Autumn arrived, a perfect time for recreation, besides enjoying the cherry blossoms and various culinary delights. This time, the school held a recreation trip at a hotel near a hill for three days and two nights. The boys' and girls' rooms were separated: boys on the right side of the building, girls on the left, while the student council (OSIS) members had their own section. This was also the first time I saw Ken bring his dog.
"Oh, you brought your dog too?" asked one of the OSIS members.
"Yup, Name Hunter. A Hunter dog," Ken replied.
The rooms had already been booked for Miyazawa School. Almost all the rooms were filled with Miyazawa students. But this time, I could breathe a sigh of relief because no seniors dared to cause trouble with me; this time, it was just the second-year students.
Most of the events were free, but no one was allowed to go too far from the hotel area because there were many steep forests in this region. As I walked down the road, I saw photos of criminals who were wanted for robbing 10 million Yen. They were the 'Twin Blade,' a bank robber group that used various methods to get large sums of money. They consisted of four criminals armed with bladed weapons and firearms.
"Have you ever seen them?" Kotori asked.
"No, I just want to remember their faces," I replied.
Then I went outside to be on guard. The atmosphere outside was completely quiet and covered by buses. The onsen (hot spring) was covered by bamboo walls, with separate sections for men and women. Everything was completely secluded from outsiders.
I entered the special room for the OSIS. There were only three members in the room. I put down my sword and sat down, enjoying the view from outside the window. It was a beautiful view with mountains and green trees all around. The air here was really cold.
"Ah, Mr. Bushido, you're here by chance," said one of the OSIS members.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Emily's car broke down; she's on the uphill slope near the hotel. Can you pick her up?"
"Mr. Gunslinger himself?" I asked about Ken.
"He's with the other members looking for a route for tomorrow night's patrol with his dog," he replied.
Finally, I took my sword and went to pick up Emily at the turn below before entering the hotel. As soon as I reached the turn, the tire of Emily's car was completely flat.
"Are you all okay?" I asked them.
"Ah, we're fine, Mr. Bushido. Just a flat tire," Emily replied.
"Uwah... so many nails." I saw many nails stuck in the tire.
"Young lady, please go into the hotel. I'll go home after changing the new tire," her driver said.
"Um, please be careful, Mendez," Emily replied.
Sachikawa Emily, she was the daughter of a famous rich family throughout the country. Her parents were billionaires who owned several companies ranging from electronics, food, textiles, and also planned to create motor vehicles that would rival Honda, Toyota, Ford, or even Porsche.
I carried Emily's bag to the hotel. Once at the hotel, I put Emily's bag in her bedroom with the other female students. Then, my mind started wondering, why would there be nails scattered on a hillside like this? When I drove up, there weren't any, and my tires didn't go flat. If you put nails on a slope, they would surely fall down or become blunt.
"You feel suspicious about Emily's car, right?" Ken said.
"When did you see that, huh?" I didn't want to look at Ken's face.
"Hehehe, I saw it after you carried Emily's bag and went away. And by the way, we must pay attention now." Ken left me.
Finally, I wanted to enjoy the onsen after picking up Emily. I started taking off all my clothes and pants, then covered my lower body with a towel. The water wasn't too hot and felt comfortable in the onsen with this cold weather.
I looked up, many leaves were falling beautifully. Then other children appeared who wanted to enjoy the onsen. But because I was in the onsen, they became scared.
"What are you doing? If you want to come in, just come in!" I started to speak.
"Ex-excuse me." They entered timidly.
Finally, they began to enter the onsen calmly without any commotion. There was only a little commotion in the women's onsen. In fact, the atmosphere in the men's onsen was completely silent. Then there was an announcement over the loudspeaker.
"Attention everyone! After enjoying the onsen, please go to the dining room!" Otome said.
After finishing my time in the onsen, I grabbed a bottle of milk to drink. Aaah~~~, it was truly delicious after enjoying the onsen and drinking milk. But it would be even better to sit in a massage chair after the onsen, unfortunately, there was no massage chair here.
Unexpected Event at Night
Finally, everyone was in the dining room for dinner. The atmosphere was completely silent, and no one talked while eating. Ken himself ate outside with his dog, Hunter. I finished first because I ate the fastest. Then I went out of the dining room to see the situation outside.
"Mr. Bushido-kun…." Someone called me.
"What is it, Otome?" I turned to look at Otome.
"Don't you like this school event?" Otome asked.
"Well, it's just ordinary. I'm just thinking about something."
"Something?" Otome asked again.
"There's something bothering me about Emily's car. It seems like someone planned to damage her tires," I told Otome.
"Oh, that's what you're thinking about." Otome understood.
"Um, they also said it burst on the uphill slope." I recalled.
"Maybe so, it's almost bedtime. You should rest in your room," Otome said.
"Something is still missing right now, you go to sleep first."
"Um, good night, Mr. Bushido-kun." Otome left me.
