With a speed that can be compared with a snail, Keroro platoon reached the Nishizawa Tower in the end, thanks to Keroro's so-called "investigation" in every single Gunpla shop. Anyhow, when they arrived at their destination, they saw not only the tower, but also a group of people. The leading blond sat in an armchair, surrounded by a dozen of men in black. The scene looked extremely like an over-arrogant riche showing off his wealth.

*Cough* No matter how he seemed like a moron, he was still the first human being they met in this world. Now that this is a game, they don't need to prevent being spotted by pekoponian, greeting him is an appropriate choice, isn't it?

So they did. Take Kururu as an example. He sat on the opposite chair, staring at the pekopon who is thrice his size with his arm folded, showing a high degree of zhuangbility.

Between the two chairs is an untouched shogi chessboard. Kururu picked up a piece, played the "flashing glasses" trick again. "You appearance is screaming 'not a boss but a sidekick'. So let's skip the small talk part. Say what's needed." With that he placed that piece on chessboard. Not an ordinary move, but a smart one.

The silly-looking blond took in a deep breath, as if calming himself. "Straightforward enough. Alright. Let me introduce myself. I'm the keeper of level 1, Lord Golden Lion!"

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After three seconds' silence, Keroro platoon burst out laughing.

"Ha-ha-ha, oh I can't help... Lord, Lord Golden Lion, what a funny name!"

"This game is a joke from the very beginning, don't you think so?"

"I can see that they have no talent in creating names, hahahaha..."

"Shut up!" Lord Golden Lion smacked his hand on the table, but Kururu didn't stop at all. "Kukuku- You are going to destroy your own table- kukukuku..."

"Laugh at your will. See if you can laugh out at MY gamerule." He stood up and walk towards the Nishizawa tower.

Kururu raised an eyebrow- if he had one. "I thought there would be a shogi game."

Lord Golden Lion turned back and showed them a "gyoku-shou" piece in hand, then crushed it. "What? Playing shogi? Hell no! You are all my pieces!"

Half an hour later, six members in Keroro platoon were told the rules and prepared. They approached the tower. Two three-men team near the two ladders on both sides respectively.

Hearing the whistling, Keroro, Tamama and Mois got a hold of the rungs and began climbing.

(20 minutes earlier)

"The gamerule is simple. Keroro platoon form two three-men team and climb the tower by hand. There are twelve buttons dispersed along the tower, six of which are golden while six are silver. You must press every button of your own team when climbing. Who finish the task and make sure all three of you get to the top win. Losers give out crystals. You can take measures to win and no one could blame you. The only taboo is breaking the buttons. He who breaks the button will be eliminated immediately. Now team up."

Tamama and Mois both chose to be with Keroro, so others automatically become a team.

"Because of camouflage, silver buttons are much harder to find. To balance the teams, Keroro's team will use golden button."

Tamama exploded with anger. "What do you mean by that? Gunso-san and me are invincible!" Keroro covered Tamama's mouth in time. "No, don't listen to his boast. We are fine with it..." Keroro said with a fake smile and whispered. "Stop being overconfident! Don't forget that He is in that team..."

(at present)

Keroro's team climbed the ladders slowly, stopping now and then to look for and press a hidden button.

Keroro looked out at Giroro and Kururu, who could climb ladders at their full speed, and the bluish blur that was too fast to distinguish. Half of his confidence died out.

"Kero... Why? Why is that, after losing assassin msgic, he could still use ninja's skill..."

(10 minutes earlier)

Giroro looked up at the tower, having no clue. Those silver buttons were impossible to be seen from undernesth, which means they had to backtrack over and over just for the buttons. How could they win?

Rule 1: Never let the red one do the planning.

Kururu turned to Dororo. "How long does it take for you to reach the top?"

Dororo looked at the 300-meter-high Nishizawa Tower. "25 seconds. I have limitations."

Kururu smirked. "Enough. The gamerule didn't say we have to press the buttons from the bottom to the top. It doesn't hurt if you finish the task by yourself."

Dororo had wanted to argue, but said nothing else. "Understand."

(at present)

Dororo leaped down, pressed the last button, then took a sharp turn, going up swiftly. He just need to wait for Giroro and Kururu at the top before they win.

