Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume1 The Sixth Question
The Sixth Question
Please answer the following question:
Please write down the molecular formula for Benzene.
Himeji Mizuki's Answer:
"C6H6"
Teacher's Comment:
It's very easy, isn't it?
Tsuchiya Kouta's Answer:
"Ben + zene = Benzene"
Teacher's Comment:
Do you despise Chemistry?
Yoshii Akihisa's Answer:
"B-E-N-Z-E-N"
Teacher's Comment:
Come to my office later, together with Tsuchiya.
"Good job, everyone. Thanks for your effort in taking those tests."
Yuuji said that as he stood behind the lectern and put his hand on the table.
We had tests the entire morning. The tests finished not long ago. Now we were going to have lunch. To replenish the scores we lost in all subjects, the amount of tests we took was scary.
"We will start the Summoner Test War with Class B this afternoon. Are you ready to kill?"
"Oooo...!"
Morale was still high, and it was our class's only weapon.
"The goal of this War is to hold the enemy in their classroom; therefore, we can't afford to lose the battle at this corridor."
"Oooo...!"
"Himeji Mizuki will be the commander there. Guys, be prepared and ready to die."
"I... I will try my best."
Himeji shyly walked out of the crowd; maybe she didn't want to shout like the boys did.
"OOOO...!"
The morale of the front line troops went over the limit since they were able to fight alongside a beautiful girl.
In conclusion, the key to this War was the battle at the corridor; if we lose there, we're finished. Therefore, from the fifty students in Class F, we sent out forty into that battle. This troop will be led by Himeji, who's the strongest student in our class and the second strongest in the whole school, so we should be able to win that battle without any hassle.
(?)
When the bell that announced the end of lunch break rang, the War with Class B finally began.
"OK, everyone, let's go! The target is the systematic tables!"
"Yes, sir!"
To successfully hold the enemy in their classroom, we must take control of the momentum.
We rushed to the corridor outside Class B at full speed.
Since a lot of the students in Class B were good in non-science-related subjects and since the Mathematics teacher Mr. Hasegawa has a larger summoning field, we picked Mathematics as our main subject for battle; in other words, if we wanted to finish the battle fast, Mr. Hasegawa would be very useful.
There was English Composition teacher Yamada-sensei and Physics teacher Kimura-sensei there on our side as well. This time, we need to increase the number of supervising teachers and finish the enemies off as fast as possible!
"I can see Class B students!"
"They brought Ms. Takahashi!"
Class B students walked slowly in front of us, but there were only ten of them. They should be the vanguard, and they just wanted to test our ability.
"Don't let them escape alive!"
Along with this threatening shout, the War against Class B had officially started.
Cumulative
1943 VS 764
What!? He's too strong! It's like they're on a totally different level!
Mathematics
159 VS 69
Physics
152 VS 77
The difference between fighting abilities was overwhelming; our frontline troops kept on losing. If we don't send in reinforcements before their scores were reduced to zero, our numbers would be greatly decreased.
Just as I was trying to see whether we had any reinforcements or whether the route was being cut off by our enemies...
"I-I'm late... S-Sorry..."
Himeji hardly caught her breath and arrived at the scene; I thought she should be running all the way to the front line.
"Himeji Mizuki is here!"
One of the students in Class B shouted. It seems that Class B already knew about Himeji not being in Class A and made appropriate investigation, I guess?
All the students in Class B were shocked when they heard that. It was very easy to see that they were scared of Himeji.
"Himeji, although you just arrived, can you please...?"
"Y-Yes. I'll go now."
Himeji immediately dashed into the middle of the battlefield. Looking at her gave you the feeling of calmness. I really feel like taking a photo right now and keeping it as a souvenir.
"Mr. Hasegawa, I am Iwashita Ritsuko from Class B, and I would like to challenge to Mathematics Himeji Mizuki from Class F!"
"Ah, Mr. Hasegawa, I am Himeji Mizuki; nice to meet you."
Himeji was immediately targeted by the enemy; maybe the enemies wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible?
"Ritsuko, I'll help as well!"
Another girl from Class B stepped forward and summoned at the same time. Two of the ten students from Class B were present here; it seems that they were really scared of Himeji.
"Summon!"
The magic circle appeared after the summoning, and the Being that we were all familiar with stood in front of us.
The enemies' Beings pointed their sword and spear at Himeji's Being, but it seemed to be very calm and just held the greatsword that we've seen before.
It was now a face-off between the three Beings with the faces of their respective owners, but...
"Eh? Himeji's Being has an accessory."
"Ah, yes. Because I'm pretty good in Mathematics..."
"You can wear an accessory in the subject you're good at?"
