8 "Battle: Seina vs Seiryo"
"Good morning ... ... oh you're already here? I'm sorry for disturbing you."
The next morning, Kiriko who entered the control room saw Seto there already, and panicked.
"Today, you should go and support Seina, all the controls and production will be done by Racepshi's staff."
"Oh ... but ..."
"Go if you're ready. We already have have enough hands, I'm just here to watch the progress of the event."
"Even so, there's still quite a lot of time before the starting time, should I already heading out?"
The venue on the monitor was already full of a packed crowd.
"There's already a huge crowd waiting to get in I'll have to run congestion mitigation just to get you in."
"Oh I see. Are those all people waiting to get in ...?" On the external monitor, it showed many people were trying to get into the venue.
"Wow, that's ... I mean I saw a lot of big tents before going to bed last night but..."
Looking at the scenery on the monitor quickly, it seemed as if a large number of large summer festivals had been organized in one place, a great number of tent and mobile shops were spread out on a considerable scale.
"Wait a minute, ... why are there so many people?" Seto switched to the image seen from outer space, then Kiriko became worried. The festival like gathering was only a small portion of the people arriving for the show. Zoomed out, the crowd was the size of a city.
"A large amount of tourists gathered and the news covered it and so even more people gathered."
"... ... The Academy's started the betting event of the century."
"It must help that people just want to lighten the mood set by the death of Mr. Mikumo. the younger generation doesn't realize it but it's been a very upsetting loss."
"... Well, he's been around for such a long period of history, ... ...."
Twenty thousand years made him feel like more of a legend than history.
"Ho ho ho, my father liked the brightness and festivities of the academy, I think he would be delighted." Mikami chimed in
"Hey Kiriko-chan, how is Seina holding up?"
"He's Calmed down after he was told about what kind of weapons would be used at breakfast."
"In a situation like this it doesn't really matter ..."
"Well, let's leave things up to Seina then. I hope you'll wander around until they start the battle, I think it's a good idea to take a look at our business collaboration with Racepshi."
"I understand"
"Then let's get you to the seating area."
Seto headed for a direct elevator behind the control room and Kiriko left the control room after.
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"Damn it! I get angry when I picture Seina losing to that fool."
As she walked along the aisle, Amane seemed to be offended, and she beat down her right hand on her left hand.
"... It can't be helped if he does, don't bother interfering. This is a one-on-one battle, let's accept the results with dignity."
"Poor poor big brother Seina ... .... I'll have to comfort you when you return."
"agh!?" Kiriko looked at Neeju with a dangerous look.
"... ... That is if it's alright with you."
Each of the four people began to soak in delusions as they closed their eyes and daydreamed.
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"Alan doesn't seem to have come back ..."
At the entrance to a restroom on Racepshi Barry and Cohen were waiting for Alan who was supposed to wait there for him until the morning.
"Huh...I wonder what went wrong ......" Barry looked around.
"There's no trace of a struggle, and no sign he was attacked by anyone, I think that it's safe to go in."
Barry said peeking out from the restroom.
"Mr. are you a stakeholder in that ship?"
suddenly from a passage on the side an woman in a leopard print costume with thick sunglasses and heavy makeup approached
"Yes, but it's well... uhm ... ... what do you want with it?"
"I hate to bother you but I'd like to take it off of you."
The old woman launched a deed transferring monitor and showed it to Barry.
"What is this all about?" Cohen had confirmed the certificate. Barry who was next to him was stunned.
"... ... Is this for real?" He whispered to Barry in a loud voice and Barry looked towards the older woman for and explanation.
---------It's very hard for me to understand this girl she must be speaking in a nonstandard dialect---
"Yesterday night, Mr. Alan was gambling, he took his victory winnings, and he told me he was the man responsible for this ship.Well at first we were awfully hungry so, we drank sake till the bottle went dry, and then he ordered caviar, He took care of everything until the money ran dry, then he got the lucky goods off that ship and started betting on them, but he kept loosing... ohohohohoho!"
