BS01/Translation

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## Translation

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That girl is a kaiju. Her name is Red King. She is one of the reigning kings of the earth, whose fierce state of battles are often compared to bright red flames. With an atmosphere-shaking roar, she leaped into the air. Her brawny arms were similar to clubs made of rugged rocks, which she slammed into the opponent's body with a growl.
Right off the bat, she threw a surprise attack that hoped to cause a knockout, but it was easily caught one-handedly by the opponent. Furthermore----

"Yikes!"

With what felt like only a slight motion, Red King was hurled backwards. She instantly arched up her back to break her fall. Nonetheless, masses of rocks were crushed just from that strength alone. There was no way to suppress the impact.

"Heh, looks like you're not giving it your all."

As she rolled and stood up a little away, Red King had a fearless smile on her face. It hardly passed for an attack and in truth it wasn't even close. She hit both her fists together roughly, cracking her knuckles. It was not done to intimidate the opponent. It was to stir up her own fighting spirit. In the first place, there was no way the girl she was facing would be flinching at a performance of this standard.

The girl was one-tenth of a head taller than Red King and wore a jet black dress reminiscent of the shell of a beetle. Her expression was a thorough poker face and her golden eyes showed no emotions of any kind even as she easily dodged a straight punch from Red King's right hand. Extending from between her eyebrows to her forehead was a diamond-shaped organ radiating light from bottom to top slowly, in keeping with a resonating strange sound that only resembled breathing. Finally at the top of her head sprung two horns, which indicated that this girl must be another kaiju.

"Gaaaaaa!"

With her body lowered, Red King charged once more. Using her ivory headgear-like head shell, she aimed at the opponent's abdomen and thrust it like a battering ram.

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Subsequently Red King swung her upper body left and right, placing her whole body weight into hooks thrown in succession onto both sides of the body.

"Ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura ura uraa!"

Despite a series of attacks similar to what they call the Dempsey Roll in boxing, the jet black girl did not budge a step and proudly remained still. However, no matter how amazingly durable her body was, it would be unlikely that she would sustain no damage if she received the entire onslaught of Red King, one of the physically strongest kaiju.

She slightly furrowed her eyebrows in the midst of the storm-like successions of strikes, and bent her arms to take a fighting pose-like stance. This was to form the Zetton Shutter, a barrier that shutouts any attacks. And that included the reckless frontal attack she was risking----

*She used it…*

This was Red King's aim.

*I've been waiting!*

Bending her ivory tail like a whip, she struck it onto the ground. From the recoil, Red King's body bounced up like a spring.

"Your head's exposed!"

She clenched her fists like hammers, and aimed to strike the head unprotected by the barrier. With a thud, a tremor ran through the ground, causing surprised birds to fly away from the trees.

It seemed that she was focused on maintaining the barrier. Quickly taking a defensive stance after receiving the heavy blow to her head, the girl slowly showed an expression of anguish as she got on one knee. When Red King unsuccessfully tried to remove one of the skirt-shaped outer shell,

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light flashed out from the opponent's golden eyes, and her figure disappeared.

"Ah, this is...!"

Teleportation. One of the various abilities she possesses. There was no need to reconfirm the enemy's position.

"Zetton..."

A clear voice was heard from behind Red King. It was the name of the girl in jet black.

"Zetton... that's my name."

She somehow wanted to be referred to this way, so she spoke the name as if it were her own. That was the name of the strongest. Therefore, she wouldn't take pride in her own strength. Unless she was unnecessarily provoked, she wouldn't look down on her opponents. Similar to her expression, her voice lacked intonation and no emotions of any kind could be understood from it. However, Red King already knew this. For they were both kaiju, and it was understood in the depths of the soul.

"Heh, you finally getting serious?"

There were no replies from Zetton. Rather, she merely held up both arms slowly. And now, not only Red King but everyone who was watching the fight knew. That was the pose that Space Dinosaur Zetton, titled the strongest, took when she is fighting seriously.

"Well, why don't we start over from here?"

