Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Art begins with foolishness and ends with foolishness
1
If you were to call one of these things unnatural -- in this case, which was the most unnatural?
Me, a user of nonsense that was being used by nonsense? A contractor that was called the strongest without any proof? A girl named Hime-chan anted to escape froi-chan and others anted to capture her? Yet within this area called a school, within the confines of the Hanging High School, it was hard to call anything outstandingly abnormal
”--Hah So What to do?”
Aikawa-san mumbled after had taken off the scarf fro with it, and had settroubled or bothered, she see herself
I thought that Aikawa-san in a high school girl outfit wasn't bad at all, as I responded with a ht I would definitely find it odd, but apparently when you are as beautiful as Aikawa-san, it did not matter what you wore It was like, hmm, well life is filled with hardshi+ps
”We let that strategist girl get away, so et aith it by using Ii-tan as a decoy”
”Ahh I' my fault”
I iized, but did this person not just say so like, decoy?
”How troublesome- What should we do-?”
Hi any sort of tension whatsoever These two see Aikawa-san aside, Hime-chan's lack would be a problem Given that she had been captured easily before, it seei-chan
”Hi?”
”Nope Hith”
”The era of knowledge?”
”Yup The wise people of old always said”
Hiertips and then dropping theer toward me
”Illness comes from chi!”
””
Was she talking about knowledge is power?
It was certainly not the words of someone wise
”Yes Hime-chan is actually quite a failure That's why Hime-chan hates this school and want to leave, but they won't let her Hime-chan wishes they'd just let her escape, but they're, forsecrecy, and stuff That's why Hime-chan asked Jun-san”
”Relying on others”
”Ah, Hi that toway as she shook a finger This girl was quite well-versed in hand gestures ”Ah, by the way, shi+ogi-chan is actually the most talented of thestudents of this school She's a third-year, an upperclassman”
”Hmm”
”That's why, Master, you don't have to feel down over having your shoulder dislocated Even if the opponent was a girl, there's a difference in talent, you know, talent No, maybe it's more like a different level No no, maybe not level but more like an atomic difference”
””
This girl was sort of annoying Was her true personality poking its head out because of Aikawa-san's appearance? Like her cover was slowing being torn apart and her true for behind those tears earlier?
”Hah Anyways, let's give up on a forcing our way out the front gate,” Aikawa-san said, as she raised her bangs ”Hagihara shi+ogi -- I'm not afraid of her label as the top of the school, but I'ood with that type of person, so I'd prefer avoiding dealing with her”
”Ah, is that why you let her go? But don't you have opponents you would rather not deal with?”
”Yeah, of course Full of confidence despite not having anything -- filled with pride despite being completely empty -- people with inconsistencies like that are troublesoet them” and Aikawa-san looked at me with scrutiny ”This includes you, you know? Ii-tan”
”Eh but, that i-chan and I sound similar”
If anything I thought shi+ogi-chan was the same as Aikawa-san
”Nah, that's just the recklessness of the young My haughtiness and her arrogance have different s Even from that perspective you and her are siies, and then fail because of theist -- nice joke Anyways I thought it'd be great if you could get Ichihi it since we've come to this Let's do the opposite of the plan”
”Opposite?” volleyed Hime-chan
”What do you mean?” I asked
”Although you could argue that this is theon offense Press forward to the faculty roootiation for Ichihime's exodus
”Siht?” said Aikawa-san as she curled her lips
I couldn't even act surprised But once ain, I felt ad with people and escaping to this point, then Aikawa-san lived only thinking the opposite To stand before the opponent and declare war, then boldly and proudly attack She siht of that
”But, Jun-san--”
”It's fine, Ichihiin with You didn't like that asshole either, right? You could say it's a good thing we've been given the opportunity to bash that asshole So, now that it's decided -- let's go”
Having agreed to the idea that she had suggested, Aikawa-san began walking Snapping out of it, Hime-chan and I hurriedly followed after It was like it was secretly agreed upon and decided who here was the protagonist and ere the side characters
Authoritativeness, thoughtfulness, and then assertiveness toward action
Powerful conquest through indoth
Genuine confidence and pride
There was no paradox when it came to Aikawa Jun
2
You could say the road from there was like ”Live with Aikawa Jun” and you would be 120 accurate and completely have comprehended it
What was certain was that there was nothing in this school that could stop Aikawa Jun Organic orout with a single blow, and she mowed down, exterminated, repelled the obstacles that I assumed to be students from this school that appeared here and there, and the traps that were littered all over the school she cared not for as she stoh the but absolute power, sewing chaos and confusion here and there, and at the end of what seemed like the start of a hurricane -- or rather the hurricane that was like the start of the end, we escaped froh the outdoor connector hallway, and arrived at the back entrance to the Faculty Ward
She was so overpowering that it waslike me to explain As Hime-chan and I had been bothered so much by just a few students until Aikawa-san arrived, it was like ere nothing
”You say it was like, Master, but really we're nothing Hi here”
”If you are going to state such an observant thing, it's best to avoid using direct, emotional expressions It is basic for users of nonsense to express things as vaguely as possible”
”Hi weird like that!”
She said weird
”But , Jun-san She's even better than she hen I met her before It was really like a flourish of a happoubijin (sole)”
”You mean the flourish of hachimenroppi[1] (jack of all trades)”
”Ah, yeah Master was the happoubijin”
” How rude”
”Huh, so you deny it”
”Well I guess that the being that isa happoubijin, is soe”
”So does Master think?”
