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		<title>Deeplyrapidsending: Created page with &quot;    Volume 9.5 Chapter 4         In every way, I&#039;ve become like this lately. All the troubles have piled up on me, leaving me   exhausted, both physically and mentally. Then I crawl under the covers, sobbing. The only   place I can find peace now is in my dreams. But my dreams are startin g to get strange.   Finally, Shizuku appeared in my dream. It was only a fleeting moment, but I woke up   screaming. Maybe I&#039;ve gotten too sick.         Before I became Kämpfer,...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;    Volume 9.5 Chapter 4         In every way, I&amp;#039;ve become like this lately. All the troubles have piled up on me, leaving me   exhausted, both physically and mentally. Then I crawl under the covers, sobbing. The only   place I can find peace now is in my dreams. But my dreams are startin g to get strange.   Finally, Shizuku appeared in my dream. It was only a fleeting moment, but I woke up   screaming. Maybe I&amp;#039;ve gotten too sick.         Before I became Kämpfer,...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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    In every way, I&amp;#039;ve become like this lately. All the troubles have piled up on me, leaving me &lt;br /&gt;
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    Before I became Kämpfer, I was living a peaceful high school life, but the drastic change in &lt;br /&gt;
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the past few months is astonishing. If someone in Hollywood sees this, maybe it&amp;#039;ll be made &lt;br /&gt;
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into a movie. Of course, I&amp;#039;d happily license it to them. The only th ing I&amp;#039;d have to sign a &lt;br /&gt;
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copyright agreement for related merchandise would be a deal. Ever since that terrifying day, &lt;br /&gt;
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or rather, ever since that day, after that day, when I was nearly raped on the library rooftop —&lt;br /&gt;
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a daydream... no, a nightmare —I&amp;#039;ve been tryin g to keep a low profile.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Specifically, I can&amp;#039;t go anywhere except the men&amp;#039;s section. This place is a sacred place, and &lt;br /&gt;
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it&amp;#039;s become one of the few places where I can find peace of mind.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I&amp;#039;ve heard rumors that &amp;quot;Senou from the Girls&amp;#039; Club seems to be taking another break,&amp;quot; but &lt;br /&gt;
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I&amp;#039;ll just ignore them.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Ever since then, even looking at the face of the &amp;quot;Idiot Leader&amp;quot; Higashida, I somehow think &lt;br /&gt;
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he looks like an angel. I stay in the classroom all day, even if it&amp;#039;s pointless. But people also say &lt;br /&gt;
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it&amp;#039;s disgusting to laugh to myself. I&amp;#039;m having trouble getti ng along.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    That day, I didn&amp;#039;t go home after school, lingering in the classroom, stalling for time.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Why, Senou, you&amp;#039;re staying again?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Higashida asked. Normally, I&amp;#039;d be the first one out, but now it might be considered strange.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Didn&amp;#039;t you say you love your home?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Ah, I do.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Is there something going on at school? If it&amp;#039;s about the Beautiful Girls Research Society, &lt;br /&gt;
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you no longer have the right to attend executive meetings.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Not that I particularly want to go.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    The &amp;quot;Beautiful Girls Research Society&amp;quot; he was talking about is one of the many &lt;br /&gt;
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underground clubs at Seitetsu Academy. Ever since the brochure they released during the &lt;br /&gt;
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beauty pageant was a huge success, membership seems to be increasing.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I used to be a special advisor to the organization, but now I&amp;#039;ve lost all my qualifications. &lt;br /&gt;
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This is fine.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I wasn&amp;#039;t , but this guy hinted, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just an obligation, you have to fulfill it.&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s really &lt;br /&gt;
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annoying.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s going on with that? The relationship between the president and the woman &lt;br /&gt;
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named Natsuru?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Well, Mikoto is investigating it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Of course, as someone involved, I know all about it. But I can tell him later.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Mikoto is more proactive than me. I think there&amp;#039;s a report by now.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;I think there&amp;#039;s been some new developments recently...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Damn, so he said he was going to publicize the relationship between me and Shizuku. That &lt;br /&gt;
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would really bother me.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Of course, it seems Higashida doesn&amp;#039;t know any more. That&amp;#039;s a relief.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a surge in demand for beautiful girls lately, and there&amp;#039;s also a catalog. I really want &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
to know about it soon.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I have no interest in that catalog at all, and this logic doesn&amp;#039;t make sense to anyone. Before &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I became Kempfer, I might have  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    gotten into some stupid shit with this guy, but now my stance has changed a bit.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t you have any other sources besides me?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I do, but you&amp;#039;re the most reliable. Hanzawa and the others are investigating Sakura Kaede, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
so they&amp;#039;re shorthanded.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Sakura Kaede doesn&amp;#039;t talk much about herself, does she?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yeah, but she seemed to have mentioned recently that she wanted to go back home.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;...Huh?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;It would be fine if she went back on a holiday. A lot of people would be upset if she asked &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
