High School Girl Who Buys Trouble and Her Sensei (1) - 13

"My underwear is falling apart..."

 

 

"There's nothing we can do about it since we're not getting any supplies."

 

 

I grumbled, and Saki replied.

 

 

"There are no ingredients in the miso soup...?"

 

 

"There's nothing we can do since we're short on food supplies."

 

 

Miyu murmured, and Saki replied.

 

 

"We're short on firepower~"

 

 

"You're the... never mind."

 

 

Moe complained, and Saki replied.

 

 

"We haven't had any missions lately, and we haven't been training much either..."

 

 

"...Why is everyone so full of complaints! If you came to SRT, you should be able to endure such things!"

 

 

Finally, when Miyako spoke, Saki couldn't hold it in any longer and burst.

Yes, for the past few weeks, SRT had been in this state.

 

 

The meals, which used to be a feast served three times a day, suddenly dropped in quality, to the point where they were reminiscent of the military rations I had eaten in my past life.

But even those meals could be considered a good day if they were properly served on a tray.

On other days, most of us had to make do with just a single piece of bread.

Even the underwear and supplies that were supposed to be provided were delayed, so the first-year students like us had to make do with what we already had.

 

 

In such a situation, the atmosphere among the students, especially the third-year seniors, became very uneasy, and SRT was experiencing an unprecedented situation.

Naturally, when I walked around near the third-year classrooms, I had to be careful, but I could occasionally hear words like 'school closure' being mentioned.

It was probably because the General Student Council President had recently gone missing, and SRT, which was under the General Student Council, was directly affected by it.

 

 

...Unlike the other SRT students, including the RABBIT Squad, I knew some of the story and the cause.

I didn't know the details of what happened after that since it wasn't released on the global server yet...

 

 

I turned on my smartphone and checked various articles on the website operated by Kronos.

Most of them were about the sudden chaos in public order and the administrative paralysis.

 

 

"It's the same everywhere else..."

 

 

Anyway, if I was going to make a move, now was the perfect time.

I would go find Sensei, meet him, and make an impression.

Then, I would subtly mention the situation at SRT to get Sensei interested and have him intervene in the current situation.

That alone would almost certainly prevent SRT from being closed down.

 

 

Alright, it's a perfect plan.

Thinking that, I jumped up from my seat.

 

 

"I'm going out for a bit."

 

 

"Where are you going at a time like this?"

 

 

"It's not far. I'll be back soon."

 

 

Saki gave me a puzzled look, but I couldn't spoil anything, so I didn't mention where I was going.

 

 

So, I grabbed my weapon and headed out, and because I took the wrong subway and got lost, I had to go a long way around to get to the Sanctum Tower.

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

In front of my eyes was a white building towering towards the sky, the headquarters of the infrastructure that managed everything in Kivotos, the center of this academy city that even a person like me, who had lived another life, couldn't possibly know, the Sanctum Tower.

 

"Huff... puff... D-Did I get the right place?"

 

 

...How could I have gotten lost when this huge building was visible at a glance?

I'm pretty sure I wasn't bad with directions in my past life...

 

 

Anyway, I opened the door to the lobby of the Sanctum Tower and went inside.

 

 

"Let's see, 1st floor lobby... 2nd floor cafeteria... 3rd floor... 4th floor... ...Ah, found it. Administrative service counter. This must be it."

 

 

While I was admiring the view of Kivotos from the elevator, I realized a mistake.

 

 

"...Ah! I-If I go there now, what if it's still before Sensei arrives...?"

 

 

Should I go back now?

I was thinking that when.

 

 

[The doors are opening.]

 

 

"...huh."

 

 

The elevator stopped on a floor that wasn't my intended destination.

I quickly shut my mouth pretending nothing had happened, because it would have been dangerous if someone had heard me talking to myself.

And the person who appeared when the doors opened made me panic once again.

 

 

"Welcome to Kivotos, Sensei."

 

 

"...?!, ?, ?!!"