I headed back to the uphill slope. I looked around the road, and there was nothing strange at all here. The traces of the nails used to tear the tire were gone, perhaps the culprit had cleaned up their alibi from the crime scene. Finally, I returned to the hotel and saw that everyone was in their rooms and already asleep. Then I ran into Touyama Shizuka, an ancient Japanese history teacher, who was guarding the women's rooms.
Touyama Shizuka, whom I knew, was a history teacher and homeroom teacher for class 3-2. She was the youngest teacher in this school, only 25 years old. She was also an alumnus of this school. Many students and teachers had a crush on her, and they said her body was very tempting.
"You haven't returned to your room, Mr. Bushido?" Shizuka-sensei asked.
"Not yet, Shizuka-sensei, I want to check the surroundings first before sleeping." I leaned on my sword.
"Alright, don't forget to rest. You have to wake up early tomorrow." Shizuka-sensei went to check on the women's rooms.
After checking everything, I returned to the OSIS room and slept there. Although it was mixed boys and girls, there were dividers to prevent unwanted things from happening. Finally, I decided to sleep after finishing my duty.
Emily's Rescue Mission
This morning the air was really cold, but this time the event was morning exercises. If you didn't wake up and gather in the parking area on time, you would be punished by me and Ken. But in the end, everyone came quickly.
"Hoo, they came on time after all." I lowered my Shinnai (kendo sword).
"Because they're really traumatized from you punishing them for being late," Kotori said.
"Was my punishment too sadistic?" I asked Kotori.
"It was very sadistic, Mr. Bushido," Kotori replied.
Actually, during the first-year class camp, I only punished them by making them run up and down the uphill slope twice from the bottom to the top of the hotel. There were only five winding turns on the slope. That alone was enough to make me want to throw up on the bus.
After finishing morning exercises, this time we started breakfast after showering. This time the food was sushi and sashimi, perfect for breakfast in a season like this. Then this event was still free until the night patrol later tonight. An event I really liked rather than having nothing to do at all.
Then, as I walked outside to get some fresh air, Ken's dog, Hunter, barked loudly at me and was ready to attack me. But fortunately, he was chained near a pole. Then Kotori and the other OSIS members appeared.
"Ah, what a coincidence you're here," Otome said.
"What is it, Otome?" I asked Otome.
"We want to check the night patrol area, want to come along?" Otome asked.
"Ah, sure, why not." I leaned on my sword.
The journey began descending the uphill slope to about halfway down, then entered a small path deeper into the forest. Then I saw a house near the hill, there was a car there with an unclear image. But I recognized that color on the rear bumper. Well, never mind.
Finally, after a super-duper long journey, we arrived back at the hotel in the late afternoon. Then Ken and his dog appeared from behind the bathhouse wall, looking around the hotel building. And I immediately left them and went into the hotel, who knows what that guy was doing.
It was already 9:30 PM, only 30 minutes until the night patrol event started. Everyone guarding a post had to carry a walkie-talkie in case anything happened during the night patrol. This time, I and one of the OSIS members were stationed at a post coming out of the forest, far from the hotel and also far from that mysterious house.
After giving explanations and directions for the paths and posts to choose, I filled my stomach first by buying some snacks to have at the post later. After finishing buying snacks and eating, everyone guarding their posts had already left, including me.
Once at the post, the air was incredibly cold, and it was already 11:00 PM. Then the first group appeared at 11:26 PM. Finally, I told them to rest, saying they were exhausted from being told to dance. At each post, I also provided drinks for those who were thirsty. Then one of the members came from the direction leading out of the forest.
"Mr. Bushido!! It's an emergency!!" said one of the frightened OSIS members.
"Why?" I asked him.
"Quick, follow me!! There's a problem!!" He pulled my arm.
As I was led into a rather steep forest area, I saw Ken, Hunter, and other OSIS members. And Hunter sniffed something Ken was holding.
"Oi, what's going on?" I started to speak.
"Emily is missing from the group," Ken replied.
"What?!" I was surprised, and Hunter barked once.
"Looks like Hunter found it. Keep the other group moving, follow me, Mr. Bushido." Ken chased Hunter, who was tracking something.
I finally followed Ken and his dog, Hunter, to search for the missing Emily. The journey began to descend and went further down to the place where I had seen that suspicious house, and my guess was correct. Ken's dog stopped before approaching the suspicious house.
"Just as I thought, it's that house." I had suspected it.
"Huh? You expected this house?" Ken asked.
"Ah, I was suspicious of that house, being in the forest and also that car had a very familiar-looking sticker," I told Ken.
"Follow me, let's see their sticker." Ken wanted to see the sticker.
As I, Ken, and Hunter crept towards the rear bumper of the car, it turned out to be owned by the notorious 'Twin Blade' robbers. Perhaps it was related to them kidnapping Emily. Ken also asked his friend to call the police.
Wait a minute, Sachikawa Emily was the daughter of a rich family and owned several companies under Sachikawa.co, and her money was billions of Yen, developing at a speed faster than light. Maybe that's why they wanted to kidnap Emily for ransom.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Emily screamed in terror.
"Oh Shit!!" Ken sprang into action.
