33 In prep for a Big Showdown (1/2)

During the night, when everyone is asleep. The Prohorovkans launched a night raid at the Base Atropos and Mercy. The defenses almost fell during the raid, but they managed to hold and push back the raiders. The message arrived to Gentaro right after the raid. It went around the whole village in the morning. As everyone, without Yagano and Katsuko, woke up, they all stayed and did their breakfast at the Inn.

”Shit... I thought the foods here will be bland as hell, being so medieval shit and all...” Takumi finished her dish. ”But they taste great” She gave Haruki a smile. ”My! It's all thanks to Ali-chan!” Haruki gave the compliment to Alice. ”Who?” Takumi looked up to Haruki. ”It's me...” Alice spoke behind them, Takumi looked behind. ”Hm...” She nodded. ”This salmon is very good!” She ordered a pan-fried salmon aside from her main dish. ”This way of cooking... It's the same way we do it in our world” She said. ”Is that so?” Hearing that made Alice smile. ”That fish is also popular in your world, I see” She nodded. ”Yeah. Though, in our country, we eat them raw” Takumi told them about the Japanese foods. ”Ew...” Mariko whispered in her seat. ”Doesn't that make your tummy hurt?” Ayumi asked. ”Not at all. There are still processes to keep the foods to be safe to eat” Takumi answered. ”Hey. You mentioned your country just now. What's the name?” Mariko asked. ”Japan! We are known to be a very respectful country in our world!” Takumi said. ”We are the strongest, you know? We are also known for having a long history! And up until now, we are the most advanced country!” She proceeded to boast about Japan.

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”Y-Yeah... How about your language?” Mariko asked. ”We're speaking it right now” Takumi smiled. ”Huh? Right now? This is your language too?” Mariko got confused. ”Yeah. I believe we have the same language but we called them differently. It's called Japanese” Takumi said. ”Yeah, Japanese. I heard that name before” Chiho nodded. ”How about that other language?” She asked. ”Russian? Yeah, we call it Russian. It's a bit hard to get used to. You'll be speaking tongue-twister” Takumi giggled. ”Hard to get used to, yet you're speaking them like it's your first language” Mariko whispered. ”I learned Russian a long time ago and you'd fucking sound weird when you speak a foreign language with a Japanese accent. You gotta change them, you shit” Takumi looked at Mariko. ”Then... What about... Сдыхать? (Sdykhat'?)” Chiho still remembered the word. ”If you really want to tell your enemy to die, you can say 'Умри!' (Umri!)” Takumi said. ”Умри! (Die!)” Mariko shouted. ”How about an insult?” She asked. ”Сука!(Suka!), that word is a very popular word in Russian which means Bitch” Takumi said. ”Умри, cука! (Die, bitch!)” Mariko shouted the words together. ”Hehehe... I'll be shouting that shit to Mark!” Mariko giggled. ”Too bad, Mark can't speak Russian. But I guess he knows about cука ...” Takumi giggled. ”Going for the bad words already!” Ayumi pouted. ”Takumi-san! What is hello in your language?” She turned at Takumi and asked. ”The most common and popular one is Привет (Privet). The polite one would be Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)” Takumi answered.

”Why is the polite one long?” Chiho asked. ”I don't know. But it sounds really well when you are all formal and shit” Takumi shrugged. ”П-При...вет...(H-He...llo...)” Ayumi tried to repeat the word. ”Yeah! You're getting a hang on it!” Takumi pats Ayumi's head. ”Привет! (Hello!)” Ayumi perks up as to finally get the word and shouted. ”There we go!” Takumi laughed. ”Then, then! How about Good morning?” Ayumi asked. ”Доброе утро (Dobroye utro)” Takumi answered. ”Доброе утро (Good morning)” Mariko easily got it before them. ”Hah! So easy...” She laughed. ”I... can't speak that right now but I will remember it!” Ayumi said. ”Hey, hey. As much as I wanted to learn their language too, don't you think you should be at the battlefield or doing something right now?” Haruki interrupted them. ”Oh, almost forgot!” The commander of the T-26 remembered something. ”Nagami?” Takumi looked at her. ”I was keeping this structure cube the whole time in this world! This is a plane factory!” Nagami pulled out a factory cube. ”P-Plane factory?!” Chiho shouted in surprise. The people overheard their conversation and were looking at their way. ”Whoa, shit! Factory? We can make planes?!” Mariko shouted. ”If we had the resources, yeah” Nagami nodded. ”Shiiit!!!” Mariko couldn't contain her excitement.

