Ch.374Hidden World Apocalypse (1)

The next morning, Father-in-law greeted us with a broad smile as we woke up late.

“To think you handled things so splendidly in secret last night!! I’m simply amazed!!”

Father-in-law said with a smile.

“Ah… I put in some effort yesterday.”

I smiled and deliberately scratched my head. Ouch. My spiky hair… it’s my hair, but it was terribly pointy.

“Hahaha! To think you eliminated all the powerful phantoms summoned by the witch!! Taking down two of them… as expected of a hero!”

Father-in-law said with a satisfied smile.

“Ahaha… yes.”

I forced a laugh. Honestly… I hadn’t even seen the remaining one. Well, I might as well take credit for it.

“Our army has already launched a full-scale attack toward the north. And we’ve finally annihilated the witch’s group. We’ve also received a surrender declaration from the terrorist organization. It’s a complete victory for us!”

Father-in-law patted my shoulder.

“Dad, isn’t my husband capable?”

Tina seized the opportunity to interject.

“Yes. Honestly, I don’t really like him… but I’ll acknowledge him since he’s done such great things for our country!!”

Father-in-law declared firmly.

Crack-!

He was patting my shoulder… but Father-in-law’s grip strength was incredible.

“But… do you really not want to take our daughter as your legal wife?”

Father-in-law seemed concerned about that point.

“Well, about the legal wife thing…”

I tried to remove his hand. It was already decided that Eri would be my legal wife.

“Tsk…”

Father-in-law clicked his tongue.

“Dad!! I’ll handle that myself!”

Tina immediately pushed Father-in-law away.

“Everyone, let’s eat.”

Mother-in-law brought in the meal right away. Despite being a queen, our Mother-in-law was quite involved in household affairs. I heard that’s how she appealed to secure her position as the legal wife.

Beep-!

Since it would be awkward to leave the audio completely empty, I turned on the television with the remote.

“Breaking news.”

And immediately breaking news appeared. The news headline itself was red, making it look urgent at a glance.

“A strange phenomenon has occurred in the Japanese city of Emoshita.”

Along with the reporter’s words, the scene of Emoshita, the city where we live, unfolded.

Woooong-!!

A suspicious energy was rising from all over Emoshita. It looked as if the strange energy was swallowing the entire city.

Then the screen changed.

The terrified face of Japan’s Prime Minister came into view.

Behind him was Pink Beard.

“Ah. So you’re the highest-ranking person in Japan?”

Pink Beard smiled as he stroked the Prime Minister’s head.

“P-Please… what business do you have here…!”

The Prime Minister shouted, trembling.

“I’m Pink Beard. I come from space… in your terms, an alien.”

Pink Beard said with a smile.

“First, I’ll consume Japan. After that… I plan to consume the entire world.”

Pink Beard immediately revealed his ambition to conquer Earth.

“T-The world?!”

The Prime Minister turned his head.

“Ah… there are people in Japan who’ve made a fool of me. The hero’s companions, that is.”

“H-Hero…?”

The Prime Minister seemed completely unable to understand Pink Beard’s words.

“I could simply fire a beam and take over this planet, but that wouldn’t be any fun. For now, I’ve turned this Emoshita into my ring. I’ll give the hero living in Emoshita the right to challenge me.”

After saying that, Pink Beard slightly turned the camera.

Other members of parliament and security guards had all been brutally slaughtered. It seemed he intended to broadcast this to instill fear.

“I’ll now call out the names. Sashisuseso Aiueo, Arigiri Shota, Kiryu Umi, Nishikawa Taiga, Tina, Saito Kana, and Thumbs-up Man, Space Pirate Kirtan. You are said to be the combat members of the hero’s party. Come at me. I’ll give you one week. If you die before then… so be it. I’ll begin the invasion of Earth.”

Pink Beard said with bloodshot eyes.

By the way… Thumbs-up Man is still being called by his nickname until the end.

Whoooosh-!!!

At that moment, missiles could be seen flying from a distance.

“Aah!!! Missiles have been fired from China and Russia!! Are they planning to strike Japanese territory to target the unidentified alien?!”

The reporter continued speaking without missing a beat. His professionalism was impressive.

“I don’t know which country they’re from… but I like their quick response.”

Pink Beard smiled and flicked his fingers.

Pink Beard landed in the middle of the airspace where the missiles were flying.

Ting-!

Pink Beard lightly tapped the missiles with his finger.

“Just like… when Eri gently taps my water pillar.”

I unconsciously made such a comparison.

“Shota! You’re lewd!”

Eri immediately pinched my side.

Shiiiiing-!!

With that as a signal, the missiles immediately turned around and flew like arrows back in the direction they came from.

BOOOOOM-!!!!!!!

The Russian capital Moscow and the Chinese capital Beijing were instantly engulfed in flames.

“You should have learned that such outdated weapons are useless. The fate of your planet rests with Japan’s high school students. Bring me the heroes I’ve called.”

After saying that, Pink Beard tightly gripped the Prime Minister’s head.

Crack-!!!!

“Aaaaargh!!!”

With the Prime Minister’s scream, the camera was splattered with blood.

Splat-!

The video ended with the Prime Minister’s blood and flesh flying everywhere.

“What will become of Earth’s fate?!!”

With the reporter’s chaotic words, the transmission was cut.

