Accel World Vol 6 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4

Umesato private middle school exists at a corner close to Ouinami ward in Tokyo

It is small scale in that it only has three classes per year, but its site area is pretty wide North of the 300 rounds, is the three story first school building which extends east and west, and that central section is connected to the sports building towards the north side And then on the opposite side, is the again built east and ards, the second school building That is, the whole of it can be seen as a katakana エ letter shape

Each year’s classes and student cafeteria is gathered in the new first school building On the other hand, for the so, part of the first floor are lined with faculty roo rooe rooms and various specialized classroo used That is, it is about equal to al his first year, Haruyuki used the second school building, third floor male toilet for a «Shelter» was because of this reason

However, there is a place where students are even less likely to approach, or more like they are not even conscious of it Further north side of the second school building, is a sh fence wall

Haruyuki, as a newly established caretaker coap to the northwest corner, to gather at the Umesato middle school corner of corners

“This place, our school has one huh”

While looking at that building, Haruyuki muttered

It ay too sth and width, and height was 25 ht, and inside walls were built with natural wood planks even in this age, and the roof was probably slate thatched

And then the front side was all formed by wire e Of course, it is not so up students that did bad deeds It is a s care of animals

However, not matter how much he put his face close to thein the se, there were thick piles of fallen leaves that went in through gaps in the anis care of those

“There is a caretaker, and an ani”

titling his head, he once more talked to himself Even if it will be transferred here later, he could not understand why this ti

At that tiravel from behind When he turned around in surprise, he sao students closing in froirl Their necktie and ribbon color was same blue as Haruyuki’s, but their faces were not familiar so they were probably from different classes This would mean, they were saues, without doubt

Haruyuki took a step forward to first at least greet them, but quicker than that, the male student shouted in a loud volume

“Uee, this is so dirty! Leaves are super piled up!”

Continuing, the girl expressed her feelings fully

“Righttt It’s no use to clean this For real”

Fro, these two people must have been selected by lottery instead of candidacy Even saying so, Haruyuki himself was similar to them Since he stood up for it on mistaken momentum

Now ot here, he would have to carry out committee activities with these two people on friendly ter breath, but still a weak sound with that, Haruyuki called out

“Ah at least, we should decide positions”

Reading the sent document file after he had became a member, he found out that there were two activities for today First was to select the president, and the other was to clean the rearing pen Until both of those are finished, con the diary file and sent it to school system server, they could not return home today

Cleaning will be very troubleso at the disaster of the pen, so he would like to at least finish selecting positions quickly Haruyuki waited a few seconds with light expectation for either of those two to say ‘I will do it’ Co to perforh school entrance, so there are students ould actively like to have a history of being ○○ president

—— However, at this point no one volunteered, so he understood that at this place no one was going after that point After confir five seconds and those two people still had their mouth closed, Haruyuki said with a weak smile

“Then, I aht, the president”

While waiting for annoyed response when he could not even say ‘I will do it’, the relatively dark skinned boy for a go hoirl with hair permed to inside curve, quickly made relaxed expressions, and nodded at the same time

“Sure” “Yoroshi+ku”

Three of theers on their virtual desktop at the sa the new committee activities tab, and in the positions column they set Haruyuki’s name, then touched the confirmation button With this, even in the school local net, Haruyuki would be recorded as the caretaker president

He also checked the re Ha Izeki Since it was a three member only committee, there was no need for any position below vice president

‘—— If it is like this, then I should have beco like library member at the start of school term’

With that earnest thought, he swung his right hand once to wipe theAnyway this meant one job done However the proble pen

With another look at the pen, even though the walls were dirty, he thought that leaves piled up on the floor would be more troublesome after all With so without tools According to the document, they were allowed to use tools froe

“Then, I will go get a ba it back, please wait”

After saying that with a ed towards the central courtyard sandwiched on the opposite side of the second school building Co to buy bread, and from behind hi said ay better, which Haruyuki thought about along with other things

When they actually tried it, the rearing pen cleaning job was far ht

If the piled up fallen leaves were dry, then they could probably quickly brush it out with brooms, but this was rainy season even if no rain now Furthermore it seemed to have piled up overmuck that stuck to the floor Old bamboo brooms —— as expected the materials were not natural, but hard plastic fibers si able to bite into hard layers

Still, after about twenty irl called Izeki eventually said

“Ah —— enough ——, my hands and back really hurt —— s!”

“Ehehe, like an old lady”

When the boy called Haly Haruyuki was also given a look that turned him into a statue

“I a the same spot for a while?”

When questioned by Izeki’s half angry tone, this time Hamajima cursed

“da leaves I brushed outside? Isn’t that an easy job”

“Ha? I don’t understand what you mean? Isn’t that a bad way to say it?”

