Chapter 258: NO.20: Kai, Are You Awake! (Four Thousand, Too Lazy to Take Apart)

Everyone is born different; in the magical world, this saying can describe a person's talent.

Different attributes, different schools, different elemental affinities, different comprehension talents.

The man ordered as Number Two in action is a caster with unique talent in space magic, especially in spatial fixation and linkage.

His talent in this area can be called exceptionally favorable, to the point that even classmates and colleagues advise him to develop in this direction; space magic is a lucrative field, and talent in fixation and linkage can directly secure an ironclad livelihood——

——The maintenance of several large teleportation arrays requires someone like him.

Such career prospects are indeed tempting, even though he still harbors the traditional caster's romance of commanding elements and inscribing patterns.

But his talent has already pointed out his future: he, whose foundation in elemental and array systems is far below average, is as if he has overdrawn his other talents for space magic.

Let's take this path, abandoning that unrealistic fantasy.

Rather than spending time and energy piling up theories he's neither good at nor understands, why not directly study that unbelievably easy space magic—wouldn't he quickly stand out?

A small dream is easily trampled by time, covered by other pursuits; looking back, he indeed became one of the maintenance specialists for large teleportation arrays, even having leisure to ponder specialized teleportation formulas.

He even had funds to buy some 'toys' to revisit his childhood fantasies.

——Magic Staff.

Beyond the threshold of ordinary magical talent, you needn't draw arrays by hand, chant incantations orally, or even worry about ritualistic procedures or elemental affinity; a built‑in multifunctional magic staff can handle everything for you.

Even if you wish to add a sustainable magic furnace core, you need not supply any magical power.

You just need to decide on the registered spell name; the staff will figure out the rest.

Thus, one can fulfill the childhood dream of becoming a mage who commands earth, water, wind, and fire and achieves miracles.

But such a simplified move‑set also lacks a certain sense of substance.

Unlike most magic‑staff users, he, who lacks much at the base, naturally wields a top‑tier autonomous magic staff.

Its autonomy is so high that there is hardly any feeling of casting magic; it feels more like operating a machine.

When the novelty fades, what he feels is a deeper emptiness.

An expired dream turns into a heart‑wrenching, bone‑aching craving, like an itch that moves from bone to muscle and commands the nerves, or like a fire clinging to the body that cannot be extinguished.

By the time he came to his senses, he had already joined an organization, serving that 'chief' and wielding lightning far more direct than ordinary spells.

Although it was only temporary use requiring constant replenishment, it truly let him experience what genuine affinity and true control are.

His heart also shifts amid the beast's instincts, drifting ever farther from its original position.

"You haven't distinguished native from foreign, and instead you've melded with darkness, haven't you?"

Upon hearing that from the unfamiliar demon, he found it merely laughable.

He sneered, sneering at himself—his meticulously honed teleport plainly aimed at the entity of 'the deepest inner darkness,' yet it brought him here.

This already suffices to indicate something.

Because beings like them who use monster cards inevitably contact monster instincts, their minds easily deteriorate and the cards themselves readily accumulate more darkness; thus his teleportation modification always works smoothly, precisely locking onto his fellow workers.

And just today, something slightly unexpected happened.

He sent himself before a bewildering demon, which then mocked him.

So he retorted sarcastically, although such sarcasm likely means little to a demon.

Thought processes differ between species; you say his heart is dark enough, and it might even be seen as praise.

But is that important? It isn't.

Anyway, he came here to sabotage the exhibition; the simplest, most direct way to do that is to kill!

The brilliant lightning born of the gravity ray spread like creeping ivy, engulfing the demon.

That is the sovereign power of an extraterrestrial monster; earthly monsters could hardly match it. jpg

At that very moment, gazing at the demon of the gravity ray, he seemed to suddenly understand, low‑humming that name:

"Ghidorah?"

Then his tone shifted, and he laughed excitedly:

"Come get it!"

That was a bloody magic array that made Number Two widen his eyes, blocking the lightning.

He recognized that array!

But at that moment, under the radiant golden lightning, the array seemed to turn gold—no, it undeniably became truly gold—as the demon, shield raised, strode forward.

The dark‑gold light blade that burst forth in his sudden charge pierced his robes and his body.

That was the massive light‑blade expansion of the Galatron Sword, a move whose users don't know it once severed an Ultraman's waist.

"……Is it you…?"

"Is it me? Who would it be?"

