Ch.258This Year’s Outstanding Employee, Shota (5)

A week passed by in a flurry of activity.

Kunami’s new augmented reality console game system was unveiled at a major game show, receiving overwhelming acclaim.

It was trending in internet keyword topics for days.

Thanks to the revolutionary specs of the device, my proposal for a rather shameless revenue structure was somewhat accepted. People just resigned themselves with an “Oh well, can’t be helped” attitude and subscribed to the platform’s flat-rate service.

Kunami successfully recruited numerous third-party game companies, establishing a foothold to compete despite being a latecomer to the market.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly until…

“Ah, Shota? Something’s come up.”

Kana called me right away.

“Huh? What is it?”

I asked Kana.

“Well… you see. An alien attacked our house.”

Kana said.

“What? Is it Pink Beard’s underling? Are you hurt? Is anyone injured?”

If any of my girlfriends were hurt… I was ready to slaughter that bastard alive.

“No. We’re fine.”

Kana shook her head.

“…Thanks for worrying about us.”

She then mumbled awkwardly.

Well, my girlfriends were strong too. The superhuman-level strong ones were Kana, Kirtan, and Tina. And Tai was among the strongest in the human realm.

As for Eri, Umi, and Mika… well. They had excellent milk and poop.

“I’ll be right there. Did you keep him alive?”

I asked. If they kept him alive, we could at least extract some information.

“Yes.”

Kana answered immediately. That’s my Kana. Always efficient with handling matters.

“Let’s go, Madoka.”

I said to Madoka in her bundle. By now, Madoka refused to come out of her bundle. It was extreme infantile regression.

“Mmm…”

Madoka murmured, nuzzling her cheek against me.

———-

When we arrived home, there was an alien with a rocky body in the yard. But his body was covered in wounds. He’d clearly been beaten up by my girlfriends.

“Who are you?”

I approached him directly.

“A-Arigiri Shota…!”

He frantically tried to distance himself from me.

“Are you following Pink Beard’s orders?”

I said to him.

“I-I…!”

“Stop stuttering!!! You’re making me look like the bad guy!!”

I immediately delivered a straight punch to his stomach.

PWAAAARGH-!

“GAHK!!!”

He rolled across the ground.

“I’ll talk!! I’ll talk so please don’t hit me!! Please!!!”

Just like that, the alien bastard’s stuttering was cured.

Treating prisoners humanely and curing stuttering too. Even I had to admit I was too benevolent.

———

Almost like a corporate job interview, the alien explained the situation clearly following the five Ws and one H.

His name was Galactintin, and he had been sent by Pink Beard to kill me and my girlfriends.

“But I’m just like a hired freelancer!! Really!! I haven’t known Pink Beard for long!!”

He shouted loudly, expressing his grievance.

“So you don’t know much about Pink Beard then.”

I said.

“No!!!! We’re not close! Really!!”

Pink Beard shouted loudly.

“Okay. Then you’re useless.”

I immediately drew my demon sword Tomato. It had been repaired by the blacksmith not long ago, so the blade was almost brand new. It wouldn’t be bad to test the sharpness of the sword on this occasion.

“Wait!! I know something!! I’ll tell you!! I’ll tell you!! Okay?”

Galactintin was desperate to live. His belly fat and double chin were shaking as he performed a soul-baring display.

“Pink Beard just killed Galactica, who was ranked 2nd in the galaxy! He killed the 3rd and 4th ranked too!! I don’t know why, but he’s gone crazy!!”

Galactintin shouted.

“Oh? Really?”

Shit, this is dangerous.

Being experienced, I understood the gravity of the situation.

Pink Beard’s ability was to absorb the power of planets he conquered and make it his own. Of course, as a price for stealing their abilities, the planets are devastated. Pink Beard had been on a rampage, destroying countless planets. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him the locust swarm of the galaxy.

And now he was systematically absorbing other powerful beings from different planets.

‘Is he seriously planning to consume Earth soon….’

We had less time than I thought.

I needed to quickly complete Sasith’s communion by proxy and awaken Sasith’s ultimate psycho-robot.

“Well. Thanks for the information, but you’ve brought shitty news. Die.”

I raised my sword. Killing him might make me feel a bit better.

“Wait!!!! Spare me!! I told you what I know!!!”

Galactintin cried out, tears and snot flowing.

“I have no reason to let you live.”

I might have reservations about killing people… but this bastard was an enemy of humanity attacking Earth. There was no reason not to kill him.

“UWAAAAAGH!!!”

Galactintin had already given up and was screaming.

At that moment, Galactintin’s expression changed.

“M-my ability c-cooldown is r-ready!!”

In that instant, Galactintin gave a vile smile.

SWOOSH-!

At that moment, Galactintin’s body became blurry and disappeared.

“Ah!! He’s gone!!”

Umi exclaimed with wide eyes.

“I can’t… sense his presence!!”

Kana seemed to be trying to read his presence with her swordsman’s intuition, but apparently couldn’t detect anything.

