"Hey, wait, you're coming now?"
"I'll stop by my house and I'll be right there. My mom said she steamed the ribs and fed you some."
"Steamed ribs? Awesome good...! But I'm just on my way to work, so what? I'm probably going to go home tonight or dinner..."
"There's Candy in your house, right? I'll wait while playing with Candy and see you at dinner."
"Okay, so let's have dinner with us today."
"Okay, see you."
As he hung up the phone and was about to put his phone in the pocket, the wind brushed his legs and he felt something empty. That familiar and empty feeling, always embarrassing, that he often suffered.
"Oh... Your crazy bastard again!"
He cursed reflexively, but the pocket of his pants where he was about to put his phone was already gone. And all that's missing was his pants not only pocket. The T-shirt, socks, and bag he was wearing were all gone in the blink of an eye, and he was now standing in the middle of the street wearing nothing but a triangle brief, sneakers, and a colorful mask on his face.
"Ugh... Kaa…"
"Aah, Please spare me...!"
From the downtown side, he heard people screaming and something exploding loudly. He gritted his teeth and ran in the direction of the sound. Stepping on the bonnet of a car that was speeding on the other side of the road, he jumped high onto the building's exterior wall, flying between the skyscrapers and arriving in the center of the city where the explosion occurred.
Even today, his name was Panty Hero, who went out to protect the peace in the city.
"Wow, Panty Hero!"
People trapped in the building as the flames soared high found him and screamed. After breaking a window on the roof of the building next door and entering the building, Panty Hero rescued the endangered citizens, placed them on a safe ground, and set out to find the perpetrator of this horrific attack.
"You've finally appeared, Panty Hero! Today is the last day of you!"
"Mankini, you bastard... It's your doing!"
He glared terrifyingly at Mankini, the villain who had finally emerged from the flames. The villain's sin of disrupting his daily life as he returned home peacefully from school was unforgivable. Of course, it's more of someone's fault that technically made him a hero when he was just an ordinary college student...
Whenever a villain appeared in the city and committed evil deeds, he had to face the embarrassment of disappearing all his clothes except panties and shoes, no matter where he was or what he was doing. Luckily, at the same time that the clothes were gone, there was a strangely colorful mask on his face, so people didn't catch him out of it, but until the villain was defeated, his appearance didn't come back to normal, so it was uncomfortable for him to get to the scene of the attack where all of his clothes scattered around.
Because of his appearance, he was also called Panty Hero. There were also colorful masks that caught everyone's attention, so why did people only care about his triangle briefs? In any case, Panty Hero who always appeared wearing only panties to save the citizens was now an iconic figure in the city.
"Ha, the explosion just before was actually a gimmick to lure you this way. In fact, the real time bomb is planted in the square in front of City Hall!"
"What? To use such a dirty trick..."
Thanks to the villain, who so kindly explained his evil plans, Panty Hero began running towards the city's square, where there was not much time left before the explosion. Panty Hero, who flew like a squirrel over the walls of buildings in the city center and fortunately arrived before the time bomb exploded, warned citizens of the explosion.
"A bomb has been planted in the square! Hurry up and escape from here!"
After confirming that the people had been safely evacuated, Panty Hero finally found a bomb planted above the clock tower in the square. He had about five seconds left, and realized he didn't have time to defuse the bomb, he ended up using the only method that came to mind.
"Be prepared, Mankini! We're going to die together today!"
He threw the bomb as hard as he could at the villain who had been chasing him. The bomb, which had been flying with transcendent power, exploded loudly in the air and disappeared in acrid smoke.
"Boom, hmm... I didn't know you would fight back to such an extreme... Wait, I'll come back for revenge again!"
Villain Mankini, who was not directly hit by the bomb but was caught in the shockwave of a huge explosion in the air, left work publicly vowing revenge... No, he declared it's a temporary retreat. Even today, Panty Hero perfectly defended the city and saved the lives of its citizens.
"Thank you, Panty Hero!"
With heartfelt gratitude from the people, Panty Hero disappeared nicely through the forest of towering downtown buildings. It was time for him, too, to return to the peaceful routine he had preserved.
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