Chapter 161 Surprise Concert

 

Damn, I overcharged my laptop once and now it only has 1% per minute capacity again lmao. The cheap battery I bought a few months ago really can’t last. You guys should avoid buying that kind of cheap stuff too if you think about using stuff long term. I didn’t believe it myself before so I tried buying cheap battery laptop online lmao.

Anyway

I’ve changed the previous chapter’s title to be more fitting to the context of this chapter.

 

Chapter 161 Surprise Concert

 

When I got to meet Farga again and he lost his memory, well it’s something I’ve prepared myself for.

It’s something I understand, and I’ve also expected it.

However, this kind of memory loss is beyond what I expect.

He doesn’t remember his previous life in the first place, after all.

“And, Yuzuriha. Who’re th’se onii-chans?” (Jackpot)

“Trash, rugged trash, scum, ogre scum.” (Yuzuriha)

“Hey, yer bein’ very rude~. Ah~, pa’don her, onii-chans. Ya’ll guided her all t’e way ‘ere ‘ight? I’ve put ya in a troubl’~ , t’is girl is un’amiliar with Human Cont’nent ‘s terri’ory ‘fter all.” (Jackpot)

“I don’t want that to be said by you! This is the first time you’re in the Human Continent yourself.” (Yuzuriha)

On the side of the quarreling Jackpot and Yuzuriha, me, Milco, and Kagami were all perplexed.

W’at the ‘eck’s is all of t’is?

“Hmh, Velt-kun, what manner of matter is it that it makes you think so hard-zou?” (Kaizer)

Kaa-kun is the only one who doesn’t know about the situation, I don’t know how I should explain this to him.

After all, when I thought that I’d finally be able to meet the old friend that someday I’d surely meet, the guy turned out not knowing who he actually are himself.

That in itself, made me and Milco experienced a plain big shock.

“Hey, bastard. You really don’t remember? I mean, how the heck you speak in Kansai dialect then?” (Velt)

“Hm? Nah nah, I still don’t ‘nderstand ev’n if ya men’ioned my way o’ talkin’. Well, I too can at fi’st can speak comm’n tongue normally, but some’ow, ma mout’ feels so itchy, so I can’t ‘elp it. And ‘fter that, one day, when I thoug’t I’d just speak as I ple’se, it ‘nded up like t’is.” (Jackpot)

“........What? So Kansai people, are they remember more of how they talk rather than their memories? That in itself is really something, w’at the ‘eck.” (Velt)

TL note: Velt here said the same word as the previous chapter’s title なんでやねんだ (nandeyanen), this phrase has many meanings depending on the tone, situation, context etc. etc. It’s really a pain to translate lmao.

“Haha, I don’ understan’ w’at I’m sayin’ myself. But well, w’at the ‘eck! Ooh, nicee~, the wo’ds came o’t nicely~” (Jackpot)

The more I see the more I certain, he’s definitely Juromaru.

The way he threw the [w’at the ‘eck] retort like a comedian, even if his appearance changed , I knew it that the man is unmistakenably our pals.

“Ummm, I’m sorry to bother while you’re busy but, Jackpot-shi we have another match after  this so.....” (Ciel)

“Ooh, so yer t’ere, manager! Nah well, ma body won’t stop itchin’ with jus’ a fight a day, I’ll ha’e ya add it fer me! Aah~, Yuzuriha, I’m gonn’ cook up ma specialty Takoball ‘fter this, wait fer it a li’l bit, will ya.” (Jackpot)

“Wait, trash brother! I’ll have you make the takoball but don’t expect me to forgive you with just that much! I’ve decided to incinerate you as punishment after all!” (Yuzuriha)

Now, me and Milco stopped worrying about Jackpot.

As Ciel and Yuzuriha was in a middle of conversation, he stood up from his seat, put on a smile for last time then went out of the room.

