Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume2 The Fourth Question

The Fourth Question

Please answer the following question:

‘Please state what PKO stands for and what it is.’

Himeji Mizuki’s answer:

‘Peace Keeping Operation. It’s basically the member nations of the United Nations maintaining peacekeeping work on the orders of the United Nations.’

Teacher’s remarks:

‘Correct answer. Though its trivia, it’s also called the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation. It’s good to memorise it down when you have the time.’

Tsuchiya Kouta’s answer:

‘Pantsu, koshi-tsuki, oppai. It’s the international standard for measuring the 3 sizes by the lingerie manufacturers Association.’ [1]

Teacher’s comment: What are you treating world peace as?

Yoshii Akihisa’s answer:

‘Powell, Kanemoto, Okada.’ [2]

Teacher’s comment: They are players that protect the peace of the Pacific League.

“I’m back…this, there aren’t any customers around…”

Though we have brand new looking tables, there doesn’t seem to be any customers inside the teahouse.

“Oh, you guys are back.”

Because he has nothing to do, Hideyoshi, who’s acting as a waitress, looks rather bored.

“We’ve won.”

“That’s good. Ah, have you seen Yuuji?”

“Hm, he said that he’s going to the toilet.”

Though he said that he’s concerned about how the shop is doing, in reality, he’s rather carefree about it.

“Come to think about it, Hideyoshi, what’s going on? There’s not even a single customer?”

“…Wu. I’ve been here all this while, but ever since that incident happened, there’s not even a single customer.”

Hideyoshi tilts his head and gives a puzzled look.

“In other words, something happened outside the classroom, right?”

“Maybe.”

Just as both of us are pondering on this—

“Onii-chan, I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about, so don’t mind it, pipsqueak.”

“I’m not pipsqueak, my name is Hazuki.”

The voices of Yuuji and a girl can be heard.

“Ah, hm, seems like it.”

Eh, Hazuki…that voice, where have I heard it before…?

Ka-chang. The door of the classroom is opened, with Yuuji appearing outside. The person who’s talking to him is small, so she’s blocked by Yuuji.

“Oh, Sakamoto. Your sister?”

“So cute~eh. Do you want to go out with big brother five years later?”

“I want to go out with you now.”

In an instant, the duo is surrounded by the stinking boys from our class. Maybe everyone’s panicking because they have nothing to do.

“Ex, excuse me. Hazuki’s looking for an onii-chan.”

Seems like this girl is looking for someone, thus she would pair up with Yuuji. This Yuuji, though his mouth is vicious, he knows how to take care of others, huh…

“Onii-chan? What’s his name?”

“Ah…I don’t know…”

“Not your real brother? What special characteristics does he have?”

Even if he doesn’t know the name of the person he’s looking for, Yuuji still wants to help this kid look for the person. From this intimate act, I can feel his gentleness, maybe he likes children after all.

“Hm…he’s an idiotic onii-chan!”

This characteristic is rather obvious.

“Really?”

From the gap between the crowd, I can see Yuuji turning his head around and trying to find the person.

“…But there are a lot of them here, you know?”

I can’t deny that.

“Eh, it’s not like this, it’s…”

“Hm? Is there any other characteristics?”

“It’s a really idiotic onii-chan!”

““It’s Yoshii, right?””

So mean! I’m not crying here!

“How rude! I don’t know that girl! You must have been mistak—”

“Ah! It’s baka onii-chan!”

I was suddenly hugged by this little girl who rushed forward.

“…en, that’s not a bad thing, eh…”

At most, everyone’s been treating me like an idiot, to such an extent that even I’m beginning to feel the same way.

“Then, who are you? You should be an elementary school student, but I don’t remember meeting someone of your age!”

I had to pull her away in order to better see her face.

“Eh? Onii-chan…you don’t recognise me, you’re too much…”

The little girl frowns. Ah, not good, did I make her cry?

“Baka onii-chan is really stupid! Hazuki wanted to find baka onii-chan, and went about asking ‘do you know who baka onii-chan is’?, and came all the way here…”

What now, even I feel like crying at that!

“Akihisa—no, baka onii-chan is really stupid, I’m sorry.”

“That’s right. Stupid big baka, can you forgive him?”

There shouldn’t be that many people who would be called idiots to this extent.

“But, but, baka onii-chan already promised to marry Hazuki—”

“Mizuki”

“Shimada!”

““”KILL HIM!!!”

“ACK!!”

MY NECK SUDDENLY BECAME SO PAINFUL! WHAT! WHAT’S GOING ON?

“Oh, it’s Himeji and Shimada. Seems like you won.”

Yuuji says calmly.

“Mizuki, pull the neck the other way, I’m going to twist his kneecap from the other way.”

“Is, is this how you do it?”

Not good, I’m about to be killed.

“Wait a sec! I don’t even remember what wedding agreement do we have—”

“Uuu! You’re too much! I’ve even given my first kiss to you—”

“Sakamoto, go get the chopper. Five of them should be enough.”

“Yoshii-kun, you used this mouth to do such an evil thing?”

“Ebb vistaten (You’re mistaken)! Eb be mebae (Let me explain)!”

Even gentle Himeji-san is going crazy! Though she’ll be forced to transfer schools if there’s a villain who caused violence on a girl, this is too much!

“Can’t be helped. Well then, we’ll stab you with two knives before listening to your explanation, so be patient.”

“Eh, Minami. Even a chopper is enough to cause a fatal wound, no?”