The mission began. I, Ken, and Hunter were in front of the door. Then Ken shot the doorknob with a shotgun, then kicked it, and the door opened. Inside the house, there were four criminals. They were busy assaulting two girls, one was Emily and the other was someone I didn't know. When one of the men aimed a rifle at me, Ken shot him with a shotgun.
"Hunter!! Attack the enemy!!" Ken said, and Hunter bit one of the robbers.
Then I faced someone carrying a dagger, and I was forced to use the sword I carried. He was shocked after I removed the Saya (scabbard) and took a stance with my wooden sword. Ken, on the other hand, threw away his shotgun and attacked the person with street fighting style.
Then the enemy I faced swung his knife in all directions. Then I tricked him by throwing my saya at him, and I swung my sword at his head until my sword broke successfully because I swung it too hard. Crazy, this person's head was so hard that my sword broke.
Hunter attacked the leader. But the leader managed to dodge with a hand swing that injured Hunter. This was a great opportunity because he was looking at Hunter, I could kick his head. Oh yeah!! Head kick successfully!!
"Mr. Bushido!! Your back!!" Ken told me.
When I looked back, the person I had fought earlier still hadn't given up and managed to hit my head successfully. And angrily, I grabbed and hit him and shoved him into the fireplace until he burned. Finally, all the criminals were incapacitated, and Emily was also safe. Mission accomplished.
Not long after, the police arrived and arrested the four suspects of the brutal bank robbery. Emily was safe, and the other girl was safe too. Then Ken told Emily my real name and his own. Haah~~~, truly, everything was as I had expected. Unfortunately, my head was bleeding from the punch from that iron-headed person, was that person's head a head or iron?
"Here." Ken gave me a drink.
"What's this?" I became suspicious, wondering if it was poisoned.
"Your prize for helping Hunter from injury. Look, Hunter likes you now," Ken said.
Ken's dog rubbed his body against my arm. Then I petted his head, and Hunter licked my face, wagging his tail happily. Then Hunter pulled his owner closer to me.
"Looks like Hunter wants us to become friends, is that what you want?" Ken asked Hunter.
"Woof!!" Hunter barked, wagging his tail.
"It seems he really wants us to be friends- huh?" I was surprised to see Ken's hand.
"Let's be friends… Hayabusa…." Ken said my name.
"Ah, same to you, Ken." I shook Ken's hand.
Final Moments at the Hotel
On the last night at the hotel, the OSIS boys' room was still in disarray, like it had been burgled. The boys were sleeping like pigs, snoring terribly like pigs. Their sleeping positions were all messy, and this time Ken's dog even slept on my stomach.
"Ken… your dog… is heavy…." I was being weighed down by Ken's dog.
"Hunter… get off from him…." Ken said drowsily, and Hunter moved off my body.
"Better…." I turned over and slept.
"WHOOOOSH!!" A loud farting sound.
"HEY, CRAZY!! WHO FARTED HERE!?" I started complaining.
"KATAOKA!! YOU DID IT, EH!?" Ken also complained.
"HA!? NOT ME!! YOICHI MOST LIKELY!!" Kataoka replied.
"NOT ME, YOU IDIOT!!" Yoichi threw a pillow at Kataoka and missed, hitting another member instead.
"Yo~~~ I~~~~ Chi~~~~~!!" One of the members was annoyed and threw a pillow, hitting another member again.
Instead, this sleeping event turned into a pillow fight, even though they were exhausted from guarding the night patrol posts, the kids still had energy to play pillow fights like this. I, Ken, and Hunter took cover from the out-of-control pillow fight.
"Aw~ Jesus…." Ken was truly speechless.
"Damn… they still have energy…" I bowed my head, too sleepy to fight it.
"OI YOU GUYS!!" Kotori appeared, opening the door and getting hit in the face with a pillow.
"Uh Ohhh." Ken started to speak.
"Not getting involved." I ran off to another room.
"You guys…. DO YOU WANT TO DIE, HUH!?" Kotori lost control.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" The screams of all the male OSIS members.
The next morning, all the male OSIS members looked like zombies from lack of sleep and being tormented by Kotori until Kotori was satisfied. Only I, Ken, and Hunter survived Kotori's rampage.
This time the event was a cross-country hike. Some OSIS members accompanied the children walking through the hills until they returned to the hotel. Meanwhile, I, Ken, Otome, Hunter, and Kotori were at the back of the line of children doing the cross-country hike.
"Almost…" I began to speak.
"Yeah, almost…." Ken replied.
"Oh? So you two became friends?" Otome appeared behind me.
"Well, after that incident rescuing Emily. Ken's dog wanted me and Ken to be friends," I told Otome.
"It seems Ken's dog understands both of you, doesn't it?" Otome said.
"Uh.. Yeah, sort of…" Ken and I said in unison.
And finally, Ken and I worked as a team to uphold the good name of Miyazawa school, where Ken and I were known as Mr. Bushido and Mr. Gunslinger. The next story is the beginning of the third year and some surprising events for me.