I honestly don't know if people like this story or not. I wrote this on my sick leave because I was bored as hell and meet road blocks when writing other fanfic, so eh. This is a work born purely out of my personal whims.
Read and review on your own discretion, ladies and gentleman.
"Radio check?" Yui said aloud.
"Radio check, channel clear!" Hachiman confirmed.
"Alright! We're now connected, and if there are other students in the vicinity, we can immediately regroup." Yui said as she wore a pair of gloves, "Both of us are medium-to-long-range combatants, and we can't leave everything to I.B. alone, so remember to focus, we might get ambushed."
"Hey, listen, Yuigahama." Hachiman suddenly muttered.
"What?"
"I could be a liability, so don't rely too much on me, alright? I'll support you from behind." Hachiman told her calmly.
"Weird, what's with you today? You're being too reserved and grumpy on me." Yui furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, "And now you're afraid?"
Hachiman was quiet as he tightened his tracksuit, "How many combat missions we have been in before?"
"...One."
"Exactly." Hachiman said as he loaded his final gun and threw it into his pocket space, "And you know I just recovered from a fever, so I'm a bit sluggish."
He doesn't really know the sheer strength and abilities of the previous Hachiman, and that's why he used his brief illness as an excuse.
"That's true, are you sure you're alright?" Yui sighed, "In the first place, we have greater body constitution than a normal person, so getting sick is uncommon."
"I'm fine." Hachiman fastened the boot under his feet, "Let's go."
Yui and Hachiman both departed at high speed. Each of them riding specially modified Suzuki Inazuma police bike, with the siren turned on to make sure the traffic ahead gave their way.
They moved the dead center of the road at 80 km/h, well over the Japanese road speed limit for civilians. There's also the fact that almost literally every intersection leading to the site was blocked by police cars, thus making accidents unlikely.
"We can even use police siren." Hachiman mentally noted, "Just how much authority we have?"
Though it's not as if Hachiman was daydreaming, He was thinking rather deeply about the new world he woke up into. It seems that Chiba is a lot more developed than the one he remembered, though the wealthy suburban area he lived in remains the same for the most part.
Hachiman wondered if it has something to do with the fact that the original Hachiman already had friends since year one. And that's why he never went to the deep end of social isolation and cynicism. Because of that, the original Hachiman also likely more motivated to study and train.
The current Hachiman realized that he still retain muscle memory on how to use firearms and his pocket space, but aside from that, he's shit out of luck.
This is a world where teens were sent to fight a threat that neither police nor the military can handle alone. Hachiman wasn't so naive as to expect it will be a breeze, superpower or not.
That's why he acted so paranoid. If the original Hachiman lost his leg fighting despite all his training and knowledge, it could always be worse with the clueless Hachiman on the steering wheel. He would rather entrust his lives and well being to Yui and I.B.
Yuigahama already suspected something was off when he showed his hesitation. It seems that the original Hachiman here is a lot less boorish but also shameless and reckless.
And so, with heavy heart, he asked. "I.B., please protect us."
"Yo-kai." The book inside his tactical backpack spoke, and then she resumed her human form, sitting on the backseat.
Realized that the Soubu student came, the police immediately open the way, seemingly armed to the teeth. Hachiman counted there should be fifty, sixty police officers at the very least.
"We're from Soubu." Yui immediately raised her I.D. card, "Can you inform us of the situation?"
"A Void-class Anomaly showed up from the ocean and summoned hordes of Kobolds. We managed to hold back the horde, but the Knight remains at large, and there are workers trapped inside the factory." One of the officers reported.
Kobolds... that must be the name of enemy creatures. Hachiman realized just how unnatural it looks, but it seems that TPE also gave him the ability to see in the dark.
The enemy looked like a bunch of dwarven, humanoid lizards, roughly 120 cm (4 feet) tall but very muscular.
"We should prioritize rescue attempt and avoid engaging the enemy head-on." Yui concluded, "It's a stealth mission, everyone."
Stealth mission? Hachiman grinned. It CAN'T be that easy, right?
"As long as you can secure the landing zone, we can send the rescue helicopter on the other side of the dock. Meanwhile, we'll pull the horde's attention into this chokepoint using infrasonic bait." The Police chief explained, "Use that chance to sneak to the factory complex."