With a complacent laugh, Red King beat both sides of her head two or three times to ignite her fighting spirits. This was the girl's habit when she picked up that exaltation could not peak higher.

"I'll be getting back my champion title today, Zetton-san!"

\* \* \*

"Red King boldly charges in. Rush, rush! She isn't letting up with her assault. Her opponent is Zetton, the current champion. Red King's fierce attacks have been completely stopped!”

As the announcer's live coverage played through the speakers,

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a girl in a jersey, Shiina Namekawa, had her eyes glued to the fierce battle unfolding on the large screen. Distributed on Japan's largest video sharing service, "Shuwa Shuwa Video", *Great Kaiju Fight* was a hit program gaining popularity all over the world.

At 18:00 every Tuesday, the Shuwa Shuwa Video line runs out of bandwidth in the blink of an eye because ten of millions of viewers from all over the world connect simultaneously.
The operation side has strengthened the distribution server and line as well as arranged a time shift timeslot, but the fact was that it was still far from satisfying every fan.

"You can watch the fight between Zetton-san and Red King-san in real time!"

Being a fan of *Great Kaiju Fight*, though not to the extent of a wild maniac, it was only natural that Shiina couldn't help but tear up excitedly. After all, it was the fated confrontation between Red King, the first champion, and Zetton, who took the throne several months ago.

"Red King lifts the large boulder and throws it at Zetton. Zetton intercepts this with a fireball. The large boulder has evaporated in mid-air! With one trillion degrees of heat, today's not the day. Now, how are you going to attack Red King?"

On one hand, "Cutely Annoying" Red King has a reputation for her repeated provocative performances as part of her shoot wrestling fighting style, despite her cute appearance. On the other, "Cool Beauty" Zetton is proficient with a variety of techniques, including fireballs, beam attacks, and teleportation, and has the toughness to take on any attacks without even the slightest movement.

When it comes to a match between star fighters, the number of people connecting can swell up to several tenfold, or even occasionally hundredfold. Of course, this was only a natural event to occur. Lucky viewers who got pre-approval to post screenshots on Tsubu-tter were regarded as minor heroes on message boards and social media.

"Red King is having a coughing fit. Was the trampling attack

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earlier taking its toll? Coming out from her mouth---- Ah, it seems to be a missile! Red King spat out a missile from her mouth! It appears that she had it concealed inside her body. What a huge pretense from Red King..."

The battlefield was located on Johnson Island of the South Pacific. The subtropical volcanic island with an area of 80 square kilometers would completely occupy the Yamanote Line.
Originally a territory of the United States, it went under the control of the United Nations after a certain circumstance and is now a loan to the Japanese government as a trust territory.
In the thick dense forest that extends the south side of the island, many rare floras and faunas such as large carnivorous plants were being found, with various countries' academic institutions led by Japan's Hanshin University investigating them for decades continuously.

In contrast, the north side of Johnson Island laid a barren land covered by lava. A part of it is covered with a strong electromagnetic shield and is used as the battlefield between kaiju.

Kaiju---- Yes, kaiju. Once there was an era, where what was called "kaiju" made countless appearances on Earth and caused great disturbance to human society. While they were all called kaiju in short, in actuality various types of kaiju exist.

There were large reptile-like kaiju that roamed ancient Earth.
There were mechanical kaiju made with unknown scientific power.
There were kaiju that have survived in unexplored regions.
There were kaiju told in myths and legends.
There were kaiju born on Earth.
There were even kaiju that came from other stars and dimensions.
If there was something in common with these kaiju, it would be that they transcended not only the known laws of physics, but also human intellect.

Unfortunately many of these kaiju, whether intentional or not, threatened human society and brought about various disasters both big and small. However it could be described as a blessing in disguise, as earthlings exposed to unforeseen threats are able to temporarily shelve their various conflicts and unite to fight against kaiju.