for leave from school.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Since Sakura Kaede is as famous as Shizuku, it&amp;#039;s no surprise that she&amp;#039;s in the news. There &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
are also some guys who act  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    smug just because they go to the same school, even though they haven&amp;#039;t even met them.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re upset too, right?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Huh?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s Sakura Kaede.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yeah, of course.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Yes, I like Sakura Kaede more than anyone else. But lately, Sakura Kaede has been suddenly &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
showing hostility and fighting with us, and my  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    feelings for her are often weakened.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    No, no, I never would have thought that before. Even though  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Sakura Kaede and I are enemies now, my loyalty to her won&amp;#039;t waver in the slightest. I had &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
to stop thinking like that quickly.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Sakura Kaede is the best. She&amp;#039;s a beauty, an angel, a god. Just thinking of her smile can &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
make me eat three bowls of rice. No, six. She&amp;#039;s still in the girls&amp;#039; club, but she&amp;#039;s destined to &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
marry me someday.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I know, I know.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Higashida waved his hand.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve heard your fantasy countless times. It&amp;#039;s about living in a house with white walls, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
right?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Not only that, but also getting a dog.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    This guy reacted like that because I&amp;#039;d been filling him in on my future plans with Sakura &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kaede since first grade. Listen carefully, there&amp;#039;s also the plan for our family to immigrate &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
overseas.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Senou, hurry up and get information on the president.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What are you talking about? I touched Sakura Kaede&amp;#039;s breasts...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What did you say?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Higashida asked back, so I stopped myself.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    It was a close call. I almost said, &amp;quot;I touched Sakura Kaede&amp;#039;s breasts.&amp;quot; Sakura Kaede and I &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
almost stumbled into that kind of relationship on the riverbank. I was overwhelmed by her &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
charm and touched her soft breasts. If someone hadn&amp;#039;t interfered, thing s could have gone &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
much further. Looking back, it&amp;#039;s such a pity.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What happened to Sakura Kaede?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah... no... Sakura Kaede and I are actually living a secret nightlife...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to know. It&amp;#039;s not just you, Senou, who have such fantasies. All kinds of men &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
have them. I&amp;#039;m tired of hearing about them.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What a sinful school.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You have no right to say that. Most of the stories are about the president. We keep &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
shoving those YY novels into our hands. We&amp;#039;re not doing doujinshi, of course.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;But we do something similar.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I&amp;#039;m starting to get some sense. Perhaps the group of people in the &amp;quot;Club Scolded by &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shizuku Sangou -sama&amp;quot; had nowhere to vent their wildly inflated imaginations and ended up &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
writing about it like this. If we don&amp;#039;t talk about those dross and get rid of i t, people will &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
become abnormal.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    The bell rang. That&amp;#039;s the code for &amp;quot;Hurry back.&amp;quot; Unless it&amp;#039;s the night before an event or a &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
make -up class, it&amp;#039;s hard to stay here forever.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Senou, are you still staying?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I want to go home now.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Then why not go back?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Something&amp;#039;s going on. Maybe someone&amp;#039;s lying in wait on the road.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Who&amp;#039;s targeting you? Skull 13?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yes... nothing.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Since you have so much free time, come and help me,&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Higashida said to me.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;If this is about the Bishoujo Research Society, then I have nothing to do with it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;No, I&amp;#039;m also a member of the underground &amp;quot;Committee for the Normalization of Gender &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Relationships.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So there&amp;#039;s such an organization.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;They need a liaison.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah—&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I gave him a vague answer. This so -called &amp;quot;Gender Relationship Normalization Committee&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
is an organization that&amp;#039;s managed to circumvent the strict restrictions on relationships at &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Seitetsu Academy, gaining widespread support from both sexes. It&amp;#039;s said to be modeled after &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
the Underground Railroad, a pre -Civil War organization that helped slaves escape from the &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