Himeji's two-head-tall Being had a beautiful-looking bracelet on its left wrist beside the greatsword on its hand.
"T-That's...!?"
"She's not an enemy we can handle!"
The enemies started panicking when they saw the bracelet.
Ah, this reminds me: wearing the bracelet means...
"Erm, I'm going to attack."
Himeji tightly held her hand; following her action, her Being dashed towards the enemy from its left-hand side.
"Wait a minute!"
"Ritsuko! Dodge the attack first!"
Both of their Beings jumped to the side with dramatic actions. Suddenly, the bracelet on the wrist of Himeji's Being emitted a bright light.
*Beep!*
"Ahhh!"
"Ri... Ritsuko!"
The instant the left arm emitted the light, one of the enemies' Beings that couldn't escape in time was covered in flames.
Mathematics
412 VS 189 & 151
So, wearing the bracelet means that the Being is capable of using a special ability? Although I have forgotten what the requirement score for that is, I did remember somewhere in the rules stating that students who score above a certain amount are able to equip on their Beings a bracelet that allows them to use a special ability. This rule has nothing to do with me, so I totally forgot about it.
"S-Sorry. I can't be gentle on the battlefield!"
Himeji's Being stuck to the enemy that had lost control due to dodging the previous attack, and cut both it and its weapon in half, killing it instantly and winning the fight.
"Iwashita and Kikuiri have died in battle!"
"What!? How's that possible!?"
"Himeji Mizuki's scarier than the rumors say!"
The remaining eight students from Class B looked extremely shocked; it was not surprising for them to look like that.
By the way, Himeji, you're too strong.
"E-Everyone, please do your best...!"
Himeji said something that didn't sound like a command from a commander, but it was extremely effective.
"I'm going to unleash my power!"
"Himeji's the best!"
The number of Himeji believers had dramatically increased.
"Himeji, you can have a rest now!"
"Ah, yes."
The enemies' morale had significantly dropped, so it was better to let Himeji rest now. A special ability could deal a huge amount of damage, but it would cost a lot of points. Even if there was no Himeji in the fight, defeating the enemy vanguard was just a matter of time now.
"Switch with the main troop and retreat at the same time. Don't die in battle!"
And that was the enemy's command. Anyway, we've achieved our target successfully. Let the enemy step back slowly, restrict their actions in the Class B classroom, and then the battle for today should be close to the end. It was thanks to Himeji's extraordinary fighting ability that the plan's going so smoothly, thank you very much!
"Akihisa, I'm heading back to the classroom now."
"Huh? Why?"
Hideyoshi had walked towards me while I was looking over the overall situation of the battle.
"Heading back"? Did something happen to the main troop?
"The Class Representative for Class B is..."
"The guy named Nemoto."
"You said 'Nemoto'; could it be Nemoto Kyouji?"
"That's right."
The guy called Nemoto Kyouji had a very bad reputation. According to the rumors, he was a pro at pulling dirty tricks and would take whatever actions needed to achieve his goal. There were rumors about "poisoning the opposing team in a ball game", "bringing weapons when fighting others", and so on. I didn't really believe that he could be that bad, but being careful wouldn't harm us at all.
"I see, then we should head back as soon as possible!"
"Although I don't think that Yuuji will fall for his trap, we better head back just to make sure everything is okay."
After we informed Himeji about this, Hideyoshi and I brought a few men back to the classroom.
"Wha, this is terrible!"
"I never would have imagined that they would actually do all this."
"This is so mean."
When we got back to the classroom, we saw not only holes all over the chabudai but also pencils and erasers all broken or split into two.
"This is bad; now we can't replenish our scores smoothly."
"Yeah, this might be a minor problem, but it will certainly affect our score replenishment."
By the way, I think that Nemoto is a petty coward.
"Don't worry about it too much. Although it'll take some time to repair, it won't affect our plan too much."
"Well, Yuuji, we'll follow what you say."
Something didn't seem right.
"How did the classroom get this bad, and Yuuji, how did you not know anything about it?"
There were no problems in the classroom before lunch break, so it must have happened sometime between the start of the battle and now. However, Yuuji should have been in the classroom at that time and been able to stop them, right?
"They wanted to sign a treaty with me and I went to negotiate with them, so the classroom was empty during that time."
"What treaty?"
"Well, if neither of us can win the War before 4 PM, then we will maintain the situation of the War as is and continue it from there at 9 AM tomorrow morning, and until that time, both sides cannot do anything related to the Summoner Test War."
"I see. And you agreed?"
"That's right."
"But if it comes to the point where stamina determines the result, we should have the advantage, right?"
