episode_0118

Soft and fluffy.

The general’s pelvic muscles are extremely soft and squishy.

“But why is this place exposed?”

“…Isn’t it just fashion?”

“No, but this suit isn’t for everyday use, so that’s a bit much.”

Adding fashion elements to a combat suit?

But if you think about it…

The place this suit was sent to is the Aquatic Biology Institute. It’s not a place that can produce standard results when it comes to suits.

In that sense, Sheila’s prediction may have been terribly correct.

“Chris.”

“Huh?”

The general pointed to a box in the corner of the room.

“What is it? It’s a box I’ve never seen before.”

“This is the box the suit came in.”

Oh, then maybe an instruction manual would be included. I guess that’s a little bit of consideration! Dr. Octopus!

“General, just a moment.”

I put the general I was holding on the bed down again.

Then the general again expressed his displeasure by waving his wings and limbs.

“Whaaah!”

They say that when whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken.

Sheila, who was just a shrimp, fell out of bed due to the general’s movements.

Still, it didn’t seem like it failed to land because it had the appearance of a cat.

“Sheila, come here.”

Sheila approaches as if nothing happened.

I picked up Sheila and headed towards the empty box that had contained the suit.

“Oh, there you are.”

A crude triangular shaped terminal.

I picked up the terminal and placed it on a suitable floor.

Swoosh!

“Eek!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

In an instant, Sheila started a match against the blue force field that was spraying out over the terminal.

After patting Sheila a few times to calm her down, I turned my gaze towards the terminal installed on the floor…

“Chris, you came back earlier than expected.”

“Hello, Dr. Octopus?!”

The octopus-human Dr. August, the director of the Aquatic Biology Laboratory, appeared in the form of a mana field.

It wasn’t a manual, but a remote communication terminal that allowed real-time communication with the person in charge!

I decided to start by asking the question I was most curious about.

“Why is there a hole in the suit?”

Surely it’s not really just a simple fashion element?

***

“Chris, would you like to press the button next to it?”

“…This?”

Kuk.

A white button so small it’s hard to distinguish.

As the doctor pressed the button, the exposed part instantly turned blue.

“…Is this the stationmaster?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But why does the stationmaster appear only here?”

“….”

“I decided that this was the most suitable place for my hand to naturally touch.”

Unnatural silence.

It wasn’t exactly wrong, so I decided to just ignore it.

“So what was your intention?”

“Chris, would you like to imagine something while touching the station master?”

“Anything?”

“It would be good if it was not too big and had a moderate size.”

Okay, then!

I did as the doctor said.

Then, the mana field that was on the general’s pelvis was moved to my hand.

The general’s original form changed into a form.

“Oh!”

The blue general, consisting of the Mana station master, began to dance to and fro according to my thoughts.

“Chris, what is that?!”

“I don’t know either.”

“You just heard the explanation!”

“Yeah, I heard that. But I don’t know.”

Sheila looked at me as if to ask if that made sense.

However, even Sheila’s eyes were stolen by the dazzling dance moves of the general on the top.

“Chris?”

“General, look at this!”

Even the general who had been causing a ruckus on the bed showed interest in his other self.

“Will this work too?”

The shape of the blue stationery began to change here and there.

Then it changed into a scene of me and Ray holding hands.

A scene where two people dance in a circle to the same beat.

“Why am I not here?”

“Just a minute.”

Even the sight of Sheila standing on two feet and walking around in the circle.

I’m not sure about that, but it wasn’t a bad feature for us to play around with.

“So what exactly is this?”

“In times of emergency, it is a simple force field that can transform into any desired form, including weapons and armor.”

“Can it only change to the size of the suit?”

“Yes! That’s right.”

The doctor’s eyes lit up at my question. I just happened to say the part I wanted to explain first, but was it really that good?

“Then wouldn’t it have been better to increase the exposure area more than now?”

“There were such opinions among researchers as well…”

The doctor’s and my gaze turned to the general almost simultaneously.

He’s still a kid, so I guess that’s a bit much?

***

“Anyway, it will be highly useful in that it can be used in places where disarmament is essential.”

“It would be nice if the enemies let their guard down.”

“Yes, it’s exactly as Chris said.”

“But didn’t that lab specialize in aquatic life?”

“Ah, this is a suit ordered through another lab that collaborates with our lab.”

Ah, so that’s what it was like?

