Chapter 2 (1/2)
2: Navy Blue
As I raced to catch up with Yurippe, I saw a group of teachers in front of her
”Principal's office”
Rushi+ng into the crowd of teachers, Yurippe forced herself through
”Hey, didn't you hear the announceo back to class!”
A teacher grabbed her by her arm
”Oh was there really that announcement !!”
Pow!Suddenly, the teacher took a blow from Yurippe's iron elbow and could only double over
Isn't this far too lawless?
One by one, the teachers who tried to hold down Yurippe were knocked away and scattered
Now, she was at the door
”I' to bust in”
”But you haven't thought this through!?”
Without hesitation, she threw the doors open and charged inside
Until now, all I could do was su myself, I followed her in
A male student stood in the principal's office, he had a grandfatherly man in a suit who looked to be the principal in a headlock
He held a gun in his hand
Apparently it was for the principal's resistance [tl note1]Furthermore, the barrel was now pointed at Yurippe
”I said it before, if you co ?”
”Oh my~~”
”Look, this is trouble”
She was like a beautiful moth drawn to a flame
But in this world, moths can't burn to death from the fire
Yurippe spoke without a hint of nervousness: ”I knohat you want to sayYes, just as you're thinking, I don't even need to spell it outCome, let's team up”
”Your lines sure are unexpected”
”Tea but myself?”
”Believe me, I can become a powerful ally”
”Hah interestingThen, strip for me”
”Ffff, ha!?”
I looked at Yurippe
”I say, you'd better not let me down Drop those third-rate soap opera side character lines alreadyYou've just perforYou should do yourself a favor and not demean yourself with such words”
As expected of YurippeAnybody would wring their hands after hearing this
”I can't understand a word you're sayingIf you want me to trust you, just take off all your clothesThis is all I' to say”
The receiving side is strong too!!!
However, the Yurippe I knoould never stop spitting out ego-destroying phrases, until thoroughly overwhel the other side
”This guy will strip as my substitute”
”Why me, hey!!”
No choice for me but to butt in
”Any complaints?”
”Yes, many! On what basis do I have to strip in such a situation?”
”Why did you think I let you be my partner?”
”Well, certainly not for stripping!”
”Why you have to push such a sot any honor as a man?”
”I' you do it! It would be OK if neither of us stripped!”
”But he said that he won't trust us unless we strip”
”Not ”us”, he was talking to you”
”I don't want to strip though”
”Thinking of a plan is your job”
”Me again? What kind of a character are you? When will you come in handy?I'm about to fire you”
Bang!
a gunshot
A brand new tiny hole appeared on the wall next to us
”Not good Now's not the time for idle chatter”
”What do you mean idle chatter, do you take us forresponsibility for you”
”No no, now's not the time to discuss this”
”If you don't get out now, the next one will go in your heads!”
The man's sharp voice
”Jeez, a trick question now~”
Yurippe apparently finally reinal point
She addressed the ain
”Uh, what did you just say? If I strip you'll trust uy to see me”
”I'et the fuck out!”
”Oh really Well, negotiations have broken down despite all the concessions I ht then, kill him, Hinata”
”Hey, me!? What can I do in this situation!”
”My word, what are you doing standing around here!? Shut up and tackle him!”
To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what happened next
Yes, I don't knowFirst, the door suddenly opened
Next, the gun rang out several tily, I shut my eyes out of fear
Din-dan-din-dan, the sound of bullet casings hitting the floor
But the gun was still firing
Puu-chii, a dangerous sound of so pierced
It was instantly silent
Opening round
The student council president stood over him
Soiant blade stuck out of the man's belly
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ain
Fresh blood poured from his wound
However, the blade continued to pin the man's body firmly
Until the th, she continued to hold that pose
When the gun quieted down, the teachers rushed inYurippe and I watched vacantly as the principal was rescued and the man was carried out
We hadn't done a thing
For dinner I decided to have curry rice
Spoonful by spoonful, I put it in my mouth
Yurippe ordered udon as she had yesterday, but she hadn't touched her chopsticks at all
When I finished the curry rice, for lack of anything better to do, I started: ”Sure was a tiring day though forknocked off the roof twice by a lot”
I thought I'd hear her angry retort, but Yurippe just wordlessly started to eat her udon
This is not right
Was not recruiting that guy a sih blow to her?
