Track 9

*fan fan fan fan*

....

*fan fan fan fan*

Netaro, what are you doing?

As you can see, I have gathered all the badges that Pihyoro has collected and am now fanning them with a leaf! *fan fan fan fan*

I haven't heard of such a ritual before. What exactly does this do?

That alien has failed to consume what was inside the badges, correct?

Thus, if I continue to fan them like this, said alien shall be lured by the scent!

I see. It's the grilled eel kind of method.

AH!!

Did an alien appear as soon as I said that...?!

Where?! I do not see them!

Ah, no it's not that....

I just realized that I forgot to tell the rest that I would be going off on my own.

That's... yeah.

I messed up. I'm sure they're worried by now—

AAAHH!!!

IT'S HEEEERRREEEE————!!!!

It hasn't been that long, Alien-san.

Is that.... tiny red pom-pom an alien-? It's shockingly small!

That is the spaceship, so the actual body is inside.

I see.... Regardless of its size, I had always hoped that I could see something like this before I die...!!

Haha! Yet another dream of mine has come true!!

<<....! ......, ........!!!>>

It's trying to say something.

But what is it...?

Here. I made a simple translator just a moment ago~

<<Ugh... I knew this was a trap, but....>>

<<I couldn't control my hunger, and the scent lured me in.....!>>

The grilled eel method was super effective.

Hello. We just wanted to talk—

<<I have no idea what they're saying... Are these 3 trying to capture me....?>>

Huh... it doesn't translate our speech back to them?

Yes. I was lacking in materials, so it is rather primitive and can only translate one way.

Then.... let's try this....!

*scribbling*

<<What......? One has started writing something....>>

A bunch of 0's and 1's.....?

I'm using the same methods as the Arecibo message¹ during the year of 1974. I'm not sure if it will work though.....

Ahh, yes that! I have also seen this before~

<<This is.... a message in binary....>>

<<A drawing of a human and I holding hands. Are they trying to say that they come in peace.....?>>

It worked....!

Let's have a conversation like this, then!

After talking to them.....

We now know that this alien came to Earth for sightseeing on vacation. However, they got into an accident and crash landed on this island.....

And they were surviving on the microchips embedded in our badges!

<<That is correct. By borrowing the body of that brown mammal, I had managed to get a few microchips...>>

Netaro said that you would eat all the electronic devices in the world....

<<That is impossible. I am the only one on this ship.>>

How boring.

What happened with the submersion system?

<<I wanted to enter sea hibernation until rescue from my home planet arrived.>>

<<I borrowed the body of a humanoid creature, opened the control room, and rigged it to allow remote operation from my spaceship.....>>

So you were attached to Yachiyo-san since yesterday....?

<<I intended to head there with the badges for refuge.>>

There is no need for that. If you head to JPN, there would be more food than you could ever eat.

<<Really.....?!?>>

Yep. A boat is coming to pick us up tomorrow, so you can sneak on and get there safely.

<<...Understood. I shall now cease my interference with the control room.>>

...Thanks.

Now we can only hope things will go well for Nayuki and the others....!

(....I wonder if Chief-chan and everyone were able to evacuate safely..)

If I can finish the program Nayuki was rewriting, then I can still fix things...

All I can do now is fight 'til the very end....!

....! The foreign interference suddenly stopped...?! Now I can—

No, I'm out of time....!!!

Hole, holehole, where is that hoooleeee?!?!

We haven't been able to get in contact with the control room since then...!

Uuhm... Kinari-kun said it was an exhaust vent....

I got it! Maybe we should observe the air flow!!

Divination?

Nope. If I just gather a bunch of leaves and flowers...

..And throw it into the air! Hup!

WOAH?! They're getting blown away by some wind....!

The wind might be coming from the exhaust vent! Let's check it out!

Toi, hold up.

Eh?

There's a caterpillar in your hair.

A..Ani-sama..!!! Kyun.....♡

THERE IT IIIIISSS!!! BOSS, I FOUND THE HOLEEEE!!!! AIR IS GUSHING OUT LIKE CRAAAAZYYYY!!!

Nice one, Isotake!

Usually, stuff like this is fixed by pullin' some lever!

Let's try that!

One, two....!

What?! The countdown got longer...!?

(I see, Akuta's group must have....)

*typing*

Got it, now....!!

Please work....!!!

KAFKA.....!!!!

..........

Just in tiiimee~~.....

Mousey fireworks, squeak squeak, launch launchhh!!

WH- YOU'RE AAAAACTUALLY A FUCKING IDIOT AREN'T YOU?!?! DO THAT SOMEWHERE WITHOUT PEOPLE AROUND!!!!!

These handheld fireworks resemble comets if you wave them around, like this.

It looks like.... you're, drawing..... in the, sky.

A deserted island... the night sky... fireworks.... Yeah, I think I've got a good song coming up.

Such high spirits after everything, right. As expected of high school students.

Well, the training was cancelled so we all have free time until we get picked up tomorrow. We should all do as we please.

We sincerely apologize for putting everyone in danger.....

Once we get back to HAMA, I'm going to investigate what caused all this. For now, it all just seems like a system malfunction though...

Weeell, in that case it ain't anybody's fault.

By the way, what about the results of the 4th battle?

Let's ask Yachiyo-san!

yuuup.....yuuuuuuuuup....

He's still out cold.

the sparkliness... the palm tree..... nooo, don't fight over meee.... ehehe~

Looks like both sides were too OP and kyun-worthy that he can't decide?

This leads to both teams having 1 win, 1 loss, and 2 draws each. Therefore, the overall result is a draw.

Everyone, the food is ready. We should all eat while it's hot.

There were no restrictions on ingredients or cooking utensils today, so we went all out.

Let's dine, then.

*honk hooonk~*

Oh, Netaro.... you still have that conch shell?

So fuckin' loud.

.......

Kaede-chan...!!

Chief-chan.

Ah... Kafka.

Won't you light some sparklers with me?

...Yeah.

.....

.....

...I'm really glad.

Eh?

I thought you'd be mad at me.

....I am mad. But—

If our roles were reversed, I think I would have done the same thing as you.

.....

You're precious to me, and those feelings would have made me react instantly...

!

I figured that you must have felt the same as I did, so I can't really be mad at you for that...

*sigh..*

Eh... what's wrong?

...It's just that.. you took the words right out of my mouth.

....I see.

Mhm.

Kafka... thank you for trying to save me.

I'm sorry for worrying you.

Oooiii! Kafka, Chief!

Woof! Woof!

Ah! Renga-kun and Shumai!

Kotaro and Nanaki are about to play a duet with their conch shell and guitar! Are you two coming?

Ahaha, what an interesting pair of instruments.

Let's go join them!

Yeah!