"Next time we get together let's meet for a spar session I don't know about you but I am feeling a little out of practice"
"Not your fault Norika, these guys are tough"
"Obuchi double team?"
"Double team"
The two team up and were quite effective when suddenly Obuchi was separated long enough to lose his sunglasses and while he could fight for five minutes without them due to intense training he couldn't this time because for some reason the sun was brighter than normal and as such he only lasted two minutes, but since he also always made sure to carry a blindfold on him he quickly whipped that out and put it over his eyes
"Okay, now you're in trouble"
An officer who got caught in the chaos saw what Obuchi had done and since he didn't know Obuchi asked a very valid question in his mind
"What is that person thinking?"
"The he can fight better completely blind then with severely compromised vision"
"Fine but I'm pulling him out the moment he gets overwhelmed"
"He'll probably agree with you on that, but there's a good chance he'll argue about it too so be ready just in case that happens because he can be stubborn"
All of a sudden though their Rescue Commanders beeped and Obuchi managed to bring his out even though he really wasn't in a good position to do so
"Yes?"
"You guys are needed"
"In case...you haven't...noticed Juri-san...we're a...bit...busy"
"Yeah I noticed, unfortunately we've got three Extreme Disasters going at once one in Europe, one in North America and here so you need to suit up now!"
"With...all these...enemies...keeping us...busy?"
"Figure it out Obuchi-san"
"Fine...we'll think...of something...see you...later"
"Right and Obuchi-san lose the blindfold before you suit up"
"Always"
The group finally figured out a way for all of them to change safely, one would change and then protect the next one until all of them were suited up
"Chakusou!"
"Chakusou!"
"Chakusou!"
"Chakusou!"
"Chakusou!"
The robots were then easily taken care of and they then focused on the Extreme Disaster
"Juri-san Final Rescue requested"
"Final Rescue approved, Explosively suppress it!"
The Final Rescue works and then all of them did the signature after move and phrase
"Explosively completed!"
"Obuchi-san, you okay?"
"Fine, annoyed they forced me to blindfold myself but otherwise fine, though I think we should all get checked out at medical and then..."
"Yeah and then"
"By the way sir, you are insane"
"The officer is right Obuchi-san you are definitely insane"
"Oh and you're just now understanding that?"
"Sort of yeah"
"And why didn't you get it when you guys first joined?"
"Um, you haven't done anything that insane until today"
"You have a point but I still gave signs of being insane long before today as the team well knows"
"Well either way we need checked out and then make our reports to our civilian jobs so that they know we're relatively okay"
"Relatively?"
"Yeah, I think I am actually injured now that I don't have to move so much"
"I'm tired that's for sure"
That's when Obuchi simply collapsed having pushed his body too far thanks to the disease he was getting treatment for and so he was rushed to the medical center and the final three weeks of treatment was started a bit early due to the collapse
"He pushed himself too far, the treatment will work like it's supposed to but now instead of awake for us to know what he's feeling he'll probably be unconscious for the first day or so and we actually need critical information the first few days but it is what it is"
"At least he'll get better and once he regains his strength we can fight the reporters"
"Yeah about that, turns out that we're going to have to make a change in plans and explain certain things without him, it's his story but they are demanding a few answers now and the only way to keep them off our backs long enough to allow him to recover is to explain a little bit about why we trust him after what he's done"
"He won't be happy about that Captain Ishiguro and you know that"
"I know, but sempai will also understand"
"You sure he'll understand quickly enough to not go all Daen on us?"
"Yes, he sent me a private message after I mentioned the reporters stating that if absolutely necessary I can give out some basics about the whole trust issue but that was it"
"He really does want to keep the story on a tight leash if it can be helped"
"Yes he does, and we're willing to help him as much as possible, hopefully when he does tell his story to the reporters they'll understand and agree to his request not to publish it beyond stating that Rescue Force has their reasons for trusting him despite his past as Daen"
"Captain Ishiguro just what damage could happen if they don't understand his request?"