South, but its application in a Japanese school seems a bit exaggerated.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You go over for a bit.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Why me?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Have you forgotten how many times they&amp;#039;ve helped you?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Higashida asked. I tilted my head.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Is that true?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Didn&amp;#039;t I tell you a lot about the contact information and the tunnel?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    It was true. Back then, I didn&amp;#039;t have an ID card to join the women&amp;#039;s department, so we &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
needed their help.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;The student council later discovered that, and some of the lines were blocked. Didn&amp;#039;t you &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
dig a tunnel for us before?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That was blocked too. Our means of communication are almost exhausted, and it&amp;#039;s going &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
to be troublesome if we don&amp;#039;t send a liaison from our side.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;And then you let me go?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I always feel like I can&amp;#039;t escape when something like this happens. Is it because I have so &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
much free time?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You know people in the Girls&amp;#039; Club, right? You won&amp;#039;t be suspected.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;But I can&amp;#039;t just  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    go there openly.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I won&amp;#039;t force you.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Well, with my ID, getting to the Girls&amp;#039; Club is easy.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Are you going now?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yeah, there&amp;#039;s a contact waiting in the library.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;...I don&amp;#039;t really want to go.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;If I&amp;#039;m not in the library, I won&amp;#039;t be able to contact anyone in the Girls&amp;#039; Club.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I know that, but if I go there, there&amp;#039;s a good chance I&amp;#039;ll run into Akane or Shizuku. And that &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
happened on the rooftop before.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Hurry up! It&amp;#039;s almost time.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Then what are you doing?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to a meeting of the &amp;#039;Men&amp;#039;s Club Secret Treasure Investigation Committee.&amp;#039; It&amp;#039;s a &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
coincidence that our dates overlap, and I&amp;#039;m already feeling annoyed.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Are there even such underground clubs? I had no idea. Getting things done at this school is &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
a real hassle, but doing things like this is incredibly dynamic.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I&amp;#039;ll just ramble on.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just once.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll give you a secret photo of the president.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want that.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Then I&amp;#039;ll buy you a drink or something.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s good.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Compared to Shizuku&amp;#039;s photo, this one is a hundred times better. At least it&amp;#039;ll be useful &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
when I&amp;#039;m thirsty. Photos and the like won&amp;#039;t quench my thirst.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I immediately left the classroom and headed for the library at full speed. I might run into &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Akane, but I just had to be careful around there.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    How about going in through the library window? Forget it. It would be troublesome if I was &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
mistaken for a thief. So I watched carefully at the entrance.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    There was a female student at the information desk, but she was an unfamiliar girl. Great, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
that way it&amp;#039;s okay.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    But even so, I had to go in quietly. I acted nonchalant and walked towards the summer &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
vacation area.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    It had been blocked off because of our further destruction, but now it&amp;#039;s finally halfway &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
usable. This seems to be thanks to Shizuku&amp;#039;s skills. Akane was very grateful to her, so it must &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
be true.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I tried to move to a less conspicuous place. Okay, where is the contact person?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;YEAH! It&amp;#039;s me!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    A voice came, making me nervous. I knew who it was without even seeing their face.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I turned away in annoyance.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;...Masumi Nishino.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Long time no see!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Masumi Nishino, a first -year student in the girls&amp;#039; club. Yes, she&amp;#039;s in quite a few underground &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
clubs,  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    she said, her voice easily audible. I figured she wouldn&amp;#039;t be suited to such secret &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
gatherings.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Natsuru -san, you and Higashida -san are good friends, right?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I guess so.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Are they close?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Well, kind of.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Although I was wondering why I was friends with that idiot, I still acted like that on the &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
surface. Thinking about it, a personal acquaintance was enough.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I put on a calm front for now.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been asked to contact you.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yes, that&amp;#039;s exactly it!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s it about? I think we need to establish a new contact or something.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;No, that&amp;#039;s not it —&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Even with the trailing edge of her sentence, she spoke quickly. A truly practical way of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
