Swimsuit☆Shinsengumi!

You're investigating this illegal casino?

That's right. The Swimsuit Lion King entrusted me with apprehending the people running it...

...but this place is just too big for me to investigate all on my own.

So I decided to form a new, temporary Shinsengumi division just for Vegas:

The Swimsuitgumi!

...The S-Swimsuitgumi?

And I was hoping you two could help me find swimsuit soldiers to join it.

W-well, I can't say I see, because I don't... But all right, we can help with that.

What's not to like about a Shinsengumi full of soldiers in swimsuits? Especially if they've got huge knockers.

Wherever the Shinsengumi go, I go. Swimsuits notwithstanding.

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You can just ignore the Vice Commander there. Even that's more than he deserves.

Anyway, I figured soldiers in swimsuits would throw the enemy off guard, so that alone should make it worthwhile.

So how about it? Would you be willing to help out as honorary Swimsuitgumi members?

A-all right. This is a little embarrassing, but...

Mash Kyrielight, reporting for duty as an honorary member of the Swimsuitgumi!

Great! Thank you!

All right, let's get started with our first order of business: Interviewing applicants.

Okay, Applicant No. 1, tell us about your greatest talent.

I can tell exactly, and I do mean exactly, when someone is lying!

A Servant lie detector, huh. That would be perfect for an inspector.

I'm just going to ignore how scary your eyes are and say: you're hired!

I'm Mordred! I'm real good at treachery and shit!

Oh, and if you need someone to fire off their Noble Phantasm several times in a row, just call me!

I-I don't know about the treachery part, but being able to use your Noble Phantasm multiple times would be great while out on patrol. You're hired!

Hehe, I'm very good at sniping.

You're hired!

Huh? But I haven't even told you about my talent...

Sorry about our Vice Commander. He has a real harum, soft spot for women like Anne...

I've always wanted to try being an undercover agent! It sounds like so much fun, so please let me join you!

W-well, I don't know about it being fun...

But you do seem like you'd fit right in with Las Vegas's rich socialite atmosphere. Okay, you're hired!

Okay everyone, this is what you've been training for! Get to it!

Right!

Wahahahaha! Not even that accursed Swimsuit Lion King would suspect I failed to learn my lesson from last time...

...and am growing rich running another underground casino in a separate Spirit Origin even as we speak!

Right you are, Small Sister! Everyone knows you never learn a thing!

Don't call me "Small Sister."

I mean, I know that other version of me is a lot bigger, in more ways than one, but

Huh? Why is the alarm going off?

H-how did you know I was cheating!?

Teeheehee. You can't lie to me...

Now hurry up hand over my dear Anchin.

Who the hell is Anchin!?

Aaaaaah! Why's all the water spilling out of the pool!?

Woohoooooo!!!

Outta my way! What was my title again? The Swimsuit Soldier of Treachery? Anyway, make way for Mordred the Magnificent!

You've been snooping around in places you don't belong, brat. I hope you're ready to face the consequences.

Hmm, maybe a little more to the right? Yeah, that's it.

Go for it, Anne!

Huh? What're you talking about?

Aagh!

Hehehe, that's one down♪

Oh my, just look at all those pretty medals shooting out of this fancy machine!

Wh-what the? The odds of our slot machines hitting triple sevens should be slimmer than getting struck by a meteor on a morning stroll!

This... This is completely impossible!

Oh my, I got all sevens again. Now what am I going to do? I don't think I can carry this many medals on my own.

This can't be happening!

Hmm... Welp, so much for this place. I'm outta here!

I don't think so!

Wh-who're you!?

I am Okita Souji, Captain of the Swimsuitgumi's First Unit!

A-and I'm Mash Kyrielight, Honorary Swimsuitgumi Soldier!

Crap! I should've known you were behind this! Though I'm surprised to see you're mixed up in this too, Mash.

Wait, what's with that jersey? Or is it a kimono?

This outfit combines the casualness of a jersey with the stealthiness of a black-and-white haori!

It's the Swimsuitgumi's brand-new uniform: the Jaory!

Yeah, I don't really see how zipping around in a jetpack and stealth could possibly go together.

At any rate, we can no longer overlook this underground casino's numerous infractions.

And don't think you can get out of this with your usual GUDAGUDA nonsense. This outfit means I'm dead serious.

(Sigh)... Then I guess we have no choice but to fight.

Really, this is what our destinies were always leading up to.

But did you forget, Okita? A Saber like you's going to have a hard time against an Archer like... Aah!

You finally figured it out, Nobbu? That's right. My Swimsuitgumi Spirit Origin is an Assassin!

So you can kiss that strong-against-Sabers advantage you thought you had goodbye!

Dammit! But you haven't won yet! I also know that Assassins' attacks tend to be kind of weak!

Um, I think that's enough meta talk for now...

The story of Nobunaga's arrest quickly spread throughout Las Vegas. Before long, everyone had heard of the Swimsuitgumi.

But the Swimsuitgumi's challenges were far from over.

For just as Las Vegas's lights shine brightly, so too do its shadows hide all manner of evil.

Fight on, Swimsuitgumi!

The Swimsuitgumi is being disbanded!?

But why? Everyone in Vegas is talking about us!

Yes, well, between every casino we investigate being burned to the ground, or flooded from poolside Noble Phantasms...

...or being shaken down by pirates worse than any gang, or bankrupted by an unwitting socialite...

...I'm afraid not everything they're saying about the Swimsuitgumi has been positive.

In fact, there have been so many vociferous complaints leveled against us that the Swimsuit Lion King herself came to our headquarters to tell us she would no longer be paying for our expenses...

You're kidding me...

So that was the Swimsuit Lion King... Now that's my kind of woman.

Will you shut up already!?