School Life Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 - Faction Recruiting is a Battlefield

/Choose./

“NOT AGAIN!!” Hiraki racked his brains and knelled down, unable to face his curse -- “Absolute Choice”.

[Absolute Choice -- the curse that Hiraki is facing. It appears when he meets girls that he is first meeting. When the curse acts up, two choices -- often absurd ones -- appears floating in his vision like a hologram.]

Rinka turned behind, only to see two girls -- one taller than the other -- standing at the entrance of the room. Her surprise turned into delight -- they must be students wanting to join Imanity!

“Let’s get straight to the point. I’m Aozora Kishi,” The taller girl with navy blue ponytail adorned with a big white ribbon introduced herself, then gestured to the other shorter girl, “She’s Kurojiro Naruko.”

Naruko had light blue hair adorned with black clips that clipped each of her side fringes. It was shoulder-length and was a lil’ messy.

“Nice to meat you,” Naruko made a pun as an imaginary sparkle appeared in her eye. She had a straight face.

“Oh yeah! Don’t mind Naruko; she loves puns.”

Everyone, except for Rinka, was absolutely dumbfounded. They were unexpected to see new members joining the faction!

/Choose./

/Option 1: Lift Aozora up princess-style in and carry her into the faction room./
/Option 2: Hug Kurojiro tightly./

You can’t expect me to choose these!! Hiraki cried internally, and suddenly a searing pain stung his head. “Argh!! Ow!!”

“Hira-kun, what’s wrong?” Rinka inquired, crouching down to see Hiraki.

“Sorry, but--” He lifted himself up, darted straight to Naruko and hugged her!

Gasping in astonishment, everyone was completely speechless for that moment. Well, except for Kishi. She was fuming mad! Swing her legs, she kicked Hiraki with full strength, and he was hurled back into the room! The impacted created cracks on the wall.

He was completely KOed. Rinka stood rooted to the ground, and Kishi was smirking with satisfaction. “Naruko, looks like someone needs to be killed here,” She said with a “sweet” smile.

Naruko stayed indifferent. Clearing her throat, Kishi said, “You must be Kiriko Rinka.”

Rinka nodded her head.

“We’re second-years that have just transferred to Kaisou High, and we’d like to join Imanity. In about ten minutes we’re having faction recruitment, right?”

“Mhm.”

“I’ll help you get in fifty new freshmen. Trust me!”

Upon hearing it, Rinka gasped. It was too good to be true! Seeing that this was the first time she met Kishi and Naruko, she decided not to trust them too much.

They walked into the faction room, and it was the same dark and gloomy atmosphere... Except for that damned Hiraki whose corpse is in a corner, of course. Fishing out the latest and popular video game, Kishi declared, “If you guys can get fifty new freshman to join Imanity, each and everyone of you will get a copy of this!” She held it up high for everyone to see and marvel.

“Is she reliable?”
“Is this true?”
“...”

Hushed whispers that seemed to suspect Kishi arose. Undaunted, she ushered Naruko to the front. “If that is not enough, then Naruko will do FANSERVICE FOR Y’ALL!! CUTENESS IS JUSTICE!!!”

Naruko blushed, and everyone(including girls) started to be attracted to her. “But if you don’t do a good job... Don’t expect something good...” She pouted. By then, the girls already decided to do a good job; they don’t want the fanservice(duh!). Meanwhile, the boys were thinking...of...perverted stuff. Of course, they were motivated too...

Rinka, with her mouth agape, was awed. “Kishi-chan, Naruko-chan, you’re awesome! Thanks for saving us!!”

Kishi and Naruko exchanged contented looks, then let out a smile. “That’s of course. Kuuhaku never loses.”

Eh? Kuuhaku? What’s that? Rinka tilted her head, clearly confused at the last line.

Hiraki rose from the dead. Kuuhaku.. I’m pretty sure that’s..

Rinka turned to him. “Hira-kun, do you know anything about it?”

Kuuhaku is a game account which has topped all the game rankings in the world... And it’s name means ‘Blank’. No one knows the real identity. If Aozora and Kurojiro are Kuuhaku...

“Hira-kun?”

Soon, Imanity members went out of the faction room to prepare for faction recruitment, and there left Rinka, Hiraki, Kishi and Naruko alone in the room.

“Surely you must’ve known,” Kishi gestured awkwardly to Hiraki. “You were a pro gamer and a NEET.”

Rinka gasped, this time in huge shock. Hurriedly turning to him, she inquired even more, “C’mon, Hira-kun!! What exactly is ‘Kuuhaku’?!”

There was no choice. Rinka was pressing him for the answers, and Hiraki could feel Kishi and Naruko’s gaze upon him. “Kuuhaku is a game account. It topped all the game rankings in the world, and everyone regarded it as the ‘god of games’. Even I couldn’t defeat it. No one knows the real identity of Kuuhaku, and now that Kishi and Naruko is appearing right in front of me...”

“Then.. If this is true.. Maybe..” Rinka stared at the two girls -- Kuuhaku. She stared hard and intently, and noticed that a strange aura surrounded them. They’re definitely ‘Kuuhaku’. “Kishi-chan, Naruko-chan...”

“May we endorse you two to assist us in defeating the ‘God’!”

Hiraki turned his head to Rinka. “You can’t be--”

“Ohh, I was wondering what you’d say,” Naruko said with a relaxed expression. “That was our plan all along. We’ll help you.”

Rinka cried tears of joy. At last, someone strong and powerful could join them in their journey to achieve their goal! Hiraki could heave a sigh of relief, but he felt danger lurking upon them...

Then, one hour later, faction recruiting ended. As expected, fifty new members joined, and everyone in Imanity got a copy of their rewards.

“Say, isn’t this copyright infringement?” Hiraki arched his eyebrows, grabbing the CD and eyeing it.

“Well, if they don’t find out, it’s okay!” Kishi winked.

Meanwhile...

The 10 Pledges -- 10% out of 100% restored.

Pledge 8 -- Being caught cheating in a game is grounds for an instant loss.

“As we wait for the 10 pledges to be restored... This is getting interesting,” The ‘God’ smirked, unable to contain her excitement.

~END OF CHAPTER 2~