"That bastard!" From there onwards there was no need for explanation. They knew he must have lost them the Unko.
"So where is Alan !?"
"I felt sorry for him, so I gave him some getting home money and a small amount of the money I made on tips and he just left and went off somewhere, are you going back with him?"
Barry and Cohen sighed a lot at what she said.
"Well, well then, I ended up getting the deed to the ship, so hurry up and get your things off of it."
"Wait a minute, we can't leave the ship ... ...."
"He's right ... ... We still have a lot of debt!"
The old woman had on an expression indicating this was troublesome.
"... If that's the case, I can hire you, It's a convenient safety practice to have someone on board who knows about the ship."
"Oh, thank you!" They worried they would die if they were abandoned by her. They breathed a sigh of relief.
"Kekekeke! So, how much is your debt ...?"
The two hurriedly accessed the relevant financial institution and presented it to the old woman.
"... ... What a cheap amount of money ... Well, It's still a lot for a space pirate I guess .... I'll pay it off for the time being but you'll reimburse me though your consulting, and I'll pay you a living wage while you work on paying me back, so long as you work hard, Kekekeke!"
The old woman smiled graciously as she cleared away the debts of Barry and Cohen.
"Oh wow, Thank you! ....Miss......"
"Oh ... ... .... Ah, before we sign anything may we have your name ......"
"Oh no, have you introduced yourself yet? Please let me know your names, I'm Kuisu · Panta it's nice to meet you."
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"Seto, the example case seems to have been successfully processed."
Karen said as she came into the area where Seto was.
"Yes, sorry ... with this it's checkmate." Seto looked at Airi beside her.
"Now that the storage system is in place, we can start analyzing things as soon as they arrive, since it can handle most of the materials left in The Big Daruma, the part left to be examined is limited, so we'll separate and set those aside tomorrow and trash the rest. "
"OK ... ... So, Karen, how is the situation with Fuku-chan?"
"At first she seemed bored, but she seems to like having direct communication with Ms. Mikage, I kept the line open all the time ... Oh shit!" Karen unexpectedly said out without thinking.
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry I forgot all about something .... It was lovely to see Mikage-sama." Fuku watched Mikage sleep with great interest.
"So how are the other girls?"
"Everyone is fine, they have been taking care of Fuku and are awaiting further instructions."
"Thank for your hard work."
"Yes! Sorry I have to be going." Karen bowed and left the room quickly.
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In Seina's dressing room garlands and flowers had been brought from various places and they were lined up and stacked. Each was sent from a prominent person or organization, just seeing it made him feel how a big celebrity feels in his dressing room.
"Thank you for coming all the way out here."
Kenneth and Rajau were in front of Seina sitting on the sofa. They were talking while eating luxurious sweets and fruits that were quite rare.
"No thank you for this, because of you we got super rare platinum tickets!"
"I put in a reservation quickly on the first day, but on our access line was too slow ... ... it was sold out so soon."
"Those who got tickets in time were all of the highest-ranking military members and philosophers etc. To them this is nothing ......"
"It's even hard for staff to get friends and family passes ha ha ha!"
"Well I'm glad that I could get my team mates tickets then."
"Oh yeah, you did good."
"Ahahahahahahahahahaha ......... By the way Seina!"
Kenneth and Rajau, turned around and looked at Seina with glaring eyes. The kind of eyes that you didn't show even your enemies.
"I asked Mr. Gyokuren when she came to pick us up ... ... That woman, and the others who were with her when they built the dorm! There not researchers at all are they? They work for Jurai's Seto, and they're your subordinates! All four of them! "
"So is Ms. Kiriko, Professor Amane and even Erma as well?"
"No, no ... Even though I was working as captain I was just setting the route, Seto-sama and Airi appointed them to be around me, I had no choice in the matter, It's not a relationship thing. "
Of course, for over half of them it was... But he felt it was better to deny it.
