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Back then, she always makes a scary face, but recently, she’s getting brighter. Ever since she’s been with you guys

Natou-senpai’s such a beauty when she smiles

Other cooking club members say from the side.

She’s too much of a beauty that nobody talks to her, but she has a lot of fans among the girls I’m one of them. Uhm, please tell her my regards

Okay, I’ll tell her

Everyone knows that Megu and I are engaged, that we’re living together.

So, they don’t see my relationship with Nei as man and woman.

If you add Edie, Katsuko-nee, Ai, and Kana-senpai, they only see it as being friends in the bakery.

Okay then, I’m going to Nei’s place

I hold Nei and my share of ice cream.

Then, Megu is holding hers and Edie’s.

Edie’s empty-handed since she’s a bodyguard.

Yoshi-kun, Nei-oneesan’s place

Yeah, she should be there today

She’s usually hidden room in the basement of the principal’s office, which is now the classroom for Minaho-neesan and her prostitute cadets.

So she’s not there.

If we’re looking for Nei.

I think she’s going to be in the English prep room that Minaho-neesan was using before

She must be watching the school festival from that room, where all the school’s surveillance systems are located.

Nei can be alone there.

The ice cream will melt so let’s hurry!

I went to our objective while jogging.

1341. School Festival A Part 2 Explosive Girl

What’s up, Yo-chan?

The English prep room is a room where you can check the cameras all over the school, so.

Nei was watching us come to her.

She made sure that no other students are nearby and unlocked the door.

Going inside, Nei’s sitting in front of lots of monitors.

No, Katsuko-nee gave me an hour of free time so.

So don’t come here! You could’ve gone around with Megu-chan and Edie during that time

Nei said with a gentle smile.

I also want to see Ya-chan. Here, ice cream.

Hmm, thanks, Yo-chan. You can sit here, Megu-chan

Okay

I pull out a pipe chair leaning against the wall and we all sat down to eat ice cream.

A lot of people are here today and they seem to be having fun

Nei looked at the parents and guardians who came to the festival today and said.

Ya-chan, you don’t like crowds?

Well yeah. I don’t like it when there’s a crowd

Nei’s usual bright personality is something she made.

Nei was on the verge of a mental breakdown after her twin brother got murdered, and so she used Kyouko-san as her model to create a personality that was bright, energetic, and bold.

The real Najima Yasuko is a docile, quiet, and introverted girl.

But, we’re here. Let’s go tour around the school, Ya-chan. Don’t just watch from the cameras, look at them in person

I suggested.

Thanks, Yo-chan

Nei smiled.

But, maybe not now

Then, the extension phone rings.

Hello?

Nei picks up the phone.

Yes, I’ll give it a check too. Yes, got it. I’m with Yo-chan. I’m going out. Uhh, yes, okay Roger that

Nei ends the call

Minaho-neesan?

Yep! As expected of Yo-chan

No, Minaho-neesan’s the only one Nei talks half-respectfully.

I mean, only Minaho-neesan knows that we’re here since she’s watching the cameras through the surveillance system underground.

What’s up, Ya-chan? Kudou-san is also here

Kudou-papa’s a man from the other side, and he showed up on purpose.

He’s sending a message for us to be careful.

I thought that Nei was in the surveillance room because she had no place to stay, but it seems that Minaho-neesan tasked her to do something.

Something’s happening in school right now.

I can’t tell you right now. We’re still in a situation where we have to be vigilant

Nei said.

To be honest, we don’t know how many of them are mixed in with the parents

We’re having a school festival, and there’s no stopping the outsiders from coming and going

Our school is a regular co-ed high school.

We’re not like Misuzu’s school where you can’t enter unless you have an invitation ticket, and there’s a strict inspection at the entrance.

So, Minaho-oneechan wants me and Yo-chan to go fishing

Fishing?

To be precise, we’re going to be the bait, for fishing, I guess? We’re going to drag some enemies and pick them up

She meant that we’re going to be the bait.

If the enemy’s infiltrated the school, then Kudou-papa’s probably deployed his group too.

We can stir up the place and reveal which are the enemies.

Well, give me a moment

Edie said with a smile.

We can go out after we finish our ice cream

That’s right. It’s a special made ice cream from the cooking club.

Right. Let’s finish eating first before moving, Nei-oneesan

Megu told Nei.

After we’re done eating ice cream, we head out of the English prep room.

Where should we go around first?

I open the special event map of the school festival.

Nei-oneesan, the anime research exhibit seems close

Megu recalled that Nei’s an otaku so she made that suggestion.

Oh, skip that. Their anime scope is so small

Nei said.

They’re only into the current anime and popular voice actors. They call themselves anime research circle, so they should at least know Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei!

What’s that title?

Megu asks.

Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei, is a sister film to Momotaro no Umiwashi, the first full-length animation in Japan. It’s a film made to raise awareness of the war efforts. There’s a great music scene where Momotaro goes to an island ruled by westerners with a Japanese naval paratroop unit and teaches Japanese to the local children Edie, why do you even know about that?

You can’t even talk Japanese half a year ago.

No, not that I mind.

Anyway, my preferences don’t align with them

Nei said.

Then, how about the tokusatsu research group?

Megu found another otaku-oriented study group on the map.

Oh, they’re bad too. They don’t even know the influence of Judo Isshin on the action side, or Daiei’s Yokai Taisen on the modeling side when talking about the history of Kamen Rider Err.

The company that made the large-sized stuff monsters for that movie were the ones to make the Kamen Rider monsters. That experience is still alive in the creation of the Shocker monster I’m getting curious.

Ya-chan, have you ever talked about that with the people from the anime or tokusatsu research groups?

I don’t know if she’d been in contact with the research groups, but.

Nope. The truth is, I’ve only listened to them when they’re hanging out in their clubrooms through the surveillance systems!

Nei said.

That’s why I know that their otaku knowledge isn’t that deep

Oh, I knew it.

Then, Nei-oneesan, why don’t you go and share your knowledge with them?

Megu said.

Huh, why? Why would I go out of my way to do something that’ll get hated?

Nei said with a wry smile.

Yo-chan’s the only one who listens to my otaku knowledge without getting bored

People who like anime have different interests though. If the topic is in the same genre, it’s natural that people will hate it if you’re trying to push knowledge that they’re not interested in Edie tells Megu.

As for me, I’m interested as long as there’s something to learn

Edie’s a genius so she just swallows any knowledge given to her.

Especially in visual culture. They’re a reflection of the customs of the people who produced them. Instead of reading a bad guidebook, you can learn more about the lifestyle, way of thinking, and historical customs, by watching at least ten movies of the ethnic group I see. Edie’s looking through Nei’s collection of movies, manga, and anime with such sense of purpose.

For example, Japanese anime has a lot of stories about going to the beach, hot springs, and such. This shows that Japanese people have a special sympathy to sea bathing and hot springs Oh, now that you mention that. If they live on land without the ocean, they won’t make stories about swimming in the sea. The abundance of hot springs is another feature of Japan Well yeah.