Chapter 272: It's Time to Form an Alliance to Subjugate the "Lord"!
Tokyo, inside a detached house—
Pino was curled up comfortably on the sofa watching TV when, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed her phone screen lighting up on the coffee table.
She casually picked up the phone and nonchalantly brought it to her eyes—
The moment her gaze touched the screen, Pino's fingers tightened violently around the device. Her amethyst-like eyes widened in shock, her pink coiled twin-tails stood up as if startled, the blood drained rapidly from her face, and heavy panting uncontrollably escaped her lips.
"What's wrong? Why that expression?"
Sensing something off about Pino, Poporon, who was sitting nearby trimming her toenails with her slender white foot resting on her knee, looked over in surprise.
"The Lord..."
Pino looked up at Poporon like a frightened little girl, her face full of dread, her voice trembling with fear: "The Lord has descended to the human world!"
"What—!?"
Hearing this explosive news, Poporon was shocked. Ignoring her toenails, she scrambled over to Pino, practically rolling and crawling, and leaned in to look at her phone.
"Hiss—!"
Just one glance, and Poporon felt her scalp tingle. She couldn't help but suck in a cold breath and cried out:
"She really descended! And she wants to unleash a great flood to cleanse the human world...!?"
"Heh, hehehe—! Hehehehe..."
Pino went limp on the sofa, erupting into nervous, tearful laughter:
"It's over! We're finished... we're dead meat!"
Although she always talked big about taking down the Lord and becoming the new Lord, in reality, Pino was terrified of her.
She didn't even have the courage to fight!
Thump, thump, thump—!
Her heart pounded violently in her chest, and a bone-chilling panic spread throughout her body.
Pino felt a suffocating discomfort. Thinking of the medication in her bedroom, she struggled up from the sofa, her steps unsteady as she swayed towards the bedroom.
"...Pekola-sama didn't say the Lord would reckon with us."
Poporon held her own phone, looking at the messages in the Line group, and spoke with a grave tone.
"Does that even need to be said?"
Pino, swaying with every step towards the living room door, held onto the doorframe and looked back, revealing a miserable smile that looked worse than crying:
"I told you before, you and Pekola-sama are wanted by Heaven as traitors... I'm probably in the same boat now. We will definitely be reckoned with; don't hold onto any false hope."
"..." Poporon's heart sank upon hearing this, her panic intensifying. She pursed her lips and said, "I'll ask Pekola-sama!"
After speaking, she lowered her head, her slender fingers tapping rapidly on the phone screen, sending a private message to Pekola.
A few seconds later, her suspense finally died!
"..."
"I told you we'd be reckoned with... Now we're really done for!"
Pino's eyes were unfocused. She drifted up to the second-floor bedroom like she was sleepwalking and stumbled to the desk.
She grabbed the bottle of oral sedatives, roughly unscrewed the cap, tilted her head back—and poured the pills into her mouth like candy beans!
Clatter—!
The empty bottle smashed onto the floor, making a harsh, crisp sound.
A whole bottle of sedatives went down, but it didn't calm her down in the slightest. Pino's legs gave way, and she plopped onto the floor in a W-sitting position.
"So scary! I don't want to die... I don't want to die!"
Two streams of hot tears flowed uncontrollably. She suddenly yanked open the drawer, pulled out an injectable sedative, messily lifted her skirt, and stabbed it ruthlessly into her fair, plump thigh!
"...Phew! Calmed down!"
After a moment, Pino exhaled a long breath of turbid air, the corners of her mouth splitting into a broken smile.
"Since it's come to this, there's no other way!"
Laughing, she picked up her phone and opened her contacts: "Before being killed, I have no choice but to take out the Lord first... Hehehe..."
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Hokkaido, Stardew Valley Ranch, Complex Building Kitchen—
"...Just because she's disappointed in humanity, she wants to unleash a great flood to cleanse the human world? Isn't this Lord being a bit too excessive?"
Yurine, having heard the story from Pekola, frowned slightly and spoke with dissatisfaction.
"Go give her a beating, and she'll learn some restraint."
Regarding Lierre, Ryohei Tanaka was initially surprised, but that was it. He understood this Lord relatively well and knew she was actually harmless. Moreover—
In the original work, Yurine punched her into the hospital with a single blow. With Lucoa around as well, Ryohei Tanaka wasn't panicked at all; he even had the mood to joke at this moment.
"..." Yurine looked up from her phone, narrowed her eyes at Ryohei Tanaka, and retorted speechlessly:
"Ryohei-kun, what exactly is my image in your mind?! Asking me to give her a beating... aren't you afraid I can't beat her?"
"By the way, would a normal person ask their girlfriend to do something like that?"
"Uh..."
Ryohei Tanaka, who was slowly frying vegetables and spices over medium-low heat to infuse the oil with deep fragrance, laughed awkwardly upon hearing this. He looked at Yurine sheepishly and said:
"I have a premonition that you could take her down with one punch."
"Tsk—! You really think highly of me!" Yurine tilted her head back and rolled her eyes at Ryohei Tanaka.
Just then—
Ring~ ring ring~ ring~ ring ring...!
The phone in Ryohei Tanaka's pocket suddenly rang. He took it out and saw it was a call from Pino.
Ryohei Tanaka answered casually, put it on speaker, and set the phone aside. Pino's voice, distinctly different from usual, came from the phone—
"Boss, surely you've heard too. The Lord has descended to the human world and wants to unleash a great flood to cleanse it..."
"It's time to form an alliance to subjugate the 'Lord'! Let's take her out together!"
Her tone was gradually becoming tinged with madness!
As expected of you!
Ryohei Tanaka glanced at the phone, thinking about Pino's severe persecution paranoia. She might actually be on the verge of a breakdown right now—
Ryohei Tanaka subconsciously softened his tone and said gently:
"Well, Pino, don't rush first..."
"How about this? I'll treat you all to a meal at noon. Let's all sit down and talk first. If we can't come to an agreement, then we can make plans..."
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