"Then it's decided, we'll happily start by persuading those two—"
Seeing that everyone's discussion was more or less finished, Bronya slapped her thigh and decided on their course of action.
"Um, let me just say... are you guys forgetting something?... Have you considered what that Miss Pink Elf herself wants??"
Looking at the others getting ready to spring into action, Bronie raised a crucial question...
"Miss Elysia's own thoughts...?"
"Yeah, don't forget, Miss Pink Elf volunteered to sacrifice herself. If she herself has no desire to continue existing, then even if we persuade everyone else, she will still choose to sacrifice herself, right???"
Bronie slapped the table, pointing out the most important issue in their upcoming series of actions.
"Instead of persuading those two who could be guest-starred as Commissar Yuri, Miss Aponia and Mr. Su... our first priority is to deal with the person involved herself. If Miss Pink Elf doesn't cooperate, everything we do will be in vain."
"Damn it, if only someone could help us beat the hell out of all these people..."
Long-haired Seele clicked her tongue in frustration, looking like she had energy but nowhere to use it.
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"I heard someone's looking for help to beat people up?"
A voice all too familiar to Bronya drifted in from the cafe entrance...
"So, how about taking me along?"
The owner of the playful voice stepped into the cafe, her rose-purple eyes brimming with amusement as she surveyed the four troubled individuals, offering a new reinforcement for their current predicament.
"Sister Kyuusyou? What are you doing here?!"
Bronya stared in shock at Houraiji Kyuusyou, who had "spawned" in front of her from out of nowhere.
"The little ones from St. Freya Academy are in trouble, so naturally, your dependable big sister Houraiji Kyuusyou has appeared~"
Spouting nonsense as usual, Houraiji Kyuusyou pulled out a chair and joined the four-person party on their quest to conquer this world instance.
"And as for your Big Sister Kyuusyou, what I'm best at is beating through these kinds of infinite loop instances—"
"If you do that... you'll be kneeling on a washboard and a keyboard in the future... Your Grace Houraiji Kyuusyou."
The originally emotionless and cold mechanical voice of mystery sounded beside the purple-haired girl, making Bronya and the others look over.
"If she makes me kneel on a washboard, I'll just switch accounts and let someone else play for me... Why must the next thing you rub be a washboard and a keyboard?"
Miss Kyuusyou seemed to have found some kind of walkthrough secret, looking completely fearless and super brave.
"..."
The purple-haired girl's decisive and vaguely-stepping-on-the-gas-to-80-mph reply directly silenced the mysterious voice.
[ So you won't rub the washboard and keyboard, you'll go rub My Lady instead, right??? ]
"...As long as you're happy."
The mysterious voice, choked for a long while, finally managed to mutter a single sentence before falling silent again.
"Sister Kyuusyou seems to know this mysterious voice?"
Confirming that the mysterious voice had completely run out of things to say, Bronya immediately leaned in, eagerly trying to gather information.
"Know her? Why wouldn't I? You guys should recognize this voice too, right? Haven't you figured it out? Even though she tries so hard to keep that deadpan 'emotionless' act—which, honestly, is a pretty cool look—she looks absolutely pathetic when she finally loses it, doesn't she?"
Kyuusyou looked at Bronya with a strange expression.
"...Bronya did not recognize her. So Bronya knows such a person?"
"That's Muninn. I have no idea why she's hiding and won't let anyone see her, though—Want to take a look at her? If you do, I'll drag her out right now—"
The purple-haired demon seemed all too eager to act.
"No... Bronya believes the most important thing right now is figuring out how to clear this strange world... not messing with Miss Muninn. Sister Kyuusyou said she's an expert at clearing these kinds of Samsara worlds, right?"
"Actually, if we just drag out that bird person and threaten to pluck all her feathers, you guys could clear the world pretty quickly..."
Kyuusyou muttered softly, readjusted her facial expression, and gave Bronya beside her a confident look, casually giving a thumbs up.
"Of course, I can be a professional guide. You can consult me about any problems—"
"Um... well, Sister Kyuusyou, the current situation is this: we have found the key point of the loop, but twisting this key point might put Bronya and Seele in the dangerous position of becoming enemies of the world."
"And more importantly, the person at the key point might not necessarily cooperate with us..."
After listening to Bronya's explanation, Houraiji Kyuusyou nodded thoughtfully.
"Hmm... To summarize, your problem is that you're not using enough brute force—as long as you use enough brute force, miracles will happen."
The purple-haired Savior recalled a story from the very, very distant past, back when she hadn't awakened her true nature and was still struggling and rolling around in some unfortunate world's endless loop.
If I back then were even half as badass as I am now, would I have ended up like that?
The old me was timid and submissive, but the new me strikes with a heavy fist!!
"Um... what does Miss Kyuusyou mean???"
Bronie looked at the purple-haired girl in front of her, feeling uncertain... A very outrageous idea popped into her mind—
"Why all these fancy words? Let me teach you. Just go and beat them all to the ground, and it's done. Lady Houraiji Kyuusyou's first lesson in saving the world: the weaker party should never try to persuade the stronger party with words, and vice versa—!!"
"The weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons. When you beat someone up every day and ask them afterward, 'Have you learned your lesson yet?' they will stubbornly say, 'No, I haven't learned, I won't learn.' Then they will start saying, 'Yes, I've learned, I've learned.' At this point, they are actually just brushing you off, so you have to keep beating them."
"Beat them until they only say 'Yes, yes, yes' no matter what you say. That's when our goal is achieved—"
Translation: Fuck talking, just beat them to death.jpg
"Miss Kyuusyou, are you in your right mind...? We can't possibly beat those MANTIS... Even if we really wanted to fight, we would have to find someone like Delta, using MANTIS to fight MANTIS..."
Bronie's face said, "I knew it," and she rolled her eyes on the spot, as if to say, "Are you still asleep?"
Lmao—We can't beat them at all, and the one who will end up crushed like a little cookie is me.
"Hmm... I think you all have some misconceptions about your favorite big sister Houraiji Kyuusyou's power—Well, I've never actually fought anyone before... So, let's let reality do the talking—"
"—Elbow, come with me and smash the Fire Moth!!!"
"...Are you completely unreasonable when playing games?!"
Bronyas stared wide-eyed—
"Lmao, Bronya, remember, Lady Kyuusyou calls this a speedrun—!"