On the rooftop of a school building, a place that should have been for the god-tier protagonists of a Japanese manga to eat and flirt, was now occupied by a few delinquent girls.
The pink-haired leader accepted a cigarette from a subordinate trying to curry favor and lit it.
"Lieutenant Yuigahama, who's the top dog of Shuchiin's first years?!" the girl who handed her the cigarette asked, her eyes filled with admiration and curiosity.
"Duh!" Yuigahama Yui raised an eyebrow. "Of course it's me, Yuigahama Yui. Who else could it be, Yukinoshita Yukino?!"
After saying that, Yuigahama Yui took a deep drag, which made her choke and cough violently, almost bringing tears to her eyes.
Damn it, I shouldn't have bragged about knowing how to smoke.
She quickly came up with an idea to save face.
She threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out viciously with the sole of her shoe.
"What kind of cheap-brand trash is this? Don't try to fool me with this cheap stuff next time!" With that, she coolly pulled out a Pocky stick and stuck it in her mouth.
Yuigahama Yui's inner monologue: I'm so damn cool!
The subordinate who handed her the cigarette stared at the brand she had specifically picked out—the most expensive one at the convenience store—and fell into deep thought.
So-so powerful! As expected of the lieutenant of the Service Club, Shuchiin High's largest first-year delinquent group. She won't even look at a brand like this!
"CRASH—!" The rooftop door was forcefully thrown open, and another delinquent girl burst in.
"Yuigahama, did you forget?! Today's the day our Service Club goes to war with Megumi Kato, the King of a Hundred Beasts! Boss Yukinoshita sent me to get you! You're almost late, you know?!"
"What?! It's today?!"
Startled, Yuigahama Yui bit through the Pocky in her mouth and jumped to her feet.
"I'm coming right now!" she replied, frantically adjusting her modified school uniform. At the same time, she didn't forget to address the subordinate from earlier: "You see, the club has urgent business. As for your application to join the Service Club, it'll depend on the sincerity you show next time."
With that, she left behind the juniors who longed to become delinquent girls and dashed downstairs.
"Out of the way, out of the way, out of the way! I'll chop your head off if you block my path!"
In the hallway, Yuigahama Yui sprinted at top speed towards the classroom occupied by the Service Club, shouting for everyone to clear a path.
It's fine. As long as no one gets in my way, it'll be smooth sailing. I can make it just in time, and that Yukino woman won't have any reason to punish me! Of course, it's not that I, Yuigahama, am afraid of her. I just don't want to cause a scene and let the underlings know that the only reason she's the boss is because I gave her face back then!
The world of her imagination was beautiful, but the reality of the hallway was cruel.
Although most people, intimidated by the Service Club's reputation, parted like the Red Sea to clear the middle of the corridor...
...not everyone did.
There was one person who, as if deaf, completely ignored the commotion behind him. He kept his back to Yuigahama, strolling along slowly as if in a world of his own.
Moving too fast to brake, Yuigahama Yui crashed right into him.
"Thud!"
Yuigahama is down! (in a tearful voice)
Having fallen, Yuigahama Yui's heart was in turmoil like a raging sea. She was definitely going to be late now! She wanted to poke ten thousand holes in the person who blocked her path!
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Helped up by her subordinates who had been trying to keep up, Yuigahama Yui didn't even bother to brush the dust off her skirt. She clicked her tongue and started yelling at the person who made her late.
"Hey! Are you deaf?! Didn't you hear me say get out of the way-ay-ay..."
The next second, Yuigahama Yui trailed off as if she had started stuttering.
Because the person she had knocked over had now looked up, and what met her eyes was a handsome face with sharp brows, starry eyes, and chiseled features—truly on the level of Shuchiin's School Prince.
A guy!
Although the unexplained 'male attrition phenomenon' had turned boys into an endangered species that needed to be protected and cherished, Shuchiin Academy was a large and prestigious school, so there were still quite a few male students.
Logically, Yuigahama shouldn't be this excited, as if she'd never seen a man before, but this guy's face was exactly her type. He actually had two eyes, a nose, and a mouth!
She just had to make a move!
With her mind now clouded by lust, Yuigahama couldn't care less about the Service Club or the showdown with the King of a Hundred Beasts. What was an empire compared to a man!
