Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume2 The Sixth Question

The Sixth Question

Please fill in the correct answer in the blank:

"In the Haber-Bosch Process, the ingredients used to make Ammonia are Ammonium Chloride and ( )." [1]

Himeji Mizuki's answer:

Calcium Hydroxide.

Teacher's comment:

That's correct. Creating Ammonia is a very important process for industries. Please remember this.

Tsuchiya Kouta's answer:

Ammonium salt absorption agent.

Teacher's comment:

Please don't create such a method so conveniently.

Yoshii Akihisa's Answer:

Ammonia.

Teacher's comment:

That answer is illegal.

"Akihisa, I'm going to kill you today!"

"Ah, Yuuji, you're irritating~. Your eyes are terrifying, you know?"

After beating the drug out of Yuuji's stomach and splashing a bucket of cold water on him, Yuuji finally regains consciousness. his body sure is strong.

"And isn't it Yuuji's fault for his plan to be seen through? The opponent was that Kirishima-san, you should have at least considered that, you know?"

"Ugh, now that you mentioned it, I really have nothing to say..."

Seems like Yuuji can't keep his cool when it comes to Kirishima-san. In other words, Yuuji is actually quite mindful of her, no?

"Oh ya, are Himeji and Shimada in the classrom?"

"Eh, I'm not so certain, but they should be there, right?"

At this moment, Himeji-san, Minami and Hazuki should be helping out as waitresses in the teahouse now. Hideyoshi and Muttsulini were with us just now, and they should be going back to work.

"I suppose the enemy's about to do something to interfere with our business..."

Yuuji makes this conclusion that's full of danger. What does he mean by 'doing something'? And to interfere with our business?

"...Yuuji."

Once we arrive back at the classrom, Muttsulini, who's waiting at the classroom, comes running over.

"Oh, it's Muttsulini. What's up?"

"Our waitresses got taken away."

"Ehhhh? Himeji-san and ther rest got taken away?"

Why does something like this happen one after another? What's going on?

"Seems like they considered that they have no chance of winning if they come after Akihisa and me directly. This is an expected move that they'll move."

I hear Yuuji's muttering. Does 'coming after us directly' means fighting with us? If so, forget about me, there aren't many people I know that can beat Yuuji in a fight. Though that guy is always slacking and doesn't work hard, he would train himself.

"Forget about that. Are Himeji-san and the rest alright? Where are they taken to? Who were they taken by?"

"Calm down, Akihisa. The situation's still under control."

"Eh? Really?"

"I expected them to directly do something to them, or maybe they might do something to interfere with our teahouse by finding flaws with it."

Seems like taking away the waitress is the enemy's plan to interfere with our business. Our business will be definitely affected once we get hit by something like this.

"Your prediction's really dangerous."

Yuuji seemed to have predicted what will happen to Himeji-san and the rest. This is completely different from just a simple interference, it can't be considered as a joke. If one's not careful, this might even end up as a criminal case.

"There're too many suspicious points."

Come to think of it, Yuuji would reveal a pondering look more often nowadays. He does seem a bit weird ever since then.

"...I know where they are."

At this moment, Muttsulini pulls out some kind of machine.

"What's this? Looks like an audio recorder."

"It's a tracking device."

"OK. Then I'm not going to ask you why you have that."

I don't want to see my classmate as a criminal.

"Then, now that we know where they are, this makes things a lot easier. Let's save the princesses easily, okay? Your Highness?"

"I really don't like that dirty teasing glance of yours, but I have to thank Yuuji first. If something's to happen to Himeji-san and the rest, the situation will end up being a lot bigger than the summoning tournament."

"...That's probably the enemy's motive."

"Eh?"

"Anyway, we'll say more after we saved them. Muttsulini, please save Himeji-san and the rest."

"...Got it."

"Yuuji, what are we going to do?"

"A prince's job is often defined, right?"

Those childish eyes gaze at me.

"What do you mean by a prince's job?"

"We're going to beat up the thugs that kidnapped the princesses.

"Then what are we going to do next? Sakamoto and--Yoshii, right? Are we going to use these people here to threaten them?"

"Wait a second, I'm not sure about that Yoshii--but laying hands on that Sakamoto won't do us any good. Though he's pretty quiet now, Sakamoto's name was infamous during middle school."

"Sakamoto, as in that Sakamoto?"

"Mn. If possible, I don't want to go against him..."

"I understand your feelings, but we can't just go on like this, right? WE were requested to force those two to be unable to do anything after all."

The noise of this chatter comes from the receiver that Muttsulini's holding onto.

Requested? In other words, there's a mastermind behind all these?

(Yuuji, these guys are--)

(Mn, the person behind all these hired those thugs.)

Muttsulini brings us to a KTV that's about 5 minutes away from Fumitsuki Gakuen.

Himeji-san and the rest may be locked up in a room.

"O, onee-chan..."

"YOU PEOPLE! IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YOU LET GO OF HAZUKI NOW!!"

Minami's angry cries reach our ears. Maybe because Hazuki got taken, Minami was forced to come along.

"Because! The way she cried out 'Onee-chan' is so cute!"

"WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

There should be a total of 7 people letting out this demonic laugh, right? Alright, I'll shut those trashy mouths of yours right now!

(Wait, Akihisa, don't just act on your own. I understand your feelings, but we have to put saving the girls as our priority. We have to wait here until Muttsulini finishes his job.)

(...I got it.)

Like what Yuuji said, we can only wait here. Muttsulini will think of some way to save them, and after that, it'll be time for us to take the stage.

