“Bokuchu” Us vs the Police: 700-Day War

For those who saw the title and thought “oh!” thank you for waiting patiently. I even received e-mail at my work expressing anxiety for this chapter that will begin shortly. It will begin so please don’t send me any more requests.

Just because we were caught by the police, none of us thought about a counter attack. We might have if we were guys that had lost our way, but we were still “innocent” high schoolers.

But the declaration of war was right in front of us.

Us vs. the Police: 700-Day War

Volume 1 Chapter 1 We are Turtles

We had the distinction of having the first (and last) suspension for biking since the founding of the school. The suspension was over in only four days and we happily went back to school. That day, we were biking normally on our way to school when we passed in front of the residential police substation.

Chuzai-san was standing there. What dedication; to be up so early.

“Good morning.”
We brightly greeted him like high schoolers. Aah, it was so refreshing. It was only a few days ago that we were arrested on charges of “interference of a public servant in the execution of his duties” because of a stupid joke.

“Oh! Hey guys!”

Hey guys?
We are normal citizens, so shouldn’t he be saying “good morning?” I thought to myself, but because we had caused a fair amount of trouble, I stopped my bike to greet him.

But then

“Your suspension is over already? That was fast.”

“Yes, thanks to your support…”

The conversation sounded just like something that might happen at a yakitori restaurant between Ken Takakura, after being released from Abashiri Jail^*1, with the officer that had arrested him^*2.

“The school’s too lenient.”

*snap*

As we were all offended by this phrase, a beautiful lady appeared from the back. To our youthful eyes, she looked like Sylvia Kristel or Keiko Takeshita^*3, but we found out that…

This woman was actually this Chuzai’s wife! Surprise surprise!

His wife greeted us with a warm smile on her face.

Then Chuzai (we were already dropping the –san because we didn’t like the fact that his wife was beautiful) said:

“These guys are the high schoolers from the other day.”
“Ah, the ones with the bikes?”

*giggle giggle*

Eh? His wife knows about it? You gossiped about it, Chuzai (no –san)?

Her little “tease” was a big shock, but from her mouth came further shocking words.

“You’re the ones from the Keio boat club?”

Noooo.
She even knows about our lame joke through happy little husband-wife conversations… (If you’re confused about this please review “We are the Wind.”)

Then one of my friends responded

“It’s Waseda!!”

No… What are you repeating our shame for?

“Oh, sorry about that.”

Her happy face and words didn’t balance out with that hairy reptilian, Chuzai.

What?! This beautiful wife does this and that with that reptile? The conversation didn’t get that far, but all four of us who were there must have been thinking about it.

We were half happy and half angry after being caught between reptile Chuzai and his beautiful wife. Our interesting expression must have looked something like Baron Ashura.

But Chuzai must have had something “fun” planned with his wife, so he told us

“Hey you guys will be tardy!”

and sent us on our way to school.

“We’ll be on our way.”
We greeted “just” his wife and started pedaling.

As we pedaled our bikes,

“I can’t forgive him!”

More than half of this “I can’t forgive him” was because he had a beautiful wife. We understood each other without further words. There are usually petty things like this behind most reasons of war.

*1 A prison located in Hokkaido that is known for their harsh environment and run down buildings.
*2 Reference to Abashiri Bangai-chi, a Japanese movie.
*3 Japanese actress/entertainer. Known for her beauty and intelligence (or so Lynne thinks).

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