But is victory what he wanted? He had no interest in this game. But others are different. Especially... Three loser in level 1? Is it possible to give his crystal to someone else? Anyway, he needed to get to the top-

The tower start shaking. He almost missed a step. Earthquake? No, it's not-

The source of this vibration was delivering death glares. He held on to the rebar. The tower's body above him had visibly bent.

Tamama grinned, swaying the tower with his super strengh again. "DIE!"

Dororo sighed. The gamerule didn't ban disturbance like this, although this cannot really disturb him, but...

A yellow and a red keronians couldn't catch up any longer, falling down at the same time.

Despite keronian's high resistance to impact, such a height is still dangerous. Does Tamama truly want to win?

He didn't have time to hesitate but rushed down the tower. Catching them with both hands, landing on the ground lightly.

Giroro had hardly recovered from the shock. He looked up and saw the height they've fallen, then looked down and saw Kururu who hurt his leg before falling down. He punched on the ground, knowing they couldn't win at this state. "Tch- We were winning! If I have a gun, how can I lose?!"

"Kukuku~ Don't jump to conclusions. We are not the only things falling off."

The other two looked in the direction he pointed, a golden button lay not far from them.

"Tamama, out." Icy voice came from all directions.

"Wait, what? Why?" Wronged as he felt, Tamama's black crysral was taken away by Lord Golden Lion. Then they were told about the next level.

"The keeper of level 2 is Lord Purple Dragon. He is on the Doinaka Beach."

It didn't taken very long before Tamama was optimistic again. "I don't care! I will help Gunso-san to win! It's even better~"

"Good luck." Said Lord Golden Lion. Looking at Tamama, he chuckled for some unknown reason.

But Tamama didn't know that. "It's far from the Doinaka Beach. Momochi's home is nearby, why don't we spend a night here?"

It's a good suggestion. Most of them were exhausted after this match. They'd better rest for what's awaiting them.

Though living in a big fancy mansion usually lead to horror stories, Tamama knows his way in Nishizawa Mansion. How can there be anything wrong?

Tamama's personal room doesn't exist in this timeline, but the six found a satisfying room for all of them at ease. After all, this is a big mansion.

At midnight, Tamama woke up from a sweet dream. He was hungry. He need snacks.

Before he crossed the door, he saw a dark, dimly glowing figure outside. Tamama was frightened, posing his arms, ready to strike.

"Kukukuku~ What are you doing at this time?" Kururu walked out from the shadow, turned down the lights on his glasses.

"Kururu-senpai? You scared me! I'm going to fetch some snacks. Don't follow me!" He ran away, irritated a bit.

"Dinner room, dinner room... Aha!" Tamama managed to find dinner room by heart. There he saw a delicious-looking cake.

"Itadakimasu~"

Ten seconds later, the nightlight in dinner room went out. Half a cake was left on the table, no one was around.

Back in the bedroom, Dororo also opened the door.

"Why is everyone sleepless tonight?" Kururu asked sarcastically.

"Something was off. This game is weird. I have no clue."

"Ku, everything is weird, like this." Kururu smashed the yellow crystal on the wall with full force, but the crystal didn't even got a scratch. "I don't even know if to win is to win."

Dororo had no word at that. He looked around, taking notice of Tamama's absence. "Where's Tamama-dono?"

Kururu shrugged. "Went to dinner room. Having some snack for three pekopon hours."

Dororo frowned. "Have to go." He vanished in the blink of an eye.

When he get to dinner room, he saw only the half-eaten cake and Tamama's hat.

Keroro platoon searched the whole Nishizawa Mansion for the rest of the night, but no one was able to find him. Again, this is a big mansion.

"Even if Tamama leaves alone, he would at least have his hat on..." Keroro carried the hat, said to no one in particular.

"At this rate we are only wasting time. Let's go to the Doinaka Beach first. Tamama knows this place, maybe he could catch up." Ever since his leg got injured, Kururu changed dramatically, as if worrying about something.

Therefore, the remaining five flew the NPG private plane, heading for the Doinaka Beach at full speed.


PS: In shogi game, the Gyoku-shou (玉将)piece is also Gyoku (玉), while the kanji "" can also read "tama". You know what I mean.