He raised his hand to take the card from the demon's grasp; the demon merely asked softly, watching him slowly crumple from massive blood loss, also bending low and kneeling until he lay fully on the ground.

Only then did he relinquish his guard against the possibility of the man escaping by magic.

Then he removed his hood.

Aomo looked at the eyes beginning to scatter, raising his claw to reveal a faint jade‑green light.

He knows no powerful healing arts, only a couple of emergency remedies.

His magical talent is so middling that nothing stands out—he's learned a mishmash of odds and ends.

Before it's certain whether the opponent truly bears guilt, rashly killing carries high risk.

Whether moral or legal risk.

Aomo naturally would leave him a breath, as a matter of course—confiscate the King Ghidorah Card!

Phone? Confiscated!

Robe? Confiscated!

Staff? Confiscated!

line: "Okay, other stuff is useless anyway…… After a quick check of the staff system, the demon who discovered he couldn't unlock its use but wasn't discouraged commanded the electronic vampire to break the phone's ID lock." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Well, other things aren't useful either... After a simple check of the staff system, the demon who found he couldn't unlock its use but wasn't discouraged commanded the electronic vampire to break the phone's ID lock."

We need to keep meaning, not add. Let's produce a concise translation.

"Fine, other stuff is useless anyway… After a quick check of the staff system, the demon who found he couldn't unlock its use but wasn't discouraged commanded the electronic vampire to break the phone's ID lock."

line: "other stuff is useless anyway…… After a quick check of the staff system, the demon who found he couldn't unlock its use but wasn't discouraged commanded the electronic vampire to break the phone's ID lock." No Chinese.

Ok.

line: "As of today, Morrison still can't defeat the blood-sucking demon beast, but at least he should have mastered a few hacking tricks for dealing with electronic ghosts." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "As of today, Morrison still can't beat the bloodsucking demon beast, but at least he should have mastered a few hacking tricks for dealing with electronic ghosts."

Let's translate: "By now Morrison still can't defeat the bloodsucking demon beast, but at least he should have mastered a few hacking tricks for handling electronic ghosts."

line: "should have mastered a few hacking tricks for dealing with electronic ghosts" No Chinese.

line: "After checking his recent browsing history and opening those special call channels, the demon headed toward the fire escape of the fire suppression system that couldn't be put out." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "After confirming recent browsing traces, opening those special call channels, the demon also headed toward the passageway where the fire suppression system couldn't extinguish the fire."

Translate: "Having checked recent browsing traces and opened those special call channels, the demon headed toward the passageway where the fire suppression system couldn't put out the fire."

line: "He left the man lying in a pool of blood, and after Omar had gone for a dozen seconds, a black-clad man formed from appearing green light points crouched down to examine him." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Leaving the man lying in a pool of blood, then, ten-odd seconds after Aomo left, a black-clad man formed from appearing green light points crouched down to examine him."

Translate: "Leaving the man lying in a pool of blood, then, ten-odd seconds after Aomo departed, a black-clad man formed from appearing green light points crouched to examine him."

line: "But after the man simply confirmed his wound had healed and his breathing was still present, he had no intention of calling an ambulance; he just stood up and took another look around." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "But after the man simply confirmed his wound was healing and his breathing still present, he had no intention of calling an ambulance; he merely stood up and took another look around."

Translate: "But after the man simply confirmed his wound was healing and his breathing still present, he had no intention of calling an ambulance; he merely stood up and took another look around."

line: "Looking at the scattered burn marks left on the ground by the high‑temperature current and feeling the unusually familiar energy residue in the air, he naturally frowned." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Gazing at the scattered scorch marks left on the ground by the high-temperature current, and feeling the especially familiar energy residue in the air, he naturally furrowed his brow."

Translate: "Gazing at the scattered scorch marks left on the ground by the high‑temperature current and feeling the especially familiar energy residue in the air, he naturally furrowed his brow."

line: "Then, after briefly contacting the ambulance, he also headed toward the deepest, most severely affected area of the fire." No Chinese.

line: same as above.

Translate: "Then, after briefly contacting the ambulance, he headed toward the deepest, most severely affected area of the fire."