"Then why is it that when Gyokuren talks about you she gets all shy and embarrassed and has a twinkle in her eyes?"
(Ms. Gyokuren ! Seto-sama, How could you make such a terrible selection in someone to pick them up ... ....) Gyokuren was a woman with a beauty that was a strong poison to any healthy boy. Hakuren, Karen, heck even Suiren were all more appropriate people.
"What are we supposed to think when such a beautiful woman has such a magical atmosphere when talking about you?"
"Wow you got a boner just by recalling it now!" Rajau said kenneth turned red and held down his crotch.
"So you're going to kick Professor Seiryo's butt huh? ............Ahey!"
Kenneth's body trembled in a panic he ran into a private bathroom in the dressingroom.
".................."
It is awkward to hear him crying from inside the bathroom, but he understood the feeling well.
For Gyokuren it's was half the fun of doing anything, for an otherwise polite youth, her glossy atmosphere was too much! The Stimulation was strong. Fortunately, Rajau seemed to be able to withstand it.
"... Well, that's putting it a bit roughly."
"...... Ha ha ha, but it's also a bit correct."
If his friends found out he went to Imuim without them they would have his head. Lucky Hakuren and Fuku knocked on the door to bring in another bouquet.
"Mia!"
"Fuku!" Seina wanted to run away but now that Fuku was charging at him happily he couldn't leave. Seeing that Seina was sad, she too became sad and quit charging, although she didn't know what was wrong she was just puzzled. Soon he was suddenly surrounded by all four of Hakuren 's group.
"Please do your best, but don't push yourself too hard."
"If you do get injured by any chance, we will be carefully nurse you back to health."
"Don't say such auspicious things Gyokuren!"
"If you have anything you need you can leave it to us ♡"
"……Good luck"
"Mia!" Seina was pushed down quickly, and smothered by the four girls and one animal.
"............"
Rajau and Kenneth looked stupidly at the sight from the shade of the bathroom door. They trembled with anger.
"Wow ...... Seina's you traitor!!"Kenneth and Rajau ran out of the room crying.
"Kenneth! Rajau!" He tried to chase after them but the girls wouldn't let go of him. Seina was held in place as he listened to their footsteps grow further and further away.
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"Damn. Why does Seina get all the action! Aren't we team mates?"
"I envy Seina so much!"
"Chhhhh!" Kenneth who had run away while crying bumped into someone as he turned around the corner. they both fell back .
"Sorry, sir!"
"Watch where you're going... ... ... hey is that.... Kenneth, is that you?" The woman he had bumped into was Miki Steinbeck's teammate Miranda and Caliche was next to her helping her up.
"Miranda-senpai, Caliche-senpai?" Kenneth and Rajau became quite due to the sudden encounter.
"Hey next time look in front of you when you walk!" Miranda said somewhat crankily, but she dusted herself off and put on a smile.
"It's been a while since we last saw you... where you crying?" Miranda asked raising an eyebrow.
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"They want me to do sacred battle with such a thing !?" With a shock baton for battle in hand, Seiryo was feeling indignant.
Seiryo's room had bunch of flowers the other bouquets there were sent with abusive hate letters sent from various people that hated Seiryo, some of which were accompanied by curses. The kinds of flowers he got were not gifts for celebrations, only things which were ominous in flower language.
However, in the case of Seiryo this was normal so it didn't matter. What was more serious for Seiryo was that he had to duel with a shock baton that looked like a toy.
"Did you expect them to let you slash up that boy?"
"Don't be stupid, this is a one on one battle with Seina Yamada, of course I did!"
"Well then it's good they gave you a shock baton, at least then he won't die."
"... ... Indeed, then I will just have to beat him to a pulp!"
"What?"
"... ... Hahahahaha ... Prepare yourself Seina Yamada!"
Komachi got a headache
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"Ah ha ha! Indeed, I see why you were crying now!"
