Chapter 431 – Episode 48. Trial Period and Revenge and Vampire Hunter.
I informed Diana Saionji and Akina Konoe about Yuka Otagi’s work, and both of them arrived at our warehouse in less than fifteen minutes, as if it were their own business, even though it was morning. Diana Saionji did not have a car due to lack of support from her family, so she came along in Akina Konoe’s car.
“Yucca… !”
“Mr. Otagi.”
“Yes, thanks for coming…”
Everyone arrived with worried expressions due to the sudden incident and comforted Otagi Yuka by hugging her. After they talked for a while, I approached Eve.
“Eve, are you finished editing the video?”
“Yes~! Would you like to take a look?”
When I nodded, the warehouse also had the Dark Branch’s unique hologram machine installed, and a hologram of the battle that took place at the New York Museum appeared in the air. It was a scene where the Death Knight and Yuka Otagi, the necromancer supporting him from behind, were fighting with Yuka Otagi, who was holding a golden sword. Maybe Yves did a good job editing, but neither Phantom Thief François’s mother nor I appeared on screen.
Yuka Otagi, Akina Konoe, and Diana Saionji also watched with interest as a screen suddenly popped up showing Yuka Otagi fighting a Death Knight wearing black armor.
“Oh~! Yuka-chan fights well… !”
“Mr. Otagi, why didn’t you tell me you’re good at swordsmanship? You can spar with me.”
Akina Konoe and Diana Saionji spoke with admiration as they looked at the screen. Yuka Otagi, unlike her usual exuberant self, was embarrassed by her friends’ compliments. Surprisingly, I’m the type of person who can’t stand praise.
Rena Sakagami, like a ninja, was recording something on her smartphone while watching the video. She seemed to be writing about Yuka Otagi’s fighting abilities.
“Can I just send this to the SPF headquarters?”
“Otagi, how are you? “I guess this is okay, right?”
“Yes, at this rate, the headquarters will tell the New York branch to stop.”
Eve asked, so I confirmed it with the person involved, Yuka Otagi. Yuka Otagi also nodded her head as if she liked her video editing.
“I sent it!”
After all, it was Eve. One of the advantages of Ai Android is that it can be sent immediately without any additional manipulation. Now that I’ve taken care of one task, I have to move on to the next task.
“The members who decided to participate in the battle are Otagi, me, Saionji, Alic, Eve, and Sakagami. Except for Sakagami, we are all in the same study group…”
“What about me? I can fight too… !”
Akina Konoe, who was listening, raised her hand and spoke as if she was disappointed.
Actually, I didn’t know much about Akina Konoe’s fighting ability. She only knew that she had a magical eye. It is true that Akina Konoe’s magical eye is a fraudulent trait, but she ruled it out because she thought it would not be a martial arts character like Yuka Otagi, a vampire and swordsman, or Diana Saionji, a swordsman modified with a cyber implant.
Moreover, Akina Konoe was not an ordinary daughter, but the head of the Konoe family. If she were to die while participating in a battle, she would face huge repercussions.
“It’s because Konoe has another favor for me. “This fight will be just as difficult as this one, so I’m not excluding Konoe for no reason.”
“Oh, do you have anything else to do? “I’ll listen to you as much as I want!”
When I said I would ask for a favor, it was Akina Konoe who seemed to be relieved of her disappointment and smiled and told me to tell her anything.
“I heard from Otagi that the head of SPF’s Tokyo branch is my second uncle, Taira Jiro. No matter how much the New York branch asks for cooperation, he is a person who will never help if it is not for his own benefit. This incident will not end with a battle at the shrine, but it seems that damage will also be inflicted at St. Francis Girls’ Academy. Konoe, along with the few people I assigned, please keep an eye on what is happening at St. Francis Girls’ Academy.”
From what I heard from Yukiko, Jiro Taira is very sensitive to gain and loss, so he never does anything that would cause him harm. And since she wants to get the most benefit out of one action, it occurred to me that this wasn’t just limited to Yuka Otagi.
But the good news is that when I asked Gocho Kikuhito, the secretary in charge of St. Francis Girls’ Academy, yesterday, he said that only Taira Danjo and Gocho Kikuhito’s secretarial team number 8 knew that I had been appointed as the homeroom teacher of a special class at St. Francis Girls’ Academy. Br〉
The story is that Taira Jiro does not know that I am at St. Francis Girls’ Academy. In that case, there were only a few people that Tyra Jiro could target at St. Francis Girls’ Academy. Is it the daughter of a family that has a conflict with the subsidiary that Taira Jiro is in charge of? Or is it Taira Kanna, the younger sister of my late father, Taira Saburo? Or is it Minamoto Risa, who thinks that if she gets rid of her, she will be praised by Grandpa Danzo?