speaking.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Well, actually, I have something to ask you, Natsuru.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah? Me?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I pointed at myself without thinking.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Masumi Nishino and I aren&amp;#039;t particularly close. It&amp;#039;s not like we don&amp;#039;t know what kind of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
relationship we have, but we don&amp;#039;t talk often. Especially since I&amp;#039;ve been so busy lately that I &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
haven&amp;#039;t really seen each other.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Well, about that, please tell me a little bit about your relationship with the president. I &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
heard you got dumped recently.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    That&amp;#039;s right, I wasn&amp;#039;t dumped. Don&amp;#039;t write nonsense. Speaking of which, can you please not &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ask women about me?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I was feeling annoyed, but she suddenly changed the subject.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Forget about what happened just now. I&amp;#039;m here for something else today .&amp;quot; &amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    What did you say?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll listen if you&amp;#039;re willing to talk.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;No. Something else?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot; &amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Masumi Nishino waved at me from the back of the bookshelf.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;She asked me to. Here, here.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    A figure appeared. It was Mikoto.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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    Although she looked like my childhood friend, she looked nervous. Holding back the urge &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
to go to the bathroom? No  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    problem , just go.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You again.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What do you mean, you again?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto said angrily.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Didn&amp;#039;t we just meet?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Do you really hate seeing me?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Not that I do.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto thanked Masumi Nishino. Masumi Nishino said, &amp;quot;Enjoy yourself,&amp;quot; and walked away.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s nothing.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That girl&amp;#039;s a member of the &amp;#039;Committee for the Normalization of Relationships Between &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Men and Women.&amp;#039; I asked her to set you up.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What good will it do to ask someone like that for help? You&amp;#039;ll be in trouble later. They&amp;#039;re &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
no different from thugs.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s wrong with that?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Not at all. I&amp;#039;m going back.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah, if you do that, I&amp;#039;ll scream. Ask Masumi Nishino for help and tell her that you, Natsuru, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
assaulted me.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re tougher than me, aren&amp;#039;t you?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Hey—! Masumi Nishino!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    she suddenly yelled, and I hurriedly covered her mouth. Mikoto glared at me. No one saw &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
me, I hope. It seemed like no one was coming down from upstairs now.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You, don&amp;#039;t you know where my house is? Why don&amp;#039;t you just come to see me like usual?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want the president to know. Besides, we&amp;#039;re going to be stricter after that,&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto lowered her voice. I felt like she was suspicious.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s going on?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m being targeted.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I stepped back a little. People like that sometimes appear. They think they&amp;#039;re being &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
targeted by the CIA or being spied on by aliens. I once saw someone shouting in front of a &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
station, &amp;quot;I have treasure buried by the Imperial Army, and I&amp;#039;m being hunted by the FSB &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(Russia&amp;#039;s Federal Security Service).&amp;quot; Then a large group of police arrived and took him away. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What happened next?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;They were probably some secret police.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not crazy. It&amp;#039;s the student council, the president&amp;#039;s men.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Even that&amp;#039;s a terrible delusion. You&amp;#039;re not thinking the student council is actually a murder &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
ring, are you? Shizuku is the only one with violent tendencies there.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto looked around.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;The president is trying to keep an eye on me. It&amp;#039;s so tight, there&amp;#039;s no loophole.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;How would she do that? Even if the president is so powerful, she wouldn&amp;#039;t be that bad.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;She has a way. It&amp;#039;s not like she hired spies. She just told the girls in our class, &amp;#039;If Kondou -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
san does anything, tell me.&amp;#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    We all respect her, so we&amp;#039;ll help her.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Yeah, that&amp;#039;s possible. Speaking of intelligence networks, Masumi Nishino&amp;#039;s news &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
department is the largest, but the student council also operates one. They usually gather &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
student opinions, but it seems they&amp;#039;re primarily focused on gathering information about &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
