Chuunibyou - Chapter 3

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Location: Garden Space

Midori: Taking a video…

(Should I really be helping him produce his own dark past… For the sake of the future Sengoku-kun, shouldn’t I be stopping him here...?)

Err.. But this “Book of Secrets” belongs to someone else, right? Is it really okay for you to be using it in a video…? Won’t they get angry at that?

Shinobu: Hrm~m… I thought the same thing, actually. But the owner of this scroll is a ninja, so I wouldn’t be able to find him even if I tried.

And if I put it back where I found it and someone else picked it up, it’d be like putting the cart before the horse.

On the other hand, if I tried to turn it in to the police, they would probably think it’s just a toy and not take me seriously either…

So I thought of something good!

If I present the ninjutsu video at the Club Activity Presentations, and people talk about that, the ninja who made this scroll might hear of the rumors and try to get in touch with me!

That way, I’ll be able to return the scroll to its rightful owner!

Midori: Well… If it was me and I heard those rumors it’d just make me wanna die though…

Shinobu: In any case, I’m begging you, Midori-kun! For me… No, for the Ninja Association, won’t you help me with the video filming!?

Midori: (Uuh… He’s looking at me with incredibly sparkling eyes… There’s no way this scroll will yield the results Sengoku-kun is hoping for, though…)

Haa… Fine, I get it already. I’ll help you all the way until the end, Sengoku-kun.

Shinobu: Thank you so much! I am so terribly grateful~! Now all that’s left to do is successfully executing these jutsus! Mufun ♪

Midori: Is it okay if I use my phone as a video camera? Also, which jutsus are you gonna do, Sengoku-kun?

Shinobu: There’s a lot of jutsus I want to try, but the one I want to try the most is… Let me see the scroll… It’s this one!

Midori: “Jutsu of Summoning”? A jutsu that calls forth something…?

Shinobu: Exactly! It’s usually used in order to summon an animal or something of the sort that you formed a contract with!

Depending on the abilities of the ninja, it’s even possible to enslave them right away ♪

And what’s really amazing about this secret art is that you can summon not just animals, but even human helpers!

Midori: Helpers? Who would that be…?

Shinobu: Who knows? But that helper will be able to save the Ninja Association from its current condition, I’m sure of it!

Midori: Eeh~... Why are you so optimistic about that? Some weirdo or creep might be summoned instead, so spare me that.

Well, I did say I’d see it through to the end, so… I’ll be taking the video now, okay?

(It won’t be successful anyway… So maybe after trying it once, Sengoku-kun will accept his defeat..?)

Shinobu: Here I go! Ha! Ho! Teya… Ninja art, “Jutsu of Summoning”!

Midori: …………

Shinobu: …………

Midori: Nothing’s happening after a-….

Uwah...!? Something jumped out at me!? Scary!

Shinobu: Uhyah!? A-a rabbit?

Err… Are you my helper…?

Midori: A rabbit…? So that’s all it was… Fufu, a rabbit as a helper, how cute…

Nazuna: He~ey, where’d you go~? ….Hm? Oh, Shinobun?

Shinobu: Nito-dono?

Nazuna: Ah! Shinobun, you caught the rabbit~. Thanks! I was looking all over for it since it escaped its pen while I was feeding it.

Shinobu: I see. Here you go.

Nazuna: Thanks. Geez, you little scamp~ Don’t escape a second time!

Shinobu: ………..

Nazuna: Hm? Shinobun, is something the matter? You’re staring at me. Is there something stuck to me?

Shinobu: Maybe the helper is actually Nito-dono…

Nazuna: Helper?

Shinobu: Midori-kun! I am sure Nito-dono is our helper! This scroll is the real thing after all~

Midori: Eh…! That’s the explanation you came up with!?

Eeh~... I think it’s just a coincidence…

Nazuna: Hmm? What do you mean by that, calling me a helper or something?

Shinobu: Tad~ah ☆ I picked up this “Book of Secrets”!

When I used the “Jutsu of Summoning” from this scroll, Nito-dono appeared before us.

Midori: Rather, why are you telling him about the scroll so easily? Weren’t we keeping it a secret…?

Shinobu: Nito-dono is also a person I can trust! It’s fine.

Nazuna: Ahaha. Thank you for trusting me.

Hmm, but this scroll… It feels really handmade.

Shinobu: Mufun ♪ Of course it does. Because it’s surely a scroll that some renowned ninja handcrafted!

Midori-kun didn’t really believe it, but Nito-dono thinks it’s the real thing, right?

Nito-dono was drawn here by some profoundly mysterious power of some sort, right?

Nazuna: Errr, w-who knows~? Maybe I was, maybe not...?

(whispering) Hey, hey, Midori-chin. That scroll…

Midori: (whispering) It’s probably not the real thing but some dark history notebook someone wrote, if you’re asking me…

Nazuna: (whispering) I see… I was thinking the same thing, actually. Shouldn’t we tell Shinobun the truth?

(whispering) But looking at Shinobun’s eyes, he really believes in it…

Midori: (whispering) I know, right. I couldn’t bring myself to tell him, either…

Shinobu: What are you two doing?

Nazuna: Ah, no. It’s nothing, Shinobun. Anyway, about that scroll… Err…

Shinobu: ? Nito-dono, are you doubting it as well?

Nazuna: Rather than doubt it… Errr…?

Shinobu: Hm~m. I guess it can’t be helped that you don’t believe it... The two of you aren’t ninjas after all...

Ah, that’s right!

I’ll use the “Jutsu of Summoning” once more! And if it works a second time, the two of you will believe me, right?