Supplementary Lessons Club Classroom
In a spare classroom tucked away in Trinity General Academy's main building, Mash faced a student—not quite as equals.
"Shoo-chan… I mean, Hifumi-chan! Repeat after me!" Hifumi demanded.
"Sorry! Hifumi-chan!" Mash said, kneeling formally.
"Louder! Burn my name into your brain!"
"H-Hifumi-chan!"
"Good!" Hifumi exhaled. "Calmed down now. Don't call me that again, okay?"
"Got it," Mash nodded.
Hifumi, desperate to keep her Black Market bank heist a secret, was adamant about avoiding that nickname.
"Didn't expect you in the Supplementary Lessons Club," Mash said. "Struggle with studies?"
"There's… unavoidable circumstances," Hifumi replied.
"Unavoidable?" Mash asked.
"Yes…" Hifumi said, serious.
Mash, sensing something important, pressed. "What happened?"
"Well… I skipped a test for Peroro-sama's guerrilla concert."
"Hm… wait, that's it?"
"Y-Yes…"
"That's 'unavoidable'?"
"It is!" Hifumi insisted.
"I don't think that counts," Mash said. "But I get it. If it was cream puffs versus studying, I'd pick cream puffs."
Hifumi's devotion to Peroro matched Mash's to cream puffs, so he understood.
"It's not like that!" Hifumi said. "I checked the test schedule! It was a mistake, a mix-up!"
"Mix-up, huh," Mash said.
"S-Sorry… Oh, Nagisa-sama asked me to support you," Hifumi added.
"Support?" Mash asked.
"Yes."
Hifumi recounted the events leading here.
The Night Before Mash's Tea Party Invitation
On the Tea Party terrace, Hifumi faced Nagisa alone, trembling with nerves. As a key Trinity figure, Nagisa's presence was overwhelming, and Hifumi's forced smile betrayed her fear of fainting.
"So, Hifumi-san, will you assist Sensei and guide the Supplementary Lessons Club?" Nagisa asked.
"Me!?" Hifumi yelped, leaning forward.
"Yes. Only someone as exemplary as you can do it," Nagisa said.
"I'm not that exemplary! My grades are average, and I'm facing expulsion—"
"I value your 'love' highly," Nagisa smiled. "Now it's your turn to return that 'love,' right?"
Hifumi froze. That smile meant refusal wasn't an option. She sensed dire consequences if she declined.
"Uh…" Hifumi stammered.
"Great. I'm counting on you, club leader," Nagisa said.
"That's how it happened," Hifumi finished.
"So, you're the temporary leader," Mash said.
"Yes, it's a special club formed as needed. Once everyone passes, it'll disband," Hifumi explained, bowing deeply. "Please, Sensei, help us until then!"
"I'm a lousy teacher, but I'll do my best," Mash said.
"Lousy? You're the most reliable person I know!" Hifumi said.
"Really? Thanks," Mash smiled. "Have you met the others?"
"Just checked the roster. Four of us, including me. Shall we meet them and plan to avoid expulsion?"
With Hifumi leading, Mash set off to meet the next club member.
Justice Task Force Clubroom
"I didn't really want to come here…" Hifumi said.
"Why not?" Mash asked.
"It's like Gehenna's Prefect Team or Kivotos' Valkyrie Police School," Hifumi explained.
"Feels wrong to be here without doing anything bad?" Mash asked.
"Exactly," Hifumi nodded.
"I get that. But don't worry, they're good people," Mash said.
"I hope so…" Hifumi muttered.
"Been a while since I was here," Mash noted.
"You've been here before?" Hifumi asked.
CLATTER CLATTER! Mash rattled the door.
"Sensei, what are you doing?" Hifumi asked.
"Last time, this worked…" CLATTER CLATTER!
"It's a sliding door! Pushing won't help!" Hifumi said.
"What?" CLATTER CLATTER!
"Sliding door!" Hifumi shouted.
"Hiki-neeto?" CLATTER CLATTER!
"I didn't say that!"
Mash, unsure if it was push or pull, shook the door violently. As usual…
CRASH! He broke it.
Hifumi paled, and Mash slumped, ashamed.
"Eek!" a scream rang out. A student inside aimed a gun at them.
"An attack!?" she cried.
"Sensei, why'd you break the door!?" Hifumi yelled.
"Couldn't tell if it was push or pull," Mash said.
"That's no reason to break it! What kind of grip strength!?" Hifumi exclaimed.
"Who are you!?" the girl demanded, cocking her gun.
"C-Calm down! We're not suspicious!" Hifumi pleaded.
"You broke the door! Not suspicious!?" the girl retorted.
"That's… true," Hifumi admitted.
"Hands up! Behave, or else!" the girl said, trembling but aiming.
Mash set the broken door down and stepped forward. "Sorry for startling you. We're not here to attack."
"As if I'd believe—wait… a guy!? In Trinity!?" Her face reddened. "No way…!"
"Calm down, I'm—"
She screamed, "You're here to assault me!? A ◯◯ maniac!?"