"That's true for all of us except Himeji."
Ah, I see.
"After forcing them to stay in the classroom, the War will end for today; the true battle will start tomorrow."
"That's right. It seems that we can't take them down today."
"At that time, Himeji's fighting ability will be more important than that of the whole class."
That meant the battle would be focused on certain areas? Then it should be the same as the battle against Class D and let Himeji finish off the Class Rep, I guess?
"That's why you accepted their suggestion: to let Himeji fight in perfect condition?"
"Yes. This pact is good for me."
Is it? Good, then, if you say so.
However, I keep feeling a little bit strange about this. They destroyed our tables, and then signed a treaty that was good for us at the same time. I don't think Nemoto Kyouji is such a naive person.
"Akihisa, we should head to the front line now; they may have used some dirty tricks again."
Hideyoshi ran out of the classroom after he said that.
"Yeah. Yuuji, we'll leave this to you."
"Oh, I will go prepare new pencils and erasers."
Yuuji raised his hand and said goodbye. I turned away from him and chased after Hideyoshi.
I managed to catch up with Hideyoshi quickly without running at my full speed.
"I keep thinking that we haven't seen the last of them!"
"Yeah. I don't think they'll stop here; we better be careful."
What would be the next dirty trick they'll use? Damn, they have stronger fighting ability than us, so why aren't they fighting us face to face?
We were about to reach the battlefield.
"Remember to be careful!"
"You, too, Hideyoshi!"
After reminding each other, we went back to our troops.
"Yoshii! You're finally back!"
The person who welcomed me back was Sugawa. Huh? Wasn't Shimada supposed to be controlling the troop?
"Sorry to keep you waiting! What's the situation now?"
"Very bad for us."
"Huh!? Why!?"
The enemy's main troop never appeared, and our fighting ability is better than theirs; why are we in a bad situation now?
"Shimada was captured and is being held hostage."
"What!?"
Now they're using a hostage!? Do they really believe that they can win through dirty tricks!?
"Therefore, the enemy has only two people left, but we can't attack them at all. What should we do?"
Now my troop is confronted with the enemy because of this incident.
"Hmmm... let me see the situation before I make the decision."
"Then we should head there now. The enemy is blocking us in the corridor there."
Sugawa led the way, and I followed behind him.
After walking through the human wall formed by my troop, it was clear that the situation in front of me was exactly as Sugawa said: Shimada and her Being were being held hostage by two Class B students.
And they had the remedial teacher beside them as well.
"Shimada!"
"Y-Yoshii!"
Why does this sound like a soap drama?
"Stop right there! If you get any closer, I'll give her Being the final hit and send her to the remedial room!"
One of the enemies that captured Shimada stood out and restricted my actions.
Not only would they let the precious female student in our class die, but they also purposely held her hostage to threaten us and lower our morale at the same time. This strategy was really smart.
If we blindly dashed forward before we managed to defeat them, they would defeat Shimada and use the fact that she was sent to the remedial room to make us feel guilty.
...This was nothing at all.
"Everyone, prepare to attack!"
"Leader, are you sure about this!?"
There's no other way! We always have someone who sacrifices for the War! This is not revenge for being tortured every day; it's just a decision that a leader needs to make!
"W-wait, Yoshii!"(?)
Even the enemy was telling me to stop; how uncool.
"Aren't you wondering how she was caught by us?"
"It's because she's an idiot."
"I'm going to kill you!"
Huh? What? Why does Shimada sound stronger than me even though she's being held hostage?
"This girl believed the false information about you being injured and left the troop alone to go to the infirmary to look for you."
What did he say!?
"Shimada..."
"W-What?"
Am I thinking too much? It seems like Shimada's face was pretty red.
"Assassinating me while I was injured, are you a demon!?"
"That's not why I went!"
This is so scary. Now I can't have a nap in the infirmary in peace.
"Is there anything wrong with visiting you and seeing how your injury is!? I was worried about you!"
Huh...?
"Shimada, is that true?"
"Y-Yes. Can't I do that?"
Shimada looked a little bit angry and turned her head to the side.
Really. Her, worrying about me. That Shimada...
"Haha, now you understand. Listen to me and stop doing anything."
"Everyone, attack!"
"Why!?"
Why? Do you really need to ask that?
"She is not the real Shimada! She must be an enemy in disguise!"
You guys picked the wrong person to fake! That Shimada would never be so gentle! If she were the real Shimada, she would definitely be very happy to send me to hell!
"Oi, wait a minute! This person is the real Shimada!"
Class B students, look how uncool you are.
"Shut up! You still want to keep using that dirty strategy after we've seen through it? How ugly!"