However, to be precise, earthlings' strength alone could not have gotten

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them through everything. It was also thanks to help offered to them by extraterrestrials. However, even that has now become a story of the distant past. Nearly half a century has passed since the last kaiju appeared and an intelligent species of extraterrestrials, at least publicly before Earthlings, have not appeared either.

Ten years passed, then twenty.

As the age of big kaiju ended, people accepted it with some sort of feeling similar to loneliness. However, that was forever being changed. And the people of Earth were aware.

There is still much more that existed beyond human knowledge in this world. Earthlings are never alone, for this universe has an abundance of worlds where unknown lifes live. But now, Earth is welcoming a second exciting era: the unexpected return of the age of big kaiju.

Who in the world would have imagined? An earth-shattering phenomenon where children are born containing souls of kaiju that had once appeared on Earth.

The girl whose eyes are fixed upon the *Great Kaiju Fight* broadcast, Shiina Namekawa, was one of such children. She was the kaiju girl that contains the soul of "Ghost Kaiju", Seabozu.

In addition, she was in the underground research institute of the United Nations, located 2500 metres beneath Johnson Island. This facility is sometimes partially rented out to general companies but is also used as the relay facility for *Great Kaiju Fight* and as a waiting room for its fighters. In other words---

Immediately following the screen being wrapped in light, an impact ran through the entire facility. The missile thrown by Red King exploded. The camera-equipped drone used for filming seemed to have been damaged. With the screen blacked out, only the live coverage of the announcer continued.

"A close call as Zetton manages to form a shutter in time. The now pitch black Red King has fallen over! Red King doesn't seem to be able to recover. I wonder if this turned out to be a self-destruction.

A victory declaration has just been issued. Zetton is victorious, Zetton is victorious! The title has not

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been reclaimed. Please note that in order to inspect the electromagnetic shield, the second match between Gomora and Seabozu will be postponed one hour."

Shiina let out a big sigh.

"That's too bad..."

This was where the top kaiju fought.

This was *Great Kaiju Fight*.

However she thought about it, she felt out of place. She even wondered if it'd be better to reconsider her pathway from here. At any rate, she was having her debut match in *Great Kaiju Fight* today, of all days. Feeling dragged down by her discomfiture, Shiina recalled the day she decided to participate in *Great Kaiju Fight*.

\* \* \*

It was at the age of 14 when she found out she was a kaiju girl. She was on her way home from practice with her girls soccer team. Without knowing why, she gazed at the skies and started weeping sorrowfully and uncontrollably---- next thing she knew, she was sleeping on a bed in a room surrounded by fully white walls.

"This is great, you're awake!"

Beside the bed were her parents, who had expressions of a mix between relief and discomfort, and a woman with impressive deep red hair dyed like the setting sun in the sky, whose name she would later find to be Meru Momochi, who stood up and explained concisely what happened to her.

After she manifested the Seabozu factor and walked around the outskirts of the town crying, a local police officer made a report to GIRLS---- which was the United Nations’ then newly launched organisation specialised in kaiju girls, who protected her.

Kaiju girls. For whatever reason, souls of kaiju that once appeared on Earth were contained in the bodies of human girls.

It was a topic that made the news so it was something that she already knew about. While it was not in her town or school, rumours that a neighbouring prefecture had a high school girl who was confirmed to be a kaiju girl of the sorts were heard at her school. Having done nothing but practice every day to maintain her only just recently achieved centre-forward position, Shiina did not bear too much interest in the topic.

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So of course, she never imagined in the slightest that she was one herself.

It has since been two years after she moved into a dormitory of GIRLS in Kamakura. Meru was the counselor in charge of Shiina, who was herself the kaiju girl, "Hallucination Alien", Alien Metron and they continue to maintain contact even now as she was a good neighbour who lived in the same dormitory. Although there was an age difference of about half a sexagenary cycle, two years were plenty of time to bond the two people of similar circumstances to a family-like intimacy.

On one of those days, Meru, as usual, was visiting Shiina's room while carrying the chicken and root crops she cooked. If she had not suggested it, Shiina would not have thought about watching *Great Kaiju Fight*.