 

 

A student in a white suit with long black hair, blue eyes, and long ears.

It was none other than the chief administrator of the General Student Council, Nanagami Rin.

 

 

Th-Then, could the person next to her be...?

 

 

"...Hello?"

 

 

My neck creaked as I turned towards the person being guided next to Rin.

This adult, also in a white suit and wearing glasses, was definitely―

 

 

"Ah, hello?"

 

 

A☆zen So☆ke―, no, it was definitely Sensei.

It seems I arrived at the perfect time, a little too perfect.

 

 

"...The button is already pressed."

 

 

"Eek."

 

 

It seems I did find my destination correctly after all.

Rin's cold gaze, clearly showing that she found me bothersome, was directed at me.

It felt like the gaze of a government official dealing with a troublesome citizen.

 

 

I hid in a corner of the elevator, avoiding Rin's gaze.

It's not like I was scared or anything.

 

 

The elevator doors closed again, and it slowly started to ascend.

 

 

"Kivotos is a huge academy city where thousands of academies gather. It's where you'll be working from now on, Sensei."

 

 

To think I would hear the lines that remained in my memory live...

I felt a surge of emotion. It really is worth living.

 

 

As I stood awkwardly in the elevator, listening to Rin's live voice explaining Kivotos to Sensei, the elevator finally arrived at its destination.

 

 

"...I'll explain the rest later."

 

 

-Ding―.

 

 

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I saw familiar figures gathered together, along with a commotion.

...I know all of their faces.

 

 

"Wait! Acting President! We found you! We've been waiting! Call the General Student Council President!"

 

 

That General Student Council President is currently missing, you math genius.

The blue-haired accountant of the Millennium Student Council, Yuuka, looked at Sensei and me next to Rin.

 

 

"...Huh? Who are the student... and the adult next to you?"

 

 

...Ack! My involvement changed the lines!

While I was having such trivial thoughts, the other students also spoke up.

 

 

"Chief Administrator. We've been waiting for you."

 

 

"We came to see the General Student Council President. The head of the Prefect Team is demanding a satisfactory answer regarding the current situation."

 

 

"Hmm. ...I've been caught by troublesome people."

 

 

Rin muttered with a cold expression, being caught by Yuuka, Hasumi, and Chinatsu.

 

 

"Hello, to the student council, Prefect Team, and other various people who have taken the time to visit us from their respective academies."

 

 

"...Hic!"

 

 

Rin's gaze turned to me when she said the last part.

...No, really, why are you doing this to me?

 

 

I quickly moved away from Sensei and Rin and hid among the students who had gathered to protest.

Again, I'm not scared or anything, so please don't misunderstand.

 

 

"I'm well aware of the reason why such... important people have come here. It's to hold us responsible for the chaos that's currently happening in the academy city... right?"

 

 

"If you know so well, then do something about it! You're the General Student Council!"

 

 

Yuuka snapped, reacting to Rin's overly nonchalant attitude.

 

 

"Thousands of academy districts are in chaos! A few days ago, our academy's wind power plant was shut down!"

 

 

"We also received intelligence that some of the students who were suspended from the Federal Correction Bureau have escaped."

 

 

"The frequency of delinquent gangs attacking our students on their way to school has also increased rapidly recently. Public order is not being maintained."

 

 

Ah, so she was in the prologue too.

Her name was... I can't remember. Was it a flash grenade?

 

 

"The illegal distribution of weapons of unknown origin, such as tanks and helicopters, has also increased by more than 2000%. This is causing problems for normal school life."

 

 

"...Come to think of it, wasn't SRT and Valkyrie in charge of the public order in Kivotos?"

 

 

Noticing that I was an SRT student from my uniform, Yuuka's gaze turned to me.

I'll pretend I don't know anything here.

 

 

"W-Well... we haven't been receiving any supplies from above... and we haven't received any missions in the past few weeks either..."

 

 

Most of the problems mentioned above probably wouldn't have happened if at least SRT had been in a normal state.

