Act 2 Vol. 2 Ch. 1 Ep. 4: Glory to Gehenna...!

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"H-Hi?"

...Hmm, I see... So THIS is Schale's Sensei. Interesting!

Works for me.

Nice to meet you, Sensei.

Yup! We, the Gehenna Heritage League, proactively reached out!

Is it cool if we keep it casual? I don't want you to feel uncomfortable with us.

You were already casual, Mayumi.

And so am I! Yaha!

My apologies for their candor, Sensei. Please know that we respect you as an elder authority.

Shouko, you're embarrassing us...

Are you seriously going to act like you're Miss Prim and Polite, especially after you scarfed down the entire snack tray we made for Sensei?

That! Is not! Relevant!

Ahem, please excuse us! We ended up bickering like a bunch of hens. We know you have a VERY busy schedule...

So we'll get to it. We want to ask you something, so can you PLEASE hear us out?

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Sensei, please aid the Gehenna Heritage League!!!

Take it away, Shouko!

I am Igarashi Shouko, Secretary of the Gehenna Heritage League.

You've already heard about us, so I'll keep it short. "What is the Gehenna Heritage League," some may ask?

We are a group of students who wish to restore Gehenna to its former, unified glory. While our club may be new, we are focused, ambitious, and respectable.

Nevertheless, because we're so new, we lack sway and renown.

But if we had you, Schale's Sensei, on our side... Your influence could exponentially extend our reach. We'd become not just a club, but a zeitgeist sweeping all of Gehenna! ...Ideally.

It'd be like a brilliant fox borrowing the brawn of a tiger.

Uh... Are you sure you want to phrase it that way? We don't mean to imply that Sensei is...

Did you intend on being indirect with Sensei, President?

What...?

Schale's Sensei is a figure of absolute authority, all-powerful and recognized throughout Kivotos.

Some say that Sensei is overworked and dedicated to helping students. Others whisper that Sensei uses the General Student Council girls to satisfy their personal desires.

Is it not? In that case, excuse me. How good to hear.

Shouko, you're ruining our first impression!

You know what?! Uh! What we were saying was...

In short, the Heritage League is a group of students who sincerely love Gehenna.

We are proud to be Gehenna students, we want our school to get more recognition, and we'd love to start incredible things here.

Yup, exactly! We want to improve Gehenna!

But, you see, some students don't see it that way.

Eh, what the hell kind of question's that?

Do I "love Gehenna"... Why are you so wound up about it?

A school is just a school. There's no "love" there. What? You wanna marry it or something?

My "overall impression" of Gehenna? Uh...a hot mess?

Does that "bother me"? Why would it? It is what it is.

It's not like we can do anything about it. So what?

And is being a "mess" so bad? It's not like I could survive a day at a place like Trinity.

Bleh. You mean that finishing school for prissy "ladies"? With the crumpets, and the "whoms," and the tea?

I wouldn't be able to throw a grenade in the cafeteria when the food sucks, or skip classes when I'm not feeling it...

And I could NEVER blast the vending machines open when I'm broke!

Yeah, the Prefect Team catches us eventually, but it's all good until then, right? Pure freedom. I guess that's what I "love" about Gehenna. Psh.

And that's how it is.

...No one wants to improve Gehenna. Everyone just wants to do whatever.

And when everyone does their own thing, we're left in chaos.

And because we can't coordinate and agree on cohesive goals for our school, NO ONE really gets what they want.

Plus, you know the Pandemonium Society and the Prefect Team never intend to work together. All they ever do is squabble.

Chairman Makoto and Head Prefect Hina seem so obsessed with this idea of "Free Gehenna"... But I can't see what's so good about it.

This is what "freedom" gets us, right?

Sensei, you've been all over. You must have noticed that Gehenna is totally out of step with the other academies!

But the thing is, I heard that Gehenna wasn't always like this.

I don't know... But, before I enrolled...

This was a school of discipline, cohesion, a true gestalt student body united under one goal!

It seems those values are trapped in the past.

It sounds quite different from our current reality.

Our fellow students have forgotten these noble virtues, abandoned their school pride...

...And that's what inspired us to step up and get things moving!

After all, if we were like this once, then we can be again! It's our school's heritage! It's who we are!

Yup! That's how we came up with the club name.

"The Gehenna Heritage League"! To restore glory to Gehenna once more!

So, to cut to the chase, that's why we wanted to meet with you. We could use a little support.

Great question! Exactly what we like to hear!

Honestly, it's nothing! You just have to stand next to us while we do ALL the talking.

You see, Gehenna students have an unusually high level of trust in you, Sensei.

We have all sorts of ideas that'll improve Gehenna.

Of course, they'd sound all the sweeter if you helped us get the word out. Yaha!

If you aided us, we could leverage your reputation to launch even greater initiatives.

Indeed. Because even if we overpromise or embellish, the students will believe anything we say... As long as you're with us, Sensei.

But of course we wouldn't do that!

We can't cheat our way into restoring glory to Gehenna, right?

Tch.

We're going to play fair and square and do our best. That's a promise!

What?! Really?! It was that easy?

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Indeed. I think I'm beginning to understand what kind of person you are, Sensei.

For real, Sensei? Yaha! I KNEW you were cool!

Thank you, Sensei! I have a great feeling about this!

Then let's get STARTED!

The faster you act, the better!

The longer you put something off, the less motivated you become. We're here to take ACTION, not dawdle around!

That's our president for you. Once she's got an idea, she chases it until it's done.

I admire that kind of directness.

What about YOU, Sensei? You know, I think we all vibe well together!

Then let's go follow the president. Keeping proper momentum is paramount.

Race ya, Sensei!