Listening to Kenneth 's story Miranda consoled him like a mother would her kindergarten aged child. Indeed, both Miranda and Caliche had a considerably more adult atmosphere than before. Of course, this was partially due to their make up and the body lines from wearing the official uniform of the GP, but it was also mostly due to the spiritual growth of overcoming Miki's incident.
"But why do you envy so much?"
"Eh?"
"Our colleagues and seniors say that most of them like Seina, but that as GP crew member of Seina's ship, They have to keep things professional, and when it comes to talking about his private relationships, he has abnormal probability bias, attracting the pirates, attracting criminals, attracting disasters, the result is that while exceptional, his private life has to be kept incredibly closely knit, so to love seina requires overcoming that and and their are few people willing to do that, as far as we know he has only a few people willing to even be around him..."
"... But wouldn't you be willing to trade for all that, if it was for a good woman?"
"Oh no certainly ... maybe for one or two if I knew they were nice women, not their figure, but a woman who you could firmly depend on."
Miranda took a serious crack at the question posed by Kenneth.
"Well I'd have to get to know that person, some people are only after Seina for his prestige and income... "
"... Miranda... Caliche... have you seen them?"
"No should we?"
"... ... Have we?" Miranda and Caliche looked at each other's faces.
"I don't really remember, He was a difficult person to track down and the focus was always on things between Miki and Seina."
"Excuse me ... ... ... I'm sorry for drudging that up"
Kenneth, who realized that he was beeing insensitive quickly apologized.
"As far as Seina was concerned we were just Miki's supporters. But now that you mention it I'd like to see what kind of beautiful women were her competition."
"Well, if you're interested. Then you'll have to go on without us to go see Seina."
"eh!?"
"I haven't forgiven him so quickly. We'll wait out here for you."
"But ..."
"I can't stand to look at that traitor either. I'll see you when you get back."
The two left and Miranda and Caliche went to Seina's dressing room.
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"Wow!?"
Miranda and Caliche, ringed the intercom and entered inside of Seina's dressing room, they lost their words when they saw the women there.
"............" Despite expecting as much from Kenneth 's suggestions, what they saw was even worse now that Kiriko and her crew had joined in there as well. They felt like they had gotten lost and ended up in the dressing room for the supermodels at a fashion show.
"Oh Miranda-Senpai! Caliche-Senpai! Thank you very much for your coming."
Seina, who saw the two of them ran over to them like a rabbit. He seemed pleased that they had come but also,
"Seina, are you ok ..."
"Yes!"
"Well now I see why Kenneth was crying."
"I also wanted to switch my support over to Professor Seiryo for a moment..."
Miranda said half laughing but her eyes were serious.
"Huh! ... ... ... oh that ... ... did you run into Kenneth?"
"They're waiting for us outside, so please go out there and make up with them."
Miranda hit Seina 's back and pushed him towards the corridor. Seina left the room.
"Thank you, Seina was a bit depressed," Kiriko, who was looking at the situation silently, approached Miranda.
"No problem, hey Kiriko, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure What?"
"How would you describe your relationship with Seina?"
"Ah!?"
Surprisingly all of Kiriko's group couldn't respond quickly to that question.
Even though they just had to say that they were Seina's ship's crew, they were puzzled for a moment.
"Ah ... I'm sorry, that was a strange question, never mind, please forget we asked, we have to get back to our seats." Miranda and Caliche who saw that things had grown awkward gave the GP salute and left the dressing room.
And Seina who was outside and confirmed the situation with them when they came out, they left with Kenneth and Rajau. Seina came back to the waiting room in a good mood.
"... .... What happened?"
Kiriko asked Seina seemed too embarrassed by this question to answer. And all the members of Kiriko's team started blinking at once and deflected their eyes at the same time when they realized what had caused Kenneth and Rajau to be mad at him.
"Huh?"
"Seina, it is about time. Please come to the stage. " Seto's monitor appeared with exquisite timing in front of Seina. It felt like she was watching things up to that point.
