Chapter 5

Nothing over here either…

Yep, looks like the coast is clear. You can come out now, Sakuma-senpai.

I heard your call and came… running…? Hm? Strange, no one’s here. Then what was the noise we heard before?

Ngh~… It sounded like something was being dragged around, and then there were people talking.

What was that? It was like something out of a horror movie! Ahaha ♪

Hm. Normally, this is an area people would rarely visit. It’s quite the oddity to hear anything down here, so stay vigilant.

I’ll take a quick peek out there and check the status of the…

Oh?

Hina-chan~! Oh no, this is bad~?!

Wah?! What’s up, Sora-kun? Don’t just come flying at me like that~ I thought I was gonna fall!

HaHa~ ♪ Sorry! When you cause trouble for someone, you apologize!

Ah, it’s you, little one. Can you explain what’s “bad” perchance? Come on, tell grandpa what happened.

Yes! Sora will be nice to grandpa!

Good boy. Hmm… Is Sakasaki-kun not with you?

HiHi~ ♪ Shisho~ got hit with beans to go along with the plan, so he’s not a demon anymore~! He’s our enemy now!

It’s pretty annoying when you go turning against us, Shisho~

Hang on, what’s this “plan” you’re talking about? Did… Did Sakasaki-senpai do all that on purpose then?

Yes… But it’s much earlier than anticipated. We’ll need to move on to plan B.

Yes! Plan B~ ♪

Uh, what’s plan B? C’mon, don’t leave me out of the loop!

Fufufu. Out with the demons, in with the fortune~… ♪

One, two, three little cockroaches hiding out of sight… How convenient, the demons we’re hunting are all in one place. It’ll be easy to round them up ♪

Cockroaches? That’s not very nice… Ritsu~ What are you doing? From what I can see, you’re wearing the outfit given to us for Setsubun Festival.

Haha, just as I predicted. Isara-kun is overseeing the event, yes? And so you must be helping him.

To make such efforts for a dear friend… You’re such a good, kind child ♪

Only for Maa~kun. Now c’mon, give it up. Come out slowly with your hands up, Anija.

It’s hard to kill you when you’re hiding in the shadows like that, you know?

You say such cruel things in such dulcet tones… But I see: You just want to see me so badly, don’t you Ritsu?

Well, then! I’m so happy you came to see your most beloved, dear onii-chan ♪

Come over here, Ritsu~! I’ll give you a biiiig hug… ☆

……

Watch out! Hey—Ritsu-senpai just threw beans at us without any recourse at all! There was so much force in that we could’ve died if he made a direct hit…!

Sakuma-senpai, are you two still on bad terms? You should take a page from our book and get along~ ♪

I wouldn’t say that you two “get along.” That’s actually a crucial part of the hell we’re raising today: to make you realize that.

Well, at any rate—

We’ll need to escape. It appears that Ritsu is cooperating with the staff and helping them hunt down the demons. If we’re too careless, we’ll just stir up a hornet’s nest.

I would so love to be killed by Ritsu, but it’d be quite pitiful for the murder weapon to be beans, don’t you think?

Quit your mumbling and come on out now~! We’ve got you demons totally surrounded ♪

Yuuta-kun, you go around to the right. I’ll take them from the left side.

The enemy has no way to fight back, so there’s no need to be on edge. Just be careful not to miss them.

This is checkmate, Anija. Resistance is futile, so hurry up… ♪

Huh? Yuuta-kun? Yuuta-kun’s here?

Hina-chan! It’s dangerous to go out there~!