Event Quest: Space Taxi Chasers！(Reprint)

戦争の爪痕が残る街を探索する character0 。
砕かれた建材が散らばる悪路を歩いていると、
ふと足下に何かが落ちていることに気づく。

果物の残骸と、散らされた花束。
それらは転々と、路傍の建物の裏へと、
まるで誘導するかのように続いている。

character0 は、建物の裏をのぞく。
そこにあったのは、墓標のような石版 だった。
名前と短すぎる生年・没年の情報が刻まれている。
どうやら、戦争で亡くなった子供の墓のようだ。

野生動物が荒らしたのか、散らかされた墓を
哀れに思った character0 は、時計を確認する。

character0 は、墓の周囲を掃除し、
摘んできた花と果実を供え、手を合わせた。
もうこの子供のような存在が、
これ以上増えることが無いよう、祈りながら……

character0 was searching a city that still bears the scars of war.
Walking through a road with broken remnants of building scattered about,
Suddenly something fell to their feet.

Remains of fruits, and scattered bouquets.
Those things were rolling to the road from the back of a building,
As if guiding people to it.

character0 peeked to the back of that building.
There was a stone slab that looked like a tombstone.
Carved on it were a very short name, birth year and death year.
Apparently, it was the grave of a child who died in the war.

Did the wild animals ruined it?, the grave was in awful condition.
Feeling pity character0 checked their time.

character0 cleaned the surroundings of the grave,
Picking up the scattered fruits and flowers and offered it back.
Praying that may there are no longer children with this kind of fate…

character0 たちの元に、
新たな犯行予告の情報が届く。
それは、巷を騒がせるあのヴィランの
模倣犯が配信したものだった。

詩的で難解なのを通り越して、
意味不明な内容に頭をひねる character0 。
しかし、動画を見返していた character1 は、
何かが分かったようにガタンと席を立ち、
饒舌に自分の推理を 語り出した。

あまりに荒唐無稽な内容に解釈。
character0 はそのバカバカしさに苦笑する。
しかし 、推理が合っているとしたら
犯行時間は目前。ひとまず、現場に急行。

character1 の推理通りに現れて 、
あっけなく逮捕されるヴィラン。
character1 は満足そうにしているが、
character0 は釈然としない顔で眺めていた。

In the beginning, character0 and his team receive information on a new crime notice.
It was spread by a copycat of the villain that was causing so much uproar.

Poetic and difficult to understand , character0 wracked their brain over the ambiguous content of the notice.
character1 who have been watching the video suddenly stood up exclaiming that they got it, they excitedly tried to explain their reasoning.

The reasoning and explanation was too ridiculous.
Hearing such an absurd explanation, character0 smile wryly.
However, if the reasoning was true, then the crime time will be near.
As precaution, they came to the deduced place.

The villains appeared just like character1 's deduction, and so they quickly got arrested.
character1 has a satisfied face,
character0 gaze at them with a puzzled look on their face.

泥棒のヴィランは、バイクに跨がり逃走した。
それを追うことにした
character0 と character1 。
しかし使える乗り物は、なんと２人用自転車だけ…。
こんなので追いつけるわけが無い
と言う character0 。

しかし、為せば成ると豪語する character1 。
後ろに乗るよう促され、 character0 が跨がると、
character1 はものすごい勢いで
ペダルをこぎ始める。

自転車はぐんぐん加速し、犯人のバイクに追いついた。
驚愕する、 character0 と犯人。
character1 は、さらに気合いを入れて
スピードを上げ、バイクの前に滑り込む。
びっくりした犯人は自転車を避けようとして
バイクごと横滑りし、地面を転がった。

決死の追跡劇の結果、逮捕される犯人。
そんな馬鹿な…と繰り返す犯人がパトカーに連行される。
character1 の脚力に恐ろしさを
感じずにはいられない character0 だった。

A robber villain was escaping with a motorbike.
character0 and character1 gave chase.
However, the only available vehicle was a two-person bicycle….
There is no way we can give chase with this said character0 .

If there is a will then there is a way, boasted character1 .
character0 took the back seat after being urged,
then character1 began pedalling with great momentum.

The bicycle steadily accelerate and then caught up to the criminal's motorbike.
character0 and the criminal were astonished.
With a yell character1 further sped up the bicycle,
passing the motorbike and going in front of it.
Surprised, the criminal tried to avoid the bicycle,
but the motorbike slipped and fell, the criminal rolled on the ground.

As a result of such desperate pursuit, the criminal has been arrested.
This is absurd…the criminal was muttering such words while being taken away in the patrol car.
character0 can't help but feel that character1 's leg strength was very terrifying.

怪盗ヴィランの犯行予告があった現場を、
手分けして警備にあたる character0 たち。
予告された時間は目前、現場に緊張が走る。

先刻から character2 との連絡が
途絶えていることが気に掛かる character1 。
character2 の担当場所に向かうと、
そこには身ぐるみを剥がされ、
眠らされた character2 の姿が。

ほぼ同時刻、 character3 の目の前に
character2 が現れる。
なぜ突然こっちにきたのかと
尋ねる character3 の背後から、
そいつは偽物だと叫ぶ character0 の声。
character0 には、 character1 からの連絡が
届いていたのだった。

間一髪で犯人を確保できた一行。
事件を未然に防ぐことに成功したが、
裸で眠り続ける character2 をどうするか……
それだけが、問題として残った。

character0 and team split up to guard the site of a crime notice by a phantom thief villain.
As the notified time draws near, the site were filled with tension.

character1 was anxious about character2 's sudden lost of contact a while ago.
After heading to character2 's post, they found character2 have been stripped and was asleep.

At the same time, character2 appears in front of character3 .
Why did you came here? while inquiring about this,
from the back of character3 , character0 yelled, that person is a fake.
character1 has contacted character0 .

The group was able to arrest the criminal by a hair's breadth.
Though the crime has been succesfully prevented,
There remained the problem of what to do about character2 who was still sleeping naked….