Chapter 10 - Chapter 8: Episode 8
"Your face is very red. Are you sick?"
"N-no. N-not at all."
"Hmm... I see. Say, have you seen a male student who looks like this?"
"N-not at all. I, I don't know..."
"Hmm... I see. But you know, I happen to see another pair of shoes at your feet. Who are you hiding?"
'shit. I'm screwed.'
As expected. A half-assed hiding spot like this was never going to fool Awakened with sensitive senses.
Moreover, they were promising talents among the Awakened, weren't they? Elite candidates who entered the National Hunter Academy.
"My friends and I are just playing hide-and-seek."
"Hide-and-seek? At your age?"
"Is there a law against adults playing hide-and-seek?"
"...Ha, this is ridiculous. Just tell the truth. You're hiding that male student here, right?"
"No? Do you have proof?"
"Proof? If I just lift this skirt...!"
"Stop! You...! What grade are you? Just because you're in the Holy Sword Department, do you think you can just go around lifting a senior's skirt?
What grade and class are you in? Give me your name. What grade?
Wait, your name tag is white. Aren't you a first-year who just enrolled?
Then you're not even an official member of the Holy Sword Department yet, are you?
Do you think you can get into the Holy Sword Department if you cause trouble with me like this?"
Her skirt, which was about to be lifted, stopped.
Fortunately, I hadn't been completely caught yet.
It seems the girl with the pink hair used some kind of psychokinesis-like ability to stop it.
"...Th, that. Ugh... B, but if you're hiding that male student here...!"
Just as the girl with the pink hair and the prospective Holy Sword Department member were about to argue,
a radio sound rang out from the walkie-talkie held by another prospective Holy Sword Department member.
"--Crackle. Two suspicious female students and a male student spotted at the Northwest Gate.
Currently resisting the search. We're in a standoff and need reinforcements.
The enemy is strong, and we can't win with our strength alone. Over. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Understood. This is Ice Woman. Everyone except the troops currently guarding each gate, move to the Northwest Gate.
I repeat. This is Ice Woman. All troops except those guarding the gates, assemble at the Northwest Gate for reinforcements. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. This is Dormitory Warden. Departing now. Over. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Please hurry. I think we're going to lose them. Over. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. This is Campus Patrol Team 1. Departing immediately. Hold on a little longer. Crackle--"
The radio situation was being relayed urgently.
In the midst of that, there was a radio transmission looking for our side.
Judging by the voice, it was that bitch, the Holy Sword Department teacher with long blue hair, codenamed Ice Woman.
"--Crackle. Campus Patrol Team 3? Did you not receive the transmission? Answer me. You are the only ones who haven't reported moving. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Th, this is Campus Patrol Team 3. We, we received the transmission. Acknowledged. Over. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Then are you currently moving to the Northwest Gate? Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Th, that's not it. Over. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Move quickly. What are you doing? You are the closest to the Northwest Gate.
And from now on, you don't need to say 'Over' at the end of your sentences.
This is a radio that allows two-way communication just like a telephone. It's different from the old radios where you have to press a button to talk.
Crackle-- Crackle. Although the call quality is a bit shit. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Un, understood. Th, that is, here too.... Crackle--"
"--Crackle. What? What are you talking about? Explain it properly so I can understand. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. He, here too, there are suspicious individuals.... Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Is the support still far away! Please hurry!! Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Campus Patrol Team 3. Support the Northwest Gate immediately. That is an order. Go support them immediately. Crackle--"
"--Crackle. Un, understood. We will depart right now. Crackle--"
The two Holy Sword Department students departed for the Northwest Gate as if they had no choice.
I had to heave a sigh of relief as I had managed to avoid the crisis thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
As I was letting out a sigh of relief,
the girl with the pink hair lifted her skirt slightly to move, then looked at me, who was now outside the skirt, with a gentle smile.
I spoke, feeling like I had survived thanks to her cute appearance.
"Phew. That was lucky."
"Heh. Listen here, delinquent junior. There is no such thing as luck in this world."
"Is that so?"
"Exactly. There are only the possibilities of inevitable things.
It's just that we can't perceive or calculate everything, so we lump it all together and call it 'luck.' Just like you."
She spoke as if to conclude that this was not luck.
The way she said it, it was as if she had intended for this to happen....
'...Huh? No way?'
"By any chance, did you cause the commotion at the Northwest Gate on purpose?"
"Ho... You're not a total idiot, are you."
She patted my head as if to say I did well.
As I accepted the pat, I was curious about her identity.
'she caused the commotion at the Northwest Gate on purpose to get us out of a crisis? What on earth is her identity...?'
"Nice to meet you. I am Kim Ji-na, the leader of our academy's top delinquent circle."
"A delinquent circle?"
"Yes. We are a revolutionary circle moving to eradicate the old habits of the Hunter Academy, where they insist that the dirty, old-fogey culture scattered throughout the academy is 'tradition' and 'custom.'
But those bitches in the Holy Sword Department and the Student Council just call us a delinquent circle."
"Uh..., I, I see."
"I heard those Holy Sword Department bitches were chasing someone from the first day of the entrance ceremony, reeking of pussy, so we joined in just to fuck with them.... And it turned out they were chasing you."
