Never try to guess what a drunk person was thinking...
To keep Matsuzaki-sensei from causing trouble afterward, the waitstaff thoughtfully placed all the remaining alcohol not far from him.
This led to a problem.
It could roughly be described as follows:
Matsuzaki-sensei: "Where am I? It seems a little cold... At a time like this, if only I had a drink to ward off the cold..."
Before he could finish, he spotted the expensive liquor not far away.
Then...
Gulp, gulp, gulp...
Without the 96-proof Life Water to stimulate him, Matsuzaki-sensei was drunk, but not passed out.
After getting drunk all by himself, Matsuzaki-sensei narrowed his eyes again. He was Matsuzaki-sensei, the man his students fawned over; Matsuzaki-sensei, who could chat and laugh with the Kondo Group. How could he drink alone in solitude?
That was unscientific!
Where were those students who had fawned over him?
Matsuzaki-sensei surveyed his surroundings through bleary eyes...
Oh!
So they were all here...
How could anyone drink without company? The liquor would lose three parts of its flavor!
The drunken Matsuzaki-sensei shook awake a student nearby.
"Hiss, it's so cold..." As soon as the student woke up, a cold gust of wind blew past.
"Too weak!" Matsuzaki-sensei glanced at the student hugging his arms for warmth and roared, "Back in our day, who would've been brought down by weather like this?!"
"Uh, you..." Though awake, the student was still not quite clear-headed. Who was this guy talking?
"Here..." Before the student could speak, Matsuzaki-sensei handed him a bottle of whiskey. "Take a drink. It'll warm you up. Let me tell you..."
The student was still groggy, and since people usually felt thirsty upon waking, he took a swig of the whiskey.
Gulp, gulp, gulp...
The moment the alcohol hit his stomach, the cold night