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Chapter 1 – Request from Enami-san\nVolume 2\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n\nAfter school, I headed for the club room.\n\n
When I entered the first laboratory, the club president was already there. For some reason, he was naked on top. I could see his untrained, slender back.\n
“What are you doing, President?”\n
At the sound of my voice, he turned around. His chest hair was thick. I don’t think it’s something I want to see too much.\n
“Ookusu? No, I was just trying out the dry rubbing technique.” (TN: Kanpu masatsu – you can google it)\n
Looking closely, I noticed a towel in his hand. It was a towel with a character’s picture on it, apparently obtained at a Comiket.\n
“Why Dry rubbing?”\n
“I heard it’s good for your health. I’m taking an exam this year, you know. I don’t want to ruin my health, so I’ve been trying out different ways to stay healthy.”\n
“If you’re worried about your exams, shouldn’t you just retire from club activities?”\n
“You’re so right, it’s boring.”\n
Even though he has so much chest hair, the hair on the front of his head is so thin that it makes me sad. It’s a pace that makes me think that he’ll probably lose almost all his hair before 30.\n
“Do you want to try it, Ookusu?　It’s not bad.”\n
“No thanks. I don’t want to. If you have time to do that, please study.”\n
I sat down on the chair in front of the lab table, away from the president.\n
The president’s mouth was agape in frustration. However, despite his displeasure, his grades are very good. He has been ranked first in his senior year of high school. I guess he has always been good at what he does. He has been able to get into Tohashi University while maintaining his amazing game skills.\n
I guess that’s what you call a genius. ……\n
I turned on my portable game console and started up the software to memorize English words as usual.\n
And that’s when I realized that Saito and his friends hadn’t arrived yet. I left them behind because they were still reading erotic novels after all the classes were over. Maybe they’ll be too engrossed in their erotic novels to come to the club activities today.\n
“Ookusu. There aren’t many here today.”\n
I heard the president’s voice and looked around.\n
Indeed, there were only a few people. It’s not just Saito and Shindo. Only about half of the usual number of people were here. I wondered why there were so few people, even though nothing had happened today.\n
“Do you know something, President?”\n
But the director shook his head. If he didn’t know anything about it, then it must be nothing. It was just a coincidence that there were not many people there.\n
“Okay, then, shall we play Mar-kart?\n
“No.”\n
“Not possible again?”\n
Unfortunately, the day would never come when I would be able to play a game with the president. It’s because I refuse to do so. It’s not a matter of “not yet”. I will never do it.\n
“Isn’t it fine.? I don’t have much time before graduation, and since I’m going to be absent for most of the third semester, this is the only chance you’ll have to play games with me.”\n
“Shut up. Please go away so I can concentrate.”\n
“Sad ……”\n
He trudged back to the front. I wondered if he was cold because he was still half-naked.\n
I looked around the first laboratory again.\n
It was quieter than usual. At this time of the day, there are always groups of people, and it’s always noisy. But now, I see people playing solo.\n
I notice one of them, a first-year student, is wearing a mask on his mouth. He’s coughing every now and then. He didn’t seem to be in very good shape.\n
I wondered if a cold had started to spread. In my class, there were no absentees yet, but I didn’t know what was going on in the other classes.\n
Thinking that I should be careful, I looked down at the screen of my portable game console.\n\n
When it was about 5:00 p.m., I turned off the game console.\n
The number of people in the first laboratory had decreased even more. It seemed that the first-year student who had been wearing a mask had already left.\n
It was starting to get dark outside the window. The sunsets are really early these days.\n
The president hadn’t left yet. To my surprise, he had been rubbing dry cloth all day. He was still naked on top.\n\n
“I wouldn’t care if you caught a cold.”\n\n
I left the first laboratory with only a warning.\n
I left the school building and headed for the main gate. I saw the usual figure next to the main gate.\n
It was Enami-san. For some reason, only today, Nishikawa was also with her.\n
“You’re late.”\n
Enami-san said. She seemed to be in a slightly bad mood. Of course, she wouldn’t have waited here all the time after school right?. When I looked at my phone, I noticed that I had received a message on my line.\n
Risa Enami: I need to talk to you, so let me know when you’re done with club activities.\n\n
I rushed to apologize.\n\n
 “I’m sorry. I didn’t notice it at all. ……”\n
“It’s okay, I was not waiting that long after all.”\n
I’m glad I left early. If I had left it any longer, I don’t know what she might have said to me.\n
“I’m sorry, Naocchi, it was so sudden. So, are you okay with the time?”\n\n
I nodded.\n\n
“If it doesn’t take too long. I’m already done with the shopping, so as long as we don’t go past 6 pm, I think I’ll be fine.”\n
“It won’t be that late.　Then let’s go.”\n\n
As they started walking, I followed them.\n
“So what’s the story?　I mean, where are we going?”\n
But both only gave vague answers to my questions.\n
“I’ll tell you later~”\n\n
Like Enami-san, Nishikawa is also surprisingly forceful. I walked down the hill, freezing in the cold.\n\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: Chapters seems longer in this volume..\n\n