"I'm telling you that she's the real one...!"
English Writing
33 VS 65
English Writing
18 VS 59
Defeat those two first! Give their Beings fatal hits!
"Aaah...!"
"Help me...!"
Both of them were taken away by the remedial teacher immediately. This really felt good.
Then, what's left is only...
"Everyone, be careful! The enemy might drop the disguise at any time and attack us!"
This was the impostor who was trying to imitate Shimada!
"Y-Yoshii, you're so mean... I really was worried about you..."
"Stop your clumsy act, you second-rate actor!"
The real Shimada would never say something like that!
"It's true! I really was worried about you!"
"Surround her. Even if she is from Class B, she can't fight this many of us at the same time."
"It is true! I heard 'Yoshii saw Mizuki's panties and can't stop his nosebleed', and got really worried!"
"Cease attack! She is the real Shimada!"
She's the only person who would fall for that sort of idiotic lie.
"Shimada, are you alright?"
I lent my hand to Shimada who was sitting on the ground. Damn you, Class B; how dare you use such a dirty trick!
"..."
(?)
"It's good that you're okay. I was worried about you!"
"..."
"Go have a rest in the classroom. You must be very tired, right?"
"..."
"By the way, these guys really are cowards. Do they have no pride as human beings?"
"..."
There was no reaction from Shimada.
(?)
"Ah... Shimada. Actually..."
"...What?"
She finally turned her head and looked at me.
I tried my best to give a perfect smile filled with apologies to Shimada, who was staring at me right now.
"I knew that it was really you the entire time?"
She went berserk.
"...Where am I?"
When I regained consciousness, I saw the ceiling that was full of dirt. This is... ah, our classroom.
"Ah, you finally woke up?"
The cute voice came from my side. Could it be the healing voice of Himeji?
"I was worried about you. Yoshii, you looked like you were beaten up by someone and then pushed down some stairs."
Correct answer.
"Even if it is a Summoner Test 'War', there's no need to injure someone like this, right?"
No, instead of calling it a war, you should call it a one-sided slaughter...
"It's nothing important. How's the Summoner Test War going?"
I tried to sit up on the tatami, and felt pain all over my body.
"According to the treaty, we're now in a ceasefire. The War will continue tomorrow."
"And the situation?"
"We sort of attacked the front of their classroom as planned. However, our losses were greater than what we imagined."
Yuuji read the damage report on the paper one by one. Although it was sort of within our expectations, this was still a huge loss. It seems that we didn't have a total win in the battle at the corridor, and since we put most of our men in there, that result was not good for our overall strategy.
"Although some accidents happened, it seems that things went smoothly for now?"
"You could say that."
However, the opponent was that coward Nemoto Kyouji; he must have some hidden plan.
"... *knocking on the door*"
"Oh, Muttsulini. Is there anything to report?"
Before I realized it, Muttsulini was beside me.
Muttsulini was a member of the intelligence team today, so he didn't take part in the battle. His job was to stay alert and record what was going on in the enemy troops.
"Huh? Something strange is going on in Class C?"
"... *nod*"
According to Muttsulini's information, Class C was preparing for a Summoner Test War. If they aren't planning to challenge Class A, then there's only one other reason...
"They want to take on the easy target. They're such cowardly bastards."
As Yuuji just said, they were planning to attack the winner of this War. It is easier to take on opponents who are tired and exhausted.
"Yuuji, what do you plan to do?"
"Hm, what should I do...?"
Yuuji raised his head and looked at the clock. It was 4:30 now- not too late.
"We better sign a treaty with Class C as well. If we threaten them with using Class D to attack them, I believe that they'll give up the idea of attacking us."
"Also, they don't believe that we'll win, right?"
It shouldn't be too hard to sign a treaty with Class C.
"Okay. Let's go now."
"Yeah."
I injected power into my aching body and stood up. My body seems to be fine.
"As a backup plan, Hideyoshi, you stay in the classroom."
"Huh? Why? Is it okay for me to not go with you guys?"
"If your face is seen, my hidden strategy that I'm saving for emergency situations won't work."
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about, but if you say so, I'll just do as you say!"
Hideyoshi stepped down obediently. But what is this emergency situation Yuuji's talking about?
"Then, let's go. It will be a little dangerous since we're short on numbers."
Without Hideyoshi, Yuuji, Himeji, Muttsulini, and I headed towards Class C.
"Yoshii, it took me a long time to wash your blood off my fingers; I'm going to make you pay for that later."
"Was it Yoshii's fault?"
While we were in the corridor, we saw Shimada, who was using her handkerchief to wipe her hand, and Sugawa, who had his bag on his back.
