MHGA Chapter 239 – Hunting Time!
"So we're really just gonna team up with this short guy now?"
V watched as the Hunters roared off like a gang of Mad Max biker punks, then glanced at Kazuma Sato and asked Arasaka Raizen, "Just the three of us—is this really going to work?"
"I remember Arasaka still has that monster, right? That guy… Adam Smasher?" V added.
"Who are you calling short?!" Kazuma put his hands on his hips indignantly. "Kazuma-sama is super strong, okay?!"
"You… what exactly are you good at?"
V eyed him skeptically. Sure, she'd followed Kazuma into Konpeki Plaza before, but that was sneaking around—this time they were about to go up against Arasaka Saburo.
"Stealth, theft… and I'm ridiculously lucky," Kazuma said proudly, puffing up his nose.
"What the hell are you so proud of?!"
V felt her temper flaring. "That just makes you a petty street thief! Are you even really a Hunter?!"
Kazuma was furious. "Who are you calling a petty thief?! I'm a Hero from another world! The kind that defeats demon kings!"
Granted, he'd never actually fought a demon king, but that didn't stop Kazuma from hyping himself up across dimensions.
"What kind of otherworldly Hero specializes in stealing!?" V's eyes bulged. "You gonna rob the demon king's underwear or something?!"
"Kazuma," Arasaka Raizen calmly interjected, "Just how far does your Steal ability go?"
"Allow me to demonstrate!"
Kazuma grinned, then cast his favorite spell on both of them.
"Steal——!!!"
With the spell triggered, Raizen suddenly felt his lower back go light.
The next second, he saw his holstered pistol—one he'd kept on him but hadn't used—now in Kazuma's hand.
Raizen hadn't even noticed how or when Kazuma did it. It defied all logic.
Then Raizen noticed that Kazuma's other hand was holding… a pair of women's panties.
"Uh…" Kazuma went silent for a moment, then slowly looked up at the very, very furious V. "Wait—I can explain! This is actually—"
"You MOTHERF—!"
V moved far faster than Kazuma had anticipated, and her fist collided squarely with his right eye, sending Kazuma flying.
Meanwhile, back on the Hunters' side, the motorcycle convoy was almost at the outskirts of Night City—and inside the city, something had been noticed.
Multiple corporations within Night City had detected Kirin's irregular presence.
In Arasaka Tower, when subordinates played Kirin's footage for the board, the executives nearly assumed they'd been hacked—it was too surreal to be real.
But the next moment, a hologram of Arasaka Saburo appeared before them, instantly turning their skepticism into submission.
Not only that, Adam Smasher entered the meeting room with a squad of Arasaka security and mech units in tow.
This was the moment the executives realized:
Something major was about to go down.
Saburo's expression was unreadable—but his orders were clear.
That creature heading for Arasaka Tower…
It must be secured before any other corporation can get to it.
No matter what.
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"YAHOOOOOOOOOO—!"
Kairo Retsu howled and twisted the throttle, making his mechanical beast roar louder. "CHARGE—————!"
"Don't just charge in! We're completely unprepared to fight Kirin like this!" Naofumi Iwatani shouted with frustration. "Why do we keep running into stuff like this…"
"Come to think of it, Nergigante also showed up out of nowhere when we were fighting the Winged Lion."
Laios sighed. "Elder Dragons really are willful creatures…"
"This bike is awesome! It feels way better than any of those racing games I played! Real-life motorcycles are something else!"
Rakuro Hizutome gleefully revved up. "This kind of challenge is the best!"
Emiya Shirou, on the other hand, gripped the handlebars tightly, trailing cautiously behind the group.
It was his first time riding a motorcycle. His first real hunt.
Even if Kairo seemed to have high expectations for him, Shirou knew the truth—he'd been just a regular high school student not long ago.
All that stuff about magecraft and magic was still new to him.
But the future Kairo had described…
Ilya's future…
"As her brother… I can't back down now!"
Shirou's blood started to heat up, carried by the Hunters' rising momentum.
As their convoy approached the city limits, Kairo's phone suddenly rang—almost drowned out by the roaring engines, but he still heard it and answered.
"FUCK! What the hell are you doing out there!? And Arasaka Raizen—that's your doing too, isn't it?!"
Rogue's furious voice exploded from the receiver. "That monster's all over the feeds now! And you—you are deliberately driving it into Night City, aren't you?! Every damn corp is mobilizing!! What the hell are you people even doing!?"
Rogue had every reason to think that way.
From her intel, it looked like the Hunters were chasing right behind Kirin.
"We're not that capable! Kirin's headed for Arasaka Tower on its own!"
Kairo shouted back over the wind. "Listen up, Rogue! Watch carefully and see what a true legend does!!"
"Use the money in my tab—give everyone in Afterlife a round of Johnny Silverhands!"
Kairo roared into the phone:
"Let this blaze burn down all of Night City!!!"
"People! It's time to kick it up a gear!!"
Kairo turned and shouted to the Hunters behind him.
"YOU GUYS—! Militech squads are closing in on your location! You're not equipped to handle that kind of firepower—!"
Rogue was still yelling when Kairo crushed his phone with a single squeeze, letting the pieces scatter into the Wasteland winds.
At the same time, he spotted massive armored vehicles and AVs (aerial vehicles) moving in from the distance—clearly intending to encircle both the Hunters and Kirin.
"Let's see… Arasaka, Militech, Trauma Team, Kang-Tao… wow! Looks like every Night City corp came to the party!"
Kairo grinned. "Naofumi! Let's give 'em a warm welcome with your Heavy Bowgun!!"
"Heh…"
Naofumi had already mounted his Heavy Bowgun onto his motorcycle. The barrel gleamed, and he loaded in a thick Piercing Wyvernshot round.
"Roger… Guildmaster."
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