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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Me and Thugs and a Love Letter

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==Me and Thugs and a Love Letter==

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'''Hello Yoshii Akihisa-kun:'''

'''I'm sorry to write this letter to you so suddenly, but I have something that I really want to tell Yoshii-kun, so this is why I started to write this letter.'''

'''Does Yoshii-kun still remember me? We were in the same class during third grade, you know. From that moment, I always felt that Yoshii-kun's a really interesting person, and is always the one that cheers others up. No matter what happens, you'll always stand up to encourage everyone. When I was class rep once, you helped me out a lot. I really think that Yoshii-kun's really amazing. Though I didn't join you and play around, my heart always felt warm whenever I see Yoshii-kun, whether it's the classroom or the field.'''

'''When we were in Middle school, although we didn't manage to be in the same class, I continued to hear rumors of you. When we occasionally met each other, my heart would beat really fast. Isn't that strange? Why is it so? I often asked myself.'''

'''Maybe it's a coincidence, but when I heard that you entered the same High school as me, I was really happy.'''

'''During the summoning exam, you stepped up to protect me immediately. At that moment, I couldn't fool myself anymore—I think, maybe I love you...until now, I finally realized my feelings for you.'''

'''I love you.'''

'''Right now, it took me all of my courage just to express my feelings to you. Will it be good to let Yoshii-kun understand my feelings and slowly bond ourselves together?'''

'''This letter's basically my own feelings for you, so I'm really sorry. If you have someone you're dating or like, then I'm really sorry about it.'''

'''But then,. But then, I really love you. I love you the most.'''

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“Ooo~ how did I end up coming to school this early?”

Such a clear sky today, the air sure is clean, and the sunlight drenches my body as I walk on.”

It's less chaotic and squeezy when I go to school early today, as if I'm on a quiet empty street. How refreshing.

“The ancient people said that the early bird catches the worm. Don't know what i'll get today~”

After school yesterday, I thought of taking a nap, only to unexpectedly sleep till daylight, so I ended up waking up 2 hours earlier than usual.

Once I woke up, I came to school without thinking. However, the weather today's so good, I knew I should have done my laundry first.

“Let's see, what should I do first—hm?”

While pondering and walking, I suddenly find a familiar figure in frong of the school gate. Short-hair cut, light brown skin and sturdy muscles; isn't that Iron—let me try that again, isn't that Nishimura-sensei? Either way, he's still my homeroom teacher. Better say hello to him.

“Morning, sensei!”

I energetically greeted him from behind. Ironman turns back with a light-hearted smile that I never saw before.

“Oh, morning. Participating in morning club activities? How—”

He stopped.

“Sensei?”

“—Sorry, I was mistaken.”

“You mistook me for someone else? Aiya, no need to specially apologize to me for that.”

“What are your intentions for coming to school so early, Yoshii?”

The moment he said this, the light-hearted smile on his face is replaced with a wary expression.

“Eh..so sensei's mistake is the attitude to me?”

Did I really do so many bad things...?

“As a teacher, it's obvious that I have to be wary of you, but it's just nice that you're here. With that 'punishment inspector' ability of yours, I'll have less things to do.”

“Woah, speaking of that 'punishment inspector', you're going to make me work?”

“That's right. Go keep those old goal posts.”

“Really, I shouldn't have come so early...”

I can't help but sigh.

'Punishment inspector'—this is the method of punishment that the 'test summoning system' of our Fumitzuki Gakuen uses. The main idea is to follow the teachers' orders and do all sorts of oddjobs.

This 'test summoning system' is a coincidence formed by science and the supernatural. Since this decides the strength of the summoning system, Fumitzuki Gakuen is a test school that uses this as an incentive to encourage students to study hard. The school's protocol is to use the summoned beasts to fight, and this will definitely pump the students up better than ordinary tests.

“You should be regretful of the attitude that turned you into a 'punishment inspector' and not about coming to school early today, right?”

Ironman looks like he has given up as he sighed deeply.

“Uu...but I haven't done anything so bad that the Heavens won't condone it...”

“...You actually have the cheek to say such words? Enough talk, hurry up and get onto the field.”

“Okay, okay.”

Being led by Ironman, I unhappily entered the field. Those who're running on the track, are they track members doing morning exercie? They sure look energetic.

“It's your turn, Yoshii.”

“Got it—summon.”

Under Ironman's supervision, I summoned my summoned beasts.

The many magical arrays appear beside me, and a super-deformed version of me appears. The three-head sized body is cute, but one can't underestimate it's vicious strength. Though the strength of a summoned beast is decided by the caster's points. My points are still enough to be stronger than men by many times. However, it's just used to do oddjobs.

“Good, drag that goalpost away.”

“Okay~”

The summoned beast obeys my instructions as it easily carries the goalposts that's numerous times taller than it.

“Bring it to the dump outside the city.”

“HOW MANY KILOMETERS DO YOU THINK THAT IS, SENSEI!?”

At least give me a lorry to use!

“Just joking. Take it over a place it near the school gate. Be careful not to block the entrance.”

“What now, you scared me~”

“Thinking about the damages you caused, this level of punishment is nothing.”

“Uuu...”

Regarding that, I'm a bit sorry about that, but at least understand my circumstances...

“The net will have to be separate.”

“Sigh...looks like there won't be anything good today...”

Early bird catches the worm—who said so?

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I followed Ironman's instructions and took down the net. I then moved the goalposts over to the school gate. Without knowing it, I almost couldn't make it to self-study period. There's no time to move the net over to the gym storage room, so let's just go to class.

Just as I was thinking this as I open my shoe locker, there seems to be something similar to a love letter.

“WHA, WHAT'S GOING OOONNNN!!!”

This unexpected development caused me to shout out. Ca-ca-ca-calm down, Yoshii Akihisa! You'll die if you think too highly of yourself! Anyway, let's just check through the contents first--

“Yo, Akihisa, what's up?”

“WAAHH!!”

Someone just called my name. I frantically stuffed the letter into my pocket. That was scart!

“Ah, ahh, it's Yuuji. Morning.”

“Morning.”

Raising his hand to say hello to me is my classmate, Sakamoto Yuuji. This guy doesn't look like he has much of a brain, but he's still our class F's representative.

“Oh, oh my~ quite the nice morning! Sure feels like something good will happen this morning!”

“...Why are you so excited?”

“I, I I'm not excited or anything!”

“No way, right? I just saw something like a letter in your hand or something...”

Ugh! He saw it? If anyone sees me with this letter, those guys in our class will wallop me out of jealously!

“Just, just a pampley, that's all! Forget about that, we'll be late for self-study period if we don't hurry up.”

In order to avoid this, I immediately lift the soccer net up and rush forward. Truthfully though, we're really almost late.

“Oh, that late already? We're in school now, so it's a waste if you're late.”

Yuuji's running behind me. Good, seems like I managed to slip out of this.

And the next problem is—where should I read this letter? There'll be trouble if I read it in a crowded place...what should I do?

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“Kudou.”

“Here.”

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

We managed to dash into class just as the bell rang. Before we could even rest a bit, Ironman walks into the class and starts to take attendance. One can't really tell from his appearance, but he's really a punctual teacher.

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

“Saito.”

“Here.”

The calm and lazy attendance taking is of common procedure, and everyone in class replies Ironman in a sleepy tone.

This is a silent moment in class. In this spring morning, today's the same and the past, as we continue to welcome the peaceful daily—

“Sakamoto.”

“...Akihisa seemed to have gotten a love letter.”

“KILL HIM!!!”

—But Yuuji's words destroyed all the peace.

“Yu, Yuuji, what are you talking about!?”

I definitely lowered my volume, but it doesn't seem to get past everyone's ears. I really feel that there's something wrong with the students in this class.

“WHAT'S GOING ON! HOW DID YOSHII GET THAT LETTER!?”

“SINCE HE GOT IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO! HURRY UP AND FIND IF THERE'RE ANY LOVE LETTERS NEAR OUR SEATS!!”

“NO! I CAN ONLY FIND A ROTTEN BREAD AND A HALF-EATEN BREAD!?”

“LOOK THOROUGHLY!”

“...FOUND IT! IT'S A SEALED BREAD!'

“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!!?”

The angry roars start to echo throughout the class. As I expected, these guys have gone crazy with jealously.

“YOU PEOPLE BETTER SHUT UP!'

—Silence.

Ironman's violent roar caused the entire class to turn silent. Ho, good, good.

“Tezuka.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Todo.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Tozawa.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“EVERYONE CALM DOWN! WHY DID IT BECOME 'MUST KILL YOSHII'!?”

“KEEP QUIET, YOSHII!!”

“SENSEI, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SCOLDING ME, RIGHT? IF THIS KEEPS UP, EVERYONE IN CLASS WILL BEAT ME, KICK ME AND DEAL WITH ME THROUGH ALL SORTS OF VIOLENT MEANS!”

“Nitta.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Fuda.”

“Must kill Yoshii viciously!”

“Negishi.”

“Must kill Yoshii and dice him up!”

They, they aren't listening at all...why are these guys so troublesome.

“Alright, no one's late or absent today, so I hope that everyone can study hard today.”

After the attendance was taken, Ironman walks out of the classroom. Doesn't this guy notice the terrifying killer intent in this classroom at all?

“WAIT, SENSEI! DON'T LEAVE! DON'T ABANDON YOUR CUTE STUDENT!”

In order to protect myself, I tried all I could to stop Ironman. It's no longer time to save face.

“You're wrong, Yoshii.”

Ironman's places his hand on the door as he replies. I'm mistaken? What's he trying to say?

“You're one extremely ugly guy.”

“I NEVER THOUGHT OF HEARING THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!”

“Everyone got to pay attention to class.”

“PLEASE WAIT, SENSEI!!! SENSEI!!!”

My cry was ever empty and agonizing, but Ironman has already walked out of the classroom, not even looking back. Looks like I can only face all the terrifying killing intent that's flowing in the classroom. Before the first period teacher arrives, there'll definitely be a rain of blood.

“Aki~ can you please explain?”

Suddenly, a strong force nearly dislocated my joints as the hands grabbed my shoulders.

“Ah, ah haha...Minami, you look really scary, you know?”

“You received a letter? Who wrote it to you? What was it about?”

Though she's smiling, the slightly trembling hands seem to be trembling hard, as the butterfly knot on the ponytail seem like a devil's horn. That expression's really terrifying.

“Ah...that...that...”

Truthfully, as I was in a rush, I kept the letter without reading it, so I don't know what is it about. Speaking of which, I want to ask you what kind of letter it is. Uu~I realy want to hide alone somewhere and read the contents!

“Don't talk too much, hurry up and hand me your fingers—no, that letter!”

What! What will happen to my fingers if I don't do so?

“That, Yoshii-kun...”

A voice that's as delightful as a silver bell rings behind me.

“Hm? Yes?'

The one who spoke is the rose among the thorns in our class—Himeji Mizuki-san. Soft fluffy hair, soft looking breasts, a cute looking face; seeing her like this, I guess it'll be another day of guys working hard to chase after her.

“That...if possible, that...I, I want to read that letter as well...”

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Nudge nudge, shy looking Himeji-san's really cute! But even so, I can't just let her do so.

“Erm...sorry.”

Thus, I honestly apologized to her, since I don't want to reveal the contents of the letter.

“But, but...”

I already refused, yet Himeji-san's not giving up. However—

“Even if it's Himeji-san's request, I can't agree to that.”

“But, I don't want to do something cruel to Yoshii-kun!”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! IS HIMEJI-SAN GOING TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THOSE WHO'RE GOING TO BULLY ME!?”

To think that Himeji-san has become one with the low-scoring class F.

“Everyone please calm down.”

Just at this moment, a clapping sound can be heard from the frontdesk. The one who spoke up is our class F's representative, my bad friend Sakamoto Yuuji.

“Right now, the problem isn't to read the letter Akihisa got.”

The words that Yuuji said sure are convincing. Hmm, that's the way! Even if he's completely corrupted, we're still friend.

“The problem is—WHAT KIND OF WEIRD MEANS ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH AKIHISA!!!”

“THE PROPOSAL'S ALL WRONG, YOU DAMNED Itsuki!!!”

I immediately grabbed my bag and dashed out of the classroom at the fastest speed I could muster. Right now, I can only rely on myself!

“DON'T YOU DARE ESCAPE! FORM GROUPS AND HUNT HIM DOWN!!!”

“TAKE HIS LETTER AWAY!!! KILL YOSHII!!”

“SEARCH AND DEATH!!!”

“WE MUST AT LEAST WRECK HIM!!”

I could hear all the roars from the corridor. Again, I felt it first-hand that if it's this kind of things, our class F becomes more united.

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“FOUND YOSHII!! HE'S RUNNING TO AN EMPTY CLASSROOM!”

“ROGER THAT! HURRY UP AND CHASE HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY! I'LL CONTACT EVERYONE!!”

“OK! SQUAD B WILL MOVE FROM THE FRONT, SQUAD C WILL CUT HIM DOWN FROM THE SIDE!”

“ROGER!”

While dashing madly down the corridor, I could hear this conversation.

They actually gathered in groups in such a short time to hunt me down. Why is our class F acting in such an overkill manner when it comes to this useless trivial stuff!?

Alright! Since you want it like this, I'll show no mercy!

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!!!”

“FOR YOU TO GET HAPPINESS IS LIKE A DREAMER'S TALK!”

5 classmates have already blocked my getaway. They should be the ones from the group ordered to surround me, and there're also some guys behind me.

Unable to do anything, I can only hide in the abandoned classroom, and everyone chasing after me have barricaded the classroom tightly.

Seeing me hide inside, they all stood outside the entrance to prevent me from escaping. But for me who's being chased, this definitely is the best chance.

“Watch this!”

I got ready to attack.

My attack is the soccer net that I took down this morning. I toss it right at their heads.

“Wha, what's going on?”

“Calm down! This is just a net! The ones on the outside, hurry up, get out and get Yoshii.”

“Damn it, the net is wet. It's sticking onto the bodies~~”

Being stunned and yet able to make the correct decision immediately, i'll give you that. But unfortunately, you guys are a tad too late!”

“You guys just need to rest on the sickbay's beds.”

I'm definitely holding onto something dangerous. My trapped classrooms widen their eyes in disbelief.

“WHAT! YOSHII, THAT'S...”

“RUN AWAY! EVERYONE GET OUT FROM THE NET!!!”

“Good night, everyone.”

I tossed the activated taser at the wet net. The next moment, there's a cackling sound and some burnt smell.

“WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Hearing my classmates let out blood-curdling screams, I walk out of the classroom.

If I want to read the letter in a quiet place, I'll have to immobilize everyone in class F. if so, I can only fight till the very end!

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“Where did that Yoshii run off to? I definitely saw him run down here!”

“Be careful, he should be hiding nearby.”

“Squads F and G have been eliminated. There's only one enemy, but don't let down your guard.”

In the old books storage room in the old school building, my classmates start to exchange words with each other. Maybe they're acting rather wary since I took down quite a few groups through violent means. I peeped from being the bookshelf, and sees that they're leaning their backs against each other to hide any blind spots.

But if they;re gathered together, they'll bind themselves together. Don't they understand this?

I held my breath as I move to the bookshelf near them. I then sneakily pulled one book out and threw it to another corner—BAM!

“What's that sound?”

“Is it Yoshii?

Everyone reacted to the sound as they turn their heads to the same direction. If so, wouldn't there be a blind spot already.

“Rea~dy!”

Next, all I need to do is to push the bookshelf down.

“WHAT!”

“DAMN It—!”

At this moment, since they have already turned their attention to the other side, even if they realize that the bookshelf is collapsing here, they can't react in time, and thus everyone was crushed under the bookshelf.

“HAHA! THOSE WHO TRIES TO OBSTRUCT OTHERS' LOVE PATH WILL END UP LIKE THIS!'

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at my classmates who're trying to crawl out from the bottom of the bookshelf as I walk out of the old books storage room.

“DAMN YOU, YOSHII! YOU TRAITOR!”

“DON'T YOU DARE FORGET THIS! WE'LL DEFINITELY WRECK YOUR HAPPINESS!”

“...Really, how twisted are these guys?”

Once I walked out of the old books storage room, I immediately got a broom to hold the entrance down and block it completely. Seems like I dealt with all my pursuers.

“Good good, now all that's left to do is—WAAAHHH!!!”

A bad presence caused me to instinctively take a few steps backwards. At the place where I was, there're many ball-point pens and sharp knives there're stabbed onto the floor.

“Who's there!”

“...Traitors must atone for their sin with death.”

Holding all sorts of stationery in his hands is my classmate Tsuchiya Kouta. This guy has quite the overwhelming pervertedness, yet he tries to hide it. His nickname is Muttsulini, and he's my friend—no wait, he's no longer my friend, but an enemy I have to take down!”

“Get ready, Muttsulini!”

I clench my fist and dash forward. Sorry, but you have to quietly rest here!

“...I'll throw a penknife next.”

“Alright, then let's talk it through,”

I can't exert violence on my good friend!

“...Got it.”

“Say your request first.”

Though I said it, I knew what he will request. He'll say something like 'hand that letter over'. Let me see, what should I use to negotiate with him?

“...My request is—”

Muttsulini coldly states his request

“—to murder you.”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! WHY DID YOU JUST JUMP STRAIGHT TO MY EXECUTION!”

I have never went through such a difficult negotiation.

“...Deal broken.”

“Damn it! Looks like I can only do this the hard way!”

I gather all my concentration and aims at the penknife in Muttsulini's hand.

Speaking of which, it's just a love letter. Is there really a need to start slaughtering friends?”

“...Don't worry. I won't aim at your eye.”

“Muttsulini, I'm not an idiot who'll be relaxed after hearing what you said!”

“...Really?”

Whoosh! The penknife lets out an air-ripping sound as it attacks me. The target is—MY RIGHT EYE!

“YOU, YOU LIED!”

I immediately use my hand to block it, and the penknife drops onto the floor. Eh? It didn't hit me? Was the blade not unsheathed?

“...An opening.”

“Uu!”

Muttsulini came rushing in just as I was stunned. Damn it!

“Muttsulini, do you know Himeji-san's bust measurement?”

In order to protect my own life, I frantically mentioned something Muttsulini will be interested in. please take the bait, you huge silent pervert!

“...This is common knowledge!”

No way, I can't shake his concentration at all! Speaking of which, is this really common knowledge? I don't even know!

“Then, then, once I get a girlfriend, I'll send those precious treasures to you, is it alright?”

“...(stops.)”

Muttsulini suddenly stopped. Good! He took the bait!

“...When?”

This friend of mine is one guy that can't be underestimated. He actually went directly to confirming the time instead of confirming the contents and amount.

“Let me think, how about next week?”

“...Deal made.”

To think I actually bribed him like this. I'll use this to deal with him the next time I end up as an enemy of Muttsulini.

“Then I'm going.”

Just as I step aside and prepare to leave, Muttsulini suddenly reaches his hand out to block me. Is there anything else?

“...This is for you to protect youself.”

While saying this, Muttsulini thrusts a small bag at me.

“Protect me?”

“...There're some knives inside. Take them out if anything happens.”

To be honest, these knives should be illegal. However, these are things that I'm really grateful for, since there're still a few people that I haven't took down, and they're definitely antagonistic towards me.

“Thanks. I'll use them when i'm in a fix.”

“...(Thumbs up).”

After giving me a thumbs up, Muttsulini turns away and leaves. I can't continue to stay here. Got to find a place to read that letter. It'll be bad if the letter reads 'I'll be waiting for you at the rooftop during lunchtime' and I can only read this in the afternoon.

“Oh yeah, I better go to the roof to check on everyone.”

No one should be at the roof. If so, I can go there and read the letter properly. Also, that place may be where the confession will take place. Okay, I decided, let's head to the roof!

Right now, I'm on the second level. Got to climb up the stairs if I want to get there.

And thus, on the platform of the stairs—

“I finally found you, Aki!”

“GACK! MINAMI!?”

My eternal nemesis is here.

The killing intent that's radiating from her body is already killing my muscles, and it seems like it'll explode the moment she touches me.

I tighten my nerves, trying to find a way to get past the second level platform. Unexpectedly, she continues to step forward in a calm manner, saying out her requests for me to choose from.

“Either you hand me the letter and let me kill you or let me kill you before taking the letter. Choose one.”

That's strange, why can't I choose an option where I can remain alive?

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT! IT SHOULD BE NONE OF MINAMI'S BUSINESS IF I GET A LETTER, RIGHT!?”

Basically, this is her fault anyway! It'll be great if I can defuse this crisis.

“Unrelated to me? Really...you really think so, Aki...”

“Eh?”

Minami looks like she got really hurt or something. I reconsidered what I just said. Is there anything wrong with me getting a girlfriend?”

“Do you mean...”

“This fact is really embarrassing, so I didn't mention it just now, but I, you...”

Completely different from her ferocious expression, Minami right now looks so pitiful. For some reason, my heat starts to race. What's with this feeling?

“Because of you, I got 3rd in the 'the girl you don't want to date the most' poll!”

“Farewell!”

What's this feeling? How about, monstrously terrifying!?

I followed my basic instincts and escape. Though I want to run off to the rooftop, I start to jump 3 steps down the stairs for the first time, all just to escape for this monstrous demon.

“You're still thinking of escaping? I won't allow you to gain happiness after being forced into despair like this!”

“There're still people who beat you in the poll! Isn't that good!?”

“What's good about that!? How many people do you think there are below me!?”

Let me see. There're about 300 students in the second year. So—

“About 150?”

“Hundred and fif...HOW DO YOU INTEND TO COMPENSATE!? TAKE RESPONSIBLITY!”

“Even if you ask me to, I can't!”

“Anyway, hurry up and hand that letter over!”

“I DON'T WANT TO! YOU'LL DEFINITELY RIP THAT LETTER TO SHREDS!”

“I WON'T DO THAT! I WILL PRINT DOZENS OF COPIES OF THIS LETTER AND SCATTER THEM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!”

“ISN'T THAT SCARIER!!?”

Damn it! I really want to escape, but I just can't get away from her! Got to stop Minami!

“Oh yeah, Minami, while running down the stairs, I know—”

“What?”

“—you're wearing white today!”

“Wha...”

Minami suddenly stops and uses both hands to push her skirt down. Stupid girl! In this situation, will I even bother to look at your underwear!?

“WOOOHHH!!”

Using this window of opportunity, I immediately increase the distance between me and Minami. The chance to escape will die off soon!

After rushing down the staircase, I then dash down the corridor.

“Ah, Yoshii-kun. How can you run down the corridor?”

Ahh, there's no lessons now? Slowly walking down the corridor, the English teacher slowly noticed my presence. So it's Endo-sensei. Sure appeared at the right time.

“Sorry Endo-sensei, but I got asked to do errands.”

I stood in front of sensei to admit my mistake.

“You're asked to do errands?”

“Yeah, the teacher asked me to go to the empty classroom to move some desks back.”

This is definitely a lie, but Endo-sensei believes it without a second word.

“is that so? However, you can't run down the corridor.”

“I'll take note of that. Well, sensei, I have a little request.”

“Hm, what is it?”

“Those tables are rather heavy, so can sensei grant me permission to summon?”

I have to get a teacher's permission to summon a summoned beast.

“Aki! You dare to trick me!”

Damn it, Minami's catching up!

“Sensei, please follow me for a while!”

“Eh? Ah...okay.”

I dragged sensei over to one of the nearby classrooms. Good thing there're a lot of abandoned classrooms in the old building. Sure got saved now.

“Sensei! Please hurry up and grant me permission to summon!”

“Uu...i don't really know what's going on...okay, I'll allow you to summon.”

“Great! Summon!”

In response to my call, my summoned beast appears from the floating magic array. As long as this guy is around, I'll have no problems even if that enemy's Minami.

“I'm definitely wearing grassy-green underwear today! How could you see it as white!”

A second later, Minami appears. I don't really mind, but...

“Minami, you don't really have to tell me that.”

“Ah!”

My reminder caused Minami to blush heavily. If Muttsulini's to hear this, he'll be absolutely delighted.

“CHANCE!”

“WAH!”

While Minami's wavering, I pushed her into a corner of the classroom. And then—

“Heyo~ watch me!”

I already prepared my summoned beast to let the student's storage cupboard at the back of the classroom and use it to create a road block.

“Oi, what's are you doing! You're too despicable! Let me out!”

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DONG DONG DONG!!! Minami slams hard at the storage cupboard. With the girl's strength of hers, she should be unable to move such a large thing. I finally rendered Minami powerless.

“What are you doing, Yoshii-kun!”

Seeing this, Endo-sensei lecture me, and the summoned beast immediately disappears. Seems like sensei cancelled my summoning right.

“Sorry! But this is an emergency!”

“Ah! Hold on a minute!”

Ignoring sensei, I again dash down the corridor. A while later, just a bit, and I can open the letter...thinking about this happiness, the dashing feet feel light and fleeting.

“I waited for you for a long time, Yoshii.”

My classmate Sugawa-kun is already getting into position as he waits there for me.

“Sugawa-kun, you're intending to stop me?”

“Of course, I want you to die right now.”

At the same time he said this, he pulled out something from his back.

“A, a wooden sword...”

“ borrowed this from the kendo club in order to stop you!”

“WAH! WOAH~~”

Without saying anything else, Sugawa-kun hacks over at me without holding back. I immediately dodged aside, and at least is barely able to avoid that attack.

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!”

“Uu...”

I unconsciously bit my lip. To think that this guy will actually prepare a weapon. Right now, I have no chance of winning if I don't go all out. If I have some sort of a weapon—hm? A weapon?

“Oh ya, I still have that!”

I reached into my pocket and grab a small bag. That's right, this is what Muttsulini handed over to me just now, the bag that's full of knives.

“Uu! So you prepared some weapons as well!”

Knowing that his advantage no longer exists, Sugawa-kun seems rather impatient.

“Very good! Then we're even!”

I grabbed a knife from the bag and immediately shrink the distance Sugawa-kun.

Let's decide this now, Sugawa-kun!

“Damn it! I haven't lost yet!”

Sugawa-kun swings his wooden sword down. Unfortunately—

“Too weak!”

I took half a step aside, and his attack nearly hits me, only to miss. And having swung the wooden sword, Sugawa-kun is completely open for an attack as he stands in front of me. There're holes all over the place.

I haven't let a chance slip by, as I aim my nailcutter at Sugawa-kun—

“What the heck, how can I win with this nailcutter, this idiotic me!”

I dejectedly collapse onto the floor. Though it's true that a nailcutter is a type of knife.

“Yoshii...you're one huge idiot...”

Sugawa-kun's pitifully gazes at me.

“Da, damn it! If that's the case, I'll use the nailcutter on you! At least it's better than fighting barehanded!”

“That's not right, isn't it? No matter how I think, you'll have a better chance of winning if you go barehanded, right?”

“SHUT UP!”

In this silent 3rd storey of the old building, Sugawa-kun and I exchanged roars.

“WAHH! MY FINGERNAILS! MY FINGERNNNAAAIIILLLSSS!!!”

From above, I stared down at Sugawa-kun, who's limp and clutching his hand painfully.

To think that I actually won this battle.

“I was rather shocked myself. But then, the most important thing right now is to go up. Sorry.”

“Yo, Yoshii...you traitor...”

Leaving behind Sugawa-kun, who someone's gasping even though I merely cut his fingernails off, I continue to climb up the stairs and head towards the roof. If I can get past the 4th level and past the roof—

“So you came, Akihisa!”