"The child I was taking care of is making her debut on today's broadcast."

"Um... What kind of child was she?"

"She's returned to her parent's home in Osaka now, but she's a really cute girl. An incredible glutton though..."

The cheerful conversation continued, as Meru nodded along while she dipped a lotus root into a chicken dashi before placing it into her mouth.

She had intended to be careful about not sounding blunt but small quantities might have shown through without her realising it. To be honest, she did not really hold a really good impression of *Great Kaiju Fight*.

For a short while after the existence of kaiju girls were socially acknowledged, there was a time period of social problems where girls who were unable to control their problems brought about incidents and accidents. After several incidents of kaiju girls having nowhere for their conflictual instincts, there was a rising consensus that it needed to be let out in some way.

In the midst of this, GIRLS proposed the establishment of a public battlefield. Making the existence of kaiju girls common knowledge within society raised the subject of, in short, was this was for show?

At least, that was what Shiina felt.

To begin with, she hardly understood what they called a kaiju girl's fighting instinct. Sometimes she would be overwhelmed by a sorrowful feeling she did not understand, but never becoming violent.

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However...

"Shii-chan, it’s the first time seeing you with such an expression", the older friend teased though the words hardly even registered as Shiina wholeheartedly watched the ongoing battle unfolding on-screen.

On the screen, there was a girl, with keratin crescents protruding from both sides of her head, a single horn extending from the top of her forehead and a tail showing expressive movements as if it were an independent creature in itself, who took the opponent's unrelenting attacks no matter how many downs she suffered.

Even though she's a kaiju girl, she was still a human girl. There was no way it didn’t hurt. It’s not possible it was painless.

However, this fight was the girl's debut match and she stood up immediately with a big smile on her face, as if to say there was still much more to her and again challenged the opponent. Bodies collide, tails growl, energy beams fly. Each one of them shook something that was sleeping dormant within her.

It was similar to the days she used to run and chase after soccer balls, perhaps even more exhilarating.

"I see... I'm a kaiju."

She only has a more durable body and power than a human. She does not possess any special powers. She cannot fly in the skies or move objects with psychokinesis, nor can she fire out heat rays or light beams. However, while such kaiju were not unusual, no matter what, she was a kaiju too.

She wanted to fight like that.

Just like that girl who harbors the soul of Gomora, who would stand up and boldly continue to fight no matter how many times she was knocked down. That day, Shiina finally came to terms with her identity as Seabozu. She officially entered *Great Kaiju Fight* a few weeks later.

\* \* \*

"Urgg..."

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After taking a brief glance at the mirror's reflection of herself, Shiina sighed as if she had reached the end of the world.

This had been the seventh trip to the washroom in the last few hours. No matter how many times she washed her face, she could not wash away her gloomy mood. Even her soccer matches had never made her this anxious.

"I might have slacked a little too much..."

Pinching her own cheeks, she was returned with a seemingly puffy feel. Her hair, which was previously trimmed at her shoulders so as to not hinder her exercise, had grown to around her waist before she knew it. Since she started living in the dormitory, Shiina has spent most of her days in her room reading books and watching movies on the internet.

In other words, she was just a step away from being a shut-in.

The only thing she did not stop doing was her morning jogs, but like the soccer ball left in the corner of her room, she somewhat missed her old life routine. It was probably because of her work ethics as a counselor that Meru even took care of Shiina.

The excitement she felt that day was certainly real. She watched every single broadcast of *Great Kaiju Fight* without fail and during the dozen of times she watched its recordings, she would wonder and imagine what it would be like if she was there herself. However, she felt torn apart between wanting to compete or not, and neglecting it caused her heart to ache from an unknown sense of discomfort.

The mechanically controlled door opened just like a spaceship's airlock from the movies, allowing her to step out from the toilet.

The monitor installed on the ceiling of the pathway showed a kaiju resembling a fossil specimen of a large reptile idly wandering the wilderness. The subtitles displayed ""Ghost Kaiju" Seabozu" as the narration by a popular voice actor, whose name even Shiina knew, briefly explained the history of this kaiju.

