The Kurotsukidoo Sweep Operation
After capturing the remaining Kurotsukidoo forces as prisoners, I stripped the pants off one of the fallen DTMS soldiers and put them on. Hmm… they were a bit tight in the crotch. Being a form-fitting combat suit, it felt incredibly uncomfortable.
Caution! There are illustrations at about the level of swimsuit fanservice. Please check your surroundings before viewing!
“Investor~!”
By now Seryu transport vehicles were parked at the school entrance, and Seryu personnel were running toward me. Sawayanagi Azuma had already seen me naked, so she remained composed, but the other women blushed at the sight of me while the men stared with a strange mixture of awe and jealousy at my size. I couldn’t help feeling a little smug.
“Are you all right?”
“Yes. The cyber suit melted completely, but I’m uninjured.”
While I answered Sawayanagi Azuma’s question, the rest of the Seryu members were busy restraining the surrendered Kurotsukidoo troops. Of course—we couldn’t simply trust their surrender and leave them unbound.
“What should we do with Tang Xiaohua?”
“We need to keep her unconscious for a long time, so I think we should administer a sedative.”
Sawayanagi Azuma asked with a worried frown as she looked at the unconscious Tang Xiaohua. Even taking her prisoner posed problems. Her poison could melt cyber suits, rendering handcuffs or ropes useless, and I was the only one who could withstand it. It was quite the dilemma.
Maybe I should have just killed her? I had been considering trying to recruit her… Tang Xiaohua’s ability to fight multiple opponents alone made her an incredibly tempting asset.
“For now, let’s place her in a sealed underground facility. I’ll handle the interrogation.”
No matter how strong her poison was, it shouldn’t be able to melt concrete. After retrieving the drones, Rianna Holden—who had arrived late—handed me a syringe. Perhaps because she had piloted the drone and witnessed my “anaconda,” she kept her face bright red and avoided eye contact as she passed it over.
“H-here’s the sedative!”
I took the syringe, found a vein on Tang Xiaohua’s bare arm where the cyber suit had been destroyed by my earlier attack, and injected her.
“This is what we use when capturing prisoners. She should stay out for more than a day, Investor.”
If restraining someone was too much trouble, they just used sedatives? Or was it specifically for cases like Tang Xiaohua, where restraints were pointless? Probably the latter. They wouldn’t waste expensive drugs simply out of laziness.
Because she had sustained internal injuries from my repeated penetration attacks during the fight, she might sleep even longer. I hoped the combination of internal trauma and sedative wouldn’t kill her. Still, as a notorious mid-boss, she probably had tenacious vitality. She wouldn’t die that easily.
“Hubae-nim!”
Mimata Chieri, who had been leading East Weapon and following at a distance, finally arrived. She waved and ran toward me.
“Oh! This person…! So Tang Xiaohua really was here. Is Akita Prefecture important enough that the Northeast Asia branch leader of Kurotsukidoo would come personally?”
“It was incredible! Everyone was awestruck watching you fight the infamous Tang Xiaohua one-on-one and win, Investor!”
Mimata Chieri stared in surprise at the unconscious Tang Xiaohua while Sawayanagi Azuma proudly recounted our battle to her, as if she were bragging about her favorite idol’s concert.
“Please ensure the drone footage doesn’t leak. I don’t want the public to know I’m a superhuman yet. I was wearing a helmet, but my build might still raise suspicions.”
I had kept the cyber suit and helmet on the entire time, and the drones had only filmed Seryu members, so there was no risk from allies. Although every cyber suit had melted during the fight with Tang Xiaohua, the helmet’s outer layer was all that dissolved, leaving my face hidden.
As long as Seryu and Mimata Chieri kept quiet, my identity would remain secret. I gave Sawayanagi Azuma a pointed reminder. Mimata Chieri already knew my circumstances, so she wouldn’t spread word of me capturing Tang Xiaohua.
“Of course we hide the fact that we are superhumans as well. We won’t reveal your abilities, Investor.”
“But I’m curious about the fight, so please send the video to me alone!”
Mimata Chieri had a clear battle-junkie streak. She asked Sawayanagi Azuma for the footage. I had a feeling she would tease me mercilessly later once she saw I had fought naked…
“Sunbae-nim, do you have a place to store Tang Xiaohua? When she wakes she’ll harm everyone around her with her poison, so I’d like to keep her in a fairly sealed space.”
“Ah! I bought something useful from that app you introduced me to, Hubae-nim.”
After she took charge of East Weapon I had invited her to the Dark Merchant, and I knew she used it from time to time. What exactly had she bought? Incidentally, during the Korea trip I had become a plus member and received extra invitation tickets, so I had told Han Yugyeong about the Dark Merchant. She would definitely make good use of it.
“What did you buy?”
“Just a moment…”
Mimata Chieri issued instructions over the radio. Soon East Weapon soldiers arrived carrying a large metal container that resembled a coffin. The box was big enough for a large person to lie inside with room to spare.
“It’s an extremely sturdy box designed to contain ability users. It’s highly corrosion-resistant, so it should hold even if Tang Xiaohua uses her poison.”
Perfect timing. Still, why had she bought it?
“Why did you buy it?”
“I thought it might come in handy someday, and it was fifty percent off. Hehe.”
