A Certain Scientific Bee-eater

10. Please take responsibility

"I'm going down!"

"Ah."

"It's really going down!"

"I heard it, you don't have to repeat it so many times with me."

"Hey, open your eyes for me!"

Shokuhou Misaki, who was about to commit suicide, walked aggressively towards the stairs leading to the underground street.

On the way, she looked back from time to time tremblingly, but Misaka Mikoto just stood there and looked at her with a smile, as if saying 'Look at how long you can pretend'.

This nasty guy is definitely waiting to see me embarrassed!

Shokuhou Caoqi was secretly annoyed.

However, under the urging of the eyes behind her that were always staring at her, she still failed to stop.

...there is no way to go back.

The square entrance leading to the underground, the descending stairs that plunged into the water after crossing a certain line, came from the cold and humid air.If it weren't for the 'large swimming pool' filled with water, she might feel very refreshed, but at this moment, it made her spine chill.

but.

The big words have been said, and the matter has reached this point, her self-esteem and super-thousand-gold power will never allow herself to admit defeat.

"No……"

Tremblingly, he took a step forward.

Shokuhou Misaki exerted force on her stomach to prevent others from noticing, and the noise of the elementary school students reached her ears.The owners of the voice easily passed her and ran down the stairs, happily jumping into the labyrinth-like pool.

——'Haha, it's so cold, come down quickly, it's so comfortable here~'

——'Ah~Wait for me~'

Seeing the elementary school student who was much shorter than himself, who jumped into the pool a moment ago, cheerfully calling out to his companion who was one step behind, Shokuhou Misaki clenched his teeth quietly.

No problem, after all, it's just a place where even children can play!

It doesn't matter if you can't swim!

The water will not be five meters deep, so just treat it as a low-temperature hot spring, and walk down the channel normally, as long as there is an average level of human power, there is absolutely no problem!

Shokuhou Caoqi cheered himself up like this in his heart, and after taking a few deep breaths, he finally stepped forward with his legs tremblingly.

Just go down a flight of stairs, and the water will submerge your instep.

A cool feeling rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, making her, who had just felt the high temperature on the ground, feel a little relieved.

Shokuhou Caoqi breathed a sigh of relief, with a smug smile on his face,

"What, there's nothing to be afraid of at all, maybe even swimming like this—"

Boom!

Then, before she could finish her words, a force suddenly came from behind, pushing her forward.

Whoa-!

Shokuhou Caoqi didn't even have time to scream, only the sound of his cheek breaking through the water.

Then the whole world went silent.

No kidding, this is definitely a life-threatening crisis.

She can't swim, and even when she goes to the pool, she just lies under the sun umbrella next to her and drinks juice. Of course, she has never encountered such a situation.

The water was shining everywhere, and she couldn't tell where the water was at all. The more flustered she waved her hands and feet, the more she felt that the world was gradually moving away from her.

"Gu...wow...!"

When she was struggling, the oxygen in her body was continuously converted into other things. The biological instinct made her open her mouth and desperately wanted to breathe, but what was poured into her mouth was a fluid that could not tell the taste.

An unknown heat quickly enveloped her brain.

Consciousness is fading away.

At this moment,

"Ah, really!"

She seemed to hear such a voice.

There seemed to be a huge bubble suddenly appearing around her, and then she felt her arm, which was gradually weakening and struggling, being held by someone, and then——

"Ugh! Cough, cough...!"

With that strength with a clear direction, Shokuhou Kauki was finally able to surface.

His stomach churns for a while, and after spitting out the water that filled his mouth and throat, he finally breathes air that can sustain his life force again.

It's so beautiful to be alive.

Even when he bowed and coughed violently with tears in his eyes, Shokuhou Misaki firmly grasped the 'pillar' beside him.

"The depth here is not even a meter! You are not the kind of person who would drown in the children's area and cause trouble for the working lifeguards!"

The angry sound of 'pillar' came from the side.

"You...you are very long-winded..."

Shokuhou Kauki raised his head, who had eased a little, and saw a few children who were a little distance away from him, who were looking at him timidly.

The one who bumped into him from behind just now was probably one of them.

Although she almost went to another world just now, she didn't plan to pursue it, because the other party must have just done it unintentionally, and seeing the trembling look of those children, she didn't know why she felt a strong sense of guilt.

Hey, she's obviously the victim.

