Chapter 71: Tactical Exchange Meeting (2)

Tactical exchange meeting, the first joint event that Trinity and Gehenna may be cooperating for the first time,

which started with the purpose of getting to know each other in preparation for cooperation against bad students, Sukeban, etc.,

which is one of the main purposes of the Eden Treaty, and developed into an evaluation of the skills and abilities of 1st and 2nd graders.

And I am now witnessing the scene where the joint event is going haywire in real time.

“Why are you Justice Realization Committee so slow?!”

“What are you talking about?! In the first place, the Prefect Team’s suppression method is too aggressive!”

…Yeah…well…from the first curriculum, the joint terrorist suppression scene, they already started to creak.

The reason was simple.

It was because the difference in each other’s behavior patterns was too great.

First of all, Trinity, honestly, it was close to the standard.

It was close to a typical terrorist suppression scene, where they slowly and surely entered based on information while erasing the blind spots that ensure each other’s safety.

Then what about Gehenna?

Securing safety?

Slow and sure entry?

They didn’t need any of that, as soon as they confirmed the information that there were no civilians or hostages, they destroyed the terrorist suppression training ground with mortars.

“Iori-san…is she always like that…?”

“…Yeah…I’m sorry, but Gehenna is always short on time…there are a lot of bad guys, so it’s much more efficient and less trouble to do that…”

Yes, Gehenna has a large amount of Sukeban hiding here and there due to its unique school spirit…they are always suffering from simultaneous terrorism, so they are always short on time…

and entering to minimize damage like the Justice Realization Committee would only give the Gehenna-style Sukeban, who have absurd martial arts, hostage and ransom material.

“…You have a hard time…”

“Please think a little about my hard work in disposing of the property damage caused by that quick suppression…”

“Sigh? No, in the first place, you…sigh…forget it…”

From behind, Natsume Iroha, whom I had seen before, Iroha, appeared and asked me to understand their hardships.

Iori seemed to have a lot of complaints about that, but she cut off her words with a sigh of resignation, as if she had given up.

“That’s that…it’s the only cooperative mission in the tactical exchange meeting…it’s a little to pass it like this…”

“…You think so too?”

[Haha, I thought so…]

“Eh?! Head! Sensei?!”

“Welcome.”

Two familiar voices are heard.

One is Sensei, who I might have been involved with the most after my sisters…and the other is the Prefect Team Leader, Sorasaki Hina, whom I will face one-on-one in a few days.

I added this and that, but the Prefect Team Leader is also a 3rd grader, and as she is about to graduate, she must be worried about the Prefect Team after she graduates.

Sensei is not a person who likes students to fight a lot, and in the first place, it’s a place of harmony, so he wants respect for each other rather than fighting.

Trinity was also somewhat disappointed.

As the terrorist suppression scene of each other is a suppression environment specialized in each other’s environment, this scene,

which is tailored to general terrorist suppression rather than Gehenna, is not suitable for Gehenna.

But the biggest problem is the lack of cooperation that exists on both sides, even if the awareness of each other is raised and raised, in the end, the awareness of each other was not good,

and in the meantime, each other’s way of doing things is completely opposite, so rather than cooperating with each other, finding a compromise was the beginning of the problem.

And of course, that didn’t happen easily, and the terrorist suppression ended in vain.

“Ugh…”

In the end, the first day of the tactical exchange meeting ended without any harvest, leaving behind a vague…no, perhaps the worst result.

Now, the main purpose has changed to evaluating the skills and levels of 1st and 2nd graders, but the underlying basis is to get to know each other and improve relations,

with the Eden Treaty in the background, so ending like this was not good.

“Sigh…I want to drink black tea at times like this…I should have brought it…”

The tactical exchange meeting was basically being held outdoors, so both the Justice Realization Committee and the Prefect Team decided to set up tents and camp.

The Prefect Team Leader and I, and the executive from Gehenna, Iroha, and Sensei were assigned individual tents, so I could spend time in a relatively comfortable environment.

