Reborn as an Evolving Space Monster: Harem Of Otherworldly Beauties

"Who's this anyway?" Tina asked.

"A friend of yours? What about the sleepy head?" Gina muttered.

Roka didn't really want to answer them.

"It's getting pretty hot out there." Tina whispered with a malicious smile while peeking outside. "You should go before someone gets hurt."

'I don't want to leave Lith, but at the same time I don't want them to start shooting…' Roka rubbed her forehead. "Liz, can you do something?"

"Yeah, sure." She nodded.

"Liz?"

"Don't tell me that… Take off that cap and those glasses." Gina smiled, and they both walked up to Liz.

With her already having her back to the wall, they quickly crowded her.

"I already spent a while whipping asses. Can we skip this?"

"Nope."

"Don't think so." The sisters answered at once.

"Lith, go back inside, alright?" Liz said.

Lith yawned and did just that.

Hearing the Roka clicking sound of guns being loaded as well as the escalation of shouts, she ran out of the police station, clenching her teeth.

"Looks like she left you all alone."

"She really doesn't care about your safety, huh?"

Liz scratched her head before cracking her neck.

"Looks to me like she doesn't care about yours."

"Elizabeth Vinacci, huh?"

"Looks like you're not as shy as you used to be." They muttered as they clenched their fists.

"I guess I have someone to thank for that, always putting me in embarrassing situations."

"Let's get our rematch then."

"Just a friendly match to pass the time. No harm done."

Liz let out a deep sigh.

"No harm, huh?" With a hand on her chin, she thought for a bit. "That'll be tough, but I'll try my best not to harm you."

"Bring it on!"

***

"I'm going to need everyone to calm down, alright?" Roka raised her arms at both sides, standing in the middle. "Everyone is getting what they want, okay? You all saw me with the Prime Minister, didn't you? And you all just saw Liz come with me."

"Oh, fuck that! They aimed their guns at us!"

"That's right!"

"These lowlifes took their weapons!"

"You're lucky a friend of our master was with us earlier or we would have taken them out right away!"

"I don't give a shit about this Liz or that Prime Minister! We're here to save Aquamarine!"

"Yes, Boss! We of the Green Salmon Gang always repay our debts!"

"They came with trucks full of weapons!"

"We can't just lower our guns now!"

"For justice!"

'Oh, fuck me…' Roka cursed internally. 'Green Salmon… Aquamarine… What the fuck are they talking about?'

"Now get out of the way if you don't want to get shot!"

"In fact, join our side and prove that you're not one of them!"

Roka was so confused she almost felt like crying.

***

Raya stretched her arms.

'Rina has been gone for a while. She must have left before Cero and I came back here… Wonder where she's gone to.'

Coming to you live from-

Her gaze momentarily moved towards the turned-on television, mostly there to fill the silence, then back to the stack of paper in front of…

"No way…" Raya muttered, her gaze going back to the TV. "A stand-off between gangsters and officers… Why is Roka there?"

She chuckled, jumped onto the sofa, and turned up the volume.

"Sounds fun." Raya's eyes narrowed momentarily. "As long as she doesn't get hurt…" Raya waved a hand dismissively. "Ahh. She'll be fine."

It didn't take long before someone else was spotted approaching the area.

"Wait, is that…?"

***

A voice resonated, approaching.

"Alright. Everyone, take a breather."

A couple turned towards the person approaching and,

"E-E-E-E…" An officer stuttered as Liz took off her cap and sunglasses. "Elizabeth Vinacci!"

"Lower your weapons..." She said. "Please?"

Unlike what Roka expected, the officers were the first to lower their weapons, turn in Liz's direction, and throw a sharp military salute.

"A-Alright." Liz turned towards the armed gangsters. "You guys as well."

They exchanged looks for a moment.

"Well, if master's friend says so…"

"I guess we have to…"

As the gangsters lowered their guns one by one,

"Give us Aquamarine now!"

Only two refused to lower their guns, which caused the officers to forget the respect they had for the esteemed soldier that Elizabeth was.

***

"What the fuck?!" Raya shouted, gaze glued to the screen. "Just when things were getting better, they're getting worse!"

The elevator's ding resonated.

"Rina! Come watch!"

"Hm?"

"My friends are on TV!"

"Uh…" Rina frowned. "You were all on TV. Actually, you appear on TV pretty often-"

"Shut up and watch! Oh, my god! Liz and Roka are going to go apeshit and beat the shit out of everyone!"

"You think? There are too many for two people to beat."

"Nahahah! That's because you don't know them!"

"Why do you sound so proud?"

Raya crossed her arms as she relaxed into the sofa with a smirk.