“Yoshii-kun, please surrender quietly.”

“It’s Yuuji and Himeji-san...”

While getting up the staircase, the ones blocking me are the great demon king—Yuuji and Himeji-san.

“How did you two know that I’ll come here?”

“Because the roof is the best place for a confession. With that simple brain of yours, you might think that you can watch over everyone’s actions here. So i guessed that you’ll come here.”

Damn it! As expected of Yuuji, he guessed all of my thought process accurately.

“You could have just hidden inside the toilet and read the letter without any interference.”

Ah!

“Sorry, Yuuji. I just got a stomachache. Got to go to the toilet.”

“Yoshii-kun. Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it?”

Himeji-san stares worriedly at me. I can’t stand that gaze!

“Yuuji, why must you stop me? Even if you do this, it wouldn’t be of any benefit to you, right?”

In order not to let him stick onto me any further, I got to make this clear.

Yuuji looks serious as he answers me.

“You’re right, i won’t get anything good from this. No, before that, i have no intention of getting a girlfriend.”

“If so, why...”

“That’s not the problem, Akihisa, I just...”

That bad friend stares at me without any hesitation and continues,

“—hate seeing you getting happiness!”

“You’re definitely the worst friend!”

Even I’m starting to wonder if we’re really friends.

“Akihisa, I won’t tell you something so old-fashioned like ‘hand that letter over’. Show me your best and bring it on.”

Yuuji takes off his coat and undoes his tie. Looking at the physique of this bad friend of mine, there’s no excess fat on his body. Those forceful looking muscle lines are what all men wants.

“Can you help me take my coat, Himeji?”

“Ah, okay.”

After passing his coat over to Himeji-san and undoing his tie, being unrestrained, Yuuji gets into position as he swings a few punches. Whoosh, quite a few sharp sounds. Just this alone, and I know the difference between an amateur and an expert. This guy...he’s really trying to kill me.

“Yoshii-kun, you better give up...”

Himeji-san moves beside me and looks worried as she stares at my face. It’s obvious why she would be worried for me; as what his appearance shows, Yuuji’s really used to fighting, and I don’t really have much of a chance if i go head on. But—

“Thanks for worrying about me, but I have no intention of giving up.”

For the girl who summoned enough courage to write this letter to me, for my own future, I can’t just run away here!

“Really...I understand. I won’t try to stop you again.”

“...Sorry, i know that you’re doing this for my own good.”

“No...it’s because this is Yoshii-kun’s style.”

“My style? Oh yeah, can you help me hold this?”

“Ah, okay.”

Like Yuuji, I took off my coat. My movements are definitely a lot smoother. Speaking of which, i haven’t fought seriously for a long time, and the opponent’s Yuuji this time. My body would actually tremble, and it shouldn’t be because I took off my coat.

“...Akihisa.”

“Bring it on, Yuuji.”

I clench my fist and got ready to fight.

If I beat this guy, i can just read the letter without any—

“...You’re really an idiot.”

“Eh?”

Yuuji looks rather listless, but he’s not staring at me—but the coat that Himeji-san’s holding onto.

“That, that letter, that letter should be in the pocket...can i read it?”

Himeji-san pulls the letter out from my coat pocket. Eh~ that’s...

“NO, NO!!! READING MY LETTER WITHOUT EVEN A FIGHT, THAT’S AGAINST THE RULES!!!”

“HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!? DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM, HIMEJI! JUST DISPOSE OF THAT LETTER!”

Yuuji grabbed me just as I’m about to grab Himeji-san.

Damn it! I can’t get away! This perverted muscle freak!

“Eh? Isn’t this...”

Looking back at Himeji-san, she seems bothered by the letter she’s holding in her hand. Maybe she found it too easy to get and is afraid of what’s inside.

“...”

No, that’s not right. It shouldn’t be something like that. Himeji-san would show such an expression because she’s too kind and can’t bear to read a letter that someone else wrote or destroy it mercilessly. I see, so there’s a chance to win!

“Himeji-san.”

“Eh! Ah, yes, is there anything?”

“Actually I know, gentle Himeji-san can’t really stamp on other people’s feelings, so you better—”

“—Rip that letter apart.”

“NO! THAT’S NOT IT! YOU’RE TOO DESPICABLE, YUUJI! TO ACTUALLY ADD WORDS LIKE THAT! THIS IS BASICALLY AGAINST THE RULES!”

“Okay, I got it.”

“No, you shouldn’t be answering ‘okay’ just like that, right? HIMEJI-SANN! YOU DON’T HAVE TO REALLY TEAR THE LETTER LIKE THAT! I CAN’T POSSIBLY READ IT NOW! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE ME BACK MY HAPPY FUTURE AND WHAT I SAID 4 LINES AGO!”

Just as I screamed out in despair, the letter got torn to bits, and it’s no longer in its original shape as what’s left are scraps of the letter.

“Really, to think that Himeji will actually tear that letter herself...sorry Akihisa.”

Yuuji stares at Himeji-san in a shocked manner and then apologized to me. I’m shocked as well, because I thought that Himeji-san’s a girl who won’t do that sort of thing.

“At least let me do this.”

Yuuji said as he picks up all the scraps on the floor.

Yeah, now’s not the time to give up.

“Thanks Yuuji. I’ll bet on the last probability and fix these pieces of paper back!”

“—I’ll kill your last hope.”

Whoosh...burning...

Ah, how warm! The strong flames seem to melt my ice cold heart...

“GYAH! NO WAY! YOU ACTUALLY BURNED THE LETTER!? IS THERE A NEED FOR YOU TO DO THAT? IF SO, I DON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF READING THE LETTER ALREADY!? WHERE DID MY HAPPY FUTURE DISAPPEAR TO?”

“Akihisa, you may not understand...”

“WHAT? FORGET ABOUT THAT, HURRY UP AND GET A BUCKET OF WATER!!”

“The thing i hate most is your happiness.”

“WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!? YOU DESPICABLE BASTARD!!”

No matter how hard I tried, that letter was burned to a pile of ash.

“Doesn’t Sakamoto-kun want to know who wrote that letter?”

Seeing the letter burned to ash, Himeji-san seems relaxed for some reason as she turns and asks Yuuji.

“I have no interest at all, since I just want to get rid of Akihisa’s happiness. Besides—”

“Be, besides what?”

“I can sort of guess who wrote that letter.”

“Eh?”

“If what you tore was ‘someone else’s’ letter, it will create quite the trouble, right?”

“That, that...this, this...”

I don’t really understand Himeji-san and Yuuji’s conversation. Do they know who wrote that letter?

“Yuuji! Repeat that again!”

“Ahh! Yoshii-kun can’t eavesdrop!”

“GYAH!!!”

“Himeji, Akihisa’s neck seems to be tilted back completely.”

“So, sorry! I actually did such a cruel thing.”

“Well, you don’t really have to worry about that. Besides, even if he remains alive now, he will be murdered by those guys.”

Squeezing off the last ounce of consciousness, I listen to the voices where Yuuji pointed to.

“A~KI-~ YOU ACTUALLY DARE TO DO SUCH A THING TO ME-~”

“I’LL DEFINITELY KILL YOU, YOSHII!!!”

“““KILL HIM!!! KILL HIM!!!”””

God, I beg you, allow me to safely see the sun tomorrow.

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How did that happen? That disappeared letter actually went into Yoshii-kun’s shoe locker! Someone must have picked it up and kindly put it in for me...

It’s because of me that you ended up suffering such a terrible thing...I’m truly sorry, Yoshii-kun.

But like what Yoshii-kun told me before, I hope I can convey my feelings not through a letter, but directly to you.

So, please wait for me.

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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Me and Thugs and a Love Letter

2011-04-29T16:42:40Z

91.77.192.208:

==Me and Thugs and a Love Letter==

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'''Hello Yoshii Akihisa-kun:'''

'''I'm sorry to write this letter to you so suddenly, but I have something that I really want to tell Yoshii-kun, so this is why I started to write this letter.'''

'''Does Yoshii-kun still remember me? We were in the same class during third grade, you know. From that moment, I always felt that Yoshii-kun's a really interesting person, and is always the one that cheers others up. No matter what happens, you'll always stand up to encourage everyone. When I was class rep once, you helped me out a lot. I really think that Yoshii-kun's really amazing. Though I didn't join you and play around, my heart always felt warm whenever I see Yoshii-kun, whether it's the classroom or the field.'''

'''When we were in Middle school, although we didn't manage to be in the same class, I continued to hear rumors of you. When we occasionally met each other, my heart would beat really fast. Isn't that strange? Why is it so? I often asked myself.'''

'''Maybe it's a coincidence, but when I heard that you entered the same High school as me, I was really happy.'''

'''During the summoning exam, you stepped up to protect me immediately. At that moment, I couldn't fool myself anymore—I think, maybe I love you...until now, I finally realized my feelings for you.'''

'''I love you.'''

'''Right now, it took me all of my courage just to express my feelings to you. Will it be good to let Yoshii-kun understand my feelings and slowly bond ourselves together?'''

'''This letter's basically my own feelings for you, so I'm really sorry. If you have someone you're dating or like, then I'm really sorry about it.'''

'''But then,. But then, I really love you. I love you the most.'''

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“Ooo~ how did I end up coming to school this early?”

Such a clear sky today, the air sure is clean, and the sunlight drenches my body as I walk on.”

It's less chaotic and squeezy when I go to school early today, as if I'm on a quiet empty street. How refreshing.

“The ancient people said that the early bird catches the worm. Don't know what i'll get today~”

After school yesterday, I thought of taking a nap, only to unexpectedly sleep till daylight, so I ended up waking up 2 hours earlier than usual.

Once I woke up, I came to school without thinking. However, the weather today's so good, I knew I should have done my laundry first.

“Let's see, what should I do first—hm?”

While pondering and walking, I suddenly find a familiar figure in frong of the school gate. Short-hair cut, light brown skin and sturdy muscles; isn't that Iron—let me try that again, isn't that Nishimura-sensei? Either way, he's still my homeroom teacher. Better say hello to him.

“Morning, sensei!”

I energetically greeted him from behind. Ironman turns back with a light-hearted smile that I never saw before.

“Oh, morning. Participating in morning club activities? How—”

He stopped.

“Sensei?”

“—Sorry, I was mistaken.”

“You mistook me for someone else? Aiya, no need to specially apologize to me for that.”

“What are your intentions for coming to school so early, Yoshii?”

The moment he said this, the light-hearted smile on his face is replaced with a wary expression.

“Eh..so sensei's mistake is the attitude to me?”

Did I really do so many bad things...?

“As a teacher, it's obvious that I have to be wary of you, but it's just nice that you're here. With that 'punishment inspector' ability of yours, I'll have less things to do.”

“Woah, speaking of that 'punishment inspector', you're going to make me work?”

“That's right. Go keep those old goal posts.”

“Really, I shouldn't have come so early...”

I can't help but sigh.

'Punishment inspector'—this is the method of punishment that the 'test summoning system' of our Fumitzuki Gakuen uses. The main idea is to follow the teachers' orders and do all sorts of oddjobs.

This 'test summoning system' is a coincidence formed by science and the supernatural. Since this decides the strength of the summoning system, Fumitzuki Gakuen is a test school that uses this as an incentive to encourage students to study hard. The school's protocol is to use the summoned beasts to fight, and this will definitely pump the students up better than ordinary tests.

“You should be regretful of the attitude that turned you into a 'punishment inspector' and not about coming to school early today, right?”

Ironman looks like he has given up as he sighed deeply.

“Uu...but I haven't done anything so bad that the Heavens won't condone it...”

“...You actually have the cheek to say such words? Enough talk, hurry up and get onto the field.”

“Okay, okay.”

Being led by Ironman, I unhappily entered the field. Those who're running on the track, are they track members doing morning exercie? They sure look energetic.

“It's your turn, Yoshii.”

“Got it—summon.”

Under Ironman's supervision, I summoned my summoned beasts.

The many magical arrays appear beside me, and a super-deformed version of me appears. The three-head sized body is cute, but one can't underestimate it's vicious strength. Though the strength of a summoned beast is decided by the caster's points. My points are still enough to be stronger than men by many times. However, it's just used to do oddjobs.

“Good, drag that goalpost away.”

“Okay~”

The summoned beast obeys my instructions as it easily carries the goalposts that's numerous times taller than it.

“Bring it to the dump outside the city.”

“HOW MANY KILOMETERS DO YOU THINK THAT IS, SENSEI!?”

At least give me a lorry to use!

“Just joking. Take it over a place it near the school gate. Be careful not to block the entrance.”

“What now, you scared me~”

“Thinking about the damages you caused, this level of punishment is nothing.”

“Uuu...”

Regarding that, I'm a bit sorry about that, but at least understand my circumstances...

“The net will have to be separate.”

“Sigh...looks like there won't be anything good today...”

Early bird catches the worm—who said so?

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I followed Ironman's instructions and took down the net. I then moved the goalposts over to the school gate. Without knowing it, I almost couldn't make it to self-study period. There's no time to move the net over to the gym storage room, so let's just go to class.

Just as I was thinking this as I open my shoe locker, there seems to be something similar to a love letter.

“WHA, WHAT'S GOING OOONNNN!!!”

This unexpected development caused me to shout out. Ca-ca-ca-calm down, Yoshii Akihisa! You'll die if you think too highly of yourself! Anyway, let's just check through the contents first--

“Yo, Akihisa, what's up?”

“WAAHH!!”

Someone just called my name. I frantically stuffed the letter into my pocket. That was scart!

“Ah, ahh, it's Yuuji. Morning.”

“Morning.”

Raising his hand to say hello to me is my classmate, Sakamoto Yuuji. This guy doesn't look like he has much of a brain, but he's still our class F's representative.

“Oh, oh my~ quite the nice morning! Sure feels like something good will happen this morning!”

“...Why are you so excited?”

“I, I I'm not excited or anything!”

“No way, right? I just saw something like a letter in your hand or something...”

Ugh! He saw it? If anyone sees me with this letter, those guys in our class will wallop me out of jealously!

“Just, just a pampley, that's all! Forget about that, we'll be late for self-study period if we don't hurry up.”

In order to avoid this, I immediately lift the soccer net up and rush forward. Truthfully though, we're really almost late.

“Oh, that late already? We're in school now, so it's a waste if you're late.”

Yuuji's running behind me. Good, seems like I managed to slip out of this.

And the next problem is—where should I read this letter? There'll be trouble if I read it in a crowded place...what should I do?

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“Kudou.”

“Here.”

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

We managed to dash into class just as the bell rang. Before we could even rest a bit, Ironman walks into the class and starts to take attendance. One can't really tell from his appearance, but he's really a punctual teacher.

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

“Saito.”

“Here.”

The calm and lazy attendance taking is of common procedure, and everyone in class replies Ironman in a sleepy tone.

This is a silent moment in class. In this spring morning, today's the same and the past, as we continue to welcome the peaceful daily—

“Sakamoto.”

“...Akihisa seemed to have gotten a love letter.”

“KILL HIM!!!”

—But Yuuji's words destroyed all the peace.

“Yu, Yuuji, what are you talking about!?”

I definitely lowered my volume, but it doesn't seem to get past everyone's ears. I really feel that there's something wrong with the students in this class.

“WHAT'S GOING ON! HOW DID YOSHII GET THAT LETTER!?”

“SINCE HE GOT IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO! HURRY UP AND FIND IF THERE'RE ANY LOVE LETTERS NEAR OUR SEATS!!”

“NO! I CAN ONLY FIND A ROTTEN BREAD AND A HALF-EATEN BREAD!?”

“LOOK THOROUGHLY!”

“...FOUND IT! IT'S A SEALED BREAD!'

“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!!?”

The angry roars start to echo throughout the class. As I expected, these guys have gone crazy with jealously.

“YOU PEOPLE BETTER SHUT UP!'

—Silence.

Ironman's violent roar caused the entire class to turn silent. Ho, good, good.

“Tezuka.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Todo.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Tozawa.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“EVERYONE CALM DOWN! WHY DID IT BECOME 'MUST KILL YOSHII'!?”

“KEEP QUIET, YOSHII!!”

“SENSEI, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SCOLDING ME, RIGHT? IF THIS KEEPS UP, EVERYONE IN CLASS WILL BEAT ME, KICK ME AND DEAL WITH ME THROUGH ALL SORTS OF VIOLENT MEANS!”

“Nitta.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Fuda.”

“Must kill Yoshii viciously!”

“Negishi.”

“Must kill Yoshii and dice him up!”

They, they aren't listening at all...why are these guys so troublesome.

“Alright, no one's late or absent today, so I hope that everyone can study hard today.”

After the attendance was taken, Ironman walks out of the classroom. Doesn't this guy notice the terrifying killer intent in this classroom at all?

“WAIT, SENSEI! DON'T LEAVE! DON'T ABANDON YOUR CUTE STUDENT!”

In order to protect myself, I tried all I could to stop Ironman. It's no longer time to save face.

“You're wrong, Yoshii.”

Ironman's places his hand on the door as he replies. I'm mistaken? What's he trying to say?

“You're one extremely ugly guy.”

“I NEVER THOUGHT OF HEARING THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!”

“Everyone got to pay attention to class.”

“PLEASE WAIT, SENSEI!!! SENSEI!!!”

My cry was ever empty and agonizing, but Ironman has already walked out of the classroom, not even looking back. Looks like I can only face all the terrifying killing intent that's flowing in the classroom. Before the first period teacher arrives, there'll definitely be a rain of blood.

“Aki~ can you please explain?”

Suddenly, a strong force nearly dislocated my joints as the hands grabbed my shoulders.

“Ah, ah haha...Minami, you look really scary, you know?”

“You received a letter? Who wrote it to you? What was it about?”

Though she's smiling, the slightly trembling hands seem to be trembling hard, as the butterfly knot on the ponytail seem like a devil's horn. That expression's really terrifying.

“Ah...that...that...”

Truthfully, as I was in a rush, I kept the letter without reading it, so I don't know what is it about. Speaking of which, I want to ask you what kind of letter it is. Uu~I realy want to hide alone somewhere and read the contents!

“Don't talk too much, hurry up and hand me your fingers—no, that letter!”

What! What will happen to my fingers if I don't do so?

“That, Yoshii-kun...”

A voice that's as delightful as a silver bell rings behind me.

“Hm? Yes?'

The one who spoke is the rose among the thorns in our class—Himeji Mizuki-san. Soft fluffy hair, soft looking breasts, a cute looking face; seeing her like this, I guess it'll be another day of guys working hard to chase after her.

“That...if possible, that...I, I want to read that letter as well...”

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Nudge nudge, shy looking Himeji-san's really cute! But even so, I can't just let her do so.

“Erm...sorry.”

Thus, I honestly apologized to her, since I don't want to reveal the contents of the letter.

“But, but...”

I already refused, yet Himeji-san's not giving up. However—

“Even if it's Himeji-san's request, I can't agree to that.”

“But, I don't want to do something cruel to Yoshii-kun!”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! IS HIMEJI-SAN GOING TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THOSE WHO'RE GOING TO BULLY ME!?”

To think that Himeji-san has become one with the low-scoring class F.

“Everyone please calm down.”

Just at this moment, a clapping sound can be heard from the frontdesk. The one who spoke up is our class F's representative, my bad friend Sakamoto Yuuji.

“Right now, the problem isn't to read the letter Akihisa got.”

The words that Yuuji said sure are convincing. Hmm, that's the way! Even if he's completely corrupted, we're still friend.

“The problem is—WHAT KIND OF WEIRD MEANS ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH AKIHISA!!!”

“THE PROPOSAL'S ALL WRONG, YOU DAMNED Itsuki!!!”

I immediately grabbed my bag and dashed out of the classroom at the fastest speed I could muster. Right now, I can only rely on myself!

“DON'T YOU DARE ESCAPE! FORM GROUPS AND HUNT HIM DOWN!!!”

“TAKE HIS LETTER AWAY!!! KILL YOSHII!!”

“SEARCH AND DEATH!!!”

“WE MUST AT LEAST WRECK HIM!!”

I could hear all the roars from the corridor. Again, I felt it first-hand that if it's this kind of things, our class F becomes more united.

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“FOUND YOSHII!! HE'S RUNNING TO AN EMPTY CLASSROOM!”

“ROGER THAT! HURRY UP AND CHASE HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY! I'LL CONTACT EVERYONE!!”

“OK! SQUAD B WILL MOVE FROM THE FRONT, SQUAD C WILL CUT HIM DOWN FROM THE SIDE!”

“ROGER!”

While dashing madly down the corridor, I could hear this conversation.

They actually gathered in groups in such a short time to hunt me down. Why is our class F acting in such an overkill manner when it comes to this useless trivial stuff!?

Alright! Since you want it like this, I'll show no mercy!

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!!!”

“FOR YOU TO GET HAPPINESS IS LIKE A DREAMER'S TALK!”

5 classmates have already blocked my getaway. They should be the ones from the group ordered to surround me, and there're also some guys behind me.

Unable to do anything, I can only hide in the abandoned classroom, and everyone chasing after me have barricaded the classroom tightly.

Seeing me hide inside, they all stood outside the entrance to prevent me from escaping. But for me who's being chased, this definitely is the best chance.

“Watch this!”

I got ready to attack.

My attack is the soccer net that I took down this morning. I toss it right at their heads.

“Wha, what's going on?”

“Calm down! This is just a net! The ones on the outside, hurry up, get out and get Yoshii.”

“Damn it, the net is wet. It's sticking onto the bodies~~”

Being stunned and yet able to make the correct decision immediately, i'll give you that. But unfortunately, you guys are a tad too late!”

“You guys just need to rest on the sickbay's beds.”

I'm definitely holding onto something dangerous. My trapped classrooms widen their eyes in disbelief.

“WHAT! YOSHII, THAT'S...”

“RUN AWAY! EVERYONE GET OUT FROM THE NET!!!”

“Good night, everyone.”

I tossed the activated taser at the wet net. The next moment, there's a cackling sound and some burnt smell.

“WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Hearing my classmates let out blood-curdling screams, I walk out of the classroom.

If I want to read the letter in a quiet place, I'll have to immobilize everyone in class F. if so, I can only fight till the very end!

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“Where did that Yoshii run off to? I definitely saw him run down here!”

“Be careful, he should be hiding nearby.”

“Squads F and G have been eliminated. There's only one enemy, but don't let down your guard.”

in the old books storage room in the old school building, my classmates start to exchange words with each other. Maybe they're acting rather wary since I took down quite a few groups through violent means. I peeped from being the bookshelf, and sees that they're leaning their backs against each other to hide any blind spots.

But if they;re gathered together, they'll bind themselves together. Don't they understand this?

I held my breath as I move to the bookshelf near them. I then sneakily pulled one book out and threw it to another corner—BAM!

“What's that sound?”

“Is it Yoshii?

Everyone reacted to the sound as they turn their heads to the same direction. If so, wouldn't there be a blind spot already.

“Rea~dy!”

Next, all I need to do is to push the bookshelf down.

“WHAT!”

“DAMN It—!”

At this moment, since they have already turned their attention to the other side, even if they realize that the bookshelf is collapsing here, they can't react in time, and thus everyone was crushed under the bookshelf.

“HAHA! THOSE WHO TRIES TO OBSTRUCT OTHERS' LOVE PATH WILL END UP LIKE THIS!'

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at my classmates who're trying to crawl out from the bottom of the bookshelf as I walk out of the old books storage room.

“DAMN YOU, YOSHII! YOU TRAITOR!”

“DON'T YOU DARE FORGET THIS! WE'LL DEFINITELY WRECK YOUR HAPPINESS!”

“...Really, how twisted are these guys?”

Once I walked out of the old books storage room, I immediately got a broom to hold the entrance down and block it completely. Seems like I dealt with all my pursuers.

“Good good, now all that's left to do is—WAAAHHH!!!”

A bad presence caused me to instinctively take a few steps backwards. At the place where I was, there're many ball-point pens and sharp knives there're stabbed onto the floor.

“Who's there!”

“...Traitors must atone for their sin with death.”

Holding all sorts of stationery in his hands is my classmate Tsuchiya Kouta. This guy has quite the overwhelming pervertedness, yet he tries to hide it. His nickname is Muttsulini, and he's my friend—no wait, he's no longer my friend, but an enemy I have to take down!”

“Get ready, Muttsulini!”

I clench my fist and dash forward. Sorry, but you have to quietly rest here!

“...I'll throw a penknife next.”

“Alright, then let's talk it through,”

I can't exert violence on my good friend!

“...Got it.”

“Say your request first.”

Though I said it, I knew what he will request. He'll say something like 'hand that letter over'. Let me see, what should I use to negotiate with him?

“...My request is—”

Muttsulini coldly states his request

“—to murder you.”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! WHY DID YOU JUST JUMP STRAIGHT TO MY EXECUTION!”

I have never went through such a difficult negotiation.

“...Deal broken.”

“Damn it! Looks like I can only do this the hard way!”

I gather all my concentration and aims at the penknife in Muttsulini's hand.

Speaking of which, it's just a love letter. Is there really a need to start slaughtering friends?”

“...Don't worry. I won't aim at your eye.”

“Muttsulini, I'm not an idiot who'll be relaxed after hearing what you said!”

“...Really?”

Whoosh! The penknife lets out an air-ripping sound as it attacks me. The target is—MY RIGHT EYE!

“YOU, YOU LIED!”

I immediately use my hand to block it, and the penknife drops onto the floor. Eh? It didn't hit me? Was the blade not unsheathed?

“...An opening.”

“Uu!”

Muttsulini came rushing in just as I was stunned. Damn it!

“Muttsulini, do you know Himeji-san's bust measurement?”

In order to protect my own life, I frantically mentioned something Muttsulini will be interested in. please take the bait, you huge silent pervert!

“...This is common knowledge!”

No way, I can't shake his concentration at all! Speaking of which, is this really common knowledge? I don't even know!

“Then, then, once I get a girlfriend, I'll send those precious treasures to you, is it alright?”

“...(stops.)”

Muttsulini suddenly stopped. Good! He took the bait!

“...When?”

This friend of mine is one guy that can't be underestimated. He actually went directly to confirming the time instead of confirming the contents and amount.

“Let me think, how about next week?”

“...Deal made.”

To think I actually bribed him like this. I'll use this to deal with him the next time I end up as an enemy of Muttsulini.

“Then I'm going.”

Just as I step aside and prepare to leave, Muttsulini suddenly reaches his hand out to block me. Is there anything else?

“...This is for you to protect youself.”

While saying this, Muttsulini thrusts a small bag at me.

“Protect me?”

“...There're some knives inside. Take them out if anything happens.”

To be honest, these knives should be illegal. However, these are things that I'm really grateful for, since there're still a few people that I haven't took down, and they're definitely antagonistic towards me.

“Thanks. I'll use them when i'm in a fix.”

“...(Thumbs up).”

After giving me a thumbs up, Muttsulini turns away and leaves. I can't continue to stay here. Got to find a place to read that letter. It'll be bad if the letter reads 'I'll be waiting for you at the rooftop during lunchtime' and I can only read this in the afternoon.

“Oh yeah, I better go to the roof to check on everyone.”

No one should be at the roof. If so, I can go there and read the letter properly. Also, that place may be where the confession will take place. Okay, I decided, let's head to the roof!

Right now, I'm on the second level. Got to climb up the stairs if I want to get there.