During his colleagues’conversation, Haruyuki could only sweat as he ht starts, he should interrupt and work it out, but while knowing that, far fro able to open his mouth, he could not even raise his head

‘—— No No matter what the process was, I became a candidate for caretaker, then also volunteered to beco kick ass to those two people isn’t that my responsibility?’

“H, hey!”

While that decision was in his whole body, Haruyuki made a sound The one touch would explode Izeki and Halare on him at the same time

“H, hey”

With a large breath of air, and putting strength to his lower stomach, Haruyuki forcefully said

“Since this, will not be finished even by tin the diary, you can go home already I will remain for appearance sake”

One minute later

With his colleagues’ pure s hih deeply

If he confessed in truth ——

The other two irls who love ani committee activities, it could not be said that Haruyuki did not have at least a ht about it, if that kind of students existed, then a caretaker committee would have been forical consequence No, in the worse case, two members other than Haruyuki, could have been outlaw students that had bullied hiht like that, then he should be thankful for being fortunate

While cos, Haruyuki took another look at the rearing pen

Of the fallen leaves piled on the floor, not even half were reht pointed to afternoon 4:15 Since the forced leaving school tiainst the black layer that al that with just one bamboo broom would be useless If he really want this pen to look pretty, but

“Well, this doesn’t really have to be finished in one day Since there isn’t even an animal”

Muttering, Haruyuki threw the brooround Afterward he could just waste tia appearance that he worked hard but could not finish, to be continued to to sit down on steps at base of the outer fence, but before that

‘—— That person also’

That thought flashed, stopping Haruyuki

That person, Kuroyukihime, for sure should still have not returned home In the far away student council roo tasks related to school festival that will be co near the end of month with undivided attention No, Chiyuri and Takuround or in the kendo arena, would be earnestlytheir body

“Everyone, everyday, after classes would be doing this kind of things”

While leaking out a raspy sighing sound, he stared down at his dirty hands Working hard here, will not be praised by anyone, or get hi Then why, for what reason would someone do after class activities?

Before, Kuroyukihime had said that she had student council activities so she could control the school local net as a Burst Linker, but he felt that was not all of it That’s right, for sure, Kuroyukihime, Taku to the seriously just a few tens ofit

“Geesh, what a guy I am”

After blowing out a deep breath, Haruyuki bent over, and picked up the baround

With about 5 minutes work, Haruyuki cleared whatever fallen leaves he could from the pen, then he stopped his hand to think for a bit

In theoff In order to deal with theschool, ht that large amount of water ould be best, but the closest water supply hat looked like a tiny faucet set beside the pen for ani water use only

He tried by turning that, and for sure it only dribble out a slow and unreliable flow, that would take a long ti with his head hard, he finally reht to access a higher level of local net than normal students

Haruyuki who called out the school map on his virtual desktop, first took water flow line from infrastructure information and displayed it as overlay There was only one very tiny water color line leading to the rearing pen, but buried underground very closeby, seeer pipe and supply valve When he touched that spot and looked around, an AR down arrow pointed to side of the school building three meters away

“Water flow is over there so”

While , he reset thehose from the school supply list and layered it’s position infor that showed him that there was one located in a tools locker, in thein front of hiht, and applied for permission to use from the popupNormal students are not allowed to touch supplies outside of their access rank, but one second later, he obtained approval response from the system, which made Haruyuki involuntarily spoke out

“Oo leave it to the president What’s left are”

He again scrolled the supply list When he picked up a large shovel, that was in the central courtyard storage so no problee Finally, he searched for a deck brush It was discovered in the front yard storage for tile cleaning use, which he obtained permission

“This should be all Well, let’s work hard one more time!”

If that was heard by a certain sory sound ‘Don’t imitate me!’, Haruyuki first aimed for the front courtyard and moved out

Using high pressure water from the hose connected to the supply valve attach pen floor, was an unexpectedly fun job, which ht feel like this huh” and other things

However, the strict school systeive him permission to use unlimited amount of water, so the pere of his view With serious ai parts were cut away one after another Since he had to save some water for the final brush wash, he could not use up all the water, so Haruyuki stopped the facet when there was about 20 water re

The floor of the rearing pen, was covered et old leaves dissolved froht that the situation beca on it He had one ed the hose with shovel, then stepped into the animal pen

It was fortunate that he earing high cut sneakers ainst rainy season, so muddy water did not invade to inside of his shoes Of course he would have to wash theht of later

“Heave ho!”