underground clubs. Because they&amp;#039;re so trusted, they have a lot of supporters.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    The reason for all this is because underground clubs exist. Therefore, to keep the school &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from noticing, the student council has to have a good grasp of some of them. That&amp;#039;s quite &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
remarkable. This information is from Mikoto, so it should be quite usefu l. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So, if you and I get caught, it&amp;#039;ll be a bit troublesome.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Why me?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re really slow. After all, didn&amp;#039;t the president say we should have free competition after &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
last time?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah—come to think of it, he did.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    That was truly amazing. I was suddenly pushed down and nearly raped. Anyway, it had &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
nothing to do with my will.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Shizuku and Mikoto are an amazing combination. This is the cold -blooded student council &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
president and this steam -powered woman who toyed with the world and wreaked havoc. If I &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
hadn&amp;#039;t transformed, I would have been brutally raped.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I can&amp;#039;t erase this painful memory, so I can only treat it as a dog bite. Thinking about it, it &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
wouldn&amp;#039;t be so bad to just be happy and let it go. But forget it, what if I get used to it?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So, what about that time...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Why is she suddenly so reserved? What&amp;#039;s wrong?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    It&amp;#039;s rare for her to be like this. She&amp;#039;s a woman who likes things to be clear and easy to &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
understand. She even said she liked Othello, after all. Because there are only two colors.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    She lowered her head slightly, her face a little red.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s wrong? Choked on a pancake?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So, compared to that... um —about what happened last time.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You mean that time on the roof? That really scared me.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Okay... huh?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m... sorry.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I was stunned.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto was apologizing to me. This girl doesn&amp;#039;t often bow her head. She&amp;#039;s the kind of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
person who either shows weakness or acts superior, depending on the person she&amp;#039;s dealing &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
with. Especially when it comes to me, she absolutely refuses to apologize. Sh e always finds a &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
plausible excuse for everything she does. She even manages to make others think the same &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
way, which is a talent. But she apologizes to me. What&amp;#039;s wrong with that?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I went too far... I&amp;#039;m sorry.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;No... it&amp;#039;s nothing.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    The doubts I&amp;#039;d felt earlier had vanished completely. How could I not act this way, with a girl &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
in front of me, her face buried in her astonishment, her heart filled with regret?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto&amp;#039;s voice faded, almost fading.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;As expected, even with Natsuru, that&amp;#039;s not okay...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Of course...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto looked up at me.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Were you hurt?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Not really...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s good.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;But it was a huge shock.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    This memory has become an unforgettable one. Being pushed down and stripped naked by &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
two women together is probably the only time in my life I&amp;#039;ve ever experienced that. The &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
thought sends a chill down my spine.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I glanced at Mikoto, whose face was as red as if it had been boiled.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You, if you&amp;#039;re shy, don&amp;#039;t do it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry... because it was my first time doing that, too.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Who would have experienced something like that?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;The last time I looked at a man&amp;#039;s underwear was a few years ago...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;And you almost touched it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So, that&amp;#039;s... huh? You didn&amp;#039;t!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Really?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Actually, it was true. I wasn&amp;#039;t touched. Because I escaped at the critical moment. I&amp;#039;m still &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
innocent. But I dared to joke about this.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You pervert! A perverted childhood friend!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Wait...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve become a perverted woman.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t say that... idiot.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto sat down. Oh, oh no. Normally, shouldn&amp;#039;t Mikoto have just punched or kicked me &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
right here and there as the ending scene?  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    She crouched there, chattering non -stop. I panicked. It looked like I was bullying Mikoto. It &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
would be bad if someone saw us. Like Akane or Shizuku. Or any other student. The worst part &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
would be if a teacher saw us.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Luckily, no one noticed. Maybe there were still many students who didn&amp;#039;t know the library &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