"Then you guys might be forced to disband and his job will have to suspend him indefinitely, not to mention he won't be able to find any other work due to mistrust"
"Let's hope they understand then"
"Yeah"
Two months later things were relatively back to normal, after the three week treatment Obuchi quickly regained his strength and talked to the reporter and fortunately they did understand why he didn't want the full story to be published and agreed to keep things to a minimal, only expanding enough to explain just why Rescue Force trusts him despite his past as Daen. At the fire station
"Obuchi, phone call for you, one of your teammates I believe"
"Okay better see why they're calling the station instead of the Rescue Commander"
"This is Obuchi go ahead...I see...okay when was this?...okay what about the Rescue Commander?...I understand...okay I can do that...right see you then...okay thanks for that information are you...okay I will inform the right people then...okay bye"
He hangs up and goes to the common area
"Captain I have to go, one of my teammates ran into some major trouble and needs backup"
"Why use the phone?"
"Sorry not going to explain that one"
"Fine, be careful?"
"Always Captain, always"
Obuchi leaves and with the Rescue Commander calls the others and they deal with the Extreme Disaster that their one teammate was involved with without their Commander and that started a three week duty session due to just how many Extreme Disasters were happening
"Okay, what's going on?"
"Who knows, all I know is that this could be a plot of our enemy to get us so tired we start making mistakes that cost lives, or something else but either way they're doing a good job in exhausting us"
"Maybe we can..."
Suddenly yet another Extreme Disaster was called and this time it was combined with an Extreme Fire
"Let's go"
They go to the site and handle the emergency and finally that's when they are told they caught a break because they had done enough damage to the enemy that they would need time to repair things
"Finally, this period was intense"
"Yeah, by the way Obuchi-san your job?"
"Told them it was a long term assignment and they dealt with it accordingly, I'll let them know I can go back on duty now though"
"Okay"
Obuchi leaves the Rescue base and heads to his station and sees his team on duty
"Hey guys"
"Obuchi!...can you leave base right now?"
"Yes, things have settled down for the moment and I can go back on duty"
"Took long enough"
"Not my fault"
"We know Obuchi, but still three weeks is a long time to deal with an Extreme Disaster"
"How about one right after the other? I know for a fact that there was at least one disaster a day some times more, we're extremely lucky most were focused on Japan and as such Rescue Fire could take care of some of the situations just so that my team could rest every so often"
"Okay no wonder it took so long, but they're taking a break now?"
"They have to, we've done enough damage that they need time to rebuild their forces, not to mention make more Neo Terra Resetters"
"How have you been coping with those anyways?"
"Better than when they first showed up, but I still don't like them"
"And the Daen situation?"
"Never know when that comes out, but it can be handy"
"But also extremely dangerous if you get narrow focusing from it"
"Yeah, we're working on it but it's hard to do so when it only happens during a real emergency, and at random too"
"Well for now we'll let the department know you're available again and you'll get back on schedule soon enough, but for now I think you need to rest"
"Yeah we do, by the way were you guys our backup that one incident at the school?"
"That was us alright, should have known you'd recognize us"
"Yeah you should have, I'm not surprised you didn't see me though considering just how busy we were that day"
Two days later Obuchi was back on his team simply doing his job when the phone rang yet again and yet again it was one of his teammates
"You have got to be kidding me, I'll go see what the problem is this time"
He goes over to the phone not knowing that most of his teammates were secretly making special preparations this time because Obuchi had forgotten something important about that day, something so normal that it would pass by forgotten if not for very sneaky teammates
"This is Obuchi...I see...okay and this requires me how?...oh okay didn't know that...yeah I can be there in fifteen minutes...okay I can do that instead...how many parts are needed?...they're in separate areas?...okay will do...bye"
He hangs up and goes to the common area
"Sorry Captain, something's up at base, hopefully it's nothing too serious but I have to get spare parts for a machine just in case it's more broken then they think it is and unfortunately the pieces I need to get are in different shops so I might be a while"
"And no one else can run the errand?"
"Nope, especially because the machine is something I have been working on when at base and as such I am an integral part of fixing it, knowing what works as a substitute and what doesn't since the other main person has to focus on other machines as well and there are two machines down at once"
"Okay, just get back here as soon as you can"
"Will do"
Five minutes after Obuchi leaves another crew arrives at the station having coordinated everything before hand