And thus, on the platform of the stairs—

“I finally found you, Aki!”

“GACK! MINAMI!?”

My eternal nemesis is here.

The killing intent that's radiating from her body is already killing my muscles, and it seems like it'll explode the moment she touches me.

I tighten my nerves, trying to find a way to get past the second level platform. Unexpectedly, she continues to step forward in a calm manner, saying out her requests for me to choose from.

“Either you hand me the letter and let me kill you or let me kill you before taking the letter. Choose one.”

That's strange, why can't I choose an option where I can remain alive?

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT! IT SHOULD BE NONE OF MINAMI'S BUSINESS IF I GET A LETTER, RIGHT!?”

Basically, this is her fault anyway! It'll be great if I can defuse this crisis.

“Unrelated to me? Really...you really think so, Aki...”

“Eh?”

Minami looks like she got really hurt or something. I reconsidered what I just said. Is there anything wrong with me getting a girlfriend?”

“Do you mean...”

“This fact is really embarrassing, so I didn't mention it just now, but I, you...”

Completely different from her ferocious expression, Minami right now looks so pitiful. For some reason, my heat starts to race. What's with this feeling?

“Because of you, I got 3rd in the 'the girl you don't want to date the most' poll!”

“Farewell!”

What's this feeling? How about, monstrously terrifying!?

I followed my basic instincts and escape. Though I want to run off to the rooftop, I start to jump 3 steps down the stairs for the first time, all just to escape for this monstrous demon.

“You're still thinking of escaping? I won't allow you to gain happiness after being forced into despair like this!”

“There're still people who beat you in the poll! Isn't that good!?”

“What's good about that!? How many people do you think there are below me!?”

Let me see. There're about 300 students in the second year. So—

“About 150?”

“Hundred and fif...HOW DO YOU INTEND TO COMPENSATE!? TAKE RESPONSIBLITY!”

“Even if you ask me to, I can't!”

“Anyway, hurry up and hand that letter over!”

“I DON'T WANT TO! YOU'LL DEFINITELY RIP THAT LETTER TO SHREDS!”

“I WON'T DO THAT! I WILL PRINT DOZENS OF COPIES OF THIS LETTER AND SCATTER THEM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!”

“ISN'T THAT SCARIER!!?”

Damn it! I really want to escape, but I just can't get away from her! Got to stop Minami!

“Oh yeah, Minami, while running down the stairs, I know—”

“What?”

“—you're wearing white today!”

“Wha...”

Minami suddenly stops and uses both hands to push her skirt down. Stupid girl! In this situation, will I even bother to look at your underwear!?

“WOOOHHH!!”

Using this window of opportunity, I immediately increase the distance between me and Minami. The chance to escape will die off soon!

After rushing down the staircase, I then dash down the corridor.

“Ah, Yoshii-kun. How can you run down the corridor?”

Ahh, there's no lessons now? Slowly walking down the corridor, the English teacher slowly noticed my presence. So it's Endo-sensei. Sure appeared at the right time.

“Sorry Endo-sensei, but I got asked to do errands.”

I stood in front of sensei to admit my mistake.

“You're asked to do errands?”

“Yeah, the teacher asked me to go to the empty classroom to move some desks back.”

This is definitely a lie, but Endo-sensei believes it without a second word.

“is that so? However, you can't run down the corridor.”

“I'll take note of that. Well, sensei, I have a little request.”

“Hm, what is it?”

“Those tables are rather heavy, so can sensei grant me permission to summon?”

I have to get a teacher's permission to summon a summoned beast.

“Aki! You dare to trick me!”

Damn it, Minami's catching up!

“Sensei, please follow me for a while!”

“Eh? Ah...okay.”

I dragged sensei over to one of the nearby classrooms. Good thing there're a lot of abandoned classrooms in the old building. Sure got saved now.

“Sensei! Please hurry up and grant me permission to summon!”

“Uu...i don't really know what's going on...okay, I'll allow you to summon.”

“Great! Summon!”

In response to my call, my summoned beast appears from the floating magic array. As long as this guy is around, I'll have no problems even if that enemy's Minami.

“I'm definitely wearing grassy-green underwear today! How could you see it as white!”

A second later, Minami appears. I don't really mind, but...

“Minami, you don't really have to tell me that.”

“Ah!”

My reminder caused Minami to blush heavily. If Muttsulini's to hear this, he'll be absolutely delighted.

“CHANCE!”

“WAH!”

While Minami's wavering, I pushed her into a corner of the classroom. And then—

“Heyo~ watch me!”

I already prepared my summoned beast to let the student's storage cupboard at the back of the classroom and use it to create a road block.

“Oi, what's are you doing! You're too despicable! Let me out!”

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DONG DONG DONG!!! Minami slams hard at the storage cupboard. With the girl's strength of hers, she should be unable to move such a large thing. I finally rendered Minami powerless.

“What are you doing, Yoshii-kun!”

Seeing this, Endo-sensei lecture me, and the summoned beast immediately disappears. Seems like sensei cancelled my summoning right.

“Sorry! But this is an emergency!”

“Ah! Hold on a minute!”

Ignoring sensei, I again dash down the corridor. A while later, just a bit, and I can open the letter...thinking about this happiness, the dashing feet feel light and fleeting.

“I waited for you for a long time, Yoshii.”

My classmate Sugawa-kun is already getting into position as he waits there for me.

“Sugawa-kun, you're intending to stop me?”

“Of course, I want you to die right now.”

At the same time he said this, he pulled out something from his back.

“A, a wooden sword...”

“ borrowed this from the kendo club in order to stop you!”

“WAH! WOAH~~”

Without saying anything else, Sugawa-kun hacks over at me without holding back. I immediately dodged aside, and at least is barely able to avoid that attack.

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!”

“Uu...”

I unconsciously bit my lip. To think that this guy will actually prepare a weapon. Right now, I have no chance of winning if I don't go all out. If I have some sort of a weapon—hm? A weapon?

“Oh ya, I still have that!”

I reached into my pocket and grab a small bag. That's right, this is what Muttsulini handed over to me just now, the bag that's full of knives.

“Uu! So you prepared some weapons as well!”

Knowing that his advantage no longer exists, Sugawa-kun seems rather impatient.

“Very good! Then we're even!”

I grabbed a knife from the bag and immediately shrink the distance Sugawa-kun.

Let's decide this now, Sugawa-kun!

“Damn it! I haven't lost yet!”

Sugawa-kun swings his wooden sword down. Unfortunately—

“Too weak!”

I took half a step aside, and his attack nearly hits me, only to miss. And having swung the wooden sword, Sugawa-kun is completely open for an attack as he stands in front of me. There're holes all over the place.

I haven't let a chance slip by, as I aim my nailcutter at Sugawa-kun—

“What the heck, how can I win with this nailcutter, this idiotic me!”

I dejectedly collapse onto the floor. Though it's true that a nailcutter is a type of knife.

“Yoshii...you're one huge idiot...”

Sugawa-kun's pitifully gazes at me.

“Da, damn it! If that's the case, I'll use the nailcutter on you! At least it's better than fighting barehanded!”

“That's not right, isn't it? No matter how I think, you'll have a better chance of winning if you go barehanded, right?”

“SHUT UP!”

In this silent 3rd storey of the old building, Sugawa-kun and I exchanged roars.

“WAHH! MY FINGERNAILS! MY FINGERNNNAAAIIILLLSSS!!!”

From above, I stared down at Sugawa-kun, who's limp and clutching his hand painfully.

To think that I actually won this battle.

“I was rather shocked myself. But then, the most important thing right now is to go up. Sorry.”

“Yo, Yoshii...you traitor...”

Leaving behind Sugawa-kun, who someone's gasping even though I merely cut his fingernails off, I continue to climb up the stairs and head towards the roof. If I can get past the 4th level and past the roof—

“So you came, Akihisa!”

“Yoshii-kun, please surrender quietly.”

“It’s Yuuji and Himeji-san...”

While getting up the staircase, the ones blocking me are the great demon king—Yuuji and Himeji-san.

“How did you two know that I’ll come here?”

“Because the roof is the best place for a confession. With that simple brain of yours, you might think that you can watch over everyone’s actions here. So i guessed that you’ll come here.”

Damn it! As expected of Yuuji, he guessed all of my thought process accurately.

“You could have just hidden inside the toilet and read the letter without any interference.”

Ah!

“Sorry, Yuuji. I just got a stomachache. Got to go to the toilet.”

“Yoshii-kun. Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it?”

Himeji-san stares worriedly at me. I can’t stand that gaze!

“Yuuji, why must you stop me? Even if you do this, it wouldn’t be of any benefit to you, right?”

In order not to let him stick onto me any further, I got to make this clear.

Yuuji looks serious as he answers me.

“You’re right, i won’t get anything good from this. No, before that, i have no intention of getting a girlfriend.”

“If so, why...”

“That’s not the problem, Akihisa, I just...”

That bad friend stares at me without any hesitation and continues,

“—hate seeing you getting happiness!”

“You’re definitely the worst friend!”

Even I’m starting to wonder if we’re really friends.

“Akihisa, I won’t tell you something so old-fashioned like ‘hand that letter over’. Show me your best and bring it on.”

Yuuji takes off his coat and undoes his tie. Looking at the physique of this bad friend of mine, there’s no excess fat on his body. Those forceful looking muscle lines are what all men wants.

“Can you help me take my coat, Himeji?”

“Ah, okay.”

After passing his coat over to Himeji-san and undoing his tie, being unrestrained, Yuuji gets into position as he swings a few punches. Whoosh, quite a few sharp sounds. Just this alone, and I know the difference between an amateur and an expert. This guy...he’s really trying to kill me.

“Yoshii-kun, you better give up...”

Himeji-san moves beside me and looks worried as she stares at my face. It’s obvious why she would be worried for me; as what his appearance shows, Yuuji’s really used to fighting, and I don’t really have much of a chance if i go head on. But—

“Thanks for worrying about me, but I have no intention of giving up.”

For the girl who summoned enough courage to write this letter to me, for my own future, I can’t just run away here!

“Really...I understand. I won’t try to stop you again.”

“...Sorry, i know that you’re doing this for my own good.”

“No...it’s because this is Yoshii-kun’s style.”

“My style? Oh yeah, can you help me hold this?”

“Ah, okay.”

Like Yuuji, I took off my coat. My movements are definitely a lot smoother. Speaking of which, i haven’t fought seriously for a long time, and the opponent’s Yuuji this time. My body would actually tremble, and it shouldn’t be because I took off my coat.

“...Akihisa.”

“Bring it on, Yuuji.”

I clench my fist and got ready to fight.

If I beat this guy, i can just read the letter without any—

“...You’re really an idiot.”

“Eh?”

Yuuji looks rather listless, but he’s not staring at me—but the coat that Himeji-san’s holding onto.

“That, that letter, that letter should be in the pocket...can i read it?”

Himeji-san pulls the letter out from my coat pocket. Eh~ that’s...

“NO, NO!!! READING MY LETTER WITHOUT EVEN A FIGHT, THAT’S AGAINST THE RULES!!!”

“HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!? DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM, HIMEJI! JUST DISPOSE OF THAT LETTER!”

Yuuji grabbed me just as I’m about to grab Himeji-san.

Damn it! I can’t get away! This perverted muscle freak!

“Eh? Isn’t this...”

Looking back at Himeji-san, she seems bothered by the letter she’s holding in her hand. Maybe she found it too easy to get and is afraid of what’s inside.

“...”

No, that’s not right. It shouldn’t be something like that. Himeji-san would show such an expression because she’s too kind and can’t bear to read a letter that someone else wrote or destroy it mercilessly. I see, so there’s a chance to win!

“Himeji-san.”

“Eh! Ah, yes, is there anything?”

“Actually I know, gentle Himeji-san can’t really stamp on other people’s feelings, so you better—”

“—Rip that letter apart.”

“NO! THAT’S NOT IT! YOU’RE TOO DESPICABLE, YUUJI! TO ACTUALLY ADD WORDS LIKE THAT! THIS IS BASICALLY AGAINST THE RULES!”

“Okay, I got it.”

“No, you shouldn’t be answering ‘okay’ just like that, right? HIMEJI-SANN! YOU DON’T HAVE TO REALLY TEAR THE LETTER LIKE THAT! I CAN’T POSSIBLY READ IT NOW! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE ME BACK MY HAPPY FUTURE AND WHAT I SAID 4 LINES AGO!”

Just as I screamed out in despair, the letter got torn to bits, and it’s no longer in its original shape as what’s left are scraps of the letter.

“Really, to think that Himeji will actually tear that letter herself...sorry Akihisa.”

Yuuji stares at Himeji-san in a shocked manner and then apologized to me. I’m shocked as well, because I thought that Himeji-san’s a girl who won’t do that sort of thing.

“At least let me do this.”

Yuuji said as he picks up all the scraps on the floor.

Yeah, now’s not the time to give up.

“Thanks Yuuji. I’ll bet on the last probability and fix these pieces of paper back!”

“—I’ll kill your last hope.”

Whoosh...burning...

Ah, how warm! The strong flames seem to melt my ice cold heart...

“GYAH! NO WAY! YOU ACTUALLY BURNED THE LETTER!? IS THERE A NEED FOR YOU TO DO THAT? IF SO, I DON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF READING THE LETTER ALREADY!? WHERE DID MY HAPPY FUTURE DISAPPEAR TO?”

“Akihisa, you may not understand...”

“WHAT? FORGET ABOUT THAT, HURRY UP AND GET A BUCKET OF WATER!!”

“The thing i hate most is your happiness.”

“WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!? YOU DESPICABLE BASTARD!!”

No matter how hard I tried, that letter was burned to a pile of ash.

“Doesn’t Sakamoto-kun want to know who wrote that letter?”

Seeing the letter burned to ash, Himeji-san seems relaxed for some reason as she turns and asks Yuuji.

“I have no interest at all, since I just want to get rid of Akihisa’s happiness. Besides—”

“Be, besides what?”

“I can sort of guess who wrote that letter.”

“Eh?”

“If what you tore was ‘someone else’s’ letter, it will create quite the trouble, right?”

“That, that...this, this...”

I don’t really understand Himeji-san and Yuuji’s conversation. Do they know who wrote that letter?

“Yuuji! Repeat that again!”

“Ahh! Yoshii-kun can’t eavesdrop!”

“GYAH!!!”

“Himeji, Akihisa’s neck seems to be tilted back completely.”

“So, sorry! I actually did such a cruel thing.”

“Well, you don’t really have to worry about that. Besides, even if he remains alive now, he will be murdered by those guys.”

Squeezing off the last ounce of consciousness, I listen to the voices where Yuuji pointed to.

“A~KI-~ YOU ACTUALLY DARE TO DO SUCH A THING TO ME-~”

“I’LL DEFINITELY KILL YOU, YOSHII!!!”

“““KILL HIM!!! KILL HIM!!!”””

God, I beg you, allow me to safely see the sun tomorrow.

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How did that happen? That disappeared letter actually went into Yoshii-kun’s shoe locker! Someone must have picked it up and kindly put it in for me...

It’s because of me that you ended up suffering such a terrible thing...I’m truly sorry, Yoshii-kun.

But like what Yoshii-kun told me before, I hope I can convey my feelings not through a letter, but directly to you.

So, please wait for me.

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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Me and Thugs and a Love Letter

2011-04-29T16:39:30Z

91.77.192.208:

==Me and Thugs and a Love Letter==

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'''Hello Yoshii Akihisa-kun:'''

'''I'm sorry to write this letter to you so suddenly, but I have something that I really want to tell Yoshii-kun, so this is why I started to write this letter.'''

'''Does Yoshii-kun still remember me? We were in the same class during third grade, you know. From that moment, I always felt that Yoshii-kun's a really interesting person, and is always the one that cheers others up. No matter what happens, you'll always stand up to encourage everyone. When I was class rep once, you helped me out a lot. I really think that Yoshii-kun's really amazing. Though I didn't join you and play around, my heart always felt warm whenever I see Yoshii-kun, whether it's the classroom or the field.'''

'''When we were in Middle school, although we didn't manage to be in the same class, I continued to hear rumors of you. When we occasionally met each other, my heart would beat really fast. Isn't that strange? Why is it so? I often asked myself.'''

'''Maybe it's a coincidence, but when I heard that you entered the same High school as me, I was really happy.'''

'''During the summoning exam, you stepped up to protect me immediately. At that moment, I couldn't fool myself anymore—I think, maybe I love you...until now, I finally realized my feelings for you.'''

'''I love you.'''

'''Right now, it took me all of my courage just to express my feelings to you. Will it be good to let Yoshii-kun understand my feelings and slowly bond ourselves together?'''

'''This letter's basically my own feelings for you, so I'm really sorry. If you have someone you're dating or like, then I'm really sorry about it.'''

'''But then,. But then, I really love you. I love you the most.'''

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“Ooo~ how did I end up coming to school this early?”

Such a clear sky today, the air sure is clean, and the sunlight drenches my body as I walk on.”

It's less chaotic and squeezy when I go to school early today, as if I'm on a quiet empty street. How refreshing.

“The ancient people said that the early bird catches the worm. Don't know what i'll get today~”

After school yesterday, I thought of taking a nap, only to unexpectedly sleep till daylight, so I ended up waking up 2 hours earlier than usual.

Once I woke up, I came to school without thinking. However, the weather today's so good, I knew I should have done my laundry first.

“Let's see, what should I do first—hm?”

While pondering and walking, I suddenly find a familiar figure in frong of the school gate. Short-hair cut, light brown skin and sturdy muscles; isn't that Iron—let me try that again, isn't that Nishimura-sensei? Either way, he's still my homeroom teacher. Better say hello to him.

“Morning, sensei!”

I energetically greeted him from behind. Ironman turns back with a light-hearted smile that I never saw before.

“Oh, morning. Participating in morning club activities? How—”

He stopped.

“Sensei?”

“—Sorry, I was mistaken.”

“You mistook me for someone else? Aiya, no need to specially apologize to me for that.”

“What are your intentions for coming to school so early, Yoshii?”

The moment he said this, the light-hearted smile on his face is replaced with a wary expression.

“Eh..so sensei's mistake is the attitude to me?”

Did I really do so many bad things...?

“As a teacher, it's obvious that I have to be wary of you, but it's just nice that you're here. With that 'punishment inspector' ability of yours, I'll have less things to do.”

“Woah, speaking of that 'punishment inspector', you're going to make me work?”

“That's right. Go keep those old goal posts.”

“Really, I shouldn't have come so early...”

I can't help but sigh.

'Punishment inspector'—this is the method of punishment that the 'test summoning system' of our Fumitzuki Gakuen uses. The main idea is to follow the teachers' orders and do all sorts of oddjobs.

This 'test summoning system' is a coincidence formed by science and the supernatural. Since this decides the strength of the summoning system, Fumitzuki Gakuen is a test school that uses this as an incentive to encourage students to study hard. The school's protocol is to use the summoned beasts to fight, and this will definitely pump the students up better than ordinary tests.

“You should be regretful of the attitude that turned you into a 'punishment inspector' and not about coming to school early today, right?”

Ironman looks like he has given up as he sighed deeply.

“Uu...but I haven't done anything so bad that the Heavens won't condone it...”

“...You actually have the cheek to say such words? Enough talk, hurry up and get onto the field.”

“Okay, okay.”

Being led by Ironman, I unhappily entered the field. Those who're running on the track, are they track members doing morning exercie? They sure look energetic.

“It's your turn, Yoshii.”

“Got it—summon.”

Under Ironman's supervision, I summoned my summoned beasts.

The many magical arrays appear beside me, and a super-deformed version of me appears. The three-head sized body is cute, but one can't underestimate it's vicious strength. Though the strength of a summoned beast is decided by the caster's points. My points are still enough to be stronger than men by many times. However, it's just used to do oddjobs.

“Good, drag that goalpost away.”

“Okay~”

The summoned beast obeys my instructions as it easily carries the goalposts that's numerous times taller than it.

“Bring it to the dump outside the city.”

“HOW MANY KILOMETERS DO YOU THINK THAT IS, SENSEI!?”

At least give me a lorry to use!

“Just joking. Take it over a place it near the school gate. Be careful not to block the entrance.”

“What now, you scared me~”

“Thinking about the damages you caused, this level of punishment is nothing.”

“Uuu...”

Regarding that, I'm a bit sorry about that, but at least understand my circumstances...

“The net will have to be separate.”

“Sigh...looks like there won't be anything good today...”

Early bird catches the worm—who said so?

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I followed Ironman's instructions and took down the net. I then moved the goalposts over to the school gate. Without knowing it, I almost couldn't make it to self-study period. There's no time to move the net over to the gym storage room, so let's just go to class.

Just as I was thinking this as I open my shoe locker, there seems to be something similar to a love letter.

“WHA, WHAT'S GOING OOONNNN!!!”

This unexpected development caused me to shout out. Ca-ca-ca-calm down, Yoshii Akihisa! You'll die if you think too highly of yourself! Anyway, let's just check through the contents first--

“Yo, Akihisa, what's up?”

“WAAHH!!”

Someone just called my name. I frantically stuffed the letter into my pocket. That was scart!

“Ah, ahh, it's Yuuji. Morning.”

“Morning.”

Raising his hand to say hello to me is my classmate, Sakamoto Yuuji. This guy doesn't look like he has much of a brain, but he's still our class F's representative.

“Oh, oh my~ quite the nice morning! Sure feels like something good will happen this morning!”

“...Why are you so excited?”

“I, I I'm not excited or anything!”

“No way, right? I just saw something like a letter in your hand or something...”

Ugh! He saw it? If anyone sees me with this letter, those guys in our class will wallop me out of jealously!

“Just, just a pampley, that's all! Forget about that, we'll be late for self-study period if we don't hurry up.”

In order to avoid this, I immediately lift the soccer net up and rush forward. Truthfully though, we're really almost late.

“Oh, that late already? We're in school now, so it's a waste if you're late.”

Yuuji's running behind me. Good, seems like I managed to slip out of this.

And the next problem is—where should I read this letter? There'll be trouble if I read it in a crowded place...what should I do?

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“Kudou.”

“Here.”

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

We managed to dash into class just as the bell rang. Before we could even rest a bit, Ironman walks into the class and starts to take attendance. One can't really tell from his appearance, but he's really a punctual teacher.

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

“Saito.”

“Here.”

The calm and lazy attendance taking is of common procedure, and everyone in class replies Ironman in a sleepy tone.

This is a silent moment in class. In this spring morning, today's the same and the past, as we continue to welcome the peaceful daily—

“Sakamoto.”

“...Akihisa seemed to have gotten a love letter.”

“KILL HIM!!!”

—But Yuuji's words destroyed all the peace.

“Yu, Yuuji, what are you talking about!?”

I definitely lowered my volume, but it doesn't seem to get past everyone's ears. I really feel that there's something wrong with the students in this class.

“WHAT'S GOING ON! HOW DID YOSHII GET THAT LETTER!?”

“SINCE HE GOT IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO! HURRY UP AND FIND IF THERE'RE ANY LOVE LETTERS NEAR OUR SEATS!!”

“NO! I CAN ONLY FIND A ROTTEN BREAD AND A HALF-EATEN BREAD!?”

“LOOK THOROUGHLY!”

“...FOUND IT! IT'S A SEALED BREAD!'

“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!!?”

The angry roars start to echo throughout the class. As I expected, these guys have gone crazy with jealously.

“YOU PEOPLE BETTER SHUT UP!'

—Silence.

Ironman's violent roar caused the entire class to turn silent. Ho, good, good.

“Tezuka.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Todo.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Tozawa.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“EVERYONE CALM DOWN! WHY DID IT BECOME 'MUST KILL YOSHII'!?”

“KEEP QUIET, YOSHII!!”

“SENSEI, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SCOLDING ME, RIGHT? IF THIS KEEPS UP, EVERYONE IN CLASS WILL BEAT ME, KICK ME AND DEAL WITH ME THROUGH ALL SORTS OF VIOLENT MEANS!”

“Nitta.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Fuda.”

“Must kill Yoshii viciously!”

“Negishi.”

“Must kill Yoshii and dice him up!”

They, they aren't listening at all...why are these guys so troublesome.

“Alright, no one's late or absent today, so I hope that everyone can study hard today.”

After the attendance was taken, Ironman walks out of the classroom. Doesn't this guy notice the terrifying killer intent in this classroom at all?

“WAIT, SENSEI! DON'T LEAVE! DON'T ABANDON YOUR CUTE STUDENT!”

In order to protect myself, I tried all I could to stop Ironman. It's no longer time to save face.

“You're wrong, Yoshii.”

Ironman's places his hand on the door as he replies. I'm mistaken? What's he trying to say?

“You're one extremely ugly guy.”

“I NEVER THOUGHT OF HEARING THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!”

“Everyone got to pay attention to class.”

“PLEASE WAIT, SENSEI!!! SENSEI!!!”

My cry was ever empty and agonizing, but Ironman has already walked out of the classroom, not even looking back. Looks like I can only face all the terrifying killing intent that's flowing in the classroom. Before the first period teacher arrives, there'll definitely be a rain of blood.

“Aki~ can you please explain?”

Suddenly, a strong force nearly dislocated my joints as the hands grabbed my shoulders.

“Ah, ah haha...Minami, you look really scary, you know?”

“You received a letter? Who wrote it to you? What was it about?”

Though she's smiling, the slightly trembling hands seem to be trembling hard, as the butterfly knot on the ponytail seem like a devil's horn. That expression's really terrifying.

“Ah...that...that...”

Truthfully, as I was in a rush, I kept the letter without reading it, so I don't know what is it about. Speaking of which, I want to ask you what kind of letter it is. Uu~I realy want to hide alone somewhere and read the contents!

“Don't talk too much, hurry up and hand me your fingers—no, that letter!”

What! What will happen to my fingers if I don't do so?

“That, Yoshii-kun...”

A voice that's as delightful as a silver bell rings behind me.

“Hm? Yes?'

The one who spoke is the rose among the thorns in our class—Himeji Mizuki-san. Soft fluffy hair, soft looking breasts, a cute looking face; seeing her like this, I guess it'll be another day of guys working hard to chase after her.

“That...if possible, that...I, I want to read that letter as well...”

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Nudge nudge, shy looking Himeji-san's really cute! But even so, I can't just let her do so.

“Erm...sorry.”

Thus, I honestly apologized to her, since I don't want to reveal the contents of the letter.

“But, but...”

I already refused, yet Himeji-san's not giving up. However—

“Even if it's Himeji-san's request, I can't agree to that.”

“But, I don't want to do something cruel to Yoshii-kun!”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! IS HIMEJI-SAN GOING TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THOSE WHO'RE GOING TO BULLY ME!?”

To think that Himeji-san has become one with the low-scoring class F.

“Everyone please calm down.”

Just at this moment, a clapping sound can be heard from the frontdesk. The one who spoke up is our class F's representative, my bad friend Sakamoto Yuuji.

“Right now, the problem isn't to read the letter Akihisa got.”

The words that Yuuji said sure are convincing. Hmm, that's the way! Even if he's completely corrupted, we're still friend.

“The problem is—WHAT KIND OF WEIRD MEANS ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH AKIHISA!!!”

“THE PROPOSAL'S ALL WRONG, YOU DAMNED Itsuki!!!”

I immediately grabbed my bag and dashed out of the classroom at the fastest speed I could muster. Right now, I can only rely on myself!

“DON'T YOU DARE ESCAPE! FORM GROUPS AND HUNT HIM DOWN!!!”

