Chapter 574: So Nanami Panicked

Chapter 574: So Nanami Panicked

“Wait! Stop! Haven’t you beaten me enough?”

Himekoji, thinking Mashiro would stop after just one hit, was too naive!

“No more fighting!”

Mashiro ignored Himekoji’s ceasefire request and raised the shopping basket high again.

“Hey! S-s-stop! I’m—”

Just as Himekoji, out of options, was about to say who he really was.

A cold command from Nanami came through his earphones—

“Himekoji, you’re Godzilla now! The monster Godzilla!”

Somehow, the battle command center had been seized by Nanami, who joined just moments ago!

Himekoji totally believed Commander Nanami’s order was personal revenge.

She remembered in anger that he hadn’t looked for her all month.

Hmm… thinking about that, Himekoji did feel a little bad.

He had no choice but to follow orders obediently.

“Stop, please stop! I’m a kind monster! I’m Godzilla who loves peace! I won’t invade Earth!”

Himekoji raised both hands to show he meant no harm. He hadn’t wanted to fight at all!

Ever since he caught up to Mashiro, it had been a one-sided beating. Was this really the fate of a monster?

So pitiful…

He decided then—the next time he watched Ultraman, he’d cheer for the monsters instead.

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, Mashiro eyed him suspiciously.

“If you won’t invade Earth, then why are you here?”

“I came to Earth to take you to the shopping street.”

“No plans to invade?”

“No plans to invade!”

“You’re useless.”

“Not from you, of all people!”

“You have no dreams. You can’t be a monster.”

Mashiro cared way too much about this “peace-loving Godzilla” act!

“Alright, alright. Yes, I have no dreams. I don’t deserve to be a monster. I’ll lose my monster job once I get you to the shopping street anyway.” Himekoji swallowed his pride and decided to play along for now. “So, can we go now? Let’s head to the shopping street together.”

Himekoji walked ahead to lead the way.

But Mashiro seemed rooted to the spot.

“Hey, come on, follow me.” Himekoji waved impatiently.

Mashiro shook her head. “No. I’m going alone.”

“Huh? Why???” Himekoji couldn’t accept this. That beating he took would be for nothing!

“I promised Akito.”

He didn’t remember any such promise! When?

“I can’t go with strangers.”

Fine, they had made that promise. How was he supposed to know it would trap him?

“Can’t we get to know each other now?”

“No. Akito would get jealous.”

Mashiro really understood him…

Himekoji was out of ideas. He asked command for help: “Nanami, what should I do?”

“Hmph, Himekoji only remembers me when he’s in trouble.” Nanami’s voice through the earphones sounded extremely upset.

“If that’s true, then I must be surrounded by trouble all day long!”

“Eh? Eh?!”

His slick words hit Nanami’s soft spot instantly. But right after, Akiko’s pure jealousy flared up.

“Onii-chan! Akiko wants some too!”

Just as Himekoji scrambled to think of sweet words for his sister, Nanami pettily interrupted the off-topic moment.

“Enough! This isn’t time for sibling love! Operation continues! Plan C!”

“Plan C?! Spare me, hero! Don’t kill me! Give me another chance!” A chilling sense of doom washed over him.

“What nonsense are you saying now?” Of course, Nanami complained.

“Give your phone to Mashiro,” she ordered.

“Huh?”

Himekoji saw what she was thinking, but— “Isn’t that cheating? Mashiro said she had to shop alone.”

“It’s just remote support. As long as she shops alone, it’s fine.”

She had a point. With no other options, Himekoji obeyed.

“Here.” He handed his phone to Mashiro.

Mashiro studied it, looking like she recognized the model.

“You… are you Akito?”

Mashiro’s sudden sharpness startled Himekoji.

Right! He forgot! Handing over his phone would give him away!

Play dumb for now.

“No, I’m not Akito. I’m Godzilla.”

He thought convincing her would be hard, yet astonishingly, Mashiro accepted this. She nodded slowly.

“True. Akito is human.”

Once she said that, she completely lost interest in Himekoji.

Walking away as Earth’s defender, Mashiro told him: “I’ll let you go today.”

“Thank you.” Inside the costume, Himekoji was both embarrassed and amused.

“But—”

“But?”

“Next time you come to Earth, I’ll krak you.”

How scary…

Himekoji nodded seriously, giving a thumbs-up with admiration. “Awesome! Earth will be safe with you guarding it!”

Mashiro took his praise calmly. Then, quite happy with herself under Nanami’s command, she headed toward the shopping street.