"——"

This is just an em dash line. Should we output "【68】 ——"? Probably just keep the dash. The instruction: Output 【N】 for every line. Keep each translation on a single line. So we output "【68】 ——". The dash is not translated; it's just punctuation. We'll keep as is.

line: "Three minutes later, when the rescue personnel arrived, he was holding No. 2's staff, wearing No. 2's black robe, calling himself the No. 4 demon, using No. 2's chat log to finish his conversation with No. 3, and was confirmed as a comrade." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Three minutes later, when the rescue personnel arrived, holding No. 2's staff, wearing No. 2's black robe, calling himself No. 4's demon, using No. 2's chat log after finishing messaging with No. 3, they were confirmed as comrades."

line: "calling himself the No. 4 demon, using No. 2's chat log to finish messaging No. 3, was confirmed as a comrade" No Chinese.

line: "Incidentally, he also rescued Rin Tohsaka and Miss Tianhuo beside her." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Incidentally, he also rescued Rin Tohsaka and Miss Tenka beside her."

Translate: "Incidentally, he also rescued Rin Tohsaka and Miss Tenka beside her."

line: "Then he cut off Bi Ze's train of thought." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Then he cut off Bi Ze's speech."

Translate: "Then he cut off Bi Ze's speech."

line: "Although still somewhat wary of Dong Shang's reform, the little witch seems only to know her own identity as a demon, but has never seen a photo." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Although still somewhat wary of Dong Shang's reform, the little witch seemed merely to know her identity as a demon, but had never seen a photo."

Translate: "Although still somewhat wary of Dong Shang's reform, the little witch seemed merely to know her identity as a demon, but had never seen a photo."

line: "Indeed, there is also no photo of his demon form on Umastagram; otherwise, Omar would have long been blocked at the door by the middle‑school girls led by Xiao Lin Liqi." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Indeed, there is also no demon photo of him on Umastagram; otherwise, Aomo would have long been blocked at the door by the middle‑school girls led by Xiao Lin Li Qi."

Translate: "Indeed, there is also no demon photo of him on Umastagram; otherwise, Aomo would have long been blocked at the door by the middle‑school girls led by Xiao Lin Li Qi."

line: "Not recognizing himself is fine to say; Omar still planned to pry a bit more information, and right now he also put on an indifferent expression and said:" No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Not recognizing oneself is easily said; Aomo also planned to pry more information, and right now he put on an indifferent expression and said:"

Translate: "Not recognizing oneself is easily said; Aomo also planned to pry more information, and right now he put on an indifferent expression and said:"

line: 「I hope you all will cooperate honestly, after all you've seen that No. 3 acts fairly directly and doesn't care about taking anyone's life. 」 Contains 「」 but no Chinese characters inside. Good.

Interpretation: Quote: "I hope you all will cooperate honestly, after all you've seen that No. 3 acts fairly directly and doesn't care about taking anyone's life."

Translate: Keep quotes. Use English quotes. We'll output: 「I hope you all will cooperate honestly, after all you've seen that No. 3 acts fairly directly and doesn't care about taking anyone's life. 」

But need to keep Chinese quotes? The source uses 「」. We should keep them as is? The instruction: translate faithfully, not add. Usually we keep the quotation marks as they appear. We'll keep 「」.

line: same.

line: "He drove them out of the room into the hallway, and Omar ignored Bi Ze's constant winking and grimacing." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Driving them from the room into the hallway, Aomo ignored Bi Ze's continual winking and grimacing."

Translate: "Driving them from the room into the hallway, Aomo ignored Bi Ze's continual winking and grimacing."

line: "Or rather, the demon's appearance really can't respond to that winking and grimacing——" No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Or rather, the demon's posture really cannot respond to that winking and grimacing——"

Translate: "Or rather, the demon's posture really cannot respond to that winking and grimacing——"

line: "——this demonized form has no eyebrows and eyeballs that are hard to tell where they're looking, let alone that helmet‑like exoskeleton face." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "——this demonized form has no eyebrows, and its eyeballs are hard to discern gaze, let alone that helmet‑like exoskeletal face."

Translate: "——this demonized form has no eyebrows, and its eyeballs make it hard to discern gaze, let alone that helmet‑like exoskeletal face."

line: "One could say it's a face specialized for combat, having given up expressive freedom, and thus unsuited for winking and grimacing." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "It can be said that, for combat specialization, the face has forsaken expressive freedom and is not suited for winking and grimacing."

Translate: "It can be said that, for combat specialization, the face has forsaken expressive freedom and is not suited for winking and grimacing."

line: 「What do you want us to do? 」 No Chinese.

