Vol 4 Chapter 6 (1/2)

The Sixth Question

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“You are walking alone in a forest, and you realize that you are lost You continue walking through the pitch-black forest, and you come upon a small hut beside a lake You feel relieved as you enter the hut, and you notice that there is a chair, a bed and a portrait What characteristics can you see from the person in the portrait? Please list three characteristics that you think of”

Himeji Mizuki’s answer:

1A cheerful expression 2Tender eyes 3A happy-go-lucky attitude

Teacher’s comment:

This psychology test can show ‘the characteristics of the person you like’ The dark forest represents an uneasythe hut, the portrait represents ‘partner that provides mental support’ Looks like you like a person who is tender, cheerful and can make you smile, Himeji-san

shi+mizu Miharu’s answer:

1Sharp eyes 2A manly chest 3Ponytail

Teacher’s comment:

The last characteristic see

shi+mada Minami’s answer:

1Broken fingers 2Knee bent in the wrong way 3Dislocated wrist

Teacher’s comment:

All of the above are very wrong

“We, Class D, declare war on Class F now!”

As the self-study session of the following day ends, the guys from Class D came to our class and declared war

“Eh? What's wrong?”

Hideyoshi+, as standing near me, muttered in surprise After what happened yesterday, it's understandable for him to be surprised

“What? Didn't I hear you guys say that the plan to provoke shi+mizu failed?”

Yuuji was also puzzled I supposed that it’s different from what Hideyoshi+ told hi in front of them By the way, Yuuji called ht I'd need to pay for the phone service soon

“Muttsurini, do you knohat are the circumstances now?”

“……I’ve no idea what happened yesterday, but shi+”

“shi+mizu? If so, did our provocation succeed?”

“No, it isn’t possible for this to happen…Akihisa, when shi+ to shi+mizu?”

“No, nothing at all I didn’t say anything special In contrast, the Suh our opponent isn’t Class B, Class D is not an easy target based on our current condition, so we should prepare quickly!”

I dodged Hideyoshi+’s questioning stare Under this condition, Hideyoshi+’s acting talent is hard to handle

“……That's right Let’s put aside the truth for the ti, since the most important issue now is the i, so if we lose to Class D now, all our efforts will be in vain”

Regardless of the process, we s aren't over yet We have to fight Class D head-on with our re marks after this Yuuji will say that the truth doesn’t ht inside his mind

“Yuuji's right, the nuht is too low, to gain victory with this weak force is not easy, it’s obvious that we don’t have the extra tis up”

“……Let’s focus on defense”

Hideyoshi+ and Muttsurini were clear on the current priorities, and they started planning that instant, getting into the stage of preparation

Okay, I must work hard on the Summoner Test Exams!

“By the way, Yuuji, have you thought of any strategies yet?”

“Of course I do, but before that, I need to confirth of my team Other than Himeji and shi+mada, I need to find out how ht”

Once he finished speaking, Yuuji stood up and went up the podium

“Couys said, our Class F’s Suainst Class D will co we are! Please write down your own marks on a piece of paper and pass it to me!”

The whole class, which was agitated by Class D’s declaration of war, suddenly calmed down, and they – proceeded to write down their current marks

The recent peeping incident depleted much of our marks, but none were left with zero marks Students would be chosen for remedial tests based on the amount of their marks

“By the way, I notice that I didn’t lose any mark at all”

“Eh? Is that so?”

“Yeah”

Thinking back, I don’t re in that battle

“Really? If so, there will be three people who can fully take part in the war, Hiht?”

“Right If they were to choose Integrated Subject, then we’ll fight first”

While speaking, Hideyoshi+ took out a piece of paper and wrote his uess I need to write down my marks quickly and hand it in to Yuuji

“Here, Yuuji”

“Got it”

After passing up the piece of paper with my marks to Yuuji, I returned to my seat

Once all the students handed in their papers, Yuuji flipped the pages and called out names

“The ten students with the lowest marks will take the remedial tests now They’ll stay in the classroo Mathe World History, Chemistry and Health Education tests respectively The battle formation will be decided once the marks are confirmed”

While holding the papers under his arm, Yuuji returned to his seat

Looking at Yuuji as stacking the papers on his desk and thinking of how to balance the team’s force, I couldn’t stop myself and spoke to him

“Eh, Yuuji…”

“What do you want?”

“Do the students picked for remedial tests have to be this precise? We should replenish ourthe easiest remedial test at the same time?”

