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Last Embryo Volume 5 Chapter 3 Part 1

「. . .  and that is essentially why I have been dispatched to help.」

 

「Wow, seriously?」

 

「I-In that case, welcome! The warmest of welcomes to you! You probably heard this already, but currently we of the 『No Name』 Community are having problems with being severely understaffed, so your appearance is a literal godsend for us! That, and it is always a pleasure to welcome a new, older sister type of girl into our ranks, even if only temporarily!」

 

When Uesugi finished explaining what kind of circumstances caused her to appear in the village, You clasped her hand in both of her own hands and began jumping up and down in a show of unrestrained joy. So the trouble with 『No Name』 being understaffed were actually that serious, because it was very rare for her to speak, or shout, in this case, with such a high pitched voice, and it was equally rare for her to be so open about displaying her emotions before others.

 

Uesugi blinked a few times due to being positively surprised at such an enthusiastic welcome, but she felt that an additional bit of explanation was in order, so she smiled softly and raised her index finger before saying:

 

「*Ekhem* Thank you for the warm welcome, and I am happy to be of service. However, do bear in mind that I will be joining you only for the duration of the 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority, and that I will only act as a strictly combat-related member of the personnel. Also, aside from the order to aid you in battle, I was also given a mission as a member of the 『Twelve Devas』. First of all, I would like you to read these two letters.」

 

Uesugi cleared her throat and began to explain the situation to Izayoi and You, and also Ayato, who was together with them when she arrived in the native’s village for some reason.

「Letters? For us? Who was the one to send them, if we might ask?」

 

「The first one is from Taishakuten, the leader of the 『Twelve Devas』 Community, and the second one is from Miss Kudou Asuka.」

 

「From Asuka?」

 

「Heeee? Then could it be that the strategy you were talking about with Shiroyasha is actually a surprise gift from Miss Rich Lady?」

 

「You got that right. Miss Kudou Asuka’s letter describes Krishna’s identity and how to overcome him, and Tokuteru’s letter describes a detailed strategy needed to best him in battle. And there you have it. Tokuteru. . . . . . . .  Lord Taishakuten gave me his permission to join the 『No Name』 Community as a guest for the duration of the 『Lost Continent of Atlantis』 Gift Game and aid you in combat, but in exchange for me helping you, he would like your help in taking this fake Krishna out. Now that you know all that, what is your answer going to be?」

 

「We are doing it! We are most definitely doing it! For a while I was really worried that we would really have to make do with just the two of us, but then we would have much difficulty with participating in most Gift Games, especially now when we essentially outed ourselves of the one that will begin tomorrow, and nobody else would be willing to help us because we 『No Names』 are quite notorious for having many problem children in our midst!」

 

If they were having this conversation three years ago then it Izayoi would probably comment on You calling him a problem child with a set of pretty direct, not necessarily nice words, but right now there was no way he would complain, because You was definitely the one who did the most work for the 『No Name』 in recent years, and that was a fact that pretty much no one could deny even if they wanted to. Not that Izayoi intended to oppose the decision to have Uesugi join them. If that was what has been decided as best for them then he had no particular reason to try and go against it. . . . but then he stared at his own body, which still felt painfully sluggish and unusually unresponsive, and began to think:

 

(As long as that bastard Krishna is still around, we absolutely cannot leave the black Albino pipsqueak alone, and that limits the scope of the actions available to us for the time being. In other words, if we want to regain our freedom of movement and focus of winning this Gift Game, then the first step to that is to beat the everlasting fuck out of Krishna. Without doing that, we will not be able to do anything else.)

 

But. . . . . . . . is he going to be able to fight him with his body in its current state? Because now Izayoi was sure that there definitely was something wrong with him. Each and every one of his steps felt exceedingly heavy and he had to force himself to make them, and when he tried to clench his fist, he estimated that the strength of his grip has dropped down to about half of what it usually was. And there was also a matter of how much he ate for breakfast, but honestly, he was feeling so hungry that he just could not help himself. He just hoped that he was not turning into the same kind of glutton that You was, but the more he thought about it, the hungrier he was getting, and that made thinking about the plans for the near future all the harder for him.

 

You and Ayato, who were all excited at having Uesugi join 『No Name』 as a temporary member looked at Izayoi and noticed that he was not acting like his usual self, so they tilted their heads to the side and asked him worriedly:

 

「. . . .You okay there, Izayoi? Are you not feeling well? Because you have been acting a little strange ever since morning.」

 

「Yeah, tell me about it. I think something is wrong with me as well. My mischief-loving heart is the same as ever, but I feel unusually sluggish and I do not think my tongue is as sharp as it always was. Not to mention this hunger. . . .  」

 

「Hmmm~~? Sounds to me like you are just being lazy, or maybe like you are trying to make us ladies worried about you.」

 

「Yeah, as if that could ever happen. Sorry to break it to you, but this stupid brother of mine is too dumb for such sophisticated tactics.」

 

When the three of them heard a new voice calling out from behind them, they all turned their backs and saw a familiar figure emerging from one of the nearby buildings. And that figure. . . . .  was Saigo Homura, who was looking rather angry as he was approaching Izayoi and the others while keeping one of his hands on his waist. Because of the vivid memories of what happened to him last night, Izayoi glared at him with sharp eyes.

 

「. . . .  Homura?」

 

「Ahh? The hell is wrong with you? Why are you glaring at me with those delinquent eyes of yours? Or is intimidating sick people with your eyes your new favorite past time? Because if so. . . then that is messed up, even for someone like you.」

 

Homura unceremoniously barged in on the conversation that the other four were having while directing harsh words towards Izayoi, because frankly, he felt offended by the fact that it has not even been a minute since he saw him today and he was already giving him the stink eye. Could it be that he did not remember what happened to him last night? Because if he did remember the events that transpired, then he definitely would have understood why Izayoi was being so wary of him right now.

 

Last night. . . . Saigo Homura has awakened as the Avatar of 『Absolute Evil』 Azi-Dahaka, the strongest and most terrifying Demon Lords of Little Ga