Before tackling the three S-Rank Towers.
I used an anonymous username given to me by Drei and browsed various communities to gauge public perception.
– Hey, if the Summoner ends up summoning a mecha, what would be the best option?
I posted the question.
– Wait, the Summoner? lol
“What? I definitely logged in with a throwaway account…”
For a moment I thought I might’ve logged into the wrong account, but it turned out to just be a random comment someone had left.
– GUNDAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!
Comments started pouring in.
Some even mentioned the so-called “White Devil”, one of the most well-known names in the mecha world—arguably part of the Big Three.
– But if you summon the White Devil, are you summoning the machine or the pilot?
A reasonable question that anyone might ask.
For a moment, I even wondered if the commenter was trying to test my ability as a Summoner.
But I decided to just gloss over it with a simple, “Both”.
– If it’s a set with the mecha and the pilot, shouldn’t we avoid anything from the Universal Century?
– Lol what? Who else has that kind of solid performance stats?
– All of them have killed people in war! Some even self-destruct their units on a whim, and there are mechs that bring about humanity’s downfall!
– Not all humans can live in America…!
Were they just bored?
Or had someone actually figured out that the person asking the question was a real Summoner?
– If it’s a Super Robot you’re going to summon, wouldn’t Ma○ga be a good choice?
– Bro, have you seen Z? That thing’s a literal demon. Perfect for ending the Earth.
– Then what about the other one… ah, I guess Get-○’s a no-go too. It evolves everything in sight under some light of evolution or whatever.
Surprisingly, people gave pretty serious input.
They responded passionately, as if they were Summoners themselves—offering suggestions for the potential fifth summon (officially the fourth) that would be a mecha.
When it came to skilled pilots.
– What if you summon the Red Comet and he decides to drop an asteroid?
– Sha sha sha, sha sha sha sha, sha.
– Just slap on an Indian “mama” and you’re good, right?
– Man, you’re making this into a total mess. If he decides to become President of the U.S., the world’s gonna be drenched in Zeonism. Can you handle that ideology?
They brought up all sorts of pilots, but for various reasons, most were deemed problematic.
– Hey, can I be honest here?
– Go ahead.
– If the Summoner’s just gonna summon cute girls anyway, shouldn’t the pilot be a hot girl too?
– Oh.
Some even offered very “valid,” or rather quite persuasive, suggestions.
– Hey, it’s not like Summoners only summon women, you know.
– But Master, wouldn’t you prefer a girl over a guy? hehe
– Ugh, who was the one who posted this question to begin with…?
– Why is this thread even blowing up right now? I’m seriously confused oㅅo
As the thread updated, more and more wild ideas started appearing.
– [List.txt] of reasonable entities Master could summon.
Users started posting their own custom lists.
– If we analyze it based on Illinois and the others currently summoned, shouldn’t it be someone skilled in close combat?
– School of the Undefeated of the East, Unmatched in Heaven and Earth!!
– So should we summon the disciple, or the master?
– Could Earth even handle a D-factor spill…?
– Man, where’s the romance? No romance at all.
While lists continued to pop up and get shot down or debated…
– How about this one?
From the various suggestions, one stood out as the most well-rounded—safe, low burden in terms of pilot personality, excellent performance as a summon, and active across many dimensions, including real-world relevance.
And so—
Now, in this moment.
[Nice to meet you, Summoner! From now on, call me Justice!]
There he was, shimmering in the lower right of the monitor pop-up window—summoned into reality.
[No matter what world I go to, as a Super Agent, my mission is always the same! To vanquish evil and uphold justice! Leave the “purging” of villains to me!]
Thus, our fifth summon became a Neuro-Cyber Overman, living within the digital world.
* * *
[Meanwhile, Tokyo, Japan. In a certain company’s meeting room.]
“This silhouette… I think it’s him.”
The people seated around the table flipped through the printed documents in front of them, murmuring.
“Hey, Matsuda PD. How did you find this?”
“Well, it might be a bit questionable in terms of privacy, but I tracked accounts that were spending money suspiciously freely.”
Matsuda PD, dressed in a worn gray suit, looked like he was about to cast his tablet screen to the main display, but glanced around and lowered his hand.
“Each time they made a purchase, 11,900 yen was charged. It’s rare to find someone casually spending in the ballpark of 2 million yen in a single day—unless it’s a big-name VTuber, streamer, or one of the whale users we’re already aware of.”
