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

UFO
“What’s going on? Did you bring a defective one?”

Because he had so much anticipation and joy, Mr. Inoue had become totally displeased. His family was the same.

“No… It’s not supposed to be…”

But no matter how many times he tried, the TV didn’t show. Obviously. Upstairs, Takaaki-kun was sticking his tongue out at the end of the detached cable. Although his tongue wasn’t showing, either.

Mr. Inoue wasn’t only scary, but he lacked a little bit of common sense even though he was a big-wig socially. Thoughtless people are pretty common among big-wigs, aren’t they?

If I believed Great Inoue-kun’s story, one of the reasons for the new TV was because,
“The Giants were losing too much.”
If that was true, he had a helluva dad.

This time, we had tried our best to be prepared for unexpected circumstances, but something unexpected occurred at most unexpected time. The bell outside was ringing even though Great Inoue-kun hadn’t sent the signal!

W-why?

Great Inoue-kun and I panicked. The TV would now show.

When I looked outside,
LO AND BEHOLD!
There were kids playing with their bikes on the road. They were in about first or second grade. These guys were ringing their bells like crazy.

“Gah!”

“Saijoh!”
I winked at Saijoh-kun who was in the yard.
Do something about it, Saijoh!
Saijoh-kun sent back an “affirmative” sign with his eyes, and ran over to where the kids were playing.

“Hey, kids! Come over here!”
It’s best to leave kids to a kid. Three or four kids shuffled over to in front of Saijoh-kun.

Saijoh-kun said,
“Did you guys know that there’s a UFO landing site around here?”
“What!? We didn’t know.”
“You’re lying!”

“Have I ever lied to you guys before?”
Saijoh-kun said.
“But it’s the first time we’ve ever met you. Of course you haven’t.”

To this logic by the little kids,
“FOOLS!”
Saijoh-kun replied angrily.
“It’s not that kind of problem. “Have I ever tricked you before?” is what I was getting at!”

“Never…”
“Nope… Never…”
It’s useful to have the same amount of intelligence.

“Right? There’s one over there. A UFO landing site.”
“Wow.”

“Ok! Let’s go explore together! You guys will be amazed.”
“Really?”

“Yeah really. Ok! You there with the red nose! You’re the vice-leader!”
“Yes, sir!”
“What? How bout me? How bout me?”
“You’re, the captain! Affirmative?”
“Yes, sir!”
“And you there. You’re the Colonel.”
“Yes, sir!”

He tamed them instantly.

“Ok! Move out! Vice-leader, Captain, Colonel, in that order, follow me!”

Amazing, Saijoh. That’s talent. Really. Though, is it just me? It looks like you’re having the most fun. But wait, was there a UFO landing site around here? I’d never heard of it.

Back in the family room, Mr. Inoue’s had reached his limit.
“I don’t need a TV that doesn’t show! Take it back!”
“No… you see, sir… it’s not supposed to like this…”
The electronics store owner was wasting away.

It was before the time of the electronics super store; it wasn’t like they had a replacement TV in stock. Therefore, if he had to take this one back, he couldn’t just bring another one right away.

“I’m going to go check the antenna…”
Great Inoue-kun responded to this with,
“If it works with the old TV, then it’s not the antenna, right?”

“Y-yeah. It shouldn’t be…”

“Yeah! The old TV was just working!!”

The electronics store owner was just trying to buy some time but Mr. Inoue was already in a bad mood.

“That’s enough!”

Now the real plan starts. It was time for “my” entrance.

“Father. This guy plays with wireless radios and knows a lot about electronics. He says that it’s not defective.”

“What? Oh, Taka-san’s son. You know about TVs?”

Taka-san was my mom who made an appearance in “We are Turtles.” Because my mom was a prodigy, I had a certain amount of trust among her peers. What you should have is a superior parent.

“Yeah. A little.”

I continued.
“This happens all the time to new TVs. I don’t think it’s broken and it’s obviously not defective.”

“Electronic store owner, can you let this guy have a try?”
Great Inoue-kun said as if he was reading a script.

“Well… amateurs won’t understand it. It’s a new model.”

He said that, but because a return would be a problem, he accepted my proposition of,
“No, 30 seconds will be enough.”

Well, actually 10 seconds would be enough.

I first went around to the back of the TV, then went to the front and opened the control panel. I then winked at Inoue-kun. Inoue-kun placed his hand on his head -> Bell rings -> Antenna connects, and

“It worked!”

“It worked! Mom, it worked!”

Hmm. To have someone be so happy over a TV working.

The electronics store guy was stunned.

“What? How did you…?”
“Well, it’s, erm… Because it’s no longer a stationary channel…”
I made a long winded explanation using big words that even I didn’t understand. Because I was making it up, even I don’t remember what I said. but
“Woooow.”
I certainly amazed the people around me. Only Great Inoue-kun had the look of “What bullshit. There’s no trusting this guy.” After that, I quickly set the UHF channels. It made the electronics store guy groan.

“As one would expect from Taka-san’s son.”
Mr. Inoue said.

He was even more happy about,

“Now we can watch the Giants win!”

So it was true…

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