"That... thank you for protecting Abydos, Kuroto-san."
Shiroko was full of gratitude to Kuroto Dan in front of him. If it weren't for this adult who suddenly appeared, even if she had really survived today, Shiroko would probably have met her end in the next attack, which was a scene Shiroko absolutely didn't want to witness.
"It's a small matter." Kuroto Dan waved his hand. "Since I've accepted the work order, I will definitely satisfy the customer! If I can't handle these little brats, would I have lived all these years in vain?"
"But... so many captives..." Shiroko turned his head and looked at the Helmet Gangs piled up in the open space in front of the teaching building, feeling embarrassed. "Mr. Kuroto-san, Abydos might not have cells to hold them, and there is no food to feed these captives..."
"They're captives, so why do they need to be fed?" Kuroto Dan asked, puzzled. "They're the ones who wanted to take over your school. If today... I hadn't been here, and you'd been defeated by them, what do you think the consequences would be?"
"Probably..."
Shiroko shuddered. "It wouldn't be good..."
"That's right." Kuroto Dan snapped his fingers. "The other side is the enemy who wants to take your life. You can't be so soft-hearted toward them. But as for the problem with the cells..."
Kuroto Dan awkwardly touched his chest, and, in the puzzled gaze of Shiroko beside him, he sighed. "I still can't take it out..."
The power of God Maximum X was disturbed by an unknown force and couldn't be taken out smoothly. Kuroto Dan twisted his chin with his fingers and suddenly remembered something.
Clapping his hands, Kuroto Dan was overjoyed. "Got it!"
Shiroko was frightened by his clapping, and the wolf ears on her head suddenly stood up. "Is there, what is it?"
"A good way to imprison these people."
Transformed, Kuroto Dan rushed out of Abydos School, using the network route of the Kaiser Corporation again, and burned the electronic brains of several Kaiser Corporation hackers. He then returned to Millennium Academy as fast as he could, rushed into the game development department, and grabbed the "Neko King (King of Cats)" Gashat from Momoi's pocket, who hadn't reacted yet.
"——Momoi, let me borrow the Gashat!"
"Eh? Kuroto-san? When did you come back?"
Momoi was stunned for a moment, realizing her pockets were empty. Although she didn't know why Kuroto Dan suddenly came back, he didn't say a word before rushing out again and disappearing into the network port of Millennium Academy.
"He... came back so quickly from Abydos?"
The ability to swipe cards out of thin air was something that Kuroto Dan, who couldn't make "God Maximum X" leave his body, do yet.
After all, the power of God Maximum X only existed within his body and couldn't be used directly.
Fortunately, Kuroto Dan's network travel method was surprisingly fast. In just half an hour, he had returned to the school in Abydos.
"I almost forgot about this." Kuroto Dan held the "King of Cats" in his hand. "The Gashat made by Momoi can be used right now. As long as I can use the power I can mobilize, building something is easy~"
Shiroko looked at the cassette in Kuroto Dan's hand in confusion. "Mr. Kuroto Dan, what is this?"
"A wonderful tool that can make things easier for the next task."
Facing the open space in front of him, Kuroto Dan's eyes flashed with purple light, and he reached out to press the button on the Gashat.
A pixel light curtain immediately unfolded behind him, featuring a large group of cute cats huddled together in a ball!
"Neko King!"
Accompanied by the announcement that sounded from nowhere, "Neko King," with Kuroto Dan's one billion power, was activated.
In the shocked and surprised eyes of Shiroko, the mighty cat squad emerged from the light curtain!
"I remember, this is a city-building and management simulation game, right?" Kuroto Dan thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers. "I've completely understood this game!"
In the eyes of Shiroko who couldn't understand, Kuroto Dan arrogantly commanded the cats who wore safety helmets and carried pickaxes and shovels, walking on two legs.
"Team No. 1, go build a prison that can hold so many people!"
"Team No. 2, clean up the sand here!"
"Team No. 3, build a greenhouse that can grow vegetables!"
"Team No. 4, recycle and decompose all the metal garbage! Pack the guns and ammunition separately!"
Under Kuroto Dan's command, the cats split into several groups and began leveling the ground and cleaning the battlefield. The cats wearing helmets seemed to have taken out a roll of blueprints and discussed the plans with each other.
"Meow meow?"
"Meow meow meow!"
"Meow~"
When passing by Shiroko, these cats would nod at her. As Shiroko watched these cute, fluffy creatures, half a person's height, start to work, a rare smile appeared on her face.
After all, Shiroko was a girl and liked cute things. The sight of these adorable cat construction teams made her feel a little more relaxed, until she saw an incomprehensible progress bar on the construction site the cats had planned.
"What is that?" Shiroko had already asked this question many times.
What Kuroto Dan showed her—whether it was Kamen Rider, the Gashat, or the cat construction team—was something she couldn't understand. "Looks like a bar?"
"It's a progress bar." Kuroto Dan explained to her. "As long as the progress bar reaches the end, the building will be complete. This is an element in all construction games~"
"Huh?"
Shiroko turned her head to look at the cats again, but when she was distracted talking to Kuroto Dan, she noticed that the dusty open space had been cleared of several clean blocks.
When the building below the progress bar, one-third complete, came into view, the foundation and house frame had already been built!
"No, this, that... Where are the materials?" Shiroko expressed her doubts incoherently. "Where do they get the materials from? Does cement solidify so quickly? Those wooden frames? There are no trees outside Abydos!"
Kuroto Dan proudly put his hands on his waist. "There's no need to be so clear about construction games! Don't worry about it~"
"How can this be something you don't need to worry about?!!"
The cat construction team worked quickly. After all, they were a product of the game. In the not-so-realistic game, the construction process could mostly be seen as a large cloud of smoke with clanging hammers and picks, and then the building was built—don't ask! There's no need to be so clear about the game!
"By the way, Mr. Kuroto."
Looking at the prison built by the cats, Shiroko asked in confusion, "Why do you need so many captives?"
"Well... to verify something." Kuroto Dan didn't clearly explain what he was going to do. "Anyway, these gangsters are scum. If I catch them and make them do some labor reform, isn't it just a chance for them to atone for their sins?"
At this point, Shiroko suddenly had an idea. "That's right! We've just caught so many Helmet Gangs. We need to find out the whereabouts of Serika and Hoshino!"