She quickly helped the fallen boy to his feet, forcefully restraining her own groping hands to leave a ladylike impression.
Once the boy was standing steady, Yuigahama flicked her hair back, struck what she thought was a cool pose, and spoke with vocal fry, "Hey there~, all alone? Where are you headed? Need me to protect you?"
The boy was undeniably handsome, but his actions and words suggested he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
"I... I want to go to the Service Club, to find... find..."
"What a coincidence! I'm heading to the Service Club too! It's on the way! Let me, Yuigahama Yui, lead you there! You can just call me Yui! By the way, what's your name?" Yuigahama perked up the moment she heard 'Service Club'.
She was so eager to show off that she didn't give the boy a chance to finish his sentence.
"I... I... my name is Kanzaki Saku."
Yuigahama could see that the boy named Kanzaki Saku didn't seem very bright, but what did that matter compared to his face and body?
She didn't care at all. A dumb pretty boy? She absolutely adored them!
And so, Yuigahama led Kanzaki Saku towards the Service Club.
Soon, they could see the Service Club's sign from a distance. It was very conspicuous because it had been nailed over the original club's name.
If one looked closely, they could see the original club name, the SOS Brigade, through the cracks.
From down the hall, the sound of many girls chatting could be heard coming from the clubroom.
When you put a group of delinquent girls with excess energy together, the topics of conversation, aside from fighting, are just dirty jokes.
Thus, comments like, "I really want to find a guy and lose my virginity!"
"A man! I want a man! A living, breathing one will do!"
"Hey, I found a really good H-book recently. The male lead is huge!"
"Really? But I prefer guys with good bodies over size!"
Such crude and bold words kept drifting out from under the door.
This made Yuigahama, standing outside, blush a little. It was one thing to talk like this behind closed doors, but there was a real guy right next to her now. It would be disastrous if he thought she was on the same level as these sexually repressed, thirsty girls.
Even an idiot would be scared off by you pack of wolves!
"Saku, listen to me! I'm nothing like them! I never talk about such nonsense! It's our club president, Yukinoshita Yukino, who leads these kinds of conversations! She's seriously repressed, you should stay away from her!"
While clearing her own name, Yuigahama didn't forget to slander Yukinoshita Yukino's image.
Kanzaki Saku nodded as if he understood, his face taking on a serious expression, as if he were pondering the end of the universe.
Seeing this, Yuigahama told Kanzaki Saku to wait outside for a moment. She would go in first to shut up those loose-lipped subordinates, lest this innocent little lamb, Kanzaki Saku, go in fully clothed and come out naked.
"Knock, knock—"
"Enter!" A cold but powerful voice rang out, and the previously noisy classroom instantly fell silent.
Yuigahama slid open the clubroom door and walked in.
"Yui, I don't know what I did to make you disrespect me so much. You now dare to be late right before a big fight. What's next, are you going to overthrow me and take this seat for yourself?!"
The girl sitting in the main seat, with her black wolf-cut hair and powerful aura, spoke with an overwhelming pressure that made Yuigahama's legs feel a bit weak.
But thinking about her future man listening just outside, she absolutely could not lose her composure now!
She straightened her back, preparing to be assertive for once and showcase her burgeoning female hormones by refuting Yukino.
"Swish—" The sliding door was opened again.
Yuigahama's heart skipped a beat. She quickly turned to look, and sure enough, it was Kanzaki Saku who had come in.
"Saku!" she hurried over, lowering her voice to speak urgently, "Didn't I tell you to wait outside? I'll handle that Yukino woman in a second, don't be impatient!"
And then she saw a heartbreaking scene unfold.
Kanzaki Saku completely ignored her, took a wrapped bento box from inside his jacket, and walked straight to the girl with the black wolf-cut hair and powerful aura in the main seat. He spoke in a slightly dazed, innocent tone.
"Yukino, you forgot your bento in the classroom. I brought it for you."
He paused, then added with a protective tone.
"Don't bully Yui. I bumped into her on my way here. Not only did she not blame me, but she was kind enough to bring me to you."
Yukino, who had been pressuring the late Yuigahama with an icy expression, immediately saw her glacier-like coldness melt at a visible rate upon seeing Kanzaki Saku.
Ignoring the subordinates who were volunteering to "help," but actually wanted to talk to the guy, Yukino came down from her seat and personally escorted Kanzaki Saku to sit with her at the head of the room.
