Vol 5 Chapter 4 (1/2)
OreShura: Volume 5 Chapter 4
【Queen of Self-Perfor】Natsukawa Masuzu
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4: Masuzu, Hunting the Lovestruck
It was a certainjust a short period of time before the end of summer vacation
【From】 [email protected]/ /
【Subject】 Morn'g, Ora-Masuzu!
crap
Even though it was a textat the subject alone made me want to trash it!
However, I reluctantly opened theit would have been
【Message】 We are going on a 《 Hunt 》 Please make preparations
What hunt? After I sent e
【Subject】 Oh my oh my
【Message】 It's of course a 《 Hunt on the Lovestruck 》
””
I could ser from that response
It looks like this girl was finally going to stain her hands with a cri couples indiscriminately?
I won't go along with it if it's soerous—I replied—
【Subject】 Rest assured
【Message】 We won't be breaking the law Just barely though
”Which one is it!?”
With a hint of glooe State clearly whether you are actually crossing the line or not!
As I was thinking about how to reply, another
【Subject】 Please
【Message】 I need your strength to defeat the lovestruck
Holy Dragon Knight of Dawn 《 Burning Fighting Fighter 》
Lend ht
She suddenly said so that Hime would say
Since the direct attack didn't work, she went for a back-sided assault, huh? That probably showed how o with her on this 「Lovestruck Hunt」
Well, whichever way it was, I couldn't go against the will ofpretty scary while ere arguing with Hio study in the local library, but it seee my plans
”Besides”
Regarding thecamp, Masuzu had yet to cross-exaht about it
I really couldn't predict what kind of actions she would take
That hy I orried
”I just hope she doesn't go on a crazy rae”
♦
Although we normally meet at the cafe in front of the station, today we decided to scrimp and chose a fast food restaurant instead After all, we had used up quite a bit of our allowance at the training caal
However, that somehow turned out to be a bad idea—
”Woah”
As I looked at the crowd of people in the restaurant, not counting the line at the payement
A 「Masuzu doughnut phenomenon」 had occurred
What was the 'Masuzu doughnut phenoe distance」 away froly hard-to-approach Masuzu, and form a circle around her A white space had cleared a three-hnut, which hat led to the coining of that term By moi
”She's cute” ”Beautiful” ”Go talk to her” ”No way, you go” I pushed through the crowd of curious onlookers and stepped into the hole of the doughnut
”Eita, aren't you late?”
Masuzu, as sitting uncon of apparent relief
Her hairstyle was different from usual
Her trademark silver hair was tied with a white ribbon at the back Masuzu, who norirl Her current hairstyle probably er
Her outfit, also different from usual, was made up of a sleeveless one-piece dress and a pair of redco that revealed her shoulders and thighs in such an alluring way I wonder what kind of change had come over her
”Anyway, let's get out of here”
”Roger”
Masuzu stood up, and as if losing her sense, she entwined her arm around mine
A hs arose frouys locked on to me
”What are you up to?”
”Let's just get out of here There are too many onlookers here”
Dragged by Masuzu by the arm, we exited the restaurant
After walking for a while in the opposite direction of the ticket barriers of the station, we sat down on a bench along the riverbank by the roadside trees
”We can talk more leisurely here”
”Yeah—But before that”
Masuzu, as sitting beside ht her face close to me,
”Isn't there so my appearance today?”
On saying that, she bent her body, and her largely open bosoes arrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
”W-well, nothing actually?”
I averted hed
”Fuhn Even when htheaded”
”It didn't though And what's Jojo-cute, aren't you being too liberal with your japanese?”
”dummy”
Masuzu pouted with a hint of boredom
”More ie, about the 『Hunt on the Lovestruck』?”
”Yeah First, look at this”
Masuzu took out a ed and showed it to me
Special Feature: Take This Chance ♥ Hanenoyama Town's Rojou-ChuuRoadside-Kiss Spots!
”What's this? They even do features on good Rojou-Chuusharoadside parking spots?”
I initially thought this was froazine, but it actually turned out to be fro information about the town
”Rojou-ChuuRoadside-Kiss is short for 'Kissing by the Roadside' In other words, it's referring to outdoor spots where you can kiss”
”Huuh? Why would people kiss outside? Is that to show off to others?”
