Hot Limit - Late Summer Insects 1
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bakemonoremyLocation: Café “Cinnamon”
- A few minutes later -
HiMERU: — Hmm. Since this is Amagi we are talking about, HiMERU suspected that this job being “totally legitimate” was a cock-and-bull story…
But looking at this live proposal now, it does appear to be an exceedingly respectable job.
Performing at a summer festival that takes place in the vicinity of this “Yumenosaki Academy” as a crowd puller, it says.
Apparently, the likes of Ryuseitai achieved fairly good success when they took on a similar job last year*. Perhaps that’s why they’re asking idols to do it again this year.
The client in question is the local government itself, so the compensation is pretty low, but it appears to be an orthodox job with no hidden downsides.
In fact, it makes HiMERU think that this job may actually not be all that well-suited to Crazy:B.
Kohaku: I know, right. This is such a proper idol job that it makes me feel kinda uneasy.
Niki: Nahaha. I don’t think that’s the right attitude here~. Well, not that I’m one to talk.
Kohaku: Yeah. Actually, if this job request came in ‘cause last year’s track record was great an’ they wanna get the same results this year, it’d make more sense for the client t’hire Ryuseitai again instead of comin’ ta us, right?
Though, if we’re bein’ hired so that we’ll perform as the villians, and they come an’ obliterate us with a “Justice Beam” again like they did back in MDM... I could at least understand why they chose us.
HiMERU: — But it appears as though this project doesn’t have that kind of aim.
Besides, HiMERU doesn’t know Oukawa and everyone else’s stance on this issue, but personally speaking, HiMERU doesn’t wish to fight Ryuseitai or UNDEAD ever again.
We’d just end up getting clowned on as their foil.
Kohaku: Ahaha. But don’tcha think that those fellas don’t wanna get involved with us again either? ‘Cause last time it was just all pain an’ no gain for ‘em, right?
Rinne: Naaah, I think they did gain somethin’. Otherwise there wouldn’t’ve been a point to our red-faced rampage at all.
In fact, if they still haven’t learned their lesson after all we did, they’re beyond all help, and the next time we’ll sting ‘em right in their weak points with our poison stingers and crush ‘em completely.
Doesn’t make a difference whether garbage idols like them live or die, anyhow.
Niki: Such a dirty mouth… Actually I think that from society’s perspective, the ones who deserve being called “garbage” the most among everyone in ES are us~.
We’re like industrial waste that can’t be carelessly disposed of and is out of everyone’s control~.
Rinne: Which is exactly why I’m talkin’ about polishin’ up our image, got it? Oi Niki, are ya listenin’ to me at all, ya li’l shit? Want me to set your head right for ya?
Niki: Gyah~! Why’re you only so harsh with me, Rinne-kun! Stop it, don’t put me in a headlock!
You’re crushing it, you’re crushing my gullet! I need that gullet to eat food and you’re crushing it!!
Kohaku: C’mon now, we’re in public here, don’t raise such a fuss. You’re botherin’ the other customers.
Niki: Look who’s talking…! Look! Who’s! Talking…!
HiMERU: — Hmm. It’d do us well to dispel the impression of us having the role of villains, or rather, outcasts.
Though, it’s unclear whether doing so would be a good or a bad thing for us as Crazy:B.
Kohaku: In other words?
HiMERU: — Well, you see, it feels as though Amagi is contradicting the words he himself said at Beehive the other day.
We’ve become an existence that gives hope to the kind of people who gather at such “establishments of the night” and walk the byroads of human life.
We’re the shining venus in the evening sky after the sun has gone down — the messiahs of evil, so to speak.
Niki: Nahaha, you sound like you’ve got a case of chuunibyou**~. Is Rinne-kun rubbing off on you?
HiMERU: — Amagi, you keep restraining Shiina’s neck, HiMERU will attack his lower body.