Yui downloaded the schematic of the factory into her phone, and it shows up on the screen. "Alright, we got the map. Be careful, if the Void Knight shows up, just run and don't bother engaging!" Yui warned the police officer.
"Hikki, switch to subsonic round and put on the silencer."
"Gotcha."
Hachiman pulled a Submachinegun out of thin air and then switched the ammo with a heavy subsonic load and put a suppressor pipe on the front.
It's almost terrifying that he can do it by instinct, to be honest. He slapped his cheek to psyche up and put on a grim expression as he cocked the charging handle and switched the gun to semi-automatic mode.
"Wha? And to think you're always trying to strike a cool pose before fighting..." Yui winced, "Seriously, you're weirding me out now."
Wait, really?
"Look, people's lives are on the stake now, why are you nitpicking?!" Hachiman protested to cover his anxiety.
"That's true" I.B. licked her lips as she created a pair of blacklight daggers. "We're going silent, no screaming allowed."
And so, the three teenagers rushed around the edge of the dock, taking a distant detour so they can enter the factory from its rear entrance. I.B. leading ahead with Yui sandwiched between, and Hachiman behind.
"Hikki, clear everything within ten meters of our sides. Remember, they have an armored skull, so shoot through their chest or mouth."
"Roger."
Hachiman took a deep breath and began shooting. At the range of ten meters, he wasn't really sure if his muscle memory alone is enough and prayed it would.
Thankfully he can still hit where it counts, with each pull of the trigger blasted a bloody hole on the goblin-like monsters that covered the area like ants.
To make sure they're dead, Hachiman decided to double tap each of them carefully.
Even though they don't look humans... part of Hachiman felt sickened nonetheless. As much as Hachiman loves to bluff and lie, he wouldn't hurt any creature if he could help it.
Would it be better if he thinks of them as giant pests? Perhaps that would help alleviate his nausea.
Unlike in the movies, a silenced firearm isn't really silent. Compared to the ear-shattering thunderclap of supersonic bullets, however, the sound of a silenced gun firing subsonic ammo sounded a lot milder, like someone beating a drum or banging a door.
With the police force unloading their arsenal without restraint, the noise of Hachiman's gun more or less irrelevant. Meanwhile, Yui kept sending her knives ahead to stab the Kobolds in front of the group, and I.B. swept the occasional straggler that get past Hachiman and Yui's attention.
They saw a pair of much taller monsters that resembled a four-legged insect trying to pry open the sealed factory's door with their claw and brute strength.
"Hikki, cover our back. We're going to take down these Myrmeks." Yui said as she released four more knives, in addition to the pair she was holding.
"Wha-"
Hachiman realized that real life is not a video game, but the logic isn't unsound. If Yuigahama is that concerned, it means they're facing mini-boss of the sort.
"Be careful." Hachiman nodded.
Truthfully, he was already on the verge of peeing his pants. However, his fear weight a lot less than his concern for the civilians trapped inside.
If someone like Hachiman can feel so terrified... what about them?
Yui and I.B. attacked simultaneously, with Yui literally flying and striking from the top and I.B. from the bottom, they decided to focus on one of the Myrmeks.
"Move!" Yui swung her arm while focusing her TPE and threw the elephant-sized insect like a ragdoll aside. It allowed I.B. to unleash a full-length blacklight curved sword and stab it on the abdomen.
"Gah, even stabbing through the gaps is hard!" I.B. shouted as she somersaulted away to dodge the deadly swing from the Myrmek's claw.
Yui also sent her knives but also met similar resistance.
"Guh!"
"Yuigahama! Be careful!"
In a split second, Yui glanced aside and raised a telekinesis barrier around her to deflect the strike from the other Myrmek. The air surrounding them shuddered as several hundred tons of force met an invisible wall.
"Gah!"
I.B. took this moment of distraction to leap high, and then pooled TPE around her right arm.
"DEVIL HAM HAMMER!" She screamed as her right arm turned into a disproportionally grotesque black fist covered in crystalline scales. And smashed the Myrmek to the ground, resulting in a meters-wide crater.
The other Myrmek tried to leap on her. However, it was interrupted an empty cargo container crashed into it from the side courtesy of Yui's telekinesis manipulation.
The concentration of TPE around I.B.'s arm ceased, with her limb turned normal again, but it was apparent that the Myrmekes still able to fight.