“TAKE HIS LETTER AWAY!!! KILL YOSHII!!”

“SEARCH AND DEATH!!!”

“WE MUST AT LEAST WRECK HIM!!”

I could hear all the roars from the corridor. Again, I felt it first-hand that if it's this kind of things, our class F becomes more united.

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“FOUND YOSHII!! HE'S RUNNING TO AN EMPTY CLASSROOM!”

“ROGER THAT! HURRY UP AND CHASE HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY! I'LL CONTACT EVERYONE!!”

“OK! SQUAD B WILL MOVE FROM THE FRONT, SQUAD C WILL CUT HIM DOWN FROM THE SIDE!”

“ROGER!”

While dashing madly down the corridor, I could hear this conversation.

They actually gathered in groups in such a short time to hunt me down. Why is our class F acting in such an overkill manner when it comes to this useless trivial stuff!?

Alright! Since you want it like this, I'll show no mercy!

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!!!”

“FOR YOU TO GET HAPPINESS IS LIKE A DREAMER'S TALK!”

5 classmates have already blocked my getaway. They should be the ones from the group ordered to surround me, and there're also some guys behin me.

Unable to do anything, I can only hide in the abandoned classroom, and everyone chasing after me have barricaded the classroom tightly.

Seeing me hide inside, they all stood outside the entrance to prevent me from escaping. But for me who's being chased, this definitely is the best chance.

“Watch this!”

I got ready to attack.

My attack is the soccer net that I took down this morning. I toss it right at their heads.

“Wha, what's going on?”

“Calm down! This is just a net! The ones on the outside, hurry up, get out and get Yoshii.”

“Damn it, the net is wet. It's sticking onto the bodies~~”

Being stunned and yet able to make the correct decision immediately, i'll give you that. But unfortunately, you guys are a tad too late!”

“You guys just need to rest on the sickbay's beds.”

I'm definitely holding onto something dangerous. My trapped classrooms widen their eyes in disbelief.

“WHAT! YOSHII, THAT'S...”

“RUN AWAY! EVERYONE GET OUT FROM THE NET!!!”

“Good night, everyone.”

I tossed the activated taser at the wet net. The next moment, there's a cackling sound and some burnt smell.

“WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Hearing my classmates let out blood-curdling screams, I walk out of the classroom.

If I want to read the letter in a quiet place, I'll have to immobilize everyone in class F. if so, I can only fight till the very end!

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“Where did that Yoshii run off to? I definitely saw him run down here!”

“Be careful, he should be hiding nearby.”

“Squads F and G have been eliminated. There's only one enemy, but don't let down your guard.”

in the old books storage room in the old school building, my classmates start to exchange words with each other. Maybe they're acting rather wary since I took down quite a few groups through violent means. I peeped from being the bookshelf, and sees that they're leaning their backs against each other to hide any blind spots.

But if they;re gathered together, they'll bind themselves together. Don't they understand this?

I held my breath as I move to the bookshelf near them. I then sneakily pulled one book out and threw it to another corner—BAM!

“What's that sound?”

“Is it Yoshii?

Everyone reacted to the sound as they turn their heads to the same direction. If so, wouldn't there be a blind spot already.

“Rea~dy!”

Next, all I need to do is to push the bookshelf down.

“WHAT!”

“DAMN It—!”

At this moment, since they have already turned their attention to the other side, even if they realize that the bookshelf is collapsing here, they can't react in time, and thus everyone was crushed under the bookshelf.

“HAHA! THOSE WHO TRIES TO OBSTRUCT OTHERS' LOVE PATH WILL END UP LIKE THIS!'

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at my classmates who're trying to crawl out from the bottom of the bookshelf as I walk out of the old books storage room.

“DAMN YOU, YOSHII! YOU TRAITOR!”

“DON'T YOU DARE FORGET THIS! WE'LL DEFINITELY WRECK YOUR HAPPINESS!”

“...Really, how twisted are these guys?”

Once I walked out of the old books storage room, I immediately got a broom to hold the entrance down and block it completely. Seems like I dealt with all my pursuers.

“Good good, now all that's left to do is—WAAAHHH!!!”

A bad presence caused me to instinctively take a few steps backwards. At the place where I was, there're many ball-point pens and sharp knives there're stabbed onto the floor.

“Who's there!”

“...Traitors must atone for their sin with death.”

Holding all sorts of stationery in his hands is my classmate Tsuchiya Kouta. This guy has quite the overwhelming pervertedness, yet he tries to hide it. His nickname is Muttsulini, and he's my friend—no wait, he's no longer my friend, but an enemy I have to take down!”

“Get ready, Muttsulini!”

I clench my fist and dash forward. Sorry, but you have to quietly rest here!

“...I'll throw a penknife next.”

“Alright, then let's talk it through,”

I can't exert violence on my good friend!

“...Got it.”

“Say your request first.”

Though I said it, I knew what he will request. He'll say something like 'hand that letter over'. Let me see, what should I use to negotiate with him?

“...My request is—”

Muttsulini coldly states his request

“—to murder you.”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! WHY DID YOU JUST JUMP STRAIGHT TO MY EXECUTION!”

I have never went through such a difficult negotiation.

“...Deal broken.”

“Damn it! Looks like I can only do this the hard way!”

I gather all my concentration and aims at the penknife in Muttsulini's hand.

Speaking of which, it's just a love letter. Is there really a need to start slaughtering friends?”

“...Don't worry. I won't aim at your eye.”

“Muttsulini, I'm not an idiot who'll be relaxed after hearing what you said!”

“...Really?”

Whoosh! The penknife lets out an air-ripping sound as it attacks me. The target is—MY RIGHT EYE!

“YOU, YOU LIED!”

I immediately use my hand to block it, and the penknife drops onto the floor. Eh? It didn't hit me? Was the blade not unsheathed?

“...An opening.”

“Uu!”

Muttsulini came rushing in just as I was stunned. Damn it!

“Muttsulini, do you know Himeji-san's bust measurement?”

In order to protect my own life, I frantically mentioned something Muttsulini will be interested in. please take the bait, you huge silent pervert!

“...This is common knowledge!”

No way, I can't shake his concentration at all! Speaking of which, is this really common knowledge? I don't even know!

“Then, then, once I get a girlfriend, I'll send those precious treasures to you, is it alright?”

“...(stops.)”

Muttsulini suddenly stopped. Good! He took the bait!

“...When?”

This friend of mine is one guy that can't be underestimated. He actually went directly to confirming the time instead of confirming the contents and amount.

“Let me think, how about next week?”

“...Deal made.”

To think I actually bribed him like this. I'll use this to deal with him the next time I end up as an enemy of Muttsulini.

“Then I'm going.”

Just as I step aside and prepare to leave, Muttsulini suddenly reaches his hand out to block me. Is there anything else?

“...This is for you to protect youself.”

While saying this, Muttsulini thrusts a small bag at me.

“Protect me?”

“...There're some knives inside. Take them out if anything happens.”

To be honest, these knives should be illegal. However, these are things that I'm really grateful for, since there're still a few people that I haven't took down, and they're definitely antagonistic towards me.

“Thanks. I'll use them when i'm in a fix.”

“...(Thumbs up).”

After giving me a thumbs up, Muttsulini turns away and leaves. I can't continue to stay here. Got to find a place to read that letter. It'll be bad if the letter reads 'I'll be waiting for you at the rooftop during lunchtime' and I can only read this in the afternoon.

“Oh yeah, I better go to the roof to check on everyone.”

No one should be at the roof. If so, I can go there and read the letter properly. Also, that place may be where the confession will take place. Okay, I decided, let's head to the roof!

Right now, I'm on the second level. Got to climb up the stairs if I want to get there.

And thus, on the platform of the stairs—

“I finally found you, Aki!”

“GACK! MINAMI!?”

My eternal nemesis is here.

The killing intent that's radiating from her body is already killing my muscles, and it seems like it'll explode the moment she touches me.

I tighten my nerves, trying to find a way to get past the second level platform. Unexpectedly, she continues to step forward in a calm manner, saying out her requests for me to choose from.

“Either you hand me the letter and let me kill you or let me kill you before taking the letter. Choose one.”

That's strange, why can't I choose an option where I can remain alive?

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT! IT SHOULD BE NONE OF MINAMI'S BUSINESS IF I GET A LETTER, RIGHT!?”

Basically, this is her fault anyway! It'll be great if I can defuse this crisis.

“Unrelated to me? Really...you really think so, Aki...”

“Eh?”

Minami looks like she got really hurt or something. I reconsidered what I just said. Is there anything wrong with me getting a girlfriend?”

“Do you mean...”

“This fact is really embarrassing, so I didn't mention it just now, but I, you...”

Completely different from her ferocious expression, Minami right now looks so pitiful. For some reason, my heat starts to race. What's with this feeling?

“Because of you, I got 3rd in the 'the girl you don't want to date the most' poll!”

“Farewell!”

What's this feeling? How about, monstrously terrifying!?

I followed my basic instincts and escape. Though I want to run off to the rooftop, I start to jump 3 steps down the stairs for the first time, all just to escape for this monstrous demon.

“You're still thinking of escaping? I won't allow you to gain happiness after being forced into despair like this!”

“There're still people who beat you in the poll! Isn't that good!?”

“What's good about that!? How many people do you think there are below me!?”

Let me see. There're about 300 students in the second year. So—

“About 150?”

“Hundred and fif...HOW DO YOU INTEND TO COMPENSATE!? TAKE RESPONSIBLITY!”

“Even if you ask me to, I can't!”

“Anyway, hurry up and hand that letter over!”

“I DON'T WANT TO! YOU'LL DEFINITELY RIP THAT LETTER TO SHREDS!”

“I WON'T DO THAT! I WILL PRINT DOZENS OF COPIES OF THIS LETTER AND SCATTER THEM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!”

“ISN'T THAT SCARIER!!?”

Damn it! I really want to escape, but I just can't get away from her! Got to stop Minami!

“Oh yeah, Minami, while running down the stairs, I know—”

“What?”

“—you're wearing white today!”

“Wha...”

Minami suddenly stops and uses both hands to push her skirt down. Stupid girl! In this situation, will I even bother to look at your underwear!?

“WOOOHHH!!”

Using this window of opportunity, I immediately increase the distance between me and Minami. The chance to escape will die off soon!

After rushing down the staircase, I then dash down the corridor.

“Ah, Yoshii-kun. How can you run down the corridor?”

Ahh, there's no lessons now? Slowly walking down the corridor, the English teacher slowly noticed my presence. So it's Endo-sensei. Sure appeared at the right time.

“Sorry Endo-sensei, but I got asked to do errands.”

I stood in front of sensei to admit my mistake.

“You're asked to do errands?”

“Yeah, the teacher asked me to go to the empty classroom to move some desks back.”

This is definitely a lie, but Endo-sensei believes it without a second word.

“is that so? However, you can't run down the corridor.”

“I'll take note of that. Well, sensei, I have a little request.”

“Hm, what is it?”

“Those tables are rather heavy, so can sensei grant me permission to summon?”

I have to get a teacher's permission to summon a summoned beast.

“Aki! You dare to trick me!”

Damn it, Minami's catching up!

“Sensei, please follow me for a while!”

“Eh? Ah...okay.”

I dragged sensei over to one of the nearby classrooms. Good thing there're a lot of abandoned classrooms in the old building. Sure got saved now.

“Sensei! Please hurry up and grant me permission to summon!”

“Uu...i don't really know what's going on...okay, I'll allow you to summon.”

“Great! Summon!”

In response to my call, my summoned beast appears from the floating magic array. As long as this guy is around, I'll have no problems even if that enemy's Minami.

“I'm definitely wearing grassy-green underwear today! How could you see it as white!”

A second later, Minami appears. I don't really mind, but...

“Minami, you don't really have to tell me that.”

“Ah!”

My reminder caused Minami to blush heavily. If Muttsulini's to hear this, he'll be absolutely delighted.

“CHANCE!”

“WAH!”

While Minami's wavering, I pushed her into a corner of the classroom. And then—

“Heyo~ watch me!”

I already prepared my summoned beast to let the student's storage cupboard at the back of the classroom and use it to create a road block.

“Oi, what's are you doing! You're too despicable! Let me out!”

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DONG DONG DONG!!! Minami slams hard at the storage cupboard. With the girl's strength of hers, she should be unable to move such a large thing. I finally rendered Minami powerless.

“What are you doing, Yoshii-kun!”

Seeing this, Endo-sensei lecture me, and the summoned beast immediately disappears. Seems like sensei cancelled my summoning right.

“Sorry! But this is an emergency!”

“Ah! Hold on a minute!”

Ignoring sensei, I again dash down the corridor. A while later, just a bit, and I can open the letter...thinking about this happiness, the dashing feet feel light and fleeting.

“I waited for you for a long time, Yoshii.”

My classmate Sugawa-kun is already getting into position as he waits there for me.

“Sugawa-kun, you're intending to stop me?”

“Of course, I want you to die right now.”

At the same time he said this, he pulled out something from his back.

“A, a wooden sword...”

“ borrowed this from the kendo club in order to stop you!”

“WAH! WOAH~~”

Without saying anything else, Sugawa-kun hacks over at me without holding back. I immediately dodged aside, and at least is barely able to avoid that attack.

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!”

“Uu...”

I unconsciously bit my lip. To think that this guy will actually prepare a weapon. Right now, I have no chance of winning if I don't go all out. If I have some sort of a weapon—hm? A weapon?

“Oh ya, I still have that!”

I reached into my pocket and grab a small bag. That's right, this is what Muttsulini handed over to me just now, the bag that's full of knives.

“Uu! So you prepared some weapons as well!”

Knowing that his advantage no longer exists, Sugawa-kun seems rather impatient.

“Very good! Then we're even!”

I grabbed a knife from the bag and immediately shrink the distance Sugawa-kun.

Let's decide this now, Sugawa-kun!

“Damn it! I haven't lost yet!”

Sugawa-kun swings his wooden sword down. Unfortunately—

“Too weak!”

I took half a step aside, and his attack nearly hits me, only to miss. And having swung the wooden sword, Sugawa-kun is completely open for an attack as he stands in front of me. There're holes all over the place.

I haven't let a chance slip by, as I aim my nailcutter at Sugawa-kun—

“What the heck, how can I win with this nailcutter, this idiotic me!”

I dejectedly collapse onto the floor. Though it's true that a nailcutter is a type of knife.

“Yoshii...you're one huge idiot...”

Sugawa-kun's pitifully gazes at me.

“Da, damn it! If that's the case, I'll use the nailcutter on you! At least it's better than fighting barehanded!”

“That's not right, isn't it? No matter how I think, you'll have a better chance of winning if you go barehanded, right?”

“SHUT UP!”

In this silent 3rd storey of the old building, Sugawa-kun and I exchanged roars.

“WAHH! MY FINGERNAILS! MY FINGERNNNAAAIIILLLSSS!!!”

From above, I stared down at Sugawa-kun, who's limp and clutching his hand painfully.

To think that I actually won this battle.

“I was rather shocked myself. But then, the most important thing right now is to go up. Sorry.”

“Yo, Yoshii...you traitor...”

Leaving behind Sugawa-kun, who someone's gasping even though I merely cut his fingernails off, I continue to climb up the stairs and head towards the roof. If I can get past the 4th level and past the roof—

“So you came, Akihisa!”

“Yoshii-kun, please surrender quietly.”

“It’s Yuuji and Himeji-san...”

While getting up the staircase, the ones blocking me are the great demon king—Yuuji and Himeji-san.

“How did you two know that I’ll come here?”

“Because the roof is the best place for a confession. With that simple brain of yours, you might think that you can watch over everyone’s actions here. So i guessed that you’ll come here.”

Damn it! As expected of Yuuji, he guessed all of my thought process accurately.

“You could have just hidden inside the toilet and read the letter without any interference.”

Ah!

“Sorry, Yuuji. I just got a stomachache. Got to go to the toilet.”

“Yoshii-kun. Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it?”

Himeji-san stares worriedly at me. I can’t stand that gaze!

“Yuuji, why must you stop me? Even if you do this, it wouldn’t be of any benefit to you, right?”

In order not to let him stick onto me any further, I got to make this clear.

Yuuji looks serious as he answers me.

“You’re right, i won’t get anything good from this. No, before that, i have no intention of getting a girlfriend.”

“If so, why...”

“That’s not the problem, Akihisa, I just...”

That bad friend stares at me without any hesitation and continues,

“—hate seeing you getting happiness!”

“You’re definitely the worst friend!”

Even I’m starting to wonder if we’re really friends.

“Akihisa, I won’t tell you something so old-fashioned like ‘hand that letter over’. Show me your best and bring it on.”

Yuuji takes off his coat and undoes his tie. Looking at the physique of this bad friend of mine, there’s no excess fat on his body. Those forceful looking muscle lines are what all men wants.

“Can you help me take my coat, Himeji?”

“Ah, okay.”

After passing his coat over to Himeji-san and undoing his tie, being unrestrained, Yuuji gets into position as he swings a few punches. Whoosh, quite a few sharp sounds. Just this alone, and I know the difference between an amateur and an expert. This guy...he’s really trying to kill me.

“Yoshii-kun, you better give up...”

Himeji-san moves beside me and looks worried as she stares at my face. It’s obvious why she would be worried for me; as what his appearance shows, Yuuji’s really used to fighting, and I don’t really have much of a chance if i go head on. But—

“Thanks for worrying about me, but I have no intention of giving up.”

For the girl who summoned enough courage to write this letter to me, for my own future, I can’t just run away here!

“Really...I understand. I won’t try to stop you again.”

“...Sorry, i know that you’re doing this for my own good.”

“No...it’s because this is Yoshii-kun’s style.”

“My style? Oh yeah, can you help me hold this?”

“Ah, okay.”

Like Yuuji, I took off my coat. My movements are definitely a lot smoother. Speaking of which, i haven’t fought seriously for a long time, and the opponent’s Yuuji this time. My body would actually tremble, and it shouldn’t be because I took off my coat.

“...Akihisa.”

“Bring it on, Yuuji.”

I clench my fist and got ready to fight.

If I beat this guy, i can just read the letter without any—

“...You’re really an idiot.”

“Eh?”

Yuuji looks rather listless, but he’s not staring at me—but the coat that Himeji-san’s holding onto.

“That, that letter, that letter should be in the pocket...can i read it?”

Himeji-san pulls the letter out from my coat pocket. Eh~ that’s...

“NO, NO!!! READING MY LETTER WITHOUT EVEN A FIGHT, THAT’S AGAINST THE RULES!!!”

“HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!? DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM, HIMEJI! JUST DISPOSE OF THAT LETTER!”

Yuuji grabbed me just as I’m about to grab Himeji-san.

Damn it! I can’t get away! This perverted muscle freak!

“Eh? Isn’t this...”

Looking back at Himeji-san, she seems bothered by the letter she’s holding in her hand. Maybe she found it too easy to get and is afraid of what’s inside.

“...”

No, that’s not right. It shouldn’t be something like that. Himeji-san would show such an expression because she’s too kind and can’t bear to read a letter that someone else wrote or destroy it mercilessly. I see, so there’s a chance to win!

“Himeji-san.”

“Eh! Ah, yes, is there anything?”

“Actually I know, gentle Himeji-san can’t really stamp on other people’s feelings, so you better—”

“—Rip that letter apart.”

“NO! THAT’S NOT IT! YOU’RE TOO DESPICABLE, YUUJI! TO ACTUALLY ADD WORDS LIKE THAT! THIS IS BASICALLY AGAINST THE RULES!”

“Okay, I got it.”

“No, you shouldn’t be answering ‘okay’ just like that, right? HIMEJI-SANN! YOU DON’T HAVE TO REALLY TEAR THE LETTER LIKE THAT! I CAN’T POSSIBLY READ IT NOW! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE ME BACK MY HAPPY FUTURE AND WHAT I SAID 4 LINES AGO!”

Just as I screamed out in despair, the letter got torn to bits, and it’s no longer in its original shape as what’s left are scraps of the letter.

“Really, to think that Himeji will actually tear that letter herself...sorry Akihisa.”

Yuuji stares at Himeji-san in a shocked manner and then apologized to me. I’m shocked as well, because I thought that Himeji-san’s a girl who won’t do that sort of thing.

“At least let me do this.”

Yuuji said as he picks up all the scraps on the floor.

Yeah, now’s not the time to give up.

“Thanks Yuuji. I’ll bet on the last probability and fix these pieces of paper back!”

“—I’ll kill your last hope.”

Whoosh...burning...

Ah, how warm! The strong flames seem to melt my ice cold heart...

“GYAH! NO WAY! YOU ACTUALLY BURNED THE LETTER!? IS THERE A NEED FOR YOU TO DO THAT? IF SO, I DON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF READING THE LETTER ALREADY!? WHERE DID MY HAPPY FUTURE DISAPPEAR TO?”

“Akihisa, you may not understand...”

“WHAT? FORGET ABOUT THAT, HURRY UP AND GET A BUCKET OF WATER!!”

“The thing i hate most is your happiness.”

“WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!? YOU DESPICABLE BASTARD!!”

No matter how hard I tried, that letter was burned to a pile of ash.

“Doesn’t Sakamoto-kun want to know who wrote that letter?”

Seeing the letter burned to ash, Himeji-san seems relaxed for some reason as she turns and asks Yuuji.

“I have no interest at all, since I just want to get rid of Akihisa’s happiness. Besides—”

“Be, besides what?”

“I can sort of guess who wrote that letter.”

“Eh?”

“If what you tore was ‘someone else’s’ letter, it will create quite the trouble, right?”

“That, that...this, this...”

I don’t really understand Himeji-san and Yuuji’s conversation. Do they know who wrote that letter?

“Yuuji! Repeat that again!”

“Ahh! Yoshii-kun can’t eavesdrop!”

“GYAH!!!”

“Himeji, Akihisa’s neck seems to be tilted back completely.”

“So, sorry! I actually did such a cruel thing.”

“Well, you don’t really have to worry about that. Besides, even if he remains alive now, he will be murdered by those guys.”

Squeezing off the last ounce of consciousness, I listen to the voices where Yuuji pointed to.

“A~KI-~ YOU ACTUALLY DARE TO DO SUCH A THING TO ME-~”

“I’LL DEFINITELY KILL YOU, YOSHII!!!”

“““KILL HIM!!! KILL HIM!!!”””

God, I beg you, allow me to safely see the sun tomorrow.

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How did that happen? That disappeared letter actually went into Yoshii-kun’s shoe locker! Someone must have picked it up and kindly put it in for me...

It’s because of me that you ended up suffering such a terrible thing...I’m truly sorry, Yoshii-kun.

But like what Yoshii-kun told me before, I hope I can convey my feelings not through a letter, but directly to you.

So, please wait for me.

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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Me and Thugs and a Love Letter

2011-04-29T16:37:30Z

91.77.192.208:

==Me and Thugs and a Love Letter==

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'''Hello Yoshii Akihisa-kun:'''

'''I'm sorry to write this letter to you so suddenly, but I have something that I really want to tell Yoshii-kun, so this is why I started to write this letter.'''

'''Does Yoshii-kun still remember me? We were in the same class during third grade, you know. From that moment, I always felt that Yoshii-kun's a really interesting person, and is always the one that cheers others up. No matter what happens, you'll always stand up to encourage everyone. When I was class rep once, you helped me out a lot. I really think that Yoshii-kun's really amazing. Though I didn't join you and play around, my heart always felt warm whenever I see Yoshii-kun, whether it's the classroom or the field.'''

'''When we were in Middle school, although we didn't manage to be in the same class, I continued to hear rumors of you. When we occasionally met each other, my heart would beat really fast. Isn't that strange? Why is it so? I often asked myself.'''

'''Maybe it's a coincidence, but when I heard that you entered the same High school as me, I was really happy.'''

'''During the summoning exam, you stepped up to protect me immediately. At that moment, I couldn't fool myself anymore—I think, maybe I love you...until now, I finally realized my feelings for you.'''

'''I love you.'''

'''Right now, it took me all of my courage just to express my feelings to you. Will it be good to let Yoshii-kun understand my feelings and slowly bond ourselves together?'''

'''This letter's basically my own feelings for you, so I'm really sorry. If you have someone you're dating or like, then I'm really sorry about it.'''

'''But then,. But then, I really love you. I love you the most.'''

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“Ooo~ how did I end up coming to school this early?”

Such a clear sky today, the air sure is clean, and the sunlight drenches my body as I walk on.”

It's less chaotic and squeezy when I go to school early today, as if I'm on a quiet empty street. How refreshing.

“The ancient people said that the early bird catches the worm. Don't know what i'll get today~”

After school yesterday, I thought of taking a nap, only to unexpectedly sleep till daylight, so I ended up waking up 2 hours earlier than usual.

Once I woke up, I came to school without thinking. However, the weather today's so good, I knew I should have done my laundry first.

“Let's see, what should I do first—hm?”

While pondering and walking, I suddenly find a familiar figure in frong of the school gate. Short-hair cut, light brown skin and sturdy muscles; isn't that Iron—let me try that again, isn't that Nishimura-sensei? Either way, he's still my homeroom teacher. Better say hello to him.

“Morning, sensei!”

I energetically greeted him from behind. Ironman turns back with a light-hearted smile that I never saw before.

“Oh, morning. Participating in morning club activities? How—”

He stopped.

“Sensei?”

“—Sorry, I was mistaken.”

“You mistook me for someone else? Aiya, no need to specially apologize to me for that.”

“What are your intentions for coming to school so early, Yoshii?”

The moment he said this, the light-hearted smile on his face is replaced with a wary expression.

“Eh..so sensei's mistake is the attitude to me?”

Did I really do so many bad things...?

“As a teacher, it's obvious that I have to be wary of you, but it's just nice that you're here. With that 'punishment inspector' ability of yours, I'll have less things to do.”

“Woah, speaking of that 'punishment inspector', you're going to make me work?”

“That's right. Go keep those old goal posts.”

“Really, I shouldn't have come so early...”

I can't help but sigh.

'Punishment inspector'—this is the method of punishment that the 'test summoning system' of our Fumitzuki Gakuen uses. The main idea is to follow the teachers' orders and do all sorts of oddjobs.

This 'test summoning system' is a coincidence formed by science and the supernatural. Since this decides the strength of the summoning system, Fumitzuki Gakuen is a test school that uses this as an incentive to encourage students to study hard. The school's protocol is to use the summoned beasts to fight, and this will definitely pump the students up better than ordinary tests.

“You should be regretful of the attitude that turned you into a 'punishment inspector' and not about coming to school early today, right?”

Ironman looks like he has given up as he sighed deeply.

“Uu...but I haven't done anything so bad that the Heavens won't condone it...”

“...You actually have the cheek to say such words? Enough talk, hurry up and get onto the field.”

“Okay, okay.”

Being led by Ironman, I unhappily entered the field. Those who're running on the track, are they track members doing morning exercie? They sure look energetic.

“It's your turn, Yoshii.”

“Got it—summon.”

Under Ironman's supervision, I summoned my summoned beasts.

The many magical arrays appear beside me, and a super-deformed version of me appears. The three-head sized body is cute, but one can't underestimate it's vicious strength. Though the strength of a summoned beast is decided by the caster's points. My points are still enough to be stronger than men by many times. However, it's just used to do oddjobs.

“Good, drag that goalpost away.”

“Okay~”

The summoned beast obeys my instructions as it easily carries the goalposts that's numerous times taller than it.