”Y'all need to shut up,” Aikawa-san scolded, as she stood in front of the door to the faculty ward ”It's fine that you two are already friends but doesn't it see the whole time”
”What exactly could be odd?”
”We've been attacked by students this whole time, just students Isn't that odd? Ii-tan and Ichihiet a bit becausebut now I'm here Aikawa Jun, y'know? Isn't it reet me?”
It was hard to tell if she was being careful or being extre obstructed by young girls, all wearing the black uniform like Hime-chan, Aikawa-san, and I
Huh?
Like me?
”Uer a need for ht?”
”Ahh who cares, you look cute”
” no, but”
”Kyah Ii-tan moe moe”
””
That e clothes Or rather, it was like she was forcingwith inal topic
Aikawa-san's suggestion -- to strike the core in theoutside -- relied on its absurdity to succeed It was like a surprise attack The opponents believed themselves to be the pursuers -- they believed themselves to be the hunters That hy it would be odd for the that we are running around inside the school Then,overconfident? Even if the opponent was Aikawa Jun, it was not like they were being hunted--
”That ht be it -- ah, what a pain”
”A pain -- but it's easier that way The strong people don't show up”
”When I said pain, Ichihime--”
Aikawa-san took a big step back, then struck the door with the tip of her toes -- and kicked down the steel door Clang clang -- the door sounded as it cruht?
”I ency door that has no keyholes or anything, so we have to do this to sneak in like cockroaches”
””
I see, Aikawa-san preferred walking in through the front door, announcing her nale teacher showed up, so ere able to coht, ould be forced to keep sneaking, so ould have to enter through the back door, and that annoyed her What a show-off
”The dean's room's on the top floor She really likes tall places -- over here”
Unlike me, Aikawa-san had a perfect memory, so the blueprint was stored squarely in her brain, and she led the way down the euide Hie faux japanese like, ”Uuu Fools and scissors are painful pleasure, yo!”
”We have to avoid the faculty rooies and traps and such, gather nu it already”
”But then we'd go nowhere”
I did not know the past that was shared by Aikawa-san and Hi casually to each other, theya reunion, they showed no signs of having been apart, and they did not even exchange greetings or introductions or even praise following the time apart I felt like that expressed even more the level of inti sister, after all, and Hime-chan was the type that made you want to take care of her, so if you were to say that they were a perfect ree
” Hm?”
no, wait If that were the case, then aood That is a terrible punchline for having tolerated this outfit I decided to ask Aikawa-san a question, to justify my existence
”Um, from what I heard earlier, Jun-san, it sounds like you are familiar with the dean, so what kind of person is he? The dean”
At this point, I could only iirls andWhat sort of harem is that?
”Origami Noa[2], turned 39 this year, and uh, asshole's a she”
”Origami, that surname”
Yeah, Aikawa-san nodded with her head turned back over her shoulder
”Akagaami[3] The bloodlines of the four Gods and a h, as she's more of an offshoot branch, so her connection to theThis school itself isn't really related to the Origa, it's more on Rule's side”
”Rule[4]) that would be the japanese ER3”
If you were to call the ER3 system a community, then Rule would be called a network, but that aside, what both organizations did was not too different Then this place was a bit like the program at ER3 I suppose
”Right The story is that forty percent of graduates slide over into Rule Others sorta scatter The o to ER3 I think? Popular opinion is that they're superior anyways That Hagihara's probably gonna end up like that too?”
As expected, unlike s of this place, and also knew of alueneral nuance, this place was like a place for nurturing talent In thatschool, and the label as an educational organization was not incorrect
Still, however Not allowing leaving, instead capturing you if you try to escape,called the Hanging High School - when you co that can be called an educational organization?
”Originally, this Suh School was build by Noa's mom At the time it was still relatively well, relative to noas a relatively regular school But then a year and a half ago, thatherself and died And then once Noa inherited it, things went nuts It's hard to explain what exactly went nuts, but--”
”The air went nuts”
Hi I could not see her facial expression -- but it was probably clouded over again Hime-chan is a second year now, so by the tied, I assume
”For a while afterschool anyways, but it was tolerable But the wheels started co off Hime-chan can't call a place where friends die a school”
” is how it is,” Aikawa-san said as she vigorously patted Hime-chan's head, and then continued ”But you know, the only way you can tell soone nuts is if you look at it fro, you can't tell the difference between abnormal and normal, so you'll obviously just assume you're normal And then the school can never be seen from outside Insanity permeates deeper and deeper -- until it's out of control, and then we end up where we are”
” was there no one else, other than Hiht this was abnorma, that this was insane Students that wanted to leave”
”Ahh, yeah A long tio”
Hih to silence me
”Despite what I said earlier I personally don't think Origaonna lie, I don't like her, and I'd love to give her some choice words That asshole only looks at other people as a number, and can only understand death as a statistic One person's death just , that asshole But you know that doesn't mean her ideals are really that off”
”An old acquaintance?”
”Pretty h”
That hy it was a two-year reunion, said Aikawa-san in a jesting manner But I also felt that her behavior seemed a bit forced Why Aikawa-san, who lorded over the ability to fool people on a level dimensions above this user of nonsense, needed to act in such an obvious way I could not understand
”But Jun-san Please do not get swept away by your emotions”