"Ah, Shimada, Sugawa. Nice timing. Let's go to Class C together."
Although I don't think it will happen, the Class C students might attack us, and it'd be dangerous to be going there with only a few of us. Also, we need extra people to guard Himeji. I kept on thinking and called on my two best friends in front of me at the same time.
Of course, as my best friends, they won't reject my invitation.
"Hmmm, okay?"
"Ah, no problem for me."
Now I have backup I can trust.
"Hurry up, or Class C's Rep will head home."
"Yeah, let's go!"
After Shimada and Sugawa joined the team, the six of us continued to head towards Class C.
"I am Class F's Representative, Sakamoto Yuuji. Who's the Class Representative here?"
There were still a lot of students remaining in Class C. It was just as Muttsulini reported: they were preparing for a Summoner Test War and waiting to pick off the easier target.
"I am. What do you want?"
The girl who appeared in front of us had very short hair. Wasn't Koyama the star of the volleyball club?(?)
"I am here to negotiate with you as Class F's Representative. Are you free now?"
"'Negotiate'? Huh..."
Although I don't like to badmouth girls, Koyama was so far away from being gentle and steady. After she heard what Yuuji said, she showed an evil smile on her face for some reason.
"Yeah, I'm here to propose a treaty of mutual non-aggression."
"A treaty of mutual non-aggression... What do you think, Nemoto?"
Koyama turned her head and spoke to the group of students in the corner.
Huh? "Nemoto"?
"Of course not. There's no need for that, right?"
"What!? Nemoto!? Why is Class B here!?"
The person who brought a group of people and walked towards us was our current enemy: Class B's Representative, Nemoto Kyouji. He had short hair, an unshaven beard around his mouth, and evil-looking eyes. He looked totally different from Yuuji who had a pair of sharp eyes.
"How terrible, Class F. You broke the pact. I thought we agreed that we wouldn't do anything related to the Summoner Test War?"
"What did you say...?"
"You were the ones who broke the pact first, right? I'm just doing what you would do!"
After he said that, the group of people at his back started moving. The person who was hiding behind him was Mr. Hasegawa, who was short and was staying on the battlefield just now.
"Mr. Hasegawa! Yoshino from Class B wants to challenge-"
"Not so fast! Sugawa from Class F will accept that challenge! Summon!"
Just when Yoshino from Class B planned to attack Yuuji by surprise, Sugawa jumped out and accepted the challenge for Yuuji. Good job, Sugawa!
"We didn't violate the pact! This is just between Class C and Class F-"
"It's no use, Akihisa! Nemoto will definitely use the words 'anything related to the Summoner Test War' as an excuse!"
"Yes, and that's what I will do♪"
"Nonsense!"
"'Nonsense' is also a very useful theory!"
"Akihisa, run!"
"Damn!"
Leaving Sugawa who was fighting at the back, the rest of us left Class C as fast as we could.
Mathematics
161 VS 41
"Don't let them get away! Defeat Sakamoto!"
Nemoto's voice and the sounds of footsteps came from behind.
Honestly, the current situation was very dangerous. Not only could we not fight Class B students face to face, but also our only hope Himeji already used up much of her Mathematics score. Nemoto must have known that Himeji used up much of her Mathematics score, so he called Mr. Hasegawa here. It was a dirty trick, but it was an effective one.
"Hah, hoo..."
"Himeji, are you alright?"
We were running down the corridor at full speed, but Himeji's steps were slowing down. She was not good at sports, and for a physically weak student like her, it must be very hard to run like this.
"Y-you guys... please go on ahead..."
Himeji was trying to catch her breath while saying that. We wouldn't be able to escape the enemy's attack with her like this, but we couldn't lose her here as well. If we lose Himeji's fighting ability, who knows what would happen to the War tomorrow. Also, I can't just leave a girl here and run for my life!
Is there nothing we can do now...?
"Yuuji!"
"What, Akihisa!?"
"Leave this to me! Yuuji, retreat with Himeji!"
I stood and looked back, and Himeji and Yuuji ran past me.
I never imagined that I'd have a chance to say some cool stuff like this. Do I look cool enough?
"Y-Yoshii, d-don't worry about me-"
"Got it. I'll leave it to you."
Yuuji stopped Himeji's words, and agreed with my suggestion. This was the Yuuji I knew, never letting his feelings affect his judgement and calmly making decisions according to the situation.
"... *stops running*"
"Wait, Muttsulini, you need to escape as well. I think the key to tomorrow's battle is you."
Muttsulini stopped with me at the same time. I feel grateful for that, but I think he has a more important mission to accomplish; we can't lose him in a situation like this!
"Then it should be okay for me to stay. Right, Leader?"