Rinne: Alriiight, we’ll take him down with a double-team maneuver ♪
Niki: Gyaaaah!? I’m so sorry, please forgive me! I’m begging you to overlook this little slip of the tongue, ‘cause like, y’know, I only graduated middle school!
I dunno what words mean so sometimes I say stuff that lends itself to misunderstandings, that’s all~!
Rinne: Aah? So idiots can just commit whatever crimes they want? In that case, how about’cha go massacre the folks in this café right now, Niki?
You’re just a middle school grad, so you’ll get off scot-free, right? Alleviate this humidity by lowerin’ the population density in here, will ya?
Kohaku-chan seems to be an expert on that subject, so take him along with ya and it’ll be a sure-fire success!
Kohaku: There’s no way I’ll fail if I’m up against ordinary members of the public, but we don’t come cheap.***
Also, we fundamentally only take requests from clients we can trust. My activities in Double Face are an exception t’that.
If anythin’, what I’m doin’ as Double Face is pretty modest. If we went all out, it’d be a whole ‘nother story.
The other day, a lil’ show of force was necessary, so I dealt with it in a way that the people in the know will understand.
But if I’d handled it fer real, that GFK fella would’ve just disappeared off the face of the earth without anyone noticin’.
Niki: I don’t really get it but that’s scary…! I’ve had it with this dangerous minefield! I’m already satisfied just earning enough living expenses to subsist, doing part-time work at cafés like this!
Kohaku: Ko ko ko ♪ It’s too late fer you ta pull out now, so why don’tcha go all in instead?
Rinne: Right on. Stupid, unsteady guys who can’t accept the battlefield as their reality just get shot first and die.
Niki: Wait, since when did the idol industry become a battlefield~? That probably only applies to our immediate vicinity, right, HiMERU-kun!?
HiMERU: Don’t ask HiMERU.
———————
* Shooting Star Festival Event Story
** Obligatory Chuunibyou TL Note
*** When Kohaku uses “we” without context like this, he usually refers to all Oukawas as a whole. All instances of “we” in these lines refer to them, not to Crazy:B or Double Face.
- A few minutes later -
HiMERU: — Hmm. Since this is Amagi we are talking about, HiMERU suspected that this job being “totally legitimate” was a cock-and-bull story…
But looking at this live proposal now, it does appear to be an exceedingly respectable job.
Performing at a summer festival that takes place in the vicinity of this “Yumenosaki Academy” as a crowd puller, it says.
Apparently, the likes of Ryuseitai achieved fairly good success when they took on a similar job last year*. Perhaps that’s why they’re asking idols to do it again this year.
The client in question is the local government itself, so the compensation is pretty low, but it appears to be an orthodox job with no hidden downsides.
In fact, it makes HiMERU think that this job may actually not be all that well-suited to Crazy:B.
Kohaku: I know, right. This is such a proper idol job that it makes me feel kinda uneasy.
Niki: Nahaha. I don’t think that’s the right attitude here~. Well, not that I’m one to talk.
Kohaku: Yeah. Actually, if this job request came in ‘cause last year’s track record was great an’ they wanna get the same results this year, it’d make more sense for the client t’hire Ryuseitai again instead of comin’ ta us, right?
Though, if we’re bein’ hired so that we’ll perform as the villians, and they come an’ obliterate us with a “Justice Beam” again like they did back in MDM... I could at least understand why they chose us.
HiMERU: — But it appears as though this project doesn’t have that kind of aim.
Besides, HiMERU doesn’t know Oukawa and everyone else’s stance on this issue, but personally speaking, HiMERU doesn’t wish to fight Ryuseitai or UNDEAD ever again.
We’d just end up getting clowned on as their foil.
Kohaku: Ahaha. But don’tcha think that those fellas don’t wanna get involved with us again either? ‘Cause last time it was just all pain an’ no gain for ‘em, right?
Rinne: Naaah, I think they did gain somethin’. Otherwise there wouldn’t’ve been a point to our red-faced rampage at all.