Half price was apparently impossible to resist. Dark Merchant goods weren’t exactly cheap. It seemed like an impulse purchase. Mimata Chieri operated the box, opening it so I could place Tang Xiaohua inside. Once the coffin-like container was sealed and she gave the signal, East Weapon soldiers loaded it into a vehicle.
“Nagumo Shian says everyone should return now. Because remaining Kurotsukidoo forces from northern Akita Prefecture might head south, she’s splitting East Weapon between Akita City and Senboku City. She only asked for you to come back, Mimata.”
While Mimata Chieri and I had been securing Tang Xiaohua, Sawayanagi Azuma must have spoken with Nagumo Shian. She relayed the conversation. Of course—the report mattered most. Especially a victory report.
“True. With DTMS wiped out, our East Weapon will have to cover both Akita City and Senboku City at once. I’ll contact the vice president quickly, so please get dressed, Hubae-nim. Clothes are coming from our East Weapon unit.”
While Mimata Chieri phoned the vice president with instructions, East Weapon soldiers brought a shopping bag containing neatly folded clothes. I left the school, changed behind one of the vehicles—discarding the pants I had taken from the corpse and the melted, useless helmet—then boarded immediately. Since I had removed the helmet, there was no reason to expose my face unnecessarily.
I picked up the phone I had left in the car. Checking for messages, I found a LINE from someone. It was Konoe Akina; I had expected it during the day.
As expected of a daughter from a prestigious house, even her LINE tone felt refined and different from everyone else’s. After ending the chat with Konoe Akina and pocketing my phone, Seryu members began boarding the vehicle one by one. Mimata Chieri got on with them. What was this? Didn’t she need to ride separately? When I shot her a puzzled look, she smiled brightly.
“I decided to ride with you! I can watch your video on the way!”
“But we still have to transport Tang Xiaohua.”
“The vehicle carrying our luggage will follow behind. The box with Tang Xiaohua is already loaded in that one.”
Then it was fine. If I left her somewhere without me and she rampaged, no one could stop her. I had to keep her close.
“All right, let’s move out.”
This time Sawayanagi Shinya, vice president of Seryu Military Company, drove instead of Kiyona Hori. Because Kiyona Hori had been driving and missed the drone footage of my fight, the Kiyona sisters moved to the rear while Sawayanagi Shinya and Sawayanagi Tobey took the front seats.
Our transport vehicle headed for Daisen—the headquarters of Taira Foods where Nagumo Shian waited—while Rianna Holden played the footage of my battle. The video began from the moment before Tang Xiaohua annihilated DTMS.
This was a little embarrassing… Suddenly feeling a stare, I turned to see the clairvoyant sniper we had tied up and tossed in the corner watching me. It looked like she had something to say, so I removed her gag. She spoke. Up close, she was quite cute—large eyes and gray twin tails. She had the kind of look that would be very popular.
“Did you kill the boss?”
“No.”
She showed an expression close to relief.
“Are you the one who wants to become my new master?”
“If you follow me, then yes, I’ll be your master.”
“I follow whoever the boss follows.”
Hmm… So I would need to recruit Tang Xiaohua first if I wanted this clairvoyant sniper under my command. I asked her the questions I was curious about. She spoke Japanese surprisingly well. I couldn’t keep calling her “clairvoyant sniper,” so I started with her name.
“What’s your name?”
“Yang Xuexi. I have nothing more to say.”
Wait… The Yang surname was one of the two founding families of Kurotsukidoo. It was practically royal blood, yet she followed a mere branch leader, calling her “boss”… Was she a collateral relative who had fallen from power? I had many more questions, but she clamped her mouth shut like an oyster and refused to speak further, so I replaced the gag and returned to my seat.
When I sat down again, the screen showed me choking Tang Xiaohua while completely naked. A quick glance at Yang Xuexi revealed her eyes wide with shock at the explicit scene. Or perhaps she was shocked that the boss she believed invincible had been defeated.
“Wow, that was really good!”
Mimata Chieri was making a huge fuss. The Kiyona Hori and Mari sisters, seeing me naked for the first time, blushed furiously. Sawayanagi Seari—who handled the cute side of Seryu—and the sniper Sawayanagi Mikiyo watched with sparkling interest even though they had seen it once before. They both looked extremely young, but since they were adults I couldn’t exactly tell them not to watch…
Incidentally, of the two men not sitting in the front seats, the speed-type ability user Sawayanagi Shigeru was dozing off, exhausted from capturing Yang Xuexi earlier.
The other man, Katayama Junichi—the one most passionate about close-quarters combat in Seryu—watched with burning excitement, as if he were studying a masterful martial-arts video. He stared at me with eyes so fervent it looked like he wanted to call me “Master” on the spot. I wasn’t sure whether to feel grateful that he had focused on the technique instead of my dick or simply embarrassed, but the attention was definitely burdensome.
“Okay! Next we’ll watch the music video Hubae-nim filmed in Korea this time!”
“Waaaaah!”
I should have ridden in one of the following vehicles instead… All the way to Daisen, they kept playing videos related to me. I nearly died of embarrassment.
Yang Xuexi (Yang Seol-hee)
Seol-hee, huh… What a pretty name.