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

That Shinto priest gave us leftovers from New Years!?
(*In actuality, the only person who received an easy birth omamori during this incident was Murayama-kun. The others received safe transportation omamori’s. Yeah, yeah. I’ve wrote some lies. I told you it was half-fiction, right?)

But. The blessing from the “omamori” amazingly had God’s grace on at least Great Inoue-kun. No, not easy birth.

It happened after we finished sweeping the shrine and came down the heart-masher stairs. It had started to get dark, and we could hear the evening cicadas from the shrine’s cedar grove.

We saw the figure of a woman coming up the stairs from below.

That was…! Chuzai-san’s wife’s little sister, in short, Minako-san!

“Ah!”

“Oh? You guys are yesterday’s…”

“Good evening. Minako-san.”

“Party of perverted high schoolers!”

“That’s not right…”
The exhaustion from the sweeping blew out of us.

“Are you doing something… to the shrine?”

Umm. Isn’t that question phrased wrong?
Normally it’s “at the shrine,” right?
What does she mean by “to the shrine”…?

“But my brother-in-law said that you guys are doing evil-deeds somewhere every day…”
Chuzai!

“T-that’s not right. We were voluntarily sweeping today at the shrine.”

“Hmm. Umm, and what was that a punishment for?”

She didn’t seem to understand well, or maybe I should say she understood too well…

“Anyways, what are you doing out right now, Minako-san? At evening time.”

“Is it a date?”
For some reason, Great Inoue-kun looked down in response to Saijoh-kun’s question.
That’s right. At the time, the shrine was a popular place as a date spot or meeting place in the country. Murayama-kun gave Saijoh-kun a low kick in response to his question.

“Ufufu. No, it’s not. I don’t have any acquaintances here. I’m looking for a place where I can see the stars well.”
She said while pointing at the large telescope that she was carrying.

“Oh! Do you guys know of anywhere that I can see the stars well?”

“Ah! My room, especially well from on top of my futon!”
Said Saijoh-kun to which Murayama-kun gave him a vicious elbow.

“Let me think. I think near the Hime-pond would be ideal in this area.”

“Hime-pond?”

Hime-pond was the “One Day I Met a Bear” pond where Saijoh-kun and I were almost left by Chuzai-san. There was a clearing in the vicinity and since the town’s light was blocked, it was an ideal place for stargazing. But, even more than that, Great Inoue-kun’s house was on the way to Hime-pond.

“Can you see the stars well there?”

“Yup. Even better than well. You can identify Ultraman’s family in galaxy M78 with your bare eyes.”
“Yeah. We saw Ultraman’s family on a picnic last time. Right?”
“That’s right. Ultra’s mom brought a rice ball that was about 5 meters.”
“Taro was saying it was delicious while eating it.”

“Ufufu. You can even hear their voices? You guys are really funny. Just like my sister said.”

“This guy’s house is close so you should have Inoue guide you there.”

“Well, maybe I should take you up on your offer?”

“Yeah. But it’s dangerous at night, so you should have him go with you. Hey, Inoue, you ok with that?”

“Y-yes, of course.”

“That’s right, that’s right. It’s dangerous so I’ll go along, too!”
To Saijoh-kun who was adding an unneeded distraction, Murayama-kun gave an Ax Bomber, while saying,
“Saijoh, I heard that the trains stop running at 6 today. If you miss it, you’ll be in big trouble.”

It seems as though Murayama-kun was taking into consideration his friend Inoue-kun’s “feelings of love”. But stop running at 6, what kind of unpopulated town were we?

Saijoh-kun finally realizing Murayama-kun’s consideration,
“Ah. That’s right. Come to think of it, my mom had just collapsed from a serious illness. I need to go home.”
I hadn’t heard that before. But to be frank, I was touched by seeing their friendship.

But Great Inoue-kun.
“Yeah, but it’s dangerous with one person, so why don’t some of you come along, too?”

“True… You have a point.”

Because Hime-pond had a clearing and was close to the next city, there were rumors that delinquents would congregate there on the weekends. And today was the weekend.

“Then, just to be safe have Saijoh or Takaaki go with you?”
I think things would be unsafe in a different manner…

“Saijoh-kun’s that strong?”
To that question by Minako-san, Chiba-kun replied.
“He’s not just strong. He was battling with King Gidora the other day.”
Saijoh-kun,
“Yeah, but he had three heads so he was really good at insults. He could say three insults at once.”

Minako-san once again laughed out loud.
H-h-h-how cute! Maybe she was even cuter than her sister (Chuzai-san’s wife).

“But I shouldn’t…”

“No. We don’t have anything tomorrow anyways. And nightlife is part of our extracurricular activities.”

“Oh! I know. We have fireworks that we bought by accident the other day. How about we all get together at Hime-pond?”
That’s right. We still had the leftover fireworks that Jaime bought by accident.

“Nice idea! Let’s call everyone! It’ll be safer that way.”

“How about it, Minako-san?”

“Ok. Sounds like fun. I’ll be happy to.”

“Yay! It’s a fireworks festival!”
I see. Jaime was looking forward to it that much… Saying “yay” as a freshmen in high school…

“You have a lot of fireworks, right?”

“Yeah. I do! Twenty sparklers and… 40 fountains.”

What the heck?

“Because. I like fountains.”

Will…… everyone come……?

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