Shimada stopped running, and stood beside me.
"...Can I rely on you?"
"Of course you can. Leave everything to me!"
(?)
"... (Good luck)"
Muttsulini gave us a big thumbs up, and then ran away from the scene immediately.
"...What should we do now? Leader?"
"Ah, I have an idea."
"Huh? Really?"
Shimada looked at me with a shocked face.
Wa--- it seemed that she never trusts me, what an impolite vice leader.
"I don't want to end up in the tuition room either, leave this to me!"
"Found them! Yoshii and Shimada from Class F!"
"Kill them!"
The enemies approached us quickly. Hasegawa-sensei was there as well.
"Class B students! Stop there!"
To decrease their morale, I purposely used strong language to stop them.
"You are pretty brave. Do you think you can stop us with only two of you?"
"No, before we fight I have something to say to Hasegawa-sensei."
If we showed the enemies weakness, we would lose control of the situation, so I continued speaking strongly.
(Yoshii, what are you thinking? Are you going to complain to Hasegawa-sensei and say they are disobeying the pact?)
(Well leave it to me, I have an idea.)
I whispered softly with Shimada who was starting to worry now. Ah, she was worrying too much.
"What is it, Yoshii?"
Hasegawa-sensei walked to the front. She was still trying to catch her breath, maybe she needed more exercise?
"Do you know that Class B disobeyed the pact?"
If she was a teacher, she wouldn't stand beside the students who were not obeying the rules. That's definitely true for someone who was responsible for being a judge.
(That cunning Nemoto must have thought of a good excuse.)
"From the fact that I have heard, the one who broke the pact was Class F, wasn't it? If you are complaining that you get attacked because of this, before saying anything about the pact, you should check your personality first shouldn't you?"
I thought the teacher's comment was a little bit rude. Although, I believed the facts were twisted by Nemoto when he was explaining these facts to Hasegawa-sensei, just as Shimada said.
(It is exactly the same as I imagined until now, what are you planning to do?)
"..."
(I am looking forward to your strategy.)
Shimada winked.
Confronted by her expectation, I made the following reply.
"We are dead..."
"This guy's an idiot!"
That is so rude.
"Sakamoto! Yoshii... Is he... Is he going to be all right?"
"Of course! I can't guarantee about others, but he will definitely have no problem."
"But..."
"He is really not good in studying. However, even if you have a bad result, it is not everything right?"
"Wh-What does that mean?"
"That idiot... He is not a normal 'Kansatsu Shobunsha'."
"Syokanju Summoning!"
Four enemies summoned their Syokanjus at the same time.
We kept on running away, but this corridor was full of dead ends. It was just a matter of time before we arrived in the battle area.
"Yoshii, what should we do?"
"You're asking me? Then who should I ask?!"
"Anything is fine, just think of something!"
Shimada and I were running side by side and shouting to each other at the same time.
"OK, I got it! Shimada, you try to take them on at the same time!"
"OK OK, then?"
"My chances of escaping will be higher."
"I will definitely finish you off one day!"
Now we were at the end of the corridor. There was only a wall with a window in front of us.
"Shimada, summon your Syokanju now."
"Summon it?"
"Then use it to receive damage instead of me."
"Go die!"
"Wa! Why did you suddenly go berserk? Are you a berserker?"
I kept running and dodged the punches that Shimada threw at me at the same time.
Damn. Now we were at a dead end.
I rested my back on the wall and looked forward, and saw the enemies getting closer and closer.
"You guys must be very tired by running around!"
"By the way, do we have to chase them?"
"There is nothing we can do. While we were being idiots playing with them, Sakamoto's group escaped."
"Then let's finish them and go back!"
When they realized we had nowhere to run, the four of them looked like they had used up all their energy and started chatting in front of us.
Since there is no reason to chase us, why not just let us go!?
"Oi, did you chat enough?!"
Shimada was angry and scolded them when she saw that they were being so impolite. Oh, in a situation like this, she was still very aggressive.
"Because... Ah!"
"What?"
"You are the lousiest class."
How dare he say something like that! I must say something in return!
"We are not the lousiest class! It's just the students that are lousy!"
"Yoshii, shut up!"
Huh? I was trying to fight back, why was she so angry?
"Don't look down on us because we are Class F!"
"Oh really? What can the Class F level do?"
"Then feel it yourself! Syokanju Summoning!"
Shimada shouted out and the Chibi Shimada that I had seen many times before appeared.
"This is what I'll do! I will let you know the difference in our ability!"
The guy from Class B who was quarreling with Shimada also summoned his syokanju. It held its knife and dashed towards us. Although the enemy couldn't do any complicated moves, it had enough power.
