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Vol. 3 Chapter 1.6




Translated by SoundDestiny Edited by SoundDestiny
“Good morningăƒŒ. Kuro-sawa-chan”
As I sat up on the sofa bed, rubbing my eyes, Kyoko-san walked up to me with a mug in both hands.
“Here, tea. It’s pure, do you want sugar?”
“Oh, it’s fine. Thank you very much”
As I accepted the mug, I looked at the clock and saw that it was past ten o’clock. It seemed I had slept too late.
As I received my cup, I looked at the clock and it was already past ten o’clock. I overslept until very late.
“Heave-ho”
[ よっこら ]
Kyoko-san sits down next to me with a call like an old man, dressed in a tank top and pink men’s boxer shorts. Her hair is in disarray probably due to her sleep habit.
‘How bold, how can I say it? 
.’
“Umm
 Do you always wear that kind of underwear?”
“Hmm? Aaa, they’re so comfortable, these. I tried on the last guy’s just for fun, and I liked it. That’s pretty much how I feel now.”
“H-hee

”
The idea of wearing men’s underwear is so oblique that it is honestly difficult to comment on. On the other hand, if a man were wearing women’s underwear, I could just say 『pervert』.
“Anyway, Kurosa-chan. It seems that you were up very late last night”
“Oh, yes. I was chatting with my
..boyfriend, and I didn’t know where to stop

”
“Oh, so fresh, so youthful”
“Aa–, as you said. My sister picks you up from school and she won’t let you out of the house at night?”
“I don’t think I have a choice, though
.”
Then Kyoko-san looked into my face and smiled.
“Well then, why don’t you go see him today?”
“
.. Eh?”
“Because it’s not often you get a chance like this. My sister will be home late at night, and today you won’t have parental supervision.”
“But, but the press

”
The reason I was allowed to stay here in the first place was because the media was hanging out in front of the house, chasing after me. But if I went out to play and was found, it would be a complete disaster.
“Don’t worry! You’re not a Hollywood star. With a little disguise, you won’t be recognized”
“But
.”
“But, But
come on, it’s not like we’re a trade union. If you miss this chance, who knows how much longer you’ll able to see him”
“Uuu
.”
‘Indeed, at this rate, it’s hard to know when I’ll get a date with Jun-kun
.’
“You should meet. Love has no borders. Even John says it too. Love and peace.”
I don’t think it has anything to do with borders, John or Love & Peace, but if I miss out on today, it seems like I don’t really have a chance.
“Is it okay 

?”
“It’s going alright. If you want to disguise yourself, I can find you some clothes in Nee-chan’s closet. Then you just need to hide your face with sunglasses and a mask and you’ll be perfect.”
“Tha,thank you
”
When Atashi bowed her head, she happily clapped her hands.
“Also, if you’re going to meet a man, you’ve got to do something about your underwear!”
“Eh? Ah
..yes. If that’s the case, the new ones that Terashima-san prepared for me are

”
“EeehhăƒŒ, that’s kind of plain, isn’t it? Let’s look for something more egregious in Nee-chan’s closet.”
“Eh,Eguhhh? That’s not necessary!”
“Because, I mean, you’re going to do it, aren’t you?　You’re definitely going to be there.”
“No, no, no! I’m just going to meet him!”
“Even if you said that. If you want to make out without anyone seeing you, you have to go to a love hotel.”
“Eeeeeh?!”
“It’s okay! Take your time. If he wants to go to a secluded place, all the teenage boys will think of nothing else! It must be a love hotel”
“Of course you do! It’s okay, I want to talk slowly and say you want to go to an unpopular place, that’s the only thing an adolescent boy can think of! They’ll take you to a love hotel straight away.”
“So it’s
..is it 

?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s not like you don’t want to have sex with your boyfriend, right, Kurosa-chan?”
“That’s

well 

”
Kyoko-san looks awfully happy.
‘I don’t know why she’s so giggly

and I don’t know why it’s fun to know about other people’s affairs..’
“Well

 I’ll send him a message anyway”
Jun’s reply was absurdly fast. It was as fast as a ping-pong rally.
“『I’ll be waiting for you in front of the Chobi statue at 2pm.』”
Kyoko-san looked over my shoulder and peeked at my phone and smiled.
“I don’t know the area, but there’s probably a love hotel close to where you’re meeting, right? He’s definitely going to do it.”
I think there is a love hotel called La Vian Rose behind the station.
×××
“Ui-chan 