We stared at each other's empty plates and bowls
”Cheer up a bit, that guy's not dead, there'll be another chance to recruit hiht?”
” Cut the crap”
Finally, I heard her speak
”You couldn't be thinking that I'uy?”
”Eh? It wasn't because you weren't able to get him to join (your harem)?”
”You're an idiot”
”What do you mean?”
”Didn't you see the student council president's movements?”
”I saw”
”And you thought nothing of it?”
”Um I was a little surprised, I didn't think she was capable of doing that kind of thing”
”Geez”
”What?”
”If there wasn't a table between us, I would surely beat you flying or kick you to death”
She had apparently now returned to her normal self
”Well then, as you like, go right ahead”
I stood up and stuck out my head
She grabbed a pair of chopsticks and stabbed upwards!
I very narrowly dodged
”What are you trying to do!”
”Poke out your eyes”
”I'll go blind!”
”It'd get better after three days anyways”
”And I wouldn't be able to see anything for that time, how could I help you then?”
”Even if you can see, all you do is complain, so it makes no difference either way”
”My life would be really difficult! If I suddenly went blind, my roommate would be really surprised!”
”I really look forward to seeing his reaction”
”You really are a”
I sat down roughly, but hearing her usual nasty words somewhat relieved me
”Back on topic, rong hat the student council president did?”
”Didn't you think it was abnormal?”
”Weren't that guy's actions just as abnormal?”
”I' way beyond that, what kind of a toy was that deadly weapon?Have you ever seen anything like that in your entire life?”
”That kind of a big blade?Yeah, just where did she pull that out from?”
”Pull it out?Nothing like that happened”
”Why?”
”You don't even have such basic observation skills?Looks like even if you were blind you wouldn'tWant me to poke out your eyes?”
”C' me and just say it”
” that large blade, she wasn't holding it in her hand”
”What do you mean?”
”It grew out of her arm”
”How's that possible!?”
”It just is”
It grew?
What kind of thing is that, how could it grow out of someone's body?
”Do you understand? Couy, the student council president is way more abnormal!”
”If what you say is true, then that is really strange”
Looks like Yurippe wasn't feeling down frouy into her ranks, but rather was continuously thinking about this anomaly of the student council president
”Then, you want to recruit the student council president?”
”That's not possible, because she just ht be God”
”Is that really a possibility”
”Listen up, thise're killed, nothing seems to be different fro able to run 100 ravity and fly after ju off a roof - you should be quite aware of these facts”
”That was you kicking me off the roof”
”Anyways, the student council president's blade is definitely not rightGrowing a blade out of your arm is a completely supernatural phenoth”
”So you're saying that only she has a special existence”
”If this is really the truth, then that guy's actions at least succeeded in forcing her to reveal herself”
”Is that so then, the student council president, you couldn't be thinking of ”
”YeahIf she really is God, I will kill herThough, there still isn't solid evidence”
”So how can we confirm this?”
”Exactly, I'll give you one day to think about this”
”Huh? You want me to think of a plan?!?”
”Don't ain, Hinata, is there anything else you are able to do?”
”B-But aren't I always by your side?”
”What? You couldn't have fallen for me?”
”No, that's not it”
”Ahh, you actually can tell a lie with such a straight face”
”I just didn't want your life here to be so lonely, I orried for you”
”That kind of concern is unnecessary, I don't care if I'm alone”
”Just takeyou as my own initiative”
”That's no good, since we're together, let me think of you as a necessity, not as a burden”
Hm, that makes sense
I shrugged ht
”OK, fineI'll spend tonight cooking up a plan to whether she's God”
I had no choice but to respond this way
”That's how it should be, I like straightforward people,”
Yurippe said as she picked up her plate and stood upAnd so we parted
I lay onquietly
”What's up? Is there so you?”