However, SRT is under the 'General Student Council President', not the 'General Student Council', so its functions were paralyzed along with the disappearance of the General Student Council President.

The result of that has brought unprecedented chaos to Kivotos.

...I don't quite understand why they were trying to get rid of such a school.

 

 

"What is the General Student Council President doing in this situation? Why haven't we seen her for weeks? I need to meet her right now!"

 

 

"...The General Student Council President is not here right now. To be honest, she's missing."

 

 

"...What?!"

 

 

"...!!"

 

 

"So that rumor was..."

 

 

The students, including Yuuka, were very bewildered by Rin's honest and calm statement.

I already knew, but the other students probably didn't.

 

 

"In conclusion, the General Student Council has lost administrative control because the final administrator of the Sanctum Tower has disappeared. We're trying to find a way to bypass the authentication, but... as of a moment ago, there was no way."

 

 

"Does that mean there's a way now, Chief Administrator?"

 

 

Here it is, everyone! Introducing Kivotos' all-purpose cheat key and problem solver―

 

 

"Yes. This Sensei will be our problem solver."

 

 

"Me?"

 

 

Sen-sei-!

 

 

"Pfft, heh."

 

 

I chuckled a little, thinking of a line from an animation with a blue raccoon-type robot.

...Fortunately, the other students were too surprised to hear it.

 

 

"Wait a minute, who is this Sensei anyway? Why is he here?"

 

 

"He seems to be from outside Kivotos... So he's a teacher."

 

 

"Yes, this Sensei will be working as a teacher in Kivotos from now on, and he's someone specially designated by the General Student Council President."

 

 

Sensei still had a dumbfounded expression, not understanding anything.

 

 

"Designated by the missing General Student Council President...? This is getting more and more confusing..."

 

 

"Nice to meet you all."

 

 

Sensei greeted everyone.

 

 

"Ah, hello. Sensei. I'm from Millennium Science School... Ah, no, never mind the introduction...!"

 

 

"You can ignore that noisy girl. Now, moving on..."

 

 

Rin cut off Yuuka sharply when she tried to interject again.

 

 

"Who are you calling noisy! I-I'm Hayase Yuuka! Remember that, Sensei!"

 

 

"Nice to meet you."

 

 

"...Sensei was originally supposed to come here as the advisor for a certain club that the General Student Council President had created."

 

 

<Federal Investigation Club, Schale>

 

 

Rin paused for a moment and then said.

 

 

It wasn't just a club, but a super-legal organization, and Sensei had to be taken there. The explanation that I also knew well continued.

 

 

-Chiiik.

 

 

"Momoka. We need a helicopter to go directly to the Schale club room..."

 

 

["Schale club room? ...Ah, the outskirts? It's a mess there right now?"]

 

 

"A mess...?"

 

 

["The suspended students who escaped from the Correction Bureau are causing a disturbance. It's a war zone over there."]

 

 

My body shuddered as I listened to the conversation between Rin and Momoka, which was proceeding exactly as I remembered.

W-Wait a minute, if this goes as planned, then could it be...?

 

 

["Besides, the city is already a mess, so it's not really noticeable... Ah, Senpai, the food I ordered has arrived, so I'll contact you later!"]

 

 

-Click.

 

 

"..."

 

 

"Are you okay? Do you want to take a deep breath?"

 

 

"...I-I'm fine. ...There's a minor problem, but it doesn't matter."

 

 

Rin's gaze turned to us.

Q-Quick, we need to get out of here―

 

 

"Wh-What? Why are you looking at us?"

 

 

"I-I'll be going now..."

 

 

Just as I was about to escape past Rin to the elevator, I was caught by the shoulder by Rin and couldn't move.

 

 

"Hieek..."

 

 

"Since we have such excellent and available representatives from each academy here, I feel reassured."

 

 

Ah, so it comes to this.

With tears in my eyes, I had no choice but to be dragged to the battlefield along with the other students.