“Bring it to the dump outside the city.”

“HOW MANY KILOMETERS DO YOU THINK THAT IS, SENSEI!?”

At least give me a lorry to use!

“Just joking. Take it over a place it near the school gate. Be careful not to block the entrance.”

“What now, you scared me~”

“Thinking about the damages you caused, this level of punishment is nothing.”

“Uuu...”

Regarding that, I'm a bit sorry about that, but at least understand my circumstances...

“The net will have to be separate.”

“Sigh...looks like there won't be anything good today...”

Early bird catches the worm—who said so?

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I followed Ironman's instructions and took down the net. I then moved the goalposts over to the school gate. Without knowing it, I almost couldn't make it to self-study period. There's no time to move the net over to the gym storage room, so let's just go to class.

Just as I was thinking this as I open my shoe locker, there seems to be something similar to a love letter.

“WHA, WHAT'S GOING OOONNNN!!!”

This unexpected development caused me to shout out. Ca-ca-ca-calm down, Yoshii Akihisa! You'll die if you think too highly of yourself! Anyway, let's just check through the contents first--

“Yo, Akihisa, what's up?”

“WAAHH!!”

Someone just called my name. I frantically stuffed the letter into my pocket. That was scart!

“Ah, ahh, it's Yuuji. Morning.”

“Morning.”

Raising his hand to say hello to me is my classmate, Sakamoto Yuuji. This guy doesn't look like he has much of a brain, but he's still our class F's representative.

“Oh, oh my~ quite the nice morning! Sure feels like something good will happen this morning!”

“...Why are you so excited?”

“I, I I'm not excited or anything!”

“No way, right? I just saw something like a letter in your hand or something...”

Ugh! He saw it? If anyone sees me with this letter, those guys in our class will wallop me out of jealously!

“Just, just a pampley, that's all! Forget about that, we'll be late for self-study period if we don't hurry up.”

In order to avoid this, I immediately lift the soccer net up and rush forward. Truthfully though, we're really almost late.

“Oh, that late already? We're in school now, so it's a waste if you're late.”

Yuuji's running behind me. Good, seems like I managed to slip out of this.

And the next problem is—where should I read this letter? There'll be trouble if I read it in a crowded place...what should I do?

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“Kudou.”

“Here.”

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

We managed to dash into class just as the bell rang. Before we could even rest a bit, Ironman walks into the class and starts to take attendance. One can't really tell from his appearance, but he's really a punctual teacher.

“Kondo.”

“Here.”

“Saito.”

“Here.”

The calm and lazy attendance taking is of common procedure, and everyone in class replies Ironman in a sleepy tone.

This is a silent moment in class. In this spring morning, today's the same and the past, as we continue to welcome the peaceful daily—

“Sakamoto.”

“...Akihisa seemed to have gotten a love letter.”

“KILL HIM!!!”

—But Yuuji's words destroyed all the peace.

“Yu, Yuuji, what are you talking about!?”

I definitely lowered my volume, but it doesn't seem to get past everyone's ears. I really feel that there's something wrong with the students in this class.

“WHAT'S GOING ON! HOW DID YOSHII GET THAT LETTER!?”

“SINCE HE GOT IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO! HURRY UP AND FIND IF THERE'RE ANY LOVE LETTERS NEAR OUR SEATS!!”

“NO! I CAN ONLY FIND A ROTTEN BREAD AND A HALF-EATEN BREAD!?”

“LOOK THOROUGHLY!”

“...FOUND IT! IT'S A SEALED BREAD!'

“WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR!!?”

The angry roars start to echo throughout the class. As I expected, these guys have gone crazy with jealously.

“YOU PEOPLE BETTER SHUT UP!'

—Silence.

Ironman's violent roar caused the entire class to turn silent. Ho, good, good.

“Tezuka.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Todo.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Tozawa.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“EVERYONE CALM DOWN! WHY DID IT BECOME 'MUST KILL YOSHII'!?”

“KEEP QUIET, YOSHII!!”

“SENSEI, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SCOLDING ME, RIGHT? IF THIS KEEPS UP, EVERYONE IN CLASS WILL BEAT ME, KICK ME AND DEAL WITH ME THROUGH ALL SORTS OF VIOLENT MEANS!”

“Nitta.”

“Must kill Yoshii!”

“Fuda.”

“Must kill Yoshii viciously!”

“Negishi.”

“Must kill Yoshii and dice him up!”

They, they aren't listening at all...why are these guys so troublesome.

“Alright, no one's late or absent today, so I hope that everyone can study hard today.”

After the attendance was taken, Ironman walks out of the classroom. Doesn't this guy notice the terrifying killer intent in this classroom at all?

“WAIT, SENSEI! DON'T LEAVE! DON'T ABANDON YOUR CUTE STUDENT!”

In order to protect myself, I tried all I could to stop Ironman. It's no longer time to save face.

“You're wrong, Yoshii.”

Ironman's places his hand on the door as he replies. I'm mistaken? What's he trying to say?

“You're one extremely ugly guy.”

“I NEVER THOUGHT OF HEARING THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!”

“Everyone got to pay attention to class.”

“PLEASE WAIT, SENSEI!!! SENSEI15:58, 26 April 2011 (UCT)”

My cry was ever empty and agonizing, but Ironman has already walked out of the classroom, not even looking back. Looks like I can only face all the terrifying killing intent that's flowing in the classroom. Before the first period teacher arrives, there'll definitely be a rain of blood.

“Aki~ can you please explain?”

Suddenly, a strong force nearly dislocated my joints as the hands grabbed my shoulders.

“Ah, ah haha...Minami, you look really scary, you know?”

“You received a letter? Who wrote it to you? What was it about?”

Though she's smiling, the slightly trembling hands seem to be trembling hard, as the butterfly knot on the ponytail seem like a devil's horn. That expression's really terrifying.

“Ah...that...that...”

Truthfully, as I was in a rush, I kept the letter without reading it, so I don't know what is it about. Speaking of which, I want to ask you what kind of letter it is. Uu~I realy want to hide alone somewhere and read the contents!

“Don't talk too much, hurry up and hand me your fingers—no, that letter!”

What! What will happen to my fingers if I don't do so?

“That, Yoshii-kun...”

A voice that's as delightful as a silver bell rings behind me.

“Hm? Yes?'

The one who spoke is the rose among the thorns in our class—Himeji Mizuki-san. Soft fluffy hair, soft looking breasts, a cute looking face; seeing her like this, I guess it'll be another day of guys working hard to chase after her.

“That...if possible, that...I, I want to read that letter as well...”

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Nudge nudge, shy looking Himeji-san's really cute! But even so, I can't just let her do so.

“Erm...sorry.”

Thus, I honestly apologized to her, since I don't want to reveal the contents of the letter.

“But, but...”

I already refused, yet Himeji-san's not giving up. However—

“Even if it's Himeji-san's request, I can't agree to that.”

“But, I don't want to do something cruel to Yoshii-kun!”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! IS HIMEJI-SAN GOING TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THOSE WHO'RE GOING TO BULLY ME!?”

To think that Himeji-san has become one with the low-scoring class F.

“Everyone please calm down.”

Just at this moment, a clapping sound can be heard from the frontdesk. The one who spoke up is our class F's representative, my bad friend Sakamoto Yuuji.

“Right now, the problem isn't to read the letter Akihisa got.”

The words that Yuuji said sure are convincing. Hmm, that's the way! Even if he's completely corrupted, we're still friend.

“The problem is—WHAT KIND OF WEIRD MEANS ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH AKIHISA!!!”

“THE PROPOSAL'S ALL WRONG, YOU DAMNED Itsuki!!!”

I immediately grabbed my bag and dashed out of the classroom at the fastest speed I could muster. Right now, I can only rely on myself!

“DON'T YOU DARE ESCAPE! FORM GROUPS AND HUNT HIM DOWN!!!”

“TAKE HIS LETTER AWAY!!! KILL YOSHII!!”

“SEARCH AND DEATH!!!”

“WE MUST AT LEAST WRECK HIM!!”

I could hear all the roars from the corridor. Again, I felt it first-hand that if it's this kind of things, our class F becomes more united.

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“FOUND YOSHII!! HE'S RUNNING TO AN EMPTY CLASSROOM!”

“ROGER THAT! HURRY UP AND CHASE HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY! I'LL CONTACT EVERYONE!!”

“OK! SQUAD B WILL MOVE FROM THE FRONT, SQUAD C WILL CUT HIM DOWN FROM THE SIDE!”

“ROGER!”

While dashing madly down the corridor, I could hear this conversation.

They actually gathered in groups in such a short time to hunt me down. Why is our class F acting in such an overkill manner when it comes to this useless trivial stuff!?

Alright! Since you want it like this, I'll show no mercy!

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!!!”

“FOR YOU TO GET HAPPINESS IS LIKE A DREAMER'S TALK!”

5 classmates have already blocked my getaway. They should be the ones from the group ordered to surround me, and there're also some guys behin me.

Unable to do anything, I can only hide in the abandoned classroom, and everyone chasing after me have barricaded the classroom tightly.

Seeing me hide inside, they all stood outside the entrance to prevent me from escaping. But for me who's being chased, this definitely is the best chance.

“Watch this!”

I got ready to attack.

My attack is the soccer net that I took down this morning. I toss it right at their heads.

“Wha, what's going on?”

“Calm down! This is just a net! The ones on the outside, hurry up, get out and get Yoshii.”

“Damn it, the net is wet. It's sticking onto the bodies~~”

Being stunned and yet able to make the correct decision immediately, i'll give you that. But unfortunately, you guys are a tad too late!”

“You guys just need to rest on the sickbay's beds.”

I'm definitely holding onto something dangerous. My trapped classrooms widen their eyes in disbelief.

“WHAT! YOSHII, THAT'S...”

“RUN AWAY! EVERYONE GET OUT FROM THE NET!!!”

“Good night, everyone.”

I tossed the activated taser at the wet net. The next moment, there's a cackling sound and some burnt smell.

“WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”

Hearing my classmates let out blood-curdling screams, I walk out of the classroom.

If I want to read the letter in a quiet place, I'll have to immobilize everyone in class F. if so, I can only fight till the very end!

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“Where did that Yoshii run off to? I definitely saw him run down here!”

“Be careful, he should be hiding nearby.”

“Squads F and G have been eliminated. There's only one enemy, but don't let down your guard.”

in the old books storage room in the old school building, my classmates start to exchange words with each other. Maybe they're acting rather wary since I took down quite a few groups through violent means. I peeped from being the bookshelf, and sees that they're leaning their backs against each other to hide any blind spots.

But if they;re gathered together, they'll bind themselves together. Don't they understand this?

I held my breath as I move to the bookshelf near them. I then sneakily pulled one book out and threw it to another corner—BAM!

“What's that sound?”

“Is it Yoshii?

Everyone reacted to the sound as they turn their heads to the same direction. If so, wouldn't there be a blind spot already.

“Rea~dy!”

Next, all I need to do is to push the bookshelf down.

“WHAT!”

“DAMN It—!”

At this moment, since they have already turned their attention to the other side, even if they realize that the bookshelf is collapsing here, they can't react in time, and thus everyone was crushed under the bookshelf.

“HAHA! THOSE WHO TRIES TO OBSTRUCT OTHERS' LOVE PATH WILL END UP LIKE THIS!'

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at my classmates who're trying to crawl out from the bottom of the bookshelf as I walk out of the old books storage room.

“DAMN YOU, YOSHII! YOU TRAITOR!”

“DON'T YOU DARE FORGET THIS! WE'LL DEFINITELY WRECK YOUR HAPPINESS!”

“...Really, how twisted are these guys?”

Once I walked out of the old books storage room, I immediately got a broom to hold the entrance down and block it completely. Seems like I dealt with all my pursuers.

“Good good, now all that's left to do is—WAAAHHH!!!”

A bad presence caused me to instinctively take a few steps backwards. At the place where I was, there're many ball-point pens and sharp knives there're stabbed onto the floor.

“Who's there!”

“...Traitors must atone for their sin with death.”

Holding all sorts of stationery in his hands is my classmate Tsuchiya Kouta. This guy has quite the overwhelming pervertedness, yet he tries to hide it. His nickname is Muttsulini, and he's my friend—no wait, he's no longer my friend, but an enemy I have to take down!”

“Get ready, Muttsulini!”

I clench my fist and dash forward. Sorry, but you have to quietly rest here!

“...I'll throw a penknife next.”

“Alright, then let's talk it through,”

I can't exert violence on my good friend!

“...Got it.”

“Say your request first.”

Though I said it, I knew what he will request. He'll say something like 'hand that letter over'. Let me see, what should I use to negotiate with him?

“...My request is—”

Muttsulini coldly states his request

“—to murder you.”

“HOLD ON A MINUTE! WHY DID YOU JUST JUMP STRAIGHT TO MY EXECUTION!”

I have never went through such a difficult negotiation.

“...Deal broken.”

“Damn it! Looks like I can only do this the hard way!”

I gather all my concentration and aims at the penknife in Muttsulini's hand.

Speaking of which, it's just a love letter. Is there really a need to start slaughtering friends?”

“...Don't worry. I won't aim at your eye.”

“Muttsulini, I'm not an idiot who'll be relaxed after hearing what you said!”

“...Really?”

Whoosh! The penknife lets out an air-ripping sound as it attacks me. The target is—MY RIGHT EYE!

“YOU, YOU LIED!”

I immediately use my hand to block it, and the penknife drops onto the floor. Eh? It didn't hit me? Was the blade not unsheathed?

“...An opening.”

“Uu!”

Muttsulini came rushing in just as I was stunned. Damn it!

“Muttsulini, do you know Himeji-san's bust measurement?”

In order to protect my own life, I frantically mentioned something Muttsulini will be interested in. please take the bait, you huge silent pervert!

“...This is common knowledge!”

No way, I can't shake his concentration at all! Speaking of which, is this really common knowledge? I don't even know!

“Then, then, once I get a girlfriend, I'll send those precious treasures to you, is it alright?”

“...(stops.)”

Muttsulini suddenly stopped. Good! He took the bait!

“...When?”

This friend of mine is one guy that can't be underestimated. He actually went directly to confirming the time instead of confirming the contents and amount.

“Let me think, how about next week?”

“...Deal made.”

To think I actually bribed him like this. I'll use this to deal with him the next time I end up as an enemy of Muttsulini.

“Then I'm going.”

Just as I step aside and prepare to leave, Muttsulini suddenly reaches his hand out to block me. Is there anything else?

“...This is for you to protect youself.”

While saying this, Muttsulini thrusts a small bag at me.

“Protect me?”

“...There're some knives inside. Take them out if anything happens.”

To be honest, these knives should be illegal. However, these are things that I'm really grateful for, since there're still a few people that I haven't took down, and they're definitely antagonistic towards me.

“Thanks. I'll use them when i'm in a fix.”

“...(Thumbs up).”

After giving me a thumbs up, Muttsulini turns away and leaves. I can't continue to stay here. Got to find a place to read that letter. It'll be bad if the letter reads 'I'll be waiting for you at the rooftop during lunchtime' and I can only read this in the afternoon.

“Oh yeah, I better go to the roof to check on everyone.”

No one should be at the roof. If so, I can go there and read the letter properly. Also, that place may be where the confession will take place. Okay, I decided, let's head to the roof!

Right now, I'm on the second level. Got to climb up the stairs if I want to get there.

And thus, on the platform of the stairs—

“I finally found you, Aki!”

“GACK! MINAMI!?”

My eternal nemesis is here.

The killing intent that's radiating from her body is already killing my muscles, and it seems like it'll explode the moment she touches me.

I tighten my nerves, trying to find a way to get past the second level platform. Unexpectedly, she continues to step forward in a calm manner, saying out her requests for me to choose from.

“Either you hand me the letter and let me kill you or let me kill you before taking the letter. Choose one.”

That's strange, why can't I choose an option where I can remain alive?

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT! IT SHOULD BE NONE OF MINAMI'S BUSINESS IF I GET A LETTER, RIGHT!?”

Basically, this is her fault anyway! It'll be great if I can defuse this crisis.

“Unrelated to me? Really...you really think so, Aki...”

“Eh?”

Minami looks like she got really hurt or something. I reconsidered what I just said. Is there anything wrong with me getting a girlfriend?”

“Do you mean...”

“This fact is really embarrassing, so I didn't mention it just now, but I, you...”

Completely different from her ferocious expression, Minami right now looks so pitiful. For some reason, my heat starts to race. What's with this feeling?

“Because of you, I got 3rd in the 'the girl you don't want to date the most' poll!”

“Farewell!”

What's this feeling? How about, monstrously terrifying!?

I followed my basic instincts and escape. Though I want to run off to the rooftop, I start to jump 3 steps down the stairs for the first time, all just to escape for this monstrous demon.

“You're still thinking of escaping? I won't allow you to gain happiness after being forced into despair like this!”

“There're still people who beat you in the poll! Isn't that good!?”

“What's good about that!? How many people do you think there are below me!?”

Let me see. There're about 300 students in the second year. So—

“About 150?”

“Hundred and fif...HOW DO YOU INTEND TO COMPENSATE!? TAKE RESPONSIBLITY!”

“Even if you ask me to, I can't!”

“Anyway, hurry up and hand that letter over!”

“I DON'T WANT TO! YOU'LL DEFINITELY RIP THAT LETTER TO SHREDS!”

“I WON'T DO THAT! I WILL PRINT DOZENS OF COPIES OF THIS LETTER AND SCATTER THEM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!”

“ISN'T THAT SCARIER!!?”

Damn it! I really want to escape, but I just can't get away from her! Got to stop Minami!

“Oh yeah, Minami, while running down the stairs, I know—”

“What?”

“—you're wearing white today!”

“Wha...”

Minami suddenly stops and uses both hands to push her skirt down. Stupid girl! In this situation, will I even bother to look at your underwear!?

“WOOOHHH!!”

Using this window of opportunity, I immediately increase the distance between me and Minami. The chance to escape will die off soon!

After rushing down the staircase, I then dash down the corridor.

“Ah, Yoshii-kun. How can you run down the corridor?”

Ahh, there's no lessons now? Slowly walking down the corridor, the English teacher slowly noticed my presence. So it's Endo-sensei. Sure appeared at the right time.

“Sorry Endo-sensei, but I got asked to do errands.”

I stood in front of sensei to admit my mistake.

“You're asked to do errands?”

“Yeah, the teacher asked me to go to the empty classroom to move some desks back.”

This is definitely a lie, but Endo-sensei believes it without a second word.

“is that so? However, you can't run down the corridor.”

“I'll take note of that. Well, sensei, I have a little request.”

“Hm, what is it?”

“Those tables are rather heavy, so can sensei grant me permission to summon?”

I have to get a teacher's permission to summon a summoned beast.

“Aki! You dare to trick me!”

Damn it, Minami's catching up!

“Sensei, please follow me for a while!”

“Eh? Ah...okay.”

I dragged sensei over to one of the nearby classrooms. Good thing there're a lot of abandoned classrooms in the old building. Sure got saved now.

“Sensei! Please hurry up and grant me permission to summon!”

“Uu...i don't really know what's going on...okay, I'll allow you to summon.”

“Great! Summon!”

In response to my call, my summoned beast appears from the floating magic array. As long as this guy is around, I'll have no problems even if that enemy's Minami.

“I'm definitely wearing grassy-green underwear today! How could you see it as white!”

A second later, Minami appears. I don't really mind, but...

“Minami, you don't really have to tell me that.”

“Ah!”

My reminder caused Minami to blush heavily. If Muttsulini's to hear this, he'll be absolutely delighted.

“CHANCE!”

“WAH!”

While Minami's wavering, I pushed her into a corner of the classroom. And then—

“Heyo~ watch me!”

I already prepared my summoned beast to let the student's storage cupboard at the back of the classroom and use it to create a road block.

“Oi, what's are you doing! You're too despicable! Let me out!”

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DONG DONG DONG!!! Minami slams hard at the storage cupboard. With the girl's strength of hers, she should be unable to move such a large thing. I finally rendered Minami powerless.

“What are you doing, Yoshii-kun!”

Seeing this, Endo-sensei lecture me, and the summoned beast immediately disappears. Seems like sensei cancelled my summoning right.

“Sorry! But this is an emergency!”

“Ah! Hold on a minute!”

Ignoring sensei, I again dash down the corridor. A while later, just a bit, and I can open the letter...thinking about this happiness, the dashing feet feel light and fleeting.

“I waited for you for a long time, Yoshii.”

My classmate Sugawa-kun is already getting into position as he waits there for me.

“Sugawa-kun, you're intending to stop me?”

“Of course, I want you to die right now.”

At the same time he said this, he pulled out something from his back.

“A, a wooden sword...”

“ borrowed this from the kendo club in order to stop you!”

“WAH! WOAH~~”

Without saying anything else, Sugawa-kun hacks over at me without holding back. I immediately dodged aside, and at least is barely able to avoid that attack.

“HAND OVER THAT LETTER, YOSHII!”

“Uu...”

I unconsciously bit my lip. To think that this guy will actually prepare a weapon. Right now, I have no chance of winning if I don't go all out. If I have some sort of a weapon—hm? A weapon?

“Oh ya, I still have that!”

I reached into my pocket and grab a small bag. That's right, this is what Muttsulini handed over to me just now, the bag that's full of knives.

“Uu! So you prepared some weapons as well!”

Knowing that his advantage no longer exists, Sugawa-kun seems rather impatient.

“Very good! Then we're even!”

I grabbed a knife from the bag and immediately shrink the distance Sugawa-kun.

Let's decide this now, Sugawa-kun!

“Damn it! I haven't lost yet!”

Sugawa-kun swings his wooden sword down. Unfortunately—

“Too weak!”

I took half a step aside, and his attack nearly hits me, only to miss. And having swung the wooden sword, Sugawa-kun is completely open for an attack as he stands in front of me. There're holes all over the place.

I haven't let a chance slip by, as I aim my nailcutter at Sugawa-kun—

“What the heck, how can I win with this nailcutter, this idiotic me!”

I dejectedly collapse onto the floor. Though it's true that a nailcutter is a type of knife.

“Yoshii...you're one huge idiot...”

Sugawa-kun's pitifully gazes at me.

“Da, damn it! If that's the case, I'll use the nailcutter on you! At least it's better than fighting barehanded!”

“That's not right, isn't it? No matter how I think, you'll have a better chance of winning if you go barehanded, right?”

“SHUT UP!”

In this silent 3rd storey of the old building, Sugawa-kun and I exchanged roars.

“WAHH! MY FINGERNAILS! MY FINGERNNNAAAIIILLLSSS!!!”

From above, I stared down at Sugawa-kun, who's limp and clutching his hand painfully.

To think that I actually won this battle.

“I was rather shocked myself. But then, the most important thing right now is to go up. Sorry.”

“Yo, Yoshii...you traitor...”

Leaving behind Sugawa-kun, who someone's gasping even though I merely cut his fingernails off, I continue to climb up the stairs and head towards the roof. If I can get past the 4th level and past the roof—

“So you came, Akihisa!”

“Yoshii-kun, please surrender quietly.”

“It’s Yuuji and Himeji-san...”

While getting up the staircase, the ones blocking me are the great demon king—Yuuji and Himeji-san.

“How did you two know that I’ll come here?”

“Because the roof is the best place for a confession. With that simple brain of yours, you might think that you can watch over everyone’s actions here. So i guessed that you’ll come here.”

Damn it! As expected of Yuuji, he guessed all of my thought process accurately.

“You could have just hidden inside the toilet and read the letter without any interference.”

Ah!

“Sorry, Yuuji. I just got a stomachache. Got to go to the toilet.”

“Yoshii-kun. Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it?”

Himeji-san stares worriedly at me. I can’t stand that gaze!

“Yuuji, why must you stop me? Even if you do this, it wouldn’t be of any benefit to you, right?”

In order not to let him stick onto me any further, I got to make this clear.

Yuuji looks serious as he answers me.

“You’re right, i won’t get anything good from this. No, before that, i have no intention of getting a girlfriend.”

“If so, why...”

“That’s not the problem, Akihisa, I just...”

That bad friend stares at me without any hesitation and continues,

“—hate seeing you getting happiness!”

“You’re definitely the worst friend!”

Even I’m starting to wonder if we’re really friends.

“Akihisa, I won’t tell you something so old-fashioned like ‘hand that letter over’. Show me your best and bring it on.”

Yuuji takes off his coat and undoes his tie. Looking at the physique of this bad friend of mine, there’s no excess fat on his body. Those forceful looking muscle lines are what all men wants.

“Can you help me take my coat, Himeji?”

“Ah, okay.”

After passing his coat over to Himeji-san and undoing his tie, being unrestrained, Yuuji gets into position as he swings a few punches. Whoosh, quite a few sharp sounds. Just this alone, and I know the difference between an amateur and an expert. This guy...he’s really trying to kill me.

“Yoshii-kun, you better give up...”

Himeji-san moves beside me and looks worried as she stares at my face. It’s obvious why she would be worried for me; as what his appearance shows, Yuuji’s really used to fighting, and I don’t really have much of a chance if i go head on. But—

“Thanks for worrying about me, but I have no intention of giving up.”

For the girl who summoned enough courage to write this letter to me, for my own future, I can’t just run away here!

“Really...I understand. I won’t try to stop you again.”

“...Sorry, i know that you’re doing this for my own good.”

“No...it’s because this is Yoshii-kun’s style.”

“My style? Oh yeah, can you help me hold this?”

“Ah, okay.”

Like Yuuji, I took off my coat. My movements are definitely a lot smoother. Speaking of which, i haven’t fought seriously for a long time, and the opponent’s Yuuji this time. My body would actually tremble, and it shouldn’t be because I took off my coat.

“...Akihisa.”

“Bring it on, Yuuji.”

I clench my fist and got ready to fight.

If I beat this guy, i can just read the letter without any—

“...You’re really an idiot.”

“Eh?”

Yuuji looks rather listless, but he’s not staring at me—but the coat that Himeji-san’s holding onto.

“That, that letter, that letter should be in the pocket...can i read it?”

Himeji-san pulls the letter out from my coat pocket. Eh~ that’s...

“NO, NO!!! READING MY LETTER WITHOUT EVEN A FIGHT, THAT’S AGAINST THE RULES!!!”

“HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!? DON’T CARE ABOUT HIM, HIMEJI! JUST DISPOSE OF THAT LETTER!”

Yuuji grabbed me just as I’m about to grab Himeji-san.

Damn it! I can’t get away! This perverted muscle freak!

“Eh? Isn’t this...”

Looking back at Himeji-san, she seems bothered by the letter she’s holding in her hand. Maybe she found it too easy to get and is afraid of what’s inside.

“...”

No, that’s not right. It shouldn’t be something like that. Himeji-san would show such an expression because she’s too kind and can’t bear to read a letter that someone else wrote or destroy it mercilessly. I see, so there’s a chance to win!

“Himeji-san.”

“Eh! Ah, yes, is there anything?”

“Actually I know, gentle Himeji-san can’t really stamp on other people’s feelings, so you better—”

“—Rip that letter apart.”

“NO! THAT’S NOT IT! YOU’RE TOO DESPICABLE, YUUJI! TO ACTUALLY ADD WORDS LIKE THAT! THIS IS BASICALLY AGAINST THE RULES!”

“Okay, I got it.”