was available. If someone saw us, like a teacher or the student council, it would be &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
troublesome.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto let out a breath into her shoulder.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I feel so powerless just thinking about it... so ashamed.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Is it that serious?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;For me, it is.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Anyway, stand up first. I grabbed her hand and pulled her up.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto&amp;#039;s hand was very warm. She slowly stood up.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Ah, this is so embarrassing.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I was just planning on living a longer, better life.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I actually went through all this trouble to hide it from the president for a man like you.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Let&amp;#039;s talk about the theft, too. Don&amp;#039;t dig up ruins again. UNESCO will sue you.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Everything I do is legal. I just hand it over to a third party when I sell it. ...That&amp;#039;s okay.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    She regained some of her spirits.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Um... Natsuru... I apologize.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;So that&amp;#039;s over.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;I guess.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;And, although the order may be a little out of order, I have something to say to you... I&amp;#039;m &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
saying it now, but I&amp;#039;ve been meaning to say it for a while.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Keep it short.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Keep it short... Um, Natsuru, go out with me.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I frowned slightly. I hate this kind of anticlimactic way of talking.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Haven&amp;#039;t I been with you since kindergarten? Where do you want to go this time? First of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
all, overseas is not an option because I don&amp;#039;t have a passport.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Mikoto paused for a moment, then seemed to understand what I was saying and quickly &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
changed her tone.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s not it. I want you to be my boyfriend.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Cares (homonymous with boyfriend)? Is that the newly discovered satellite of Saturn?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Who knows? I&amp;#039;m talking about love.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Between me and Sakura Kaede?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Of course not! You&amp;#039;re dating me!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Why?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Really? Because I like you!&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    This time I heard clearly.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I was caught off guard, and something jolted me. What? You&amp;#039;re saying you like me? You&amp;#039;re &lt;br /&gt;
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telling me this now, are you kidding?  &lt;br /&gt;
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    But Mikoto&amp;#039;s expression said it wasn&amp;#039;t a joke. Maybe this is the first time I&amp;#039;ve seen him look &lt;br /&gt;
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like that. Even more serious than when he was reading about the ruins.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Are you serious...?&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Didn&amp;#039;t I tell you I&amp;#039;ve liked you for a long time? Even though you never realized it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Because you&amp;#039;re my childhood sweetheart.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t just being childhood friends mean it&amp;#039;s enough! You&amp;#039;re not saying it&amp;#039;s wrong.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I really can&amp;#039;t stand you guys, but whether we&amp;#039;re dating or not is another matter.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;You clearly want to see you so badly, yet you&amp;#039;re always talking about Sakura Kaede and &lt;br /&gt;
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Sakura Kaede, and you kind of like Akane -chan, and you even kissed the president.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I did, but it wasn&amp;#039;t my intention. It was more of an accident. If I thought otherwise, I&amp;#039;d go &lt;br /&gt;
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crazy.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Natsuru, I like you! I want to date you.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I was speechless, staring at her intently.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Mikoto&amp;#039;s breathing was a little off. Could this be Higashida&amp;#039;s doing? I surmised. At least &lt;br /&gt;
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punishment games don&amp;#039;t require this. That really surprised me. Even though she&amp;#039;s beautiful, &lt;br /&gt;
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it&amp;#039;s a bit strange to be confessed to by a childhood friend. Is  &lt;br /&gt;
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    n&amp;#039;t confession from a girl you&amp;#039;ve known since kindergarten something that only happens in &lt;br /&gt;
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games? Or am I just in the middle of a game?  &lt;br /&gt;
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    No, this is a genuine confession. Mikoto told me she loves me.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Well, I didn&amp;#039;t want the president to get ahead of me, so I called you out before you got &lt;br /&gt;
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home...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I couldn&amp;#039;t answer. Oh no, I&amp;#039;m speechless. What should I do?  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;I feel like this is really cowardly and inappropriate myself. I thought maybe I should tell &lt;br /&gt;
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you after I make you some curry, but I&amp;#039;m afraid Akane  &lt;br /&gt;
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    and the president will outdo me, so I can&amp;#039;t hold it in  &lt;br /&gt;
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    any longer.&amp;quot; You&amp;#039;re overthinking it. You&amp;#039;re the kind of woman who could live in the desert &lt;br /&gt;
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for days if necessary. And the curry is enough.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Even if you ask me what I like about you, I can&amp;#039;t really explain it... but what can I say? I can &lt;br /&gt;
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say stupid things with you without worrying about it, right? We&amp;#039;re already on a first -name &lt;br /&gt;
