kaburagi-san said while blowing on her latte (which had a clumsily made dog for the art) to cool it down. She’d come to Amanoiwato on a weekday during the day to help me work out the details of the ‘defeat event’. I tilted my head at her and rebutted her statement.

“He wouldn’t have gotten so carried away in the first place if he had a good grasp on things and could be convinced with just words. Yesterday, he froze the water in the school’s pond and turned part of it into a sword. Fortunately, Touka-chan immediately melted it. Touka-chan’s warnings also go from right to left ¹ .”

“Touka-chan is his classmate. Of course it’s impossible for him to listen to her and take her seriously. It makes more sense for him to be told by an adult.”

“It won’t make him defiant – that is, he won’t disapprove of an adult warning him?”

“He’ll be more reluctant if he isn’t told, but he’ll still be reluctant even if told. Hey, Sago-san. When you were a child, wouldn’t you have been fed up with an unpleasant adult who shouted at you without listening to your side of the story or listening to your opinion?”

“Ugh!”

It’s Kaburagi-san’s verbal attack! My heart has been fatally wounded!

Really though. Have I become a despicable adult who hates children that much without even realizing it? That’s it. First and foremost, I must, in words, admonish Shouta-kun, and then lend an ear to his opinion. My apologies, Shouta-kun. It was wrong of me to not think things through and try to beat you up. Forgive me…

Well, if words are useless, then I won’t hesitate will break his long nose ² into pieces. There are no objections from Kaburagi-san.

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After school, as usual, Shouta-kun and Touka-chan arrived at Amanoiwato at the same time. Kaburagi-san called out,

“Shouta-kun, is everything alright?”

“… What?”

Kaburagi-san beckoned to him a little. It seems that Shouta-kun could sense a lecture incoming, so he cautiously sat at the table on the side facing Kaburagi-san. He poured himself a glass of water from the pitcher on the table, and, with a loud *

crack

*, unhesitatingly used the cold air emitted from his hands to freeze half of it. This kid, he’s become fucking addicted to using his superpower. Even if he didn’t freeze it, the water in the pitcher already has ice in it, so it should be cold.

Kaburagi-san calmly admonished him, earnestly trying to get him to understand. Even teachers and parents wouldn’t have been as kind and polite as she was. However, even though it makes things become a little awkward, Shouta-kun doesn’t utter a single word of apology. Instead, he starts making excuses.

“I don’t understand; why aren’t we allowed to reveal our superpowers to the general public? Couldn’t we become famous? We may get to appear on TV! Wouldn’t we make money by charging appearance fees? We would be a really big deal, you know. After all, we’re ESP’ers, real ESP’ers.”

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That’s

your reasoning?

Watch the news more often. You don’t know about the ‘fame tax’, do you? Your old classmates from elementary school could leak your embarrassing secrets to be broadcasted over the radio, you know? You’ll absolutely want to die. Or at the very least, become unable to attend school. The reason that actors and other talent can appear to be dazzling is that they have an office supporting them from beneath. If Shouta-kun brazenly “comes out”, he’ll be ideal fodder. The secret organization . It’s already hunting those who are predisposed to having superpowers and killing and eating them to absorb their power. Enter into the underground sewer from the manhole behind the Katsushika City ward office. It ran away and is somewhere in that area. It must be killed. It’s difficult for me to use my powers underground, so you won’t have any backup or support. Well then, I wish you good luck.”

There was a mysterious synthetic sound, then the call disconnected. Touka-chan looked at the receiver without a word. Shouta-kun impatiently asked,

“What is it?”

“It was the boss… at least, I think it was. The voice sounded synthetic. He said we need to kill the world’s darkness that appeared in Katsushika City. Without any backup.”

“Huh? The boss? Doesn’t he just watch over everything and order us around?”

“It was faint, but while he was talking, I heard noises that sounded like explosions. I think the boss is fighting as well.”

Oh, as expected of Touka-chan, she has excellent hearing. This ojisan is happy that you noticed that small detail. That was also produced synthetically.

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Once Touka-chan calmed down, she tried to get in touch with Kaburagi-san, but Kaburagi-san was eagerly looking forward to her conferment ceremony, and she left everything to do with the defeat event to me. She’s in the middle of an airplane flight, so her phone is turned off with no connection. The only person left is the bar-master, but neither Touka-chan nor Shouta-kun have his contact info.

The fact that there are already victims (Note: There actually aren’t any) is shocking news. And they may be increasing as time passes. Touka-chan and Shouta-kun are both exuding anxiety, but they decided to participate in the subjugation. They know that people need their help. Although Shouta-kun is still in basic training, he has been able to get his freezing ability to reach -10°C. It seems that although their opponent is a high-level being that is devouring ESP’ers in the making in order to make itself stronger, it was decided that they were mature enough to handle it.

Furthermore, Shouta-kun can do an insta-kill! He was overflowing with excitement and unfounded self-confidence. It seems that even if Touka-chan decides to abandon the mission, Shouta-kun will continue forward on his own. It’s that sort of scene, you know.

Footnotes:

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1: 右から左へ (migi kara hidari he). Means that it goes in one ear and out the other. Essentially he completely ignores her.

2: 天狗っ鼻 (tengu hana). Means overly prideful or boastful. He’s saying that he will forcibly knock Shouta-kun down a peg if he won’t listen to him.

3: The original Chinese phrase is 百聞不如一見 (bǎiwén bùrú yījiàn). In Japanese, it’s 百聞は一見に如かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu). Both mean the same thing. Equivalent to the saying 'seeing is believing”.

4: Probably referring to the “hotline” trope, although it’s usually red (black has more of a ‘secret agent’ kinda vibe though). It’s a direct line with no dial mechanism. ⇒ TV Tropes: Hotline

5: Katsushika is a special ward in Tokyo. It’s next to Adachi, which is the ward Amanoiwato is in. ⇒ Wikipedia: Katsushika