Chapter 1388: with translation of chapter title

Sai Luo (line1)

It was said before that the mercenary agency is a legitimate mercenary organization, possessing a convenience more official than many so‑called heroes.

But it is still, after all, a mercenary, retaining some of the casual laxity typical of martial professions and also some of the inevitable ill temper of service work.

Aomo Lindun is quite confident in his agency; Shi Jia, Chen, and He are not exactly hot‑headed daredevils, and Gui She, who originally counted as that sort, has undergone an obvious change while lying low in Lucazas, even visiting prisons several times in the past two months—so much so that verification messages confirming his identity have been sent to the director's terminal, making it clear he really has made friends here.

He isn't much steadier, but he is no longer so full of killing intent—as for whether the monster controller's ability would wane with weakened spirit, that's hardly an issue; after all, as long as he can go online normally, that humanity‑destroying killing intent easily returns, without exception.

The power born of emotion is just that direct—no matter how absurd the emotion's source, no matter where the motives point, at least that moment's killing intent is so clear that it suffices to align the monster emotions he commands, thus unleashing a 120% output.

The allure of the idealist school lies precisely here, but that's drifting off topic.

The point is that monster controllers are ordinarily harmless; even Huo Erhaiya, who puts people under great pressure in his dealings, harbors no ill will—or rather, any ill will is mainly aimed at the director.

Sai Luo needs no further words—he isn't even really a mercenary, more like a celebrity everyone has heard of to some degree, and Aomo doesn't worry that anyone clueless will go provoke him.

Man En (line11)

If it were people like Mann, Rebecca, and Uncle Vlad, that would be another story.

Uncle Fu La De (line11)

Strictly speaking, one ought to step down and retire, yielding the position to more vigorous young people—a life runner; with a mindset unusually young, suited to getting along with high schoolers, a spicy‑girl‑type little person; and also the platinum‑haired old man who ought to be retiring in Chaldea and the neighboring cottage—all are among the campus security members recruited by Aomo.

These three, along with the other recruited agency mercenaries, are normally easy to get along with—but if you provoke them without looking…

The elders at Central usually advise newcomers, when signing a contract, to also sign up for the extra attached medical membership insurance.

Although mainly intended to guard against the threat of horse girls, it can now also be used for campus security, which counts as a kind of value realization. jpg

Frankly speaking, Aomo believes that those who can pass the exam to become Central trainers have the basic qualifications, and courtesy ought to be in place; they shouldn't look down on or even provoke the school's security personnel, but… after all, one still needs to guard against the fish that slip through the net of quality education.

This statement should have been made at the outset; since, as the representative of the campus security department (a post voted into office that nobody else wants), he participated in the meeting, he ought to introduce the members' list and their intimidating relevant résumé, and clarify the considerable portion of rights granted to security personnel by the contract.

Both openly and implicitly, they're saying everyone is dangerous—don't provoke them if you don't want to end up in the hospital, and don't cause inconvenience to each other's work.

Kusanagi Warrior (line40)

His remarks end here; next, he and the belatedly realizing Sai Luo, who discovers he himself is supposed to speak here, mutter those earlier words, the approximate location of University 103, and when the meeting will adjourn—these are the main topics.

He has to watch the time to make a run for it—the aftereffects of the past two months' busyness still show in him; every so often he'll swipe open the screen to glance at the time, and his mind will more readily conjure the behavioral inertia of what he could do later, giving him a somewhat mechanical feeling reminiscent of childhood.

However, when the meeting truly ends and he begins to disintegrate starting from his shoes, there appears, at his side, a previously unseen green‑clad lovely figure who lowers her head and whispers into his ear:

JunChuan JiangSheng (line47)

Yes, Gladly! (line59)

Huh? You're not planning to just go back, are you?

Section Chief (we need to decide where to place; first appearance line4)

Secretary (line48)

We need to insert Section Chief and Secretary in order of first appearance.

Section Chief first appears on line 4: "Section Chief terminal". So after line 4 we should add Section Chief.

Secretary first appears line48.

Thus we need to place Section Chief after the line4 entries, before line5? Actually we are just making a list; order not critical but we can follow first appearance.

Let's produce list in order of first appearance:

- Sai Luo (line1)

- Xue Ding'e (line1)

- Aomo Lindun (line4)

- Gui She (line4)

- Lu Zhas (line4)

- Shijia (line4)

- Chen (line4)

- He (line4)

- Section Chief (line 4) (Section Chief)

- Huoer Haiya (line8)

- Man En (line11)

- Ruibeika (line11)

- Uncle Fu La De (line11)

- Chaldea (line13)

- Central (line15)

- Horse Girl (line16)

- University 103 (line21)

- Trainer (line24)

- Xi Qifeng (line27)

- Fei Ju (line28)

- Kusanagi Warrior (line40)

- Green Warrior (line41)

- Magical Girl (line44)

- Demon (line47)

- JunChuan JiangSheng (line47)

- Yes, Gladly! (line59)

- Jidong (line60)

- Secretary (line 48) (actually Secretary appears on line 48, which is after line 47; line 47 is "Aomo!" line 48 is "Lincoln trainer," the secretary, looking somewhat troubled, rested her hand on her face and said, "Your recent comments have been quite pointed." So Secretary appears on line 48, which is after line 47. Actually line 47 is before line 48. So Secretary appears after line 47. So we need to place Secretary after line 48 entries. But we already listed Demon and JunChuan JiangSheng from line 47. Then line 48 includes Secretary and Trainer (already). So we need to place Secretary after line 48. However, we already placed Trainer earlier from line 24. So we just need to add Secretary after line 48.)

