“…So? How did this happen? Can you tell me everything from the start?”
“Y-yes…”
“I’m really sorry…”
After punishing the culprits, Yuugo and the others returned to the dormitory, where they questioned the students sitting on their legs.
Yuugo was now not in his Blaster form, but his tough glare and delinquent sitting pose combined with how close he was, meant he was still threatening.
But he was not the only one. Avado and the others shrunk back from the pressure exuding from Yuugo’s friends, and started explaining, even as they were tattered by their beating.
“Actually… The one who has your Blaster is Geema, the boss of this dormitory… It was him who orchestrated this whole thing…”
“Geema? Who?”
“Ah, I’m pretty sure he’s a third year~. I heard some teachers complain that he’s a bit of a troublemaker~.”
“When Precia says a bit and it’s not related to cooking, you can assume it means a lot. So he’s a big problem child.”
Said Hao.
“I see…? So this delinquent called Geema has you all under his thumb, and you went along with his plan because you couldn’t go against him?”
Asked Yuugo, and they all nodded deeply.
And as Yuugo looked at them with a quizzical expression thinking it was pretty much about self-preservation for them, Avado spoke as if pleading.
“W-we were against it! Even if you’re infamous, we thought stealing a magic item would lead to big trouble! But Geema wouldn’t listen, and would hit us if we said no, so…”
“…I get it. I’ll believe what you say one more time. But why is this Geema guy stealing my Blaster?”
Yuugo did not think Avado and the others were completely innocent, but they did seem to somewhat understand what they did was wrong.
They could not go against a scary senior… And with that in mind, surely their beating was punishment enough.
What was more important now was Geema’s goal. Why did he scheme to steal Yuugo’s Blaster? Why take it away?
If he did this to torment a junior he did not care for, he would have done this himself, and not leave it to underlings.
That would also make sense as a show of power as the boss of the dormitory, and as Yuugo thought that, Darom spoke.
“Geema thought that your feats ever since losing your treasured sword were down to you getting a new magic item. He thought it was awesome how you did all that with an old model of magic item. And that it had to be a special magic item made to look like a regular Blaster…
He said he’d be the strongest for sure if he had it.”
“That Geema is half right. That Blaster has been tuned, and had new features added, like being able to create weapons and change shape. But it’s not like anyone can be the strongest just because they have it. It’s not that simple of a product.”
Angel, who did maintenance on Blaster, was right. Yuugo could use that Blaster in such a way because of his training.
In fact, not only would a user have to conquer the weakness of an armor type magic item, its weight, but since Yuugo’s Blaster had more metal particles because of new features like the violet armor, weapon generation, and limb transformation, it was even heavier.
No one without the proper frame of mind could equip this and move well, let alone become the strongest. In fact, the user could very well become the weakest.
“Yes, I learned the hard way that that’s wrong. You weren’t using your magic item, and I caught you off guard, but you ko’ed me so easily. You’re a lot stronger than I imagined… Than I could’ve imagined.”
“Or maybe you’re weaker than you could have imagined?”
“Don’t kick him while he’s down, Mizari. His pride is in tatters, so any more will take him beyond pitiable and into something I have no words for.”
Said Marcos to the blunt Mizari.
Darom groaned as if his chest was being drilled as he heard these comments, and faced down. And since Yuugo mostly understood the situation, he turned to the fifth dormitory students again.
“Okay, I think I got most of it. That means I gotta get my Blaster back, rather than deal with you. Where’s that Geema?”
Yuugo’s priority was getting Blaster back, but he had to know where Geema was first.
But as Avado and the others opened their mouths, the door was opened as if to answer that question, revealing an unexpected visitor.
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I dont read the author notes, so ask that other toku fan for the reference for geema’s name.
Tokusatsu Reference Time~☆!!!
Geema’s name is a reference to Kamen Rider G3 Mild from Agito.
Speaking of author’s notes, would that be translated here as well? Like, we’re only six episodes away from that.