Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

Summer break, day six.

I was meeting the East-West Combination in front of Nishihachi Station, looking up at the sky that was slightly cloudy.

There are thick rain clouds in the sky, completely hiding the sunset.

In the surroundings, men and women in yukata looked up at the sky in the same way and looked anxious.

Are you okay, this sky? It won't rain...? Even though it's a fireworks competition today...

"Yo, Malo!

"It's been a long time since Higashino. Ah, this is a travel souvenir."

"Oh, thank you!

When I handed over the souvenir of my trip, Higashino peeked happily.

"What's in it?

"Sorry, but it's not that expensive. Cookies made with specialty honey or honey sticks. Because the tea parlor in the room was delicious."

"No, enough! Thank you."

That's what Higashino said and quickly put my gift in the bag.

"Oh, yeah. I saw Moncolo last time. It was an unusual tag match."

"Ahh....."

And I remembered the last game.

In the last match, it was an unusual tag match for a catfight.

Tag matches are a rule where four players pair randomly and fight with two cards each.

Athletes share a life, and if their partner is a snake, they will be pulled.

My partner was the newcomer in the second match (and the first black star), and my team was two veterans.

The game managed to win in a way that covered the newcomers, but the problem was that we pulled out a game style that we didn't do much in a catfight called tag match.

Tag matches are a method used to scatter odds when there is a difference in popularity among the main competitors.

Using this method meant that my opponents were getting fewer and fewer.

Catfight is a show in which three stars fight primarily with only girls' cards. The most common combination of cards used is the main C rank card and two sub-D rank cards.

When an athlete uses three C rank cards, they become a handful of catfight athletes, and the pattern of athlete combinations decreases.

Less combination patterns mean that customers are more likely to get bored.

Catfight includes "Catfight Pro" by more than a professional adventurer. There is a sister show called, but there is also a little problem calling four stars from here.

Having a Professional License means you've attacked the C-Rank Labyrinth in Solo, and it's no match for amateur adventurers.

Even ordinary people who don't know about the link know that there are thick walls in amateurs and professionals.

In other words, the key bet cannot be made in a three- and four-star game.

Tag matches were a bitter way to make a bet by pulling the legs of popular athletes when there was a difference in strength (popularity difference) between the said athletes.

In this fight, I was also made to struggle a little, so tag matches may come to the center in the future.

At that time, the melody of telling five o'clock in the evening began to flow from the speaker.

"... Nishida's late. It's unusual for him to be late."

"I wonder what happened. I almost got there five minutes ago."

He said we were tilting our heads.

"Hey, Maro, Higashino!

"Hey... West, Tian..."

Looking back, I was shocked by the unexpected.

Nishida, wearing a man's yukata, was carrying a girl in a yukata next door.

A pretty, familiar girl with a pretty small, animal-like cuteness compared to her age.

"Sakurai-san... why Nishida?"

Higashino said in a plundered voice.

The girl Nishida took was Mr. Sakurai, who was in the same class last year.

Nishida answers Higashino's question with a smelly smell.

"Actually... we started dating."

It was a blow to the head.

Stupid... Nishida, you think she's...?

What kind of hands did you use? A hypnotic app?

"You're kidding...? What kind of hands did you use?... a hypnotic app?

Unlike me, who barely talked to me, Higashino's jealousy is leaking out of my mouth.

To be honest, it was rather shameful from the very first glance, so I was grateful for the lucky thing that I didn't have to say.

"Bad news.... well, it's usually through hobbies."

"Hobbies? I didn't know you had a hobby for women."

I guess his hobby was like drawing games and lollies.

Sakurai-san replied shyly.

"Actually, I have a hobby for cosplay...."

"That's why I sent the illustration to the cosplay social media that Rika was doing. At the time, I didn't know it was Rika's account."

That's what happened...

I mean, a classmate who sends his adorable paintings is usually creepy...

Did the wavelengths miraculously intersect? Fate meets destiny no longer.

"So I'm sorry, but can we go around today?

