Act 2 Vol. 2 Ch. 1 Ep. 3: Glory to Gehenna!

Ugh, I'm just trying to direct traffic...!

Who's popping off an AT4 recoilless rifle? And HERE, of all places?

Oh, my bad! I was practicing my rocket jumps and...one flew a little off course, I guess.

Ugh, why are you doing that on campus?!

What do you mean? Where else am I supposed to go?

Somewhere secluded! Look, you made a crater in the parking lot! And that streetlight's hanging by a wire!

Wahaha! So true, sis!

This is why people keep saying Gehenna is chaotic and disorderly!

And what about it? That's just how Gehenna is. Big deal.

Tch...!

Take it sleazy! I gotta dip before the Prefect Team pulls up!

Ugh, what a dump. Did something happen?

Are you okay, President?

This girl fired a recoilless rifle and fled. *sigh*

At least it seems like she only got off one shot.

Yeah! Cheer up, President! Yaha!

We kicked off traffic direction programs and campus volunteer work. That's progress! But this is our first time. There are bound to be some hiccups.

I suppose...

...It's okay to stumble a little. We've only just started fixing things.

I'm more bothered by what she said after.

Do you know what I hate hearing the most?

It's when people say "that's just how Gehenna is"!

That's it? "How it is"?! It's complacent. It's surrender! It's saying you're not going to do anything!

Gehenna wasn't always like this. We were GLORIOUS. How did we fall so far?

You're right. Gehenna wasn't always like this.

What...?

You're that club, right? The "Gehenna Heritage League"?

Um... Yeah.

And who are you?

Me? I'm just a Pandemonium Society member. Nobody special.

I only happened to overhear your spirited speech. I didn't intend to intrude, so if you'd excuse me...

H-Hold on!

You said Gehenna wasn't always like this. Does that mean you know about "before"?

You know...when Gehenna had discipline, unity, and organization?

Of course I do. I was there.

H-How was it? Gehenna back then was definitely so much cooler than now, right?

And people weren't just shooting around and blowing the campus up for no reason?

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Come to think of it, you girls probably don't know much about the old Gehenna.

Not really! No one talks about it! What was it like?

Hmm... I think I know why my peers have been so silent.

Why? What do you mean by that?

...It wasn't all that "glorious" back then.

It sounds like you're idealizing the past because you don't know much about it...

And to be frank, I'm not interested in revisiting that time.

Why?!

So you actually prefer the way things are now?

I can only speak for myself... But, yes.

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I don't want to go into detail, not that I even can.

I know that you're all passionate about Gehenna. That's meaningful in itself.

But I wish you wouldn't romanticize the past.

I'll be rooting for you three. It's nice to see passionate students taking some initiative.

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Did you see that? She was totally clueless!

Of course Gehenna was more put-together before. It was disciplined, unified, and...cool! Right, Shouko?

...Yes. That's right.

Exactly, so let's not get discouraged! We're on the right path, so we gotta keep at it!

That's the spirit, President! Yaha!

Hmph! She'll see. One day, she'll be thanking us.

Because we're going to dig deep, work hard...and restore glory to Gehenna!

Teamwork makes the dream work!

...So that means we should... Um...

You know, we can only do so much on our own. We're just three underclassmen...

What do we need? We're missing a certain something. Something that will make people care!

I have...concepts of a plan.

Of course you do! That's our mastermind at work!

Oh yeah? What's first? What're we doing?

Before that.

No matter how sound our argument is, it won't go anywhere unless people...listen.

Yeah, good point...

So, to boost our voices...

An esteemed authority may be necessary.

Esteemed!

Authority!

Fufu... Precisely.

And I know JUST who fits the bill...