超ヒロイン戦記 - Super Heroine Chronicle/Flow Chart/Episode 3: A New Incident
第3話: 新たな事件
Episode 3: A New Incident
Episode 3: A New Incident
Meru: ...Is it really here?
Claude: The address on the card says it's here...
Meru: Uu...but this looks like a really run down apartment building though...
Claude: But, the Ayanokoji Detective Office has a nameplate here. It's says that 'We investigate all kinds of strange incidences'...
[Rem arrives]
Rem: Ara? You came already? That was fast.
Meru: Ah, Rem-san!
Rem: Even though your group is missing a few people?
Meru: Yes. Noel and Tsubasa-san will be dropping by later, so the two of us came here first.
Rem: Ah, I see.
Meru: Your cat and dog are really cute.
Rem: The cat is called Alpha, and the dog is Beta. Come on, you two, go greet them.
Alpha: Nyan.
Beta: Wan!
Meru: They're really smart! Nice to meet you, ehehe~!
Rem: Sorry for leaving so suddenly before. But, I had to return to the office to take a call from an acquaintance who is a police detective for various information.
Meru: You even know a police detective? That's amazing! You're like a private investigator!
Claude: No, she did say she was one earlier...
Rem: Together with the information the police detective gave me and what I've investigated about the 'Outbreak of People Sleeping on the Road Phenomenon', there seems to be a lot of strange events.
Claude: Strange events...? Is it dangerous to talk about?
Rem: First of all, the 'Spirited Away' case where people are suddenly disappearing without a trace...
Meru: That's the same as what Tsubasa-san said. How scary~...
Claude: Um, that also includes us too.
Rem: Yes. But there's still more people getting involved. This is a really strange case...
Meru: T-That's really scary to hear...
Rem: Then there's the person who looks exactly like me, the 'Doppelganger Phenomenon' case...
Meru: Is it a ghost...?
Rem: Next are the creatures not from this world, the 'Unknown Life-form Invasion' case.
Meru: A-Aliens!? Like ones with dog heads!?
Rem: And finally, 'Meeting you from another world' case where people start appearing suddenly.
Meru: Mysterious~!
Claude: Um, as I was saying, that one also includes us...
Rem: The fact that all of these are happening within such a short amount of time. This is not ordinary at all.
Rem: Along with the 'Outbreak of People Sleeping on the Road Phenomenon' case, all of this can't be a coincidence.
Meru: That's also including us who came to this world?
Rem: It's difficult to think that it's not related. If that's the case, how about this proposal.
Rem: Won't you cooperate with my investigation?
Meru: Cooperate?
Rem: As you are involved, if you cooperate, the investigation can proceed faster.
Rem: Also I can help you out with living here. Not a bad deal right?
Meru: That would be a great help! Uuu, I was so worried about that.
Rem: Don't worry. I have a lot saved up, got all the necessities here.
Rem: If we manage to solve this big case, there could also be a big reward for it?
Meru: I understand! I'll do my best!
Rem: Then, sorry about rushing but let's start searching right now!
Meru: Eeh~? Already!?
Rem: We're heading to the area where the 'Outbreak of People Sleeping on the Road Phenomenon' case happened. Are you two good to go?
Claude: So sudden...
Meru: We're good, ready to go!
[Location change]
Meru: There's one over here!
Rem: Yareyare...that makes it 8 victims now.
Youth: Guu....Guu...
Office Lady: ZZZ...ZZZ
Meru: They're really sleeping.
Rem: Can't say it's a coincidence if there's 8 people all sleeping on the road.
Rem: Nnnnnn.....
Claude: Rem-san? Did you find something?
Rem: Today, doesn't seem like there's only sleeping people.
Claude: Eh?
Rem: Look, right there.
Meru: There...
Meru: HYAAAAAAAAAA!?
Claude: T-T-T-T-T-T-T-There's no head!
Rem: How sad...the killer must have their head...
Rem: This seems similar to that mass murder case from back then...
Dream Demon: ...!!
Meru: Hawawa~! Something is coming here!
Rem: Dream demons!?
Claude: All of a sudden!?
Meru: There's even more coming!
Rem: We're going to attack! But don't push yourselves!
[Battle Map]
[After several enemies defeated]
Claude: S-Seems like things will go well...?
Rem: Yes. If we keep going like this.
Rem: Muu!?
Rem: The ones over there! Show yourselves!
[Black Shion and Black Mion appear]
???(Black Mion): ...
???(Black Shion): ...
Meru: Hwawawwa, the same face!? It's those doppelgangers!
Rem: What's going on? Even though there are dream demons around, they're not afraid?
???(Black Mion): Now then...let's begin today's club activities...?
???(Black Shion): I'll help you out, sister...
Rem: No matter how we look at it, they don't seem to be friendly...
Meru: They give off that feeling of wanting to kill someone. That kind of feeling is no good~!