“No, you shouldn’t be answering ‘okay’ just like that, right? HIMEJI-SANN! YOU DON’T HAVE TO REALLY TEAR THE LETTER LIKE THAT! I CAN’T POSSIBLY READ IT NOW! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE ME BACK MY HAPPY FUTURE AND WHAT I SAID 4 LINES AGO!”

Just as I screamed out in despair, the letter got torn to bits, and it’s no longer in its original shape as what’s left are scraps of the letter.

“Really, to think that Himeji will actually tear that letter herself...sorry Akihisa.”

Yuuji stares at Himeji-san in a shocked manner and then apologized to me. I’m shocked as well, because I thought that Himeji-san’s a girl who won’t do that sort of thing.

“At least let me do this.”

Yuuji said as he picks up all the scraps on the floor.

Yeah, now’s not the time to give up.

“Thanks Yuuji. I’ll bet on the last probability and fix these pieces of paper back!”

“—I’ll kill your last hope.”

Whoosh...burning...

Ah, how warm! The strong flames seem to melt my ice cold heart...

“GYAH! NO WAY! YOU ACTUALLY BURNED THE LETTER!? IS THERE A NEED FOR YOU TO DO THAT? IF SO, I DON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF READING THE LETTER ALREADY!? WHERE DID MY HAPPY FUTURE DISAPPEAR TO?”

“Akihisa, you may not understand...”

“WHAT? FORGET ABOUT THAT, HURRY UP AND GET A BUCKET OF WATER!!”

“The thing i hate most is your happiness.”

“WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU BIG IDIOT!? YOU DESPICABLE BASTARD!!”

No matter how hard I tried, that letter was burned to a pile of ash.

“Doesn’t Sakamoto-kun want to know who wrote that letter?”

Seeing the letter burned to ash, Himeji-san seems relaxed for some reason as she turns and asks Yuuji.

“I have no interest at all, since I just want to get rid of Akihisa’s happiness. Besides—”

“Be, besides what?”

“I can sort of guess who wrote that letter.”

“Eh?”

“If what you tore was ‘someone else’s’ letter, it will create quite the trouble, right?”

“That, that...this, this...”

I don’t really understand Himeji-san and Yuuji’s conversation. Do they know who wrote that letter?

“Yuuji! Repeat that again!”

“Ahh! Yoshii-kun can’t eavesdrop!”

“GYAH!!!”

“Himeji, Akihisa’s neck seems to be tilted back completely.”

“So, sorry! I actually did such a cruel thing.”

“Well, you don’t really have to worry about that. Besides, even if he remains alive now, he will be murdered by those guys.”

Squeezing off the last ounce of consciousness, I listen to the voices where Yuuji pointed to.

“A~KI-~ YOU ACTUALLY DARE TO DO SUCH A THING TO ME-~”

“I’LL DEFINITELY KILL YOU, YOSHII!!!”

“““KILL HIM!!! KILL HIM!!!”””

God, I beg you, allow me to safely see the sun tomorrow.

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How did that happen? That disappeared letter actually went into Yoshii-kun’s shoe locker! Someone must have picked it up and kindly put it in for me...

It’s because of me that you ended up suffering such a terrible thing...I’m truly sorry, Yoshii-kun.

But like what Yoshii-kun told me before, I hope I can convey my feelings not through a letter, but directly to you.

So, please wait for me.

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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju ～Preparation Chapter～

2011-04-29T16:28:15Z

91.77.192.208:

==Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju ～Preparation Chapter～==

'''Please fill in the correct name of the historical person in the blank below.'''

The person who instituted the rakuichi rakuza and abolished monopolies to promote business and economic growth is ______.

'''Himeji Mizuki’s answer:'''

“Oda Nobunaga”

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

Correct answer.

'''Shimada Minami’s answer:'''

“Chonmage”[http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Baka_to_Tesuto_to_Syokanju:Volume3.5_Translation_Notes_and_References#]

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

Gotten used to Japan already? Sensei’s a bit worried on seeing your answer.

'''Yoshii Akihisa’s answer:'''

“Nobu”

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

You’re very familiar with him, aren't you?

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After we shifted here, onee-chan seemed to be a lot more lethargic.

Is it because she’s being bullied at school? Or is it that there’s someone she finds irritating?

But then again, every time onee-chan talked about those classmates, it sounded really interesting. Onee-chan also seemed like she really likes them…

If so, why’s onee-chan so lethargic?

Is it because of school work? Onee-chan did say before the she has some difficulty.

I hope the onee-chan can recover soon.

It’s going to be onee-chan’s birthday, would onee-chan be motivated if I give her a huge plushie? Onee-chan always loved dolls after all.

Mm, let’s do that! I’ll buy a big big Noi doll for onee-chan to cheer her up!

…I wonder if I have enough pocket money?

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“EVERYONE FREEZE! PUT YOUR BAGS ON THE TABLE AND LET ME SEE WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO SCHOOL!”

Just right after morning self-study period started, the homeroom teacher in charge of our class, Iron—I’ll try that again, Nishimura-sensei, who’s in charge of our class, suddenly declared this without warning.

Argh! Not good! I brought nothing that’s related to attending lessons at all!

—Should I carry my bag and run away at the fastest speed I can?

For that moment, that idea appeared in my mind.

“Let me tell you beforehand, don’t ever think of running away!”

It’s a difficult task to run away from this homeroom teacher. Besides, this guy’s a brawny teacher with the moniker ‘ironman’. No matter how we try to run, he’ll use this body that’s trained for an ‘Ironman’ triathlon to pursue us relentlessly.

“Alright, I’m going to start checking. If there’s anything unrelated to attending lessons, I will confiscate them without leaving anything.”

Starting from the first row near the corridor, Ironman startst to check the contents of all the bags one by one and confiscate the poker cards and magazines that each person brought.

“Sakamoto, let me see what’s inside your pocket.”

Among us, one of the students has not only his bag, even his pockets are to be checked.

“…Damn it.”

Sakamoto Yuuji makes a sound in agony—he’s my best worst friend.

However, he still obediently rummages through his pocket and pulls out an MP3.

“As expected. I’ll be confiscating this.”

After saying this, Ironman puts Yuuji’s MP3 into his confiscation pouch. Yuuji, who never expected his pocket to be search through, glares at Ironman defiantly.

(This is a disaster, isn’t it, Yuuji?)

I whispered to Yuuji’s ear.

(Really a disaster. Would they normally check pockets? I’m the only one who got my pockets checked!)

(Can’t be helped. Who asked Yuuji to be such a bad person?)

(…Go to hell!)

Looking closely, it seems like Ironman’s method of checking will change according to the student. He’ll only ask the well-behaved students to open their bags and briefly look through their bags once. But for the ill-behaved students, he’ll check thoroughly, even including the inside bags of the bag.

“You’re next, Yoshii Akihisa.”

“Ah, yes.”

Ironman arrives in front of me. Even though I don’t think that he’ll ask me to rummage through my pockets like Yuuji—

“Take off your uniform first, and change into your P.E. attire.”

“Eh? Aren’t you being too wary?”

This level of trust far exceeds what I imagined.

“Well…Nishimura-sensei, for me to change in front of the girls, it’s a bit…”

“That won’t do. you may be hiding some prohibited item in your trousers, so take them out.”

“How can you do this! Even if it’s me, I can’t possibly go to that extent! You should at least trust me—”

Just as I agitatedly approached sensei, ‘CLACK!’, something seemed to drop out from the leg of my trousers.

“Oi, Akihisa, your NDS dropped out.”

I received the handheld gaming console that Yuuji nicely helped me picked up, and after saying thanks, I again face sensei.

“Sensei, believe in me, will you?”

“Forget about wearing P.E. attire.”

How, how is this possible! He’s actually even more wary now!

“You actually brought gaming consoles, manga, light novels, DVD…what one earth are you treating school as?”

My precious stuff are confiscated away, one by one. Speaking of which, why did he do a spot-check when I brought so many things out? The value of those confiscated items may total up to be tens of thousands yen.

“Are these all? I said before, the school is a place for you to learn knowledge, you are not allowed to bring anything unrelated to school.”

After searching, Ironman carried the confiscated items back to the podium. I won’t be able to see my precious again…

“Alright, since you people brought all these along, morning self-study will be cancelled. The first lesson will be ‘summoning practical’, all students are to immediately rush over to the gym.”

After saying this, Ironman carries all the confiscated items and leaves the classroom.

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“—Summon!”

Hearing the summoning call echo throughout the gym, I say to Yuuji, who’s beside me.

“…It’s only early morning and we’re already so unlucky.”

“Yeah, that MP3 I bought last month actually got confiscated, damn it.”

“Wah, that’s not too long ago.”

“That one was expensive, you know!”

Yuuji’s wild looking face shrivels with sadness as he continues to complain. I can understand~~this feeling.”

“Akihisa, you got your handheld games confiscated as well, right? There’s quite a few of them.”

“Mm…the total value should be over 30,000 yen.”

Handheld games, game software, DVDs and CDs; totaling up the value of all the confiscated items, the number 1 this time should be either me or Muttsulini. How unlucky…”

“Next, Himeji Mizuki, please step forward.”

“Ye, yes.”

“Oh, it’s Himeji now? Rare for her to wear a P.E. attire. Muttsulini, is it really alright not to take photos of her?”

“…My camera got confiscated.”

“I see, quite the pity. We’re in different classes, so it’s rare to see Himeji-san in a P.E. attire.”

“There’s only this one summoning practical.”

“…(Lowers head dejectedly).”

Muttsulini’s so depressed that he can’t even lift his head up. Sigh, this can’t be helped anyway.

Silky and smooth long hair, and cute and innocent look, an ample chest that seems to be self-aware and supports the uniform; Even if it’s not Muttsulini, any guy will want to take a photo of her pretty figure; I know that I definitely want to.

“Is, is this how you do it? Summon!”

Himeji-san doesn’t really seem confident as she mutters. A geometrical magic array appears beside her feet, and Himeji-san’s summoned beast appears in front of everyone.

“As expect of Himeji, her summoned beast sure looks impressive…”

“Yeah, and cute too.”

Himeji-san’s summoned beast looks really cute. Since a summoned beast is basically formed from the caster’s appearance, and since the caster’s already so cute looking, there’s no need to emphasize it further.

But speaking of which, what makes her summoned beast so impressive—

“Most likely, nobody else will be able to wield such a terrifyingly huge sword.”

“Yeah, only Himeji-san is able to do that.”

Her summoned beast is wielding a Western longsword that’s several times longer than her height, and she’s lifting it effortlessly. Anyone can tell that this summoned beast isn’t to be underestimated.

Class C, Himeji Mizuki, Combined subjects 3943 points.

Vs

Class C, Furukawa Ayumi, Combined subjects 1264 points.

The reference points appear in front of us. These are the results of the previous mid-term exams.

“I see, so that’s why she’s so strong.”

“It’s almost 4000 points. Himeji-san sure is smart.”

Mmm…holed up in a corner, we continue to nod our heads away.

The strength of a summoned beast is equivalent to the points that the owner gets. Since the test summoning system totals up the marks, basically, the higher amount of points a person gets, the stronger the summoned beast will be.

“Speaking of which, don’t Akihisa and Himeji know each other?”

“Mm~ she was my grade school classmate…but we haven’t spoken to each other for years. She should have forgotten about me, right?”

We’re in different classes right now, separated for a long time. If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely want to talk to her, but there’s no real chance for me to talk to any girl from another class. If I’m to go to her class and immediately say “Himeji-san, I got something to say to you”, this will look like a confession no matter what.

“I see, you’ll most likely be streamed into different classes next year. I can you can be erased from Hiemji’s memory.”

“Next year? Are you talking about the streaming exam?”

“Yeah, you definitely won’t be able to be in the same class as her anyway.”

“Now that you mentioned it, that’s right…”

After we entered school, we were streamed into different classes like other schools. But next year, things will be different. We’ll be sorted according to our grades. Though Himeji-san is in class C, when we become second-years, she’ll definitely be sorted into class A with those top grades of hers. If so, me and Yuuji will definitely be unable to be classmates with her since we’re just straddling about in class D anyway.

“I’ll be forgotten by her…this sure feels rather lonely…”

“Yeah, there’s no benefit for her to remember you anyway.”

“How can you say that!”

Just as we’re blankly seeing other classes battle it out and talking away—

“Next! Yoshii Akihisa and Shimada Minami!”

Ironman—let me repeat that again, this is the voice of our homeroom teacher, Nishimura-sensei.

Recovering myself, I find that those before me who were waiting to practice their summoning are all back.

“I’m going then.”

“Go then. You’re a ‘punishment inspector’ candidate anyway, go learn how to control a summoned beast properly.”

“…I say, I’m different from you Yuuji. I’m not some problematic kid!”

I rolled my eyes back at Yuuji. Really, what about being a ‘punishment inspector’? That’s really rude. Aren’t they saying that I’m a problematic student? Why is he calling me this when it’s basically the equivalent of being an idiot?

“Hurry up, Yoshii!!”

“Alright~”

Hearing Ironman roar at me, I hastily increase my pace.

Paying attention, the training partner has already finished her summoning.

“…”

The person stares at the summoned beast in front of her in shock. This girl with an energetic-looking ponytail and attractive long legs is my classmate, Shimada-san. At this moment, she reveals a slight melancholic look that doesn’t fit her. What happened? Why’s she looking so depressed and lethargic? Is her summoned beast even weak and useless than what she thought would be?”

“What’s wrong, Shimada-san? Are you shocked that your summoned beast is so weak?”

After saying this, I see that she seems to be healed by my gentleness. The grey clouds above her are gone, now replaced with a look of delight.

“Ah, so Yoshii’s the opponent. How delightful.”

Shimada-san slightly blushes. Seeing her so happy, I felt happy as well—oh my, to reveal her feelings to me in front of everyone like this, this kid’s really troublesome.”

“Because it’s great to beat up Yoshii.”

…This kid’s really troublesome!

“Shimada-san, the target’s the summoned beast, not us.”

I’m a little worried, so I confirmed the rules with her again. This is the summoning practical that’s meant for the summoning battles next year, so no matter what, this should be a battle between summoned beasts.

“You’re right, we won’t be fighting each other.”

Shimada-san immediately nodded her head in agreement. Great, seems like she understood.

“Since I’ll be the one dishing out the beatdown anyway.”

SEEMS LIKE SHE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND AT ALL!

“That, sensei, what Shimada-san did just now was an act of violence. If you have the time to check our belongings, you should do something about this case of school violence, right?”

“…Shimada, even if the opponent’s Yoshii, violence is bad.”

“But sensei…”

No buts. A no is a no, you understand?”

“…Yes.”

“Really…so you really understand? If so—”

Ironman suddenly reveals a smirk and says,

“—I’ll give you a special discount this time.”

“Eh? Aren’t those words really weird?”

Am I thinking too much? It seemed like a teacher just allowed a case of school violence!

“I’ll do my best!”

“Right, so you must work hard.”

“Ah haha, sensei, Shimada-san, you two are really stupid. Do you think that you two can beat me so easily? If so, I’m going to counter and beat you two—I’M SORRY, IT’S MY FAULT, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!”

It’s useless even if I apologised.

Don’t tell me…that those cautious words of mine caused this disaster?

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“Ho…ever since morning inspection, it’s been one disaster after another today…”

After a day’s worth of lessons, it’s dismissal time. I’m chatting away with those guys who I usually talk to.

“That’s because Akihisa-bro brought so many unnecessary things to school.”

Sitting beside me and showing me a smile is Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who’s in the same class as me, Yuuji and Muttsulini. It’s already weird to hear him speak like an old man, and he has a beauty’s face on him. He really likes to make comments. Even so, I do feel that he’s the most normal person after me, since the other two are so abnormal that words can’t describe them.

“Speaking of which, Hideyoshi didn’t get anything confiscated, right?

“Of course I did, I got some costumes and props confiscated from me. Even though I told sensei that it’s for the drama club, they still got confiscated either way.”

The school has already provided some props and costumes for Hideyoshi, so Hideyoshi himself doesn’t need to bring them. If so, these are unnecessary things. However—

“There’s no need to confiscate them all anyway, he could have given us some leeway. Who expected Ironman’s brain to be so hard.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

“His brain’s definitely filled with lead.”

Muttsulini and Yuuji seem to agree with me. This can’t be helped, since they got quite a few things confiscated as well.

And I actually thought that ‘we’re just having summoning practical today, so there’re no lessons; should be rather relaxing today.”

It was supposed to be relaxing, but I guess it’s better to have lessons without the search.

“Summoning practical…”

Hearing my little grumbling, Yuuji muttered to himself.

“Eh? What’s wrong, Yuuji?”

“Nothing. It’s just that I remembered that we have to take part in summoning war next year.”

For some reason, he sure seemed happy when he said this.

Speaking of summoning war, well, it’s about having a summoning battle between classes with the class facilities on the line. If we can move onto second year without any mishaps, we’ll have this summoning war system on us.

“But why must we have this summoning war system? If we want to differentiate the scores clearly, can’t we just stick grades onto everyone?”

“Well, most likely, they prefer a summoning war to tests since it can motivate students, right? As a class, the students will work hard to not drag their classmates down.”

“I see. So they intend to make us work together and improve our grades without breaking us, right?”

“Yeah, this allows the school to do what they want the most, and that’s ‘to groom students who can showcase their real potential in society’.”

“Oh~ Is that so?”

Just as the four of them were chatting away.

“Ah…really, that Yoshii actually left the cleaning work to me. Where did he go off to?”

A certain student can be heard shouting on the corridor. Is that Shimada-san?

“What the heck, Akihisa. You’re in charge of cleaning today?”

“Mm, but I left the cleaning work to Shimada-san and ran off first.”

“Hmm, according to how I see it, you two have quite the relationship.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

“Ah haha, it’s not what you think it is.”

“Really. Once I catch him, I’ll tie his limbs up and throw him down the 3rd level!”

That’s a highly difficult stunt even a stuntman will be afraid of.

“Sorry, I don’t think I can protect my own life any longer. I’ll be leaving now!”

Without saying anything else, I grabbed my bag and dashed out of the corridor. I love my life.

“Ah, Yoshii! So you’re hiding here! Hold it right there!”

“I’m not going to wait! You’re going to kill me, right?”

“I’m not angry at all. Just hold on, will you!?”

That’s definitely a lie.

“These two really have rather good feelings.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

She said that she’s not angry, but she’s holding onto a rope for some reason.

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“Hoo…that was scary~”

It’s been past 30 minutes since I came running out of school, and before I knew it, I’m on a shopping street.

“Well. I don’t intend to buy anything, so I guess I’ll go back home—hm?”

Just as I intended to head home, I saw a familiar figure walk into a shop. Isn’t that Himeji-san?

“I guess it’s somewhat of a fate for us to meet here. Should I be courageous and call her…”

Though we did study in the same class during elementary school, we were separated into different classes during middle school. Before I knew it, Himeji-san seemed so distant from me. To see her in front of me after so many years, I really want to talk to her—the reason why I feel this way is most likely because of Yuuji’s words ‘She’ll erase you from her memory anyway’.

In order to turn my thoughts into action, I follow Himeji-san closely as I walked into the shop…only to find that there’re so many dolls here, it’s unbelievable. Seems like this is a doll shop that a girl will love the most—what the heck, this shop’s basically a doll shop!

“Well, let’s go back. This shop really doesn’t suit me.”

I immediately hasten my pace and walk towards the exit. Anyway, the most important thing right now is to leave this place.

“This is Hazuki’s only request of this lifetime. Please, uncle!”

“Even if you say that, I have to do business, you know…”

The moment I reached the exit, I suddenly heard this conversation. It seemed like a girl’s standing at the counter and telling the cashier something. She seems rather insistent on this. What’s going on?

I felt a bit mindful, so I turn my head to where the voice came from. As I expected, it’s a cashier uncle and a girl who looks like she’s in elementary school.

“I want to get that big Noi doll no matter what. Please, I beg you!”

“Even if you ask me like this…we’re doing business. Wouldn’t it be unfair to the other customers if I give you a little discount? We shopkeepers do have to treat all customers equally.”

“Even so, please!”

“Uuu…really can’t handle you…”

The cashier uncle looked rather troubled as he said this and scratches his face. The girl however continued to beg earnestly. Seeing such a small girl beg like this, I’ll be seen as really cruel if I’m to walk away like this…

“Hey, little girl, why do you want this doll?”

I know that I’m too nosey, but I still ended up getting involved.

Now that a 3rd party has suddenly appeared, the little girl and the uncle revealed a surprised look on their faces.

“Be, because onee-chan didn’t look too good recently. I wanted to buy the doll that she always wanted to hopefully motivate her…”

“Not looking good?”

“Most likely, because she just came back from Germany and couldn’t understand Japanese well!

Shifted houses…even if it’s within Japanese land, anyone will feel lonely when the friends and environment changes, let alone coming back to Japan.

“Even then, onee-chan took over mommy and daddy and did all the housework like sweeping and washing clothes nicely, and often play together with Hazuki…”

Seemed like it hit her sore spot as Hazuki-chan’s wide eyes start to tear up.

“Waa! Don, don’t cry! Nii-san will help you out here!”

“…Really?”

“Mm, really.”

“…Thank you, onii-chan!”

Wiping away the tears, Hazuki-chan reveals a delightful smile.

“Speaking of which, how much does this doll cost?”

The doll in Hazuki-chan’s arms is about 1m tall. If I make a rough estimate, I don’t think 5,000 yen’s going to be enough.

“Including tax, it’ll be a total of 24,800 yen.”

“Sorry, nii-san already tried, but he can’t do it.”

“Onii-chan?”

Hazuki-chan looks rather sad.

Argh! Didn’t expect one to be that expensive. Under these conditions, the declaration of surrender came out of my mouth without thinking through.

“Then how much does Hazuki-chan has?”

“I only have 10,000yen…”

So we’re missing 15,000. Including my entire fortune, there’s only 11,699 yen. We can’t even hitting the price of 24,800 yen! The most we can pay is half.

“Excuse me, can you sell this doll to us at 11,699 yen?”

“Eh, I just said before that that we’re doing a business here…”

The reply’s still the same.

“Onii-chan, this isn’t any different from before.”

Hazuki-chan whispered to my ear.

She’s right. Up till now, I’ve been doing the same thing as what Hazuki-chan’s been doing. However, things will be different from now on. I’m not an elementary school student; let’s show her how an adult (high school student) does things!

“We have only 11,699 yen in total, that’s about half the price of the doll, right?”

“Ya. That’s still not quite enough.”

“Hazuki-chan wants this doll, and uncle wants to sell this to her, but you’re unwilling to sell it to her at half price. If so, I have a great idea!”

“Hm? What is it?”

“We can rip the doll in half and sell the right side to—eh? What? Why are you two seeing me as an idiot?”

“…Are you really a high school student?”

“…Onii-chan’s an idiot!”

I, I actually got called stupid by an elementary school kid!

“I can’t give you a discount, but I can guarantee that I won’t sell this doll away for the time being. You can go back to discuss with your parents first.”

Making this conclusion, the uncle ended the conversation just like this.

“Can’t you ask your parents to buy it for you, Hazuki-chan?”

Having walked out of the shop, we came to the park to discuss our plans.

“Mommy and daddy aren’t normally at home…so they would leave the money to one-chan. If I want to buy something, onee-chan will definitely ask for a reason…”

“I see, uu~”

Wanting to do something for her beloved older sister—Hazuki-chan’s heart’s ever so glamorous, it’s way different from my family who sent me to Fumitzuki Gakuen on the excuse of ‘not wanting to waste school fees’. I must help Hazuki-chan in order to prevent her from losing this intimacy with her family.

But speaking of which, what should I do? It’ll be good if I have some more money, but my money’s about to be used it…

“Oh ya! Hazuki can get money if she sells her manga to a second-hand shop, right?”

Hazuki-chan thought of this brilliant plan as her eyes sparkle. It’s true that we can get money just like this, but I think that she can’t get so much anyway. Of course, it’s a different case altogether if I have those handheld games that were confiscated this morning—

“Hm? Oh ya, there’s this plan after all!”

“…Onii-chan, have you thought of something?”

“I can’t possibly get it back it my hands anyway. If I’m successful, we may be able to get enough money to buy the doll…”

Though I don’t think it can work…mm! It’s still worth a try though.

“Okay! Hazuki-chan, can you come back to the park tomorrow?”

“Y, yes. I can come over…”

“Then we’ll meet here tomorrow. It’s getting dark now, let’s go home.”

I waved my hands and said goodbye to Hazuki-chan. Anyway, I got to discuss it with Yuuji and the rest tomorrow.

“Ah, mm, bye bye…”

Speaking of which, did Himeji-san really enter that shop?

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“So you want to take back those confiscated items?”

The next morning, in the same classroom, I talked to the trio as per usual.

“I do feel that it’s a pity to leave those things that got confiscated yesterday, but…”

“Uu~mm…ya, but the opponent’s that Ironman. We may be designated as ‘Punishment Inspectors’ if we’re not careful…”

Yuuji and Hideyoshi lower their chin and ponder. Seems like they don’t intend to help me. This is bad, looks like I have to deal with this on my own.

“…I approve of Akihisa’s proposal.”

“Eh? Muttsulini? You’re willing to help me?”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

Great! Now at least I have someone who specializes in stealth helping me out.

“…Never mind, let’s give it a go.”

“Ah? So Yuuji’s okay with it?”

“Yeah. I just bought that MP3 recently, and I accumulated quite a debt to Ironman, so let’s settle this once and for all.”

Yuuji smirked. What an enthusiastic bad guy’s face.

“If so, I’ll help out as well. If I can get back those things, I don’t want to give up as well.”

In the end, even Hideyoshi nodded his head, and everyone decided to take part in this. As expected of the group problematic first-years.

“Right now, the most important thing is to investigate where our targets are.”

“That’s right. If we don’t even know where Ironman hid those confiscated items, we can’t possibly get them back even if we want to.”

The confiscated items may have ended up being abandoned, but they were just confiscated yesterday, so Ironman should still have them with him.

“That’s the case. Akihisa, remove the silence function of the phone.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Don’t ask too much, just do it. You want those confiscated items back, right?”

“…I’m not really sure what’s going on, but I just need to remove the silence function, right?”

“That’s right.”

The phone can’t possibly ring during lesson time, there shouldn’t be any problems, right? Let’s just follow what Yuuji told me to do.

I pull my handphone out from my pocket and took it out of silent mode.

“Oi, you people better hurry up and sit down. I’m going to start taking attendance.”

Seeing our homeroom teacher Ironman walk into the classroom, I immediately slip the handphone back into my pocket.

“Alright, let’s begin.”

Thus, our battle for the confiscated items officially begins now.

“Shimada.”

“Here.”

“Shimizu.”

“Here.”

At the usual time of taking attendance, Ironman’s coarse voice echoes clearly throughout the classroom.

“Yamaguchi.”

“Here.”

“Watanabe.”

“Here.”

—Beep beep beep.

Suddenly, a beep interrupted the class while attendance is taken. Whose phone is it? Really, do think that we have such a stupid person in class. The phone will definitely get confiscated when it rings in class.

“…Yoshii, hand over your phone.”

“…Yes.”

The problem is, this stupid person was me.

Damn it! Why must it ring at this moment!? Who called me!?

<<Missed call: Sakamoto Yuuji>>

“Yu, Yuuji, you betrayed me!”

“I’ll consficate the handphone then.”

“Ahh! Handphone! MY HANDPHONE!”