By the way, Nanami was truly a seiyuu, she perfectly imitated the mechanical synthetic voice of a smart GPS navigation, and Mashiro didn’t notice any flaw at all.

A normal navigation system simply couldn’t handle Mashiro, such a unique person.

…

When Himekoji came back all sweaty, Nanami gave him a thumbs-up sign to say it was done.

Mashiro was finally on the right path.

Himekoji let out a big sigh of relief, but then feeling very tired in body and heart, he sat down heavily on the ground, eager to take off the hot monster costume.

But then, something Himekoji never expected, at that moment Rikka jumped out foolishly in a silly dramatic way to stop him, saying she wanted to fight Godzilla properly once, and the future of Earth would be protected by her…

Himekoji had had enough, he firmly hit her forehead to send her away.

His imouto Akiko was the most caring, she stepped forward to help Himekoji with the zipper, helping him take off the monster coat that was hard to remove alone.

However, the next moment—

“Wait! Akiko, I don’t need your kind help with the zipper on my jeans!”

“Eh? Wouldn’t unzipping make you feel cooler?” Akiko regretfully clucked her tongue, stopping her action unwillingly.

“It will only be hotter! And you should know the right time and place!”

“Then I’ll fan Onii-chan.”

“It feels cooler, thank you, but could you not use your skirt as a fan?… If others see, I will be in an awkward spot!”

Among everyone, only Nanami was the normal person!

It made Nanami’s simple goodness stand out even more.

Mashiro did a great job completing the shopping task under Nanami’s directions.

They all waited at the shopping street entrance, looking forward to Mashiro’s big return.

When Mashiro came out, she saw Himekoji and the others and was a little surprised, but that small surprise was soon taken over by pride and a desire to show off.

“Akito, I did it, I did not get lost at all,” Mashiro said proudly, as if it were really true.

Maybe in Mashiro’s world, she was always on the right path…

That was Mashiro’s charming side.

Mashiro lifted her face to look at Himekoji, her clear eyes blinking, as if craving something from him.

“What’s wrong?” Himekoji wondered.

“Don’t you praise me?”

“That strange look since earlier was about this!?”

“Yes.” Mashiro pouted unhappily like she was sulking.

But Himekoji couldn’t quickly think of what to praise…

“You shopped all by yourself.”

“Ah, that’s right, that’s great!”

“And on the way, I beat the monster attacking Earth and saved the future of humans.”

“Really? That’s awesome!” Coming from the monster who was beaten, his feelings were a bit mixed.

“I made a big achievement.”

“Yes yes, a big achievement, all people will thank you,” Himekoji agreed with a laugh.

The next moment, Himekoji thought of something and reached out to Mashiro—

“Right, Mashiro, isn’t it heavy carrying so many bags? Let me take them.”

Helping his girlfriend carry shopping bags was a man’s duty and mission.

“Hmm?”

Mashiro looked at Himekoji’s outstretched hand, tilted her head to think, and said suddenly—

“It’s not heavy at all, I want to carry them myself. As for you, Akito… just hold me carefully.”

Mashiro put the shopping bags from both hands into one hand, then stretched out her free hand. Her slim fingers went through Himekoji’s fingers and held his palm.

“Akito, hold me tight and don’t let go.”

Himekoji paused a second before reacting, then his face broke into a warm smile, and he nodded hard—

“Mhm, I will, I will hold tight and good! I’ll never let it fall.”

…

“Argh!”

“What did I do to see this!”

“So annoying…”

Akiko, Rikka, and Nanami resignedly turned around together to avoid the sweet couple.

Their hearts were full of speechlessness. They had worked hard to protect Mashiro and help her through many tough times until she succeeded; surely they deserved some credit? But now! They only got the couple’s sweet moments to watch!

This annoying affection, they didn’t want it, they wanted to give it to others to see!

“Pfft…”

Yet the next moment, the trio who should have been jealous suddenly started laughing one after another, though no one knew who began.

Originally staying close for comfort, holding hands and leaning together, they suddenly had a real and clear shared dream for the future.

“Hehehe… Oh, Rikka, remember why Mashiro first wanted to go shopping alone?” Akiko made a weird laugh while covering her mouth.

“I totally remember!” Rikka understood right away and told the whole story, making it more exciting.

Nanami listened, and her face quickly changed—

Something was wrong!

Wasn’t she the one who made the first move?

How come now…

Her progress was the slowest?

“Himekoji, we must talk!!!”

Nanami got flustered!

Nanami got angry!

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