”It's to tell others that, the man who steals inity”
”Wha, idiot it's just that kind of event so it can't be helped right!”
And, it has nothing to do with virginity!
He doesn't lay it bare, don't be so disrespectful to the boyfriend hey you!
”It just means that, doesn't it? It's because it's more wild and hot to have others watch”
”I see A beast huh”
There really were such terrible people Did the morals of the folks in Hanenoyama town fall so much?
”As people who have a good amount of pride in our anti-love viee can't allow such loose people to continue their atrocities That's why Eita, you shall disrupt them”
”Me!?”
You do it! Why are youothers do your dirty work?
”Just kidding Let's shake hands and hunt together, shall we?”
””
At any rate, it was decided that I would be involved
”I get what you mean But how? I don't want to commit a crime”
”It'll be fine We are just going to point our fingers and laugh at the How shameless!' Even the lovestruck ones will be embarrassed and run away”
”sounds like what elementary kids would do”
I kind of felt that it would be just as eh
”Well, if you die, I'll be with you”
”I don't want to die”
”Now, L-E-T-'S H-U-N-T! Otherwise, K-I-L-L Y-O-U!”
”I don't want to die, I said!?”
As she uttered her strange English (even though she had con country), Masuzu stood up and walked briskly
For a ht about the nightmares that I would have as the ”boyfriend” if I saw Masuzu's na the headlines of the news tomorrow
In order to prevent her fro her hands fro to keep an eye on her
♦
And so
We came to the junction west of Hanenoyama Elementary School, one of the 「Roadside Kiss Spots」 as listed in the azine
Masuzu pointed to the stairs of a pedestrian bridge,
”It's likely that a crime will take place on top of that”
It was a place that hardly any people passed through, apart fro But it was not totally nil, as there were tis from a nearby supermarket would walk by It seemed like a place where one could experience the thrill of 'being seen'
”So, hoe stake this place out?”
”Yeah”
Masuzu looked around, and then pointed at a sign, which was in the shape of a policee
”We shall hide behind that, and wait for foolish couples When they start clie, ill secretly follow behind When they kiss, we'll cry 'Shameless'”
””
No matter how I looked at it, it was pretty childish
Besides, the sign was a little too small for the both of us to completely hide ourselves behind it
”Hey Eita, stick closer to me”
”Nah, it's fine It's uncomfortably hot”
Masuzu glared at me with displeasure when I kept my distance,
”This is a hunting ground you know? It's either kill or be killed Hot or cold aside, what if we get seen by our prey?”
She said it unsparingly
I had no choice but to comply with Masuzu's wishes, however—
”?”
Hnn?
Why was her face so red?
Her fists were clenched
Her feet were fidgety It wasn't like Masuzu to be so unsettled
”What's wrong?”
”Nothing”
Masuzu tried to act normal
But it eird
Just noere just sticking shoulder to shoulder, but before I knew it, she was leaning againston to me
Additionally, her head rested on my shoulder, and her eyes were closed, absorbed
Her head slid down and slowly got closer to my chest
”Our prey's not co”
”yeah”
Masuzu gave a sled before my eyes
I frantically tried to change the topic to cal heart
”Ah, but, you know Speaking of pedestrian bridge, it reminds me The summer vacation special episode of 'Punishment Extreme'[2]”
” mo-nyo”
”How Yasu-santo jue with his tears! That heated scene really kept ht if he just opened his parachute”
”Mo-nyo, mo-nyo”
”Although despising criuke』, this episode really emphasized that to the fullest You could say it was one of the strongest plots this year, right?”
”Mo-nyo—”
”—Hey, hold on a second!”
I grabbed Masuzu's shoulders as she was repeatedly rubbing her face against my chest
”What in the world have you been doing!”
Masuzu ihtened herself up and sternly collected herself
”I was concentratingto detect the ｢spiritual energy｣ of the lovestruck”
”You're lying You were totally saying things like ｢Mo-nyo｣”
”Yes, I was practicingRipple Powers[3]”
”Why are you practicing using Ripple!? Where do you see zombies!? [4]
”Also the es” [5]
”Why are youup your references!?”