"We're wasting too much time! Hellborne Razor!" I.B. focused more TPE, and this time both her arms turned into giant blacklight cleavers instead. "I'm going to get serious!"
Despite being much smaller, I.B. managed to block the ferocious attack of the Myrmek that came like a speeding truck. Meanwhile, Yui used a construction grade iron beam to defend herself.
"We're making too much noise! What about Hikki?!"
"No time to worry! If he lost against Kobolds, I'm going to drag him out of his grave and laugh on his face!" I.B. cackled while dodging the slices from her opponent's claw, and then return it with powerful cleaves from her own.
"This isn't the time for jokes!" Yui shouted at her angrily.
I.B. managed to cut both of Myrmek's claws and fangs and then made a crossing motion with her cleaver arms to slice through it's weakened torso.
"Focus on the mission, Yuigahama!" I.B. reminded her sternly, "Hikigaya can defend himself, but the factory crew cannot!"
"GUH! FINE!" Yui stopped and immediately ran inside the factory.
I.B. went to engage the other Myrmek in the hopes that Hachiman could at least hold out until then. She could barely tell if he's on the same battlefield.
ヴァルハラロマンス - 不可解
Valhalla Romance - Cryptical
Original Story by: Watari Wataru
Written by: ZeroXSEED
Chapter 2 - And so, his peaceful, idyllic life is gone (Part 2)
Indeed, Hikigaya Hachiman was running away in fear for his life. The swarm of Kobolds pursuing him in the number of dozens and each of them brandishes an ax that could cut through the sheet metal body of a forklift, as he terrifyingly found out.
Worse yet, some also carried primitive firearms that shoot flaming bullets. These bullets are nowhere as fast as modern, aerodynamic projectiles, but perhaps even more deadly.
One stray shot looked like an impact from a small grenade, which made Hachiman scared shitless.
Granted, his TPE protected him from the brunt of the damage and injuries, but still...
"Screw you!" Hachiman pulled a machinegun out of his pocket space and began firing in panic.
Hundreds of rounds were fired, but he only managed to kill less than two dozen Kobolds despite his superhuman perception. Even more ironic, given that some of his bullets pierced multiple kobolds but failed to inflict mortal wounds due to poor slot placements.
His body and clothes were covered in countless minor burns and cuts. His entire body was in pain, and the worst-case scenario would be his prosthetic failing him.
Tears of rage and fear flowed from the corner of his eyes, and his hand shaken as he reloaded his machinegun with another belt of ammunition.
He will die.
Somebody help me!
His quiet prayer was answered when a white mirage passed by. Suddenly, five Kobolds sliced apart into pieces in the blink of an eye.
"Summer vacation really made students complacent, huh, Hikigaya?" She smirked.
The familiar Hiratsuka-sensei was holding a silver katana in her right hand and a pistol in her left hand, seemingly unconcerned despite being surrounded by several dozens of monsters.
Hiratsuka moved so fast that Hachiman can barely make a detail of her clothes. And it was clear that the Kobolds have it even worse than him.
With newfound hope, Hachiman decided to trust Hiratsuka-sensei and then rushed toward the steel factory. Yui and I.B. already began the process of evacuating the workers who were left behind.
"Hikki!"
"I'm okay!" He shouted as he switched from a machinegun into a large-caliber sniper rifle. "Yuigahama! Send me to that smoke tower! I need a better vantage point!"
"Be careful!"
If nothing else, Hachiman should be less of a deadweight. He forced his eyes open as he felt Yuigahama's light surrounded him, and sent him to the top of the smoke tower of the steel factory.
"Now where are you, bastards."
Hachiman began firing.
Each time he felt like a jolt of electricity punched through his shoulder. It wasn't painful, but it was very uncomfortable. However, if nothing else, it was worth the blowback.
The Kobolds literally exploded every time he hits anywhere close to their head or torso. Even grazing shot tear apart limbs with ease, blew craters on the concrete flooring as they passed through the enemy without resistance and threw around the surrounding Kobolds into disarray.
"Huff." Hachiman took a deep breath and then reloaded the rifle before resuming his duty. This sniper rifle really is taxing to use...
He heard the evacuation helicopter finally arrived at the designated landing zone, already secured thanks to the effort of Yuigahama and I.B.
Hachiman looked to see there's almost no Kobolds left in the face of Hiratsuka. She must have killed forty or fifty on her own. That's terrifying.