“Aight then, I’ll fin’sh the fight in a zip, ev’ryone give me a cheer, will ya!” (Jackpot)

When I thought it’s gonna be an astonishing meeting, in truth it was done so quick, without even any drama or anything he just ran outside, that Jackpot.

As we stared at the door he went out of, me, Milco, and Kagami were all speechless for a bit.

“Fuh.............. to think it’s gonna be like this. He doesn’t know about us at all. Right, Milco.” (Velt)

“................................Fuh, this is as shocking as the one from two years ago.” (Kishin)

“Bet~, but eh, I didn’t talk with Kimura-kun that much but, as expected this is  going to leave a scar eh. All this while, Ayase-chan and Miyamo-chan despite being mutual enemies both recognized each other and able to meet after all.” (Kagami)

It’s irritating. To think that, things got to be like this it’s just unexpected.

That guy, Juromaru. In Gokukawa High, he was our classmate, he was my and Milco’s hang out buddy ever since junior high time.

But, as much as I’m in shock, I bet Milco’s shock was much more greater than I am.

After all, we three weren’t a three people group. I was just getting along well with those pair.

“Till just now, I thought he was just putting on airs and then he gonna laugh it in a joke, though.” (Velt)

“What a coincidence. Then next, me thought he’d gonna hug us despite that and laughed as he cried.”  (Kishin)

Just till a few minutes ago, we thought it’s going to be a happy reunion.

Once we met him, we thought that we’d be able to do everything.

However, with how Jackpot is acting right now, it’s as if the man named Kimura Juromaru still hasn’t exist in this world at all.

“Well, in the first place reincarnations and stuff are something like miracles, it’s something like a friggin’ dream ‘ight.” (Kagami)

“Kagami.....” (Velt)

“There were almost forty people in that class of ours as our classmates. Honestly, I don’t know just how many among them are already dead. It’s also not certain if all of them actually got reincarnated either, also whether they’re really born in the same era as ours or not. Even Miyamo-cchan is already a geezer after all.” (Kagami)

Kagami himself seems to have some things he’s thinking about, somehow I’m able to see his serious face quite unusually.

“Oh yeah, Asakura-kun, Murata-kun. We can’t keep expecting ourselves to keep meeting guys that we got along well ‘ight. On the other hand, the fact that we’re able to meet a guy like Kimura-kun himself, it’s truly a miracle.” (Kagami)

That’s right. In the first place, the occasion that we able to get reborn after death and walk our second life, it’s now became something weird in itself somehow.

Despite that, we’ve recovered our previous’ lives memories, and furthermore, the classmates that died at the same time in the previous world are now able to reunite in this wide world at the same era?

It feels like something out of a dream.

Having reunited with many kind of guys, only now I can realize that kind of fundamental thing.

“It’s as Kagami said. If I hadn’t coincidentally met Sensei, I’d probably just gonna seclude myself at Elfarshia Kingdom after all.” (Velt)

An unspeakable emptiness assaulted our chest, as we gazed at the ceiling for a while, we just absentmindedly stood right there.

“In the end...... that guy is...... might possibly be Juromaru but, what should we do about that?” (Velt)

That’s right. If that guy is really Juromaru, there’s so many things I wanted to talk about and share with him to the point it’s getting rotten.

However, it’s different right now. It’s unknown whether it’s just something for temporary or not, but at least what can be done about it now?

“Ain’t we can just do nothing about it?” (Kagami)

At that moment, Kagami who was about to give up and resigned muttered.

“Kagami!” (Velt)

“I mean, it’s true right? No matter what we say right now, in the end the him at this moment is a demihuman prince. He is no more than Prince Jackpot. No matter what we say right now, it’s going to do nothing more to add confusion right?” (Kagami)

You don’t need to say that we already understand.

If I was the one on his place instead? Being told that I was your friend from the previous life?  Even if you told me something like that, I’d only thought of you as some crazy dude after all.

Those words that Kagami said, it was something cold, but it wasn’t wrong, I wasn’t able to say anything against it.

