The Crisis World XX

Chap. 118: Pick Up Idols

The amusement park plan yesterday I can say was a huge success. Although Oukami was a little stupid for forgetting to express her feelings which made my money look futile.

But when Herlin fell silent to enjoy the fireworks that night, it made me not so sorry to have spent my money—Ya even though his smile did not come out at all, anyway.

And now is the long-awaited day. Our work will begin at seven o'clock tonight. But somehow, Ishikawa-san told us to get up at 6 am.

"Hoaamm ...." My and Herlin's mouths evaporated wide even though he covered them with his hands.

"Why are you still so sleepy? Didn't I tell you to take a shower?" ask Ishikawa-san.

"Many things happened last night, so I got less sleep. Bathing alone is not enough to relieve his drowsiness."

"Then what about you, Herlin?"

"I'm the same."

"What matters is that you can complete the mission well, this is an important mission to save Black Rain's finances, you understand?!"

"Yes, yeah. Let's go quickly."

No one takes the spirit of Ishikawa-san seriously. And they went straight out to the car. While Caramel then approached me.

"What's the plan last night? It worked?"

"of course! Everything I planned went well .. I guess." I looked up at Oukami who was waiting here too and upon realizing that I glanced at him, he gave me a thumbs up which I also replied with the same thing.

"But I'm also grateful to you for making last night's plans possible. Thank you, yeah."

"Ehehe ..it's easy for me!" With the tos that ended our conversation, we followed the others walking to the car that had been provided.

We went to the concert venue, which is a dome that is usually used to hold concerts or the like. We came so early because we had to take care of a lot of things like meetings with other divisions. Incidentally we were selected to one of the security divisions, namely the bodyguards of the members of Rainbow Cookies.

After arriving at his place, I was a little amazed by the grandeur and the number of people who work here, there were even many volunteers who helped make this Rainbow Cookies concert a success.

"Woah .. so many."

"of course. It's one of the biggest concerts of the year and they need a lot of people to make it happen" Ishikawa-san explained.

"They turned out great, didn't they?"

"Yes. Koyomi Arisu who is the number one Japanese Idol decided to create an Idol group and automatically immediately overtake other Idol groups to become the number one Japanese Idol group. They are really great. At least that's what I heard."

As I saw many people erecting the concert poles, I thought that I would become a very famous bodyguard. And I don't seem to wonder why Oukami likes it.

As I was daydreaming and imagining how great I was, someone suddenly shouted at us all.

"Oi! You're a bunch of idle people!"

"Eh?"

The man with sleeveless shirt and slippery bald head look, then his burly muscles and large tall body and fierce gaze made him look like a hardworking person.

"Why are you guys staying here? Don't you see that the others are working hard? Aren't you ashamed to see yourself still with your hands and feet but lazing around?"

Wow ... the talk is so sharp. I'm sure there must have been some people who were insinuated by his words just now. But Ishikawa-san did not respond too much and directly spoke to him.

"Ah, sorry, but we're in another division so it's coming at this hour."

"other divisions? Which division are you from?"

"We're the Rainbow Cookies bodyguard for the concert right now."

"...."

When Ishikawa-san said so, all the activities in this place stopped simultaneously. The other workers looked at us in silence. Eh? Why did it suddenly become awkwardly silent like this? Is Ishikawa-san mispronounced or something.

"That-can't be!"

"Are you really the Rainbow Cookies bodyguard?!"

"It's a lie, right?! That's a lie, right?!"

The other workers then came to us and asked a lot of questions. Like how we became bodyguards, some were envious, and some were not believing.

"E-Etto .. ano ...." I tried to answer their questions, but there was so much to ask that there was nothing I could answer.

"EVERYTHING, BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG!"

The shouts of the bald man had become the center of attention of all of them and they regularly retreated and returned to their respective posts. The workers' faces looked frightened and I heard some whispers of the workers.

"Great, the boss is already angry. Let's go back."

"Come, come on."

"Damn, will my work be added, huh?"