Although she was a bit cross with Kanzaki Saku for not listening to her and staying in the relatively safe teachers' office—what if some pervert had eyed him on the way here!
But any lectures would be saved for when they were alone. Right now, the most important thing was to establish Kanzaki Saku's status.
"Listen up, everyone," Yukinoshita Yukino said, scanning the room.
"This is Kanzaki Saku, my childhood friend. He's been on leave from school due to his health, but he's recently recovered enough to attend. From now on, when you see him, you see me. No one is to make any unnecessary moves or have any funny ideas. Otherwise... you know the consequences!"
She emphasized her words: "Understood?!"
The underlings below shouted in unison: "Understood, Boss Yukinoshita!"
All except one person—Yuigahama Yui, who was still standing stunned at the door.
Today, my hands tremble... Today, my heart aches...
Why did it turn out like this?!
I was the one who saw him first! I met him first! And Yukino stole him away with the childhood friend excuse!
Damn it! A great woman like me can't stay under someone else's thumb forever!
Yukinoshita Yukino! Sooner or later, I'm gonna take your damn throne!
"Yui," Yukinoshita Yukino's voice interrupted Yuigahama Yui's internal drama, "you did well escorting him this time, preventing Saku from being harassed on the way. Your merit cancels out your demerit. We'll forget about you being late."
"(｡･∀･)ﾉ Yes! Boss Yukinoshita is wise and just, a model for us all!" Yuigahama Yui instantly switched her expression.
What she thought in her heart was one thing, but what she showed on the outside was another.
Everyone in the Service Club knew that Yuigahama Yui, the busty woman Yukinoshita Yukino disliked the most, had become a lieutenant among the officers solely due to her master-level bootlicking skills.
Even though she often bragged to other members in private that she was stronger than Yukinoshita, everyone just thought she was joking.
In the delinquent world, everyone knew her by the title of "The ever-loyal Yuigahama"!
LOYALTY!
"Alright, that's all about Saku. Now, everyone, as planned, assemble at the designated open area!"
At Yukino's command, the underlings immediately stirred, rushing out of the classroom in noisy groups of two and three. After all, they were a delinquent group; expecting strict discipline from them would be naive.
"Yumiko, you stay," Yukinoshita said, stopping a blonde girl in the crowd who also had an exceptional air and a sharp gaze. "Help me look after Saku. Ensure his safety and don't let anyone near him."
A woman of few words and decisive action, Miura Yumiko, known as "Yukinoshita's Loyal Hound," didn't speak. She just crossed her arms and nodded solemnly, conveying her understanding through her actions.
Entrusting Kanzaki Saku to her most trusted officer, Yukinoshita breathed a sigh of relief.
Before leaving, she placed the bento that Kanzaki Saku had just given her—which had been heated in the teachers' office microwave—back into his arms.
"Saku, hold onto this for me. I'll be right back!"
From the looks of it, Yukinoshita Yukino was planning to re-enact the tale of 'Slaying Katō while the meal is warm'!
...
In an empty lot next to the school, a tense, murderous atmosphere hung in the air, ready to explode at any moment.
The [Service Club], led by Yukinoshita, and the [Kato Legion], led by Megumi Kato, the King of a Hundred Beasts, were in a tense standoff.
Megumi Kato, currently hailed as the delinquent girl closest to the top, possessed such a strong presence that she left an indelible mark on everyone who saw her.
No taunts, no trash talk.
As the first bloodthirsty roar erupted from someone in the crowd—
"Yaaa!!!"
As if lighting the fuse of a powder keg, the delinquent girls behind Yukinoshita Yukino and Megumi Kato crashed into each other like two violent waves, instantly kicking off a chaotic and brutal all-out war!
The sounds of battle cries, pained shouts, and the dull thud of fists hitting flesh filled the air. In the center of the lot, the grunts and officers of both sides were already fighting with bloodshot eyes.
And at the heart of the battlefield, the two "Kings" continued to stare each other down.
In the next second, it seemed the two leaders were about to step in and settle the score themselves—
"Yukino—!!!"
A desperate cry tore through the chaos. From behind Yukinoshita Yukino, Miura Yumiko was frantically pushing through the brawling crowd, rushing over with a look of pure panic on her face.
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