Chapter 2634: Chiba Mamoru: Today I Shall Take the World Stage... Wtf!

On the rooftop of the teaching building of Juuban Middle School, in the world of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Tsukino Usagi bit her lower lip; she had completed the rendezvous here with Mizuno Ami.

"... What's going on?"

Mizuno Ami looked Tsukino Usagi up and down, her brows tightly knit. "Did you run into some enemy again... We're in class right now! If you really have to leave... when you come back, you'd better have a good excuse ready for skipping!"

"... Well, I guess you couldn't exactly call it running into an enemy."

Tsukino Usagi extended one finger, lightly scratching her own cheek, falling into a tangle of hesitation, before finally saying, "Actually... I think I've pretty much figured out the true identity of that... Tuxedo Mask!"

"What?"

Mizuno Ami's expression shifted slightly. After a moment's thought, a flash of delight crossed her eyes. "That's perfect! What's his name, where does he live?"

"I want to see just who this sneaky, trouble-causing guy really is!"

"He should be a student at Tokyo Elite Academy!"

Recalling the plot from the memory copy, Tsukino Usagi spoke with great certainty. "His name should be... Chiba Mamoru!"

The very instant those three words left her lips, the void gave out a crisp *weng*.

"... What is that!"

Both Tsukino Usagi and Mizuno Ami sensed something was wrong and completed their transformation in an instant.

They struck together at that corner of the void, and the void shattered into pieces.

A fist-sized mosquito robot darted out.

"Warning! Warning! Sensitive keywords detected... Tokyo Elite Academy! Chiba Mamoru! Compiling and uploading information... bzzt bzzt!"

Without waiting for the robot to finish, Tsukino Usagi smashed the mosquito robot to pieces.

Her expression turned: extremely ugly.

"This is—!"

Mizuno Ami's face shifted unpredictably. Realization dawning on her, she said through gritted teeth, "I never expected... that guy actually set up robot surveillance around the school."

"That's pretty normal, isn't it!"

Tsukino Usagi calmed down at this point. She recalled the description from the guild mission... Chiba Mamoru toyed with them like a cat with mice, played until he grew bored, and only then, in their despair, captured them and remodeled them into mechanical soldiers.

"That guy... is just a total pervert! Only interested in machines, not a single thought for cherishing the fairer sex."

The void emitted a deafening roar, and then the two of them watched in horror as a colossal mechanical time-space gate materialized out of thin air, continuously spinning and distorting, before suddenly swinging open.

Like a tide, mechanical soldiers and mechanical bugs poured forth from the time-space portal.

Finally, a metal throne slowly flew out, hovering in midair.

"Interesting! Can you tell me exactly where you learned my true identity?"

Chiba Mamoru reclined on the mechanical throne, propping his cheek with one finger, his masked gaze fixed on Tsukino Usagi, his words carrying both interest and puzzlement.