Seto smiled until she noticed kiriko staring daggers at her at. Of course Seina didn't notice such a thing.
"Ok I'm going." Seina headed towards the transfer gate with a bold look on his face.
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After Seina was transferred, silence returned to the room until amane broke it.
Of course, the others were still frozen up from being asked how they felt about seina.
"─── I love Seina."
And it seems that Miranda knew that all too well. Of course there was a vulnerability in admitting it out loud. From those who had strong feelings like Kiriko and Gyokuren, they were still preparing their minds to day it. But when they were made aware of that thought, there was no turning back.
"Well, what about y'all?"
"Even if you can say it so easily you can't expect us to!"
It was easy to choose to have Seina paired with multiple women. In terms of the age in space, there weren't many who could stand only having a single partner for the rest of their lives, and as long as the relationship between their families was strengthened during the long couple's life, choosing other partners wasn't uncommon. As a result, often both men and women had multiple partners. However, the bonds were formed only over a long time and it was rare for things to take that form from the beginning. usually it was one on one or three people at most.
"... ... well Seina is still a minor and there is no need to come to a conclusion at this point."
"In my case I just unfroze my growth, so it'll take ten years to become a reasonable age to even think of such a thing, and Fuku-chan is still a baby."
"Mia!"
"... ... will Fuku also be in the picture?"Everyone looked at Fuku.
"Oh, Fuku-chan is already set to be partnered with big brother seina, she was meant to be from birth."
"Mia!" Fuku proudly said.
"... .... Fuku. Do you understand the meaning of Neiju's words?"
"... ... ... ... Miau?"Fuku thought for a moment and looked up at Neiju with a strange look.
"ahahhaha!" Kiriko unexpectedly cracked up and the waiting room was soon surrounded by a laughter.
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On the battlefield, the opening show had began several hours ago.
Groups of singers and fireworks and dancers filled the venue. The profile of Seina and Seiryo were introduced with a flashy video to hype up the crowd. The battle scenes of the Kamidake which were safe to release were displayed too. Just a little snippet of the battle with the big daruma, the light Hawk Wings scenes were all edited cut. But it was still spectacular sight combined with stunning editing and background music, the audience's excitement was high.
"And now we will start the fight! From the GP Academy, Seina Yamada; From the pirates of the Daruma Guild, Seiryo Tennan!"
The announcement sounded, and the hostage Daruma slowly was wheeled out like a prize to a big round of applause.
"Both of them will now enter!"
The gate shutter rose, Seiryo appeared slowly from the darkness. With a relaxed look, he waved to the large crowd and went to the pier. However, most of the audience was booing him. Not because he was a pirate but because he was a Tennan.
"Huhuhuhuhu"
But for Seiryo it was business as usual. he walked in slowly with a big smile despite the abusive cheers. Then the gate on the other side opened, in contrast with Seiryo, Seina came out a bit awkwardly. Of course cheers and encouragement were being sent from the audience. Some of them booed, but that's cause they were members of Kiriko and Amane's fan club.
Both opponents met in the center.
"You can't escape me now Seina Yamada!"
"Ah ... Seiryo sensei, it's been a long time."
"Yeah! Your stupid greetings are useless! I will strike you down and get the president back!"
Seiryo said pointing to Daruma.
─── Start!
The curtain of on the stage opened accordingly, several stage apparatuses rose up all directions, and a stage background emerged in the center.
"Is this...!" Seiryo's face turned pale"
"... .... Tenchi-senpai's ...... house?"
the background was a faithfully reproduced veranda from the Masaki family's home.
"But why ...?" Seina looked at it confused, till he noticed Seiryo laughing. It was an angry laugh.
"Huhufufu ...... Pitiful, Seina Yamada. Do you think this will give you the upper hand?"
"……Yes?"
Seina didn't know what he meant tilted his head.
"You can't break my concentration with such a stage ... ... I won't lose!"