“Hey, Ryuuma. Now that me think of it, I don’t think I’ve asked it but.......” (Kishin)

“Hm? What’s wrong, Milco.” (Velt)

“At what time did you remember your previous life’s memories?” (Milco)

The time when I remember my previous life?

“At my sixth birthday party, I think? When we did the birthday party at our house..... That’s right, at that time, Forna gave me a present and she said something like she made a reservation at the wedding place in kingdom’s cathedral, or something like that? She said since I and Velt are dating each other or something similar, since she went wild like that and said some stupid stuff so I pranked her saying that I have another person I’m in love with, and when I was thinking about to tease her about it..... I actually remembered someone that I in love with. And also, who I actually am.” (Velt)

At that time I felt nostalgic, anguished, a feeling of sadness that I can’t do anything about and also loneliness.

For an instant I didn’t know who are the people in front of my eyes,  or where the place I was, or what kind of person I had become, I didn’t know anything about them at all, I just remembered that I was crying.

Ever since that time, I couldn’t help but became rebellious, and then I ended up feeling that even my family felt like other people.

It’s an old story.

“How about you?” (Velt)

“Me was, maybe it was the time when there’s a celebration at the palace and they did a musical performance? When me realized it, me was singing songs in impromptu after all, me’s body moved on it’s own, and then in the next moment me understood everything.” (Milco)

“Heeh~, so it’s like that. You know, it’s that kind of thing~. I remembered it when I was flirting around. It feels like a kind of new record you know~.” (Kagami)

I see, everyone was different..... well, let’s just pretend I didn’t hear Kagami.

However, putting it at that, even so there’s still a similarity in them. No, from that similarity, there’s something I can feel.

“Me was, it was like there was no one in this world that’s understand me.....thinking that me going to be alone forever.” (Milco)

“In my case, it was like I want to mess up everything. I had a stronger attachment to my previous life than you guys..... so I just can’t accept this world no matter what.” (Velt)

Right, loneliness.

Even if, all the things I’ve accumulated in this world all this while to be real, my awareness of the previous world was getting stronger, making me ended up being assaulted by a loneliness I can’t do anything about.

Even I was also like that.

The me back then, not only my dad and mom, but also even with Forna whom I was always together with, I wasn’t able to truly open my heart at all.

Despite I wasn’t actually lonely, I still ended up thinking that I was lonely, it’s a contradiction.

“That guy, if he actually got his memories back like us, what could happened ?” (Velt)

At that moment, if we hadn’t been there, could it be he would be suffering too?

When I ended up thinking it like that, in the end, I can’t help but think that things would be better if everything stays as it is.

Then, what should we do?

“Hey, Milco. When I think of the only thing that us can do right now.....there’s only one thing that crossed my mind. (Velt)

And then, both Milco and Kagami thought of the same thing as me, our mouth curved up in a smile as we nodded our heads.

“Well, you guys are like that after all. Let’s make that thirst stricken and starving prince to....”  (Kagami)

“Let’s satisfy that hunger of his.” (Milco)

Yeah, that’s the only thing we can do. We were not psychiatrists nor women that going to snuggle up to him with love.

There’s only one thing delinquents like us can do.

“Hey, Kaa-kun, Yuzuriha, we’re going to the audience seat.” (Vetl)

“Hm? Hmhm? Hmmm?” (Yuzuriha)

“Velt-kun, what conversation did you have-zou?” (Kaizer)

I took along the two who’re still having an expression that looks like not knowing what’s what, and went out of the waiting room.

I’ll leave the rest to you, as I sent that yell to Milco inside my heart.

“Oi, trash! What! What’s up with this. You’re just trash so don’t do anything I don’t understand.” (Yuzuriha)

Geez, once this is over, I need to speak to him properly.

Don’t dote on your sister too much. At least he needed to correct her way of talking.

“Hey, Yuzuriha.” (Velt)

“Trash, don’t call me without honorific!” (Yuzuriha)

“You, do you love your big brother?” (Velt)

To my question, Yuzuriha kicked with her shin in a bad mood, I’ve predicted that and dodged.

