"Hey!"
"Hey, hey!"
"Wake up already!"
Amid the haze, a bout of violent shaking made Chiba Yeyou struggle to open his sleepy eyes a crack.
"My name isn't Hey!"
"Who is it?"
"Do you need something?"
Chiba Yeyou still hadn't fully woken up. The light streaming through the glass stung his eyes so much that he could barely open them. Only after adjusting a little did he suddenly notice the somewhat angry girl standing before him.
"Oh, Erika!"
"Did something happen?"
Chiba Yeyou shook his still somewhat groggy head and asked.
"You've been sleeping all morning! I've been doing all your work and covering your patrols all morning. Are you only going to be satisfied if I fill in for you the whole day?"
Erika Chiba looked at Chiba Yeyou irritably. It seemed some things had happened that morning that had put her in a bad mood.
The girl's somewhat angry voice drew giggles from Mayumi Saegusa, Suzune Ichihara, and the others.
"Oh!"
"Sorry, sorry!"
"I overslept a little."
"I'll get right back to my duties!"
Chiba Yeyou hurriedly apologized.
"Then come patrol with me!"
Erika Chiba suddenly wore the look of someone whose scheme had succeeded, the corners of her lips curling slightly, leaving Chiba Yeyou somewhat puzzled.
But never mind. Chiba Yeyou couldn't be bothered to ask.
Although he liked putting things off and was a terminal procrastinator, he still had to take his responsibilities seriously. Chiba Yeyou believed his rigorous, meticulous, and conscientious attitude toward work was second to none.
"Then let's get going!"
Erika Chiba immediately began pushing Chiba Yeyou along, urging him to hurry up and start working with her.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"I haven't eaten yet!"
Chiba Yeyou rubbed his stomach, indicating that he was hungry. Rich lady, food, please!
"I'll buy you something outside!"
Without another word, Erika Chiba grabbed him and ran.
"President, you're far too partial to our junior Chiba Yeyou."
Watching the two leave the Student Council room, Suzune Ichihara shook her head somewhat helplessly.
"What can I do?"
"You know her situation too. When we first met, my invitation was only a token inquiry because I was a little curious about him and thought he was outstanding as a fellow Course 1 student. But after the strength he displayed later, we couldn't just leave him alone!"
Mayumi Saegusa stopped what she was doing and said with a slight sigh.
"Wasn't your invitation back then more about teasing a junior?"
Suzune Ichihara knew her partner very well, so she mercilessly exposed her little scheme.
"Huh?"
"Was it?"
Mayumi Saegusa wore an expression that said she had no idea her actions could have meant that, making Suzune Ichihara shake her head repeatedly.
"President, I'll say this again. As Student Council president, you absolutely must not casually tease your juniors, especially over Student Council membership. Please be mindful of your position."
Suzune Ichihara stressed this solemnly and seriously.
"Oh, come on!"
"Rin, I won't do it again!"
Mayumi Saegusa admitted her fault in a somewhat wheedling tone.
"If possible, please stop teasing the boys in the lower years, too!"
Seeing her like this, Suzune Ichihara couldn't help pressing a hand to her forehead and sighing.
What could she do, stuck with someone like this?
"Ahahaha~"
Mayumi Saegusa looked like a little witch. She would just keep laughing awkwardly-what could anyone do about it?
Now, not only was Suzune Ichihara sighing, but Azusa Nakajo was also at a loss.
"Hey, this is what you're treating me to?"
Chiba Yeyou ate the hamburger in his hand with some dissatisfaction.
"You're lucky you're getting anything!"
"What?"
"I did your work for you, and now I have to pay for your meal, and you're still complaining?"
Erika Chiba demanded irritably.
"Uh, hahaha, this is delicious."
Chiba Yeyou knew he was in the wrong and promptly chickened out.
"We picked this person! What gives you the right to fight us for them?"
"We were here first!"
A commotion suddenly came from up ahead.
"Ugh!"
"These idiots!"
Erika Chiba sighed. She had already run into several incidents that morning. Seeing this familiar scene, she knew a magical brawl would come next. Fortunately, she had stopped the previous ones.
I hope nothing goes wrong this time.
Erika Chiba thought silently.
"Interesting!"
Chiba Yeyou stuffed the hamburger into his mouth in two bites, then watched the scene before him with interest.
"Interesting, my ass!"
"Keep an eye on them!"
Erika Chiba quickly switched on the recorder in her breast pocket. The "baton" (CAD) inside her sleeve quietly slid into her palm, ready for her to step in and "mediate" at any moment.
"Wait, is this how you've been 'enforcing the law impartially'?"
Chiba Yeyou stared dumbfounded at the "baton" in Erika Chiba's hand.
"How else would I do it?"
Erika Chiba shot back.
"These guys think so highly of themselves and look down on me. They even questioned whether I was a member of the Public Morals Committee. Unless I give them some 'mediation,' they won't listen to a word you say."
Erika Chiba explained her awkward position as a Course 2 student on the Public Morals Committee.
"Uh..."
Chiba Yeyou had nothing to say. That did seem to be true.
"I take impartial law enforcement seriously!"
Erika Chiba waved the "baton" in her hand. Seeing both sides already reaching for their CADs, she immediately prepared to charge in, have a "nice chat" with them, and "enforce the law impartially."
Chiba Yeyou helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead.
Still, this looks pretty fun!
"Wait, let me handle this. You've helped me all morning. It's my turn to act."
Having learned Erika Chiba's approach to impartial law enforcement, Chiba Yeyou couldn't wait to put it into practice, so he immediately held her back.
"Nobody move!"
Chiba Yeyou's shout drew everyone's attention.
"You bastard..."
"Hmm?"
It looks like they really do have a big problem with me!
Are they questioning my status as a member of the Public Morals Committee?
Erika was right!
In that case!
Quantum Magic: "Constant Force Deflection."
Bang, bang, bang!
The whole group slammed flat onto the ground, baring their teeth in pain.
This time, Chiba Yeyou exercised considerable restraint. It wouldn't be like when he dealt with Hattori Gyoubu. He could definitely make these people feel pain without doing their bodies any damage or even leaving any marks, applying balanced force with just the right touch.
"You..."
"Still not convinced?"
"Then let's keep going!"
Using "Constant Force Deflection" to bounce these people up and slam them down again wasn't difficult.
Bang!
"I..."
"That unyielding, huh?"
"Then let's keep going!"
Bang!
Behind Chiba Yeyou, Erika Chiba watched in a daze.
At least let them finish talking!
Isn't this police brutality?
This is definitely police brutality!
Can't you see how willing they look to settle this?
Erika Chiba couldn't help feeling sorry for these idiots for one second, mourning them for one second, and then laughing wildly for one second.
That's what you get for questioning my identity!
"We give in!"
"Then let's keep..."
"Hmm?"
"You give in?"
Looking as though he hadn't had his fill yet, Chiba Yeyou turned an expectant gaze toward the guy who had exhausted all his strength just to shout that one sentence.
"We give in!"
The whole group shouted loudly.
"Good. Then listen to me. When you're fighting over club members, you have to consider how the person feels!"
"Huh?"
"Where'd they go?"
Chiba Yeyou suddenly realized that the victim seemed to have disappeared. That wouldn't do.
Wouldn't this turn into a nasty incident of indiscriminate violence?
"I'm here."