Vol 11 Chapter 8 (1/2)

The Eighth Question

Answer the following question with a 4-worded common phrase

You lose hope and kick yourself around in despair

In addition, you blame the reasons for your unhappiness and disappointment for the rash actions you take, and many more

Kirishi+ma Shouko:

”Giving up on Oneself”[1]

Teacher's comment:

Correct answer [2]

To avoid the long spearat me, I let ht in the sliding door rail, causing it to stumble and lose its balance

3-B, Takahashi+ Ken, Biology, 131 Points

Vs

2-F, Yoshi+ Akihisa, Chemistry, 33 Points

Because of this, I can’t dodge the attack, and I feel a blunt pain on my shoulders, and my points are deducted What a mistake…!

“Fall back, Akihisa! Nakamura and Tozawa are to follow up!”

“Sorry, got to leave it to you two”

“We can’t hang on for long!”

After switching over with the 2 others co in, I retreat to a corner of the classrooerous I actually …!

“Sorry for that, Yuuji I made a mistake Let me hurry up and replenish…”

“There’s no need for that, just rest all you can while you regain your concentration”

“Eh? Rest?”

I can’t help but parrot his words

“What rest are you talking about at this moment? We don’t have the time…”

“You’re the one who doesn’t understand the situation”

Yuuji stares intently at the door as he says,

“It’s better for you to rest and regain your concentration rather than to replenish your points”

“Ah…”

Now that Yuuji says this, I finally realize how tired I am

It’s true that if we aren’t focusing on beating our opponents, our scores aren’t that i anyway Rather than that, it’s ilely

“And if you go take the replenishment tests, there’s no one to cover you e’re in a pinch”

“Okay then I’ll accept your goodwill and sleep well for now”

“Ahh”

I sit on the rather luxurious chair appropriate for B classrooe breath I see; I seem to be rather tired now, just like what he said

“Yuuji, how’s the situation now?”

I turn to Yuuji and ask hie my mood

“Basically, I’ this little hope to distract the at despair”

That’s a rather pessi I’m concerned about

“There’s hope?”

“Sorta”

“What about it?”

If there’s so positive we can take, there’s a need for me to be certain

“We’re forced into a dead end now, but the eneht in front of our noses If we think of it differently, that e”

“That really sounds like some positive joke here…”

“But there’s still a chance of us winning The enemy will definitely not let us wait around here until our deaths”

It does make sense when he says this If there’re enemies in front of Kirishi+ma-san, we’ll crush them without mercy even if they have low scores

“The 3rd years have to send in soth just to crush us, and we’re stuck in a staleed up”

“In other words, they’re sending quite a bit of forces at us?”

“That’s right Also, this roup of enemies that were supposed to battle at the courtyard We aren’t taking part directly, but we still ed to provide cover for the rest”

The ones we’ve been fighting since just now are basically all B class members, with a few A class members here and there Our hard work here definitely isn’t less if we consider hoe’re able to hold off a few B class and A class members

“While we continue to defend here and fight for a stalee, they can send in reinforcee”

The B class ht spot because of Nemoto-kun, but they’re not completely defeated The A class members should be able to provide support too, and we still have a chance of winning this courtyard battle If ork hard, we probably can give an advantage to our allies

“In the end, I’rasp the situation and intention and make decisions”

Yuuji says in a self-depreciating

“Let ain, what’s this despair…?”

“An overwhelth”

I got a crystal-clear answer

“To be specific?”

“First, because of 2-B’s retreat, our strength’s weakened by 20, and our reth eakened by another 30 e escaped here”

“…Oh”

“Also, fro this place, Himeji and shi+mada lost 60 of their scores, while the rest lost about 40 or so”

“In other words, we have less than half our battle strength in the beginning…?”

“Less than 20”

“20!? You didn’t make any mistakes in your calculations, did you!?”

“I’ this about ht”

Even with this weak fighting strength, you want me to rest? I’m still confident that I can use my few points to buy time”

“We actually ended up like this…to be honest, it’s really an incredible situation that we aren’t taken to the detention room forcefully…”

“Yeah, I had this thought too This really is a weird situation”

Yuuji nods with a complicated look on his face; his response does exceed my expectations a little I only said ‘it’s really an incredible situation’ only as a hyperbole here

“What do you mean by incredible situation?”

“What do you mean by that? Didn’t you realize it?”

“No, I’ too far ahead To be specific, what’s weird?”

“Well, to be specific—”

Yuuji checks the situation on the corridor as he continues,

“—There’re too few enemies”

“…”

For a moment, I couldn’t understand what Yuuji just said

“What about this situation causes you to say such things?”

The nuht now is already h?

“No, I’th, but simply that the number of people don’t match”

“Eh? Really?”