Interpretation: Quote: "What do you want us to do?"

line: same.

line: "Bi Ze didn't speak, while Rin Tohsaka quietly became the team's representative; she seemed even more mature than Omar had expected." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Bi Ze that guy didn't speak, so Rin Tohsaka subtly became the team's representative; she seemed more mature than Aomo had expected."

Translate: "Bi Ze didn't speak, so Rin Tohsaka subtly became the team's representative; she seemed more mature than Aomo had expected."

line: "He's probably fought alongside Shirou Emiya in five battles for a few years now, right?" No Chinese.

Interpretation: "She has probably fought alongside Emiya Shirou in five battles for a few years now?"

Translate: "She has probably fought alongside Emiya Shirou in five battles for a few years now?"

line: "Omar isn't very clear about the Nasuverse data in his memory; the original owner of this memory seemingly never sorted out the various events and timeline of the Nasuverse." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "Aomo's memory of Fate/Grand Order material in his mind is not clear; the original owner of this memory seemingly never sorted out the various events and timeline of Fate/Grand Order."

Translate: "Aomo's memory of Fate/Grand Order material in his mind is not clear; the original owner of this memory seemingly never sorted out the various events and timeline of Fate/Grand Order."

line: "However, the memory also suggests that much of the related material for that work is itself quite chaotic, with conflicting phenomena, further reducing the memory's reference value." No Chinese.

Interpretation: "However, the memory also indicates that much of the related material of that work itself is fairly chaotic, with conflicting phenomena, further reducing the reference value of the memory."

Translate: "However, the memory also indicates that much of the related material of that work itself is fairly chaotic, with conflicting phenomena, further reducing the reference value of the memory."

line: 「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑g

Interpretation: Quote: "Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously gripping staff-wielding Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss?"

「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

Thus final line: 「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

「Honestly, that's all, 」 the devil raised his index finger and said, then pointed down at the nervous Eastern merchant clutching his wand, 「And what about that horse girl lady, or rather, the little witch girl? 」

Thus: 「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

We need to keep the punctuation: after first quote there is a comma, then description, then second quote with a question mark inside. We'll replicate.

Thus: 「Honestly, that's all," the demon said, raising his index finger, then pointing downward at the nervously staff‑gripping Dong Shang's reform, "and that horse‑girl miss, or rather the little witch miss? 」

Ok.

Looking at the horse ears on both sides of the pointed hat, which were somewhat drooping, the demon calmly said: 「Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right? 」

Interpretation: "Looking at the horse ears on both sides of the pointed hat drooping a bit, the demon calmly said: 'Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right?'"

Translate: "Looking at the horse ears on both sides of the pointed hat drooping a bit, the demon calmly said: 'Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right?'"

「Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right? 」

「Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right? 」

So final: Looking at the horse ears on both sides of the pointed hat drooping a bit, the demon calmly said: 「Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right? 」

But we need to keep the Chinese quotes? We'll keep 「」.

Thus: Looking at the horse ears on both sides of the pointed hat drooping a bit, the demon calmly said: 「Although I haven't seen you on TV, you must know some girls who have been on TV, right? 」

「Wow! You really have it, No. 4, and bringing people over like this, 」 No. 3 praised, shaking his head, 「but with this barrier open, those summoned can't get in. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Wow! You really have it, No. 4, and bringing people over like this," No. 3 praised, then shook his head, "but with this barrier open, those summoned can't get in."

「Wow! You really have it, No. 4, and bringing people over like this, 」 No. 3 praised, shaking his head, 「but with this barrier open, those summoned can't get in. 」

Thus: 「Wow! You really have it, No. 4, and bringing people over like this, 」 No. 3 praised, then shook his head, 「but with this barrier open, those summoned can't get in. 」

「Even if it's just at the doorway, it doesn't hinder the purpose, right? You can totally act, No. 3. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Even if it's just at the doorway, it doesn't hinder the purpose, right? You can totally act, No. 3."

「Even if it's just at the doorway, it doesn't hinder the purpose, right? You can totally act, No. 3. 」

「That's indeed true. 」 No. 3 nodded, completely unmindful of the little girl's trembling and the cat‑ear miss guarding Dong Shang's reform glaring at him.

Interpretation: Quote: "That's indeed true." No. 3 nodded, completely unmindful of the little girl's trembling and the cat‑ear miss guarding Dong Shang's reform glaring at him.

