Part 55: Takatoshi Hijiyama 3
Chapter 55: Takatoshi Hijiyama 3
Time to jump back into Hijiyamas shoes. Hopefully Okinos done rooting around in his gourd.
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*yawn*
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And it looks like hes left me behind again. When does he even sleep?
Consider Tsukasa Okino
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(Forcing his way into someones head and messing around!? Hes unhinged!)
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I should arrive there around noon. I need to save up. Even a small reserve would be enough
Music: LONER (Azusa Chiba)
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I just need to slip in the old staff entrance. Seems like nobody will spot me. Now
Where is Okino?
Ah, there he is.
Music: Heated Debate (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)
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*blushing* (Why do I
feel like this?)
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Ah, just a stray cat, thats all. I just gave it a little food. Now it shows up here all the time, so
I ended up bringing food for it every day.
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I suppose I can relate. You used food to toy with the both of us.
What, still upset about the whole grievous-invasion-of-privacy thing? Cmon, whats a little rooting around in your brain without consent between
whatever you two are?
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I didnt ask you to do that.
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Id better get going.
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Oh, right. You sticking around until Shintaros done eating? Mind tossing the empty can for me?
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Shintaro?
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Thats his name, yeah.
No its not! He already has a name! And dont feed him, itll go right to his head! Or his thighs, really, but you know what I mean!
Music: LONER (Azusa Chiba)
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Theres something under the can
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*gasp*
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Are you still trying to look after me
?
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Shes one of the teachers at this school
Im sorry,
what?
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Then again, I was a mess when she saw me last
Wait. If shes a student here, then
That means it must be sold here at the school
! This is where I can find that yakisoba pan
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Which ones your type?
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Man, if youre making me choose
Ponytail girl, maybe?
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Yeah? Im all about that one with the long hair.
Well
The short-haired girls cute too
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Final answer?
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Those baseball guys are staring at us.
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Youre right
You know them?
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Oh, no. Definitely not.
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I think I heard something like, whos your type?
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Ugh, seriously? Barf.
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Thats the worst
Ha.
They only have one left, dude. Youre getting what youre getting.
Consider Yakisoba Pan
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So hungry
Ive got no strength left
I cant go on like this. Ill starve to death
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Maybe on the main street, I could find some scraps in the garbage
What am I thinking!? I am an imperial soldier! The pride of the Empire! I cant dig through trash like some animal! Id be better off dead
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Still
Ill never find a paying job in this state
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I shouldnt have let the heat get to me. Taking that bath in the river was my biggest mistake
That cold left me out of commission for a while. And now its been three days since my food ran out
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*wince* I couldnt even find Kiriko-san in the end.
Thats right, Megumi. Just dont make eye contact with the disheveled, ranting homeless man.
Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)
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!
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*blushing* Uh
haha
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I know
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Whats this
?
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I bought too much of this at lunch
Its yakisoba pan.
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*stomach growls*
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I can have this?
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If youd like.
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I
I suppose Ill take you up on that.
Megumi walks away, confident in having just done a good deed, blissfully unaware shes set this man down the hard road of yakisoba pan addiction
Hijiyama takes a bite
Music: Living in the Moment (Yoshimi Kudo)
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Impossibly good
! Its delicious! How could anything so delicious exist in this world? *immediately snarfs down the rest*
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I practically inhaled that whole piece.
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I never even got to thank her.
Well, uh
sure, that explains that, I guess
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I can eat in peace here. Still, I cant believe I got the last one
I suppose its good karma for my model behavior
You punched a guy out, kidnapped him, and trapped him in a time loop like, yesterday! What the fuck are you talking about!?
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Did you go buy that yourself?
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Okino
Music: Forty Winks (Rikako Watanabe)
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Wow, I can feel the disappointment from here. Want me to get back into the skirt?
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I dont care.
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Its just that the skirts kind of breezy. I dont have much on underneath it. Makes me feel pretty exposed, you know?
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Just think of what could happen.
Okino, can you stop trying to fuck with Takatoshi here for like, five seconds?
(mildly flustered) Stop that. Youre
clearly enjoying this, no matter what you say. And you dont have to be so
lewd about it.
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Once the afternoon classes are over, well head back. You stick around here until then.
Consider Yakisoba Pan
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(Time to finally enjoy my
)
Use Yakisoba Pan on Tsukasa Okino
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WhaOh, no, Im fine! Im not even hungry. Isnt that your favorite food, anyway? You enjoy it.
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Well
if youre sure
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You really are a nice guy, Hijiyama-kun.
Eat Yakisoba Pan
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Fantastic! This is it!
Okino has no reaction to hearing about the Yakisoba Pan Angel.
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If I ever see her again, I need to thank her personally
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No, wait
I did meet her. But when?
Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)
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Of course.
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Is it possible he really doesnt know anything?
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Theres still residual data in there from the switch. If I can figure out whos sending out the signal, then
Maybe I can stop it, or even control it.
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The convenience store near the station. You havent eaten since noon, right? Ill go get us some snacks. Help change things up. Any requests?
(instantly) Yakisoba pan.
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So much for changing things up. Havent you tried anything else from this time?
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Wow. Cant argue with that logic
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Whos there!?
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What is she doing out so late? More importantly, whats she doing here?
Megumi begins looking around.
Consider Yakisoba Pan
We sure are Considering yakisoba pan a lot today!
Huh. Wonder what that was all about. We have a lot of Hijiyama left though, so maybe itll get cleared up soo
Oh
come on!
We add two links between Hijiyama and Megumi. One orange for her gift of yakisoba pan, and one blue because she shot him in the chest. Simple enough.
And the current board.