Welcome to the Foreclosure Task Force - 3

A school where only sand blows. Abydos High School. I understand that they used the desert as a background because they brought in Egyptian tales. But seeing the actual state of this desolate high school makes me think, what did these young students do to deserve this? "This is Abydos High School." I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. I just came to eat ramen, but I'm so tired of defending myself from the unnecessarily handsome and unnecessarily good-voiced Sensei and the sight of Abydos' desertification, which wasn't well revealed in the reused city background. I don't think I would have suffered this much if I had come with Hifumi... If I were with Hifumi, I probably wouldn't have come to Abydos in the first place, and we would have gone to a merchandise shop that sells the character goods that Hifumi likes, called Momofriends. Indeed, it's dangerous outside the house. Trinity was heaven. And Trinity is supposed to be heaven in the background. Probably. I thanked whoever didn't send me to Abydos and tried to go back home. "Hey. Who are you guys? Why are you standing in front of our school? Ah! You're the young lady from Trinity from earlier!" "Serika. Do you know them?" Yes, 'tried'. Past tense. In the end, I couldn't escape. "We're back." Sensei and I, who ran into Serika and Shiroko in front of the main gate, were dragged into the Foreclosure Task Force's room. Abydos currently owes a company called 'Kaiser Corporation' about 300 million yen in debt, and as they are unable to repay the debt and the environment is gradually becoming desertified, Abydos, which was once a prestigious school, has become a school on the verge of closing down with only five students attending the school. And those five people established the Abydos Foreclosure Task Force to improve the current situation of Abydos. The room was bare, with only a few desks, five chairs, and a whiteboard, making it look empty. "Wow, it's been a while since we've had a guest at school~☆" "Shiroko-senpai... You didn't kidnap them, did you? No matter how much debt we have, if we kidnap a rich-looking adult and a young lady from Trinity..." "No. These people were standing suspiciously in front of our school's main gate, so Senpai and I brought them in." I looked around at the people who spoke one by one. They were Nonomi, Ayane, and Shiroko, students who were part of the five members of the Abydos Foreclosure Task Force. Including Serika, there were a total of four Foreclosure Task Force students in this place, and one of them was probably... sleeping. Because that's the kind of character she is... I don't think we were standing that suspiciously. Well, it is unusual for a Trinity student to be standing in Abydos. "So it wasn't a kidnapping... Phew..." "What kind of image does Ayane have of Shiroko-senpai... Ah, I understand." "But still, I wonder if we had a guest who was supposed to come to our school..." At least it's not me. I wish you would just let me go... I was racking my brain, wondering how I could get out of there and make it look good. Before that, I was agonizing over what kind of disciplinary action Trinity would take if it became known that I came to visit Abydos on a Sunday. While I was doing that, the Sensei next to me introduced himself. "I'm the Sensei in charge of . Nice to meet you." When they heard that, the Foreclosure Task Force kids started to make a fuss. "Ah... Could it be...?" "What?! He was the Sensei of the Federal Investigation Bureau ?" "Wow~☆ Our request for support has been accepted! That's a relief, Ayane-chan!" "Yes! Finally...... We can get support for ammunition and supplies." Ah, seeing their lines, I roughly remember the story. Here, Sensei comes and gives them supplies, and then they fight with the Helmet Gang. The Helmet Gang is, simply put, like the bullies of Kivotos. It seems that they are trying to take over Abydos, which currently has only five students. But I remember that they were repelled by the Abydos students under Sensei's command. Come to think of it, how did Sensei get here... Fragmentary words flash through my mind. Crime. Shiroko-senpai. Kidnapping. A place to... bury the body. Sunaokami Shiroko carried Sensei on her back and arrived at the school. Why was Sensei being carried? He met Shiroko when he was powerless due to hunger and thirst. That's right. In the original story, Shiroko, who was riding her bike on the road, finds Sensei collapsed and carries him. ...... Why didn't I remember thattttttttt! If I had just passed by, I wouldn't have gotten involved any furtherrrrr! "By the way, then who is this angel?" Nonomi finally asked about my identity. I didn't have any prepared answers, so I just recited the facts as they were. "Hello. I'm Hayashi Kanshi, a second-year student of the Go-Home Club at Trinity General School. I just found Sensei collapsed while I was looking around the Abydos autonomous region and helped him find his way." This should be enough... I only said facts that wouldn't be suspected at all. But the world doesn't seem to work that purely. "Suspicious." "Yes?" "There's no way a Trinity student would come to Abydos, which has nothing to see, for sightseeing on a Sunday." I... just came here to eat ramen because I didn't know anything after falling into this world... But since no one would believe me even if I said this, I just kept my mouth shut. "Abydos is a buffer zone between Gehenna and Trinity. If they occupy or ally with us, Trinity can gain an advantage in the Gehenna vs. Trinity war." "Does that mean Kanshi was sent by Trinity to investigate Abydos?" "That's probably the case. The relationship between