...…
The weather was sunny and breezy, midday on the rooftop of Sobu High School.
"Are you okay, Yoshii-kun?"
Himeji Mizuki sat on the rooftop and asked Yoshii Akihisa, who was next to her looking a bit like he'd been charred into black coal.
Yoshii Akihisa, with black smoke still rising from his head, answered: "No, it's fine. As long as I get to eat the lunch box Himeji-san made, everything I've been through doesn't matter anymore…"
Himeji Mizuki shyly turned her head away: "Don't say that… I'll get embarrassed."
She then took out the lunch box: "If we're up here, we can eat the lunch box without any interruptions, right?"
Yoshii Akihisa: "Yeah."
Himeji Mizuki opened the lunch box. It looked like very ordinary yet plentiful dishes: rolled omelet, meat chunks, vegetable salad…
Yoshii Akihisa: "It looks really generous."
"I'm getting embarrassed. Ah! I forgot to bring drinks. I'll go get them real quick."
Himeji Mizuki set down the lunch box and got up to leave.
Yoshii Akihisa sat there emotional: "Himeji-san is cute, has great grades, and can cook too…"
"Yeah, it's really too good for someone like you."
Sakamoto Yuuji suddenly appeared, picked up a piece of meat, and stuffed it straight into his mouth.
Sakamoto Yuuji's picture →
Yoshii Akihisa: "Ah, Yuuji! What are you doing?"
Hideyoshi also suddenly appeared, picked up a piece, and tasted it: "Then allow this old one to have a taste as well."
"Ah, Hideyoshi, you're here too?"
Hideyoshi's picture →
Note: It's really weird. When I search for Hideyoshi's pictures online, they're basically all like this. I picked the most conservative one.
And Tsuchiya Kouta, at some point, was sitting next to Sakamoto Yuuji, chewing something in his mouth.
"Don't mind it, don't mind it. Saiki, you come try some too."
Yoshii Akihisa: "Saiki? Where's Saiki?"
Saiki walked out from a dark corner.
(Yare yare, I clearly hid my presence. How did this perverted guy still notice me?)
Yoshii Akihisa said helplessly: "Saiki, even you came."
[I'm not here to peep. I just happened to come to the rooftop for some fresh air and a drink.]
Saiki shook the mugicha in his hand.
Yoshii Akihisa crossed his arms ╭(°A°`)╮: "Liar!"
[Seriously, why don't you believe me?]
Yoshii Akihisa: "Sigh~ Fine. But do you want to try some? Everyone's already eaten, so come have a taste too."
[You're really generous. You haven't eaten any yet, right? Thanks, but I'll pass. I already ate earlier…]
"Is that so? Then never mind…"
Saiki glanced at the lunch box, looked away, but then glanced again after a moment, sat down puzzled, and picked up the lunch box.
"What? So you do want to eat it after all."
[No.]
Saiki brought the lunch box closer, sniffed it, paused for a moment, then set it down on the ground.
Saiki's expression at this moment →
"What's wrong, Saiki?"
Yoshii Akihisa saw Saiki acting strange and asked.
"Is there a problem?"
[Big problem. This lunch box is very dangerous. Don't eat it.]
Yoshii Akihisa smiled and pushed Sakamoto Yuuji next to him: "How could that be? This is the lunch box Himeji-san made. How could there be a problem, right Yuuji…"
"Pfft."
But Yuuji didn't answer. Instead, he just collapsed straight down.
Yoshii Akihisa: "Yuuji!!"
"Pffft."
A sound came from Hideyoshi, and Hideyoshi slowly collapsed as well.
"Hideyoshi."
Yoshii Akihisa looked at Tsuchiya Kouta: "This is bad. We need to get the perverted guy to save them… wait, perverted guy."
Tsuchiya Kouta, still with food hanging from his mouth, also collapsed.
[See, I told you.]
Yoshii Akihisa looked incredulously at the perfectly normal-looking lunch box in front of him.
"Could this lunch box really have a problem? No way, it looks so normal…"
[Really? To me, it doesn't look normal at all.]
In Saiki's eyes, the lunch box was surrounded by a dark aura.
(Especially the ingredients. It's clearly a rolled omelet, but why does it contain fish chocolate and chili components?)
Yoshii Akihisa refused to give up, brought the lunch box to his nose, sniffed it, instantly froze, and fainted.
While Yoshii Akihisa was fainting, in his mind he was walking in a small alley, suddenly turned back, and was grabbed by countless black hands. Fortunately, he woke up in time.
Yoshii Akihisa wiped the sweat from his forehead: "That was terrifying. My soul almost got dragged away. What the heck is going on, Saiki!!"
Saiki pointed at the seemingly "perfectly normal" lunch box.
[What else could it be? The entire cause is this nuclear biochemical weapon. I just don't know how Himeji-san managed to make it.]
"Saying that about someone else's lunch box feels kinda mean. Even if it does kinda seem like a biochemical weapon, but…"
Hideyoshi weakly raised one hand: "Saiki, can you do me a favor?"
[You're still alive?]
"Please bring the lunch box over to me."
Yoshii Akihisa, seeing Hideyoshi looking like he was about to give his last words, immediately went over, grabbed the outstretched hand, and asked: "Hold on, Hideyoshi, don't faint yet. What do you need the lunch box for?"
Hideyoshi explained: "There's an old saying: 'Even if the food is poison, what fear is there of the poisoned dish?' It means if we all eat the rice together, it'll be fine."
[No, I don't think that's what it means.]
Yoshii Akihisa: "What do we do, Saiki? Hideyoshi can't even think normally anymore."
[It's fine. Although this biochemical weapon lunch box is a bit dangerous, as long as you don't eat too much, it only causes temporary dizziness, nausea, weakness, ascending to heaven… that's all. They'll recover soon.]
"Sigh~"
Yoshii Akihisa sighed: "I see. That's good then."
Himeji Mizuki appeared holding a can and cups, saw everyone lying on the ground, and asked: "Eh, what's wrong with everyone? Why are you all lying on the ground?"
Saiki looked at the girl in front of him, unable to imagine how she could make something so ferocious.
[Well, they accidentally ingested the…]
Before Saiki could finish, Yoshii Akihisa interrupted.
"It's nothing, nothing. They just got sleepy after eating, so they're just taking a post-meal rest."
(Is that really okay? Then what are you going to do with this lunch box?)
Himeji Mizuki nodded: "I see. Eating until full and then sleeping like that will turn you into a cow."
"Here."
Himeji Mizuki poured the drink from the can and handed it to Yoshii Akihisa.
"Thanks."
Yoshii Akihisa smiled as he took the cup of drink. [If it means keeping my life, turning into a cow is fine.]
Himeji Mizuki held the bottle and looked at Saiki sitting nearby: "Saiki-kun, do you want to try some too?"
[I'll pass, thanks…]