Let’s not talk about Cheh World History is easy to earn marks, the teacher whospeed, as for us now, it should be the most unsuitable subject

“It’s because the main objective of this battle is to buy soies, we should consider using psychological warfare, and think of soate the battle”

“Oh, I get your idea”

“We need to confuse the enemy, and if the Mathematics teacher was the only one to enter our class for point replenish everyone straightaway that we haven’t prepared our forces”

“That's right……But, about us not replenishi+ng our marks, doesn’t everyone know about it already? Even if we did this, I doubt that they’ll be alerted”

I understood Yuuji’s point, but I doubt that this alone was enough to arouse the ene control

“Making them suspicious will be the key to this battle, just wait and see”

Yuuji read through the papers with ourthe battle positions on his notebook Looks like this guy had already thought of the next battle plan

I peeked at his notebook froroup of point replenishi+ng, but in the defensive group positioned at the corridor instead

“Eh? I don’t need to replenish my marks?”

A lot of ht that I would have to stay inside the classroom to take the tests

“You've still got a few marks left that can be used, let those who lost all their marks replenish first”

I see I had only battled with Ironman that time, and won in the end, so I didn’t lose all my marks Compared with those whose hter

“Also, you are talented in a special way”

“Saying that I’m special, actually I’m not that……”

As , whata battle isn’t on brute strength,but skill Rather than letting me replenish ain reinforce others students replenish their ht that Yuuji held ard, it made me feel rather embarrassed,

“Your role is very ih it’ll be very difficult, you’ll have to hold on”

“I understand If that's the case, I’ll have to put in my best effort”

The way Yuuji said it put a lot of pressure on ood to have another’s faith in me

It's 850ain at nine, there were still 10 minutes left

Withfor the Suin

“Everyone, listen up! Don’t underestimate our enee, and our eneht be turned on us if we're overconfident!

Yuuji stood on the podiuave his last instruction before we attacked

“Therefore, even if we gain the upper hand, we must never rush recklessly! All of you ot”

If we rush recklessly, in a very short time our defense will be – broken After all, we found out that our points, excluding Himeji-san’s, Minami’s and Hideyoshi+’s, when added up, wouldn’t exceed ten thousand But if we counted that of the girls of Class D, who had already finished replenishi+ng their points to around 1500 points each; the total points of Class D’s girls were near forty thousand And that’s not counting the boys of their class The gap between both classes was huge; we cannot hope to fight them head-on

“The eneirls who excel at their Combined Subject, so we’ll contend with the the force! After reaching the li back to the classroom an option! That’s it! I hope that everyone will put in their best effort and fight to win!”

Once Yuuji’s speech finished, the clock on the wall pointed at the exact ti of the ith a “tick”

Nine o’clock in the , the as commenced

“ “ “Look at our—“ “ “

Our side’s main objective was to secure the corridors and the stairs, and once the war began, the vanguard rushed onto the battlefield Our opponent hoped to finish us before we put our plans into action, so they’d probably use flash raid tactics To put it another way, this was a battle of speed

As I was getting ready to leave the classroo to the door from the corner of my eyes It’s been a day, is she still pissed off with me?

Fine, I’ll just try to talk to her

“Good , Minami”

“……”

No reply

“Class D declared war on us, that’s very good”

“……”

She wouldn’t even look at me

“We’ll just have to win this battle, then all will be fine”

“……”

She treated me as if I was just plain air

daive up; I must try harder to find topics to chat with her!

Itto myself just now; I’ll try to start a conversation with her with a question

“I’d say, doesn’t this remind you of the last Summoner Test War?”

“……Yes, I was abandoned and left alone by you the last time too”

‘Digging your own grave’: idio one self’s downfall

“Minary at me?”

I asked her nervously So far, I’ve angered her et over it in a day She had never been angry for more than a day, this was the first time

This time, Minami lowered her head and finally answered my question

“……What do you mean by that?”

“Eh? What do you mean?”

da that I shouldn’t

“You et about it in a day’ right? You big idiot!”

“Oh……”

“Didn’t I tell you not to talk with me? Stay away from me! Don’t care about me anymore!”

When she finished speaking, Minami took a step away from me instantly, and ran out the classroom

I’ failure……I really didn’t mean that at all, but it somehow made Minami ticked off……

Then, I sighed, and followed suit to leave the classrooet to the corridor as soon as possible

I ran along the corridor with light steps, running towards the corridor that connected the old and new school building

“Class F, repent!”