"You!"
Shimada also let her syokanju rush forward.
Then the enemy's strong attack caused Shimada's syokanju to---
Mathematics
159 VS 171
"You, are you really from Class F?"
No, they had the same ability! What's going on?
"He he, it is your fault for choosing mathematics. For this subject, it doesn't matter if I don't understand kanji[1]!"
OH, Shimada you are so cool!
"By the way, Shimada, what's your score for Ancient Literature?"
"Just a single digit!"
She is so sure! It is so cool as well!
"Kudo, do you need help? You don't want to be sent to the tuition room like this right?"
"Damn, please help me!"
Kudo regretted it and bit his lips. It was really a shame to ask for help when fighting Class F.
Then the situation was looking bad for Shimada. Both syokanjus were using their weapons and fighting with all their strength, none of them can move now. If the number of enemies increased, she would definitely lose.
"Shimada, do you need help? You don't want to be sent to the tuition room like this right?"
"You'll just get in my way!"
"You are so mean!"
I regretted it and bit my lips. She is so mean to me!
However, this was no time for jokes. No matter how tired I was, I shouldn't just run away in a situation like this. It was time for me to join the battle.
"Syokanju Summoning!"
A familiar magical circle appeared beside me. The syokanju that had the same amount of fighting ability as my mathematics score, slowly showed itself.
Its strong looking face!
Its sturdy body!
Its fast and swift moves!
Its absolute strength it showed when it was summoned!
"Don't worry about Yoshii! You can see that he is just a weakling!"
"Pay me back! Pay me back my handsome descriptions!"
"Go away, you weakling!"
"Shimada, are you really my partner? Why do you insult me so much!"
It was true that my syokanju only had a bokutou[2] on its hand and looked very weak.
Now I was surrounded by the enemies (one of them was my classmate)!
"Now we're in trouble."
Shimada's face was slightly twisted.
Although she could win against the enemies, the difference between the scores was small. It was obvious that Shimada had consumed a huge amount of marks.
"Goodbye!"
The Class B student controlled her syokanju and attacked; Shimada's syokanju couldn't dodge it. Now is the time for me to show up!
"Taste my kick!"
I let my syokanju dash forward and trip my enemy over from the side.
"Ah!"
Underestimating my ability plus unfamiliarity with controlling a syokanju, the enemy tripped over easily.
"This is not the end of it!"
I used my bokuto and swung towards the enemy, hit it into the ground. Now is the time!
"Ah----"
My syokanju quickly grabbed the back of the head of the enemy syokanju, and thrust its head towards the ground.
Boom! It made a loud noise that could be heard anywhere along the corridor.
"Huh?"
Everyone said that at the same time.
The result of the battle was decided instantly.
Mathematics
166 VS 51
The score of the battle just now appeared in the air.
It is so embarrassing! Her score is triple mine!
"What! Sanada's score is higher right? Why was she defeated by such a weak syokanju?"
Kudo from Class B complained to the teacher. This had nothing to do with the teacher, what can you get from her?
"Huh? My syokanju is still alive?"
The syokanju that was beaten into the ground stood up, the power was really not enough...
"Yoshii, what happened?"
"Ah... I guess these are maybe the few advantages for being a 'Kansatsu Shobunsha'?"
From everyone's performance in the war against Class D, I realized that controlling syokanju was not an easy task.
The extraordinary power and the difference in size, these made controlling syokanju more difficult. Therefore everyone only used dash attacks or simple attack methods, and let the scores determine the result.
"What do you mean by advantages?"
"In other words, I am used to controlling syokanju!"
As a "Kansatsu Shobunsha," I had summoned my syokanju countless time, and the pain and tiredness that bounced back to me gave some advantages---- it forced me to make my Syokanju perform more complicated actions. If I only knew how to perform simple actions such as "run" or "swing the knife," I could never do those extra jobs given to me.
"This is just an accident!"
The enemy raised its knife again and attacked me. However her terrified expression made me a little bit happy.
"Ha!"
Facing the enemy's knife, I made my Syokanju block its attack. As the score showed, our power difference was threefold. If I took the damage directly, the bokuto would definitely break into two, so I must defend the attack by diverting the enemy's attacking force.
"Ah!"
The enemy's knife was thrown sideways, and its body was open for attack.
"Haaa!"
I let my Syokanju dash forward and gave it a hit at its waist, then another hit on its head.
Mathematics
126 VS 51
The value shown had made a few changes. I have already bullied the enemy like this, but we still had a huge gap in our power. My Syokanju is really weak!
"We better take them seriously!"