Anyhow, I better keep my distance from Masuzu Besides, there was a heatwave today in the 30's[6], so it was so hot it was unbearable
Masuzu looked gruirlfriend But I'irlfriend｣ Did she actually forget the goal that we started out with?
Honestly
It's so exhausting to have a ｢girlfriend｣ with Jojo-cute charm
♦
About two hours later—
We continued our unproductive stake-out, but there was not a sign of any 「Roadside Kiss」 couples
By the e did legitimately see a roadside parked car, but tenticket While it's there, can't the police take a detour and stop this annoying girl beside me?
”We weren't able to HUNT in the end”
”Yeah…”
We sighed under the light of setting sun as we bought juice froe
”But isn't that a good thing? It means our town hasn't completely abandoned morals yet”
”No that's not enough How is it okay if we didn't accooals we started out with? What will happen to our self-respect as Anti-Love (lol) individuals?”
”Did you just add a (lol) to the end of that? Really? Really?”
This girl really was contradicting herself I couldn't make any sense of it
”So what are we going to do? Come back another day?”
”No”
Masuzu definitively shook her head back and forth
”Instead, we'll perform a roadside kiss”
………………………………………………………………………Huh?
”Huh? What did you say? Coain?”
”Perform a roadside kiss”
”With who?”
”M-Me and you”
”Huh?”
Masuzu spoke very loudly,
”Natsukawa Masuzu and Kidou Eita ill, on top of the pedestrian bridge… kiss!”
””
What kind of junk was this girl saying with her entire face blushi+ng red…?
”Wait, why?”
”It'd be too boring if we left without witnessing any roadside kisses It'd be stupid”
”So?”
”S-So at the very least—we'll be the ones to kiss to ware”
””
Honestly—
Honestly Honestly This really was Jien-Otsu!
”No thanks I' home Bye”
I tossed my empty can of Coca Cola into the trashcan and took a step forward
Masuzu chased after me and walked by my side,
”But you even kissed with her”
She glared atat her enehtly? Honestly, her actions didn't match with her words today at all
”That wasn't on the roadside, and she was the one who initiated it Did you see it?”
”I saw it alright Your entire existence is so perverted, it's obscene Before you know it, you'll get pregnant”
”No way you s-stupid—idiot!”
We fought like little kids on the way home
♦
Three days passed without any es from Masuzu
I was happy to be studying without any disturbances, but when I thought about how she'd retaliate once the new school semester starts, I started to feel depressed—
Just when I was eating cold soba for lunch at hos of happiness and depression
【From】oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraxxxxmailnejp
【Subject】 Mo-nyo
【Message】Mo-nyo—?
Mo-nyo mo-nyo, mo-nyo! Mo-nyooo Mo-nyo—
Mo-nyo mo-nyo! Mo-nyuuu, Mo-mo-nyo!
”She's…”
She's finally
She's finally broken!
Ever since the club trip, I felt like she's been out of control But I had no idea that she had worsened to this extent I profoundly felt the weight of responsibility as her ｢boyfriend｣
Just as I was conte whether I should match her enthusiase soon afterwards
【Subject】 Apologies and a Correction
【Message】 Earlier I sent a text ies for my lack of manners
I aain
Would you like to go to karaoke with me later?
I look forward to your satisfactory response
It was completely different from earlier, and the content was very serious
How the hell could you e from typos? It ay above the level to merely be considered a typo
”That being said, karaoke…”
Such an unexpected invitation
Did that girl like karaoke? But she didn't look like the type of person who liked singing
When I thought about it carefully, Masuzu and I have been dating for three reed to be a fake couple, it was barely five e for us not to know each other's interests
”No, wait a moment”
Perhaps her real plan was soo
Karaoke was also a place people went for dates, and if ent in the afternoon during the summer, there would certainly be at least a few couples there Don't tell me she planned to massacre those people…?
Just then that cursed text tone sounded—
【Subject】 Why?
【Message】 Why did it take you 5 minutes, 38 seconds, and 03 (milliseconds) to type the three letters 「Y」「E」「S」?
Do you hate me?
If you do, say it clearly mo-nyo! Mo-nyo, mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
Mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo mo-nyo
”How terrifying!”
