Chikage Utsuki/Send-off Deck Hand

Play! Battleship

Backstage Stories

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Chikage	(.....Time to go home)
Female Employee	Utsuki-san, good work. Um...Would you like to have dinner with me after this?
Chikage	(Now, how do I turn her down--)
	*Lime Notification*
	....Give me a second.
Female Employee	Ah, sure.
Izumi Chikage-san, are you going home late today?
Tsumugi Tsukioka I'm sorry. We badly need your help right now.
taichi nanao Herp me! ><
Chikage	(Herp? Did he mean "help"?)
	(What in the world is going on?)
Chikage Utsuki I'll head home ASAP.
Chikage	Sorry. Today's not a good time.
Female Employee	Ah, then how about---
Chikage	Good work. See you.
Female Employee	Eh, wai--
Chikage	I'm home.
Izumi	Ah, Chikage-san. Welcome home.
Tenma	Ugh.... There's no end to this... No end to this....
Taichi	Ahh, my head is spinning...
Kumon	This is a magical pencil....Just slide over the note and ta-dah, the answers will appear magically...
Muku	You can’t, Kyu-chan! Come back down to earth...!
Azami	Yuki-san, how's your progress?
Yuki	I'm about two-thirds done with mine.
Chikage	What's happening here?
Tsumugi	Welcome home, Chikage-san. Actually, everyone is finishing their summer homework.
	Considering the practice, work schedules, and plans to have fun, they'll never finish their homework on time if they don't finish it now.
Izumi	Everyone is in a hurry to finish their homework.
Chikage	So that's what the LIME message is about. But other guys can teach them besides me, right?
Izumi	Well, that's...
	Itaru-san is holing up in his room grinding for his game events. Sakyo-san told me to 'stop spoiling' them.
Chikage	I see.
Tsumugi	You're tired from work too. I'm really sorry about this...
Chikage	It's fine. You helped me too.
Izumi	Eh?
Chikage	Nope, it's nothing. Let's get started then.
Kumon	Would you....Could you...?
Chikage	You can apply the same solution to this one.
Taichi	Uhh....? What should I do with this?
Tenma	???
Tsumugi	.....Should we take a break?
Izumi	I'll make drinks.
Kumon	He. His. Him....
Tenma	Will... T- to be... Had better....?*
Taichi	The formulas are starting to appear on the candy bag.
Azami	Taichi-san, it's not a formula. It's the candy's logo.
Yuki	Stupid dog, can't you get any smarter than this?
Tsumugi	You're probably tired. Let's take a break for now.
Chikage	Why don't we play a game while on break?
Tsumugi	Game?

Chikage	Do you know the battleship game?
Taichi	Battleship game?
Tenma	It's my first time hearing about it. What kind of game is it?
Chikage	Let's prepare paper and pencil first.
	Each player has to draw a grid on paper. This will become the naval battle map. You can deploy a warship, destroyer, and submarine.
	The player who sank all the opponent's ship wins. Shall we play it?
Kumon	Wow~ Sounds super fun! I wanna play the battleship game~!
Taichi	I'm quite confident I can win this game!
Tenma	Piece of cake.
Yuki	The game is mentally demanding. You can't even solve a simple problem properly, how are you going to win the game, huh?
Tenma	What did you say!?
Muku	Yuki-kun, aren't you joining?
Yuki	Nope. I want to finish my homework quickly.
Chikage	Then, those who are joining, draw a grid on your papers. Let's decide the groups for the game.
Taichi	Ahhh~! My destroyer~!
Tenma	Hmph. You still have a ways to go.
Taichi	I thought I could easily beat Ten-chan when it comes to brain battles.
Tenma	What do you mean by that ?!
Tsumugi	Ahaha. Everyone is having lots of fun.
Chikage	It also serves as a brain exercise while they're on break. It's perfect, isn't it?
Kumon	Yesー！ I sank Tenma-san!
Tenma	Damn it...! I lose...
Yuki	Fleet of hacks.
Tenma	Who're you calling hack!
Chikage	Kumon won. Let's end the game here.
Tsumugi	Right. Everyone, let's continue with the homework.
Taichi	Alーright! I will do my best to finish the rest!
Tenma	Oi, Kumon. I'll get my revenge later after finishing our homework.
Kumon	Let's do that!
Izumi	You were just here, Chikage-san. Good work, sensei.
Chikage	Ah, director-san.
Izumi	Tsumugi was very grateful. He said English is not his area of expertise so you were a great help.
Chikage	I'm glad.
Izumi	Fufu. Chikage-san is surprisingly good at taking care of people.
Chikage	Not really. It's no big deal to watch over high school students' studies.
Izumi	Even so, it's my first time watching people play a battleship game. For Chikage-san to know such a game, you're very knowledgeable.
Chikage	Well, it's something you can play anywhere as long as you have a piece of paper and a pen. I used to play to kill time.
Izumi	Is that so.
	(I'm sure he used to play it with Hisoka-san too...)
Chikage	Wanna play it too?
Izumi	Eh? No, no, the rules are simple but it's a brain battle, right? I can never beat you in that kind of game.
Chikage	Heh...Don't you want to win?
Izumi	..... I want to. Can I get a reward if I win?
Chikage	You're greedy. Well, it won't be interesting if we don't have anything to bet on. Alright, you can ask for anything.
Izumi	Then, you have to share Chikausa's special curry information if I win!
Chikage	Your demands never change... I got it.
	I'll take you to the curry shop owned by a former navy officer I once wrote on my blog.
	My treat, of course.
Izumi	Ooh...! I'll definitely win this!
Chikage	'Show me what you've got.'
Izumi	Sho.... what? What did you say just now?
Chikage	Haha.
	--Let's see how good you really are, director-san.

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