Chapter 44: Kawashiro Nitori: Lord Luke, Please Spare Me!
After Luke asked Shameimaru Aya to find Kawashiro Nitori on Youkai Mountain, he quickly began the cleanup work.
Usami Sumireko helped arrange the tables, chairs, and benches inside the restaurant, while Luke threw away all the dust, fragments, and the broken business sign, replacing it with a spare one.
After completing these tasks, 2B, having cleaned out all the debris from the damaged area, asked curiously,
"Why are you helping me... If a stranger suddenly broke into my area, I would definitely capture them first."
2B was a warrior, a soldier, her thinking sufficiently cautious.
However, here, her experience might not necessarily be useful.
And Usami Sumireko's explanation for this was,
"At first, I also thought about tying up the unconscious Miss 2B, but after doing that, you would definitely launch an attack upon waking up, right?"
"If my movement was restricted, I would have to counterattack to ensure my own safety."
"Then it seems Luke-san's suggestion was correct. He didn't treat Miss 2B as a dangerous person."
"I see..."
2B's gaze fell upon Luke in the kitchen.
She sized up Luke through the blindfold, which was actually military goggles.
"Previously, when Luke-san spoke with me, he appeared very calm, as if he had seen such scenes before. Definitely not an ordinary person."
"Think whatever you want. This is a restaurant, so I don't wish for conflicts to erupt, that's all."
"This trust, I will not betray."
"Didn't expect robots to understand gratitude."
"This is a reasonable measure, because I believe this place could very well become the key point for the plan's success."
A suddenly appearing door, an otherworldly restaurant connected by the door.
2B had never thought such a thing would happen to her.
But now, it had indeed happened.
"You two... this world called 'Gensokyo', what exactly is it like?"
"Simply put, it's a special place where humans, youkai, oni, ghosts, etc., coexist."
"Humans I can understand. The oni mentioned later... in the intelligence I possess, they only exist in stories created by humans. Are they actually real in this 'Gensokyo'...?"
"That's right. The person who came in just now is a tengu, able to soar freely in the sky."
Usami Sumireko mentioned the tengu reporter from earlier, Shameimaru Aya.
Digesting this information piece by piece, 2B received a shock.
After all, for her, the world she was in... that world invaded by 'machine lifeforms' no longer belonged to humanity.
"Anyway, here, you can rest assured. There are no enemies that threaten you."
"Thank you very much..."
2B pressed her body against the sofa backrest, digesting the various information grasped during this time.
After a while, Shameimaru Aya appeared with the kappa Luke wanted to commission.
Shameimaru Aya, carrying her, placed her on the ground.
As soon as she landed, Kawashiro Nitori, her feet not yet steady, ran to the entrance of Luke's restaurant and performed a perfect dogeza there.
"Lord Luke! Please spare me!"
"...??"
Luke was completely baffled.
He didn't dwell on it, but pulled the kappa up from the ground, bringing her before 2B.
"I asked you to come over because I want to commission an inspection of this young lady."
"Eh? But... Mmm! Wait! Let me see!"
Kawashiro Nitori was initially bewildered, but after seeing 2B's damaged area, her attitude immediately changed.
She stared at the precise structure exposed in 2B's leg, instantly closing the distance.
"Luke-san, she is..."
"The kappa mentioned before. Possesses quite good technology in 'Gensokyo'."
"So you want to commission her for repairs?"
"Let's see if she can do it first."
Luke finished speaking, and Kawashiro Nitori put down the backpack behind her, starting to rummage through it.
"Wait a sec! I need to take out the scanner!"
"Honestly, I don't think you can repair my damage. Besides this foot, in the chest and..."
"Is that so? I'm really being underestimated! Kawashiro Nitori! That's my name, and also the name of the genius who will perfectly repair you!"
Kawashiro Nitori was quite confident, planning to give 2B a thorough inspection.
While they were busy, Luke grabbed Shameimaru Aya who had run to a corner.
"Your efficiency isn't bad, but that kappa's frightened appearance just now... you should know something, right?"
"This..."
"Actually, recently I've been considering the difference between tengu wings and chicken wings."
"I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Shameimaru Aya quickly gave an explanation.
Through her somewhat influential Bunbunmaru Newspaper, she published an issue limitedly sold only on Youkai Mountain.
It recorded interesting stories about the restaurant in the woods, meaning the restaurant operated by Luke.
Among them, it mentioned Luke's relationships with the Scarlet Devil Mansion members, Kamishirasawa Keine from the Human Village, the Hakurei Shrine maiden, Marisa who resolved incidents, etc.
To put it bluntly, Luke, with his good connections, could accomplish many things.
Including the idea of 'recently wanting to make Kappa Consommé'.
Of course, 'Kappa Consommé' was purely nonsense.
However...
"After the rumor of 'Kappa Consommé' spread, the kappas didn't dare leave Genbu Ravine casually, making Youkai Mountain much more stable."
"..."
"Hope you're not angry, hehe."
"Using my name to threaten kappas, saying you'll boil them into soup. You fellow are really good at talking nonsense."
"I know I was wrong!"
Shameimaru Aya clasped her hands together, bowing her head in apology.
"Ooh ooh ooh." At this moment, Kawashiro Nitori's cries came from 2B's side.
"Later..." Luke didn't dwell on it, but planned to see how the repairs were going.
Regarding this point, a guess popped into Luke's mind.
After Kawashiro Nitori's repairs, if 2B receives some special enhancements, will she become even stronger than originally?
At that time, perhaps an 'Alternate Record of Gensokyo's Strongest Modified Robot Tearing Through Another World' might emerge.
Mm...
This is very much in the style of 'Gensokyo'.
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