It was pretty ordinary for Masuzu to be terrifying, but this time I was struck with a different kind of terror
So basically, the point was I had to respond with a YES? Why did she have to measure the time and send it back to me? How much ill will did she have for her fake boyfriend? It simply didn't make sense!
…Ugh
If I had responded NO this tiine what kind of actions she would have taken
It looked like arguing was not an option today, too
”I' to turn into a very troubling little sister”
This was in contrast with Chiwa's declaration that she'd stop being a ｢family member｣
Perhaps girlfriends tended to walk on opposite roads than childhood friends
♦
Having learned my lesson from last time, today we met at the usual coffee shop
I came a full five minutes earlier than our appointed tiht about it, it was always like that She's never arrived later than I did
”What it is, Eita? Why don't you coht here?”
Masuzu tilted her head sideith a questioning look as she held a coffee cup
Like usual, she wasthe male and female restaurant elances at Masuzu from time to time
However, today's stares were a different kind than usual
”Why are you wearing that kind of clothes?”
”Huh?”
Masuzu looked at lanced back at her own clothes
”What's so weird about this outfit?”
”Well, you can't quite call it weird…”
It was a forown
Not the fluffy and wavy type Rather, it was a long dress with a sleek design It bared her glossy shoulders and revealed rather dangerous curves near her storaceful aura Even the silver color of the dress was high-class, which shi+hting of the cafe It oven almost like real silver
Though, Masuzu's silver hair was the —
”Hey, are you going to sit?”
Masuzu looked like she was hugging herself, her cheeks red
Perhaps it was because I had unintentionally started staring at her
”A-ahhh, sorry”
I shook my head substantially and sat opposite of Masuzu
”Which party were you planning on attending, dressed up like that?”
”Ah, oal is to be the number one warrior”
”Not a fighting party! [7] I' to a ballroom party”
”What are you talking about? I said we're going to karaoke”
””
This didn't fit at all
”No one wears evening gowns to karaoke”
”Why? I thought that since we're going to a public singing venue, this kind of attire should be expected”
Masuzu looked blank
It looked like she wasn't deliberately acting stupid for once Rather, she really didn't understand this time
”Could it be that you've never gone to karaoke before?”
”Mh, you could say so”
”Is this very normal in the country you used to live in?”
”We didn't have a karaoke culture Instead, e entertained guests, we brought them to operas or concerts”
”I see”
Until three o, Masuzu's lived outside of japan since she was nine years old
Nine years old would be third grade, which was before the age o to karaoke until I was in fifth grade, when Chiwa's dad brought us for the first time
”Do you knohat the karaoke place is like?”
”Yes It's a place where one is shut up in a private room with one's intimate lover, in which they pleasure the and sharing love”
”That's about righ—wait a second, as that last thing? Sharing love?”
”Chestnuts three years, persiht years”[8]
”A proverb!?”
What kind of deceptive ideas were those? That being said, as sorew up outside of japan, how did she know so like that?
Anyways, it madeto ｢hunt the lovestruck｣ this time
”But, what o to karaoke?”
When Masuzu heard this, she took out a ticket from her purse with a very pleased expression on her face It was a discount voucher for a karaoke box a couple
”Woah, a 30 discount? Not bad”
”Right? This ith a flier in the paper this o”
That was such a co, it clashed with the outfit she was currently wearing at MAX levels
”Yeah, after all, seventy percent is pretty good for a high school student—”
”That's not the point…”
I ignored Masuzu who continued to whisper things, and startedforward
♦
The front desk of the karaoke store had a lot of students
Middle school students, high school students, and college students filled the place with a ht until the end of suerous For a elitist person likefrom it
”We'll have to wait an hour for an eo somewhere else?”
”Nah, we rarely come anyways, so let's just wait”
There were a lot of people si for empty rooms on the couches in the reception area
Because of Masuzu's outfit, we tried to sit in a relatively inconspicuous corner, but—
”Hey? Is that Kidou-kun?”
”Natsukawa-san as well~ hello!
The two people who called out to us were Sakagami-san and Akano Mei-san from our class
Sakagaaht｣
Akano Mei-san was a girl who had ood relationshi+ps with everyone You could say she had a pretty close relationshi+p with Chiwa