”Ahh!”
A sudden sound by my side madeat my face
”Why do you ask so suddenly?”
”I heard you sighing up there, I was a bit worried about you”
I had not noticed uess I really was co about the problem of how to make God reveal herself
”If you don't mind, talk it over with me”
Ooyama said this with a relaxed expression, like he would never have a care in the world
”If when I came back, my eyes were poked out by chopsticks, ould you think?”
”Huh? That would be really scary”
”I think so too”
”What's going on !? Who's going to poke out your eyes!?”
”Nothing, it's just an unfunny joke”
”This is no joke!? Using chopsticks to poke out a person's eyes or whatever, that person is really dangerous!? Are you friends with such a dangerous person!?”
”Someday I'll introduce you”
”No way, no way!! Honestly, if you have that kind of friend, no wonder you're upsetIt's best to break off relations with that person immediately”
”I've already decided to stay with that person forever”
”I can hardly believe you've survived to this day!!Everyday you'd have to be constantly on edge Though, in this room, please be at easeI would never poke out your eyes”
”Sure, you're a pretty cool guy”
”You really flatter me!! I'm just a normal person, a completely normal person”
You guys are too normal
Though joking around was fun (I've already learned by heart thisthe time)
However, after lights out, I kept on thinking
Kept on sighing and groaning
Because Ooyaave him a punch to chase him off
A peaceful contemplation
Finally, at the ht of a plan so simple it had me dumbstruck
”So say it”
The next , on the roof topWith the wind in her hair, Yurippe faced me with her hands on her hips
”Yeah, it's a truly feasible andgreat plan!”
”Don't ham it up, hurry up and tell me”
Ooh, Yurippe's impatient! This is a perfect role reversal
”Haha, I stayed up all night co up with thisthere's no way I'd tell you so easi”
Bam!
” My plan is, take the principal hostage and barricade ourselves in his office”
”Oh, so you're saying reenact yesterday's events?”
”Right, that guy was by hiot stabbedBut there's two of us, we can teaht, and furthermore, at the rab her and interrogate herHer strategy of saying ”I don't know” to everything definitely won't work this time”
”This is the first time I've felt that you're like a partner of mine”
Yurippe was extremely happy
”That's quite an honor”
”Hoe get weapons?”
”Steal the gun from yesterday”
”That gun is probably out of ammo”
”It'll be enough to threaten with”
”You rascal, you're so clever I'm actually a little unsettled, and a bit afraid of youOK, shall we disband then?”
”Can't give me tords of honest praise, can you”
The gun was stored in a safe in the teacher's lounge
Yurippe and I snuck into the lounge at night, spent two days finding the key, and then quickly stole the gun
Tomorroe'd carry out the plan
I lay in bed, staring at the gun in my hand
This was of course un
”AHHHHHHH, Hinata, what's that!?”
That pigheaded Ooyaht me
”Gee, could you please say hi or so before you climb up here?”
He was so frightened by the gun that he hadn't heard a word I said
”This is for if et poked out by chopsticks, this is how I'll strike back”
”That joke isn't funny either!!!”
”No worries, the other party gets dry humor”
”Your friend sure is tolerant!! To be honest, with all the poking out of eyes with chopsticks and returning fire with a gun, you two must have a really messed up friendshi+p!?”
”Wanna join us?”
”No way, no way, no way!Please excuse nore you!”
Things just got interesting
What will happen tomorrow? Will it really happen? I becaht
The hour of the battle had arrived
Yurippe held the gun, I held a metal bat, and we stood outside the door of the principal's office
It was class time, and not even a shadoas to be seen in the hallway