“Not bad. If possible, I’d like to order one more just for Sheila.”

“Huh?!”

“Oh, then for my own use?”

“I hate it!”

No, why, I said I liked it!

Sheila waved her forelegs and tail, saying that she didn’t need a suit for herself or me.

“But I guess your finances aren’t that tight to prepare something like this?”

“Yes, Mr. Chris, do you remember the sperm whale you saw last time?”

“Oh, I remember.”

There’s no way I could forget that. It had a unique presence even in the large aquarium.

“Recently, there has been some small progress in a project to produce ambergris using sperm whales.”

“So the funding problem is solved now?”

“Not completely… but for now, I would say yes.”

Hmm….

The doctor seemed to realize belatedly that he had made a slip of the tongue.

Just in case I decide to give up investing in the research institute.

But the lab is not only home to the General, but also to other test subjects who are his friends.

The giant water generals are also quite a strong force to deal with against the Lidocaine Association.

“Don’t worry, I won’t cut off your money right away just because things have gotten better.”

“….”

How about incorporating other water generals into the general’s command? Like the Lidocaine Association, I’ll create a branch under my command with the general as the branch leader.

It didn’t seem like a bad idea.

“Then there’s nothing more to say?!”

“Yes, I will come back later with more news.”

As soon as the doctor bowed his head to me, the terminal turned off.

“General, did you hear me?”

“Huh?”

“…You don’t understand, do you?”

“….”

The general suddenly smiled faintly at me.

It seems like he was just playing a prank on me, knowing full well.

“Okay, I’ll give this back to you.”

As I brought the stationmaster I was holding close to the suit, the stationmaster moved from my hand to Janggun’s pelvis.

“And it would be better to turn it off normally?”

Beep. I pressed the small button and the general’s pelvis was exposed again.

“Hehehe.”

The completely defenseless exposed area became my plaything once again.

“Chris, I feel weird.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

The general listened to me and became quiet again.

“…Eek.”

But Sheila ran into the living room as if she saw me as some kind of pervert.

“Hey, what is it!”

Are you planning on teasing Ray?

I hurriedly took the general to the living room.

“Lundrrrgh!”

What Sheila was headed towards was not Ray, who was on the sofa in the living room, but Lund, who was lying under the sofa in wolf form.

What? Since when has this been happening?

“What is it?”

“Chris keeps touching the general!”

ah!

“….”

“….”

“Sheila, what are you going to do! You speak strangely, and now both of you look at me strangely!

***

As soon as Sheila finished speaking, Ray and Lund turned their gazes toward me.

I showed the general as if I was being unfairly treated.

“What do you do with clothes like this in the first place!”

“…That’s clothes?”

Lund covered his eyes with his wolf’s paws as if he didn’t want to see it.

“Hey, covering your eyes won’t make reality disappear!”

“It’s noisy. Get out of here.”

I took the general and rubbed him in Lund’s face.

Meanwhile, General Raydo looked like he had a lot to say after seeing his suit.

“Oh, of course it has its uses.”

“That kind of thing?”

Ray’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

When I pressed the button, the makeshift stationmaster appeared again.

He moved the force field to his hand and transformed it into the form of a short dagger and shield.

“This is what it’s for!”

Sometimes showing is better than telling in a hundred words.

This was the most effective way to get rid of the image of me that Sheila had ruined with her very inappropriate choice of words.

“Yeah, I understand the function, but where did you get those clothes?”

“The research lab where the general was gave it to me as a gift.”

“A gift?”

Lund looks at the suit with contempt, as if the gift is not something like that.

I found Lund’s reaction strangely amusing.

“Should I ask for a Lund-specific suit too?”

“Put it away!”

The immediate response was a fierce one.

“Just kidding, just kidding!”

You are the chairman, but your ignition point is so low!

“But what are you both looking at?”

I asked as I sat down on the sofa next to Ray. The general also naturally sat on my lap.

Meanwhile, my story was being talked about on TV.

No, to be exact, I was talking about 2nd and 3rd place.

A party for top troubleshooters held today in the heart of Magusfall.

The atrocities committed by Chris Radomir, the little Jinjo who was promoted to 10th place in the rankings there.

A powerful jet of water spewed by a small-sized sky whale towards the hologram in second place and the disc in third place!

“…This is already on the news?”

“You’ve been talking about Chris all along?”