“Hm. So the summon we suspect came from the Master’s account… is this Hyper Agent?”
“Yes.”
“Well… I get that he shows up where kaiju appear, so it makes sense. But still… this is problematic.”
The company president tapped the table with a serious expression.
“Doesn’t the existence of this being imply that kaiju could start appearing too?”
“Isn’t this already a world where monsters come out of the Towers?”
“Hmm. Fair point. But… why a Hyper Agent of all things?”
The company president pointed at the cane resting beside him.
“If we’re talking pure firepower, wouldn’t a trans-universal entity be better?”
“There could be many theories, but wouldn’t summoning something the size of a Giga Drill Breaker-tier being cause problems with causality?”
“Causality?”
“Yes. Like the laws of entropy—things we commonly refer to in our scenario design.”
“Ah, I see. So if the summoned being is too powerful, it could trigger equally powerful enemies to appear in response?”
“Exactly. For instance, if you summon something like a Buster Machine, and then monsters from deep space show up with the sole goal of wiping out humanity—what then? Or if you summon a Brave King with the Stone of Courage, and mechanical lifeforms invade Earth as the backlash…”
“Eva.”
The president let out a low hum.
“If Unit-01 were summoned, and then an Angel descended to claim the Adam within it… we really might end up with an actual Impact scenario.”
“Yes. It seems all of that was taken into account.”
“…I’d hope so. Otherwise, they’d have just summoned some mech piloted by a cute anime girl.”
“Right. While most mecha shows have male pilots, there are some with female leads. Especially on our side—we’re very open to that kind of angle.”
“True. Take that recent addition—the [Witch]—no need to say more. Anyway, the Hyper Agent’s already been summoned. What’s more important is this.”
The president turned to Matsuda PD with a serious expression.
“How’s the conversation going with Production?”
“The executive producer is throwing a fit, but they’re trying to calm them down and persuade them.”
“Strong ego, that one. Well, that’s fine. In fact, that might make things easier.”
The president tapped the cover of the paper in front of him.
“About the feminization of the Hyper Agent. Begin the project. We can’t have the Master keeping his distance just because the AI is male or has a male voice.”
On the cover, only one word was printed.
[Project T.S.]
“If making the Hyper Agent into a pretty girl leaves the Summoner with a good impression of us, then after he clears America’s S-Rank Tower, he might just cross the Pacific to come to Japan.”
The president’s eyes were sharp and serious.
“He’s a hero. And heroes… are usually perverts.”
* * *
“If someone hears all this, they’ll think I’m some chick-crazed maniac.”
Even though I summoned a cybernetic super-being powered by advanced AI, the public perception wasn’t so easily erased.
– The Summoner went with a male character this time just so people wouldn’t think he’s a girl-crazy simp again, huh?
People see the world however they want to.
– He cleared THREE S-Rank Towers at once—what’s wrong with building a cute girl harem after that? If a dude took 50 hot models on a yacht party, no one would bat an eye.
– Bro, I’d be fine if he summoned one Pl*yboy cover model per month, lined them all up on Illinois, and popped champagne.
– If it were me, I’d dress those villains he just ‘Ironblooded’ in navy costumes, make them crew members on Illinois, and then… y’know, go do those things in the most private cabin available.
Still, if public opinion was leaning toward me positively, then at least it meant the men were on my side.
And then there were a few—just a very rare few—
– Oppa please ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– You don’t even have to bring me on Illinois, just summon me once and leave me hidden somewhere, please? Slurp Slurp.
– Summoner x Justice…
“Crazy.”
Staring into the abyss for too long, I was now seeing parts of that abyss cheering me on in weird and twisted ways.
“Heroes, huh… they’re incredible. Having to endure all this and still keep a straight face.”
“Should I censor it?”
“…No, it’s fine. Just put out a light statement saying anything excessive will face legal action.”
I could have Drei wipe all the data clean, but there’s no way to stop people from scribbling their fantasies down in notebooks.
Even if I sent agents down the network lines, how could I stop everything produced across the entire globe?
[By the way, Summoner.]
“What?”
[You.]
The Hyper Agent, an AI-based super-being, asked me.
[I heard a collaboration event with Illinois is starting soon. Have you received that news yet?]
“…What?”
