I Thought This Was a Slice of Life!
Chapter 422

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"How daring! No wonder you're Shu-chan!"

"Yuigahama- san, this is not something to be praised."

Yukino sighed.

After she finished speaking, she had already put tea leaves in the teapot and poured in water.

Shuya ate snacks in the clubroom while reading a novel, Yuigahama and Yukino chatted. A while passed like this.

"Hiki is so slow, why does Teacher Hiratsuka take so long to talk to him?"

Yuigahama said, bored.

You can contact him by text message.

Yukino the suggestion.

"Ah... can we wait a little longer?"

"Whatever."

Just then, Hikigaya walked in.

"Hiki is so slow! What did Teacher Hiratsuka say to you?"

"Nothing much, just a brief chat about life. And, Inoue."

Hikigaya, with deadpan eyes, handed over a piece of paper. "Teacher Hiratsuka wants you to fill this out again carefully and hand it in to him, or you'll be in trouble."

Shuya asked curiously, "What did you fill in?"

"My profession is being a stay-at-home dad, but the workplace is my home."

Hikigaya looked very proud.

Shuya laughed heartily, "Pretty good! Then I'll write 'pretty boy'! For 'workplace,' I'll fill in 'pretty girl's house'!"

Hikigaya gave a thumbs up. "As expected of you."

He clearly wanted Shizuka Hiratsuka to beat him up and share the pain he had just endured.

"Inoue- kun, I advise you to just fill it out normally."

Yukino said, "Can't you just honestly fill in 'voice actor' or 'male actor'?"

That's so boring.

"... Give it to me, I'll fill it out for you."

Yukino reached out her hand, Shuya handed it to her without a second thought.

"Should I fill in 'voice actor' for my profession?"

"Um."

"Workplace... can I just write your company?"

"Okay."

"As for the reason... I just wrote something random."

"Uh-huh."

Yukino quickly filled it out and handed it back to Shuya.

Without even looking, he stood up and said, "Then I'll go out and give it to the Gorilla."

He slowly walked out of the department.

Yuigahama left, she said to Yukino, "Um... Yukino? Did something happen between you and Shu-chan? It seems like your relationship has gotten better?"

Yukino raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Really? Caring for intellectually disabled children, does that count as having a good relationship?"

"Puff."

Hikigaya.

Yuigahama: "Ahaha, is that so?"

Shuya know what they were talking about, so he went straight into the staff room and found Shizuka Hiratsuka.

He handed me the form. "Here you go, it's filled out."

"Let me see."

Shizuka Hiratsuka took it and glanced at it, her expression immediately turning strange. "This handwriting is Yukinoshita's, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Shuya explained, "But it doesn't really matter, anyway, I was the one who asked her to write it, it's not like she was just bragging."

"Are you sure? You didn't really put thought into these reasons, did you?"

"That was just a minor addition; the central idea is still mine."

"Fine, let's leave it at that."

Shizuka Hiratsuka shook her head; she was too lazy to talk about it anymore. Anyway Shuya was so rich that he could do whatever he wanted in the future.

"I'm off then, bye."

"Wait."

Shizuka Hiratsuka patted Shuya's shoulder, revealing a friendly smile, "Since you've come all this way, it would be a disservice to my title as your teacher not to give you a lecture."

Shuya saw her tap her phone as a threat, and knew she couldn't refuse.

He said helplessly, "I shouldn't have gone to this lousy school."

"It's too late, come with me."

Shizuka Hiratsuka led him to a corner hidden behind a screen and began to lecture him.

It was a long time before Shuya returned to the clubroom.

The three of them were discussing the exams in the clubroom, chatting animatedly. Yuigahama hugged Yukino and cuddled her, successfully persuading her to go to the family restaurant to study together.

Hikigaya was not invited, of course.

Shuya is the same.

When it was almost time, the club activity ended, and no one came to discuss anything today, so it was quite a free day.

After leaving the school gate, Yukino and Yuigahama walked together, Hikigaya went home alone.

Shuya also quickly returned home.

The sound of him opening the door caused a commotion in the house. Motoko came to greet him, "Welcome back, Huan."

She stammered, "I... I couldn't find a maid outfit..."

"That? It's nothing, it's broken, you don't need to look for it."

"It's ruined..."

Motoko gasped.

She didn't dare ask how it got broken.

Shuya asked another question, "Why is my house so lively?"

He could hear the sounds coming from the garden without even going there:

"Kirino, something's wrong with your movements, it's like this..."

"I understand... but Ayase, don't you think you're standing a little too close?"

"Really? But that's how it should be done—step-by-step instruction."

"Hmm... is that so?"

"By the way, Kirino, you smell really good. What perfume are you wearing?"

"Ah, um... a little."

Shuya walked into the living room and saw Ayase personally instructing Kirino on standing meditation.

Truly, personalized instruction.

Ayase hugged Kirino from behind, rubbing her face against her repeatedly. If Kirino weren't a girl, she would have been accused of sexual harassment.

"I'm not quite sure why they came here either."

Motoko was completely baffled. "Ayase has a key to your house; she brought Kirino in herself."

"What are they trying to do...?"

Shuya shouted from outside the garden, "Why are you cultivating in my house? Don't you have any space in your own home?"

Kirino looked reluctant. "My own home? I don't want Dad and the others to see me."

Ayase smiled and said, "It's more convenient here, senior. I can't really focus on my cultivation at home."

Can't you relax? Are you afraid you won't be able to resist pushing Kirino?

Shuya harbored malicious suspicions.

Actually Ayase and Kirino the same reason: she didn't want to train in front of her family, as her mother would ask a lot of questions, which would be troublesome.

Shuya retorted, "So you think it's okay to bother me?"

Ayase flashed a mischievous smile, "Doesn't Shuya- senpai like looking at beautiful girls? You should be happy that we came, right?"

"That's right, that's right."

Kirino nodded repeatedly.

Motoko nodded in agreement. "Indeed, Inoue -kun's lecherousness..."

"Um?"

Shuya turned his head to stare at her.

Motoko slunk away, saying, "I'll continue cleaning."

Shuya glanced at Ayase and Kirino: "Fine, go ahead and practice if you want."

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Shuya no longer objected to Ayase and Kirino training at his house.

As Ayase said, they are beautiful girls, so Shuya has more patience.

"Oh, right, Inoue- kun, Ms. Maeda came by earlier and brought some scripts."

Motoko just said she was going to clean, has reappeared.

After handing over several scripts, she went to clean up.

What script?

Shuya opened it with a puzzled look.

"Infinite Stratos... IS."

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a new animation by Inoue Hikoo.

Perhaps it's the will of the universe, but this terrible animation still managed to use the Wall of Masterpieces.

The final draft of the female lead in the film looks almost identical to that masterpiece, and even has the same name.

"They're actually quite cute."

Shuya had no objection to IS's character design; since he couldn't stop its birth anyway, he might as well accept the design.

It's kind of satisfying to think that one person could drag the entire industry into this mess.

The plot of IS is silly, but its commercial value is still very high. As a commercial animation, it's hard to find any fault with it.

They were in it for the money, not for art. Criticizing its artistic merit is just pointless.

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