"Cause I knocked that one out."

"You knocked out Elizabeth Vinacci?"

"Hell yeah, I did. Why do you know her name though?"

"I know the names of everyone who joined with you." Rina whispered as she looked away.

"Really?" Raya asked after a moment, surprised.

"Yeah." Rina wanted to change the subject, which thankfully wasn't too hard. "I don't know that one though." She said and pointed at the screen.

The two stared at the screen as yet another individual walked up to place themselves between the opposing sides.

A moment after that individual's appearance, two gangsters started running towards her.

Both were grabbed by the face, stopped before they could reach her. Roka was holding off the Green Salmon Gang's Boss with a hand, and Liz was holding the subordinate in the same manner.

The situation is developing in quite a bizarre manner. It seems that the individual's name might be Aquamarine, and the two gangsters are struggling to reach her. They are shouting that name constantly, so…

***

"Hem." The Prime Minister coughed.

"Is something the matter?" Cero asked after the bodyguard who had momentarily brought what seemed to be a phone to the Prime Minister.

"Nothing that concerns us, really. Let's order another bottle."

Indeed, leaving the restaurant now would be troublesome.

"I'm surprised. You barely managed to finish your plate, but when it comes to wine…"

"Hehehe."

***

"Uwa!" Lith exclaimed, recognizing the two.

She walked closer and patted their heads.

"Aquamarine, you're out!"

"They let you out! They have agreed to our demands, Boss!"

"I'm so glad you're alright…" The Boss muttered, tears going down her face.

Liz and Roka exchanged confused looks before turning in Lith's direction.

"Do you know them?" They asked at the same time.

Lith crossed her arms, lowered her chin slightly, and slowly nodded with her eyes closed.

"Both of you, tell me!" The Boss suddenly shouted. "What is Aquamarine to you?"

"Ha?"

"Huh?"

The Boss clenched her teeth, lowering her gaze.

'It's clear to me now. I feared that Commander Roka being with Aquamarine was only a way of using her strength, but that's not it. Commander Roka cares about Aquamarine as well, proved by the fact that she's here, just like we are!'

She clenched her fists as she talked.

"Our Green Salmon Gang isn't just like any gang. We're not a group or crew. We're a family! Each and every member is a family member of ours!"

"I see." Roka said, not understanding at all what the Boss was getting at.

"Right." Liz nodded, not really sure what she was agreeing with. "So are you guys leaving soon, or…?"

Their confusion grew.

'They're not holding you here, are they, Aquamarine?'

"Boss-"

"What is Aquamarine to you then? If you want me to leave, if you want me to leave you a member of our Green Salmon Gang, I need to know that Aquamarine will be taken care of! I need to know what she is to you!"

"Is she serious?" Roka asked with a frown.

"Looks like it." Liz shrugged.

"Answer me now!" The Boss shouted with teary eyes.

"A brat I have to take care of from time to time."

"Hm, kind of like a younger sister." Liz frowned, registering Roka's answer. "Wait, did you say brat?"

"Of course you would say that…" Roka whispered.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Roka froze and looked away, hiding her blushing. "Nothing."

"Uwa!" Lith exclaimed, putting her arms around Roka and Liz's shoulders as she jumped up.

"Hey!"

"Lith!"

Their attention was brought back to the Boss by the sound of water drops hitting the ground.

"I see… So Aquamrine already has a family." The Boss nodded.

'What the fuck is up with her?'

'Did you find this girl, Lith?'

"In that case, I leave Aquamarine in your hands." The Boss muttered while wiping her tears, voice shaking.

'She's not yours to leave though?!'

***

"It's over." Rina whispered, a confused expression on her face. "Everyone left…"

"Right." Raya nodded, sipping on some juice.

"So these are your friends?"

"Well, um… Yeah."

***

When Cero and the Prime Minister, escorted by the latter's bodyguards, exited the restaurant and walked up to the police station, the officers were diligently working inside.

Tina and Gina had packets of ice against their cheeks. Roka and Lith were sitting beside them.

Lith's eyes lit up as she noticed Cero.

"Uwo!"

Based on everything, the task of surprising her mate had been executed perfectly!

Completion Rank: SSS!

***

"Hm." Liz was pouting, staring through the helicopter's window. "With how Kira is forcing me to train them…" She sighed. "We might not spend the night together after all…"

"Boy trouble?" The Boss of the Green Salmon Gang asked.

"Please, don't speak to me. You're responsible for 90% of everything that went wrong today."

The Boss pressed her lips together, sitting silently.

The subordinate let her head rest against the window.

"What a day, huh?"