Rokudenashi Blues 79

Chapter 79: Standing In The Shadow

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Photographer: Thank you very much, class 5! // Now please exit quickly!

Person: Ahh! I blinked!

Photographer: Next is class 6! Is the class representative here?

Person: He had to come separately since he got caught drinking.

Other: I thought he was already here!

Person: Kyahahaha!

Masa-san: Hey, Yamashita! I already told you to move down a step! This is a group picture, so don't cling to each other like it's a couples portrait!

Katsuji: WHAT THE... // Yeah, right, this coming from YOU.

Masa-san: Uh...it's...

Asano-sensei: Heheh...

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Kazumi: Wait a minute, why ARE those two clinging to each other?

Katsuji: It's a miracle.

Nakajima: Sensei...that really...that really hurts...

Ioka: ...

Yoneji: Wait, Koheiji, you're in class 5! // And that's the girls' section!

Koheiji: Shut up! I want a picture of me next to Chiaki-chan so I can have some good memories of this school trip!

Yoneji: Get out of here! You're all freaking lined up over there! // Look, there's... // Maeda-san! Over here! Over here!

Maeda: What?

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[cover page]

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Kazumi: Hey, Maeda-kun, I heard your family...

Maeda: Gah!

Kazumi: I heard your family lives in Osaka, right?

Maeda: Yeah...so what?

Kazumi: Then that whole "Father sick and dying, come home soon" thing... // aren't you going to visit him?

Maeda: Huh...?

Chiaki: ...

Kazumi: Uh, it's just...uh...

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Maeda: I met my brother at the hotel yesterday. // He said we could meet up this afternoon for a little bit.

Yoneji: Wait...so he came here after all?

Kazumi: Hmm...

Maeda: Just for a little bit, I said!

Kazumi: What's his little brother planning again?

Chiaki: Uh, Maeda-kun...

Kazumi: Oh, yeah! You should go see Youkou-kun too!

Maeda: ... // Looks like you've been telling her every fucking thing, huh?

Katsuji: Sh...I'm so sorry!

Maeda: Well then SHUT UP, DAMMIT!

Kazumi: Hey, Chiaki, do you want to go to?

Maeda: GAH, NO! NO, YOU DON'T! // (You didn't tell her what my family does, did you?)

Katsuji: (I...I might have...)

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Yoneji: What's with those assholes? We beat them up at Nagoya Station AND Eigamura...

Katsuji: Uh...their school's Kyokutou or something...wait, aren't they from Osaka too? // Uh, I just heard you say that, Maeda-san...

Maeda: Kyoukutou High School.

Katsuji/Yoneji: Huh? // Wait, how do you know

what's going on?

Maeda: They're just kinda famous around here; you don't want to screw with them. // I don't know, but they might be trying to find us.

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Maeda: We gotta be careful. // We're on their territory. // This is their home base. // ....

Person: .... // Gotcha...

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[Sign: Kyokutou Private High School]

Sunglasses: So why dontcha tell us about what happened at Eigamura?

Godai: Uhh...

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Godai: They were gonna beat us anyway... // We didn't get near enough people...

Sunglasses: But ya can't just run away and abandon the other guys! // Can ya!?

Godai: Uhh...

Sunglasses: Ya useless punk!

Godai: Gwah!

Person: Hey, be careful...

Godai: GA...

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Person: Aww, ya poor bastard!

People: Aah! // Ain't that...kinda...a little much...

Other: Ya don't have to fuck 'im up like that...

Sunglasses: It ain't us that need ta see ya hurtin'.

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Sunglasses: It's nothin' personal... // But ya know what happens if we leave this guy alone and Tatsuyoshi-san gets pissed off, ah?

People: ....

Sunglasses: Maeda from Teiken, aah!? // So he's already in Osaka, is he?

Person: Tatsuyoshi-san...

Sunglasses: Yeah, he's comin' here this afternoon... // So you gotta find those fuckers... // And wipe 'em the hell out.

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Kazumi: .... // This is the shutter, right?

Katsuji: If you don't know how to use it, just say so!

Chiaki: What does your family do, Maeda-kun? // I mean, it made Youkou-kun really angry when he had to inherit it...

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Maeda: How much did Katsuji tell you guys?

Chiaki: Just that much. // So...what DOES your family do?

Maeda: Don't ask, moron. // I'm not telling anyone...

Person: Ch...The damn girl's in the way...

Chiaki: If Youkou-kun's mad, it has to be important...

Maeda: ... // I have another idea...

Chiaki: Huh?

Maeda: He's pissed cause of his bald spot.

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Chiaki: Wha...

Maeda: I'm the one who made him... // look that embarassing. // But it's been 7 or 8 years since that happened... // He can't have just noticed now and freaked out...

Katsuji: WHAT THE...IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT, JUST SAY SO! // Dumbass!

Masa-san: Don't talk like that to a teacher!

Kazumi: Hey, Chiaki, can you take this picture?

Chiaki: Uh...ok...

Person: (Ok, he's finally alone...)

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[No words]

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Chiaki: Look out, Maeda-kun!

Maeda: !

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Maeda: Wha? // It's... // You from Kyokutou!?

Person: Ch...

Maeda: HAIR CLIPPERS!? // WH...WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR DEAL!?

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Person: You freakin'...

Maeda: Gh...

Person: Agh!

Maeda: Show me your face, fucker!

Person: Wha...stop...

Maeda: Huh...

Person: Ugh...

Maeda: THE HELL!? YOU!?

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Maeda: YOUKOU!

Everyone: Wh...what the...

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