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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 27 Part 2

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Pasifista

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「Umm, things went kaboom and bang, then shwiing stretched and boom boom boom.」

「It was an unfortunate accident where the magic of gas explosion got out of control.」

Mikan-senpai, who is trying to explain with gestures, is cute, but she still seems to be confused, so I step up to explain it on her behalf.

「Gas explosion? No, that’s not it, you are…. why are you and Mikan-chan here?」

「Let’s set aside such trivial matters for now. Are you hurt?」

「Err, yes. I guess around the level of a dog bite…. So, why is your gaze darting about like that? Look over here for a bit.」

I can see half of her ass, so I’d like to ask her to cover it up.

We should take care of the dazed senpai and the collapsed senpai.

Their appearances are somewhat disordered, but they don’t seem to be injured.

Just then, the members of the president guard group come in through the door of the workshop and are stunned.

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Seiichi, who was resting his body on the sofa arranged in front of the president’s desk, raised his hand.

「Something like that, well, that same as usual, I guess.」

As Seiichi finished his report in a light and frivolous manner, the President showed no hint of raising his face from the mahogany desk.

Matter that seemingly would turn into trouble was not submitted.

He didn’t.

There were twenty-four classes in one academic year.

Amidst the student bodies who numbered more than one thousand if the Supreme class was included, even Seiichi didn’t know how many of them there were who had received special tasks from the academy.

The roles were such as to investigate, monitor, tip-off, use of force, or guide public opinion through propaganda.

The unofficial organization, which was never revealed to the public, was called the Secret Public Security Committee.

However, not only did the committee members never meet each other, they didn’t even not know who else it was the committee members other than themselves.

It was one of the systems that managed the group of armed minors with combat experience, although they couldn’t use their skills when they were outside the dungeon.

It was basically a secret group that communicated with the teacher in charge via email, but there were also some who were assigned as exclusive agents of those in executive positions.

Most of it was a master-servant relationship that had already been formed even before they enrolled in the academy.

「Well, it’s about time all of them finally getting accustomed to this crazy academy, so there should be no fools out there who would do anything crazy.」

In fact, apart from his roommate who had been doing all sorts of crazy things, there hadn’t been any particular trouble that could be considered as a problem.

「Ah right, just in case, an irregular has appeared in our class, but I’ve mentioned it in my report, haven’t I?」

For convenience, classes were divided into several categories.

There were six basic classes: 『Fighter』, 『Thief』, 『Arts User』, 『Craftsman』, 『Officer』, 『Debauchee』, and their derivatives, the 『Archetypes』 classes.

The unusual classes that were not included in the archetypes were called the 『Rare』 classes.

SR (Super Rare) and SSR (Super Super Rare) were also classified as 『Rare』.

On the other hand, the term 『Irregular』 referred to classes that deviated from the stipulation rules of the class change system.

Due to the fact that the conditions for obtaining it were unknown, its reproducibility was not known, and that there was no emergence of those who had obtained the same class at the same time, it was also called the only one (Unique) class.

「His name is Takamine Kazuto. How should I put, well, I suppose he’s your everyday dude.」

「Hero (Brave), was it? … And then?」

Ceasing the movement of his hand, his cold eyes captured the figure of Seiichi.

Even as he faced the face of his step elder brother, which had been a while since the last time it was turned toward him, there was no change in Seiichi’s flippant faint smile.

「I’ll handle the task of monitoring him, okay? It’s my job, after all. Us being in the same class sure is a good thing and trouble-free.」

「Is that all?」

「Yeah.」

Without asking anything further, without showing any sign of interest, he flipped through the documents on the table.

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「That scumbag, was he on to something?」

From the supreme class building, he strolled around the garden in front of the library.

It was a route that avoided the eyes of both the supreme and regular classes.

「… Even so, well, there’s no chance of them meeting face to face, so he shouldn’t be aware of it.」

Just like how 『Appraiser』, a superior class of 『Craftsman』, possessed the ability to identify item-related status, there was a class called 『Assessor』, a superior class of 『Officer』, that could identify personal status.

They were similar classes with some common skills.

It was said that for those in the supreme class who were aiming for brighter future, the majority of them would choose classes of 『Officer』 branching.

Even Seiichi never thought of his act of pretending to obey but secretly betraying to never be exposed forever.

He was merely using those who were of use without reservation until they reached a definite breakdown.

However, until they accumulated enough power, they ought to avoid catching anyone’s eyes as much as possible.

Yes, there was a need to avoid doing anything conspicuous.

Stopping on his tracks, Seiichi tilted his head as he gazed at the state of the special classroom building that was unusually abuzz from the outside of the window.

There was a flurry of activity for some reason, as if an accident had occurred.

Students were anxiously watching the boys being carried away on stretchers and the workers clad in gas masks and protective suits.

Holding his right elbow with his left hand as if folding his arms, he rested his chin on his fingers and looked into the distance.

In the garden near the cathedral, which was maintained like a park, he could see the figures of students who were there to relax and take a break.

On the other hand, for the area from the library to the special classrooms building, the hedges and the elaborate gardening gave rise to a uselessly high sill.

Turning it into a rendezvous spot for couples, using the tall objet d’art as a cover.

The usage rate seemed to be more popular than expected.

Toes of socks visible over the hedges, the ornamental trees swaying and rustling despite the lack of wind, the shadow of people overlapping straight on the benches, crescendo coquettish voices of girls with high tones leaking out from several places.

No matter what the circumstances were, pretending to see nothing even as your gazes met each other’s was the unwritten rule there.

As he lowered his gaze that had been staring at the blue sky and the gently drifting clouds, his eyes met with Touma’s, whose head was peeking over the hedge.

He pressed his eyebrows together, shut his eyes, and let out a sigh.

It was a philosophic mindset, akin to enlightenment, that told him that his eyes hadn’t deceived him.

「There are circumstances for this.」

Three toes, wearing three kinds of socks with varying colors, stretched out from the hedge in front of him.

Sweet exhalations, stifled moans, cat-like peevish panting, and voices of three people could be heard from roughly the same place in front of him.

These were voices he was unfamiliar with.

「… Oh. As for me, well, don’t mind me.」

「No, that’s not it. Most likely you misunderstand.」

In place of Touma’s head, which had sunk into the hedge perhaps due to having his necktie pulled, a face with long, somewhat shaggy hair popped up.

There were still three pairs of toes swaying and flailing about, so he assumed it was the fourth person.

The listless and sleepy look, and the faintly unfocused upturned eyes were fishy.

Coming face to face with the vice president of Adept Workers, Seiichi came to an understanding somehow.

「… We are borrowing him.」

「As long as you can return him by tomorrow, well…」

「Aye aye sir.」

Promptly, she sunk into the shadow of the hedge.

Walking away from the corner where some 「hnn… hnn」 moaning could be heard, he moved his legs toward the purchasing department.

If they had no turmeric drink, for the first time in a while, going to the convenience store outside might be a good idea.

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