While putting out that sound, he thrusted the shovel into the h to the floor with al the floor like that, he scooped up a great deal of black ed take that out the exit and drop it down

The less than 20 cinal floor shape, which Haruyuki gazed at

Acovered his body Different from when he completed difficult homework, or fell a boss that killed hie Since thin tears were going to uncontrollably leak out, he hurriedly shook his head It ay too early to taste success

Holding the shovel tight, he took another scoop of the mud and dropped it off Once more One step forward, once more

Just that hurt his shoulder and back, but as if pushed by so out one th, but at the same time he learned how to use the shovel and move his waist, so efficiency sloent up

While repeating the steady task, he felt a sharp stio, did he do so like this? However, from childhood on he al was left to hisservice

As he forgot even his back pain and earnestly dug in his memory, he finally realized it after about five minutes

It was not a real world memory In the accelerated world —— above even that, in the «Unlimited Neutral Field»

Two o, he was pushed to fall down the old Tokyo tohen heso he could cli his hands as swords, he thrusted into the steel like hard walls thousands, and tens of thousands times That hen the «Incarnate System» —— Brain Burst’s hidden ultimate power’s doorway, the moment he stood there

“?”

Suddenly ——

His thought, so very important, which made Haruyuki wrinkle his eyebrows

Even whilethe shovel around, he wanted to catch the tail of that thought

Incarnate Systeination ic to overwrite events

In a word, that is trea sky It is a matter of course, that was a supernatural power that should not exist in the real world

—— But

But, the real base of that Was cause lead to results, that simple mechanism was, maybe

‘Clang’, suddenly the shovel bumped into the wall, which paralyzed Haruyuki’s hands

“Ouch!”

He hurriedly blew on his hands, then raised his head up as the pain went away

After some time, old fallen leave lumps that were all around, had e, there was a small mountain that appeared on the other side of metal mesh, which even Haruyuki was hard to believe that it was all made by himself with just one shovel

“When I get to it, I can do it!”

With the previous thought bloay somewhere, Haruyuki stretched widely as he said that His tense back gave out creaks, but he thought even that pain was exhilarating Laying down like that would feel nice, but in order to do that, it was necessary to co fallen leaf and dirt that he did not scoop up on the floor

Haruyuki who caht hand weapon from shovel to deck brush Then he took the hose with his left hand What’s left, was to use a bit of water while scrubbing with the brush, and it would become much more beautiful The time was past afternoon 5:00, but since it was close to suht left It was very possible to finish work before the 6 o’clock forced leaving school time

After he returned to the ani

For the hose’s water flow On/Off, the valve at the baseback and forth to that faucet would be very inefficient With that said, if he left water running, then he would soon use up the system allowed amount of water

“Hmm”

He thought hard while looking back and forth between pen and base However, just this once, a s to e, then you should make it so that the valve can be opened and closed reht

If it was like this, then he would have no choice but to go back and forth between pen and base even if it takes more time with that determination, Haruyuki stumbled towards the doorway

Going around the dirt mound, a few steps forward —— at that time

In the center of his view, a yellow radio wave , under it a [AD HOC CONNECTION REQUEST] was displayed

Ad Hoc Connection was, between multiple Neuro Linker users, a function to connect wirelessly without going through a server However that was mostly not used inside school It’s connection speed and confidentiality orse than Wired Connection, andinto the school local net

Wondering ould ht, then finally turned around to look behind

For a while, he could not understand it

Haruyuki saw a child There was no probleirl That was also not too rare

However, it was a face he saw for the first time, which was clearly not a student of this school, and before that, no matter how he looked, that could not even be aelse, was dressed in pure white exercise wear for top to bottom —— with those, was a situation where it was no wonder that Haruyuki doubted normal function of his eyes and brain

He rapidly blinked and shook his head, but even with those, the girl in front of his eyes did not disappear, so without any choice, Haruyuki lifted his right hand that was holding the brush, and extended a finger to touch the Ad Hoc connection icon

At that moment, the radio wave e, a so cursor appeared It was a chatfor exchange using text instead of voice

The clearly younger than Niko, and looked to be younger than 10 years old little girl, quickly lifted up both hands after she received connection to Haruyuki’s Neuro Linker Way too thin and sers, slowly opened up and stopped in space The holo keyboard home position, as Haruyuki realized that, the next instant ——

All her fingers flashed in sht after, in the chatin Haruyuki’s vieords shi+nning with pink color rapidly flowed

[UI> Nice to ood day You are Ui school elementary branch fourth year’s shi+noyou a lot of trouble It’s a bit late, but I also want to help with the cleaning]

“!?”

Haruyuki stood still after being hit with a huge shock It was not from information in the text

—— Fast!!

