「Me too, I'm so sorry. I tried my best」
「No, I'm sorry too...」
「I didn't manage to kill any of them
either.」
『Likewise』
The assembled Shibahou Academy
members all bowed to each other with slightly darkened expressions.
――Chihiro and Shizuru, the two of
them eliminated out at the same time, leaving only Lucille, Kamishiro, and the
four Shibahou Academy members on the field.
Seeing the disadvantage of their
numbers, Lucille took out one of them with a snipe from the shadows, but this
only made the other team more determined to fight. No longer needing to defend
their position, the remaining three attacked Lucille.
「I managed to defeat one more, but I'm
out. I thought Yuuki might be able to manage one against two, but...」
It seems that the leg injury he
sustained in the fight with Saki had taken its toll on him.
Kamishiro took out one of them, but
was unable to avoid the fire of the remaining one and was hit by a bullet.
Kamishiro was defeated just in time.
**a
「Kamishiro-kun, do you think you can
heal that wound?」
「Well, the interval is short and we
have time to move around. Still, I'll keep playing it cool. I'm sure the pain
will lessen as time goes by」
「Okay. Well then, excuse me for a
moment」
「Wait, Orwell-senpai!?」
Lucille, squatting down slowly, put
her hand on Kamishiro's left leg.
She then rolled up his training wear
from the ankle and started a brief medical examination.
「Well, it looks like it's just a
bruise. This is just a layman's diagnosis」
「Thank you very much.... But I would
be surprised if you touch me suddenly」
Chihiro understood this feeling well.
But when he nodded his head, Hana
stared at him. Was there something that had offended her?
Well, this bespectacled literary girl
exhaled.
「By the way. What do you think we will
do in the next event of survival」
Her question made all of them tilt
their heads with subtle expressions.
Frankly, they had no idea. The staff
had just informed everyone to meet at a slightly secluded spot on the school
grounds in fifteen minutes.
But considering what to use Hana's
[Looting] slot for, there is no way they can just say "I don't know".
「...there is a lot of greenery at the
back of the house, so maybe they do something there.」
Chihiro mutter to himself,
remembering the time he visited Suzu's log house.
If the terrain is full of trees and
grass, it will have a "survival" feel to it.
However, the competition is supposed
to be over by the end of the day, so they are not supposed to be camping.
At this point Chihiro and the others
start to worry about the time, so the group decides to talk as they move.
『Survival games and such』
「We will just do it as hard as we can.」
Frankly speaking, Chihiro had enough
of gunfights.
After all, even though he was wearing
camouflage clothes and training clothes, there were still little marks on the
places where he was hit.
Due to this, he insists that air guns
and BB bullets are the same thing, even if he is told that they are air guns
and BB bullets.
Suddenly, Yotsuba spoke.
「I want to tell you about something」
「What's that?」
「Only one of us will survive. Is it
survival something like that?」
「That's more like a death game, isn't
it?」
When Hana pointed this out with
half-lidded eyes, Yotsuba giggled.
Immediately after that, she turned a
straight face and muttered quietly.
**b
「...I guess there won't be any deaths.
At least」
The words were so disturbing that
everyone fell silent.
Whether or not they will be okay,
whether or not they will make it back alive...it's a bad idea not to lose the
battle.
At the moment, each school has only
one win each, and the situation is still a quagmire.
To beat their rivals Shibatsuru
Academy, they need to win here. Considering Chihiro and Kaito's bet, they can
only allow "only Shibatsuru Academy can win", and of course, the best
way to achieve this is for Shibahou Academy to win.
「Fortunately, Maria-chan and her
friends are here to watch the competition, so after hearing about the
competition, I will use my [Looting] immediately」
「That's reasonable.」
If still in doubt, Hana would use
Suzu's [Cognitive Obstruction] as before.
Anyway, for now, they moved to the
meeting place, thinking that there would be less chance of confusion if it was
a competition in which they had to move around the field.
「...ah」
In fact, the designated place was
that log house.
A number of staff members including
Kaede were standing in front of the building, and the representatives and
spectators were gathered around the log house. It was as if the staff were
guarding the log house.
（We're not going to do it in there,
are we?）
（I don't think so...）
Or is there someone inside?
While Chisato and Chihiro were
talking to each other, a staff member started to talk.
「Now, I will explain about the fifth
event」
Chihiro heard someone gulp a breath.
It might have been his own. After
all, even the outline of this fifth event had been kept secret.
The reason for the secrecy - was it
because the staff did not want the representatives to take any possible
countermeasures?
「Before I start, I would like to
confirm that all five members from each school should participate, is that
correct? We will not accept any changes in the number of participants after
hearing the explanation, so please let us know if you wish to withdraw」
...It seems to be a way to keep
everyone out of the vicious competition.
Well, everyone, too, are tired and
injured from the four competitions so far. Under the strain of the competition,
they are afraid of the threats.
But Chihiro and the others, on the
other hand, were relatively calm.
Well, Yotsuba's earlier threats
helped them to prepare themselves for the competition.
「Well, even if you say so, we have to
do it」
「...yeah」
In the end, no one from other schools
dropped out. The faces of the participants tightened as they decided to
participate in the event of their own volition.
The staff's threats may have been a
staging for the final event.
**c
「Okay. ...First of all, let me
introduce our special guest for the last event」
Special guest.
The meaning of these words was soon
revealed.
The log cabin door opened on the
staff's signal, and out from inside came the special guest.
「Everyone, it's nice to meet you...」
――Silence overtook the scene.
A seemingly ordinary woman appears,
sitting in a wheelchair.
The sight of her left all twenty
representatives in stupefied silence.
「...ah, we might die for real...」
「Hahaha...」
Lucille's muttering was not so funny.
Because...
She is the "only one"
S-ranked Lost Item in Japan whose photo and resume are publicly available.
While the crowd was still in an
uproar, Kaede, Chihiro's sister, steps forward and takes over the explanation.
「She and I will chase all of you away,
and you will be eliminated when you become unable to move. The one who remains
until the end - his/her school will be the winner. This is the content of the
fifth event, Survival」
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