"Although I don't want to bully Class F like this, we can't just stand here and watch this mess."
The other two people at the back walked out. No matter what, this situation was just too bad right?
"Ah, wait a minute. At least have a fair fight, two versus two duels!"
"Yoshii, you are wrong, it's not four against two now."
"Huh? The backup has arrived?"
"It is five versus one now!"
"Shimada, are you going to betray me now?"
Just how much does she dislike me?
"I am coming, take this!"
Along with some useless shout, the enemies' syokanju attacks came. I let my syokanju duck to dodge the attacks.
"This guy!"
"The undead guy!"
Wa! The number of enemy syokanjus had just increased by two! Was this the so called "death by dismemberment" punishment?
The enemy syokanjus stood side by side and rushed towards me. I should avoid being surrounded before trying to defeat them.
"It is clear that we should be able to kill him in one hit..."
"None of our attacks land on him..."
"This guy is just like Metal Slime."
I am not that weak!
"Hey!"
I angrily dashed into one of the enemy and gave him a punch to the stomach, right on target!
And I hurt my hand. That was the result of the reacting force.
"Should we start now?"
"Damn! I am retreating now!"
Kudo realized that he couldn't win in a one on one fight so he decided to retreat. He wasted a lot of marks in the fight just now, so it was a good idea to run away. Now it became three versus two--- No, Shimada had also spent a lot of marks too, so it is now three versus one.
"Shimada, now!"
I gave an instruction to Shimada who was not being attacked by the enemies at the moment, and who was looking towards the fire extinguisher I used before.
"Roger!"
Shimada picked up the fire extinguisher and pulled out the safety switch. Now we should be able to run away-----
"..."
--but she is not moving now. What's wrong?
"Quickly use it!"
"Ah, what should I do?"
She looked extremely smug now.
"Sh-Shimada! What do you want?"
Shimada had shown her true self in a dire situation like this! It was very hard to fight against three opponents at the same time!
"What do I want? Ah, right----"
"I will do anything you want!"
"Then, firstly, let's change how we call each other!"
"I will do it! Please let me change it!"
"Then, I will call you Aki, and you will call me Minami-sama."
"Mi-Minami-sama! Is that ok?"
"This holiday, I feel like going to the 'La Pedice' in front of the station, and eating some crêpes there."
"Damn! I live on only salt water! How can you think of such a luxurious idea--- Ah! Okay okay, I will treat you, Minami-sama! Please allow me to give you a treat, don't leave me alone!"
"Good, and one last thing."
"More? Give me a break!"
Shimada looked very happy.
"Say you will love me forever?"
What! This is like looting a burning house! I will remember this!
"You will love me forever."
I repeated exactly what she had just said. Now she should have nothing to complain about right?
"Idiot!"
(Blowing sound)
The fire went out.
We had white powder all over our bodies and barely escaped with our lives.
But why did Shimada look like she was in a bad mood?
"Ah----I am exhausted!"
"Y-Yoshii! Are you alright?"
Himeji opened the door and dashed out. Her bouncing breasts were really dazzling.
"Yeah. This is nothing---- Ah, it hurts!"
Shimada fiercely stepped on my foot. For some reason Shimada was really angry with me today.
"Humph!"
"S-Shimada, what did I do wrong?"
(Scary stare!)
"Ah, n, no, Minami..."
That gaze that could kill anyone was focusing on me now.
Although she specially approved me to remove the "sama" honorific, the way I call her couldn't be reverted.
I couldn't really get used to calling her Minami in such a short amount of time.
"Why did the relationship between you two become very good now?"
"Huh? You mean us?"
If our relationship was good, she wouldn't be stepping on my feet and threatening me at the same time, right?
"Ah, you're back? Thanks for all the hard work."
"You look fine."
"Yeah, I'm back."
Yuuji and Hideyoshi walked out as well. Muttsulini didn't seem to worry about us so much, but he also slightly nodded towards me.
"Then everyone."
"Huh?"
Yuuji looked at everyone and said,
"Now the situation shows that Class C is our enemy. Since they haven't attacked us now, they will be declaring war on us immediately after this war ends. To tell the truth, we don't really stand a chance if we are fighting Class C immediately after Class B."
They must be thinking the same thing. Even if we win this war, they won't give us any time to rest, and attack us immediately.
"Then what should we do? Even if we win this war, we will only be an easy target for Class C right?"
"That's true..."
"Don't worry."
Confronted by a troubled group, Yuuji stared with his energetic and wild look and said,
"Since they are going to attack like this, I will counter their attack in my way."
"Your way?"
"Yeah, I will return them a big favour tomorrow morning."
We were dismissed after that and continued the War tomorrow.
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