PoV: A certain Isecon agent
One day, a huge tremor shook the information industry around the world. That was not information that was widely circulated among industry professionals. On the surface of the world. …that's right, it was just ordinary information spread by the media.
A jewelry store robbery and barricade incident that occurred in Japan. This was an incident that is very common in countries other than Japan, and does not attract much interest from viewers. The reason why it became international news and was widely covered in other countries is because the incident was extremely unusual.
If this had happened in a country other than Japan, it would not have received as much attention as it did. It's considered a hoax or fake news.
…However, the source of this news was Japan. Japan boasts one of the world's top-class civilizations, has no strong religious influence, and is a serious and hard-working nation where facts are rarely arbitrarily distorted. …and Japan is a country that hates malicious pranks and deceiving other countries. If something strange happened in Japan, it means that something truly strange happened.
And according to the news…
Robbers barricaded themselves in the elementary school section of a missionary-based girls' school were all captured by the captive female elementary school students and sisters.
The hostages were saved by a superheroine of angelic beauty. Although it seemed that a firearm was used, there was no smoke reaction, no shell casings, no warheads, and no bullet holes at the scene. Furthermore, there were no fingerprints or hair on anyone other than the perpetrators and school personnels, and there were almost no testimonies from the children or teachers who had been taken prisoner.
The school was completely surrounded by police, there was no way to break into it, and there was no escape route. The firearms used by the criminals, in the classroom and on the top floor, the bullet in the chamber and the first bullet in the magazine had no gunpower in them.
All of the guns owned to the criminals in the staff room had their magazines removed and there were no bullets in the chambers, and all of them were scattered on the floor around them, along with folding knives and other items.
It was unlikely the hostages attacked and took it. If something like that were to attack you, you could just pull the trigger and fire away at the moment you were attacked. …then, was it caused by a mysterious super heroine who suddenly appeared and then suddenly left? An superhuman who didn't leave a single fingerprint or hair behind while performing an action scene?
However, there was a keyword here that could explain the incident. The most important secret, code name Princess. A state secret known only to a few people in the intelligence department and the upper echelons of the government. The existence of another world and the enormous wealth that could come from it.
This did not mean that it would bring gold or jewels. …Well, of course, that might be the case, but… However, the favorites were plants, animals, bacteria, minerals, genomic information, and left-handed helical DNA that did not exist on Earth. And magic, a mysterious phenomenon. Transfer between different worlds, spatial transfer, translation magic, and more.
What is its energy source? Is it possible to go to another world other than the princess's world? And what kind of discoveries will be made there?
The eyes of intelligence personnel around the world were focused on a certain port town in Japan…
When the upper management received information about the siege incident that occurred in Japan, he immediately dispatched us to the scene. It seemed that they had clearly determined that the case involved the Princess. …no, of course. Anyone familiar with the situation would think so. Anyone who wasn't like that was incompetent. Such a person could not survive in the information field.
Well, I didn't think there's much point in going there… They should have already evacuated and disappeared. As usual, they must have completely erased all traces, not even a single hair or fingerprint left behind. There's no point in finding out where they lived…
…wait, why am I here?!!
They'll probably disappear, but that's normal! Use your common sense!!
…well, that's fine.
Even if I stay here, I can't do anything…no, I can't do anything.
Especially, the higher ups don't even think about messing with the princess.
Sure, he probably wants to connect, but he doesn't intend to do anything unreasonable.
…capture the princess?
No, how do you do it when you can teleport to someone in an instant?
Sniping from a distance?
No, no, no, I want to use the power of the princess, so why kill her?
…with medicine? Are you using drugs or brainwashing drugs to do what you say?
According to what my boss told me at Isecon, it is possible to leave behind pathogens and harmful substances in the body and transfer them. That would be the end of it if the drug components were transferred away.
If she regains consciousness for just a moment, that's it.
…take hostages?
If we fail, there will be retribution like in that country…
Moreover, it has been announced that there will be no mercy this time…
How much more is retaliation than that?
The princess teleported that country's intelligence bureau building.
In that case, it would be possible to have a nuclear missile in a silo over a city, or a several-hundred-thousand-ton class tanker over the capital…
And the cargo on tankers is not limited to heavy oil.
Gasoline, crude gasoline naphtha, something like that…?
……no!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!
It is useless!
Never mess with the princess or anyone related to her!!
Build good relationships without being hostile. That's the only option!
For the time being, I'll watch over from the shadows and protect them so that this foolish country doesn't take any short-sighted actions…
If you do well, there's a good chance that you'll be blessed with the good fortune of saving the princess or someone related to her from a crisis and getting close to her…
…alright!
The princess's maid…a beautiful maid who was apparently not hired here on Earth, but brought from another world… came across a man entangled with her and rescued her!
The maid smiled happily and thanked me with grateful eyes.
…I didn't understand what she was saying, but she probably said, "That's wonderful! Hug me!!"
Hmmmm.
This should have given the princess, who must have heard the story from the maid, a good impression of our country.
As for me, I did a good job.
This is definitely a special reward.
After all, our country is one step ahead in the competition of approaches to princesses…or so?
…did I say something at that time that would make you understand the name of our country?
Or rather, the beautiful maid didn't seem to understand what I was saying.
Is it only the princess and the foreign students who can communicate through translation magic?
Did the maid not understand what I said at all?
And in the first place, did I not say anything about my country's name or my own?
Can't you remember the name of my country?
Or rather, the princess doesn't know who saved her or what country they came from?
…so, what are my achievements?
What about special incentives?
Aah.
Aaaaaaah!!