"I don't really understand what you mean by that, but ok ..."
"Shut up! I will defeat you!"
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"Ho ho ho, I heard Professor Seiryo went to the Masaki family of Earth's house to become the fiancée of Ayeka, wasn't he beaten by Tenchi?"
"To be more exact, he was defeated by Mihoshi."
"Why would anyone want Seiryo to be Ayeka's fiance."
"In a sense, it was just a ceremonial trial to test Tenchi, he had other candidates he favored, but he thought it would be better to put forward an easy one first."
"Ho ho ho, and what if he had won?"
"Well everything is satisfactory about him except his personality."
"I think that's the most important thing though, ho ho ho."
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"...... In honor of the Jurai's princess, My fiance' s honor, I headed to the earth with the Juraian Emperor, Funaho, and Misaki ... ...."
Seiryo's story felt like it went on for about 30 minutes. But since it was full of things top secret it was actively censored here and there. However ... ....
(I see... when I came to the Academy, Airi said that Tenchi senpai and Mr. Seiryo had battled together ... I get it now.)
Seina was finally able to understand what was going on with the stage
"Fight the boy already!" Komachi cried out from the audience.
"Ah, Komachi,nice to see you it's been a while."
"I know he's being a pain but it took us along time to get here and he's had very little rest."
"Well, ok but ... .... oh wow there seems to be a lot of people I know up here."
Near Komachi, were special seats reserved for those familiar with Seina such as Kenneth, Rajau, Miranda and Caliche.
"Look... I can't say I'm not a little upset over the capture of the big Daruma."
"Sorry about that."
"But I'm not going to hold a grudge over it though ... I know he's obnoxious but humor him a bit."
"OK, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you."
Nearby her was Onnainin.
"Seina, it's been a long time."
"Oh! I'm sorry for the inconvenience I caused when you brought me here."
His ship had been destroyed when Seina first came to the GP.
"No, no, I am honored to have had the honor of being the one to bring you out into space for the first time, It was a good experience and, thanks to it my career has thrives, now I've been assigned to a squadron class transport fleet."
The experience with Seina had also given Onnainin great confidence. Considering the fear and confusion he faced at that time, few things were now scary enough to move him to panic.
"That's good."
"Please do your best today."
"Seina-chan, Seina-chan" Mitoto came out from behind Onnainin.
"Seina did you also come to see the duel?"
"... .... uhm, no, I'm in it."
"Oh wow ...... Really?" Mitoto was the same as usual.
"Seina-chan" Tennyo, Hakuryo, Miki 's father, and Raireza, who was holding hands with Hiroshi hands all called out to him. Of course so did Kenneth and Rajau, Miranda and Caliche. The Clerk and Nanami who he met at the lingerie shop spending his first paycheck Amane 's parents at the lingerie shop at the time of the first monthly salary. Tatsuki Koyuki, the owner of the shop that sold him the pearls was with a young man.
"Leave it to us if you get injured"
The doctor and nurse from the hospital where he was hospitalized when he encountered the Daedalus was there before. He was oddly glad about this.
Seina hadn't met them before but Ian Northern and Kururuka Pan Dora were there.
Of course Kiriko and Hakuren and others were also there including Maya as well.
Seina thanked everyone for coming, and bowed deeply.
"...... That's why, so to speak, this place is also a place of revenge for me! My power comes from the anger that burns within me, I wont hold back! Ahahahahahaha!
Meanwhile Seiryo 's monologue continued. Most people had used it as an opportunity for a bathroom break or to get refreshments and hadn't heard any of Seiryo's story.
"... .... That only means one thing! That means you are going to lose Seina Yamada!"
Seiryo pointed his baton at Seina and finally noticed that Seina and the audience hadn't heard his speech.
"Good! ... ... Hey you guys! Listen carefully to people when there talking to you!"
"Oh ... I'm sorry."
Seina hurriedly left the audience seats and again faced the Seiryo in the middle of the stage. The audience also quickly returned to their seats.