"Speaking of which, since you can't swim, why don't you just admit that you're not? Why are you pissed off and attack the underground street? Forget it, what do you think? If you're uncomfortable, I'll call you the 'civilian' immediate ambulance. car--"

Misaka Mikoto seemed to speak helplessly, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the angry Shokuhou Misaki.

"It's so noisy, you're really long-winded!"

Shokuhou Misaki, who was wet from head to toe, blushed and shouted in self-defeating.

Who did she become like this because of?

Even though she is the 'culprit', she still educates herself so righteously. If she hadn't considered that the other party is now acting as her 'support', she would definitely fight Misaka Mikoto to the death!

Shokuhou-san hugged Misaka Mikoto's arm tightly.

"...Well, it's time for you to let me go, right?"

Misaka Mikoto looked around and said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Hmph, are you so proud to be able to float in the water? Is it so amazing to be able to swim like a frog? It's all because of the creation of some technology that allows terrestrial humans to reluctantly advance in the water, that forces people like me to not be able to. Don't be brave!"

"So, can you let go of my arm...?"

"No! As of now, I have to pass through the underground street that has become a floating swimming pool, but I must not rely on the swimming ring shamelessly, so,"

Shokuhou Misaka turned his head and raised his chin slightly to look at Misaka Mikoto who was close at hand, with a threatening smile on his face,

"Please take responsibility for Misaka-san~!"

ps: I really feel the same way about the drowning episode. I think that in the summer after the college entrance examination, the author and friends went to the beach to play, and they went a little deeper on a whim. As a result, a wave came and took me into the sea. At that time, my brain was really blank. Thumping hard, drinking a belly of sea water, if it wasn't for my friend being next to me, I might be gone by now...

Shokuhou Misaki: So, swimming is forbidden!Sports prohibited!All activities that require physical exertion are prohibited!prohibit!prohibit!

11. The domineering queen fell in love with me

To put it bluntly, her purpose of 'working hard',

Just before the news of "Miss Shokuhou Misaki drowning in a swimming pool where the water depth is not even one meter deep" spread, let the surrounding audience see her progressing in the water well, and completely blocked the rumors.

Therefore, 'people can't 'hold water with their feet'.

Nor can you 'put a swim ring on your body'.

And to 'hold a friend's hand and gracefully advance in the pool'.

What's more, if she ran to the ground and endured the high temperature of [-] degrees, wouldn't the sin just now be in vain?

"No, you are trying to be brave, aren't you? And my shoes and socks are still on the stairs over there."

However, Misaka Mikoto refused swiftly, trying hard to free her arm from Shokuhou Misaki's arms.

"Hey, don't move! It's hard for me to keep my balance!"

Shokuhou Caoqi suddenly shouted in panic.

Due to the unpleasant experience just now, her strong desire to survive made her cling to Misaka Mikoto's arm and refused to let go. She didn't even notice that her body was almost clinging to the other's body, and it seemed to others that she was in love couple in .

"Ah, really, don't get so close to me, your clothes are getting wet. Then again, you obviously asked me to keep a distance of more than one meter from you, right?"

Continuing to struggle is only a loss for both parties. Misaka Mikoto, who has recognized this fact, stopped moving helplessly.

She frowned slightly as she looked at the wet place where she was in contact with Shokuhou Kochi.

"You're really long-winded! I don't have time for that kind of thing now!"

Shokuhou Misaki raised his head and glared at Misaka Mikoto, then turned around and planned to pull him towards the exit on the other side of the underground street.

"Hurry up and go ashore, I don't want to stay in a place like this that will lose my vitality at any time for a second!"

"So it's better to go back the same way? It's only one meter away from here..."

"It's so noisy, I - uh!"

Just as Shokuhou Miku was 'instructing' Misaka Mikoto with all her might, a beach ball flew from a distance and hit her in the face, holding back her unfinished words.

Although it was a soft beach ball, and the force of the ball was not too heavy just now, Shokuhou Misaki still felt that there were a few stars spinning in front of him.

What the hell is this!

Could it be her 'Mercury Retrograde Day' today?

Ever since meeting Misaka Mikoto, nothing good has ever happened.Damn it, it's 1 years too early to be Shokuhou-sama's 'nemesis'!

Shokuhou Misaki, who came back to his senses, saw the source of the 'attack' just now: