"As expected of Lalsama! Even her temporary residence is extraordinary."A grey-haired youth with heavy silver armor and a dark cape spoke with admiration. He started to mutter in his mouth and kept on nodding to himself.
Meanwhile, Sweet Mask"s lips twitched slightly as he compared Rito"s house with other houses in the area.
"No... the house isn"t extraordinary... it"s this alien"s thinking that is extraordinary."
Sweet Mask has always been observing Zastin and by now he had already arrived at one conclusion— He had an undying admiration towards their so-called Princess.
"Well, I should be the one to explain the situation, right?"
All Might spoke up and knocked on the door.
"Yes, according to the plan, we have to deal with the civilians in the house first. If they are hostile, we will knock them unconscious for the time being and quickly escort back the Princess."
Sweet Mask nodded and Zastin also spoke up.
"We have a deal that the memories of the eyewitness will be erased, don"t forget that."
This was the deal Zastin came up with the Hero a.s.sociation for some "exotic" compensation. After all, their own Princess ran away to this planet and this action in itself could have caused an intergalactic war.
After consideration, he had decided to co-operate with the hero a.s.sociation since Earth is an "un-explored" planet to him and he needed to consider Lala"s safety.
"Yeah, even if you hadn"t—"
Before Sweet Mask could complete his sentence, Zastin"s eyes widened and he immediately took out his energy sword and slashed behind him.
Ting
Thrash
The sound of metal colliding could be heard followed by a thrashing sound.
In front of Zastin, a woman in tight white clothes stood with a light blue dagger in her hand. Meanwhile, another woman, with a completely astonishing figure stood behind the a.s.saulting woman and had her hands crossed.
"Zastin Everluke, Lala Satalin Deviluke"s personal bodyguard. Sweet Mask, Cla.s.s A Rank-1 hero, and All Might, Cla.s.s S Rank-2 hero. W-2, you will keep Sweet Mask busy while I take down the other two."
The woman with a dagger nodded and immediately shot towards Sweet Mask while Zastin and All Might frowned at the supposed Leader.
"You guys are White Tigers, right? Aren"t you guys supposed to be a team of three?"
Zastin spoke as All Might"s eyes widened.
"There is someone inside the house!"
Ye immediately turned back and punched towards the door only to feel a slight chill on the base of his neck.
Whoosh
Before he could punch the door, he immediately retreated as a glowing blue arrow was stuck on the door.
Pssst
The moment the arrow came into contact with the wooden door, it started to secrete a blue solution that caused the whole door to corrode in a speed visible to the naked eyes.
All Might looked at towards the woman with a blue bow in her hand.
Before he could come with a plan, the woman"s body divided into two smaller versions of herself.
"This is troublesome."
Whoosh
Meanwhile, Sweet Mask kept on dodging the blue dagger in the hands of W-2. At first, he had thought of getting hurt to get closer to the a.s.saulter, but after witnessing the chemical power of these weapons, he couldn"t help but fall in a pa.s.sive situation.
Just like this, the trio got busy with their opponents as the two heroes could only pray for the civilians inside the house.
***
Thrash
Rito"s muscles tightened as he heard the sound coming from his living room and he immediately rushed out.
The view in front of his eyes stunned him slightly.
Lala"s body glowed lightly as Peke"s body deformed and quickly spread over Lala"s body. Meanwhile, the shōji in his living room was destroyed by a woman in white tight clothes.
Her hands were covered in blue gauntlets and she slowly walked towards Lala.
"Hey!"
Rito shouted and the muscles of his legs tightened and bulged slightly. The veins of his body condensed and his whole momentum turned ferocious.
"What do you think you are doing?"
Before he could even jump in, Lala appeared in front of him. Her clothes were already different. She was wearing a skin-tight white suit and a white hat with Peke"s signature swirly eyes alongside two small wings.
She looked like the human version of Peke.
Lala looked at Rito with a guilty expression and spoke lightly.
"I am sorry for troubling you. They are probably here for me."
She looked towards the woman and hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.
"Even though I asked for your organization"s escort, you should refrain from destroying someone else"s property."
"Escort?"
Suddenly, most of the loopholes fell and the puzzle in Rito"s mind was almost completed. The last puzzle was actually the att.i.tude of the so-called escort in front of Lala.
He didn"t know if he was right, but he definitely felt a sliver of cold intent pressed on his body. Even though he was feeling such an intent for the first time due to the removal of his natural limiter, he still felt quite uncomfortable.
"Lala Satalin Deviluke, your order no. is 31222hy, please match it."
The woman spoke as a hologram of a barcode emerged in front of them.
Lala nodded and the swirly eyes of her hat shone a red light before Peke"s voice could be heard once again.
"Yes, it is confirmed, Lalsama."
Before the duo could do anything else, the sound of fighting could be heard and Rito even heard a "hiss" sound, as if something was evaporating at a quick pace.
Hong
The moment the sounds of battle emerged, a terrifying intent locked onto his body and he was barely able to slide his neck as something cold pa.s.sed by.
His whole body was immediately covered in cold sweat. The situation changed too quickly.
"Hmm?"
W-3 was slightly astounded as her sneak attack didn"t work.
"Hey!"
Lala immediately shouted and quickly rushed to Rito. Even she was surprised by the sudden change.
"... the puzzle is complete."
Rito muttered slightly as a warm current pa.s.sed throughout his body and his muscles bulged slightly. He exhaled deeply and his breath could be seen evaporating by the naked eye.
"Rito, are you alright?"
Lala glared at the woman in tight, white clothes and whispered to Rito.
"Yeah! After I take care of this problem, you are going to tell me everything. Go upstairs and stay in my room."
He didn"t even look at Lala as he felt quite pressured by the problems this little princess caused.
Right now, even Peke didn"t argue with Rito for the lack of respect in his tone.
Unexpectedly, Lala shook her head and refused.
"Rito, this happened because of me, I won"t sit by."
Her eyes were determined and even though Rito knew that she had high strength, it wasn"t enough in this situation.
"Eliminate."
He suddenly heard a low shout and he immediately jumped forward. A blue shadow pa.s.sed by his previous position.
"Huff!"
A cold current started to emerge from his brain and his eyes turned sharp.
Immediately, both Lala and the W-3 felt slightly dizzy. This effect was even more exaggerated for W-3.
"You damaged my house, now pay for it."
Even though Rito wasn"t an experienced fighter, the whole situation was tensed and his spirit and perception were drawn to the limits that his body can actually hold.
By activating [Brain Wave] he was able to reduce the sensation of pain but didn"t dare to completely eliminate it while he also started to interfere with the thought process of his opponent. Since reading someone"s memory in an actual battle is quite dangerous, Rito opted for the next best alternative and started to feel her perception in itself.
Meanwhile, Mikan came out once again and her expression was cloudy.
"Even though that Idiot Rito knows that I have to wake up early, he still causes so much ruckus! What is he even doing with Lala?"
Suddenly, an image was formed in her head where Rito and Lala had a beautiful moment in the bathroom.
They couldn"t be—
Her expression turned even darker.
Unknown to Rito, his innocent sister had already been slightly corrupted in her thoughts because of his unintentional falls.