The kaiju was encountered at a strange area in interstellar space called the "Kaiju Graveyard", by the Earth defense organisation of the time during the initial days of the first big kaiju era. After pursuing a spaceship, Seabozu arrived on Earth and roamed around like a lost child

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in an unfamiliar neighbourhood before being sent back into space with a lunar exploration rocket.

That kaiju was just being himself. It wasn’t that she didn’t understand it. He had lost sight of where he was and miserably cried while wandering around, something that was happening to her current self. Come to think about it, her start in soccer was an arrangement by her worried parents for their friendless and introverted daughter.

She felt like she was missing something. She was missing the puzzle piece that made her, her. It was that sort of unease. However, that was not all that she was worried about-

"Ah, Seabozu-chan!"

"Huh!?"

The sudden voice caused her heart to jump. She wondered for how long she had been preoccupied. A minute? Or ten minutes?

Ignoring her discomposure, the girl with a smile on her childlike face while shaking her tail in a literal sense and giving the impression of a puppy ran up towards Shiina.

"Go-Gomora-san?"

"Pff, using "san" is too formal!"

The girl puffed her cheeks. Her small keratin-covered hand took Shiina's hand, and shook it up and down.

"Gomotan is fine!"

She made her debut match on that day six months ago, and with the synergy between her charming friendly personality and her extraordinarily gluttonous character unimaginable from her outwards appearance, she became a popular fighter with the nickname "Gomotan". Her existence was an aspiration for Shiina, and- "I'm really looking forward to today's fight," of all people, she would be her opponent.

"Mmm, snacks eaten at high places are exceptionally delicious!"

The girl containing the soul of "Ancient Kaiju" Gomora looked absolutely happy as she continued to heartily eat sweets.

"Th-that's right."

She had to be convinced by the high-spirited Gomora

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to come along to the overground level of the facility--- an observation room within a tower standing tall in the island's central area. She had heard that ecological research was underway in the southern part of Johnson Island so it would seem that the buildings with their tips peeking out from within the forest here and there were research laboratories or something.

"Do you feel unwell, Seabozu-chan? Are you hungry? Want a sweet?"

While she spoke, the number of empty chocolate candy boxes rapidly increased. Just by looking at how pleasantly she eats, you would feel as if your own stomach was getting filled. It is easy to see why she's in great demand for food companies' commercials.

"Um I'll pass, I might spoil my stomach if I accidentally overeat before the fight."

"Ah, I see."

After taking a deep breath, Gomora's expression turned somewhat meek.

"Is that really so? Seabozu-chan, don't feel bad or worry."

"Eh...?"

"I interrupted your fight today. You probably didn't like that."

Initially, the opponent of Shiina's debut match was planned to be Pestar, an experienced fighter with a signature flame attack. However, Pestar drank too much oil and spoilt her stomach, with Gomora hurriedly selected to be the substitute.

"Th-that's not true! Having Gomora-sa... Gomotan as my opponent is rather of an, uh, honor..."

"Ah, I'm glad."

The confused Shiina's reply made Gomora look relieved from the bottom of her heart.

"During my time too, the other person was changed abruptly the day before.”

"I-I, saw Gomotan's debut match in real time!"

"Oh no, you saw that disgrace?" Gomora forced a strained laugh. "I was really surprised when all of a sudden, the champion was to be my opponent. I really thought my heart was gonna stop."

Gomora fought her debut match with the champion

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at the time, Red King.

Although it ended in Gomora's defeat, she overturned prior expectations and put up a good fight against a powerhouse of an opponent and because of that, Gomora's fight has become the talking point of being one of the best matches in *Great Kaiju Fight*.

Gomora and Red King has competed several times afterwards and although Gomora has brought it to a draw, she has yet to make up for her loss. Red King was even defeated by Zetton, having her champion title handed over. Thinking about such a thing made Shiina feel anxious again.

