Vol 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)
The next day, after school,
I headed towards our infir room
My only mission to secure a clubroo in the peace of my own roos but I would be killed if I did not attend our clubtoday
I had a feeling that Yeonji would immediately invade my home, anyway, if I didn't show up
I reluctantly draggedto reassure myself with the fact that my mom would not be supplied with any more stories to spread I entered the infirmary, checked that no one was inside, and approached the inner door
Knock, knock
”Who's there?!”
Yeonji's voice called out from within; as I expected, she had arrived earlier
More io 'who's there' in that tone! What if anyone else knocked on the door? She should really be more careful
”It's me” I answered bitterly
She replied, ”Who's 'me'?! Say the password!”
Did we have a password? I pondered for acame to my mind
”It'saround and open up, or I'll just go home alone”
Click
To my surprise, the door opened Froirl of sood mood
”Hey”
”Tsk”
I greeted her half-heartedly; she responded with a disapproving expression What's the problem now?
After a , Yeonji complained, ”When I tell you to say the password, just say anything you can think of! A ination! You're no fun”
I ignored her nonsensical coh the entire infirmary was now our clubroom, our only usable space was this location
Yeonji closed the door shut and followed me as I walked in
She remarked, ”I really think we should make a password for this room Let's make one”
”A password, all of a sudden?”
It was really quite sudden Yeonji i for me to ask
”It sounds like it could be fun And we could stop any intruders fro in”
It was pretty obvious that she had thought up the second part as an excuse just now
”Stop any intruders? Do we really have to do that, when you and I are the only ones ill coure it out from our voices”
”You ht catch the cold and lose your voice!”
If you're sick enough that you'd lose your voice, it's probably better that you stay home!
I reh I hadYeonji is that the saying 'silence is golden' is true
”It's going to be fun for sure! We make a password that only Otakus would know If I ask 'sune', you ansith 'Mi', and so on Dumb, normal people wouldn't be able to answer, so they'd have to give up right away Only the true Otakus get to enter the room! How is it?”
I reave her speech If ere to actually use that password, I'll probably kill myself first
I asked,
”What about the people who need to ask for permission to stay in the infirmary?”
”They don'tin the world truly mattered to her, ”Anyway, let's set our password! This week's question and passill be 'a certain' and 'ical ' If you don't answer correctly, I' to let you in here Remember it!”
It's going to change every week?!
At the top of ht now', but I didHowever she interpreted my silence, Yeonji seemed pleased; I was finally able to put my backpack down and enter the room
”hello, Miss Yu” I greeted the nurse All this ti stare fro
”Fufufu” The nurse nodded and smiled in response
As I wondered about thebehind that smile, Yeonji seated herself in a couch directly across the table She see to say
When I turned away froave her attention, Yeonji cleared her throat and began her little speech
”Yesterday, we finally established the Clotaku Club”
All we did was acquire a roo this unlawfully, I guess we can say we 'established the club'
”So, what about it?”
”What do you roups are established, isn't it obvious that sost the members?”
”Like, a party?”
”No,” Yeonji shook her head, ”Well, that's good too but I'ural ball!”
”Inaugural ball?”
I still had no idea what she exactly wanted to do
”I'll summarize for you I'll introduce the reason for this club's creation, the history of the oals and such Then announce our loyalty to the club, and then we have a grand party where we can eat and drink”
”Um, uh Ah, okay”
I wondered to whom she wanted to introduce our club, but I waited in silence Answers reveal themselves to those ait; the answers are always in your heart
”So, now, to celebrate our first club ural ball with the three of us! Yaay--!”
”Yay”
After that energetic announcement, Yeonji jumped off the couch She turned around to face the nurse, who had a sour face, and I
She began, ”First off, I'll speak about the purpose of our club Attention, everyone!” As if it were her dreaetically, ”To start off, our first mission is to be Otakus!”
As if I didn't know that!
”After school, every day, we gather here to establish communication between us Clotakus, and we enjoy Otaku activities That is the most important philosophy behind our club”
”Maybe 'philosophy' is pushi+ng it”
”Shut up!” Yeonji suddenly sla an annoyed look to surface on the nurse's face ”It ht sound unimportant, but this is aan Otaku here, we get rid of any dark urges by expending all of it here Our activities in the Clotaku Club will solidify our existence as Clotakus!”
”Really?”
”Of course So, in here, you can do whatever you want! Acting like a 2nd year in'uguu' or 'auu', or even '-desu' are all fine! Right, e greet each other, let's use 'ohayo'!”
”I'll keep in mind”
Stop looking atall of that now'! And, seriously, being a lolicon just can't be safe, not just as an Otaku, but as a hu
”And for our second mission!”
Yeonji began We had another mission?!
”Yes, this is our ulti principle that will decide e need to do for the rest of our lifetime Listen well”
”Lifetie scale”
”Yes it is Our second goal is ill transform this country into a peaceful land where Otakus are not discriainst!”
”That's not gonna happen in our lifetime!”
I thought she had mentioned that to the nurse in an act of desperation Apparently, she was serious
”It has been many decades since the Otaku culture spread from a country beyond the sea Since then, a certain minority called the 'Otakus' appeared in our country And, as we know, the society is not too accepting of them!”
Yeonji looked around the rooinary crowd of several thousand people
”However, in the last few years, the terh that the coh we have her social order, people's attitudes towards Otakus relaxed only by a tiny bit”
Just a tiny bit?
”Because a single level in the social order isn't enough to change an idea over an entire society”
Yeonji prepared herself,
”If the ruling parties of this country were to all become Otakus, then the society's opinion will naturally turn around 180 degrees!”
”You seriously think that's possible?!”
Our republic, ran by Otakus? That's just too silly
Yeonji continued, completely unfazed; ”What's so i country got a certain beautiful nicknauy like that, people would go 'what kind of loser is he?' But if all of the higher-ups were Otakus, people would instead go 'is that such a good thing? Maybe I should try it out, too!'”
I had nothing to say to that Her argument was ridiculous from the hypothesis, all the way to the conclusion
”Heh heh, once the two-thirds of our parliaets filled wth Otakus, and then a bunch of Otaku-friendly legislation are written and passed, we're gonna end up with an Otakracy!”
”Okay, seriously, I'm an Otaku too, but even I think that's just stupid!”
”When it comes to Otaku laws, both the conservatives and the liberals would rise to pass legislation that favor the Otaku It will be a textbook exaht even ether into the New Otaku Party”
”That sounds like the start of the parliament's doom! Also, how much of the population has to be Otakus so that the Otaku party is the ruling party?!”
”Oh, the population won't be really full of Otakus”
”Then how did they get any votes for their power-?!”