My handphone got taken away by Ironman mercilessly.

“Very good. Nobody’s came late nor skipped classes. I hope that all students will continue to keep this up.”

After taking the attendance, Ironman moves his heavy feet out of the classroom—together with my handphone.

“Very good. Part 1 of the plan is complete.”

“Yuuji! What sort of grudge do you have against me! Now my handphone got confiscated by Ironman all because of you!”

“This is a bait meant to fish out where our targets are. We just need to take them back.”

“Eh? Bait?”

“That’s right. I deliberately allowed Ironman to confiscate your handphone in order to find out where Ironman hid those items.”

“Why didn’t you tell me in the first place…”

And if possible, I hope that you can use your handphone as bait.

“…I’m back.”

“WAHH!”

Suddenly talking right behind me. You scared me~

“Oh, Muttsulini came back already. How was it?”

“…Those confiscated items are placed in the staff storage cupboard.”

“As expected of Muttsulini, erasing your own presence to tail people, that truly is your specialty. I’m impressed.”

Seems like Muttsulini went to tail Ironman and investigate where my handphone was hidden. If it’s tailing others without attracting attention, Yuuji can’t do it, and Hideyoshi doesn’t have the skills.

“…But the cupboard’s locked.”

“Okay. So where’s the key?”

“…In the rear left pocket of Ironman’s pants.”

“I see. If so, we have to snatch the key from him.”

“Ya, but how are we going to do that?”

“No problems. I got a good idea. We’ll take action during cleaning time.”

Anyway, let's attend lessons and wait for school dismissal.

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It's finally dismissal time.

“So, what plan do you have?”

As I tried to sneak out yesterday, I was punished to sweep the entire corridor alone. Thus, I'm discussing the plan with Yuuji and the rest while twisting the mop around. These damned guys don't have any intentions of helping out in the first place.

“We'll be using that.”

Yuuji lifts his chin and points.

“A pail? What are we going to do with that?”

“We're going to use that to splash water on Ironman and make him take off his clothes.”

I see. If so, we can then take his clothes away and take the key to the cupboard,

“Mm hm~ this method is simple and easy to succeed.”

Hideyoshi's right. We can't possibly fail. Basically, there's only the last problem to this plan, and that is—whoever going to splash the water on Ironman will get pursued by him to the ends of the Earth.

“There's only one problem in this plan, and that's the one who's going to splash the water, 'Akihisa' will get pursued by him to the ends of the Earth.”

Hold on! Is it decided that I'll be the one in charge of doing this?

“However, that's not really a huge problem.”

THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM TO ME!

“Oi, isn't that too strange? Let's settle this with rock paper scissors!”

“Ooh, look! Me and our target's already here.”

“Very good. You got to do your best, Akihisa!”

“...Do your best.”

“Eh? Hold on!”

The trio already wordlessly retreated back in the shortest time possible.

Ironman has already climbed up the stairs. If so, I can only do this!

My eyes have already captured the target, and the relative speed was estimated. The prepared weapon's in my hand, everything's okay—time to attack!

“WAAHH! I SLIPPED!”

Dragging the mop, I deliberately fell forward by letting my feet stagger and aim the pail at Ironman, who's on the stairs. GET WET!

“GUAH!”

How, how is it possible! As expected of Ironman! To be able to suddenly react in the blink of an eye and dodge the splash thanks to his superhuman senses! However—

“WHERE ARE YOU ESCAPING TO!?”

I drag the mop in my hand to where Ironman dodged to. I won't admit defeat so easily!

Phoosh, Clak cak cak.

The water from the pail drenched Ironman, and the pail rolls asie. Mission accomplished.

I pick up the pail and mop that I threw out as I remain mindful not to step on the puddle of water, saying to a stunned Ironman “Sorry, I slipped—AHH, sensei! An encyclopaedia isn't to be used as a weapon!”

“I thought I just heard you say 'Where are you escaping to', didn't I?”

“That's just a hallucination.”

“Stop trying to lie to me with such a serious look on your face. Get ready to die!”

“Sen, sensei, please don't use the edge of the encyclopaedia!”

Where are you guys now! Come save me! I'll definitely be beaten down by Ironman into a panda if this keeps up!

“Ahh, Akihisa, you really ended up doing it.”

Yuuji and the rest appeared out of nowhere. Anyway, I'm saved~

“I told you so many times 'not to splash water onto sensei'...”

“Ow, OWW! SENSEI! I SAID THAT I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE ALREADY!”

They, they didn't help out at all! These damned guys! Are they intending to sit around and watch?

“Sensei, punish Akihisa later. I guess you better change your clothes. If you don't mind, I'll lend my P.E. attire to you.”

“That's right. Sorry, then lend me that. Yoshii, stay behind and scrub the floor clean!”

Leaving these words behind, Ironman, who was drenched by me, head off to the classroom with Yuuji and the rest to change clothes.

“...So unfortunate.”

Anyway, I remained behind to clean the floor up. Besides, I have the cleaning tools in my hand.

Just as I'm working hard to wipe the water off the floor, Hideyoshi walks out of the classroom and moves towards me.

“I got the key, Akihisa.”

“Really? Then we just need to enter the staffroom and get back the confiscated items.”

“Umm, let's hurry up before Ironman realizes it.”

“Got it!”

After letting the mop lean against the wall, Hideyoshi and I quickly head towards the staffroom.

“I'm going in then.”

I took the cupboard key from Hideyoshi's hands and reach my hand out for the door.

“There’s no problem, right?”

“No need to worry. I’ll try my best to walk into the staffroom without raising too much attention and get those things back.”

I should be just an ordinary student to every teacher, except for Ironman. I should be more suited for this role as compared to Hideyoshi, who has the look of a beauty.

“Really? Then I’ll just wait here for your good news.”

“Mm, I’m going in then~ ‘cuse me~”

I open the staffroom door slightly. No problem, I’m not some irritating guy.

“Yoshii? Hurry up and get over here!”

“Why!? Why am I noticed so soon after entering the room!?”

I got caught by the Ancient Literature teacher immediately after entering the room. Why?

“I want to hear what excuse you have regarding the essay ‘translate the Tsurezuregusa[http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Baka_to_Tesuto_to_Syokanju:Volume3.5_Translation_Notes_and_References#] into Modern Language’!”

“Ah, I did hand in my homework properly.”

“I’m asking why did you turn the Tsurezuregusa into a rap!?”

“Eh? But sensei wanted it to be translated into the modern language, and speaking of modern Japanese, isn’t it—”

“Ah, Yoshii-kun, remember to come over here after you’re done there.”

“Yoshii, that Chemistry report you handed in was too ridiculous! Come over and explain it to me later.”

Unknowingly, I got surrounded by several teachers. Well, if this is the case, forget about completing the plan, I’ll be hounded by these teachers till night! Got to find a way to get away from them!

“Excuse me…”

Just as I’m pondering on what to do, someone else entered the staffroom. Hm? Isn’t that Hideyoshi?

"Ooh, isn’t that Kinoshita? What’s wrong?”

“I, I suddenly…don’t feel too good…but the health teacher isn’t…in…”

Hideyoshi cupped his mouth. He really doesn’t look too good. Is he sick?

“Hideyoshi, are you—”

I frantically rushed towards him. At this moment, he suddenly blinked at me. I see, so he’s acting! As expected of someone from the drama club, I nearly got fooled.

“Sorry, but can I rest here—”

Before finishing, Hideyoshi collapsed onto the floor.

“Ki, Kinoshita! Are you alright?”

“Anyway, let’s take him to the sickbay!”

“You, you’re right! Sensei, please carry his legs!”

A few teachers start to create quite the ruckus. After that, everyone in the staffroom left to accompany Hideyoshi to the sick bay. Brilliantly done, Hideyoshi!

“Let’s use this opportunity to get back those confiscated items. Let me see, Ironman…no wait, it’s Nishimura. Nishimura’s…”

I checked the nametag on the cupboards which are according to order. Oh, found it. It’s this one.

“…Speaking of which, I somehow imagined that bugs will crawl out of Ironman’s cupboard.”

Though I’m a bit fearful, I have no time to hesitate. I pull out the key Hideyoshi handed to me and pull the door handle down, opening the metal cupboard effortlessly.

“Oh, it’s unexpectedly clean…”

The cupboard’s arranged rather neatly, and the bag of confiscated goods are placed in an obvious place.

“Let’s get out of here before someone notices—hm?”

Just as I was about to lock the cupboard up and run away, I noticed a pile of old books tied up in raffia strings. Should be meant for throwing away.

“Uu~hm…since he’s going to throw it, I might as well take it. Maybe I can get some money as well.”

After grabbing the books with both hands, I immediately dashed out of the staffroom.

“Okay! At least we achieved our goal!”

After what happened just now, I brought the spoils—the bag of confiscated items back to Yuuji, only taking away my own stuff and the pile of old books. I then took them over to a second-hand shop to exchange these spoils for cash.

My handheld games and gaming software garnered a price lower than what I expected, while that pile of books got quite the price; what a nice mistake in estimation. I really got to thank Ironman for this.

“Let me see, is that girl here~”

“Ah! Onii-chan! You're here!”

Hazuki-chan immediately came running over to me the moment I approached the park. She really looked like a cute puppy, and that even warms my heart. Maybe it's because I'm often surrounded by idiots, Ironman and a violent girl...

“Mm, because we arranged to meet each other. Oh yeah, where did you get that doll from?”

Looking closely, Hazuki-chan's hugging something similar to the Noi doll that she wanted to buy (is that what it's called?). It looks as if it was sewn by hand.

“There was a pretty onee-chan who came over and said to me 'If that onii-chan couldn't succeed, then give this to your sister!' and handed it over to me!”

“?”
“And she also said 'If that onii-chan managed to buy the doll, i'll give this doll to you.'.”

The kid's lac of order in her speech confused me.

Erm, let me straighten Hazuki-chan's words out—

—A pretty onee-chan came to Hazuki-chan today.

—And then, she handed this handmade doll over to Hazuki-chan

—This pretty onee-chan even said that if I couldn't do it, she'll give this doll to Hazuki-chan's sister as a gift.

—But if I succeeded, this doll will go to Hazuki-chan.

—So that's how it is.

“Mmm, is that so? Then this doll will go to hazuki-chan.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Yeah. And this doll will go to Hazuki-chan's sister.”

I hand over the large doll in my hand over to Hazuki-chan. It should be tough for her petite body to carry such a large doll, but she still received it delightedly.

“This is great! Thank you, onii-chan!”

“No problems. It'll be great if your sister can cheer up.”

I patted her head. Hazuki-chan seems to enjoy it as she slowly closes her eyes.

“Uu~ Ah, that's right! Onii-chan, can you lend me your ear?”

“Eh? What is it? Are you going to say a secret to me or something?”

“don't ask, just lend me your ear.”

Is she about to thank me? I'm really touched. One can't become a proper adult if the person can't even say 'thank you' or 'sorry'.

“Okay, what is it?”

I bent over to match her height, but unexpectedly—

“Thank you, onii-chan♪”

Whoosh! A cute sensation passes my face. Eh? This...don't tell me this is...

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“Wha, wha, wha...”

“Onii-chan may be an idiot, but he's so gentle! Hazuki-chan loves you! When I grow up, I'll let you become my husband!”

Without waiting for me to reply, Hazuki-chan skips out of the park.

Re, recently, these elementary school students are...

I touched my face with my hand, seemingly wanting to wipe away the soft sensation that's left on the face. Even without looking at the mirror, I know my face is red. How, how embarrassing...she's just an elementary school kid...

“Hoo...time for me to go back as well...”

After lifting my bag up and slinging it over my back, I head off towards the exit of the park. While exiting, I see a familiar figure yesterday. That person is—

“Excuse me...are you Himeji-san?”

“Ah, yes, what is it—YO, YOSHII-KUN!”

So it's Himeji-san. It sure is hard to find another pretty girl. I can't possibly be mistaken.

“Sorry, I seemed to have scared you.”

“No, no worries. I was just dazed...”

Our conversation got interrupted just like that. This, this is really awkward...what should I say to a friend who I haven't met for a long time?

“Erm, that...it's really a coincidence that we met here. Did you just finish class? But you look rather tired here, are you?”

“Yes,because I stayed up all night...”

“Hei~so Himeji-san would also stay up.”

The impression she gives is that she lives her life normally, but it's unexpected that she would stay up.

“That's not it, I just stayed up last night, because I got something I have to do no matter what...”

She inadvertently yawned as she continued to talk. Himeji-san sure is cute when she lets out some tears due to sleepiness.

“Then, I'll be going off in this direction, goodbye.”

"Ah, mm, byebye.”

I waved my hand to Himeji-san, who bowed to me courteously.

While walking home, I just realized—oh ya, why did Himeji-san appear in such a place?

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“...There was a case of theft in the staffroom room.”

The next morning, during self-study period, Ironman suddenly mentioned this. He's definitely referring to the bag of confiscated items that we got yesterday.

“Such a tragedy worth being angry over, don't you think so, Yoshii?”

He actually threw this question at me. As expected of Ironman, he must have realized that I was the perpetrator, but who will follow you obediently?

“Yeah, sure is worth sighing over.”

I naturally replied with these few words. No problems, I got everything under control.

“Really? Speaking of which, that culprit even took sensei's books.”

Hm? Books? Is he referring to that bundle of books? Wasn't he going to throw them away?

“And that culprit actually had the guts to use his own identity to sell my books to a second-hand shop.”

“Is that so, he sure has guts.”

“Yeah, hahahaha!”

“Ahhahaha...”

Ironman and I started laughing with all enthusiasm. Really, we're laughing with all sorts of happiness—at least it looked that way if not for those eyes.

“YOSHII! GET READY TO DIE!!!”

“So, sorry! Who knew that it was sensei's collection, I didn't—”

“Are you saying that you didn't even think of it?”

“No, I did think about it, but then I thought 'since its Ironman's, it doesn't matter~'! OW! OUCH! SENSEI! MY SKULLCAP GOT SMASHED IN BY YOU!”

“So you idiot has the highest suspicion. Looks like I have to be even more careful and watch you.”

“Sensei! I'm feeling that I've been watched by you all this time, there's no way for you to watch me further!”

“No, there still is, right? I got a really precious title of honor that's suitable for you—“

“Eh, this is...”

“Everyone at the staff meeting this morning have all agreed, so accept this. This is a present that sensei's handing you.”

From who knows when, Ironman suddenly has a piece of paper in his hand. This plain white paper has only a single line on it.

—Yoshii Akihisa.

The above mentioned has been designed as the 'Punishment Inspector' of Fumitzuki Gakuen.

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“Onee-chan!”

Hm? Hazuki, what's up?”

“Well, this is for onee-chan!”

“Eh? Isn't this the Noi doll that I always wanted? How did you...”

“Because onee-chan looked so lethargic. Hazuki prepared it for onee-chan to cheer onee-chan up!”

“Hazuki...really, you...thank you, onee-chan's really happy!”

“Schoolwork may be tough, but you must work hard, Minami nee-chan!”

“Hm, I'll do my best! I'll feel like I lost if I continue to mess around like this. And also...”

“And also what?”

“I'm mindful of someone in school.”

“Eh? Onee-chan's mindful of someone? Who is it? How is that person like?”

“Well~as repayment of the Noi doll, I'll only say this to Hazuki. That person is in the same class as me, and he's one huge idiot~”

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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3.5 Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju ～Preparation Chapter～

2011-04-29T16:20:58Z

91.77.192.208:

==Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju ～Preparation Chapter～==

'''Please fill in the correct name of the historical person in the blank below.'''

The person who instituted the rakuichi rakuza and abolished monopolies to promote business and economic growth is ______.

'''Himeji Mizuki’s answer:'''

“Oda Nobunaga”

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

Correct answer.

'''Shimada Minami’s answer:'''

“Chonmage”[http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Baka_to_Tesuto_to_Syokanju:Volume3.5_Translation_Notes_and_References#]

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

Gotten used to Japan already? Sensei’s a bit worried on seeing your answer.

'''Yoshii Akihisa’s answer:'''

“Nobu”

'''Teacher’s comment:'''

You’re very familiar with him, aren't you?

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After we shifted here, onee-chan seemed to be a lot more lethargic.

Is it because she’s being bullied at school? Or is it that there’s someone she finds irritating?

But then again, every time onee-chan talked about those classmates, it sounded really interesting. Onee-chan also seemed like she really likes them…

If so, why’s onee-chan so lethargic?

Is it because of school work? Onee-chan did say before the she has some difficulty.

I hope the onee-chan can recover soon.

It’s going to be onee-chan’s birthday, would onee-chan be motivated if I give her a huge plushie? Onee-chan always loved dolls after all.

Mm, let’s do that! I’ll buy a big big Noi doll for onee-chan to cheer her up!

…I wonder if I have enough pocket money?

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“EVERYONE FREEZE! PUT YOUR BAGS ON THE TABLE AND LET ME SEE WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO SCHOOL!”

Just right after morning self-study period started, the homeroom teacher in charge of our class, Iron—I’ll try that again, Nishimura-sensei, who’s in charge of our class, suddenly declared this without warning.

Argh! Not good! I brought nothing that’s related to attending lessons at all!

—Should I carry my bag and run away at the fastest speed I can?

For that moment, that idea appeared in my mind.

“Let me tell you beforehand, don’t ever think of running away!”

It’s a difficult task to run away from this homeroom teacher. Besides, this guy’s a brawny teacher with the moniker ‘ironman’. No matter how we try to run, he’ll use this body that’s trained for an ‘Ironman’ triathlon to pursue us relentlessly.

“Alright, I’m going to start checking. If there’s anything unrelated to attending lessons, I will confiscate them without leaving anything.”

Starting from the first row near the corridor, Ironman startst to check the contents of all the bags one by one and confiscate the poker cards and magazines that each person brought.

“Sakamoto, let me see what’s inside your pocket.”

Among us, one of the students has not only his bag, even his pockets are to be checked.

“…Damn it.”

Sakamoto Yuuji makes a sound in agony—he’s my best worst friend.

However, he still obediently rummages through his pocket and pulls out an MP3.

“As expected. I’ll be confiscating this.”

After saying this, Ironman puts Yuuji’s MP3 into his confiscation pouch. Yuuji, who never expected his pocket to be search through, glares at Ironman defiantly.

(This is a disaster, isn’t it, Yuuji?)

I whispered to Yuuji’s ear.

(Really a disaster. Would they normally check pockets? I’m the only one who got my pockets checked!)

(Can’t be helped. Who asked Yuuji to be such a bad person?)

(…Go to hell!)

Looking closely, it seems like Ironman’s method of checking will change according to the student. He’ll only ask the well-behaved students to open their bags and briefly look through their bags once. But for the ill-behaved students, he’ll check thoroughly, even including the inside bags of the bag.

“You’re next, Yoshii Akihisa.”

“Ah, yes.”

Ironman arrives in front of me. Even though I don’t think that he’ll ask me to rummage through my pockets like Yuuji—

“Take off your uniform first, and change into your P.E. attire.”

“Eh? Aren’t you being too wary?”

This level of trust far exceeds what I imagined.

“Well…Nishimura-sensei, for me to change in front of the girls, it’s a bit…”

“That won’t do. you may be hiding some prohibited item in your trousers, so take them out.”

“How can you do this! Even if it’s me, I can’t possibly go to that extent! You should at least trust me—”

Just as I agitatedly approached sensei, ‘CLACK!’, something seemed to drop out from the leg of my trousers.

“Oi, Akihisa, your NDS dropped out.”

I received the handheld gaming console that Yuuji nicely helped me picked up, and after saying thanks, I again face sensei.

“Sensei, believe in me, will you?”

“Forget about wearing P.E. attire.”

How, how is this possible! He’s actually even more wary now!

“You actually brought gaming consoles, manga, light novels, DVD…what one earth are you treating school as?”

My precious stuff are confiscated away, one by one. Speaking of which, why did he do a spot-check when I brought so many things out? The value of those confiscated items may total up to be tens of thousands yen.

“Are these all? I said before, the school is a place for you to learn knowledge, you are not allowed to bring anything unrelated to school.”

After searching, Ironman carried the confiscated items back to the podium. I won’t be able to see my precious again…

“Alright, since you people brought all these along, morning self-study will be cancelled. The first lesson will be ‘summoning practical’, all students are to immediately rush over to the gym.”

After saying this, Ironman carries all the confiscated items and leaves the classroom.

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“—Summon!”

Hearing the summoning call echo throughout the gym, I say to Yuuji, who’s beside me.

“…It’s only early morning and we’re already so unlucky.”

“Yeah, that MP3 I bought last month actually got confiscated, damn it.”

“Wah, that’s not too long ago.”

“That one was expensive, you know!”

Yuuji’s wild looking face shrivels with sadness as he continues to complain. I can understand~~this feeling.”

“Akihisa, you got your handheld games confiscated as well, right? There’s quite a few of them.”

“Mm…the total value should be over 30,000 yen.”

Handheld games, game software, DVDs and CDs; totaling up the value of all the confiscated items, the number 1 this time should be either me or Muttsulini. How unlucky…”

“Next, Himeji Mizuki, please step forward.”

“Ye, yes.”

“Oh, it’s Himeji now? Rare for her to wear a P.E. attire. Muttsulini, is it really alright not to take photos of her?”

“…My camera got confiscated.”

“I see, quite the pity. We’re in different classes, so it’s rare to see Himeji-san in a P.E. attire.”

“There’s only this one summoning practical.”

“…(Lowers head dejectedly).”

Muttsulini’s so depressed that he can’t even lift his head up. Sigh, this can’t be helped anyway.

Silky and smooth long hair, and cute and innocent look, an ample chest that seems to be self-aware and supports the uniform; Even if it’s not Muttsulini, any guy will want to take a photo of her pretty figure; I know that I definitely want to.

“Is, is this how you do it? Summon!”

Himeji-san doesn’t really seem confident as she mutters. A geometrical magic array appears beside her feet, and Himeji-san’s summoned beast appears in front of everyone.

“As expect of Himeji, her summoned beast sure looks impressive…”

“Yeah, and cute too.”

Himeji-san’s summoned beast looks really cute. Since a summoned beast is basically formed from the caster’s appearance, and since the caster’s already so cute looking, there’s no need to emphasize it further.

But speaking of which, what makes her summoned beast so impressive—

“Most likely, nobody else will be able to wield such a terrifyingly huge sword.”

“Yeah, only Himeji-san is able to do that.”

Her summoned beast is wielding a Western longsword that’s several times longer than her height, and she’s lifting it effortlessly. Anyone can tell that this summoned beast isn’t to be underestimated.

Class C, Himeji Mizuki, Combined subjects 3943 points.

Vs

Class C, Furukawa Ayumi, Combined subjects 1264 points.

The reference points appear in front of us. These are the results of the previous mid-term exams.

“I see, so that’s why she’s so strong.”

“It’s almost 4000 points. Himeji-san sure is smart.”

Mmm…holed up in a corner, we continue to nod our heads away.

The strength of a summoned beast is equivalent to the points that the owner gets. Since the test summoning system totals up the marks, basically, the higher amount of points a person gets, the stronger the summoned beast will be.

“Speaking of which, don’t Akihisa and Himeji know each other?”

“Mm~ she was my grade school classmate…but we haven’t spoken to each other for years. She should have forgotten about me, right?”

We’re in different classes right now, separated for a long time. If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely want to talk to her, but there’s no real chance for me to talk to any girl from another class. If I’m to go to her class and immediately say “Himeji-san, I got something to say to you”, this will look like a confession no matter what.

“I see, you’ll most likely be streamed into different classes next year. I can you can be erased from Hiemji’s memory.”

“Next year? Are you talking about the streaming exam?”

“Yeah, you definitely won’t be able to be in the same class as her anyway.”

“Now that you mentioned it, that’s right…”

After we entered school, we were streamed into different classes like other schools. But next year, things will be different. We’ll be sorted according to our grades. Though Himeji-san is in class C, when we become second-years, she’ll definitely be sorted into class A with those top grades of hers. If so, me and Yuuji will definitely be unable to be classmates with her since we’re just straddling about in class D anyway.

“I’ll be forgotten by her…this sure feels rather lonely…”

“Yeah, there’s no benefit for her to remember you anyway.”

“How can you say that!”

Just as we’re blankly seeing other classes battle it out and talking away—

“Next! Yoshii Akihisa and Shimada Minami!”

Ironman—let me repeat that again, this is the voice of our homeroom teacher, Nishimura-sensei.

Recovering myself, I find that those before me who were waiting to practice their summoning are all back.

“I’m going then.”

“Go then. You’re a ‘punishment inspector’ candidate anyway, go learn how to control a summoned beast properly.”

“…I say, I’m different from you Yuuji. I’m not some problematic kid!”

I rolled my eyes back at Yuuji. Really, what about being a ‘punishment inspector’? That’s really rude. Aren’t they saying that I’m a problematic student? Why is he calling me this when it’s basically the equivalent of being an idiot?

“Hurry up, Yoshii!!”

“Alright~”

Hearing Ironman roar at me, I hastily increase my pace.

Paying attention, the training partner has already finished her summoning.

“…”

The person stares at the summoned beast in front of her in shock. This girl with an energetic-looking ponytail and attractive long legs is my classmate, Shimada-san. At this moment, she reveals a slight melancholic look that doesn’t fit her. What happened? Why’s she looking so depressed and lethargic? Is her summoned beast even weak and useless than what she thought would be?”

“What’s wrong, Shimada-san? Are you shocked that your summoned beast is so weak?”

After saying this, I see that she seems to be healed by my gentleness. The grey clouds above her are gone, now replaced with a look of delight.

“Ah, so Yoshii’s the opponent. How delightful.”

Shimada-san slightly blushes. Seeing her so happy, I felt happy as well—oh my, to reveal her feelings to me in front of everyone like this, this kid’s really troublesome.”

“Because it’s great to beat up Yoshii.”

…This kid’s really troublesome!

“Shimada-san, the target’s the summoned beast, not us.”

I’m a little worried, so I confirmed the rules with her again. This is the summoning practical that’s meant for the summoning battles next year, so no matter what, this should be a battle between summoned beasts.

“You’re right, we won’t be fighting each other.”

Shimada-san immediately nodded her head in agreement. Great, seems like she understood.

“Since I’ll be the one dishing out the beatdown anyway.”

SEEMS LIKE SHE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND AT ALL!

“That, sensei, what Shimada-san did just now was an act of violence. If you have the time to check our belongings, you should do something about this case of school violence, right?”

“…Shimada, even if the opponent’s Yoshii, violence is bad.”

“But sensei…”

No buts. A no is a no, you understand?”

“…Yes.”

“Really…so you really understand? If so—”

Ironman suddenly reveals a smirk and says,

“—I’ll give you a special discount this time.”

“Eh? Aren’t those words really weird?”

Am I thinking too much? It seemed like a teacher just allowed a case of school violence!

“I’ll do my best!”

“Right, so you must work hard.”

“Ah haha, sensei, Shimada-san, you two are really stupid. Do you think that you two can beat me so easily? If so, I’m going to counter and beat you two—I’M SORRY, IT’S MY FAULT, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!”

It’s useless even if I apologised.

Don’t tell me…that those cautious words of mine caused this disaster?

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“Ho…ever since morning inspection, it’s been one disaster after another today…”

After a day’s worth of lessons, it’s dismissal time. I’m chatting away with those guys who I usually talk to.

“That’s because Akihisa-bro brought so many unnecessary things to school.”