"I... don't have the confidence to fight like that..." The words just kind off slipped out from her mouth.

"You don't have the confidence? Why?"

"Gomotan, have you ever seen a video recording of Seabozu?"

"I sure have. It was cute like a lost dog!"

Therein lies the problem. The "Ghost Kaiju", Seabozu that once appeared on Earth was not a "fighting kaiju". Seabozu walked around recklessly merely because he wanted to return to the Kaiju Graveyard. In the process, the neighborhood was destroyed but it was never his intention to go on a rampage.

"To begin with, I never had any powerful psychic abilities like Zetton-san, nor can I utilize electricity like Eleking-san..."

"Hmm, I see."

She did not make fun of her, nor did she pity her. Gomora nodded along as she listened to Shiina's feeble complaints, and raised a counter question.

"Hey, Seabozu-chan. What do you think a kaiju is?"

"Eh...?"

"Red King-san and I are surviving dinosaurs, and Zetton-san is also a space dinosaur, isn't she? However, there are robots like King Joe-san, aliens and spirits too. And so on and so forth."

"Gomotan..."

"I'm not smart so I can't explain it like a professor but... we're all kaiju, y'know?

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They might not know that they've been born as humans, but kaiju are kaiju. And, since Seabozu-chan and myself are both called kaiju, surely we have the same roots of some sorts. Maybe, it's here!"

After saying that, Gomora quickly hit her own chest.

"Don’t worry. Seabozu-chan, you can absolutely fight. I mean, senpai... Ah, by senpai, I mean Red King-san. Anyway, even senpai doesn't have any sort of psychic powers!"

"Come to think of it..." Only after that was said, did she finally recall.

The former champion, Red King, stood at the top of *Great Kaiju Fight* with only her physical strength, charging ability, sturdy head and the power of her tail.

"Speaking of senpai... I was only told a long time after, but, it was senpai who volunteered to be my opponent.”

"Eh...?"

“She laughed when she said she'd show a cheeky kouhai her place. Back then bewildering thoughts rushed through my head, like, what is she saying?.... but when we started hanging out on free days, I realized something. When it's time for senpai to fight, she's like a gorilla, but normally she's super nice. That's when I understood.”

“...”

“At the time, she was lending her support to a debuting newbie. As if saying, show me your strength. Show me that you have the guts to surpass your limits.”

"Ah I see, Red King-san..."

"I told her about it, but she got angry and her face got really red. So that's why, I also want to be the opponent of someone's debut match too. I look forward to taking on your best and competing with you."

Gomora said that a little embarrassedly, before she quickly extended her hand towards Shiina.

"Let’s have a good match, Seabozu-chan."

She sort of understood but also sort of did not. It was an ambiguous feeling but Gomora's sentiment that she wanted her to fight with all her might was exceedingly clear.

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"...Yeah." Shiina gave a big nod, and held her hand in return. "I'm Shiina Namekawa. It's nice to meet you today."

"That’s a cool name! How nice!" This caused a quick laugh from Gomora. "I'm Kuroda, Mikazuki Kuroda. Nice to meet ya!"

\* \* \*
"Even now, there's not much else I can say."

"Got it!"

"If you're sure..."

The directional speakers were set up in a way that she could hear its sound even from her position and from it, she was hearing the voice of her helpful coach.

"You won't have time to go to the restroom again, is that alright? That's about it."

"Isn't that sexual harassment!?"

"Please say such a thing only after you don't go back and forth between the waiting room and washroom ten times."

"It was seven times! Please don't fabricate things."

At the battlefield, there are several elevators installed which connect to the underground facility. The Δ (Delta) point which Shiina is currently at, is one of those.

20 minutes remaining.

As the fight headed towards its start, the staff tirelessly operated the equipment and called out to each other.

"Body temperature, pulse, breathing, blood pressure, everything is fine!"

"Vital checks complete. Soul ride, please commence."

"Oh right, I almost forgot. I received a message from Momochi-san!"

"From Meru-san?"

