Initiate! The Road to Counterattack! (始動！逆襲への道! Shidō! Gyakushū e no Michi!?) is the ninety-first chapter of the Dandadan manga series.
Summary[]
At the Ayase residence, a mailman rides by to deliver mail to Seiko but becomes confused as to where the house is. As he takes the wheel of the mobile Ayase house, Mr. Mantis Shrimp hears Momo and Aira complaining about his reckless driving as the three children are shifting across the room and ask that they cease since he finds it irritating. The group then arrive at the Serpo's destination. Momo questions if the place they are at used to be Nagi Hospital since there is no trace of the building around, prompting the Serpo to remind her that she was the cause after last time. The Serpo tells them that they will not be found since the region causes radio waves to be jammed and asks for Jiji to remove the metal sheet on the ground to reveal the underground shelter. The Serpo also assures Momo that the shelter contains plenty of food and water to last them for about a week. Before entering, Aira voices her suspicions of the Serpo luring them into a trap where they might get ambushed. On this note, Momo decides to go in with Mr. Mantis Shrimp and assures Aira that she will be okay. After entering, Momo becomes shocked to see floating shell devices appearing before them, causing her to think that the Serpo truly was luring them into a trap. She then becomes shocked to see the alien she fought before. The Serpo informs Momo that what she sees is a hologram of her former enemy that has been projected by the combat-use simulators, which will help the group acquire experience fighting them in the next five days. Momo comments that she is impressed by this despite him being a Serpo. After the combat-use simulator scans both Aira, Jiji, and Okarun, Momo becomes baffled by how many enemies they have to defeat.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Momo Ayase
- Jiji
- Aira Shiratori
- Mr. Mantis Shrimp
- Rokuro Serpo
- Imotako (Hologram)
- Okarun
- Ta Komeshi (Hologram)
- Suda Ko (Hologram)
- Mantis Exosuit Kur (Hologram)
- Ta Kowasa (Hologram)
- Ta Koshin Jo (Hologram)
- Hastur (Hologram)
- Jet Booster Exosuit Kur (Hologram)
- Takonoka Ru Patcho (Hologram)
Events[]
- The Family drives to the abandoned basement of the collapsed Nagi Hospital where radio waves are naturally jammed.
- They are ambushed by drones but Rokuro reassures them that they are combat-use simulators.
- By scanning their retinas, the holograms of the enemy aliens are displayed in front of them.