Banri Settsu/Always On Target☆Easy

Kindness is Deadly

Backstage Stories

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Kazunari	Thanks for waiting, Setzer~.
Banri	Yo~.
	-- And, done. Let's head home.
Friend A	Settsu, my man~. You're def joining our club, right?
Banri	I'll think about it.
Friend B	Again?
Kazunari	Is that the board game club?
Banri	Yup. We played some spy games together.
Kazunari	Speaking of which, you're playing a spy for an event, right?
Banri	Yeah. I was with Citron and Hisoka-san when the owner of this arcade I go to sometimes talked to us about it.
	Somehow I ended up getting involved in it too.
Kazunari	Ooh~ that's super lucky! What kinda event is it?
Banri	From the proposal, it looked like there's gonna be a lot of action.
	I figured it'd be good to have some references, so I tried a bunch of board games with spies as the theme, but...
Kazunari	You didn't vibe with it?
Banri	Well, they were just board games, after all.
Kazunari	Spies, huh~. It'd be nice if we knew one, wouldn't it?
Banri	It's not like people tend to just be friends with spies. I mean, I guess we do have someone who'd know a lot about that kind of thing in the company.
Kazunari	Frooch-san likes movies, so he might know stuff!
Banri	Sakyo-san, huh... I don't really wanna ask him, though... What about Chikage-san?
Kazunari	Chika-chon should know a whole lot~.
Banri	It'll totally be an information overload with him, though. He'll end up talking about stuff I don't even need to know...
Nakajima	Oh, Kazu!
Kazunari	Hey~.
	What's up~? Is that your girlfriend with you?
Nakajima	Ah, so this is the first time you're meeting her.
Kazunari	It is! Nice to meet ya~!
Nakajima's Girlfriend	Nice to meet you.
Kazunari	You're not... from our uni, right?
Nakajima	She goes to an art school too, but she said she wanted to come to Amabi.
Nakajima's Girlfriend	Hehe, I'm just trying to get into things today. I'm glad I got to come to Amabi, since I really wanted to.
Kazunari	...!
	... Setzer, I think I'm a genius.
Banri	Huh?
	Mornin'.
Izumi	Good morning. Do you have today off, Banri-kun?
Banri	Lecture got canceled.
Izumi	I see. ... Do you have any plans for today?
Banri	Uh, well... Kind of, I guess. Did you need me?
Izumi	Nope. I just thought I'd ask you to run a few errands, that's all.
Banri	Really? Well, just call me if you need me.
CHOICE 1: Thank you. [+] Izumi Thank you. By the way, are the event preparations going okay? Banri Yeah... it's slowly coming along. Izumi I'm excited to see how the event will turn out. Banri Same. Citron's putting a lot of energy into it, so it'll be interesting, don't you think? Izumi Let me know if there's anything I can help with. Banri Got it. Thanks, Director.
CHOICE 2: What are your plans? [+] Izumi What are your plans? Banri Huh? Aah... Well, it's nothing important. What errands did you want me to run? Izumi I had something I wanted you to deliver, but I'll do it myself while I'm out.
	I'll be heading out, then.
Banri	See ya~.
	... I don't wanna do this, but I should get ready, too.

Banri	... I've got glasses on, too, so there's no way I'll be found out.
Kazunari	... Why don't you put on a disguise and sneak into another university?
Banri	I guess that works for something spy-like, but...
	You can just go onto a university campus at any time anyway, so isn't that just a normal thing?
Kazunari	It'd be thrilling this way though, wouldn't it?
	If you approached Tsuzurun or Hyodle while in disguise and tried talking to them, you'd get a taste of what it's really like to be a spy!
Banri	...
	(I'm here now, but... If I do somehow get caught, this'll be way too embarrassing.)
	(I wonder if I should just hang around for a bit--)
Taichi	Aah~ I'm hungry! We gotta grab something to eat~!
Banri	!?
Tenma	Sure, but you're not gonna get a hot dog again, are you?
Taichi	Huh, how'd you know!?
Tenma	That's all you ever get.
Banri	(It's Tenma and Taichi. That was fast for a random encounter...)
	(I'll just turn away for now...)
Taichi	Okay, let's get whatever you want today, then!
Tenma	How about hamburgers then?
Taichi	Heck yeah! Let's go, let's go!
Banri	(... Looks like they didn't notice me.)
	...?
	(Hm? What's that down there... an Akapoyo-kun coin pouch?)
	(That's definitely Taichi's. And neither of them noticed...)
	... Tch, guess I don't have a choice.
	-- Um, you dropped this.
Taichi	Ah! My coin pouch!!
	Thank you! I had the money I needed to buy stuff for dinner in it, so that really helped~!
Tenma	Be more careful.
Banri	(That was bad. We would've had to have curry for dinner today...)
	(Anyway, somehow they didn't notice it's me.)
	(... I'll try looking for Tsuzuru and Hyodo.)
	(Hyodo's eating sweet shit as always.)
Juza	Tsuzuru-san, are you really okay with just one pudding?
Tsuzuru	Shouldn't I be asking how you can eat five?
Juza	Been a while since I've eaten pudding from here.
Banri	(... He hasn't changed a bit, even at uni.)
	(Hyodo has sharper intuition than Tenma or Taichi, so it'd be dangerous to get too close...)
	(For now, I'll get a table behind them and...)
Juza	...?
Banri	... Ugh.
Tsuzuru	Juza?
Juza	No, it's nothing.
Banri	(Shit. I thought I was gonna be exposed already.)
Juza	Somehow, I got the feeling Settsu was here.
Tsuzuru	What kind of feeling is that?
Juza	Like, someone superficial and shameless, I guess... Anyway, it's an annoying feeling.
Banri	You piece of...
	*Message SFX*
Tsuzuru	Is that the Director?
Juza	Yeah. Looks like she's almost here.
Tsuzuru	Thank goodness she's bringing your report.
Juza	The deadline's today, so it's a huge help.
Banri	(This is bad... I almost yelled at him without realizing.)
	(So this is the errand Director wanted me to run.)
	(The stress of acting like a spy is piling up already, and somehow I feel like Director's gonna find me out...)
	(I should probably stop now.)
	Sigh... I'm tired all of a sudden...
	But, well, this did make for good reference material--
Student A	Ma'am, what department do you teach in?
Student B	We were hoping you'd tell us.
Izumi	Um...
Banri	(Is that... the Director those guys are bothering?)
Student A	If you have time, you should join us.
Student B	We're free right now, you see.
Izumi	Uh...
Banri	Seriously...
	Sigh... Let's go.
	-- Sensei, there you are. I was looking for you.
Izumi	Huh?
Student A	What's your problem? We asked her first.
Banri	... Don't bother her. Beat it.
Student A	Gh...
Student B	The hell... Let's go.
Banri	(Fuckin' weirdos.)
	(I should get out before I get caught.)
	... Excuse me.
Izumi	Um... Just now, that was Banri-kun... right?
	(Was he doing a role study?)
	... Heheh.
Banri	Sigh...
	(Shit... I definitely exposed myself earlier.)
	*Message SFX*
	(A message from the Director...?)
Izumi Thank you, Mr. Spy.
Banri	... Embarrassing.

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