"...."
"Anyway, why did you enter through the Male Service Department special admission, that old evil sex slave track?
And I heard you even openly admitted it during breakfast on the first day of the entrance ceremony as an implicit open rule?
So at first, I just thought you were a brainless, perverted whore.
I've heard that sometimes there are guys crazy about pussies and vaginal fluid, like common perverted exhibitionists.
But strangely, you're rebellious against the Holy Sword Department.
I thought that if the Holy Sword Department approached you, you'd happily spread your legs and offer up your dick....
But you resisted and ran away even after being dragged to the corporal punishment room..., and then you were being chased by the Holy Sword Department.
...Don't tell me, are you also a warrior imbued with the revolutionary spirit, trying to smash and dismantle those old habits just like us...??!"
'What is she talking about? She's talking in circles. I'm just a guy with a dick trying to enjoy this eroge world.'
"If my thinking is correct..., our revolutionary circle will protect and hide you to the end.
However, if that's not the case and you're just a brainless male whore..., then I'll just have to treat you accordingly.
Now, shall I hear your opinion?"
"I, I am...."
I wasn't stupid enough to naively confess the truth.
"I, I am...... correct! I was also a revolutionary warrior armed with pure ideals!
Finally, there is someone who recognizes my true value...!"
"As expected...! My eyes didn't deceive me...! Hahaha! Uwahahahat!"
"Uhehehe. Uhihihi!"
"Ahem. Ahem. It's good to laugh, but why are you laughing so obsequiously and sinisterly.
It's like a third-rate extra villain laughing. We are not third-rate villains.
We are a revolutionary group that puts a great cause first.
Like the famous female revolutionary hero Che Guevaranes! You have to laugh heartily!"
"Yes? The laughter? Isn't it just because I'm a man?"
"No. It sounds more like a third-rate female villain's laugh."
'Ah, is it because this is a gender-reversed world? To think that this kind of laughter sounds like a third-rate female villain's voice....
Pfft! What's wrong with my laugh!'
"I, is that so.... I will try to fix it."
"Then let's move. It's about time those Holy Sword Department bitches realize my diversionary tactic. This way, revolutionary comrade."
Guided by the pink-haired beauty, I moved to a certain underground facility hidden within the academy.
I was surprised by the fact that such a space existed inside the academy, and surprised once again by the fact that it was wide and deep.
"Unni! How could you bring an outsider into our secret hideout! Even if you are the leader..., that is!"
Deep inside the secret underground space.
Before I knew it, I was confused by the path and didn't know where I was.
Anyway, having come to such a deep underground place, there were many members of the so-called delinquent circle.
Among those figures, a very pretty girl with sky-blue hair looked at me with displeasure and denounced me.
Since her hair was a similar shade of blue to that bitch's, I couldn't help but view her in a bad light.
This is all a phenomenon caused by that blue-haired bitch from the Holy Sword Department.
Strangely, it seems difficult to get close to blue-colored hair.
"Ahem, this guy is no longer an outsider. He is a revolutionary comrade like us."
"But this guy looks weak!
If he gets caught by the Holy Sword Department or the Student Council and tortured, I feel like he'll spill everything in less than an hour!"
'stupid bitch. Torture won't even take an hour. I plan to spill everything in less than a second.'
A soldier from a foreign country once said that thinking you can withstand torture is a thought only held by idiots who have never been tortured.
I planned to spill all the information I had before the torture even began.
In the first place, the reason for torture is to obtain information, unless the opponent is a hardcore sadist.
If you tell them everything before being tortured, the reason for torture disappears.
I read somewhere that torture is hard labor in its own right.
"Lee Ji-eun! Do not utter such insulting words to this revolutionary comrade!
This guy is a revolutionary comrade who shares the same ideals and beliefs as us, having decided to throw his body into the fight to eradicate the evil habits of our academy.
Don't you understand his noble intentions? How could such a person spill information in an hour.
He is the one who will inherit our oath to take our secrets to the grave."
'Fuck. No, I won't. I'm just going to tell them everything. Why would I let myself get tortured to death? Are you crazy?'
The so-called delinquent circle, self-proclaimed revolutionary circle, held a debate over my situation and position.
Because they themselves were revolutionary warriors with noble ideals and beliefs, there was no compromise.
They had to be convinced unconditionally. Otherwise, the result would be resistance and war.
Fortunately, the pink-haired leader had excellent leadership, so one by one, they were overpowered by her persuasion.
Even the sky-blue-haired beauty who resisted her logic until the end was settled by saying she would keep an eye on me.
"It seems everyone is convinced now. Revolutionary comrade Kim Do-jin.
Now you are one of us. As a fellow revolutionary warrior, I hope you show us a process and result that you won't be ashamed of."
"Ye, yes...."
"Then let's wrap this up. Vice-Leader Lee Ji-eun.
I want you to specifically introduce our hideout to this comrade.
Talk to each other and clear up any misunderstandings you have about each other."
"Understood, Comrade Leader."
I was guided through the secret hideout under the guidance of the sky-blue-haired girl.
And as I followed her through the corners of the hideout,
she led me into a secluded area, checked to make sure we were alone,
and approached me.
Then, she grabbed me by the collar.