At least I was assigned a personal space, so while I was continuing various thoughts alone, the scent of black tea, which I always had by my side at times like this, doesn’t leave my mind.

It was even more so because I wanted to continue thinking by relying on the awakening effect.

That’s why I was thinking alone about the remaining curriculum, which I could say was already late, if it was late.

“Hmm, you’re thinking alone until late at night.”

“Ah? Prefect Team Leader…and…Sensei?”

While I was continuing my thoughts, I heard the slightly unique voice of the Prefect Team Leader, which was clearly engraved in my ears.

Following the Prefect Team Leader, Sensei also entered the tent where I was.

“…That’s enough…there are only two of us, so there’s no need for formalities.”

“Ah..yes, then Prefect Team Leader…um…Hina?”

“Hina is enough.”

She was a person who didn’t care about formalities as much as I thought…anyway, it was a sudden visit, so I was a little embarrassed, but it didn’t last long.

“…It’s just like Sensei said…”

[Right? Sora is…um…she cares a lot about this kind of thing…]

“Haha…yes…well…that’s right…”

Yeah, Sensei is this kind of person after all.

If even one student is deeply thinking and having a hard time, he comes to help like a ghost and tries to lend a helping hand.

[Sora, you don’t want to end this exchange meeting like this, right?]

“Ah…yes, honestly…it’s a tactical exchange meeting that I was suddenly dragged into…but still, it’s a purpose to get along with each other…”

[Heh…Hina? Sora? Perhaps…can you cooperate?]

“Sigh…it ended up like this in the end…Sensei…”

“Yes…? What are you talking about…? Both of you?”

In the middle of the continuing conversation, Sensei interrupted it and called the names of me and the Prefect Team Leader and made a suggestion.

And that suggestion…honestly, I wanted to refuse…sigh, I couldn’t refuse.

-Clatter-

“…So…why am I like this?”

“Sora is the key personnel, isn’t she? But Sora…honestly, isn’t she too strong to be called a protection target?”

Yeah…the defense of key personnel…

it’s a mock battle that alternates between offense and defense twice, and the attacking side wins if they secure the key personnel, and the defending side prevents it, which has a simple rule.

One problem arises here.

There were no major restrictions on the direct activities of the key personnel, and the fact that I was included as an asymmetric force along with that Prefect Team Leader, so the Prefect Team protested.

Yeah, well, it was a fully understandable protest.

The key personnel on the Prefect Team side is Iroha, although she is a tank commander, her direct military power is at a normal level, so to speak, she is close to a normal student.

So, as a compromise between the two sides, restrictions were placed on me so that the key personnel of both sides could be as equal as possible.

However, that restriction is a problem…that…a huge problem arose in my dignity.

-Clatter-

“No, so why handcuffs! No, handcuffs are okay…where did you get the shackles!”

“Ah, that’s a confiscated item. I got it from Koharu.”

Handcuffs are okay.

Shackles, something that anyone can see will be used for such and such play was restraining both of my feet.

Why does Koharu even have this…forget it…

In this state where both arms and legs are restrained and it’s even difficult to walk, what can I do…

In fact, I can break it with force if I want to, but anyway, about this matter…well…both sides have already agreed…sigh…

“Since a while ago…it seems like my treatment is being carried out by dismissing my opinion…”

“Haha, karma…it’s not like you’ve done anything, so…just accept it as that kind of fate.”

Fortunately, at least the chair was provided with a comfortable one, and if I gather my hands, well…I could drink coffee.

-Bang, Clatter!-

…No…I can’t even drink coffee.

Both my arms and legs were tied up, so I was barely drinking coffee…

“There! Key personnel found! Push through!!”

“What! What is the external security team doing!”

“I don’t know! Stop them first!”

The sound of gunfire, the sound of engagement mixed with the voices of the Justice Realization Committee and the Prefect Team members heard belatedly,

and the sharp sound heard between them and the hot sensation felt in my hands and lower body….

“Th…it’s strange to ask in this situation…but is it okay?”