”Lucky for you, we don't need that many resources. We have a building tool inside of those factories that'll use fewer resources. But the results were just like normal, those needed tons of resources” Takumi said. ”You place any forms of metal. A metal plate, for example, you place that shit on the scanner then you choose what you'll make. Then the scanner will slowly consume the metal as it generates the item you chose. It doesn't matter how big the thing is, the amount it consumes the resource and the time it makes the item is fixed” Takumi explained. ”Of course. We need gunpowder to make ammunitions” Nagami said. ”Is gunpower already present in this time?” She asked and nobody gave an answer. ”Great. I don't know how to make gunpowders too, So I guess we will get them from other worlds” She sighed. ”Powder for guns?” Chiho asked. ”Yeah. That's what makes the bullet fly. From this era of yours, the first weapon you can make when you finally invented Gunpower is what we call Musket. I don't know how they actually work, but I've searched about them before. They carry those little bags filled with gunpowder. They will pour them into the gun then put that little bag thing inside the barrel then they can fire” Nagami answered. ”Oh...” Chiho thinks for a while. ”Wait. Does it work just like the way your guns work right now?” Mariko asked. ”No. You'll be like using crossbows, but just with gunpower and longer reload I guess...” Nagami said. ”Then that's bullshit. We have your better guns, why would we stick into those 'musket'?” Mariko angrily asked.

”She's saying that if we didn't come into this world, you'll be sticking with those kinds of weapons before being able to move on to modern ones like ours” Takumi said. ”Since we arrived from the future, you guys will have the greatest leap in technologies” She added. ”From stones straight to space-age” The driver of the T-26 laughed. ”You won't have to go through all the work our people have been into” Takumi said. ”Hey. Seriously?” Haruki sighed. ”Alright. Let's get going then...” Takumi stood up. ”Let me take care of the plates...” Alice told the group and they left the Inn. ”Hey, hey! Where are we going to place that plane factory?!” Mariko asked. ”Well... First, we need a big place, a safe big place. This building has an underground built-in, that's where we build the planes and some space for parking. The upper building is mostly like a Hangar, or just a large parking space for the planes” Nagami said. ”So, seeing how cramped up this place is, we will need to build this outside, as much as I hate it being in the open...” She added. ”Let's ask Leader-san to build another village!” Mariko suggested. ”Yeah! Yeah! Just like the Chu-Yuan!” Ayumi got excited about the thought. ”Making a new settlement in the middle of the war?” Takumi gave a confused expression. ”Yeah. We gotta stop whatever Leader-san is planning on the last bases right now. This plane factory comes first” Mariko said. ”You can ask him that, right? Chiho?” She asked. ”I guess. Why is it got to be me though?” Chiho looked at Mariko. ”You're the one who's close enough to talk to him about it” Mariko answered. Chiho thinks about it for a second. ”...Alright” She nodded and they all went to Gentaro's place.

The same as yesterday, people were looking at their way. Some looked scared, some looked angry. On their way, a man carrying a big sack of potatoes on his back fell in front of them. In reflex, Takumi and her friends quickly stopped and helped the man collect his potatoes back. ”I'm sorry for the trouble...” The man apologized to Takumi. ”No problem at all. Where are you headed?” She asked the man. ”I'm going to deliver these to the Market” He answered. ”But the Capital is behind you” Mariko pointed ahead. ”Yes. I forgot something in our home. I have to get back” The man nodded. ”While carrying that heavy stuff?” Takumi asked. ”Y-Yes. My friends and my families are all busy to help me” He scratched his head. ”Then let me help you” The gunner picked up the sack, the man grabbed the sack. ”No, no. I can't give you any more trouble!” He said. ”It's alright. Go get your things, we will get this potatoes to the Market” The gunner said as she placed the sack on top of her head, surprising the man.

”C-Can you even walk like that?” He asked. ”Yeah. Don't worry” The gunner was keeping the balance of the sack with her two hands. ”It's not heavy?” He looked really worried. ”Yeah. This is nothing compare to our work at the factories” The gunner said. ”Well? Where are we taking this?” She asked and was told to deliver the sack on a vegetable stand with a sign 'Grapes at lower cost!'. As they enter the Market. They started looking for the sign. But after several minutes, they still haven't find it. ”There's no sign here” The gunner complained. ”What was the goddamn sign again?” She asked. 'Grapes on low demand” Mariko answered. ”It's a discounted sign” Nagami said. ”Ugh. I remembered growing up being dragged by my mom in a mall and wasting the whole day going through the entire goddamn place of discounted stuff. This should be a nostalgia trip” The gunner laughed sadly. ”Mall?” Chiho looked at the gunner.

”It's like a huge, covered Market. A building full of stuff to sell” The gunner replied. ”It's also very cold inside. There's like, a huge thing blowing cold winds inside” The loader added. ”Wow. Sounds better than our Market full of fishes' smell with those sweaty men's scent” Mariko said, making everyone giggle except Takumi. ”Hahaha!!! I know right?!” She hysterically laughed. ”You can even see their sweat drop on their goods sometimes! Hahaha!!!” ”Eeww!” Ayumi squirms on Takumi's words. ”Fuck, that's disgusting” Mariko looked very disturbed. ”I'm glad I still wasn't able to witness such things like that” She added. After a few minutes, they finally gave up.