「That's indeed true. 」 No. 3 nodded, completely unmindful of the little girl's trembling and the cat‑ear miss guarding Dong Shang's reform glaring at him.

「Then No. 4, you communicate with her; I really don't want to chat with these little girls, I'll go sort out the remaining energy of the cards. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Then No. 4, you communicate with her; I really don't want to chat with these little girls, I'll go sort out the remaining energy of the cards."

「Then No. 4, you communicate with her; I really don't want to chat with these little girls, I'll go sort out the remaining energy of the cards. 」

As he spoke, he reached into his robe, and when he pulled his hand out, Omar saw two figures appear before him.

Interpretation: "As he spoke, he reached into his robe, and when he pulled out his hand, Aomo saw two figures appear before him."

Translate: "As he spoke, he reached into his robe, and when he pulled out his hand, Aomo saw two figures appear before him."

The electronic mechanical Baltan and mechanical Goramora, displaying a mechanical texture, stood motionless in place, waiting for his inspection and confirmation.

Interpretation: "The electronic mechanical Baltan and mechanical Gomora, displaying a mechanical texture, stood motionless in place, awaiting his inspection and confirmation."

Translate: "The electronic mechanical Baltan and mechanical Gomora, displaying a mechanical texture, stood motionless in place, awaiting his inspection and confirmation."

「Can't we sense their condition at the card stage? 」 Omar turned his head back, faced the four again, raised his index finger toward them, making a shushing gesture.

Interpretation: Quote: "Can't we sense their condition at the card stage?" Aomo turned his head back, faced the four again, raised his index finger toward them, making a shushing gesture.

「Can't we sense their condition at the card stage? 」 Omar turned his head back, faced the four again, raised his index finger toward them, making a shushing gesture.

But this action was generally seen as a provocation, drawing out the humiliation of those two adults, and in that instant, the person who greeted Tianhuo and Rin Tohsaka's angry glares became him.

Interpretation: "But this action was generally taken as a provocation, eliciting shame from the two adults; instantly, the one receiving the angry glares of Tenka and Rin Tohsaka became him."

Translate: "But this action was generally taken as a provocation, eliciting shame from the two adults; instantly, the one receiving the angry glares of Tenka and Rin Tohsaka became him."

Meanwhile, Bi Ze turned his head to look at No. 3, who was also facing away, then hurriedly waved at the two girls, wanted to say something but held back, and finally pulled out his phone intending to tap it.

Interpretation: "Meanwhile, Bi Ze turned his head to look at No. 3, who also had his back turned this way, then hastily waved at the two girls, wanting to speak but stopping himself, finally pulling out his phone intending to tap."

Translate: "Meanwhile, Bi Ze turned his head to look at No. 3, who also had his back turned this way, then hastily waved at the two girls, wanting to speak but stopping himself, finally pulling out his phone intending to tap."

But he had just tapped the screen when the demon warned: 「Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first. 」

Interpretation: "But as soon as he tapped the screen once, the demon warned: 'Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first.'"

Translate: "But as soon as he tapped the screen once, the demon warned: 「Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first. 」"

「Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first. 」

Thus: 「Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first. 」

So final: But as soon as he tapped the screen once, the demon warned: 「Please don't make small movements, sir; I'm confiscating your phone first. 」

The demon said, raising his hand, but instead threw up a soundproof barrier.

Interpretation: "The demon said, raising his hand and throwing out a sound‑proof barrier."

Translate: "The demon said, raising his hand and throwing out a sound‑proof barrier."

It covered Bi Ze.

Interpretation: "It covered Bi Ze."

Translate: "It covered Bi Ze."

「What magic did you use? 」 No. 3, who was inspecting Baltan, didn't even lift his head.

Interpretation: Quote: "What magic did you use?" No. 3, who was inspecting Baltan, didn't even lift his head.

「What magic did you use? 」 No. 3, who was inspecting Baltan, didn't even lift his head.

「Soundproofing; I think it's better to just put up a soundproof spell than to persuade those two ladies to be quiet. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Soundproofing; I think it's better to just put up a soundproof spell than to persuade those two ladies to be quiet."

「Soundproofing; I think it's better to just put up a soundproof spell than to persuade those two ladies to be quiet. 」

「Indeed, I also find women's chattering annoying, but those two ladies are pretty; if we can't use them, why not play with them later? 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Indeed, I also find women's chattering annoying, but those two ladies are pretty; if we can't use them, why not play with them later?"