“…”

Sigh…the coffee cup was accidentally hit by a bullet and died.

A hot and…uncomfortable sensation is felt from the wet clothes.

The smell of coffee felt among the smell of gunpowder felt between the gunfights makes me face reality.

…I will not forgive Sensei for accepting this kind of suggestion.

“Are you going to get hit like that?”

“…Well…I don’t really get hit…uek”

“Don’t talk nonsense and take cover first.”

Is it because I’m the key personnel? Ichika dragged me, who was hiding behind the sofa, out of the protective facility that had become a mess,

to behind the table and sofa that other members of the Justice Realization Committee had already turned over.

Even in Kivotos, where firearms are common, sofas and tables are not all made of bulletproof material, so it won’t last long.

“How much do you have left?”

“Two magazines left!”

“Three magazines!”

“I’m…out…”

“You should have saved some…ugh…”

Well, I complained a lot, but still, since I decided to cooperate with the tactical exchange meeting, I have no choice but to leave my body to this situation…

-Bang!-

“This, do you even think about securing the key personnel there?!”

A solution that is like Gehenna, if it is like Gehenna, invades the room where I am.

Gehenna-style solution…yeah…they just throw a grenade into the room first…

I don’t know what they’re going to do if the key personnel is a robot citizen or a beastman.

Maybe they just didn’t limit the aggressiveness of the means because the key personnel is a student who properly wears a halo.

This is…a deduction, if it’s a deduction…it’s not like I’m in a position to evaluate, but still, this is not a tactic to secure key personnel, no matter how you look at it.

The defense of key personnel in this tactical exchange meeting is honestly a little inappropriate to practice the actual defense of key personnel, but it’s too conspicuous and excessive firepower.

No, as I explained earlier, it’s already far from the defense of key personnel.

In reality, it’s close to a siege.

And the victory condition of that siege was that the defending side protects the key personnel, and the attacking side secures the key personnel, but it was closer to a siege than to the defense of key personnel.

-Static-

Anyway, only the sound of gunshots and the urgent voices of the Justice Realization Committee members, hiding behind the sofa in a state where I can’t move,

are allowed for my entertainment…no, thinking of this as entertainment proves that my current state is messed up.

Anyway…in the meantime, Ichika’s radio in her pocket suddenly started ringing.

“From the external security III team to the internal key personnel protection team, radio! We are suppressing the external forces, the passage is secured. How is the internal situation?”

“Ah, the external team wasn’t annihilated? That’s good. We are engaged with the Prefect Team’s infiltration team inside.

But we can’t hold out for long because we concentrated our forces on the outside.”

“You have a terminal, right? The route we just sent is the route we have already secured and properly cleared. We can’t afford to protect the key personnel because we are also facing strong resistance here.”

“I understand. We will properly drag the key personnel and escape. In that regard…”

“Yes, I know very well, Ichika!”

“Ugh…a friend is a cadre and very…just…go!”

“Thank you! Everyone, you’re doing a good job!”

The perfect answer to the question of what the external security personnel are doing came through the radio.

Yangdong, certainly, if the external personnel were pushed back, even if it was a siege, it would have been impossible to hold out with only one key personnel protection team.

It means that the opponent also had a limit to the number of personnel assigned here.

“Well…um…it’s hard to move, isn’t it?”

“…Yes…”

“…I’ll apologize in advance?”

“Yes..? Eet?!”

That…um…it’s true that it’s difficult to move with shackles and handcuffs…but I didn’t want to be treated like this, so my mood became strange again.

Th…I’m being carried on her shoulder like a luggage.

“…That…can’t you do something about it? It’s a bit of a hindrance…”

“…It’s senpai’s choice, right? If I remove it, it will touch the ceiling…it’s difficult, you know?”

“There’s nothing I can do…”

Normally, my wings, which are exceptionally large except for the hassle of grooming and maintenance, were just a hindrance.

It’s a little different from being held like a princess…

So, half-treated like luggage, Ichika escaped from the isolated room through the route she had received in advance.