"Ah, ahh... I can't help it if she made it. Higashino?"

…………………………

I haven't heard back. Looks like just a corpse.

"I thought Malo would say that. Let's go."

"Sorry, right?

"... no. Ah, this is a souvenir for your trip, if you like..."

"Oh, thank you!

Kitagawa-kun, thank you

I shook Higashino's shoulders when I dropped the two of them off smiling away.

Hey, get back to your senses.

…………………… Nishida's late. Maybe you're late for the train. Should I call you?

"Oh, calm down. I'm not hallucinating."

Turning Higashino back to reality as he fled with vain eyes, Higashino knelt down.

"Bah, stupid... Nishida made her?

"Honestly... I can't hide the shock either."

"... I thought it would be Maro if she could do it first. That's why I was ready for it. But this is surprising."

Actually, I thought I'd be the first person she could be.... I'm so impressed.

"... what do you want Higashino to do? You want to go see the fireworks?

"Two men? If it's the three of you, it's hard....."

"That's right....."

I didn't expect this to happen...

And then...

"What are you doing, senpai?

"... Anna, a little night!

Looking back at a familiar voice, there were two junior girls in Adventurers.

Both of them are wearing yukata. Anna wore an indigo yukata and Weave wore a light red yukata, just like the usual image color of two people was reversing.

"I'm here to see the fireworks competition because the repairs are over."

"Anna invited me."

"... is senpai with a friend?

Anna asks, "Two men for a fireworks tournament...? Looked like he was talking.

"No, actually, I was expecting another one... but I got kicked out."

That's what I said because it was so miserable that I broke up with her.

Yes, what is it? Then why are you going around with me?

"True or false!!

It was Higashino, not me, who answered.

"Of course Malo is good too!?

"Ah, ahh...."

Higashino's eyes said, "I have to say good or I will kill," and my neck was automatically shaken vertically.

I whisper secretly.

(You're a little too desperate...?

Stupid bastard! How long have you been like that? I bet he didn't miss a chance to go to the festival with a cute junior girl...! Or did you really turn into a Lolicon!?

I opened my eyes happily to Higashino, who said so with the momentum of not catching my breasts.

Sure, I was happy about the situation a year ago, such as the chance to go to a festival with a half-breed girl and a junior girl of a cool-breed girl!

(Higashino... I was wrong.)

(Fu... that's my friend Malo. Then introduce me to one of them)

(I refuse that)

You will remain single until I can help her.

"Speaking of which, what does senpai look like in class?

On the way to the venue of the fireworks tournament in line with the four of them, Anna asked about it from the conversation flow to Higashino.

"No, I'm not in the same class anymore. But other classes don't have such a bad reputation. I haven't done anything that I don't particularly like. He's a hero who took revenge on his classmates."

"But there are bad opinions about that."

Why do you want to hear so much about my bad reputation, Anna? Just a good reputation is good.

Higashino replies with a bitter smile.

"Well, obviously, if you stand out, you'll come out secluded. You think it's creepy to collect just girls' cards? You think I'm making Harlem with cards because people don't like it. Actually, you think you're being nervous."

That's how they said it in the shadows... I mean, anyway, let me categorically deny the last two!

"And... no, it's nothing."

"What is it, let me hear it. You might want to hide it."

When I urged him to do so, Higashino kept caring about us.

"Well, I don't think you need to worry about this... but then you left Shishido to die. The day Shinomiya-san was attacked was the same as the day Shishido died, so the girl saved her life, but the Shishido she hated was abandoned. And yet, it's disgusting to say that you hostiled Shishido.... only the one who was close to Shishido."

……………………

... well, of course there is someone who would say that.

It's not always easy to tell if you and your good friend are dead or yes.

If I hadn't solved the case, I would have been weathered by an unfortunate accident, something I couldn't help but think that I could have saved Shishido because I was involved in the resolution. I can't help thinking about it.

If I was in their position, it was the East-West Combination that died and Namsan solved it, it is possible that such thoughts arose while thinking that it was unreasonable.