「Indeed, I also find women's chattering annoying, but those two ladies are pretty; if we can't use them, why not play with them later? 」

This remark only made those two people more shocked and angry, while Bi Ze hurriedly showed them the two lines of text he had quickly typed.

Interpretation: "This remark made the two even more shocked and angry, while Bi Ze hurriedly showed them the two lines of text he had quickly typed."

Translate: "This remark made the two even more shocked and angry, while Bi Ze hurriedly showed them the two lines of text he had quickly typed."

「Our time is short," the demon sighed, "as colleagues working together, although I don't mind you exposing that weakness to me, are you sure you want to do that? 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Our time is short," the demon sighed, "as colleagues working together, although I don't mind you exposing that weakness to me, are you sure you want to do that?"

「Our time is short," the demon sighed, "as colleagues working together, although I don't mind you exposing that weakness to me, are you sure you want to do that? 」

「……Nonsense, I've been at this a long time! 」 No. 3, after thinking for a moment, finally realized, angrily raised his head, turned and glared at him.

Interpretation: "After No. 3 pondered a moment, he then realized, angrily lifted his head, turned and glared at him: '……Nonsense, I've been at this a long time!'"

Translate: After No. 3 pondered a moment, he then realized, angrily lifted his head, turned and glared at him: 「……Nonsense, I've been at this a long time! 」

「……Nonsense, I've been at this a long time! 」

Thus: After No. 3 pondered a moment, he then realized, angrily lifted his head, turned and glared at him: 「……Nonsense, I've been at this a long time! 」

Probably he was just glaring; although the hood was completely dark, Omar still felt a sharp gaze prick his back.

Interpretation: "Probably while glaring, although the hood was pitch black, Aomo nevertheless felt a sharp gaze stabbing his back."

Translate: "Probably while glaring, although the hood was pitch black, Aomo nevertheless felt a sharp gaze stabbing his back."

It left him speechless as he spread his wings a bit to shield Bi Ze's delayed reaction, but this also didn't arouse No. 3's suspicion.

Interpretation: "It left him speechless as he spread his wings a bit to shield Bi Ze's delayed reaction, though this also didn't arouse No. 3's suspicion."

Translate: "It left him speechless as he spread his wings a bit to shield Bi Ze's delayed reaction, though this also didn't arouse No. 3's suspicion."

He probably thought whatever the demon did was normal.

Interpretation: "He probably thought whatever the demon did was normal."

Translate: "He probably thought whatever the demon did was normal."

Thus, a clattering of knocking sounds began.

Interpretation: "Thus a ping‑pong‑like knocking sound began."

Translate: "Thus a ping‑pong‑like knocking sound began."

「Go tell Nos. 2 and 1," the demon said helplessly, "hope the boss doesn't have a gossipy heart. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Go tell Nos. 2 and 1," the demon said helplessly, "hope the boss doesn't have a gossipy heart."

「Go tell Nos. 2 and 1," the demon said helplessly, "hope the boss doesn't have a gossipy heart. 」

「How could the boss have a gossipy heart? He only cares about power and wealth, and he's been driven crazy by his family—it's pretty awful. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "How could the boss have a gossipy heart? He only cares about power and wealth, and he's been driven crazy by his family—it's pretty awful."

「How could the boss have a gossipy heart? He only cares about power and wealth, and he's been driven crazy by his family—it's pretty awful. 」

「Sympathizing with a superior is the start of being exploited. 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Sympathizing with a superior is the start of being exploited."

「Sympathizing with a superior is the start of being exploited. 」

「Or maybe it's just different, right, Symbolic House? 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Or maybe it's just different, right, Symbolic House?"

「Or maybe it's just different, right, Symbolic House? 」

「……」 He lowered his gaze to look at Dong Shang's reform's widened eyes, the demon again raised his index finger in a shushing gesture, but this time no one glared at him.

Interpretation: Quote: silence (「……」). He lowered his gaze to look at Dong Shang's reform's widened eyes, the demon again raised his index finger in a shushing gesture, but this time no one glared at him.

「……」 He lowered his gaze to look at Dong Shang's reform's widened eyes, the demon again raised his index finger in a shushing gesture, but this time no one glared at him.

Bi Ze buried himself in typing, showing his deep typing skill from half a year of playing with his phone in class, but after a few seconds he lifted his head, with two lines of text displayed.

