Chat Group: Anime Girls are Moist-Chapter 368: Mechas (Bonus - )

"Where's Futaba?"

Futaba had disappeared.

Emilia, who'd been talking with her, looked startled. She shot up from her seat.

"Tohru! Futaba's gone!!!"

She hurriedly called for Tohru. Based on her time in this house, Emilia had a rough grasp of the hierarchy: Rei Ao > Tohru > Mai > Futaba, with Sora and Ilia belonging to Rei Ao as magical grimoires.

Since Futaba suddenly vanished, looking for Tohru the dragon was surely the right move.

"Ahh, I know. She only went off to another world with Rei Ao, so don't worry."

Tohru, who was basking in the sun, replied without even raising her head.

"Huh?"

Emilia stood there, baffled. Futaba was taken away by Rei Ao? And they went off to another world, together? Wait a minute...

"Rei Ao can travel to other worlds?!"

Emilia's eyes gleamed. That meant he might be able to take her back to the Holy Cross Continent as well!

...

In the group chat:

Sui: "Did something happen to Yuzuriha Inori?"

Stella: "Hmph, probably some new danger."

Akame: "She did mention some kind of mission before."

Busujima Saeko: "Indeed, she did. Possibly something went wrong with that mission."

Frieren: "@Rei Ao, did you go?"

Rei Ao: "I'm already here, but it seems we're surrounded."

Misaka Mikoto: "??? Who dares to surround you?!"

Hiiragi Shinoa: "I want to see, Rei Ao-kun, you know what I mean."

Kasuga Hijiri: "Is it a livestream?"

Shiba Miyuki: "Curious~"

Rei Ao: "It's just a group of ordinary soldiers. Nothing worth looking at, really."

Rei Ao: "@Shiba Miyuki, you really want to see?"

Shiba Miyuki: "I-I'm just curious about the look of a new otherworld."

Rei Ao: "All right, since it's your request, Miyuki, I'll make sure to satisfy you~."

Hiiragi Shinoa: "Rei Ao-kun, that's playing favorites~"

Rei Ao: "Can't help it if Miyuki's so pretty and adorable."

Stella: "???"

Shiba Miyuki: "Ugh..."

"!!!"

A blush crept over Miyuki's face. Being singled out for such special treatment was both embarrassing and... made her a bit happy.

Meanwhile, in her world's group chat, her mom and aunt teased her about it:

Shiba Miya: "Oh my, Rei Ao-kun is really paying special attention to Miyuki, how enviable~"

Shiba Miyuki: "Mom, what are you saying? Don't make fun of me!"

Shiba Miya: "I'm not teasing you, Miyuki, I'm just stating the truth."

Yotsuba Maya: "Rei Ao-kun really is looking after you. We're lucky to benefit from that, so don't belittle yourself."

Yotsuba Maya: "So Miyuki, aren't you going to consider becoming Rei Ao-kun's wife?"

Shiba Miyuki: "Eh?!"

The abrupt topic left her unprepared, suddenly too flustered to respond. Even so... if Rei Ao-kun were to propose right now, she definitely wouldn't be able to refuse.

[Ding! Rei Ao has started a livestream!]

A bunch of people flooded into the stream. Some still believed it might be a simple crowd of average people. But the scene on camera was anything but normal: Rei Ao, Futaba, Rio, and behind them, Yuzuriha Inori collapsed in a corner, were all surrounded.

First there were armed soldiers carrying guns. Indeed, at a glance, they looked as "ordinary" as Rei Ao had said. But looming behind them were tall, steel constructs resembling mechs. Each mechanical arm's gun barrel was aimed squarely at Rei Ao's group.

Yukinoshita Yukino: "Mechs... Rei Ao-kun, is this what you meant by 'ordinary'?"

Yukino strongly suspected Rei Ao had a questionable understanding of the word "ordinary."

Megumi Kato: "It might be beyond normal people's grasp, but to Rei Ao, it's probably nothing."

Sakurajima Mai: "More than that, it seems this world's technology is quite advanced, doesn't it? They've got mechs we can't build in our world."

Frieren: "Steel giants. That reminds me of that giant in Akame's world."

Akame: "The Ultimate Teigu: Shikoutazer."

Frieren: "Yes, that one."

Yomogawa Ayame: "Though it looks smaller than that Teigu. I suppose a steel creation must be pretty powerful."

Tohru: "Tch, not enough to fill a gap in my teeth."

Sui: "Seems bulky."

Shiba Miyuki: "I have a thought—what if we produced mechanical constructs like these and then reinforced them with magic?"

Izawa Shizue: "An interesting idea, but for a truly powerful mage, it'd still be useless."

Shiba Miyuki: "That's true."

Misaka Mikoto: "Hmm, am I the only one who feels like, at the end of the day, that's basically a big ballistic weapon?"

Stella: "Same. Feels flashy but not that useful."

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Rei Ao: "Agreed. They really are showy but hollow."

"Who are you people?! What's your connection to the intruder who broke into the GHQ facility?!"

The soldiers' commander asked warily. The trio had appeared at a bizarrely convenient moment. He and his men were quite certain that, when they'd found the unconscious intruder a moment earlier, these three definitely hadn't been there. The three of them had just appeared out of nowhere, an exceedingly strange event, so the commander, cautious, didn't order them shot outright.

Of course, the biggest reason was that the highest‐level secure item was right by the woman behind Rei Ao's group. They couldn't afford to damage it.

However, faced with those dark muzzles, Rei Ao remained unruffled. He wrapped an arm each around Futaba and Rio, and calmly asked, "Do you two like being held at gunpoint?"

They exchanged glances, shaking their heads in unison.

"Heh, I don't like it either."

"So..."

Seeing the dangerous smile curling Rei Ao's lips, the commander's alarms blared. He gave an instinctive shout: "Open fire!!!"

The soldiers and mechs simultaneously pulled their triggers and fired artillery. But...

Click! Click, click, click!

No matter how they yanked their triggers, no bullets came out.

~~~

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