[After Black Mion and Black Shion are defeated]
???(Black Mion): Dammit...Today's club activities ends here...
???(Black Shion): Let us go, sister...
[Black Mion and Black Shion leave]
Meru: Ah! They're running away!
Rem: We can't chase after them. We should focus on protecting the sleeping people here first.
Rem: ...This mystery became very troublesome.
[After the battle]
Rem: Now with the dream demons exterminated. Let's help out the sleeping people?
Meru: I'll handle waking the people up! I'll be borrowing the Waking Alarm!
[Meru goes to the sleeping people]
Claude: Do the dream demons normally kill?
Rem: No, not really, is what I want to say though.
Rem: One thing I can say for sure, that headless corpse, the dream demons don't attack people in that fashion.
Rem: Besides, dream demons only put people to sleep, they won't hurt sleeping people.
Claude: That's true...it really is only just sleeping people...
Rem: Though, there's still too many things we don't know. We'll leave the investigation of the sleeping people up to Detective Sakaki...
Meru: Rem-san! Please come over here~!
Rem: What's wrong?
Meru: This girl, she's in a lot of pain!
???(Hibiki): Uuuuu~....
Meru: Is there anything we can do?
Rem: Could she be stuck in the dream world? We need to wake her up...
Rem: But I can't do it the way I am now...
???(Hibiki): I...
Meru: 'I'?
???(Hibiki): I'm so hungry...
Meru: ...huh?
???(Hibiki): F-Food...
Rem: Ah, so it's that...
[Scene change, they are at a restaurant]
Hibiki: Phew~!! Thanks for the food~~!!
Meru: She ate three times more than I did...
Hibiki: I can still eat more~!
Rem: This is the first time I've seen a person eat that much. You must have been very hungry.
Hibiki: Hahahaha...How embarrassing~.
Hibiki: But, this was the first time I was able to eat all this good food. It brings tears to my eyes.
Rem: Come on, you're exaggerating.
Hibiki: Well, to tell you the truth, I wasn't able to eat anything for 3 days since I came here.
Hibiki: This really helped! Thanks a lot!
Rem: Give your thanks to Meru-chan here. She's the one who found you.
Hibiki: Is that so~!? Meru-chan, I owe you my life!
Meru: N-No, um...I was simply trying to wake up people...
Hibiki: No no, I was really in danger of dying of starvation right there. Really, thanks a lot~!
Meru: Auuu...
Rem: Meru-chan is not very good with first time meetings. Treat her kindly.
Hibiki: Ah, that was a failure...
Meru: Anyway, what about you! Why weren't you able to eat for 3 days?
Hibiki: Well, there's a lot of circumstances. To be honest, I'm not sure where to start.
Rem: Whatever you want to tell us is okay. No matter what you say, it shouldn't surprise us.
Hibiki: Really? Then, I hope you won't treat me like a weird girl when you here me say this but...
Hibiki: To tell you the truth, I'm not a person of this world!!
Rem: Eeeh~ so it is that.
Hibiki: Huh? You're not surprised? Then I'll continue.
Hibiki: While at work, though it isn't a part-time job, while in the middle of it, I was suddenly blinded.
Hibiki: Then I realized that I was suddenly in an unknown town. And this is only where it begins...
Hibiki: Deciding that I couldn't talk with the police about it, I ended up wandering, then soon started getting hungry...
Hibiki: I really thought I was cursed.
Rem: I understand the circumstances now.
Hibiki: It's hard to believe huh? Even though I've just been saying strange things...
Claude: If that's the case, then we're also cursed...
Hibiki: Huh?
Meru: Before you were blinded, did you happen to see some kind of strange light?
Hibiki: Yeah, that's right! Why do you know?
Rem: Those two also come from another world.
Hibiki: Eh!?
Meru: That's how it is.
Claude: Seems like we're caught in a spell...
Rem: Because of that, I believe what you are saying. Um...
Hibiki: Ah! I haven't introduced myself. I'm Hibiki Tachibana. Age 15.
Hibiki: My birthday is September 13th, Blood Type O. My hobby is helping people...
Rem: Ah~, stop stop. That's good enough...
Hibiki: Eh? Is that so?
Hibiki: Ah!? Could it be that we're going to the police so they can carefully investigate me!?
Rem: I won't do that. I'll listen to you, but you don't have a way to go back home right?
Hibiki: Yes, just as you say.
Rem: I'll find out why all of you came to this world. It would help with your cooperation, how about it?
Hibiki: I'll cooperate, whether it's cleaning or laundry, I'll help with anything! I'll definitely return my gratitude for the food.
Rem: It's okay not to be so stiff about the details. I feel that this is all fated somehow.
Meru: Hibiki-san, it's nice to meet you..
Hibiki: Yes! Same here! I hope we'll be friends!
Meru: Y-Yes!
[EPISODE 3 MERU ROUTE END]
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