 We’re thirsty!”
“You’re not the only one suffering, Shima.”
“That’s true, but
.”
“Well
..I hear that people can live for a while without food but they can’t last long without water. Something must be done.”
“Just saying
”
I – Saori Moribe – looked up when I heard such an exchange between Captain Tashiro and Shima-senpai.
A dimly lit room with green indirect lighting. How much time has already passed since we, the eighteen members of the girls’ track and field club, were locked in? In terms of physical time, I think it’s been about a day and a half, and right now it’s around Friday morning, but I don’t know how much I can rely on that.
When we woke up, we screamed and cried at our own indecent attire – naked and turtle-bound but that’s for the first hour at most. The rest of the time, we just lay there limply without anyone saying anything else.
Without any contact from the perpetrators, without knowing why, we were simply left without water or food.
It is fair to say that Shima-senpai’s lamentable comment is felt by all members of the club. As I listened, expecting the Captain to have an idea, her statement was abruptly thrust obliquely upwards.
“Look, Shima. Those who are lost at sea are supposed to quench their thirst by drinking a little water.”
They must have heard their conversation. Some people jumped up and down in various places. That’s right. I don’t want to drink urine, no matter how much. I don’t like it either
“There’s only one question!　If you find yourself in a situation where you absolutely have to drink, whose would you drink?”
“That’s the problem?!!”
I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t help but raise my voice at the overly crazy remark. And because of that, the Captain’s eyes turned towards me.
“Oh, Moribe. Hmm, I think I can drink yours”
“Moribe-chan is likely to provide water, right?”
“Hiiiiii!!”
I involuntarily scrunched up my face and stuffed my voice down my throat. But their target quickly moved on to another child.
“How about
. Inui?”
“I think it’s more likely no”
This time, I heard a gasping sound in the distance.
This time, a gasping sound was heard in the distance. It was probably Inui Masako──Mako, who had just gasped. Then, a first-year student in a very ladylike vertical roll, who was lying next to Shima-senpai, let out an exasperated sound.
“Senpai, please 

 enough. We are all frightened.”
Her name is Kayama Yui.
She is said to be the daughter of a good family, but I don’t know the details. She is not good under pressure and is almost always confined to the toilet during competitions, hence her nickname 『Miss Bowel』.She is a gem of a girl who has earned the name of disappointingly beautiful girl in the athletics club.
“Don’t worry, Kayama. You are the best of the worst”
“I’ll pass, too, Kayama
..”
“Why is that!?”
“Why is that? 

Well, I just think that a nice young lady like you might have a protein or sugar problem from overindulgence”
“Isn’t that an adult disease!?”
“But it seems you eat a lot of meat. You look like an animal”
“You’re so prejudiced!!”
I’m already at my limit with hunger and thirst
..It’s so hard for me. So I wondered why these people were so energetic and then I realised that all three of them were long-distance athletes. I was convinced
..
×××
“Making statements is such a pain in the ass 

”
Frankly, I was fed up. The police officer would handwrite a record of what I had said in my statement. The police officer would check over and over again, saying in the first person, 『I, Rin Fukuda, am
』 in a polite way that I had never used before.
Thanks to this, by the time I left the school, I was exhausted. I don’t know if it’s customary or what, but I think it’s a miracle that such inefficient work survives in this age of Reiwa.
[TL:Reiwa is the current era of Japan’s official calendar. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito’s elder son, Naruhito, ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The day before, Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne, marking the end of the Heisei era ]
“Aaaa Mou, it’s way past noon.”
However, it’s not all over. Rather, this is where it all starts.
As I walk with my shoulders drooped, I open the football club’s group chat on my phone.
“『I’ve just reported it to the police, but on the day the track team disappeared, I saw a third-year student, KijimaăƒŒSenpai, hanging around the clubroom. I’ve been scared of that senior for a while now because he’s been following me around. I feel like, Suck on that. If I go missing, it might be his doing.』”
I typed that and my mouth relaxed involuntarily.
“Now that’s the end of that creep. Now, where shall I disappear too?”
It would be a good idea to vacation in a tropical country for a week or so even though it would cut into my savings. And after I come back, I can just go through with the same comments as Misuzu-senpai.
“『I don’t remember anything. It’s been a week since I found out』”
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