”There's no goddamn sign here about discounted grapes...” The gunner sighed heavily as she drops the sack to the ground. ”What should we do?” Nagami asked. ”Hey, Tamie” She faced Tamie, everyone was surprised, including Tamie herself. ”Like, you have been quiet the whole fucking time. You dead inside?” She said. ”Um... I... don't see any sign too” Tamie said. ”At least anything that says 'grapes'?” Nagami asked. ”Ah... I saw a stand with grapes on them but it doesn't have any signs” Tamie said. ”Oh. Lead us there then” Nagami asked her to lead them to that grape stand. It was west from where they stopped before. Once they arrived, they saw a sleeping little girl with an untied black long hair in a stool who was supposed to keep watch. ”Hey!” ”Waah-!” Takumi shouted and awoken the girl in surprise. ”Yes?! Do you want to buy something?!” The girl quickly stood up to ask. ”We're here to get these potatoes” The gunner put down the sack to the ground. The girl stared at the sack, then to the Prohorovkans. ”Did nii-chan asked you to? You're his friends?” She asked. ”Well, he tripped and fell. Then we helped him” Takumi said. ”Oh... Let me see the potatoes” The girl took the sack from the gunner, she pulled it until she sat back on the stool. She removed the straps at ease despite its tight bind, then she peeked inside.

”Fourty-six potatoes...Hm...Hm...” The girl nodded repeatedly. ”Thanks. The potatoes we needed are all in here” She said as she looked up to the gunner. ”Y-You counted that fast?” The gunner was amazed. ”Life in the Market” The girl smiled. ”Wow. Now I'm starting to regret not agreeing on how our technologies affect the developments of the children” Takumi scratched her head. Not too long, the man before arrived. ”Oh, we really appreciate your help. Please...” The man thanked them and took a small bag and started picking up grapes from their stand and gave it to Takumi. ”Oh, thank you” Takumi took the bag and looked inside. ”They came from the seeds Gentaro-sama gave us. So it's as good as the ones in their garden” The man said. ”Oooh...!” Ayumi heard him and was excited. ”By any chance, are you Takumi Saito-san?” The man asked Takumi. ”Yeah, that's me. What a surprise I'm already known in this place” Takumi giggled. ”Yes. Some people were waiting for you to side with us. Also, you were the first person from the enemy side to get to talk to us” The man said. ”Yeah, I guess so” Takumi folded her arms.

”I'm Satoshi Rurikawa, this is my little sister, Aya” Satoshi pats Aya's head as he say her name. ”I'm Aya Rurikawa! Nice to meet you!” She bowed also to get her brother to stop patting her head. ”I'm Nagami Suruji. And these are my crews, Satomi Kirisawa, My gunner. Natsuki Akiyama, my radio. Machi Shinonome, my Driver. And Kaho Kaigara, my loader” Nagami introduced herself and her crew. ”Well, you already know my name” Takumi said, then looked behind to Tamie. ”Eh...?” Tamie realized she was the only person left. ”Ain't you gonna tell your name?” Takumi asked with a smile. Tamie looked at the man. ”I'm Tamie Kanahara” She bowed lightly. ”You two also” Nagami looked at the siblings. ”I'm Tanaka...” ”I'm Sagiri!” The two introduced. ”Wow. I can't believe we are actually introducing ourselves to the Prohorovkans” Aya said. ”Mom would be so dead right now!” She added. ”Aya! Watch your language!” Satoshi quickly scolded her. ”Huh? Why is that?” Takumi asked Aya. ”Our mom is very afraid of you” ”So afraid that she was willing to let Dad join the army so he can protect us from you!” Satoshi and Aya answered. ”Heh. Wow. What a mother” Nagami laughed.

”Oof. I remembered we gotta talk to Gentaro-san. We have to get going now” Chiho laid her hand on Takumi's shoulder. ”Oh, yeah. We still got a lot of things to do” Takumi said to the two. ”Is that so? Then you better get going then” Satoshi nodded. ”Alright, let's go” Mariko started walking and they all followed, waving at the two. ”Thank you for helping us!” ”Bye bye!” Satoshi bowed and Aya happily waved back. As they left the Market, they saw a bunch of soldiers heading for the Entrance. ”Hey, hey, hey! What is that?!” Mariko pointed at them. ”...They're already on their way there?!” Shu Fang asked. ”We gotta stop them!” Chiho shouted and teleported in front of the soldiers. ”Whoa!” The driver of the carriage was forced to stop the carriage. ”Wait! Don't go back there yet!” Chiho shouted at the soldiers. ”Why?” The driver asked. ”Gentaro-sama ordered us to gather at the bases we captured” He added. Chiho thinks for a second. ”Gather up there, but don't go ahead yet, you hear me?!” Chiho shouted and the driver nodded ”Yes...” He replied. ”We'll talk to Gentaro-san about this. So be on standby” Chiho said as she move aside from their way. ”Right” The driver nodded and they proceeded to move out.