“Takahashi+-sensei, Ta!’

I’d just reached the long corridor when I heard the girls’ voices; I thought they brought Takahashi+-sensei with them Just as Yuuji predicted, Class D had planned to use Co

Since our opponent has already engaged us in battle, if we don’t summon our beast, it’ll mean that we deserted the battle, and it’ll also be counted as being KO-ed in a battle No ht them

“Come if you dare! Let me see hoerful Class F is!”

“fukumura, are you okay?”

“Leave it tois!”

“ “Summon!” “

The Class D girl and Class F boy suical seal started to appear in front of theical seal, was a beast that shares the same look with the summoner

Class D Tamano Miki VS Class F fukumura Kohei Combined Subjects 1543 points VS 118 points

“damn it! I can’t take it anymore!”

“fukuo?”

The difference between their power is 1300, this is worse than expected

“Take this!”

The sue blade in its hand

“Oh……If so……”

At the same time, fukumura-san’s summoned beast decided to discard its weapon, then took a different stance Is he trying to fight the enemy bare-handed? That's just plain suicide!

“You, what are you……”

“You mustn’t underestimate Class F!”

Ignoring Tamano-san’s bewildere, fukumura-san’s summoned beast suddenly raised its hands

Ah, that's –

As the spectators watched in suspense, both hands of fuku sound

“Heh,hehehehe……Catching a blade with bare hands, succeed……”

fukumura-san declared proudly

It’s true; this is a deadly bare-handeda blade with bare hands Unfortunately, his summoned beast’s head is already split in half

“Didn’t you just screw up?”

“Id, idiot! That’s, that’s not true! This is exactly what I expected!”

fuku both sides of the brain to catch the blade bare-handed”

“fukumura Kohei, KO-ed!”

fukumura-san’s quibble was just plain nonsense anyway as he was declared killed

Although we knew this all along, the differences between our strength still frightened us

“You actually ht instead! Summon!”

I glanced at fukued into the remedial classrooed on

Looking around the scene of the battle in front of

“Eh? Their number seems very low……”

It’s very suspicious that Class D’s irls If ere to beat Class D, we needed to get past this corridor, but their force see no matter how you saw it If Class D want to win this war by rushi+ng, they should be putting more force into it

“……Himeji-san isn’t here as expected……”

“She isn’t at the stairs too”

“See……”

When I heard the Class D’s girls say that, I noticed two of theroup of nine

Fewer opponents is better for us, but as really happening?

“There are few enemies around! Surround them, and don’t let them move an inch!” Hideyoshi+ commanded loudly

We had twenty students on our side, three-fold that the opponent had Although our points were inferior to theirs when coth with theirs, there’s still a battle waiting for us Hideyoshi+ and Mina our s positions

“shi+ot a report for us She said: ‘I’ve received suspicious reports, just put up your guard Before trying to find out our opponent’s plan, continue to battle with a team of six!’”

“Understood”

A boy froirl left the frontline shortly The condition seemed to be more and more favorable, but I still had no idea as actually happening

“Oh, never mind Just follow Yuuji’s instruction – Summon!”

I followed those around ave ht for a while, then pretend like everything’s in the bag and leave the frontline instantly Let them think that ‘you don’t have any points left’” I had no idea what Yuuji was actually planning, but this must be a part of his main plan, I’ll just follow his instructions obediently

Class D Tamano Miki VS Class F Akihisa Yoshi+ Combined Subjects 1019 points VS 311 points

I locked on to Ta my summoned beast to advance and meet hers in battle

“A- Aki-cha – No, Yoshi+-kun! You, you actually……”

At that instant, I thought Minami called my name out affectionately, but this was not the time to think about it, I must finish this battle

I dodged the opponent’s slash with a sidestep, at the sa at the opponent Good, like this, it’ll be my turn to attack –

“So obedient eh!”

But, I didn’t attack, and tapped the opponents head softly Yuuji said to ‘act as if it is in the bag’, like this?

“……Eh?”

Ta me to attack and had taken a defensive stance, stood there dumbfounded

Good, I think my actions fulfilled the instructions

“Good, Hideyoshi+ It seems that there won’t be any problem here, I’ll return first”

“OK, I understand”

I passed my authority to Hideyoshi+, and then left the scene of the battle Passing the task onto so the war

“But, anyway……the battle this time has too many parts that I don’t understand”

I thought about it while running back to Class F

Yuuji said that his aiClass D feel threatened, and finallythem form a truce with us

I understand this part, what I don’t understand is what just happened?