“Yeah The other classes of the 3rd years are pursuing 2-B, but 3-B and 3-A are still here, right?”

“Un”

“In that case, the enemiesjust now are probably the same ones as before, and returned back to the battlefield after replenishi+ng their points This is really suspicious”

If it’s a nor, but it’s certainly weird to have only a few selected people take part in the battles

“So that th?”

“Yeah If that’s not the case, it’s unreasonable that we’re still barely alive e’re already this weak”

That truly is the case now that he says it Even if it’s a limited place, it’s overly unrealistic that we’re not coainst us If it’s not because of so, it’s th and break through

“Howto attack us?”

“Most of B class is still here, but I guess there’s not even one-quarter of A class attacking”

“Are they saving their strength to protect the commander?”

“Even if we consider that, well, in the end, there’s an eneeneral’s eyes If it’s me, I’ll send forces to crush them without hesitation”

It certainly makes sense Even if the enemy’s weak, we can’t just leave them relaxed in front of the commander like that; we have to eli this enemy squad; no matter what happens at this distance, they can come back to defend no y with their strength

In that case…

“So happened in 3-A?”

“That’s possible, but it’s hard to iine…”

Yuuji folds his arhs

“…”

And then, he ponders for a moment,

“…Or roups and scattered everywhere…”

He mutters

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“I’m not too certain here”

Yuuji continues with this as a premise,

“The match between 3-E and 2-B before this; don’t you find it weird that 2-B, the higher ranked class, was forced back?”

Yuuji’s talking about the battle we just had in the courtyard

“We’re dealing with 3rd years, so there’s nothing weird about it, right?”

“No There’s a major difference in control skills, but us second years have already gone through quite a few su war The experience alone can’t possibly th between B class and E class”

And the difficulty of the test questions are based on the levels, Yuuji adds With the Center Test as the standard, only a few test subjects will be affected, and the difficulty of the questions are still set according to the 3rd years and 2nd years’ level There shouldn’t be any difference in this

“Also, 3-E was certainly forced back right at the beginning It’s impossible for such a difference to be covered without some assistance if 2-B’s still forced back”

If ant to stop these opponents that are on a hot streak, we need a stronger power than usual If we can do that, that means—

“We can sied to surpass that of 2-B’s That makes more sense”

No est reason e can survive on the battlefield like this is because of Hi power in the middle of this weak F class

“In other words, there’re some in 3-E”

“There’s a possibility that A classmakes sense”

It’s not that the ene us F class off, but that they can’t get the fighting strength to finish us off!?

“No, this doing…it’s not just 3-E There should be a few other A class members hidden in the other classes In that case, the difference in battle strength a, and our chances of winning the courtyard battle is slim”

Yuuji said out words of such despair Then, on’t get reinforcele here, and we’ll end up in co me!

Upon hearing this confusing bad news, I’m immediately confused

“…There’s no way to escape froe to escape roup and pass through…the level of vocal rights I have right now is…”

Yuuji, who’s sitting beside us, see, but what he said didn’t enterin

“…In the end, what happens if the strategy repeats itself again…they won’t be able to take action in tith, power to talk, none of it is enough…”

We’ll lose if this keeps up What do we do? What shall we do? What can I do?

“An-anye have to find a way to get back to Kirishi+ma-san…!”

I first thought about the logical thing of reporting our current situation

“Ha…haha Hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

Yuuji suddenly puts his hand on his forehead and starts laughing in front of me while I’m in this state

“…We can only give up and surrender here”

He said coldly

Huh…? What’s this guy, saying…?

“Yuuji…?”

“That’s right, isn’t it? In the end, we’re just F class, and we have a higher ranked B class as our opponent, completely trapped in the middle of enemy territory Do you think we can possibly escape froet back to our allies?

Yuuji looks coes we’re in right now

“And even if we go back, the situation of the battle has changed If ant to reverse this situation, we need to have soth needed to do this But in the end, I don’t have the right to speak up here What can I do at this moment!?”

My reply probably doesn’t matter here, and Yuuji continues to list out the current disadvantageous situation clearly

“We have an alible aative material Don’t joke around It’s ieous conditions even if it’s me The outcome of this war’s already decided”

And then, Yuuji ad an expression he has never shown others before

“…”

Looking at him like this, I start to think

I realize that this guy will show abnor causes him to be unable to think properly and execute his plan, he’ll start to feel frustrated

A lot of things retting about, things he’s depressed about, and other things

But Yuuji has never explained such things to us He feels that there’s no need for us to know about the me or anyone else hear hiive him some consolation

That’s to be expected of us The relationshi+p between us isn’t that gentle

“Yuuji”

“What is it, Aki—GUAH!”