"Alright, since you wasted my time and effort ... ...." A spotlight was suddenly applied to Seiryo.
"With this victory I'll expose you as the culprits of evil you are and I will cut off the chains of evil that destiny has put on me!"
Ding ding.
"Defeat Seiryo!"
"We've been waiting! Show that idiot who's boss!"
Along with ding, people thew celebratory items from audience seats, and empty cans and garbage were also thrown at the same time. Mainly garbage was thrown towards Seiryo, even some raw banana peels and raw eggs went his way, Seiryo was euphoric and didn't care.
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"Shit ... ... The play is wonderful, But I hope it has a good ending." Makihi joined Seto and was doing her best to hold back her laughter.
"Well that's the Tennan family for you ... they sure are entertaining ..." But contrary to her words, Seto's face was serious.
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Seiryo aimed his baton at Seina.
"Oh!" The tension on the spot rose instantly.
However as Seina moved to fight he stepped on a banana peel and tripped. For a moment he was worried that Seiryo had already hit him.
"Yaaaah!" Seiryo ran like a gust of wind toward Seina.
"Gaah!"
Seina tried to get up quickly─ ─ Seiryo stood at the top of the stairs and slashed at him. When Seina tried to get up again his leg slipped and his body twisted.
"Oh!?" The two slashed at each other. And the next moment, the venue, which had been silent, was wrapped in a burst of screams and laughter .
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"Ahahahahaha!" Unusually in that moment, Makihi didn't care about her appearance, she was smiling with her belly.
"Uhuhuhuh ... ...This is a masterpiece"
"Why do I feel like such a thing could only happen in a battle with seina? "
"Ho ho, oh wow should I end things here? or should I let it go on for a while longer?"
Seina 's shock baton had stabbed Seiryo' s trousers and the twisting motion caused his trousers to be undone revealing his underwear. The only thing he had on under his pants was a cloth.
"Oh wow he has on a fundoshi like the sumo wrestlers of earth."
"...... Regardless of what happens next, he seems to have lost this battle."
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Seiryo was frozen. He couldn't tolerate the shame of exposing his lower half while such a large crowd was watching.
"uhuhuhuhuhuhuh Ha ha ha! ehehehehehe a Ha ha ha ha ha!"Amane cracked up.
Gyokuren was starring straight at the sight, but the other women closed their eyes in disgust.
"Cleanup crew! please dispose of the trash on stage immediately!"
An announcer screamed, the GP cleaning team rushed onto the platform, pushed Seiryo into a bag, and put it in a high density sealed small armored container, before violently carrying it away.
"Victory goes to Seina Yamada! " Seto announced.
The audience gave a big cheer among the bursts of laughter and applause and the battle ended.
The monitors which had broadcast the event displayed the following : We apologize for having broadcast such an unsightly occurrence.
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"What a hoax that was!" Taima said while frustratedly sitting at a round table.
" I'd expect the devil princess of Jurai to carry out such a farce, but to have the GP and academy also involved..." While he said that the executives surrounding him were laughing.
"Wow I can't believe the problem of the good luck ships was ended all at once by a single student with a silly toy!"
"Hmm, I see why he's such a threat now."
"We need to act now! What is the status things?"
"We're going to need some more time, I didn't think the problem with the Kamidake would be dealt with so quickly, I have to make sure that Mikami doesn't catch wind of our plan."
"The Daedalus's refurbishment has already been completed.The technology that the Academy offered was highly functional. so the new Daedalus is extremely practical and versatile even in it's basic form it can win a fight with Jurai, if we can add the Kamidake's technology in there, we won't even need to be afraid of royal ships! "
"As soon as have the project finished, we will showcase the prototype ship as a new ship for the military, and then we will launch a great annihilation fleet based at the remaining hostile pirate Guilds using information provided by Tarrant."
"Tarrant can then gathers the remnants and organize the guilds and become a new threat to the federation ..."
