Solnus 28. Yuukyuritoo The Agent H (=Heartbreak?) Will Come to Seira Like Waves; Waves

169 days, or 5 months and approximately 19 days, before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one morning.

Seira Ito Fotiou awkwardly said to the man in front of her, "Uh, uh, thank you, Mitsuishi-san."

A man between twenty-seven and twenty-eight opened the car door for Seira. Seira immediately got in and sat in the luxury sport utility vehicle.

Today was Seira's day off, and she was currently at the Big Mikan. She had taken a chartered private plane from the island where she worked to Tokyo. Of course, she hadn't chartered the small plane; if she had, it would have been a huge waste of money.

However, for the man now driving Seira's car, the plane rental fee was "reasonable." So it was also "reasonable" for the man named Yuukyuritoo Mitsuishi to buy the luxury car he was currently driving.

Seira gazed at the city view from behind the glass of the high-end vehicle. Then she tried to glance at the driver. Unexpectedly, Yuukyuritoo, the car owner, also glanced at Seira. Seira quickly looked away, simultaneously screaming in her head, "Ah! I've been caught!"

Glancing out at the bustle of the city again, Seira thought about Yuukyuritoo. She thought, "I don't think this man can afford luxury goods alone. The fact that my manager encouraged me to meet this man shows who he is and how much money he has. I heard that with his influence, he was able to get the Mitsuishi Group to become one of the sponsors of our band's world tour."

(000)

169 days, or 5 months and approximately 19 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one late afternoon.

Yuukyuritoo had driven Seira to the airport to board a chartered flight back to the island where she worked. This time, the man drove his luxury car to their next destination.

Yuukyuritoo hit his own head with his left hand. He cursed himself, “What were those last words of mine? I’ll keep coming to Miss Fotiou like waves? Oh my, Yuukyuritoo Mitsuishi!!! You’re so cringe!!! Cringe!!! Cringe!!! Cringe!!!”

Yuukyuritoo reflected and corrected himself throughout his attempts to date Seira. Yuukyuritoo confessed, “Gosh, come to think of it, I’ve done a few other things that I didn’t realize were cringe.”

Yuukyuuritoo thought, “Maybe I have the right answer to why I cringe like that. Maybe it's because I treat life like a game; like when I joined Buriki kan no Burakku, it felt like playing such a great game.”

Yuukyuritoo concluded, “That's the problem. I've never played ren'ai games or romance games that focus on relationship-building.”

Yuukyuritoo hoped, “But Miss Fotiou didn't seem to hate me. I hope you can still contact me. This is important for my mission as an agent of Division H of Buriki kan no Burakku.”

At that moment, Yuukyuritoo's cell phone rang. With one hand, he operated the device to respond to the voice notification. Yuukyuritoo tapped on a special app and replied, “Okay, okay. Ready, Sairento-san. I'll coordinate with Morichi-san immediately.”

(000)

169 days, or 5 months and approximately 19 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one night.

One night before bed, Seira heard her cell phone ring. She checked her notifications and saw that her best friend Matsuri had sent a message. It was a question, to be precise, because Matsuri asked: “How was your date with Mitsuishi-san? Kyaaaaaaa!!!~”

Seira immediately typed a reply: “Uhhh... What do you mean by 'kyaaa', Princess Jasmines?”

Matsuri replied: “Hey, don't pretend you don't know, Sacred Princess. You must have done some romantic things. Kyaaaaaaa!!!~”

Seira replied: “Yes, we went out together in his luxurious car. We talked a lot. Some of the things he asked were a bit unusual, but overall, our conversation was fun. We did several things together. Watched a movie, had lunch, and he invited me to the aquarium.”

Matsuri replied: “Kyaaaaaaa!!!~ Kyaaaaaaa!!!~ Kyaaaaaaa!!!~” Matsuri accompanied her typing with a gif showing an animation of a female dog kissing a male dog.

Seira replied: “Don’t overdo it!”

Matsuri replied: “Hey, Sacred Princess. It’s not an overreaction to see my best friend being struck by a love arrow accompanied by a romantic drum beat in my heart.”

Seira replied: “Uhhh, who’s in love? I don’t want to rush things.”

Matsuri replied: “Heeeee? Didn’t you say earlier that Mitsuishi-san is an attractive guy?”

Seira replied: “That’s right. ‘Attractive’ means how he considers himself competitive since childhood. How he plays the sports ‘Qiang Huapao’ and ‘Tejo.’ How we both enjoy Clitoria ternatea flower tea.”

Matsuri replied: “Um… Be honest, Sacred Princess. Don’t be shy.”

Seira replied: “I’m being honest, Princess Jasmine. Let’s be honest. I feel like he’s also interested in me, not as a girlfriend, but as a ‘unique person.’ I think he’s interested in knowing what my life as a ‘hafu’ is like, my math hobby, and my career choices. Things like that.”

Matsuri replied: “Owwwh… Okay, okay. But, Sacred Princess, you’ve met Mitsuishi-san in person. Okay, maybe you’re not in love with him. But how do you really feel about him? What kind of person do you think he is?”

Seira didn’t immediately type a response to Matsuri. After a few seconds, she felt she had found a word that perfectly described what Yuukyuritoo Mitsuishi was like. Seira looked up the meaning of the word “heartbreaker” in several online dictionaries, copied the definitions, and sent them to Matsuri.

“heartbreaker”

“A person who is very attractive but who is irresponsible in emotional relationships.”

“An attractive person who is likely to make other people fall in love with them and make them feel sad.”

After copying those words and sentences, Seira added the message: “I think he’s that kind of guy.”

Matsuri replied: “Don’t jump to conclusions, Seira.”

Seira replied, “Yes. I also wrote earlier that I don’t want to rush things. I don’t want to decide too quickly whether I want to be in a relationship with that person or not.”

(000)

144 days, or 5 months and approximately 19 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one afternoon.

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Niki Kotegawa, carrying a device, gazed at the ocean with a solemn expression. On the deck of her family's private yacht, she stood like a soldier required to be at 100% alert while on guard.

Niki was not on vacation at the time, although she told her family and close friends she was. While she needed to lie to them, she did not need to lie to the yacht's crew.

Both Niki and the entire crew were now humans whose bodies had been taken over by bladderites. At this moment, Niki and her colleagues were carrying out an important task: retrieving the next batch of bladderites arriving on Earth.

Niki's eyes shifted between the ocean and the gadget she held. At the end of the gadget, a string was tied to Niki's wrist. The device was a device Naoto had created to detect the presence of the latest batch of bladderites.

"There it is!" Niki spotted an object in the waves whose location matched the directions on her gadget.

Without further ado, Niki immediately stripped off her beachwear. In her swimsuit and with her gadget still strapped to her wrist, she dove into the ocean.

Niki demonstrated her swimming skills and quickly managed to reach the sphere she was targeting. She then activated the pendant from her left wrist to bind the sphere she had found. Then she swam back to her yacht.

Niki had deliberately not used her pendant to retrieve the sphere directly from the yacht's deck. The first reason: to keep the existence and power of the pendant a secret, in case someone was secretly spying on them. The second reason: Nii simply wanted to swim in the ocean.

In any case, the second batch of bladderites had finally arrived!

(000)

89 days, or 2 months and approximately 28 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one afternoon.

Niki Kotegawa was once again on the deck of her family's private yacht. She was performing the same task she had a few months ago: welcoming another group of bladderites.

The difference was, this time Niki had to do it late in the afternoon. The similarity was that she had successfully completed her task.

The third group of bladderites had arrived!