It was incredible typing skill That many words were input, in just four seconds If he did not see the input in front of his eyes, he would have to think that was a copy and paste of previously composed article

Secretly, Haruyuki thought that his typing speed was first, no, he accepted lost to second since he nearly reached Kuroyukihi class’ typingso praiseworthy was partly due to Haruyuki’s virtue like thing

However, in front of hi speed was clearlywas needed to obtain that kind of technique, he intently stared at the opponent

The little girl called shi+nomiya, no matter how he look at her, did not seem to be a link skill master

She had a s froth half pants, orryingly sle fold eyes and nose, with the mouth like a cool fixture carved by a master woodcarver in one breath The deep black front hair was cleanly cut to a line under the eyebrows, and the back was tied up at a high spot A chic brown leather bag on her back, and a so on her left hand

The refreshi+ng looking shape thatat her, made him look at he in a daze for a while, then Haruyuki finally noticed the questioning look the opponent was giving hireeting

A least, he should say hello to her, but thought that he should also reply using chat here He wanted to quickly call out the holo keyboard to type a reply, but since he was still holding brush and hose, he hurriedly put theht up both hands again, words again flowed in the

[UI> It’s okay for you to speak with real voice]

“Ah, I, I see”

While his arms were raised in a subtle way, he leaked his first foolish sound

Sos he could not understand Why was this little girl using chat to talk? What was the «Eency Request» that she spoke of previously? In the first place, as another school, further in this place? What he souessed, was only the [UI>] letters placed in front of her words in the chat hich should be her name Utai’s shorthand, UI as a nickname

While scratching his head with his right hand that had no other place to go to, Haruyuki spoke as he was having confused thoughts

“Ah, Umm Ni, nice to meet you I am Arita Haruyuki U, the caretaker president even saying so, that’s starting froh”

Then immediately,

[UI> Yea, I know that your caretaker committee was established today]

That sentence was typed in high speed

“Wha, is, is that so? How did you know? Also, why did you come from your school, just to help out?”

[UI> That, was because a request for cooperation froi elementary branch that started your committee]

“Whatt, is, is that so!?”

Compared to the astonished Haruyuki, the strictly calirl, with , explained how this situation came about in an easy to understand way

Uinami ward in the capital of Tokyo, was a private, and supposedly advanceed by the school corporation, but by an educational type company that had its headquarter in shi+njuku That coirls eleinai school that shi+nomiya Utai went to

Umesato middle school had close to 30 years history, but that could not coi, which beca That was, to express it in one saying, a «Rich Girl School» However it could not avoid the whole country’s low fertility wave, and was sold to the current owner coo due to financial troubles Afterwards, many rationalization were made, and as a drastic measure, finally this summer, part of its site was sold, and the profits were used to build a new joint elementary and middle branch, which was the decision that was made

Since it was a traditional school, of course its guardians raised voices of opposition, but the ement base was a corporation The decision could not be overturned, and the ele will be knocked down after the first school term ended

Even saying so, s The new school building will start with high spec VR local net, which will lead into the same family of state of art electronic education environ developed in Umesato middle school However, since the school’s absolute area shrunk, there were also many facilities that could not beOne of those was —— the old rearing pen built standing by the side of the Matsunogi elementary branch, that was the story

[UI> Of course, I protested against teachers andto students, but also to animals that were taken care of Students may just transfer into other committees, but animals cannot do that However the company only repeated “Ani to laws and regulations” as a reply That wouldthem]

Reading the indifferently spelled text till there, Haruyuki shouted “No way!” on reaction

Even though it was theani place was too much It would probably be tootime If they went that far went, that far

Haruyuki’s thoughts that were full of anger, bumped into a thick wall there and stalled

When they reached a point that need to shrink school site due to cost cutting, building a new rearing pen would be difficult, which he could also is He felt that then they could let ani for animal is not possible without a lot of passion and proper environ them in outskirt hills is out of question, and before that, it is also illegal

Seeing Haruyuki silent as he bit his lip, the little girl with Utai kind of traditional naain, with text flowing in high speed

[UI> No need to worry There isn’t any animal that has been disposed of, yet]

“What, is is that so? I alad”

He involuntarily breathed out a sigh of relief Utai’s fingers continued her explanation as if in a dance

[UI> Seven Banta for were taken in by a farm in Sayama who raise chicken in their yard Two rabbits, were found by a reliable caretaker within the ward Just due to certain circumstance cannot search for caretaker, a child remained at the end”

“Caretaker not found, it’s not that, but cannot search for?”

Utai nodded Her hair tied by white ribbons, swayed somewhere above her shoulders The helave the ihter of a samurai that came out of a period drama

After aon the saers on the holo keyboard A long tie conversation, but there was not a single mistype up to this point, and words she selected were very mature