“Damn it!!! This bastard!! He’s stuttering again!!! I fixed it by beating him up!!”

I shouted loudly.

“That’s not the issue here!!”

Mika, who had been maintaining her composure while writing her novel, immediately objected to my complaint.

——–

‘Phew… I barely survived.’

Galactintin was still there. He hadn’t turned invisible or anything like that.

Galactintin’s ability was to manipulate human perception. He had manipulated Shota and his group’s perception so they couldn’t recognize his presence.

‘Arigiri Shota… he really is dangerous!!’

The nickname “Universe’s Greatest Slaughterer” wasn’t wrong.

He’d never seen someone who could kill people (aliens) without batting an eye like that.

‘There were rumors that he makes strange noises or spouts nonsense while slaughtering during fights…’

For him, murder was just entertainment.

‘What kind of person is this Sasith who controls such a beast?’

That was Galactintin’s question.

Once again, Sasith had gained fame without his knowledge. Sasith was becoming an extraordinarily unusual figure.

‘Anyway… I’ll wait for my chance. And I will definitely kill him.’

Galactintin felt hostility toward Shota, who was laughing surrounded by his beautiful girlfriends.

‘My ability… is invincible!!’

Galactintin was confident that his ability was unbeatable. Everyone has a plan, after all.

———-

“Tokyo Game Show!! Here I come!!!”

The weekend had already arrived.

Exams were just around the corner, but there was an important event before that.

Our Kunami company’s new console was finally going to see the light of day at this major game show.

‘It was a rough journey….’

I nodded as I thought about it.

Particularly, naming the console device was a major hurdle.

“We absolutely have to include big brother’s name!!”

Madoka was quite partial and insisted on including my name.

“Hmm… we were originally going to call it the ??? Family Computer, but if we put Shota there… Shota Family Computer!! Shortened to Shotacom!!”

One alien exclaimed.

“Let’s… not do that.”

Shotacom… the sound of it was a bit off. I might be misunderstood.

In the end, we compromised with Kunami Family Computer, or Kunacom. It was generic, but it had the right feel. That’s what’s important. A game console’s name is less important than you might think. In fact, even if the PlayStation had been called “Humba Humba,” it would have sold. That’s an extreme example, but still.

Anyway, I headed to the Tokyo Game Show with my girlfriends.

“Wow… there are so many people in cosplay.”

Umi murmured, looking at a cosplayer dressed as a succubus. Well, it’s a whole new world for ordinary people.

“Shota liked this kind of thing, right? You were so excited at that card game tournament last time.”

Eri said.

“D-do I have to wear something like that?”

Kana immediately blushed.

“Shota really loves it.”

Eri subtly said to Kana.

“R-really?”

Kana seemed intrigued.

“If it’s something with less exposure…”

Kana started to rationalize.

“Shota’s just going to strip you right away anyway. We’re all going to be naked together, so why worry about exposure?”

Mika subtly made a lewd comment.

“Shota. If you have a preference… point it out.”

Kana said enthusiastically.

“…….”

Madoka, who had been looking at the cosplay outfits, made a sad face. Yes. Those outfits… require a certain amount of chest to pull off.

*Squish squish*

Madoka kneaded her chest, which resembled the Manchurian plains. Madoka… you’re still growing. Look to the future. The future.

———-

The game show was crowded, but I had a staff armband and lanyard. Thanks to that, I had a free pass. I was an official after all. This was making me look good in front of my girlfriends. Hehehe.

Various new games were exhibited at the show, but the star was obviously our Kunami company’s new console, the Kunacom.

They were demonstrating a perfectly ported version of the famous Japanese action game, Saigo Fantasy, in an augmented reality environment.

We all headed to the hall.

I was a bit worried that Umi, Eri, and Kana, being complete normies among normies, might not enjoy it much.

However, the three of them enjoyed the event in their own way.

“Nom nom nom.”

Umi was making cute sounds while eating a hot dog she bought from a stall. Umi likes eating, after all. But the sauce was all over her mouth.

Eri was also eating popcorn she had bought.

“Ah. There’s popcorn in my cleavage…”

A caramel popcorn had fallen between Eri’s tanned cleavage. Strangely erotic.

“Hmph. How careless. One must have elegance. Elegance.”

Kana ate her street food with elegant movements that exuded class. As expected… is this what comes from a good family? The way she looked at me proudly as if she was different was incredibly cute.

But… it lacked sex appeal.

“Umi. You’ve got something there.”

I immediately licked around Umi’s mouth to clean off the sauce.

“Shota. You’re naughty.”

Umi giggled.

“Eri too… there’s popcorn here?”

I smiled and buried my face in Eri’s chocolate-scented cleavage to retrieve the popcorn.

“Kyaaa❤”

Eri laughed and hugged me.

“……..”

Kana looked at me with an expression full of deprivation.

“UWAAAAGH!!! I’m going to eat messily too!!!”

And suddenly Kana started to go berserk!

“K-Kana, calm down!!!”

I tried to somehow stop Kana.

Anyway, with such antics, we went inside.