Thus we need to insert Secretary after line48, which is after line47 entries. So after JunChuan JiangSheng and before Yes, Gladly!? Actually line48 is before line49? Let's see line numbers:

"Huh?" Sai Luo felt he had been utterly looked down upon.

Obviously, he had already noticed at first glance that the pentagram earring of that brown-haired little girl contained very unique high-energy particles, yet he never said it outright.

"Well, it's not entirely wrong to say that; in fact, for this friend one could still notice something abnormal, but accurately pinning their identity falls within the realm of intelligence."

The fact that he couldn't be bothered to explain was casually pointed out by Aomo, inevitably drawing a startled glance, which was immediately followed by the other's urging.

"Alright, don't stay seated, go have a look." Aomo was the first to get up.

"Since you already know it's me, I feel there's no need for me to go."

Although he was somewhat moved by his friend's frank righteousness just now, Sai Luo, realizing it didn't concern him, began to miss the game he hadn't cleared.

"You've already had your identity exposed, so why do you still have nothing to do?" Aomo found this person's simple, brutal logic both laughable and exasperated, and simply pulled him up from his seat, saying, "We're both among the targets to be confirmed over there, but..."

Looking back at Xī Qífēng, Aomo pushed up his mandatory clear glasses: "So you're involved too? That makes sense, given your position and connections; it would actually be more surprising if you had no contact at all."

"What are you brainstorming about again? Why don't you just guess I'm one of them?"

"That's quite a sacrifice on your part," Aomo said, walking out of the row with Sai Luo, looking at him in surprise, "What color? Green?"

"I suspect you're discriminating against the physique of the Kusanagi Warrior; don't treat someone as a man just because others are smaller in size!"

"Your first reaction isn't to uphold your own innocence, but to speak up for the Green Warrior? I suspect that Green Warrior is someone from your team."

"Stop it right now!" Xī Qífēng grew increasingly anxious, "No more thinking! Give others their privacy!"

"I guess I might know how you got involved in this."

Having a team member underneath gives a stimulating feeling, comparable to the shock a teacher feels when discovering a student is a magical girl; however, it must be noted that she is indeed well-suited for the green combat uniform, or rather, her famous victory-outfit design is based on green, so the association comes instantly without much thought.

"Aomo!"

It's a shame that someone won't let him keep imagining.

"OK, let's talk about something else on the road," seeing the big brother's mood growing increasingly unstable, the demon turned his head to look at Shunchuan JingSheng walking a bit ahead, and asked, "Miss Shunchuan, are you a senior member or a new assistant?"

"Lincoln trainer," the secretary, looking somewhat troubled, rested her hand on her face and said, "Your recent comments have been quite pointed."

"Indeed, but I suppose you can understand that when one is exceptionally busy, certain changes become unavoidable."

"Hasn't the Lincoln trainer's busyness ended yet?"

Shunchuan was taken aback; after all, in her awareness, Aomo had been busy for over two months, with plenty of public activity to prove it.

"Isn't the fact that the four of us are traveling together enough to prove that everyone is working overtime?"

"That's a sharp comment," Nishizaki Yutaka sighed, "It reminds me of the year-end festival last year."

Upon hearing that, it was finally Aomo's turn to become emotionally unstable: "If you're not going to think about it, then don't remind everyone to remember it!"

"Aren't you enjoying this?" Nishizaki Yutaka gave him a sideways glance.

"Just handling the second half is fine, and Kazune also hears you're quite enthusiastic."

"What I have in mind is making you work overtime, which is naturally enthusiastic!" Aomo declared emphatically.

"You damn it!"

"Everyone, can we stop talking about the 'Hai Yokochi' thing?" In the end, Shunchuan JingSheng broke the topic, which was clearly a program that also got the audience excited, but the performers only found it unbearable to recall.

Singing and dancing, common items at the Jidong Festival, achieved a sufficiently hellish effect through a unique song selection and member selection.

Comedy analysis: cover + original choreography of 'Joyful Service', cast list: Aomo Lindun, Xizaki Feng, JunChuan JiangSheng, Ludaofu Xiangzheng.

The good news is that it was quite successful; in the anniversary festival program popularity vote, it narrowly lost to the ToreSen rhythm and took second place.

The bad news is that it was quite successful; the overly sincere singing style and overly powerful choreography design made many emotionally moved adults look at the performers with pity.

It also made several people not want to mention it even a bit in the first month; even though it's been over two months now, when Xizaki Feng brings it up, it still makes several people uncomfortable, and on the contrary, Sai Luo, although he watched the whole thing from the audience seats, can't quite understand this suddenly heavy atmosphere.

And this atmosphere, upon arriving at Room 103 next and meeting the student council president and vice president who were waiting for several people, escalated to an even higher peak.

"Um…… everyone, what happened before we came?"

In that underground garage, the normally very reserved brown-haired little girl, in this familiar atmosphere, plucked up courage.

It really is very familiar.

Familiar to the point of feeling like returning to the battlefield, facing the monster with equally thick negative emotions and negative energy, Carrot Man Zero should naturally forge ahead bravely and begin the Justice ShowTime!

But the opponent is that student council president.

And there's also the green-clad secretary.

Furthermore, there's that demon trainer.

Um… hmm…

As a student, as a horse girl, Weiguang Feiju mustered courage, but also asked in a very reserved manner.

Her gaze originally tried to turn to the usual trusted Brother Xizaki, but seeing him also bogged down by adult fatigue, she could only look toward the one who gave her the difficult problem, whose admiration remained unchanged—Sai Luo Ultraman.

Then she saw the other return her gaze, their eyes showing similar bewilderment.