"Well, I've never actually spoken to Maro before. Rest assured, most of them recognize you."

When Higashino told me to follow, did you think it was bad for the juniors who waved the topic? Then it continued.

"It's a mistake. It's healthy enough to be slapped in the pussy. For that reason, positive people naturally appreciate senpai."

"That's right, I still don't have anyone to talk to in class. I was supposed to have helped solve the case, but I haven't appreciated it at all."

"... I really want you to fix that tone in the middle of the night. I don't mind if I stay at the Adventurer Department."

Don't throw away your school life entirely for the weave guy. It's a lock...

"On the contrary, what about Malo's reputation as a junior student?

"A year? It's not bad. That said, it seems like there are a lot of great adventurers in the last grade.... well, the shadow from the girl is slightly diminished because it's completely top-compatible."

"I can't beat Master. In every sense."

When I sighed like that, Higashino smiled.

"No, I don't think so. There aren't many Japanese who can beat Maro's tamaro."

"Pussy....!

Do you say that in a normal girl's room?!

"Senpai Utamaro...? What... ah!

Anna looks at my lower abdomen and turns red when she realizes she's late. Whatever our director is worried about, he is weak to stories.

However, it seems that the weave is not like that.

"Senpai, is that so much?

"Let me refrain from specifying the size, but let me just say that during a year of swimming class, Maro was allowed to wear a large commercial size swimsuit instead of a school-designated swimsuit..."

"Eh, that's the level!?

"Stop it! Swimming lessons are usually my trauma!

The sense of alienation when only one person is wearing a different swimsuit and the astonishing gaze of a classmate when he learns why!

Sometimes men envy me, but it's basically one of my complexes.

While I was talking such a silly story, I arrived at the venue of the fireworks competition.

Surrounded by men and women in yukata, it seemed difficult to move forward.

Normally, it was something that intersected with them and watched fireworks on the roadside, but not this year with money.

Without hesitation, enter the paid audience seat blocked by the fence.

Anna, who sat on the leisure seat that Higashino took out of the bag, pointed to the side of the street and told me.

"Ah, senpai, the stall is coming out. Uchi, you've never eaten anything like this. Please buy apple candy, senpai."

"You have the money... I can't help it. I'll get you something. Everybody just wait a minute."

"Thank you! - Sorry! - Thank you.

While buying classic items like apple candy, chocolate bananas, yakisoba, and yakitori, fireworks began to bloom in the sky.

Shit... I think I overbought it. And I was scratching my head...

"Senpai"

"Oh, little night."

I'll bring you some.

"Sorry."

Thanks for the apple candy and chocolate banana.

"Can I go back to everybody with what I bought?

"No, I'm going to line it up with you."

"Really....."

I was lonely, so I decided to take care of Wobe.

The two of you stand in line and watch the fireworks blowing up in the night sky.

Unlike looking at it in the audience seat, there were parts of the building that could not be seen from an angle, but I didn't wonder.

"... senpai"

Hmm?

Sweeping, the weave groans.

For a while, she was playing with her hair tip, which was cut off by the jaw line... eventually.

"Well... what happened to the example promise?

"Promise?"

Was there a promise between me and Woven?

Woven increasingly blushed and whispered.

"Um... I'm going to see a horror movie with you..."

"Ahh! Ahh!

Speaking of which, I've told you that before during the investigation of the case.

Sometimes I didn't set a specific date, and I thought it was a kind of social resignation...

"Well, what was this funny horror movie?

When I turned to the water, she began to tell me that she had been waiting.

"Actually, the remake of Stephen King's original horror movie took place this summer. I loved the one before the remake and wanted to see it all the time. The movie was actually scheduled to be released last year, but it was a well-documented movie in which performers and staff were postponed for a year due to unexplained misfortunes...."

Quiet, but the cheeks flushed and talked pleasantly.

The side of his face that was illuminated by fireworks attracted my eyes more than fireworks.