"...I clear the ashtray for you."

"Eh? Then what about these big sisters? Can we take them?"

"Then I want the big-breasted one over there."

"Ah! You're cheating! I'll take her when you're done!"

These despicable laughters echo throughout the room.

"Ugh...Mm! Please let Hazuki, let us go!"

"Hm~What should we do now?"

"Then lets see if these onee-chans will work hard or not?"

"KYA! Don, don't touch me!"

"Oi, hold on! Stop that!"

"Ah--really, you women are really fussy."

"KYA!"

Something was pushed away. And that sound can be heard together with Minami's wail. Several seconds later, the clanking sounds echo out loud; it sounds like something flipping a table and falling on the floor.

...And then, something within me jumps out.

(Oi! Akihisa!)

Yuuji's cry to stop me seems like a far cry.

"Excuse me!"

Anyway, I open the door and head into the designated room.

"Yo, Yoshii-kun?"

"Aki..."

THe people inside the room are Himeji-san, who's all curled up, and Minami, who's fallen and sitting on the floor.

The situation inside is about as what I expected.

"Eh? Who are you?"

The guy sitting near the entrance asks me. Alright, then I'll take him down first.

"Well, I'm sorry..."

I gently grab his wrist.

"--AND GO AND ROT IN HELL!!"

Then, I process to kick him in the groin.

"EWAHHH!!:

An irritating feeling can be felt on my foot. With this hit, the other person ended up unconscious and with blank eyes.

"YOU, YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO YASUO!!"

At the same time, I feel the heavy impact and heard the blunt sound, and this is because I got punched in the face by some guy beside me. I can taste blood in my mouth, did my mouth break—but so what!?

“YAAHHHH—!”

“GWWAAHHH—!!”

I responded with a kick to that guy’s face, and that guy falls over with blood flowing out of his nose.

“YOU GUYS DARE DO THIS TO MINAMI!!? I’LL KILL YOU ALL!!”

Who’s the one who did that? Is it the one beside Minami? Or…ah, heck care. If I don’t know, I’ll just beat them all up!

“That guy is the one called Yoshii!”

“Why is he here?”

“Anyway, it’s good that he came up here himself. FINISH HIM OFF!”

Four guys flip the tables and surround me. Though I’m dazed after being punched in the face, I responded with a punch to that guy’s face.

“Don’t get too cocky! You’re alone!”

“Don’t belittle us!”

“…”

Forget about it when they’re coming from the front, there’s a whole lot of them. Pain continues to flow through me as I get hit from behind and on the side.

“I must, I must beat you guys down…”

Even so, I don’t have the right to run away. I rub away the blood on my mouth and glare fiercely at the enemies. Since I can’t hide, I’ll just endure the pain and beat them all up!

Just as I intend to grit my teeth and endure the attacks—

“Really can’t stand you, idiot……think before you do anything—will ya?”

“UWAHH—!”

The enemy rushing forward got hit and is sent flying into the wall.

“Yuuji!”

“Now you owe me one!”

Yuuji said this as he buries a fist into another guy’s body. Ah, it’s a knee to the gut this time.

“He’s, he’s here! It’s Sakamoto!”

“Even Sakamoto’s here!?”

Those guys immediately panic and try to escape once Yuuji appeared. Looks like we can settle it now…

“Sakamoto, you won’t care about what’ll happen to this little Missy?”

One of them grabs Hazuki from behind. He dares to do this to a girl, and to an elementary school student at that!

“Listen up! Be obedient, or else the one getting heavily injured—”

“…Will be you.”

CLANG!

“AHH!”

The rogue faints, and standing behind him with the crystal ashtray still in his hands is a short boy. It’s Muttsulini, who has disguised himself as a staff member and snuck in.

Like what Muttsulini declared, this guy is heavily injured. He sure has enough determination to back his words up.

“On, onee-chan! ONEE-CHAN!!”

“Hazuki! You’re alright…you must have been scared, right…”

Regaining her freedom, Hazuki hugs Minami tightly. Such a touching reunion scene.

“Yoshii-kun!”

Himeji-san opens her arms wide as she heads towards me—don’t tell me, this is my chance?

“Himeji-san!”

I also open my arms wide in order to receive her gentle body. Come on, come into my arms!

“YOSHII! YOU DARE DO THIS TO YASUO!!”

“GWAAHH!!”

What came over is a delinquent’s punch.

“…!”

“What’s, what’s with this guy? He’s crying blood…?”

You dare…! YOU DARE TO MAKE ME MISS THIS ONE IN A MILLION CHANCE!!!!

“Himeji, Shimada! You girls go back to school first!”

“Yuuji! You’re trying to prevent me from doing that as well!?”

However, since this judgment is correct, I can’t object to it.

“GUUAHHAHAHAHA!! COME TO THINK OF IT, LOOKS LIKE THERE’SOME ENEMIES FOR ME TO RELIEVE MY STRESS!! I’LL MAKE YOU FOLKS REGRET BEING BORN!!!”

“Is, is this really Sakamoto…”

“So the devil Asura’s rumour is true after all…”

To fight with Yuuji when he’s pressured by Kirishima-san to the limit, I can only express my condolences to these guys.

“Oh ya, why is Hideyoshi the only one being tied up?”

“…Rather suitable.”

“I was holding onto the ropes that nee-san used to tie me up…”

You were tied up because you were holding that thing? You’re really unlucky.

“Also, why am I the only one who got my butt touched…”

Hideyoshi mutters to himself sadly. However, I can imagine what those baddies were thinking as they feel him up, so I can’t say anything.