"Pfft!?" Hifumi choked, blushing.
"Huh?" Mash blinked.
"You broke the door to capture me!" the girl accused.
"What are you saying!?" Hifumi stammered, flushed.
"No reason to break it otherwise!" the girl insisted.
"Don't yell so loud…" Mash said.
"Then why bring a girl!?" she paused, then shrieked, "A ◯P!? You're here for a ◯P!?"
"3◯? A game…?" Mash asked, confused.
"Don't play dumb! You planned to do this and that in this empty clubroom!" the girl accused.
"No! I'm not that kind of student! Especially not with Sensei!" Hifumi protested.
"I don't know what's going on, but I'm not here for that—'Stay back, pervert!' That's harsh," Mash said.
"Calm down! We're not like that—'You too, pervert!' Why me!?" Hifumi cried.
Mash, to calm her, swiftly disarmed the girl. She collapsed, terrified. "Come at me then! You'll do all sorts of things to me, like in those ◯◯ doujins!"
"???" Mash blinked.
"Nooo! I wanted a more romantic setting!" she wailed.
"Sensei, stop! She's panicking and saying crazy things!" Hifumi said.
Another door burst open. "Please, wait!" a voice called.
"Eek!?" the girl yelped.
"You are…" Mash said.
"Greetings. I'm Hanako Urawa, second-year," she said, striding forward with knee-length baby-pink hair. "I heard everything."
"My youth… is over…" the girl sobbed.
"Who are you?" Hanako asked.
"Mash Burnedead," Mash replied.
"So, you're… Sensei," Hanako said.
"Why are you here!? I locked you up!" the girl cried.
"The door wasn't locked," Hanako said. "More importantly… Sensei, right?"
"Hey," Mash nodded.
"Sensei… the rumored guy?" the girl asked.
"I heard it all," Hanako said.
"It's not what it sounds like!" Hifumi pleaded.
Then, Hanako…
WHOOSH! She shed her uniform, revealing a Trinity swimsuit.
"Let me join in," she said, blushing.
Stunned silence followed. Mash reacted: ZIP! He covered her with her uniform top. "Not in public."
"Why a swimsuit!?" the girl screamed. "Pervert!"
"A-Ah!" Hifumi stammered.
The top-only cover left Hanako's lower half exposed, worsening the scene.
"So kind, Sensei ♡," Hanako cooed.
"No swimsuits outside pool time. Absolutely not," Mash said.
"Can't I join the fun?" Hanako asked.
"There's no ◯P or anything," Mash said.
"So, a 2◯1 is fine?" Hanako teased.
"Didn't say that," Mash replied.
"So bold ♡," Hanako giggled.
"Bold…?" Mash tilted his head.
"You want to take me to a room… alone… for ████ and ███ ♡," Hanako said.
"What!?" the girl screamed, covering her ears.
"I didn't hear anything!" Hifumi wailed.
Hanako smiled, watching their reactions, then glanced at Mash, expecting embarrassment or fluster. But…
"???" Mash stared blankly.
*(It didn't register!?) Hanako thought, stunned.
"Sorry, what are ████ and ███? I don't get it," Mash said.
"Are you serious!?" the girl yelled.
"Yeah, tell me," Mash said.
"You're making a girl say that! Pervert!" the girl shouted.
"Huh?" Mash frowned, confused.
"Sensei, you really don't know?" Hifumi asked.
"You do?" Mash asked.
"Uh…" Hifumi hesitated.
"Tell me," Mash urged.
"Hanako-san knows more," Hifumi deflected.
"!?" Hanako flinched.
"Yeah, you brought it up," Mash said, staring earnestly.
"Hanako-chan," Mash said.
*(Chan!?) Hanako thought.
"What's ████ and ███?" Mash asked.
"Uh… it's…" Hanako stammered, blushing as Mash's pure gaze met hers.
"Is it Kivotos jargon? But why's everyone embarrassed?" Mash wondered.
"████ and ███ are…" Hanako mumbled, faltering.
At that moment, salvation—or chaos—arrived.
"I'm back," a voice said.
"Mission complete! We've detained Azusa Shirasu… what's this?" another asked.
Masiro and Hasumi from the Justice Task Force entered, followed by a gas-masked student muttering, "Shuko, shuko…"
Utter chaos. Mash, curious about the masked girl, had a more pressing question for Hasumi.
"Hasumi-san, do you know what ████ or ███ are?" Mash asked.
"What!?" Hasumi gasped, blushing, her wings flapping wildly.
"Nooo!" Masiro crouched, covering her face.
"Everyone reacts like that… is it embarrassing?" Mash asked.
"Now you notice!?" Hasumi exclaimed.
Mash remained clueless. ████ and ███ were, of course, inappropriate terms—naturally unknown to him. The room descended into flustered chaos as the students grappled with the topic.
(████ and ███… important terms? A code?) Mash wondered.
Another clueless soul stood among them.
Overdid it, sorry! (Bows deeply) The censored words… use your imagination. Hanako's weak to pressure, confirmed. Azusa's cameo was short—my apologies!
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