I feel that Minami’s not only lacking in the Japanese language ability.

“Ah, onee-chan. I came here to play!”

The girl stopped crying on seeing Minami.

Onee-chan…Hazuki…first kiss…

“Ahh! You’re that doll girl!”

I remember! There was a girl who wanted to buy a present for her sister but didn’t have enough money. I saw that she looks rather pitiful and helped her. I believe I gave her a large doll that time, right? After that, I was designated as a punishment inspector, and then all sorts of weird things happened, so I completely forgotten about her.

“I’m not the doll girl, I’m Hazuki!”

The girl balloons her cheeks angrily.

“Oh yeah, your name’s Hazuki. Long time no see, how are you?”

“I’m fine!”

“Hmm, that’s great. Come to think of it, you can find my school, huh?”

“Because onii-chan is wearing this school’s uniform.”

Hazuki starts to tug at my uniform the moment she finished saying.

“Eh, Hazuki and Aki know each other?”

Seeing this situation, Minami tilts her head and gives a puzzled expression.

“Mn, just last year. Does Minami know Hazuki as well?”

“Not just know, we’re so familiar with each other. She’s my sister.”

“Eh?”

I stare at Hazuki’s face. Now that she mentioned it, they do look similar. Extremely energetic, and those eyes that show their strong will to win.

“Yoshii-kun is so cunning…how did you know about Minami’s family members? I haven’t even met her parents before…don’t tell me you’ve become her ‘brother-in-law’…”

What on earth is Himeji-san saying? I do feel that she is occasionally ditzy recently. Must be the environment of the classroom.

“Ah! It’s that beautiful onee-chan! Thanks for your doll!”

Hazuki bows down and says. Such a polite child, unlike the principal.

“How are you, Hazuki? Do you like it?”

“I do! I sleep with it everyday!”

Doll? Everyday? What kind of doll did Himeji-san give Hazuki? She’s Minami’s sister, and Himeji-san would go to Minami’s house, which means they would know each other.

“That’s great~ you like it.”

After saying this, Himeji reveals a happy smile. Why do I feel that there are many people around me that like children? Though I don’t hate them, I don’t know how to interact with them, so I’m rather envious when I see this situation.

“Oh yeah, how did we get so few customers?”

Yuuji surveys the classroom and says. Come to think of it, I was thinking the same thing. It’s because of Hazuki that I forgot about it.

“Hazuki came back from the Heritage centre, and heard a lot of things.”

“Eh? What things?”

Yuuji squats down to match Hazuki’s height.

“Mm, like how the Chinese Teahouse is so dirty and how they shouldn’t go there.”

Hazuki’s words made me groan.

The area below the table was rather dirty alright, but we should have settled it. Even so, the negative remarks continue to circulate. Why would they spread out to this extent?

“Wu…those guys that were interfering with our business before. I should have pulled them out and beat them to a pulp.”

Putting his hand next to his mouth, Yuuji confident makes this conclusion.

“Those guys—are you talking about the Tsunenatsu group? How is it possible? Are they really that free?”

No matter what, that senpai was hit with a suplex. I really don’t think that they’ll dare to do such a disadvantageous thing to us.

“Well, who knows? We have to check the situation out.”

“That’s right, at least we have to see how far have the rumours spread.”

Even young Hazuki has heard about this. Maybe the rumours have spread to such a large extent.

“Onii-chan, go out and play with Hazuki.”

Hazuki holds tightly onto my hand. This is bad, if today were just an ordinary day where I can just focus on playing in the school festival, I can go out and play with her.

“Sorry Hazuki, onii-chan has to make the teahouse succeed no matter what, so I don’t have enough time to play with you.”

I say this as I pat on Hazuki’s head.

“Humph~ Hazuki specially came here to find you~~”

Hazuki balloons her cheeks unhappily.

But the teahouse is extremely important to whether Himeji-san will stay. I hope to do my best and not leave any regret.

“Then let’s just bring the pipsqueak along. We have to check the other classes that are selling food as well.”

Yuuji quips. He’s right, checking out the situation is a basic strategy.

“Hm~ really. Then let’s go for lunch, ‘kay?”

“Mn.”

Hazuki’s ballooned expression immediately becomes a smile. She really has a lot of interesting expressions. This so-called innocence refers to this kind of children!

“Then Hazuki, onee-chan will go with you.”

Minami’s tone is completely different from usual. To her sister, Minami should be a gentle sister.

“Wu, then Himeji should go with Yuuji. You all have to go for the summoning tournament, so it’s best if you guys hurry up and settle this.”

“Really? Sorry to bother you, Hideyoshi.”

“Can we? Thank you very much, Kinoshita-san.”

Just like that, Yuuji and Himeji-san joined our ranks. To move about in this crowded school festival, 5 members aren’t very little.

“Then pipsqueak, where did you hear these words? Can you tell me?”

“Hmmm…it’s a shop where a lot of pretty onee-chans are wearing short skirts—”

“What did you say!? Yuuji, we got to go!”

“Yosh, Akihisa! For the success of our class, we have to start with our thorough investigation!”

Hearing this, we both rushed forward.

The teahouse is an important thing to prevent Himeji-san from transferring schools. I hope to do my best and not leave any regrets behind.

“Aki is the worst.”

“Yoshii-kun, so mean…”

“Onii-chan is so stupid!”

My heart is racing; I don’t even care about the abusive comments behind me.