It seemed like they were all afraid of this bald man. Yes, I if told to face it myself also did not dare, anyway. His appearance had indeed frightened people first. But suddenly the bald man came up to me, it seemed like he realized that I was watching him from earlier.

"What do you see?"

"Ti-nothing, sorry!"

"Do you have an identification card that allows me to trust you if you're a Rainbow Cookies bodyguard?"

He lowered his head and aligned his head to be on par with mine. Her sinister face was really close and was busy interrogating me. Damn, no one wants to help me.

And while I was asking for help through my scared face, Ishikawa-san entered at the right moment. "Of course we have." Ishikawa-san is! Iloveyou! He then took out some papers containing photos of all of us and under it was already signed by Koyomi Arisu.

The bald man then checked our real photos and faces if they were similar, and when he felt that everything was correct he returned the documents to Ishikawa-san.

"All right, you can be trusted."

"Huh ...." I sighed because her anger had subsided and her face was also away from me.

"But! Since you guys have already come here, don't expect you guys to be able to relax! While you still have your hands and feet in front of me, you won't be able to rest. Quickly help the other divisions there!"

In the end, we get jobs that are not our part. Ishikawa-san also did not protest against it and happily accepted it. If Ishikawa-san doesn't protest, of course I protest.

"Gazu-san! Why should we do what is not our part? Isn't this not true?"

"Maybe you're right, but I deliberately did this for our organization as well."

"Why is that?!"

"Again ...." Ishikawa-san looks gloomy explaining the reason. "... There was someone who used the White Cloud arena without permission and then damaged it. So I have to work harder to get the fine reduced, and this is one way" he continued.

"Guk!"

Ishikawa-san insinuates someone and of course there are people who feel like doing it. I looked the other way so no one would know it was me, but everyone knew it.

"Stupid."

Herlin suddenly stabbed me with her words that made me fall to the floor. But I got up right away and with the tone and smile I was forcing, I was eager to help the other divisions.

"Let's help the other division! Ehehe-hehe-he."

In the end we all parted ways and helped volunteers and other workers. Some help arrange iron frames for supporting the stage, some also help lift large wood and paint it.

We all worked hard and it was exhausting. We work not knowing the time and suddenly the time has shown at 12 noon just in time to rest.

I sat in a long chair alone while looking at the other workers who were also resting and eating their provisions. While I'm here just fanning my face because there are enough people here to make this place stuffy.

After drinking a few sips, I then took Oukami to talk. "Nee, have you ever done anything like this before?"

"Huh? Hmm. .., I've been a bodyguard of Rainbow Cookies at various concerts, but to help them set up the stage seems like it's my first time."

"I-I'm sorry." I don't know why I immediately reflexively apologized when I thought it was my fault.

"If you're with your organization maybe you should apologize, but if you're with me, I should be the one who's sorry."

"On that ...."

"I shouldn't have been blinded by my pride and carelessly invited you to fight." He admitted it was his fault. His former attitude had completely changed after I told him about Cecilia.

"But I think you should change that attitude of yours."

"Why?"

"Not everyone you think is weak is weak, who knows they are just hiding their strength. We no one knows."

"I guess ..., you were right about that one."

The tip of my lips lifted. Hopefully after this he is not too arrogant anymore, yes even though it is difficult to get rid of, anyway. I stood up and stretched my body. "Come on! We'll help the others again!" take me to Oukami.

"Yes." Yeah."

"I think he's helped enough."

"Eh?" We were both surprised when someone—who turned out to be Herlin entered into our chat. I was also astonished by the clothes Herlin was wearing at this time. He was wearing the bodyguard uniform he had given me earlier.

"Why indeed?" ask Oukami.

"Now it's time to pick up those idols."

I looked the other way. They had all changed into their uniforms, and we were the only two of us still wearing normal clothes.

"Quick change your clothes, after that we immediately leave," said Herlin who then went to other friends.

Without further ado, Oukami and I immediately changed our uniforms and then followed the others into the car. We will be heading to the hotel where Rainbow Cookies members are staying.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, we finally arrived in front of the hotel. The atmosphere at the front door of the hotel has been very crowded with media or fanatical fans who have been waiting for them since.