"Tomorrow's dinner is katsudon, probably."

"Eh, well, since I'm probably gonna lose this time, I wonder if I'll win next time."

"Yeah, that negative response, you're really just like Seabozu huh?"

"That's enough, coach!"

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During the silly exchanges, it seemed like her nervousness was being eased too.
That was perhaps the coach's thoughtfulness. Probably, likely, almost certainly. But then again, hmm.

As her thoughts circled the topic, Shiina took out her Soulriser. The Soulriser, is a smartphone-like device issued to kaiju girls registered with GIRLS. In fact, it is also a communication terminal but it has an important function, that can only be used by kaiju girls. That would be Soul-ride, that is, the function to transform into their kaiju form.

Her hands had become familiar with operating the touch panel and with it, she opened the Soul-ride menu. When it displayed the loading screen for fingerprint authentication, she took a single deep breath.

Today isn't the first time I've transformed. However today, I'm transforming to "fight" for the first time, and just thinking about it makes me overjoyed and I find a smile forming on my face. No fear or hesitation, just joy. And excitement.

As she started to feel embarrassed of herself, Shiina resolutely placed her finger on the LCD.

Fingerprint authentication... completed.

"User Shiina Namekawa authenticated."

Simultaneously as the synthesized voice played, a blue crystal about the size of a rice grain embedded within the exterior of the Soulriser, an Arcalite, started to emit a faint light. With the effect of this Arcalite, which has the ability to seal off kaiju, kaiju girls can suppress their internal kaiju factor and conversely, activate it.

"Soul ride, Seabozu!"

As if it was waiting for her words, the blue light emitted by the Soulriser extended to wrap around her, eventually forming a sphere and hiding her body from the sights of people around.

It is then, that her body begins to alter. The skin around the centre of her head hardens, with three horns starting to extend from it. From about below her waist, a tail slips and slides out as it grows. Her clothes transform into a black dress while from around the middle of her back, a white bone-like shell extends much like the roots of a tree, covering her entire body. Before long, what emerged from within the blue pulsating cocoon ball was no longer

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a human girl.

"Enjoy fighting, Seabozu!"

"Will do, coach!"

She was "Ghost Monster" Seabozu, with amber eyes brimming with fighting spirit.

\* \* \*

"Yes, that's right. She must be feeling worn-out. She was pretty lively until a short while ago but now, she's sleeping soundly."

Inside a GIRLS transport plane that was about to take flight to Japan, the man referred to as "coach" by Shiina and a part-time advisor of the GIRLS research division, Dr. Makoto Takizawa, was holding his mobile phone against his ear. The other party on the call, was Shiina's mother.

"It seems like they've really gotten along well. Even now..."

As he spoke, he took a glance towards the seats behind. There, Shiina and Gomora, now reverted to her human form Mikazuki Kuroda, sat next to each other and slept peacefully with their heads close together.

"They're sleeping next side-by-side... Yes, right, I'll send you a picture later.You can look forward to it."

Seabozu tenaciously bit into the powerful Gomora, and put up a good fight by snatching away the lead in the middle of the game. Ultimately, although she suffered defeat before what became the first unveiling of Gomora's new technique where she fired a shock wave used for digging out the ground from her horn, it made discerning fans greatly emotional until the very end.

Wherever Seabozu goes, troubles will always occur. Although she does not possess special powers like the other star kaiju, Seabozu will become popular as a famous fighter of *Great Kaiju Fight* as she does not take even a step back against any formidable opponents and above all else, she fights with enjoyment from the bottom of her heart.

However, that is a future story that remains to be seen.

When the call ended, and with the dazzling scene of the two sleeping just like sisters, Takizawa recalled the time of his first encounter with a "kaiju girl". That, was the beginning of the new relationship between Earth's humanity and kaiju.

## Credits

People who made this fan translation possible:

* User:Lock Mace (scans, translation, page 24 typeset)
* ascriptmaster (translation)
* User:AsymmetricalKnot (translation)
* User:Yuuyatails (minor editing)