Yuuji lets out a weird voice as he’s punched right in the face

“Akihisa, you bastard! What’re you doing out of a sudden!?”

Yuuji, who took a punch frorowls

“…I’ll……solve this”

“What!?”

Yuuji lets out a threatening voice in response to my words

“Well, I’iven up, Yuuji, it’s tih this current situation”

I answer back with a tone, not showing any weaknesses on my side

“You’re saying that you’ll think of a way?”

Yuuji narrows his eyes at ht, I did say that

“Isn’t this the perfect chance?”

“A chance, you say? Are you an idiot!? What nonsense are you saying!? We’ve nowhere to go, and we can’t hope for any reinforcements What sort of chance do you think we have here?”

“What nonsense are you saying now? The 3rd years’ general’s right in front of us, and he has the uards with him There won’t be a second chance for us in this situation, right?”

“Stop kidding around! We can’t even break through 3-B in front of us How do you expect us to beat the general sitting deeper in!?”

He’s being different from usual after all The normal Yuuji will definitely think the same way as I do

“You’re wrong Yuuji If we can solve this probleeneral land in front of us? Nor their best protecting 3-A, we can’t do anything, but if there’s only one obstacle in front of us here If this isn’t a chance, what is a chance to you?”

“…”

Yuuji’s unable to reply to my words

“…Can…you do it?”

“I don’t know I’ now”

I continue to rack my brains as I look around 3-B classroom

All I can see are a wide classrooe blackboard

There’re people gathered at the entrances, a complete difference from the inside of the classroom

And there’s also a high-class equip, that we had never used before

“Ourin the classroom; maybe, in this case…”

“…I see Since you have a plan, I’ll leave it to you”

Yuuji’s planning to ht

“Wait I need you to join in for this plan, Yuuji I hope you can help me”

I stop Yuuji and look at him with eyes full of confidence

“I’d say, Akihisa, you’re talking about the snacks packets or the disposal chopsticks you see on TV”

“Got it Thanks Hideyoshi+”

After hearing a suggestion fro h the cupboards and tables in the classrooht, probably froood, there’re disposable chopsticks here Now this can work!

“Highest temperature is 29°C, huh…?”

I set the air-conditioning to itsthrough the vents of the air con

“Huh…? Did anyone hear so…?”

Hideyoshi+ then ti line

This line passes through everyone, and there’s silence all around; I use this chance to rub the packets and break several of the free chopsticks

Pach Pach…PAK!

Sos around us

It sounds like the noiselit

“O-oi oi…isn’t this?”

Someone on the corridor mutters nervously

After that, I quickly toppled the blackboard cleaner to the feet where the crowd’s gathered

With the hot air of the air conditioning blowing, white smoke rises

“““A fire!?”””

I don’t knoho said this first, but the lit fuse to our

“Everyone!”

I give the signal to my classmates in the room

Everyone froe out fro this commotion as an opportunity

“A fire? Everyone, please move aside!”

The teachers nearby appear with fire extinguishers in hand That’s a nice uninitiated follow up from theuisher!”

I call out to the teachers holding the fire extinguishers

Several seconds later, the fire extinguishers let out dust that danced about, forhts

“Aki, your thoughts are still as underhanded as before”

“Please call this knowing how to adapt to the situation”

Thee had, e used the fire extinguisher I think I pushed the blame to Minami that time and ran away Well, that’s certainly memorable

“Though it’s alal, our side never shouted out ‘fire’ at all, so this is still within the rules”

I can hear Hideyoshi+’s voice from beside him (S)he really is a member of F class, to be able to think of it this way

Then

“I bought soo”

“““…(Nods)”””

Once our preparations are complete, we sneak by the ene to the 3-C classroom where the enemy’s base is

If Takashi+ro-sempai notices this commotion and comes out here, I’ll just have to use Yuuji’s bracelet to open a field and fight If the subject’s health education, we’ll send in Muttsurini, while Himeji-san will handle the other subjects Minao in for the win This is the plan I came up with

“…”

I glance behind to confir unconcerned with this This strategy won’t ith that guy around, so even if he has his own thoughts, I can’t let him act on his own

I look for Takashi+ro-sest the crowd on the corridor…nope

In other words, he should still be inside 3-C classrooe in just like this

If I say too much here, I’ll expose my intention to the people around us, so I didn’t sayto move to 3-C classroom silently

“—What—this situation!?”

“Isn’t—escaping—more—”

“—Wait, Aki—! The situation’s—not—!”

I can hear everyonein the midst of this panic

We start to scatter around to prevent our surroundings fro this suspicious

And just like that, even though we lost a bit of tiainst us, we still reach the 3-C classroom

Everyone…good All of them are near me Now all I have to do is to attack quickly