“What, you turned so disgusting suddenly. I don’t care if you died like that. Just don’t bring the trouble to me.” (Yuzuriha)

Isn’t she fourteen? Was rebellious age in middle school felt like this? Well, I never tell my parents to die though.

Anyway, I’ll knead those cheeks of her.

“Funyuu, whwa, whwat arwe yuwu dwoing! [what are you doing]” (Yuzuriha)

“You’re noisy. Don’t tell your family to go die. Something like that, if they actually died you’ll regret it you know? In this world there’s nothing impossible.” (Velt)

“Hm, hmm?” (Yuzuriha)

“Well, your big brother is idiot, your parents are stupid, but still, they’re thinking about you right? What I’m trying to say is if you make light too much of those that loved you, you might be gonna regret it like a certain someone somewhere you know.” (Velt)

I too ever since my memories returned, they consoled me to not feel lonely and comforted me even more, it made me feel grateful.

That’s why, I naturally said something like that.

“..........So because you’re trash........ you’re able to say those stinking words?” (Yuzuriha)

“Shut up! Rather, those are good words!” (Velt)

I knew it, she isn’t cute, we then returned to the still lively audience seat.

Then, as expected the audiences are still fired up, and in the middle of the ring Jackpot was standing there unscathed as he yawned.

Over there, as the match has already ended, a big demonic beast has fallen on its side.

“Aah, no good! Not interestin’ at all! Just will ya stop t’is already, is th’re no one that can land some se’ious punches here!” (Jackpot)

Jackpot was shouting his dissatisfication out loud.

However, it was at that moment.  A lone man entered the ring as he clapped his hands.

“Yeaaaaah~~~, friggin’! Friggin’ amazing, fighter Jackpot!” (Kagami)

It was Kagami.

“Ah? You’re, the guy f’om before.” (Jackpot)

“My self introduction is late eh, eeeeh~, I’m, no, I am everyone’s favorite! The owner of this Underground Casino, Mackey Mouse dayo~♪” (Kagami)

“Hah....? Ooh, so yer owner-han! Dang, ma apolo’ize.” (Jackpot)

“My my my my, I’m interested to how this Underground Casino has become without me around, but even without me it’s still wonderfully prospering, I’m glad. It’s all thanks to you.” (Kagami)

It’s not like you’re interested though.

As I’m seeing his entry and how the audience got heated up by the president’s appearance, I ended up laughing slightly amazed.

“Hey, trash. What’s that scum trying to do?” (Yuzuriha)

“Velt-kun?” (Kaizer)

“Fuh, well just see. After this....... we’re gonna have a surprise concert. We’re going to see it at the foremost line of the special seat you know.” (Velt)

And then, as Kagami made a purposeful smile, he came to Jackpot.

“Now then, Prince Jackpot. For you who have made the arena this lively, I want to thank you with one thing. I will grant you your one wish.” (Kagami)

Jackpot not understanding Kagami’s meaning he tilted his head. Is he going to get some money? He might be thinking like that, but it’s not it.

“You wish to get fired up. You wished to get a numbing thrill. Isn’t that your wish ‘ight?” (Kagami)

“..........W’at do ya say?” (Jackpot_

“Hihahaha, that’s why, today I think to specially give you a fight that will get you numb and fired up.” (Kagami)

Towards those words of Kagami, the arena got noisy.

“Oi, what is the President saying?”

“A fight? Is a guy that can fight Jackpot really exists!”

“No, but, it’s the President that’s saying it!”

Since that Mackey Mouse was the one saying it........

Even the thing they thought as impossible, by those words everyone started to get enveloped in a feeling of anticipation.

“Hey, w’at are ya sayin’?” (Jackpot)

“Hihahaha, can’t believe me? Then, let’s begin it right away! I myself will specially become the judge and direct it for you!” (Kagami)

Kagami raised his hand. He shouted so that everyone in this place can hear him.