Ray’s expression became unpleasant.

“Good job. It would have been better if he had come in person instead of a hologram of that guy.”

Of course, Lund was delighted by the fact that the runner-up was suffering, even though he was just a hologram.

“Huh?!”

After the scene where the sky whale spouts a stream of water.

This time, Ray and I were shown on screen, turning into baby bats and running away.

And then there was Sylvia and Ilseong, who stayed behind in my stead.

***

On the news screen, various information about Sylvia and Ilseong appeared right away.

“….”

I wondered if I had acted too recklessly.

Even if Ilseong didn’t know, something might have happened to Sylvia in relation to the office she had previously belonged to.

Without realizing it, I held Ray’s hand tightly.

I remembered the recent attack by Ray’s brothers.

Could another office that branched off from the Comitopuli office be after Sylvia?

“Have you already investigated that far?”

“That’s probably information you can check on a solution information site or something?”

It seems Ray doesn’t know about that site.

Anyway, the news screen also introduced the influential people who approached Sylvia and Ilseong next.

7th and 8th, and then there’s 9th.

Plus, there are top problem solvers below the top 10 and some entrepreneurs.

It was not surprising that so many people gathered, since these two people were taking the place of the 10th place winners.

Among them, there were those who had their entire bodies modified into prosthetic bodies… so they didn’t look human.

There was also a beautiful female troubleshooter with attractive shark teeth who brought along a group of vicious-looking sharks.

“Are they all trying to get me to do this?”

“Probably so. There will be some guys who want to come under your wing now.”

“Is that it?”

Then maybe I could set up my own association?

An association is not something that can be achieved just by having a solution provider office.

If the Office of the Regulator is in charge of the force, then corporations and other organizations are in charge of the funding.

In my case… the Ahant Aquatic Biology Laboratory and the slave market on Grove Avenue.

And maybe the three troubleshooting offices on Grove Avenue?

Sylvia could have been in danger, but as it turns out, when God closes a silver door, he opens a gold one.

No, in this case should I call him the damn writer?

“Hmm.”

I calmly organized the information.

When evening came, Sylvia returned to the third floor of the hideout.

“Sylvia! Come on! ”

Not only Ray, but even Sheila and the general rushed in together.

“Youngmin is still here too.”

“Yes, somehow….”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Huh?”

Ilseong appeared behind Sylvia.

It seemed like he had something to say.

“We’ve been pretty busy today, too… but I have something to tell Chris.”

“Well, can we go to the living room and talk?”

“Let’s do that. We need a moment to catch our breath, too.”

We first moved the location to the living room.

“Welcome. You must have had a hard time today because of Chris.”

“Yeah, but I guess it was worth it.”

Sylvia added as Lund spoke as if he were talking about someone else.

After that, I waited for Sylvia to come out of the room.

“Then Youngmin and I will go now.”

“Huh? Weren’t we supposed to be talking together?”

“Well, I think it would be better for the office’s work to be done by the problem solvers belonging to that office.”

Ilseong said that they also had something to discuss regarding what Sylvia was going to tell me.

“Uh… Are you coming under my control?”

“Yes. Personally, I don’t think it’s bad, but I need to hear other people’s opinions.”

I thought that Ray would probably agree with Ilseong.

“Okay! If you decide on something, don’t forget to contact me!”

I gladly sent them both away.

So I waited for Sylvia with Lund and my followers.

“…Where did Ilseong and Yeongmin go?”

“They went back because they had something to discuss among themselves.”

“Well, I can’t help it.”

Sylvia in casual clothes wasn’t bad either.

Chorus.

Sylvia handed me a very long list.

“What is this?”

“This time, here is a list of offices that have come forward to come under Chris’s umbrella… to be exact, under the Blue Heart Office umbrella.”

There are this many?!

“There are also companies that have expressed their intention to sponsor, not offices. Do you remember the manager who turned into a gargoyle that we rescued a while ago?”

“Ah, of course I remember that!”

Because that’s where the stationmaster Yangsan was produced.

I wonder how that manager is doing.

“That company was included too.”

“Hmm… Are we supposed to check among ourselves from now on?”

“Yes, I might not be able to sleep.”

I looked at Lund without realizing it.

Lund was already shaking his head without me saying anything.

“Lund! Lend me your information right now!”

“I hate it!”

So we started to check the people on the list with one mind and one heart.