Interpretation: "Bi Ze buried his head in typing, showing his deep typing skill from half a year of playing with his phone in class, but after a few seconds he lifted his head, with two lines of text displayed."

Translate: "Bi Ze buried his head in typing, showing his deep typing skill from half a year of playing with his phone in class, but after a few seconds he lifted his head, with two lines of text displayed."

Although I don't know what Omar is up to, he explained to the three of them that the demon is Omar, and Omar probably has some plan.

Interpretation: "Although they didn't know what Aomo was doing, he told the three of them that the demon was Aomo, and Aomo probably had some plan."

Translate: "Although they didn't know what Aomo was doing, he told the three of them that the demon was Aomo, and Aomo probably had some plan."

He couldn't figure it out, but the two young ladies immediately saw that Omar was fishing for information, and they each stood there obediently.

Interpretation: "He couldn't figure it out, but the two older girls immediately saw that Aomo was fishing for information, and they each stood obediently."

Translate: "He couldn't figure it out, but the two older girls immediately saw that Aomo was fishing for information, and they each stood obediently."

「Symbolic House, ah… that's indeed true, but No. 3, do you really need to inspect that mechanical firm like that? 」

Interpretation: Quote: "Symbolic House, ah… that's indeed true, but No. 3, do you really need to inspect that mechanical firm like that?"

「Symbolic House, ah… that's indeed true, but No. 3, do you really need to inspect that mechanical firm like that? 」

「What do you mean? 」 No. 3 turned his head to look.

Interpretation: Quote: "What do you mean?" No. 3 turned his head to look.

「What do you mean? 」 No. 3 turned his head to look.

「The condition of the cards—doesn't sensing the cards tell you that? 」

Interpretation: Quote: "The condition of the cards—doesn't sensing the cards tell you that?"

「The condition of the cards—doesn't sensing the cards tell you that? 」

"How could it be! What can those cards sense? Except for negative emotions, they can't sense anything!" The one who thought No. 4 was talking nonsense, No. 3 was very astonished, "You haven't used the cards?"

"I still thought the one-time and long-term situations weren't the same."

"They're the same; where is there such an obvious indication? If you want that obvious, you'd have to deeply interact with monster cards, and only those few adults, including the leader, can do that."

"How long did the leader take? Can we do it too?"

"You're actually looking at the leader's progress? Demons really live up to their name," Number Three said, turning his head again, "You've got guts; I never dared to think that."

"Then you also don't know how long the leader took?"

"Who knows——" Number Three said, just about to turn back to continue organizing, when he heard a sudden ping-ping-pang-pang sound, and in the next moment a black shadow appeared before him!

Bang!

"Who knows what?"

A muffled sound came, while Aomo paid no heed; earlier Number Three had been striking that mechanical beast and mechanical alien, but he saw that the four in front were all shaking their heads frantically.

Bi Ze was about to shout something loudly; from his mouth shape one could roughly tell what sound he was about to make:

"Kai?"

As soon as Aomo made that sound, he suddenly heard the rapid footsteps in the silence, and the next second he abruptly turned his head, blocking the steel pipe that sneaked up from behind with the samurai sword in his hand.

?

Steel pipe?

Why a steel pipe?

Aomo looked in astonishment at the black-clad man with a stern expression before him, somewhat bewildered, but he also saw the two machines and a person fallen behind him.

What a quick hand speed…… he thought, and he personally experienced the opponent's strength that seemed to faintly surpass his own.

But what puzzled him most was the opponent's shout:

"Gagula! What are you doing again!"

?

There's a minor foreshadowing that one wouldn't notice unless they pondered it, or rather, a piece of trivia.

The electronic mechanical Baltan fought Ultraman Orb in stage plays, and the mechanical Gomora also appeared in Ultraman Fight Orb, so they're all fought by Orb, and… the Ultraman mentioned in this text who had his kidneys ripped out by Guratron—who else could it be but that one?

Kai's kidneys would have faintly ached as soon as he sensed the residual strength (x

By the way, Kai mistaking the person also counts as a payoff of foreshadowing; earlier Bi Ze had complained about why this world lacks Orb and Zeta……

Finally…… Kai's backstab with the steel pipe is a double homage: one is some behind-the-scenes footage; the other…… Ultraman Jie De, son of Belial, once used the 'Convenient Combat Instrument' in a small warehouse storing silicon metal somewhere, fighting Gilbaralis to the edge of the universe, the roads all worn away—please take note.

——Until we meet again!