Why did our opponent just send out a small team? What is the suspicious report that Class D mentioned? And as the aim of my actions just now?

Oh……No idea, I couldn’t understand anything, I'll just clear things up with Yuuji

Once I left the chaos, and stepped into Class F –

“Ah, Akihisa-kun, you’re back”

“Yeah, I’m back”

Hi towards hter such as Hiood idea?

“Hiive you any instructions?”

“He did……About this; I’m not very clear about it, Sakamoto-kun only told me: ‘you must not leave Class F no matter what’”

“Eh? He only said that?”

“Yes, only that”

Oh h?

“Akihisa, you are back”

As I was discussing with Himeji-san about that matter, Yuuji walked towards us

“How is the plan going?”

“Oh uh, hmm, I did as you told……But isn’t it about time you made clear your real intentions?”

Other than the ten students staying in the classroom for remedial tests, there are five hand-picked students to hold the last line Other than that, there are a few students who are preparing their force

“About that……Sakamoto-kun, I’d like you to explain to us too”

“Himeji, you have any questions?”

“I can really stay here and do nothing?”

Hihtly inclined her head and let out a confused expression

Himeji-san can be considered our Class F’s o, hence, she should be the hter at the corridor and the stairs

“That’s right, Yuuji Why did you decide to position Hiht, wouldn’t this war become easier for all of us?”

When I said that, Yuuji let out a ‘I knew you’d say that’ attitude, then said: “Yes, the enemy will also think this way”

“Oh, the way you say it, see”

Yuuji just wouldn’t answer nicely what others asked, he is really an annoying bastard

“Our enemy will think this way: “Class F put a lot of their force at the corridor and the stairs, but why isn’t Himeji anywhere? Don’t they want to secure the corridor and the stairs?’ I think, that’s the way they’ll feel”

“But, aren’t we ai to hold the corridor and stairs?”

“Even if I want to, but is it really worth it to focus all of our force there? Our main objective isn’t to suppress, but to buy some time”

“Oh, so that’s why you decided to increase our force until it match our enemy’s”

“Toourself isn’t the only way, letting them use their smallest force is also a way”

Hearing Yuuji’s explanation, a scene that happened not long ago suddenly flashed through hts

Like he said, when those Class D guys noticed that Himeji-san wasn’t anywhere nearby, a few of them retreated……

“To put it another way, they feel threatened by Hiuard their class representative right?”

“That's so”

I see, so it’s this way

True, by just weakening our opponent's force, our casualties will be at a th, it’ll benefit once our force breaks through the corridor and the stairs, it’ll also let Hiood idea

“Class D’s representative Hiraga was beaten by Himeji once, so they are very worried”

“I see, so this is your plan all along”

If it’s in a nor them wouldn’t be this easy, but these circumstances benefit our battle plan by a lot Just like what Yuuji said, we made our eneuy, this also benefits us

If ant to win this battle, then we should not strike upfront, we o unnoticed easily to defeat theotincident, and during this critical time they couldn’t find our Class F’s ure anywhere Like this, nine out of ten would think that Hi for a chance to launch a sneak attack, taking down class representative Hiraga, so they’ll have to replenish their points, and then cut a portion of their uards

“So that’s why those girls rushed back……”

“But this alone isn’t enough In order not to let our enemies turn the tables on us, I had to use another wicked plot”

“Another wicked plot?”

“It’s controlling their intelligence Just because of this, I didn’t let Muttsurini replenish his points”

The Health Education teacher Oshi+ a few students tests, but Muttsurini wasn’t included I was guessing why that Muttsurini who by replenishi+ng just his Health Educations points could replenish his total points wasn’t taking tests in the classroom, he couldn’t have been sent out for a mission, could he?

“Muttsurini is currently spreading that ‘Class F really wished for the battle with Class D’ to Class D If they didn’t have any infore if they received this report suddenly, but their class has shi+ to spread this information couldn’t be any easier”

I just reuy froht, the students fro a suspicious report’ or so like that”

The Class D guy said that it was a e from shi+ the bug to spread information

“Counting in that negotiation with unclear intentions yesterday, Class D’s shi+s, this time they’ll easily fall for our next trick”