A shocking explosion rang out from sowhere in the inn, and the plaster on the ceiling cracked into fragnts and ca raining down.
It seed Tobiichi Origami had used a bomb to blast through the blocked passage. What a reckless woman. Kotori frowned in hatred.
"So she wants to play dirty with …! Fine by . In that case, then—!"
Just then, Kotori stopped speaking.
The map displayed on her phone screen began to show static, and then eventually turned into sothing that displayed nothing at all.
"What… wait! What is going on?!"
"Because the explosion just now caused an anomaly in the machinery! We can't confirm it!"
Kotori shouted with such force that it seed like she might smash the phone in her hand.
"Hurry and repair it! It's like there's an alien hiding in the ship! At the very least, we need to find her location, or this will get very bad—"
"? What will get very bad?"
"...!"
Because of the sudden voice, Kotori's shoulder trembled.
Turning her face around, she saw Tohka standing there with her head tilted, dressed in a yukata she had just put on after finishing her bath.
"Toh… Tohka… and everyone..."
Behind Tohka were Yoshino, Reine, and the Yamai sisters, who had also co straight to the bathhouse still wearing the sa clothes they had earlier because they had not bothered to take off their yukata. It looked like everyone had finished bathing already.
"Mm. Sorry, Kotori. We were originally going to keep waiting until you arrived, but you were taking so long that we got unbearably hungry."
Right after Tohka spoke, her stomach cooperatively let out a cute rumbling growl.
"I-I see…"
Kotori answered in a sowhat strained voice.
At that mont, Reine seed to notice sothing. After a slight twitch of her brows, she slowly shook her head.
—She was probably saying that it would be better not to make Tohka and the others anxious.
"..."
Ti had exceeded the limit. Kotori exhaled and then spoke quietly into her earpiece.
"…I'm going to step away for a bit. Once you confirm her reaction, capture them by any ans necessary. Also, make sure the transford structures hide the parts damaged by Origami so they cannot be seen."
"U-understood!"
After hearing her crew's response, Kotori turned back to Tohka and the others.
Then the Yamai sisters grabbed Kotori's hands symtrically from left and right.
"Kuku… perfect timing. Kotori, you should co with us too!"
"Agreed. We were just going to go get Shido."
"Huh…? Ah, um…"
Kotori was dragged away half-forcibly by the Yamai sisters, her participation in the battle effectively ended.
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"Mm… may I ask you sothing, Yutsuki?"
Shido, whose whole body was soaked in the bath with only his head above the water, asked the nearby Yutsuki.
"What is it?"
Because she was busy with what she was doing, Yutsuki answered without turning her head.
Shido looked at Yutsuki, whose arms were now fitted with two black trench-coat sleeves and whose collar had also beco the high collar of a black trench coat as she activated a partial Astral Dress. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Though that was also very noticeable, it was not what he wanted to ask.
"What is that huge bag looking thing?"
At that mont, Ryougi Yutsuki was doing so tying work beside the bath on a giant sack that was about her own size.
"...Shi… do..."
As if having heard Shido's voice, the bundle trembled slightly and let out a faint groan.
Honestly… even though I already released strong hypnotic signals through bioelectricity, enough to put even an elephant to sleep for two whole days, why does Tobiichi Origami still have any reaction?
With no other choice, Yutsuki released another burst of electricity, forcing the sack, which had been showing signs of waking up, back into unconsciousness.
"Oh… this…" Yutsuki shrugged at Shido and answered seriously, "It's nothing, so don't ask anything! It's better for you that way, Shido."
After all, the one inside was completely naked. The reason she had gone to find a sack and wrap her up in it was simply because Yutsuki could not stand it.
"..."
No, saying it like that makes want to pry even more. That's super suspicious, isn't it?!
"By the way, Shido…" Perhaps because she wanted to change the subject, or perhaps because she had just suddenly rembered, Yutsuki gave a bitter smile and apologized to him. "Sorry, I'm afraid I can't return your underwear to you."
"Huhhhhhhh?! You said the clothes you wanted to borrow were my underwear?!"
