Last Mission - Karmic Retribution 4

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Season: Winter

 

Writer: Akira

 

Characters: Tsukasa, Kohaku, Madara

 

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<The night of that day. At the Suou main family mansion.>

 

Tsukasa: Welcome home, Oukawa! And to Mikejima-senpai and J-san as well!

 

I’ve made the preparations for dinner and a bath! You’ve all worked hard on-set today as well, so please take this time to rest your bones ♪

 

Kohaku: What are ya, a newlywed wife?

 

Madara: Nah, if anything he’s like an eldest daughter who’s a prim and proper honor student.

 

Tsukasa: I am the eldest son of the Suou family! What, are you two trying to make fun of me?

 

Kohaku: We’re praisin’ ya. Ya are Double Face’s biggest investor, but usually people don’t go out of their way like this fer people outside o’ their own unit. 

 

Ya could’ve just ignored us, but ya have been super nice ta us all this time.

 

Tsukasa: It’s only natural. Even though we belong to different Units, Double Face is an ally belonging to the same agency as myself. Besides, it is my duty as the head of the Suou family to protect Oukawa.

 

Of course, this extends to J-san, who is something like Oukawa’s child. 

 

Rather, if the two of you were to treat me as an outsider and refuse my involvement, that would only make me angry.

 

Kohaku: I hate that kinda behavior as well, so I would never do that to ya. But ya even went as far as ta remodel the Suou mansion that’s been in yer family fer generations all fer J’s sake.

 

Tsukasa: Yes. I asked Saegusa-senpai for advice and was able to rebuild our home into a stronghold capable of protecting J-san. Right now, even if a horde of rogues were to attack us, we would be fine.

 

Madara: We would have been fine staying in the hotel Ibara-san prepared for us as well, though.

 

Tsukasa: No can do. A Hotel is merely a temporary accommodation. It is not meant for longer periods of time.

 

It is hardly sufficient lodging for growing children. For J-san’s emotional development, staying in a place with a human soul will prove more beneficial.

 

Kohaku: Are ya sayin’ the Suou family mansion is that special?

 

Tsukasa: If it isn’t yet, then I will make it so. I’m serious about this.

 

Kohaku: I think it’s good. Fer me, even Starmony Dorm is too stylish ta get used to. Compared ta that, the Suou family mansion feels easier ta breathe in.

 

Madara: I’m inclined to agree. My family mansion feels too much like some yakuza headquarters, after all.

 

Well, I’m used to staying at hotels as well since I’ve been traveling abroad a lot. Still, staying at that luxury hotel made me feel as if Ibara-san was watching my every move, so I couldn’t really relax.

 

Tsukasa: I can imagine. I do hope you all can relax and enjoy yourselves while staying in my home.

 

I will protect your peace of mind.

 

Kohaku: Still, I’m surprised Ibara-han signed off on this. I would’ve expected him ta want ta keep J close-by fer the sake of the treasure chest which is GFK’s inheritance.

 

Tsukasa: My negotiations broke him down bit by bit.

 

It was a simple negotiation of exchanging goods for prices.

 

Those kinds of deals are easy to understand. I found Saegusa-senpai to be a much easier negotiation partner compared to Leo-san, who always acts purely based on intuition.

 

Madara: Ah~ Leo-san can be troublesome like that. I always feel as if I’m a foreign merchant trying to negotiate with someone who won’t take my currency.

 

Leo-san doesn’t really place any value in things like money, which are usually seen as important by businessmen like Ibara-san. 

 

Poor Leo-san must’ve really had a hard time when he got tangled up with GFK, who only ever cared about money.

 

Tsukasa: Fufu. Come to think of it, the tale of Double Face all began because of that person, didn’t it?

 

After all this time, allow me to say this one more time: Thank you very much for saving that person.

 

As the one who inherited the crown from that person, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

 

Madara: You don’t owe me any thanks, it’s fine. I just wanted to help out my friend, that’s all.

 

That was supposed to be the whole story, and yet things became this complicated…

 

Kohaku: Kohkohkoh ♪ Isn’t it karma after livin’ freely yer whole life, causin’ trouble fer everyone an’ everything?

 

It’s a proclamation from God, tellin’ ya to do somethin’ for the good of someone else fer once, I’m sure.

 

Madara: I doubt I’m living up to his expectations, then. All I’ve been doing lately is starring in that insane program of ours and playing the fool.

 

Personally, I would have preferred to flashily defeat the forces of evil with a Rider Kick or a Spacium Beam* or something cool like that. 

 

Tsukasa: Even if you say that, you are participating in that program on the basis that we all agreed that was the best course of action, correct?

 

I actually rather enjoy watching that program myself. Even though, as one of the investors, the footage is sent to me ahead of the broadcasting schedule so I can review it.

 

I burst out laughing this time as well. Ah, please note that I am merely using “burst out laughing” as a figure of speech. Though it sounds rather vulgar, I simply couldn’t think of any other suitable expression.

 

Kohaku: Yer about ta only one that is worried about that, ya know? 



TL-note:
* - Rider Kick is a reference to Kamen Rider's signature move in the Kamen Rider franchise, while Spacium Beam is a reference to Ultraman's signature move in the Ultraman franchise.

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