Chuunibyou - Chapter 5

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Location: Animal Pens

Nazuna: Anzu, what’s wrong? Umm, you want to know what we’re gonna do next?

Let’s see~. I guess that depends on Shinobun. Shinobun, what are we gonna do next?

Shinobu: Hrm~m. Let me see~. I’ve tried the “Jutsu of Summoning” already, so I want to attempt a different jutsu next…

Midori: Speaking of which, is there like an ultimate jutsu you want to do, Sengoku-kun? In that case you should aim for that one.

Shinobu: Ultimately, I want to try the “Clone Jutsu” that’s written at the very end of this scroll!

“Clone Jutsu” are representative of ninjas! It’s the one jutsu I definitely want to master.

Nazuna: You’re right, in ninja movies and the like, that jutsu is often the specialty of the protagonist.

Shinobu: Yep yep ♪ When you think of ninjas, you think “Clone Jutsu”!

Midori: When you master the “Clone Jutsu”, can you teach it to me as well? I want to be able to use that one.

Shinobu: M-Midori-kun has finally awakened to the appeal of ninjas!?

Midori: By using the “Clone Jutsu”, I can make a clone who attends unit practice, one who attends club practice, one who tends to the store, and the real me can laze around at home...♪

Shinobu: I think you’d just end up in a fight with your clones over which one gets to take it easy…

Midori: Huh? Actually, wouldn’t the “Clone Jutsu” solve the problem Sengoku-kun has with his Ninja Association...?

Nazuna: With the “Clone Jutsu”? How so?

Midori: If he increases the numbers of Sengoku-kuns with the jutsu, it might get acknowledged as a club~, is what I’m thinking.

Shinobu: Midori-kun, are you a genius!?

Nazuna: Nono, Shinobun. Think about it~. Getting your club promotion in such a self-sufficient way would be detestable…

Besides, Keito-chin isn’t that naive. No matter how many Shinobuns there are, he’ll just count them as one.

Shinobu: Hrm~m. And here I thought it was such a good idea, what a shame.

Nazuna: ...Er, unya!? A mail on my phone…? What’s it about?

Ah! Darn it… There’s a class representative meeting right now.

Shinobu: Nito-dono, you had plans?

Nazuna: Yeah. I’m sorry, Shinobun. I couldn’t keep you company until the end.

Shinobu: Please don’t worry about it! It’s thanks to Nito-dono showing up that I was able to see a glimmer of hope ♪

Midori-kun and Anzu-dono are helping me out, too, so please head to the representative’s meeting without worry, I’ll be fine!

Nazuna: Thanks, Shinobun! I look forward to the video on the day of the Club Activity Presentations! Sorry I couldn’t do anything even though I was summoned as a helper…

Ah, that’s right! Tell me if you need help with the sound mixing or editing for the video! Nii~chan’s eager to help ♪ Well then, bye-by~e!

Shinobu: Bye~by~e degozaru!

Midori: Sound mixing and editing, huh…

Shinobu: Midori-kun, what’s wrong?

Midori: Ah, it’s nothing. I was just thinking that with Nito-senpai and Anzu-san you really summoned people who can help you with the video~.

Shinobu: Mufun ♪ Of course I did! This scroll is amazing, after all!

Midori: Yeah. It is.

(“Those who believe shall be saved”, I guess that’s true… Maybe God let a little bit of a miracle happen…?)

(But I guess I understand that feeling. Sengoku-kun is trying his utmost, and it makes me want to support him.)

Shinobu: Anzu-dono? What’s the matter? What’s up next…? Let’s see here~, I’m thinking of doing one jutsu after the other, as they’re written in the scroll.

It seems that after the “Jutsu of Summoning” there’s a bunch of ninja escape arts using living creatures in here. Next up is the “Jutsu of Critter Escape”.

Midori: Eh….? Critters…? What kind of jutsu is that?

Shinobu: Errr. It uses snakes, frogs, lizards, spiders… Centipedes, too…

It’s a jutsu where you release a bunch of insects and reptiles that are generally disliked by people into your enemy’s house and scare them.

Midori: Yeah. Sengoku-kun, let’s not do that one.

Shinobu: Eh!? Why not!? Anzu-dono is nodding her head for some reason as well?

Just why? The “Jutsu of Critter Escape” might not be a major jutsu, but it’s a very effective one?

It’s sad that frogs are counted in as well. Even though my Peachy and Thunder are so cute… But frogs are disliked by the general public…

Midori: In any case, the goal of this video is to attract new club members, right?

Think about it. If you’re gonna broadcast a video full of insects and reptiles that most people are bad with it’s just gonna turn into an incident…

Rather than attracting new members, you’ll just scare them off…?

Shinobu: Uu… Now that you say it… Then, how about we put a mosaic over them?

Midori: Then the video will just be full of mosaics, and it’ll turn into a broadcast incident of a different sort*... Also, the student council will definitely get angry at you when they examine it.

Shinobu: U, uguh…

I’ll give up on the “Jutsu of Critter Escape”...

Midori: I think that’s a good idea… Aside from critters, are there other jutsus that use cuter animals?

A video like that would have impact, and if it’s cute it’ll be popular. There’s a pet boom going on right now, I think?

Shinobu: Cute animals…

Hm? Anzu-dono, what’s the matter? “What about this jutsu from the scroll”? Let’s see…

Th-this is…!

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*Midori is probably referring to how in Japan, pornography is always mosaic’d so seeing the video full of mosaics like that will give people the wrong idea.