"[Oh no, the boss is coming!]" He heard on the radio.
In pure unadulterated horror, Hachiman saw a white-armored dragon creature leaped out of nowhere, seemingly aimed for the evacuation helicopter.
Hachiman stopped thinking.
Completely.
He really doesn't know if it's something genetically ingrained in him or something he simply acquired over his seventeen years of life. He's a coward at heart, and yet...
In times like this, his mind simply shut down and let his body took over. He switched from a large sniper rifle into singlehandedly the most destructive weapon in his arsenal.
AT-4 Recoiless cannon.
In the hands of a mortal man, this humble weapon is capable of blasting through 420 millimeters of hardened steel armor. And in the hands of Trans-Phase Energy users, it's only getting more horrifying.
However, there's a catch.
Not only it's a single-shot weapon, but it is also unguided, requiring a precise calculation against moving target. With the speed that White Dragon possesses, it was a difficult target despite being the size of a small bus.
If only someone could...
Hachiman saw briefly that in desperation, Yui threw a pair of cargo containers toward the white dragon in tandem.
Hachiman was already halfway descending from the sky and fired the tube-like weapon before the containers made contact.
The standard shipping containers crumpled like tin cans, but at least the dragon's momentum was stopped. In around 0.3 seconds, the shell fired hit the dragon. Consumed by a massive explosion, the dragon fell with earth-shaking impact.
The helicopter, though shaken, managed to get away from the scene. Meanwhile, Hachiman stomped the air with TPE energy to cushion his inevitable impact.
It was a successful, relatively soft landing. If Hachiman had to compare, it was a similar feeling to jumping from a 3-meter high platform.
"[Evacuation successful!]" Yui announced, "[I repeat: Evacuation successful!]"
"[We proceed to the second part of the mission, to prevent more low-level monsters spawning we must absolutely defeat that Vishap.]" Hiratsuka ordered, "[I'm taking over, now listen.]"
Vishap, the name of Armenian God Dragon associated with water. What insulting name... but perhaps, from the perspective of the non-TPE user, calling it an invincible God isn't that much of a stretch.
No matter how powerful a weapon is, fighting a monster without TPE is a pointless endeavor. This is something that Hachiman read about.
In this world, the existence of combat vehicles was nothing more than a glorified pack mule. Even the average policemen have a low-level ability to use Trans-Phase energy, which allows their guns to work to some extent.
And even then, they have hard enough time facing low-level monsters such as Kobolds despite being armed with military assault rifles.
In contrast, a much weaker submachinegun in Hachiman's hand can kill the wretched monsters in just two or three shots. Perhaps, this power disparity is the reason why they're so reliant on kids like him.
"Hikki, you're hurt." Yui approached him with worry.
"I'm fine, Hiratsuka-sensei helped." Hachiman threw the now empty and useless launcher away, not even bothering to put it back into his pocket space. "Now, what shall I do, Yuigahama?"
Yui took a breath to calm herself and regain her focus, "Switch to your sniper rifle and load it with Mk.211. We're not pulling any punch this round."
Hachiman chuckled and pulled his sniper rifle again, now that they're standing side by side, the gun was almost as long as Yuigahama is tall. And this time, he loads it with special ammunition so powerful it was designed for use against light armored cars and helicopters and not living humans.
"Let's give this bastard a lesson." I.B. focus her power again, and this time created a very long curved blade, twice as long as Hiratsuka's katana. "And make him taste my Zanbatou."
Hachiman had a hard time comprehending what happened afterward. His mind was almost gone from exhaustion, pain, and trauma.
What he remembered was the gigantic dragon bend over like a bitch under the combined strength of Hiratsuka-sensei and her students. Hachiman wasn't even sure if he was needed here, but he still contributed nevertheless.
Only halfway conscious, Hachiman remembered he's being carted by the medics and brought to the hospital with an ambulance.
The last thing he remembered was Yui's crying face.
...
Bright lights and uncomfortable sterile scent filled Hachiman's senses the moment he woke up from his slumber. Hachiman woke up to find a familiar ceiling above him.
It was the ceiling of Chiba Municipal hospital, the place where he was treated after the Limousine-related accident one and a half years ago.
He looked aside to find IV injection to his right hand, but it doesn't look like anything vital anyway. He closed the IV flow and then stood up and walk away from his bed.