“I understand if that’s the case.”
“I’m sure something will happen over there, so take care of her classmates. And he gave me a good excuse for a cold…”
“A cold?”
Oh, before we talk about colds, Akina Konoe can fight too! I couldn’t raise my hand and talk. When I told Akina Konoe that Otagi Yuka, Saionji Diana, and Alic were going to be absent at the same time with the excuse that they caught colds during a study group, Akina Konoe looked a little dissatisfied.
“I don’t catch a cold?”
“You have to go to school. “I have to secretly tell the kids that the kids in the study group have caught a cold.”
“Still, I’d be foolish if I wasn’t the only one at the study group who didn’t catch a cold.”
Oh, I thought they were saying this because there is a proverb in Japan that says, “A fool doesn’t catch a cold.” I smiled brightly at Akina Konoe’s unnecessary worries.
“Konoe probably thinks her immunity is high. “Do you really think I’m a fool?”
“If it were Seizawashi, I might make fun of it…”
I said that no one would do that, but Otagi Yuka said that Seizawa Shii might do it. Well, if Seizawashi was like, “Aren’t you saying that Konoe-chan is so stupid that you didn’t catch a cold?” You could say that.
“Don’t worry about that, let’s first come up with a strategy. “Can you please send me a satellite image of Eve Onuta Shrine?”
“Yes~!”
At my request, Eve displayed a hologram of a satellite photo of Onusa Shrine and the surrounding terrain.
Onuta Shrine was the ruins of a shrine located in the mountains east of Miyashi. There was a western access road from Miyashi and an access road going down the southern mountain path, and the surrounding area was thick with forests and bushes, making it a good environment for an ambush.
“We have to be careful of ambush, right?”
“Yes, there are a few points.”
In response to my question, Eve indicated the ambush point in red. Most of the ambush points Eve expected were near the entrance road.
“I think it would be good to use our strengths now.”
“Advantages?”
Akina Konoe, who was looking at the hologram map, opened her mouth.
“The SPF that will fight with Yuka-chan doesn’t know that we are joining. “If we set up an ambush at a point where we can ambush the opponent, they will only focus on the access road, so they won’t anticipate that they might be attacked.”
In short, it was a story about setting up another ambush to attack the ambush. It was a good idea, but it felt like it depended too much on luck for us to use since it requires knowing exactly where the enemy’s ambush point is to use it. Also, there was definitely a few us, so there was a possibility that we would be ambushed and defeated individually.
“That’s good, but how about setting up a trap like a bomb at the expected ambush point of the opponent?”
“They are experts in SPF, so there is no chance of traps.”
This time, it was Saionji Diana’s suggestion, but Otagi Yuka said that that method would not work. It is possible to pre-install bombs and such, but SPFs were specialists in firearms. Even if we set up a trap in advance, it would probably get caught quickly.
Everyone had their own battle plan, but each had its own drawbacks, making it difficult to choose. As we were talking about various things, Eve, who had been listening quietly, opened her mouth.
“To be honest, I wonder if strategy is meaningful? Ryuta here is so strong that I think he can win on his own. Also, I think Ryuta-sama can win without any special strategy with Airen Shimokawabe, Yuka, Alric, and Saionji, who he said are stronger than I. More than anything… I also have one.”
Eve seemed optimistic in her own way. It seemed like there was no need for complicated strategies since we were so strong anyway. Hmm, really? Maybe I’m overestimating SPF because I experienced it at TMC in the future rather than now. Since Shimokawabe Airen and Eve are present, there may be no need to worry.
“I agree, my lord. I think simple is better than overly complicated tactics. As long as we know that the enemy is setting up an ambush, there will be no trouble. “I will take responsibility for finding out whether the enemy ambushes me or not, so don’t worry too much.”
“Okay, I’ll trust Sakagami for the ambush. But it won’t work if you don’t have a strategy at all, so let’s talk to each other and come up with something simple.”
I nodded at Rena Sakagami’s confident words. We decided to approach this matter with a larger strategy rather than complex tactics.
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Home teacher selfie illustration made in advance~!!
It felt like making eye contact with the person taking the picture…ㄷㄷ