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basis, so there&amp;#039;s no need to pretend. I think about you, Natsur u, all the time when I go to &lt;br /&gt;
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bed. I often see you in my dreams...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Mikoto kept talking to herself. It felt like she&amp;#039;d let out everything she&amp;#039;d been holding back.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    She&amp;#039;d become a chatterbox now. But this wasn&amp;#039;t just a personal matter, like linking &lt;br /&gt;
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everything happening in the world to curry. This was probably the first time this guy had  &lt;br /&gt;
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    confided .  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;And whenever I think of you, my heart inevitably becomes heavy. So, maybe dating you &lt;br /&gt;
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would make me happier and more relaxed.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;…&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s all. So, I think I&amp;#039;ve fallen in love with you, Natsuru.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I was just surprised that this guy wasn&amp;#039;t talking about the Southeast Asian gem trade, but &lt;br /&gt;
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rather the typical worries of a girl. It&amp;#039;s not that being girly is bad, but I don&amp;#039;t think it&amp;#039;s like &lt;br /&gt;
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Mikoto. She&amp;#039;s different from Shizuku; she lives in a differen t world from me and enjoys it.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    As her childhood friend, just being able to touch a part of her experience is exciting and &lt;br /&gt;
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satisfying enough.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    And yet, by confessing her feelings, she&amp;#039;s lowering her lifestyle to my level.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    This is really difficult. It would be better to give her an answer. What&amp;#039;s the best line? &lt;br /&gt;
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Because it happened so suddenly, my mind is a little slow? Although I don&amp;#039;t usually think that &lt;br /&gt;
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way either.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Ah—that.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    So, I said something ambiguous to stall for time, a bad habit.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;My mind isn&amp;#039;t very good.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Yeah... I know.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    That was a really harsh statement. But if both parties agreed, there was nothing I could do.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;So it&amp;#039;ll probably take some time to get the answer. It might be more efficient to use a &lt;br /&gt;
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desktop or personal computer...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Is that even possible? What kind of man would use a computer to calculate the answer to &lt;br /&gt;
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his confession? There&amp;#039;s definitely no software for that.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I sounded like an idiot. I slowly closed my mouth. Mikoto continued.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Ah... yes, yes. You don&amp;#039;t have to answer right away. I guess Natsuru hasn&amp;#039;t experienced &lt;br /&gt;
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anything like that either.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    She said something unnecessary, but it wasn&amp;#039;t.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll discuss it after we get home... No, um, just tell me next time... Yeah, right, aren&amp;#039;t we &lt;br /&gt;
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going to Sakura Kaede&amp;#039;s hometown? That&amp;#039;s fine after that, there&amp;#039;s plenty of time.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Mikoto, who had always spoken clearly, panicked. She fanned her hands like a round fan.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;So, so, tell me later.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;...I get it.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve agreed. Please... answer me properly.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;Mikoto...&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;quot;...Ah—&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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    For some reason, she screamed and ran off. I was left here alone. I replayed the events in &lt;br /&gt;
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my mind. What on earth was that?  &lt;br /&gt;
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    No, no, I don&amp;#039;t understand what Mikoto is doing here at all. It&amp;#039;s beyond my expectations. I &lt;br /&gt;
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can&amp;#039;t believe that powerful woman would seriously confess her love to me. I had always &lt;br /&gt;
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thought we could keep this ill -fated relationship going, that we could re main childhood &lt;br /&gt;
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friends forever.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    Does Mikoto like me? Wow, what should I do? What&amp;#039;s going on? My heart suddenly races. &lt;br /&gt;
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They say girls change a lot when they grow up. She&amp;#039;s become a completely different woman, &lt;br /&gt;
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a stunning beauty. Even Higashida wants her picture. Maybe I should be happy. Bu t why? &lt;br /&gt;
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Isn&amp;#039;t it strange?  &lt;br /&gt;
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    I try to control my heartbeat, and as I expected, it&amp;#039;s beating fast. Damn, the drums are &lt;br /&gt;
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getting faster, and at this rate, the rhythm and vocals won&amp;#039;t keep up.  &lt;br /&gt;
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    What will happen next? I might even find it hard to look that guy in the face. If this hadn&amp;#039;t &lt;br /&gt;
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happened, we could still exchange bad words tomorrow, but now it&amp;#039;s hard to do. Ah—I &lt;br /&gt;
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realize it. This is what they call hiding one&amp;#039;s true strength. This isn&amp;#039;t right at all. I can&amp;#039;t even &lt;br /&gt;
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crack a proper joke. I could only try to stay calm in the deserted library.  &lt;br /&gt;
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==Translator&amp;#039;s Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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