“Shota… this…”

Umi looked at me.

“Yeah. We have to do something.”

I muttered, trying to hide my panic. This wasn’t in the original story. I never thought Pink Beard would get so angry that he’d personally come out alone.

I’m sorry. I was too cocky, relying on my possession privileges. I thought everything in this world would be too easy. I’m sorry.

“Well… we need to return to our country. It seems you have your own battle to fight.”

Father-in-law stepped forward.

“Yes. We need to save the world.”

I nodded and said.

“Understood. I wish you luck in your battle. We’ll handle the remaining terrorist stragglers who haven’t surrendered yet.”

Father-in-law said, patting my shoulder.

“Violet!! Open a dimensional gate now! We need to get back to Emoshita quickly!”

I shouted loudly. With the final chapter approaching rapidly, I had no choice but to resolve this quickly.

“Got it!”

Violet nodded and immediately opened a dimensional gate.

Whiiiiing-!!

The dimensional gate opened right away.

“Everyone… I’ll protect you no matter what.”

I said, making eye contact with each person.

“Yes. I believe in you.”

Eri smiled and firmly held my hand.

Woooong-!!

We headed straight to the battlefield.

———-

At that time, Sashisuseso, who was hanging out with Pril, sensed something unusual.

Shiiik-!

A strange mist had settled thickly.

“This is…”

It was identical to the mist he had seen in the other world.

“Sashisu. Breaking news!”

At that moment, Pril shouted. Sashisu saw the breaking news being broadcast nationwide.

“Of all times… when Shota and the others are away…”

Sashisu clicked his tongue.

“Master Sashisu! There are enemies outside!”

Saeko, the Jjoki doll who had settled in as Sashisu’s housekeeper, shouted.

“Krururuk!!”

“Krururururuk!!!”

Monsters emerged from the mist and surrounded Sashisu’s house.

“Monsters? But it’s not even night?”

Sashisu immediately drew his sword.

“You can use Psychorobo too. Probably… the invasion from the other world has begun.”

Pril immediately took out her Psychorobo, Pink Teddy.

“Kyaaaa!!”

“Kyaaa!!”

People seeing the monsters for the first time were fleeing in terror.

“Our job is clear!! Protect the people!!”

Sashisu ran outside with his sword drawn.

“Come forth!! Hades!!!”

Sashisu brought out Hades and immediately tore apart the monsters in front of him.

“Everyone!! Evacuate this way!!”

Sashisu shouted to the passersby.

At that moment, a large spider-like monster appeared.

“Kieeeeek!!”

The monster was targeting civilians.

“Damn it…!”

Unfortunately, his Psychorobo technique was on cooldown.

Just then, a motorcycle flew through the air.

BOOM-!!

The motorcycle cleanly crashed into the spider-shaped monster. The spider-shaped monster immediately rolled on the ground.

“Uryaaah!!!”

The mysterious rider landed from the motorcycle and cut off the spider’s head.

“Did you wait long?”

It was Thumbs-up Man. Thumbs-up Man walked toward Sashisu, his bald head gleaming.

“T-Thumbs-up Man!!!”

Sashisu’s expression showed relief.

“Looks like something’s happened. That Pink Beard or whatever has finally taken direct action.”

Thumbs-up Man said.

“Shota and the others will come right away. They have Violet with them. Our job until then is to secure civilians.”

Sashisu raised his sword.

“Okay. Let’s do what we can.”

Pril took out Pink Teddy.

——–

At that time, from Shota’s perspective.

Flash-!!

Violet transported us to the entrance of the dojo.

The entrance of the dojo was… filled with countless monster corpses. Blocking the way were Gonzaemon and Tetsu. The Fighting God… he must have visited the dojo again. Both were wiping blood from their swords.

Other disciples and Ms. Asuna seemed to have taken care of all the monsters that had entered.

‘Right. Worrying about these people is the most unnecessary worry in the world.’

They’re among the strongest people on Earth, after all.

“Shota. Aliens suddenly invaded.”

Gonzaemon welcomed me.

“Dad, here’s a souvenir—no, wait! This is serious! Serious!”

Umi clung to Gonzaemon and shouted loudly.

“Literally, an alien has invaded Earth. If we can’t stop this, Earth will be destroyed.”

I said calmly.

“Ha!! So this city is the first place for Earth’s invasion.”

Tetsu laughed heartily.

“My blood is boiling. To think I’d be involved in such a battle in my lifetime.”

Tetsu exuded killing intent with his entire body.

“Waaah!”

Umi’s little sister, held by Ms. Asuna, burst into tears at that killing intent.

“Mr. Tetsu!! What are you doing?”

Ms. Asuna said with a somewhat angry expression.

“Ah… sorry.”

Even the mighty Fighting God didn’t seem to argue much with Asuna.

“That alien… can you stop him?”

Gonzaemon asked us.

“Of course. Master and everyone at the dojo… please evacuate as many civilians here as possible. Monsters are everywhere.”

I said.

“Heheh. Gonzaemon. Shall we have a match? Who can kill more monsters, and who can rescue more civilians?”

Fighting God Saito Tetsu stood up with his sword.

“I won’t lose to an old man, no matter what.”

Gonzaemon also rose from his seat, feeling competitive.

I felt reassured leaving things to these two.

I decided to join up with Sashisu and Thumbs-up Man right away.