Gehenna and Trinity is well-known, right?" No... I'm really not like that... If Abydos takes that as the truth and files a complaint with the Tea Party, it's going to be a big problem. My future was bleak, and I felt like crying. "Wh-What's wrong? Is she crying?" "Heu... Heuu... I really... just came here... to visit... sniff..." "Ah... No. Hey, don't cry. Is this acting too? Ugh, I don't know..." -Bang bang bang bang bang bang -Boom boom boom boom boom boom "Gunshots?" "It's the Helmet Gang!" "A large number of armed personnel are approaching the school!" "These guys... They're coming again..." "They must have attacked because they thought we were out of ammunition and supplies!" "I woke up Hoshino-senpai~☆" Nonomi brought in a pink-haired loli with heterochromia who was half asleep and rubbing her eyes from outside the classroom. Even though she looks like that, she's one of the strongest people in Kivotos, the oldest person here except for me and Sensei, a third-year student, and the last fifth member of the Foreclosure Task Force, Takanashi Hoshino. "Senpai, wake up! Now is not the time to be half asleep!" The lines I knew were somehow different. Is it because I intervened here? But this is like a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a volcano to erupt, it's such an unrelated thing. Hoshino and Sensei greet each other, and the Foreclosure Task Force students, who have finished resupplying, go outside to beat up the Helmet Gang. And with Sensei's fantastic command, the overpowered tank Hoshino, the wide-range piercing dealer Nonomi, and the 2-cost skill rotation Serika and Shiroko, they splendidly repelled the Helmet Gang. As expected of Abydos. They have a lot of moderately good performers. It's a collection of solid characters. Ayane is also a ranged healer, so she's usable, although her cost is high. Even though the number of the Helmet Gang was small, and they were caught off guard without preparation, the Foreclosure Task Force students were surprised that they repelled the Helmet Gang with little damage, even though they were the ones who did it. "Wow... I can't believe we won. The Helmet Gang seemed to be serious this time." "It's not about winning, Hoshino-senpai... If we lose, the school will become a den of gangsters, you know?" "I think Sensei's command was amazing. Efficient movements that we couldn't do when we fought alone. Accurate calculations. It was on a different level from when we fought normally." Excuse me... Can I go now? It seems like you're already immersed in your own world... I had nothing to do, so I was just looking at my phone, and I got a Momotalk. [Ajitani Hifumi: Kanshi~ Where on earth are youuuuu] [Ajitani Hifumi: I went to your house to look for you, but you weren't there, and you're not at school, and no one has seen you! I'm going to report you missing!] [1 You're gone...? Are you looking at Momotalk? Please reply] Messages are coming in at a terrifying speed. What is it? Why am I feeling fear from the text? It must be my imagination. Hifumi is the most harmless and cute character in this game as far as I know. It's probably just my imagination. Hifumi is probably just a fast typer. [I came to visit Abydos.] I let her know where I was so that she would be relieved since we seemed to be quite close. "Um... My friend is calling me, so I think I should get going... Can I go now..." "Yeah... What should we do with her..." "She seems harmless, so should we just let her go?" "Come to think of it, she came to our ramen shop too... Maybe she really did come for sightseeing..." "No, why don't you believe people!" "Sorry, sorry. When you're in our situation, you start to distrust people." "Come to think of it, a Trinity student. Rich. If we hold her captive, we can get money..." "Shiroko-senpai! Crime is not allowed!" "Uhehe. Even an old man like me doesn't want to make an enemy of the whole of Trinity." "Um... I'm a huge loner, so I don't know if Trinity will pay a ransom for kidnapping just me..." "Is that the problem?" Anyway, I was relieved that the conversation was going in the direction of letting me go. When Schale's Sensei also said that I had done nothing wrong, the Foreclosure Task Force students were convinced and let me go. "Sorry for holding you~ I'll treat you to a bowl of ramen next time you come." "It's okay. I'd rather treat you to ramen instead." "Are you showing off that you're rich~" "You said you were in debt earlier. I can't ask people like that to pay." "Ouch. You're hitting where it hurts." "See you again later~☆" The debt was 900 million yen... No, it was almost 1 billion yen. Even if I offered to give them money, they probably wouldn't accept it. They're not even using Nonomi's money. Then should I try to crush the root of all evil, Kaiser Corporation, with money... But I don't know how much money Kaiser Corporation has or how much influence it has in this world. It's not something I can mess with carelessly. "Well, if it's still the early part of Chapter 1, Kaiser PMC won't be destroyed, so I should buy some stocks as a safe asset." The more money, the better. "Kanshi! What a coincidence!" I was buying Kaiser Loan's stock on my phone when Hifumi suddenly tackled me from behind. Hmm. Hifumi and I call each other by our first names. "Oh, hi Hifumi. What are you doing here?" "There was a Peroro-sama merchandise sale near here. I heard that Kanshi was in Abydos, so I came to find you." "I see. As expected, Hifumi really likes Peroro. I think it's a bit weird and I don't really like it." "Ahaha... That's what makes it charming." Speaking of Peroro... I wanted to experience the thrill of Perorodzilla with Aris. But I couldn't do it in the end.