“Ladies. Aaaa~~~nd gentlemeeee~~n! Now then, it’s the time everyone’s been waiting for! Today I shall present you a fight between two men that could even be handed down in legends! The unmatched, the undefeated, the strongest Jackpot, will up against this man, who has bravely come bearing his name!” (Kagami)

From the entrance gate, smoke came rolling up. It’s an amazing production.

The arena spontaneously got heated up with cheers, and the one who came out of the gate was, that guy.

“The SS class bounty! The Vagrant Ogre Kiiiiiiiishiiiiiiiiiiinnn ‘ight!” (Kagami)

It was Milco.

“Wha, hey, trash!” (Yuzuriha)

“It’s Kishin! What’s the meaning of this, Velt-kun!” (Kaizer)

It’s not only Yuzuriha and Kaizer. Upon the entrance of the SS Class bounty shrieks of disbelief and surprise was echoing.

“He, hey, it’s Kishin! He’s in the wanted poster, It’s really Kishin!”

“How did the President bring out that monster!”

“No, but still..... that, Kishin is..... is he going to fight against Jackpot?”

It’s already an instinct. It’s the same sensation as if spectating the fight of the strongest and rumored martial artist.

As a man, it’s an event that one can’t help but looked forward to.

“............oi oi oi, is t’is real...... I...... gotta fight t’is kind of big shot?” (Jackpot)

“Yes.” (Kishin)

Upon Kishin’s entrance Jackpot plastered a stiff smile.

However, he gradually pulled up that stiff smile, and at the end, his eyes shone with sparkles  like a child in high spirits.

“Naaaahahhahhah! Fer real! It’s re’lly that Kishin! He’s a rumor e’en in the Demihuman Con’inent, to think t’at the strongest ogre is ‘ere! The best! So t’is kind o’ guy goin’ to fight me? It’s gonna be seriously tough!” (Jackpot)

The signal to start still hasn’t come out. However, rather than waiting for it to come, Jackpot came attacking at Milco instead.

Being in a condition where he already threw away his calmness, he thoughtlessly jumped into Milco’s range.....

“Fuh.................Hmph!” (Kishin)

“...................................aah.” (Jackpot)

In the next instant, a flash of light passed.

“Ogre Rock!” (Kishin)

It was nothing more than usual right hand straight punch.

However, at the same time it was also the attack of the strongest in the world.

Two years ago, he was one of the candidates as the strongest of the Seven Great Demon Kings, the one name that has shaken the whole world as a legend.

The ogre who led tens of thousands of soldiers, and also the ogre that devoured tens of thousands of lives, continuously.

“----------------------!!!”

It was, something everyone in this place first time witnessing.

The impact was too strong that it made everyone lost for words.

Jackpot who came attacking got blown away by Milco’s right punch, and with the same force as it was, he crashed into the cage.

“Guh, ha....... ugh, oghh.....” (Jackpot)

Still left conscious, Jackpot’s blood flowed, he started to actually feel his own pain as he was dumbfounded, however he quickly raised up his face and laughed.

“Naha, nahahaha, nahahahahaha! W’at the hell is t’is! The ‘eck with t’at crazy punch! It’s like, the fi’st time since I got hit by pops! Awesome! The stron’est punch! Moreover, It’s ain’t only pain! The attack reve’berates and then delivered heat inside ma heart! What’s up with t’is thing!”  (Jackpot)

Finally found it. As if thinking that he has finally found the strongest enemy that can satisfy his thirst and hunger, Jackpot laughed in delight.

And then, with a cool expression unfitting to his gallant straight punch, Milco answered to Jackpot’s words.

“What did you feel just now? That is exactly the beat that you have, a gift from the Rock Demon King.” (Milco)

Now then, Milco. Go and make an amazingly flashy and exciting life performance!

 

 

TL note: Gonna take a break for a week or two to finish stuff I've been postponing.

 

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