In fact, if they still haven’t learned their lesson after all we did, they’re beyond all help, and the next time we’ll sting ‘em right in their weak points with our poison stingers and crush ‘em completely.
Doesn’t make a difference whether garbage idols like them live or die, anyhow.
Niki: Such a dirty mouth… Actually I think that from society’s perspective, the ones who deserve being called “garbage” the most among everyone in ES are us~.
We’re like industrial waste that can’t be carelessly disposed of and is out of everyone’s control~.
Rinne: Which is exactly why I’m talkin’ about polishin’ up our image, got it? Oi Niki, are ya listenin’ to me at all, ya li’l shit? Want me to set your head right for ya?
Niki: Gyah~! Why’re you only so harsh with me, Rinne-kun! Stop it, don’t put me in a headlock!
You’re crushing it, you’re crushing my gullet! I need that gullet to eat food and you’re crushing it!!
Kohaku: C’mon now, we’re in public here, don’t raise such a fuss. You’re botherin’ the other customers.
Niki: Look who’s talking…! Look! Who’s! Talking…!
HiMERU: — Hmm. It’d do us well to dispel the impression of us having the role of villains, or rather, outcasts.
Though, it’s unclear whether doing so would be a good or a bad thing for us as Crazy:B.
Kohaku: In other words?
HiMERU: — Well, you see, it feels as though Amagi is contradicting the words he himself said at Beehive the other day.
We’ve become an existence that gives hope to the kind of people who gather at such “establishments of the night” and walk the byroads of human life.
We’re the shining venus in the evening sky after the sun has gone down — the messiahs of evil, so to speak.
Niki: Nahaha, you sound like you’ve got a case of chuunibyou**~. Is Rinne-kun rubbing off on you?
HiMERU: — Amagi, you keep restraining Shiina’s neck, HiMERU will attack his lower body.
Rinne: Alriiight, we’ll take him down with a double-team maneuver ♪
Niki: Gyaaaah!? I’m so sorry, please forgive me! I’m begging you to overlook this little slip of the tongue, ‘cause like, y’know, I only graduated middle school!
I dunno what words mean so sometimes I say stuff that lends itself to misunderstandings, that’s all~!
Rinne: Aah? So idiots can just commit whatever crimes they want? In that case, how about’cha go massacre the folks in this café right now, Niki?
You’re just a middle school grad, so you’ll get off scot-free, right? Alleviate this humidity by lowerin’ the population density in here, will ya?
Kohaku-chan seems to be an expert on that subject, so take him along with ya and it’ll be a sure-fire success!
Kohaku: There’s no way I’ll fail if I’m up against ordinary members of the public, but we don’t come cheap.***
Also, we fundamentally only take requests from clients we can trust. My activities in Double Face are an exception t’that.
If anythin’, what I’m doin’ as Double Face is pretty modest. If we went all out, it’d be a whole ‘nother story.
The other day, a lil’ show of force was necessary, so I dealt with it in a way that the people in the know will understand.
But if I’d handled it fer real, that GFK fella would’ve just disappeared off the face of the earth without anyone noticin’.
Niki: I don’t really get it but that’s scary…! I’ve had it with this dangerous minefield! I’m already satisfied just earning enough living expenses to subsist, doing part-time work at cafés like this!
Kohaku: Ko ko ko ♪ It’s too late fer you ta pull out now, so why don’tcha go all in instead?
Rinne: Right on. Stupid, unsteady guys who can’t accept the battlefield as their reality just get shot first and die.
Niki: Wait, since when did the idol industry become a battlefield~? That probably only applies to our immediate vicinity, right, HiMERU-kun!?
HiMERU: Don’t ask HiMERU.
———————
* Shooting Star Festival Event Story
** Obligatory Chuunibyou TL Note
*** When Kohaku uses “we” without context like this, he usually refers to all Oukawas as a whole. All instances of “we” in these lines refer to them, not to Crazy:B or Double Face.