Sitting beside me and showing me a smile is Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who’s in the same class as me, Yuuji and Muttsulini. It’s already weird to hear him speak like an old man, and he has a beauty’s face on him. He really likes to make comments. Even so, I do feel that he’s the most normal person after me, since the other two are so abnormal that words can’t describe them.

“Speaking of which, Hideyoshi didn’t get anything confiscated, right?

“Of course I did, I got some costumes and props confiscated from me. Even though I told sensei that it’s for the drama club, they still got confiscated either way.”

The school has already provided some props and costumes for Hideyoshi, so Hideyoshi himself doesn’t need to bring them. If so, these are unnecessary things. However—

“There’s no need to confiscate them all anyway, he could have given us some leeway. Who expected Ironman’s brain to be so hard.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

“His brain’s definitely filled with lead.”

Muttsulini and Yuuji seem to agree with me. This can’t be helped, since they got quite a few things confiscated as well.

And I actually thought that ‘we’re just having summoning practical today, so there’re no lessons; should be rather relaxing today.”

It was supposed to be relaxing, but I guess it’s better to have lessons without the search.

“Summoning practical…”

Hearing my little grumbling, Yuuji muttered to himself.

“Eh? What’s wrong, Yuuji?”

“Nothing. It’s just that I remembered that we have to take part in summoning war next year.”

For some reason, he sure seemed happy when he said this.

Speaking of summoning war, well, it’s about having a summoning battle between classes with the class facilities on the line. If we can move onto second year without any mishaps, we’ll have this summoning war system on us.

“But why must we have this summoning war system? If we want to differentiate the scores clearly, can’t we just stick grades onto everyone?”

“Well, most likely, they prefer a summoning war to tests since it can motivate students, right? As a class, the students will work hard to not drag their classmates down.”

“I see. So they intend to make us work together and improve our grades without breaking us, right?”

“Yeah, this allows the school to do what they want the most, and that’s ‘to groom students who can showcase their real potential in society’.”

“Oh~ Is that so?”

Just as the four of them were chatting away.

“Ah…really, that Yoshii actually left the cleaning work to me. Where did he go off to?”

A certain student can be heard shouting on the corridor. Is that Shimada-san?

“What the heck, Akihisa. You’re in charge of cleaning today?”

“Mm, but I left the cleaning work to Shimada-san and ran off first.”

“Hmm, according to how I see it, you two have quite the relationship.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

“Ah haha, it’s not what you think it is.”

“Really. Once I catch him, I’ll tie his limbs up and throw him down the 3rd level!”

That’s a highly difficult stunt even a stuntman will be afraid of.

“Sorry, I don’t think I can protect my own life any longer. I’ll be leaving now!”

Without saying anything else, I grabbed my bag and dashed out of the corridor. I love my life.

“Ah, Yoshii! So you’re hiding here! Hold it right there!”

“I’m not going to wait! You’re going to kill me, right?”

“I’m not angry at all. Just hold on, will you!?”

That’s definitely a lie.

“These two really have rather good feelings.”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

She said that she’s not angry, but she’s holding onto a rope for some reason.

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“Hoo…that was scary~”

It’s been past 30 minutes since I came running out of school, and before I knew it, I’m on a shopping street.

“Well. I don’t intend to buy anything, so I guess I’ll go back home—hm?”

Just as I intended to head home, I saw a familiar figure walk into a shop. Isn’t that Himeji-san?

“I guess it’s somewhat of a fate for us to meet here. Should I be courageous and call her…”

Though we did study in the same class during elementary school, we were separated into different classes during middle school. Before I knew it, Himeji-san seemed so distant from me. To see her in front of me after so many years, I really want to talk to her—the reason why I feel this way is most likely because of Yuuji’s words ‘She’ll erase you from her memory anyway’.

In order to turn my thoughts into action, I follow Himeji-san closely as I walked into the shop…only to find that there’re so many dolls here, it’s unbelievable. Seems like this is a doll shop that a girl will love the most—what the heck, this shop’s basically a doll shop!

“Well, let’s go back. This shop really doesn’t suit me.”

I immediately hasten my pace and walk towards the exit. Anyway, the most important thing right now is to leave this place.

“This is Hazuki’s only request of this lifetime. Please, uncle!”

“Even if you say that, I have to do business, you know…”

The moment I reached the exit, I suddenly heard this conversation. It seemed like a girl’s standing at the counter and telling the cashier something. She seems rather insistent on this. What’s going on?

I felt a bit mindful, so I turn my head to where the voice came from. As I expected, it’s a cashier uncle and a girl who looks like she’s in elementary school.

“I want to get that big Noi doll no matter what. Please, I beg you!”

“Even if you ask me like this…we’re doing business. Wouldn’t it be unfair to the other customers if I give you a little discount? We shopkeepers do have to treat all customers equally.”

“Even so, please!”

“Uuu…really can’t handle you…”

The cashier uncle looked rather troubled as he said this and scratches his face. The girl however continued to beg earnestly. Seeing such a small girl beg like this, I’ll be seen as really cruel if I’m to walk away like this…

“Hey, little girl, why do you want this doll?”

I know that I’m too nosey, but I still ended up getting involved.

Now that a 3rd party has suddenly appeared, the little girl and the uncle revealed a surprised look on their faces.

“Be, because onee-chan didn’t look too good recently. I wanted to buy the doll that she always wanted to hopefully motivate her…”

“Not looking good?”

“Most likely, because she just came back from Germany and couldn’t understand Japanese well!

Shifted houses…even if it’s within Japanese land, anyone will feel lonely when the friends and environment changes, let alone coming back to Japan.

“Even then, onee-chan took over mommy and daddy and did all the housework like sweeping and washing clothes nicely, and often play together with Hazuki…”

Seemed like it hit her sore spot as Hazuki-chan’s wide eyes start to tear up.

“Waa! Don, don’t cry! Nii-san will help you out here!”

“…Really?”

“Mm, really.”

“…Thank you, onii-chan!”

Wiping away the tears, Hazuki-chan reveals a delightful smile.

“Speaking of which, how much does this doll cost?”

The doll in Hazuki-chan’s arms is about 1m tall. If I make a rough estimate, I don’t think 5,000 yen’s going to be enough.

“Including tax, it’ll be a total of 24,800 yen.”

“Sorry, nii-san already tried, but he can’t do it.”

“Onii-chan?”

Hazuki-chan looks rather sad.

Argh! Didn’t expect one to be that expensive. Under these conditions, the declaration of surrender came out of my mouth without thinking through.

“Then how much does Hazuki-chan has?”

“I only have 10,000yen…”

So we’re missing 15,000. Including my entire fortune, there’s only 11,699 yen. We can’t even hitting the price of 24,800 yen! The most we can pay is half.

“Excuse me, can you sell this doll to us at 11,699 yen?”

“Eh, I just said before that that we’re doing a business here…”

The reply’s still the same.

“Onii-chan, this isn’t any different from before.”

Hazuki-chan whispered to my ear.

She’s right. Up till now, I’ve been doing the same thing as what Hazuki-chan’s been doing. However, things will be different from now on. I’m not an elementary school student; let’s show her how an adult (high school student) does things!

“We have only 11,699 yen in total, that’s about half the price of the doll, right?”

“Ya. That’s still not quite enough.”

“Hazuki-chan wants this doll, and uncle wants to sell this to her, but you’re unwilling to sell it to her at half price. If so, I have a great idea!”

“Hm? What is it?”

“We can rip the doll in half and sell the right side to—eh? What? Why are you two seeing me as an idiot?”

“…Are you really a high school student?”

“…Onii-chan’s an idiot!”

I, I actually got called stupid by an elementary school kid!

“I can’t give you a discount, but I can guarantee that I won’t sell this doll away for the time being. You can go back to discuss with your parents first.”

Making this conclusion, the uncle ended the conversation just like this.

“Can’t you ask your parents to buy it for you, Hazuki-chan?”

Having walked out of the shop, we came to the park to discuss our plans.

“Mommy and daddy aren’t normally at home…so they would leave the money to one-chan. If I want to buy something, onee-chan will definitely ask for a reason…”

“I see, uu~”

Wanting to do something for her beloved older sister—Hazuki-chan’s heart’s ever so glamorous, it’s way different from my family who sent me to Fumitzuki Gakuen on the excuse of ‘not wanting to waste school fees’. I must help Hazuki-chan in order to prevent her from losing this intimacy with her family.

But speaking of which, what should I do? It’ll be good if I have some more money, but my money’s about to be used it…

“Oh ya! Hazuki can get money if she sells her manga to a second-hand shop, right?”

Hazuki-chan thought of this brilliant plan as her eyes sparkle. It’s true that we can get money just like this, but I think that she can’t get so much anyway. Of course, it’s a different case altogether if I have those handheld games that were confiscated this morning—

“Hm? Oh ya, there’s this plan after all!”

“…Onii-chan, have you thought of something?”

“I can’t possibly get it back it my hands anyway. If I’m successful, we may be able to get enough money to buy the doll…”

Though I don’t think it can work…mm! It’s still worth a try though.

“Okay! Hazuki-chan, can you come back to the park tomorrow?”

“Y, yes. I can come over…”

“Then we’ll meet here tomorrow. It’s getting dark now, let’s go home.”

I waved my hands and said goodbye to Hazuki-chan. Anyway, I got to discuss it with Yuuji and the rest tomorrow.

“Ah, mm, bye bye…”

Speaking of which, did Himeji-san really enter that shop?

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“So you want to take back those confiscated items?”

The next morning, in the same classroom, I talked to the trio as per usual.

“I do feel that it’s a pity to leave those things that got confiscated yesterday, but…”

“Uu~mm…ya, but the opponent’s that Ironman. We may be designated as ‘Punishment Inspectors’ if we’re not careful…”

Yuuji and Hideyoshi lower their chin and ponder. Seems like they don’t intend to help me. This is bad, looks like I have to deal with this on my own.

“…I approve of Akihisa’s proposal.”

“Eh? Muttsulini? You’re willing to help me?”

“…(Nods head forcefully).”

Great! Now at least I have someone who specializes in stealth helping me out.

“…Never mind, let’s give it a go.”

“Ah? So Yuuji’s okay with it?”

“Yeah. I just bought that MP3 recently, and I accumulated quite a debt to Ironman, so let’s settle this once and for all.”

Yuuji smirked. What an enthusiastic bad guy’s face.

“If so, I’ll help out as well. If I can get back those things, I don’t want to give up as well.”

In the end, even Hideyoshi nodded his head, and everyone decided to take part in this. As expected of the group problematic first-years.

“Right now, the most important thing is to investigate where our targets are.”

“That’s right. If we don’t even know where Ironman hid those confiscated items, we can’t possibly get them back even if we want to.”

The confiscated items may have ended up being abandoned, but they were just confiscated yesterday, so Ironman should still have them with him.

“That’s the case. Akihisa, remove the silence function of the phone.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Don’t ask too much, just do it. You want those confiscated items back, right?”

“…I’m not really sure what’s going on, but I just need to remove the silence function, right?”

“That’s right.”

The phone can’t possibly ring during lesson time, there shouldn’t be any problems, right? Let’s just follow what Yuuji told me to do.

I pull my handphone out from my pocket and took it out of silent mode.

“Oi, you people better hurry up and sit down. I’m going to start taking attendance.”

Seeing our homeroom teacher Ironman walk into the classroom, I immediately slip the handphone back into my pocket.

“Alright, let’s begin.”

Thus, our battle for the confiscated items officially begins now.

“Shimada.”

“Here.”

“Shimizu.”

“Here.”

At the usual time of taking attendance, Ironman’s coarse voice echoes clearly throughout the classroom.

“Yamaguchi.”

“Here.”

“Watanabe.”

“Here.”

—Beep beep beep.

Suddenly, a beep interrupted the class while attendance is taken. Whose phone is it? Really, do think that we have such a stupid person in class. The phone will definitely get confiscated when it rings in class.

“…Yoshii, hand over your phone.”

“…Yes.”

The problem is, this stupid person was me.

Damn it! Why must it ring at this moment!? Who called me!?

<<Missed call: Sakamoto Yuuji>>

“Yu, Yuuji, you betrayed me!”

“I’ll consficate the handphone then.”

“Ahh! Handphone! MY HANDPHONE!”

My handphone got taken away by Ironman mercilessly.

“Very good. Nobody’s came late nor skipped classes. I hope that all students will continue to keep this up.”

After taking the attendance, Ironman moves his heavy feet out of the classroom—together with my handphone.

“Very good. Part 1 of the plan is complete.”

“Yuuji! What sort of grudge do you have against me! Now my handphone got confiscated by Ironman all because of you!”

“This is a bait meant to fish out where our targets are. We just need to take them back.”

“Eh? Bait?”

“That’s right. I deliberately allowed Ironman to confiscate your handphone in order to find out where Ironman hid those items.”

“Why didn’t you tell me in the first place…”

And if possible, I hope that you can use your handphone as bait.

“…I’m back.”

“WAHH!”

Suddenly talking right behind me. You scared me~

“Oh, Muttsulini came back already. How was it?”

“…Those confiscated items are placed in the staff storage cupboard.”

“As expected of Muttsulini, erasing your own presence to tail people, that truly is your specialty. I’m impressed.”

Seems like Muttsulini went to tail Ironman and investigate where my handphone was hidden. If it’s tailing others without attracting attention, Yuuji can’t do it, and Hideyoshi doesn’t have the skills.

“…But the cupboard’s locked.”

“Okay. So where’s the key?”

“…In the rear left pocket of Ironman’s pants.”

“I see. If so, we have to snatch the key from him.”

“Ya, but how are we going to do that?”

“No problems. I got a good idea. We’ll take action during cleaning time.”

Anyway, let's attend lessons and wait for school dismissal.

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It's finally dismissal time.

“So, what plan do you have?”

As I tried to sneak out yesterday, I was punished to sweep the entire corridor alone. Thus, I'm discussing the plan with Yuuji and the rest while twisting the mop around. These damned guys don't have any intentions of helping out in the first place.

“We'll be using that.”

Yuuji lifts his chin and points.

“A pail? What are we going to do with that?”

“We're going to use that to splash water on Ironman and make him take off his clothes.”

I see. If so, we can then take his clothes away and take the key to the cupboard,

“Mm hm~ this method is simple and easy to succeed.”

Hideyoshi's right. We can't possibly fail. Basically, there's only the last problem to this plan, and that is—whoever going to splash the water on Ironman will get pursued by him to the ends of the Earth.

“There's only one problem in this plan, and that's the one who's going to splash the water, 'Akihisa' will get pursued by him to the ends of the Earth.”

Hold on! Is it decided that I'll be the one in charge of doing this?

“However, that's not really a huge problem.”

THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM TO ME!

“Oi, isn't that too strange? Let's settle this with rock paper scissors!”

“Ooh, look! Me and our target's already here.”

“Very good. You got to do your best, Akihisa!”

“...Do your best.”

“Eh? Hold on!”

The trio already wordlessly retreated back in the shortest time possible.

Ironman has already climbed up the stairs. If so, I can only do this!

My eyes have already captured the target, and the relative speed was estimated. The prepared weapon's in my hand, everything's okay—time to attack!

“WAAHH! I SLIPPED!”

Dragging the mop, I deliberately fell forward by letting my feet stagger and aim the pail at Ironman, who's on the stairs. GET WET!

“GUAH!”

How, how is it possible! As expected of Ironman! To be able to suddenly react in the blink of an eye and dodge the splash thanks to his superhuman senses! However—

“WHERE ARE YOU ESCAPING TO!?”

I drag the mop in my hand to where Ironman dodged to. I won't admit defeat so easily!

Phoosh, Clak cak cak.

The water from the pail drenched Ironman, and the pail rolls asie. Mission accomplished.

I pick up the pail and mop that I threw out as I remain mindful not to step on the puddle of water, saying to a stunned Ironman “Sorry, I slipped—AHH, sensei! An encyclopaedia isn't to be used as a weapon!”

“I thought I just heard you say 'Where are you escaping to', didn't I?”

“That's just a hallucination.”

“Stop trying to lie to me with such a serious look on your face. Get ready to die!”

“Sen, sensei, please don't use the edge of the encyclopaedia!”

Where are you guys now! Come save me! I'll definitely be beaten down by Ironman into a panda if this keeps up!

“Ahh, Akihisa, you really ended up doing it.”

Yuuji and the rest appeared out of nowhere. Anyway, I'm saved~

“I told you so many times 'not to splash water onto sensei'...”

“Ow, OWW! SENSEI! I SAID THAT I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE ALREADY!”

They, they didn't help out at all! These damned guys! Are they intending to sit around and watch?

“Sensei, punish Akihisa later. I guess you better change your clothes. If you don't mind, I'll lend my P.E. attire to you.”

“That's right. Sorry, then lend me that. Yoshii, stay behind and scrub the floor clean!”

Leaving these words behind, Ironman, who was drenched by me, head off to the classroom with Yuuji and the rest to change clothes.

“...So unfortunate.”

Anyway, I remained behind to clean the floor up. Besides, I have the cleaning tools in my hand.

Just as I'm working hard to wipe the water off the floor, Hideyoshi walks out of the classroom and moves towards me.

“I got the key, Akihisa.”

“Really? Then we just need to enter the staffroom and get back the confiscated items.”

“Umm, let's hurry up before Ironman realizes it.”

“Got it!”

After letting the mop lean against the wall, Hideyoshi and I quickly head towards the staffroom.

“I'm going in then.”

I took the cupboard key from Hideyoshi's hands and reach my hand out for the door.

“There’s no problem, right?”

“No need to worry. I’ll try my best to walk into the staffroom without raising too much attention and get those things back.”

I should be just an ordinary student to every teacher, except for Ironman. I should be more suited for this role as compared to Hideyoshi, who has the look of a beauty.

“Really? Then I’ll just wait here for your good news.”

“Mm, I’m going in then~ ‘cuse me~”

I open the staffroom door slightly. No problem, I’m not some irritating guy.

“Yoshii? Hurry up and get over here!”

“Why!? Why am I noticed so soon after entering the room!?”

I got caught by the Ancient Literature teacher immediately after entering the room. Why?

“I want to hear what excuse you have regarding the essay ‘translate the Tsurezuregusa[http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Baka_to_Tesuto_to_Syokanju:Volume3.5_Translation_Notes_and_References#] into Modern Language’!”

“Ah, I did hand in my homework properly.”

“I’m asking why did you turn the Tsurezuregusa into a rap!?”

“Eh? But sensei wanted it to be translated into the modern language, and speaking of modern Japanese, isn’t it—”

“Ah, Yoshii-kun, remember to come over here after you’re done there.”

“Yoshii, that Chemistry report you handed in was too ridiculous! Come over and explain it to me later.”

Unknowingly, I got surrounded by several teachers. Well, if this is the case, forget about completing the plan, I’ll be hounded by these teachers till night! Got to find a way to get away from them!

“Excuse me…”

Just as I’m pondering on what to do, someone else entered the staffroom. Hm? Isn’t that Hideyoshi?

"Ooh, isn’t that Kinoshita? What’s wrong?”

“I, I suddenly…don’t feel too good…but the health teacher isn’t…in…”

Hideyoshi cupped his mouth. He really doesn’t look too good. Is he sick?

“Hideyoshi, are you—”

I frantically rushed towards him. At this moment, he suddenly blinked at me. I see, so he’s acting! As expected of someone from the drama club, I nearly got fooled.

“Sorry, but can I rest here—”

Before finishing, Hideyoshi collapsed onto the floor.

“Ki, Kinoshita! Are you alright?”

“Anyway, let’s take him to the sickbay!”

“You, you’re right! Sensei, please carry his legs!”

A few teachers start to create quite the ruckus. After that, everyone in the staffroom left to accompany Hideyoshi to the sick bay. Brilliantly done, Hideyoshi!

“Let’s use this opportunity to get back those confiscated items. Let me see, Ironman…no wait, it’s Nishimura. Nishimura’s…”

I checked the nametag on the cupboards which are according to order. Oh, found it. It’s this one.

“…Speaking of which, I somehow imagined that bugs will crawl out of Ironman’s cupboard.”

Though I’m a bit fearful, I have no time to hesitate. I pull out the key Hideyoshi handed to me and pull the door handle down, opening the metal cupboard effortlessly.

“Oh, it’s unexpectedly clean…”

The cupboard’s arranged rather neatly, and the bag of confiscated goods are placed in an obvious place.

“Let’s get out of here before someone notices—hm?”

Just as I was about to lock the cupboard up and run away, I noticed a pile of old books tied up in raffia strings. Should be meant for throwing away.

“Uu~hm…since he’s going to throw it, I might as well take it. Maybe I can get some money as well.”

After grabbing the books with both hands, I immediately dashed out of the staffroom.

“Okay! At least we achieved our goal!”

After what happened just now, I brought the spoils—the bag of confiscated items back to Yuuji, only taking away my own stuff and the pile of old books. I then took them over to a second-hand shop to exchange these spoils for cash.

My handheld games and gaming software garnered a price lower than what I expected, while that pile of books got quite the price; what a nice mistake in estimation. I really got to thank Ironman for this.

“Let me see, is that girl here~”

“Ah! Onii-chan! You're here!”

Hazuki-chan immediately came running over to me the moment I approached the park. She really looked like a cute puppy, and that even warms my heart. Maybe it's because I'm often surrounded by idiots, Ironman and a violent girl...

“Mm, because we arranged to meet each other. Oh yeah, where did you get that doll from?”

Looking closely, Hazuki-chan's hugging something similar to the Noi doll that she wanted to buy (is that what it's called?). It looks as if it was sewn by hand.

“There was a pretty onee-chan who came over and said to me 'If that onii-chan couldn't succeed, then give this to your sister!' and handed it over to me!”

“?”
“And she also said 'If that onii-chan managed to buy the doll, i'll give this doll to you.'.”

The kid's lac of order in her speech confused me.

Erm, let me straighten Hazuki-chan's words out—

—A pretty onee-chan came to Hazuki-chan today.

—And then, she handed this handmade doll over to Hazuki-chan

—This pretty onee-chan even said that if I couldn't do it, she'll give this doll to Hazuki-chan's sister as a gift.

—But if I succeeded, this doll will go to Hazuki-chan.

—So that's how it is.

“Mmm, is that so? Then this doll will go to hazuki-chan.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Yeah. And this doll will go to Hazuki-chan's sister.”

I hand over the large doll in my hand over to Hazuki-chan. It should be tough for her petite body to carry such a large doll, but she still received it delightedly.

“This is great! Thank you, onii-chan!”

“No problems. It'll be great if your sister can cheer up.”

I patted her head. Hazuki-chan seems to enjoy it as she slowly closes her eyes.

“Uu~ Ah, that's right! Onii-chan, can you lend me your ear?”

“Eh? What is it? Are you going to say a secret to me or something?”

“don't ask, just lend me your ear.”

Is she about to thank me? I'm really touched. One can't become a proper adult if the person can't even say 'thank you' or 'sorry'.

“Okay, what is it?”

I bent over to match her height, but unexpectedly—

“Thank you, onii-chan♪”

Whoosh! A cute sensation passes my face. Eh? This...don't tell me this is...

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“Wha, wha, wha...”

“Onii-chan may be an idiot, but he's so gentle! Hazuki-cahn loves you! When I grow up, I'll let you become my husband!”

Without waiting for me to reply, Hazuki-chan skips out of the park.

Re, recently, these elementary school students are...

I touched my face with my hand, seemingly wanting to wipe away the soft sensation that's left on the face. Even without looking at the mirror, I know my face is red. How, how embarrassing...she's just an elementary school kid...

“Hoo...time for me to go back as well...”

After lifting my bag up and slinging it over my back, I head off towards the exit of the park. While exiting, I see a familiar figure yesterday. That person is—

“Excuse me...are you Himeji-san?”

“Ah, yes, what is it—YO, YOSHII-KUN!”

So it's Himeji-san. It sure is hard to find another pretty girl. I can't possibly be mistaken.

“Sorry, I seemed to have scared you.”

“No, no worries. I was just dazed...”

Our conversation got interrupted just like that. This, this is really awkward...what should I say to a friend who I haven't met for a long time?

“Erm, that...it's really a coincidence that we met here. Did you just finish class? But you look rather tired here, are you?”

“Yes,because I stayed up all night...”

“Hei~so Himeji-san would also stay up.”

The impression she gives is that she lives her life normally, but it's unexpected that she would stay up.

“That's not it, I just stayed up last night, because I got something I have to do no matter what...”

She inadvertently yawned as she continued to talk. Himeji-san sure is cute when she lets out some tears due to sleepiness.

“Then, I'll be going off in this direction, goodbye.”

"Ah, mm, byebye.”

I waved my hand to Himeji-san, who bowed to me courteously.

While walking home, I just realized—oh ya, why did Himeji-san appear in such a place?

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“...There was a case of theft in the staffroom room.”

The next morning, during self-study period, Ironman suddenly mentioned this. He's definitely referring to the bag of confiscated items that we got yesterday.

“Such a tragedy worth being angry over, don't you think so, Yoshii?”

He actually threw this question at me. As expected of Ironman, he must have realized that I was the perpetrator, but who will follow you obediently?

“Yeah, sure is worth sighing over.”

I naturally replied with these few words. No problems, I got everything under control.

“Really? Speaking of which, that culprit even took sensei's books.”

Hm? Books? Is he referring to that bundle of books? Wasn't he going to throw them away?

“And that culprit actually had the guts to use his own identity to sell my books to a second-hand shop.”

“Is that so, he sure has guts.”

“Yeah, hahahaha!”

“Ahhahaha...”

Ironman and I started laughing with all enthusiasm. Really, we're laughing with all sorts of happiness—at least it looked that way if not for those eyes.

“YOSHII! GET READY TO DIE!!!”

“So, sorry! Who knew that it was sensei's collection, I didn't—”

“Are you saying that you didn't even think of it?”

“No, I did think about it, but then I thought 'since its Ironman's, it doesn't matter~'! OW! OUCH! SENSEI! MY SKULLCAP GOT SMASHED IN BY YOU!”

“So you idiot has the highest suspicion. Looks like I have to be even more careful and watch you.”

“Sensei! I'm feeling that I've been watched by you all this time, there's no way for you to watch me further!”

“No, there still is, right? I got a really precious title of honor that's suitable for you—“

“Eh, this is...”

“Everyone at the staff meeting this morning have all agreed, so accept this. This is a present that sensei's handing you.”

From who knows when, Ironman suddenly has a piece of paper in his hand. This plain white paper has only a single line on it.

—Yoshii Akihisa.

The above mentioned has been designed as the 'Punishment Inspector' of Fumitzuki Gakuen.

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“Onee-chan!”

Hm? Hazuki, what's up?”

“Well, this is for onee-chan!”

“Eh? Isn't this the Noi doll that I always wanted? How did you...”

“Because onee-chan looked so lethargic. Hazuki prepared it for onee-chan to cheer onee-chan up!”

“Hazuki...really, you...thank you, onee-chan's really happy!”

“Schoolwork may be tough, but you must work hard, Minami nee-chan!”

“Hm, I'll do my best! I'll feel like I lost if I continue to mess around like this. And also...”

“And also what?”

“I'm mindful of someone in school.”

“Eh? Onee-chan's mindful of someone? Who is it? How is that person like?”

“Well~as repayment of the Noi doll, I'll only say this to Hazuki. That person is in the same class as me, and he's one huge idiot~”

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