Shido shouted, widening his eyes to their absolute limit.
"Well… because it was the most effective bait." Yutsuki scratched her cheek a little awkwardly.
And because it was too effective, the prey had slapped itself right onto her face and now refused to co off no matter what. Yutsuki thought with utter exasperation.
"How am I supposed to go out like this…?"
Shido crouched in the bath and let out a cry of despair.
"Anyway, there are still pants in the changing room, right? Just put those on and stay without underwear, wouldn't that work?"
"Could you do that yourself, then?!"
"I can't!"
Yutsuki answered in a matter of fact tone.
"Then why did you say it?!"
After Shido finished complaining, Yutsuki seed satisfied and nodded. After dismissing the partial Astral Dress, she took a small box from her pocket and placed it on the floor.
"Here! I put the n's underwear here."
"Why would you even have sothing like that..."
Faced with Shido's puzzled expression, Yutsuki rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"If you beca a girl, could you accept won's underwear?"
"Guh—!"
For a mont, Shido was speechless in response to Yutsuki's words. If it were not for special circumstances, not only won's underwear, but even changing into won's clothes would be sothing he could not accept.
"Wait! Don't tell this is your under—"
Before Shido could finish, Yutsuki lifted the wooden bucket and smacked it onto his face.
"Don't make such disgusting fantasies, you pervert! This was bought at the store yesterday and it hasn't even been opened yet!" Yutsuki glared at Shido, her face bright red, gritting her teeth.
"S-sorry!"
"..."
After taking a deep breath, Yutsuki's expression returned to normal, and she dragged the sack from the floor onto her shoulder.
"Tohka and the others are coming soon. I'll leave first."
Saying that, Yutsuki relied on her Spirit-enhanced strength to vault over the wall with the sack containing Origami and disappeared from the bathhouse.
"What on earth is she doing..."
Shido could only murmur in utter exasperation.
"Shido! It's about ti for dinner!"
"Kukukuku, how much longer are you going to soak?! Have you been cursed by Hypnos or sothing?!"
"Warning. Please note that bathing for too long will damage your body."
As Yutsuki had said, Tohka and the others' voices ca from the changing room. Shido hurriedly answered in a panic.
"Oh! Sorry, I got a little lost in thought. I clearly checked the ti… you all should go ahead first! I'll be there right away."
Soon after, Kotori seed to understand that Shido was reluctant to co out because they were outside, and she urged the others to leave.
"Mm… I should probably go too…"
After drying himself with a towel, Shido opened a boxed pair of n's underwear, put them on, and prepared to return to the changing room to get dressed in his normal clothes.
"…Huh?"
Then, when Shido saw sothing in the corner of his clothing, an absent look appeared on his face.
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"Well… that should do it!"
After placing Origami in the inn's storage room, Yutsuki wiped the sweat from her brow.
However, leaving a naked, unconscious girl alone in a storage room… that was not exactly safe either.
Origami's original clothes had already been torn to shreds during her infiltration, so Yutsuki had simply gone to a convenience store and bought a set of casual clothes and underwear, along with so ergency food, and placed them not far from Origami. After confirming that the windows and doors were all locked, Yutsuki finally returned to her room with peace of mind.
To be honest, although Spirits and AST were in a hostile relationship, Yutsuki did not actually feel much rejection toward Origami's appearance. In a certain sense, she even respected this amazon warrior who was willing to do anything for love.
If she had not considered that Tohka's mood might worsen and cause a chain reaction that would make this trip aningless, Yutsuki actually would have welcod Origami joining the trip as well.
"But if I leave Origami unchecked, setting Tohka aside for the mont, Kotori-chan would definitely be crushed by the pressure first."
As for how, at the start, she had deliberately not told Kotori about the transmitter installed on Shido out of pure mischief, Yutsuki felt that she also had to bear so responsibility for that.
...
"Let us awaken Shido's masculine instincts!"
When she returned to the room and heard Kotori declare that in front of everyone, Ryougi Yutsuki understood imdiately.
A sheep can be nded after it's lost… but it's too late now.
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