"Is there a guarantee that he won't mass produce the Kamidake?" Nakita who had been silent until then talked about his own concern.
"Look at the facts! He had the plans for the Daedalus, even though it made for mass production, he only let himself have one because he was afraid of others to have the same power as him. It'll be the same with the Kamidake. "Taima said a bit sullen.
"I'll Prepare a fleet disguised as a Space Pirates for when we need to fake an attack."
In their planned scenario they would pretend that the army was taken over by Space Pirates while they transported the Kamidake. Although it was out of the ordinary it was also a common scenario.
"No, wait!I have another plan to get the Kamidake, we should avoid acts that imply failure on the part of the army."
"I agree...However……"
"I have more interesting news from Tarrant than whatever you're going to speak about."
Taima proudly launched a monitor.
"This is Airi's secretary, surely you know she's now a crew member on the Kamidake ... ...."
"She's Ryoko · Balta !?"
The executives were amazed as they looked at the monitor. What was reflected was an image that showed Erma transforming into Ryoko.
"Ryoko is a spy from the Daruma guild who has transformation abilities, but she defected to the academy and took on this identity for protection."
"...... I see, do you think we can get her to betray the Academy again?"
"If we made it known that a spy was knowingly made Airi's Secretary and she also made her a crew member for the kamidake... Well Airi and Mikami will be in a lot of trouble uhuhuhuhu." Taima had a satisfied smile on his face.
Even if it wasn't true, it was easy to push the baseless accusation, and luckily the Galactic Federation had people more then willing to believe such a thing. Many people would love for Airi to disappear from the political situation so they could gain her power.
--This is where episode 22 ends in the anime---
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" I can't believe seina yamada! I won't let him get away with humiliating me like this"
Seiryo was bright red and angry, Komachi was trying not to laugh.
"How can you be okay with this !? What about recovering the president and reviving Guild?"
"... ... I met with Daruma a while ago."
"What!?"
"He doesn't feel like rebuilding the Guild anymore, The loss of the big Daruma was it for him, he has given up on it and wants to find a new start for himself."
"But even so ... I won't give up." Seiryo clenched his fist and looked up to the sky.
"... ... How about after changing clothes for the time being?" A towel was wrapped around his lower body.
"Yeah! So what if there's some set back to our plans! I still have the Unko! As long as there is an Unko, I Seiryo Tennan will be the delegate of the Daruma Guild!"
Suddenly he got a call from Barry. A monitor Started up.
"Oh good! I finally got a hold of you. Sorry, communication restrictions kept me from reaching you sooner. "
"Oh! what perfect timing I was just talking about the Unko. Please prepare for departure and wait for my return!"
"Uhm about that ... ...."
"What about it! Hey where is Alan?"Komachi noticed he was missing.
"I don't know how but Alan took off his collar and lost a lot at the casino and just went missing."
"What! Wait the casino? What happened to the ship!?"
"... ... We had to sign over ownership..."
"That! ... That Idiot!"
"How did they let such a thing happen?"
"Because he lost it at the the casino, the bet was accepted as legitimate, there were formal papers ..."
"... It see... ... I understand." Surprisingly Komachi regained her calm attitude.
"But wait why are you still on the ship?"
"The new owner took over our debts and now we are helping her. She also hired all the rest of the crew."
"Okay ... is she paying you well?"
"Yes. We have an official contract ... .... Although my salary is a bit low, it is not bad when you consider the perks. "
"... ... Is that so... well that's good to hear." Komachi's facial expression was relaxed.
"Sorry ... if we had only paid more attention to him ... ...."
"I don't mind. It worked out for you I wish you the best of luck."
"Yes. Thank you for everything! " Barry and Cohen cried a bit at Komachi 's compassion, and cut off communication with the highest level of gratitude.
"... Did you hear that?"Komachi looked back at Seiryo who had turned pale.
"... ... It's over ... everything's gone." Seiroy murmured as he collapsed into his seat.
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