Just to show how low priority his treatment was, he even shared the room with a lot of patients, likely suffering minor to moderate, non-infectious problems.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" One of the Nurse gasped when they saw Hachiman walked like nothing happened, despite his face, arms, and leg covered in bandages.
Hachiman nonchalantly ripped the bandage on his cheek, revealing the fact that his wound more or less healed perfectly. "I was out for how long?"
"Uh oh, about seven hours, Sir."
So more or less overnight, thankfully, it wasn't that long, so he immediately returned to his bed and returned the IV flow again as if nothing happened.
The nurses immediately scrambled to report the fact that he regained consciousness, obviously.
Somewhere in the eight in the morning, Yuigahama and Hiratsuka inside to check on him. "HIKKI!"
"This is Hospital, oi." Hachiman chastised the pink-haired girl, "Quiet."
"If you have that much energy to bitch, I suppose you're fine after all."
"Of course, I am." Hachiman sighed, "I think all of my wounds also healed perfectly."
"I see." Hiratsuka looked closely around his cheek and noticed there was no scar left, "Indeed, looks perfect."
"How soon can I get discharged?"
"As soon as you get your morning examination."
"Thank God, I'm already sick of this ward."
"I'm sorry." Yuigahama bowed deeply, regretful. "I should have listened and never leave you alone."
Hachiman already told Yui that he could not be relied on in such a condition, so why didn't Yui listen?
"...How's the situation with the workers? What about Police?"
"All of them evacuated with minor injuries." Hiratsuka closed her eyes, "As for the Police, well, no one died at least."
Hachiman got the hint that at least several of them got hurt badly. How many of them lost their limbs and need replacement like Hachiman did? How many of them are in ICU right now, stuck in the boundary between life and death?
The feeling made him uncomfortable. However, he doesn't really want to share that ill-feeling with Yuigahama.
"See, no one died, that means we're doing well." Hachiman scoffed, "Don't cry for every little thing, Yuigahama."
"No, no one died because we're lucky." Hiratsuka said, "Had I came a few minutes late, your ass will be toast. How can you let a bunch of Kobolds kick your ass?"
"In the middle of fighting, I forgot how to fight*." Hachiman snarkily replied, "If you come a few minutes late, it would be a display of tactical incompetence and lack of personal discipline, no?"
Hachiman doesn't really know what he's talking about, in terms of military speak. He was merely speaking from his viewpoint as civilians from an entirely different world.
"That is indeed true, it's my irresponsibility of leaving everything to student's hands." Hiratsuka closed her eyes again, "To be honest, I'm disappointed in myself more than I do with you now."
"No, Sensei, there must be a better explanation, is there?" Yui asked her desperately.
"It was a simultaneous attack." Hiratsuka sharpened her eyes, "A smaller monsters incursion happened close to Kaihin-Makuhari station. I had to organize all the remaining students there instead of bringing you reinforcement."
So that's why Hiratsuka had to take the matter into her own hands.
"That location is extremely precarious." Yui held her chin, thinking. "Even though the attack was of a smaller scale, the area around the station would be heavily populated. I don't think you're in the wrong here, Sensei."
And thus, unlike random-ass isolated steel factory in sparsely populated port, it would take a higher priority to deal with.
"I agree completely with Yuigahama," Hachiman said, even with his lack of knowledge, he could see the logic.
"Well then, Hikigaya, let's talk about why you performed so bad last night." Hiratsuka smiled, but it made Hachiman frightened somewhat. "Why are you flailing around like an idiot?"
"Ummm..."
"Ah, Hikki had a mild fever yesterday." Yui said, "It was really my fault."
No, it isn't. It wasn't Yui's fault at all. Actually, it might be Yui's fault for not listening to him but still...
"Mild fever?" Hiratsuka raised her eyebrow.
"Hikki had a mild fever in the afternoon." Yui explained, "I was there visiting his home when it happened."
"It's nothing, I was a little sleep-deprived..." Hachiman said.
...
And so, Hachiman got discharged right after an inspection. However, Hiratsuka escorted him and Yui back to Hikigaya residence.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"I've called my family and told them everything, so it's fine." Hachiman said, "Yuigahama, don't you feel worried about your parents?"
"I came straight home yesterday, so it's fine!" Yui told him.
"She wanted to watch over you but got kicked out since it's not VIP ward." I.B. popped out and grinned.
Seriously?