"A lot, are you sure we can get in?"

"Just keep it calm, as long as there's an identification card we won't find any meaningful problems."

And just like Ishikawa-san said, after showing the identification card we can go inside seamlessly.

Someone who could be said to be the manager of Rainbow Cookies came to see us after being inside, he gave some basic knowledge of what not to do to the members of Rainbow Cookies.

After the briefing with their manager was over, the manager went inside and after a while, five women walked out of the hotel room. And one of them has a face I know— Yap. Who else if not Arisu.

"So we have a female bodyguard now?" ask one of them.

As a bodyguard, of course I was told to memorize their names and the one who spoke just now was Usagy Pecola, the first member to be recruited by Arisu directly. And then there was Oniri Ayamy beside him as the second.

"Well! Is there a girl our age?! If you know how old you are?"

"E-sixteen years."

"Him body! Nee, nee! Would you like to join Rainbow Cookies?"

"Truly! Surely Arisu-senpai will allow it! Just sing and dance!"

"Th-that ...."

Then the girl who was excited when she saw Herlin then immediately held both hands and asked was Ria Aderia with Akai Edna who was one year older than her, and she was just one year older, they successfully passed the audition to become the fourth and fifth members of Rainbow Cookies.

"Ria-chan, Edna-chan ..., let's focus again."

"Baik~" With a limp answer, he then took off Herlin's hand and returned to his friends.

And of course one more person, the Oukami target I helped last night, Koyomi Arisu. His first glance at me wasn't very good and it seemed like he didn't know that last night's Amusement Park Plan was my plan either. But that's okay, because I'm the hero from behind the shadows.

"Your head is healthy?" Herlin called out to me when he saw me grinning by myself.

Ignoring that, we immediately went to the place we had built. Passing through the crowd of fans and media gathered at the front door, despite the jostling, finally members of Rainbow Cookies can get into his car.

While me and the others got in another car behind him following their car.

"Sdu-du-duh." I rubbed my cheek.

"Why you?" ask Herlin.

"The media were jostling until their cameras and mic hit my face."

"Aahaha! You should have put a scary face on them, Iraya! Just like I did!"

"I think you're right, on your part no one dares approach. What about you, Herlin?"

"If I were .... I interviewed them earlier."

"Can we?!"

I don't understand those reporters anymore. It was only fitting that Herlin's part was so organized and prosperous, it seemed like only my part was disorganized.

"That sounds fun working as a bodyguard?" Suddenly our driver asked us to talk. A chauffeur who was aged with white hair on his head. "If I were young, maybe I would also try to register as a bodyguard like you, my son is a big fan of them."

"Maybe you misinterpreted it, but this job is far from pleasant" I replied.

"But I'm also not sure if you'll be chosen to be their bodyguard, sir. Because one of the requirements is that you have to be an Exception," continued Oukami.

"Ah, those trending words, huh? Are any of them an Exception?"

"There, their leader is an Exception."

"Eh? So Arisu is Exception?"

"You just found out? Where have you been all this time?"

"I just found out. Wait, what else does it know?" I looked the other way and they were all silent indicating that I was the only one who didn't know here.

"Ahahaha .. I pray your duty is fine."

And our conversation with the driver was over. But in silence, Nigiyaka-san briefly looked suspiciously at the driver, even though he immediately ignored him and assumed it was just his feelings.

And after that, we arrived and did not forget to thank the driver and then walked into the dome.

Meanwhile, in the car, the driver picked up the phone to call someone. "Hello .. everything is still going well."

"Good then, how is my mask made?"

The driver took off a mask of disguise that was almost no different from real human skin. And after releasing it, the real person's face was then seen. "Worked very well. Even Nimis and Ardenter didn't recognize me" Ivis said.

"Good then, continue your work and do it as planned."

Ivis then takes another mask from inside the car dashboard and then puts it on again, making him turn into someone else again. "I'll do it, Lennova."

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