Chuunibyou - Chapter 7

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Location: Garden Space

Midori: Now then. We got a lot of good footage, so should we call it quits...?

Shinobu: I still want to do the “Jutsu of Water Escape”!

Midori: Eeh~... We’re still filming more…? Isn’t it enough already…?

Shinobu: I can’t do the “Jutsu of Fire Escape” because it’s too dangerous, but the “Jutsu of Water Escape” is pretty well-known and not dangerous at all, so I think it’s good!

I want to include it in the video by all means!

So please, Midori-kun! Accompany me for a little while longer!

Midori: I think I already helped you out enough and kinda wanna go home already, though…

Haa… But I did say I’d help you out… If I went home now I’d just be worrying about it… Fine, I’ll stay with you until the end.

The “Jutsu of Water Escape”, if I remember correctly, is a jutsu where you use a bamboo cylinder or something like that as a snorkel and dive underwater, right?

Shinobu: Exactly!

Midori: But we have Shinkai-senpai at our school, so I don’t think a video of you hiding under water will have a lot of impact?

Shinobu: The “Jutsu of Water Escape” also includes a number of techniques to escape your enemies while you are underwater.

For example, throwing something like a stone into the water to divert their attention, and using water-walking shoes to escape into a different direction!

Midori: Hmm. I see…

Shinobu: Floating on the water like a pond skater might have more impact for the video ♪

Besides, it would be difficult to take a video underwater, right?

Midori: Now that you say it… We can’t do that without an underwater camera.

Shinobu: So I was thinking of making water-walking shoes! The materials and construction are explained in detail in this scroll!

- Thirty minutes later -

Location: In front of the fountain

Shinobu: They’re done~! They turned out great thanks to the both of you ♪

Midori: I think the one who worked the hardest on them was you, Sengoku-kun… But I’m glad I could be of help to you.

Shinobu: Now to float them in the fountain…

Midori: Then, I’ll be starting the recording now.

Shinobu: ………….

Midori: ? Sengoku-kun? What are you staring at the water-walking shoes for…? You have to get in.

Shinobu: ...How should I get in these?

Midori: Eh!? Why are you asking me..? Don’t you just put in one foot at a time…?

Shinobu: But if I put in only one foot, it’ll be submerged because the balance will be off..? Ummm, ummm~?

Midori: I wonder how they do it in ninja movies and anime..?

Shinobu: That is… They only show the scenes where they’re already wearing them, I’ve never seen a scene where they put them on~!

Midori: Well, that kind of scene wouldn’t be cool if you think about it normally. Maybe you should jump in and land on the water-walking shoes with both feet at once?

Shinobu: A-alright! Juu~ump! Landing...with both feet!

Uwaaaaaaah!? I fell in with a splash~!

Midori: Uwaah!? Sengoku-kun, are you okay!?

Shinobu: Uu… It’s not deep so it’s not like I’m drowning… But my pants got all soaked…

There’s water in my shoes and it feels disgusting~...

Ah, Anzu-dono. Thanks for the towel, but won’t it get wet?

“Feel free to use it”...? Uu… Anzu-san is really my helper, my savior. Thank you so much.

Kaoru: Huh~? Anzu-chan, what are you doing in a place like this?

Taking care of the Ryuseitai first-years? In that case I wish you’d take care of me, too~ ♪

Ju~st kidding! So don’t make that face. Being taken care of by Anzu-chan would be nice, but it’s more appropriate for boys to look after girls~

By the way, since the Ryuseitai kids are here, does that mean Kanata-kun is with them? I have some business with him so I was looking for him.

Shinobu: Shinkai-dono isn’t with us today. Today isn’t a practice day for our unit, so I don’t know where he went.

Midori: I haven’t seen him either…

Kaoru: Ah, so this isn’t unit practice…  I got the wrong idea because I saw you two gathered.

Then, what are you doing in this place? And you’re drenched, too. You shouldn’t be imitating Kanata-kun, y’know?

Shinobu: It was an act of God~. It’s not like I got drenched because I wanted to.

Kaoru: Eh? Anzu-chan, what did you say?

Hmhm. ...Hmmm. Aah, I see. So you were all taking a video for the “Club Activity Presentation”. To increase the club members and find the owner of the scroll~.

Shinobu: Mufun ♪ Exactly~!

Kaoru: At any rate, that ninja scroll? How nice~. Being able to use handy jutsus like that must be the best.

Shinobu: I know right!? If Hakaze-dono is interested in it, go ahead! It’s this scroll~!

Kaoru: Hmm~, guess I’ll take a peek at it ♪

Midori: Ah, there he goes showing it to yet another person… Oh, well.

(I thought it’d be best if we kept the mental scars of the owner shallow by not showing it to too many people…)

Kaoru: Swiftly… Hm~m…

Huh…? Hmm?

Shinobu: What’s wrong? Why are you holding the back of the scroll up to the light?

Kaoru: Errr, the three of you want to return this scroll to its original owner, right?

Midori: Yeah, but we don’t know who the owner is.

Shinobu: If the video becomes popular at the “Club Activity Presentation”, maybe the owner will come and meet me, is what I was thinking.

Kaoru: Well, that ownership problem is solved now.