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

We got back to our meeting now that Chuzai-san was gone.
Saijoh-kun said.

“All right. As you heard, this is a crime. That’s why…”

“As of today, we’re breaking up this group!”

“What!? Our Miracle Rangers!?”
It was Jaime who shouted that.

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“Jaime… what is this Miracle Rangers?”

“Eh? Well, I thought it would be better if we were going to break up that we have a cool group name…”

“No, no… that name stinks really badly.”

“What? Really? I thought it was cool.”

“No… if we had that name, I wouldn’t have ever been here.”
“Yeah. I wouldn’t have been friends.”
“Yeah. I wouldn’t want to be involved with that group.”

“I understand, Senpai. Then… What!? Our Jaime & His Friends!?”

“Why does it become that, idiot!”

“What? No good? Hm. It can’t be helped. Then, What!? Our Jaime & All Stars!?”

“I’m not talking about the second half! Why are you the leading character!?”

“… I went through the trouble of making you guys all stars…”

“Who asked you to? When did we ask you to? Huh?”

We were once again arguing over something trivial. It had already developed into a skirmish.

Saijoh-kun.
“Either way. If the school finds out about this, it might not stop at a suspension, right? That’s why I think it’s better to do it with a couple volunteers. We’ll cut the bond with the rest of the members. They don’t know anything.”

“That’s true… We might even be arrested…”
Things were suddenly serious.

“So that’s why. As of this time, we’re breaking up our Saijoh & Retainers!”

“Like we said, when did we become your retainers!?”
“You never learn!”
“On top of that, that’s the lamest so far! That name!”

“See. That’s why you guys should have just gone with Jaime & All Stars…”

“No wayyyy!!!!!”

“Ahh. My head hurts. How were we able to work with these members?”
That’s because. We’re all around at the same level.

“By the way. Our group isn’t built well enough to fundamentally break up.”

“Yeah. We’re just together when we pull pranks. Our numbers are still random, too.”

“That’s right. There’s more of us when we do things that involve Yuko-chan or other girls.”

True.

Even then, Saijoh-kun’s argument was sound.
After all it was larceny. There was a certain amount of resolve needed if we were caught. It was totally different from the many pranks we had done before.

“That’s why, Inoue and Chiba, you guys leave.”

“What? I don’t really mind.”
Great Inoue-kun said.

“No. We have no way of knowing if this will impact your dad’s business… you don’t want to make trivial gossip topics.”

“…”

“Chiba, too. Your brother is a police officer. It’s no joke for the little brother of a police officer to be a thief.”

“Yeah. Well, that’s true, but…”

“Also… all you freshmen can leave, too. It’s pretty harsh right after you started school.”

“Also, those who want to leave should leave. We’ll execute with the remaining members.”

Everyone was silent.

Finally.

“Sorry. I’m going to leave this time. Expulsion is seriously no joke…”

“Me, too… I’m sorry about Mika-chan, but… There’s no way I can wager my life that much.”

Murayama-kun also,

“Sorry. I have more suspensions than Saijoh. There’s only expulsion next time… I can’t do it this time…”
That’s right. It might seem unexpected, but Murayama-kun had received one more suspension than Saijoh-kun.

“It’s ok. Murayama… Sorry for asking the impossible.”

Thus, one left and then another; there were only four people left.

One was me. Another one was Takaaki-kun.
And Jaime and a new character, Morita-kun.
Morita-kun was a precious academic type in our group and was the only one who wore glasses. His appearance, fitness level and grades were all good (although he was below Great Inoue-kun). He was also very good with his hands, and was a very useful behind the scenes guy.

“Jaime, I said freshmen can leave, didn’t I?”

“Hmm. It’s ok. I’m totally fine even if I’m expelled.”
That’s was right. Jaime was the only child of a fairly successful barbershop and was already decided as the successor. Simply put, whether or not he graduated high school, his place of employment was secure.

“Also without me, it wouldn’t be Jaime & So On!”
Why have we gone from “All Stars,” to “Others!”

“You ok, Morita?”

“Yeah. I’m one of the rare members who hasn’t been suspended in this group. I think I’d be better off than everyone else next time. That and…”

“And?”

“Mika-chan’s the first kid who’s ever been that affectionate with me. I piggy-backed a kid for the first time.”

“I see. Thank you. Morita.”

“Then, let’s go with these members. The rest of you don’t know anything. Is that ok?”

“Yeah… I feel bad… Saijoh. Sorry.”
The members that had left started apologizing.

“It’s not something you need to apologize about. It is, after all, theft…”

Takaaki-kun said suddenly.
“You guys. I’m not responsible if Mika-chan is beautiful when she grows up. She’s got a fair amount of potential. Even more than Yuko-chan. That girl.”

“What!?”

“Kouno and Kubo remained.”

“Kouno and Kubo are looking over as if they want to join.”

“What do you do?”

“Let them join (A)”

Chari rari rarin

“Kouno and Kubo joyfully got into the wagon.”

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