"Ahhh!" Yuigahama panicked and slowly backed away, her bag of homework in tow. "Alright, I'll definitely come back tomorrow."
Hachiman noticed that she didn't bring along her clothes bag, leaving it in his house since yesterday. How persistent!
Hachiman heard her bike roared and then left.
"So..." Hiratsuka winked and coughed, "How far you two have gone?"
"Is that a question a teacher should ask?" Hachiman said in a deadpan tone.
"Wow! I.B. didn't lie, you REALLY have amnesia, huh? I'm wondering why Yuigahama would stick to you when you're this grouchy." Hiratsuka shook her head, "Since when? Was it due to the fever?"
"Before that. I was taking a nap, and things get really confusing." Hachiman said as he sat on the sofa and turned on the TV to see the report on yesterday's attack. "Sensei, have you ever felt like the world had changed after you woke up?"
"Proverbially perhaps, but certainly not literal." She and I.B. sat beside him, "What about you?"
"Imagine a peaceful world, where neither monsters nor TPE exists. Imagine a boring world, where you're nothing more than just a civil servant, and I'm just an ordinary high school boy." Hachiman told them.
"A world where something like me doesn't exist, huh?" I.B. snarked, "Sounds like a nice place to stay."
"I.B., are you sure his memory didn't get altered yesterday?" Hiratsuka skeptically, though understandably asked. "Was it the fever Yuigahama mentioned?"
"One hundred percent sure, Mom." I.B. cackled maniacally, "I was with him all the time, and he got really weird after he woke up from a simple nap. He didn't even remember Yuigahama had pink hair for a while and that I exist."
"That has to be a joke."
"Not at all, I'm pretty sure he was scared shitless when he realized he lost his right leg too." I.B. waved her hand, literally holding her laughter until she's on the verge of crying. "Pffftt."
Hiratsuka rubbed her aching temple. "If it was anyone else who said it, I wouldn't believe it."
"It's hard to believe, huh..."
"You know... just to be safe, I'll call a specialist to examine you later." Hiratsuka decided, "Then we can decide what to do next."
"I see." Hachiman nodded in understanding since it was crystal clear that Hiratsuka would be tied up with general bureaucracy problems.
He was neither impatient nor an idiot.
"One question." Hachiman raised his finger, "I.B. said she's my daughter, how does that work?"
"One and a half years ago... there's that incident." Hiratsuka rubbed her chin as she recalled it, "You're not originally a gunslinger... rather, you're a wizard holding the possession of a strange extradimensional tome."
"The name of that book is the Inverse Bible." I.B. jumped off the sofa and danced around, somewhat reminded Hachiman of Komachi more than anything else. "No one knew its real name, but you found it in your grandparents' house and named it as such."
"Ack! So the old me still suffer chuunibyou, even in this world full of wonders." Hachiman groaned mentally. "Just kill me already."
"Most of I.B.'s techniques were something you created, by channeling your TPE through the tome's dark energy filter, you can create solid energy constructs." Hiratsuka shows Hachiman a recording video, "But the Inverse Bible also imprison a malevolent entity called Belial."
"So the incident one and half years ago..."
"During a high-level monster attack, you released Belial because you desperately wanted to protect Yuigahama. However, Belial went berserk and cut your leg." Hiratsuka pointed.
Eh?
"I'm not sure if it was a mechanism built inside the tome. Either way, the tome used the cut-off leg and sucked half my Trans-Phase power to create a humanoid vessel for the book that could reseal Belial."
"And that humanoid vessel... created from my flesh and bone, and Hiratsuka-sensei's Trans-Phase energy..." Hachiman slowly and suddenly turned red and horrified by the realization, "Erm..."
"Correct." I.B. made a pair of OK signs, "I'm technically your daughter with Hiratsuka-Sensei."
"...I want to die so much." Hachiman wanted to cry.
"One does not care to acknowledge the mistake of one's youth**." Hiratsuka smacked Hachiman's shoulder and laughed hard. "Don't worry. It's the responsibility of an adult to shoulder the burden of watching over brats like you, so feel free to mess up as much as you like."
Hachiman wondered if having BOTH older Hiratsuka and younger Hiratsuka around was the reason why the original Hachiman implied to be less grumpy.
* Ramba Ral, Mobile Suit Gundam.
** Char Aznable, Mobile Suit Gundam.