Fierce! Mouryo Night! 2

Ah.

Eh.

We ran into the worst possible, most dangerous scenario as soon as we got here!!

...

*sigh*

What's with that reaction?!

So, what trouble have you stirred up this time?

We haven't done nothin' yet!!

Yet...?

Gah! You always mess me up with the way you talk!

Stay here. I will investigate.

Hey! We don't have time for...

Oh my, is that you, Arata?

It is! Along with her little friends!

I don't need a hand with anything today. What should we do?

...Are you acquainted?

I run errands for them sometimes, for pocket money...

Because it's hard to have fun at festivals unless your pockets are full...

Well, can I offer you some snacks? We have yokan.

Really?! Leader, what do you say?

You idiot! Did you already forget why we're here?

Ah, right. Sorry, we promised Leader we'd do stuff today.

That's okay! If you get hungry, just drop by on your way back.

She causes trouble and can tell a white lie here and there, but she's a good girl.

Ah, I see.

You're all Hyakkiyako students, after all! I hope you can get along.

GAAAH!! Everyone just GET LOST!!!

Ai-yah. What have we told you, kiddo? You shouldn't raise your voice to your elders.

Hahaha, we've made her quite angry. We'll be on our way.

...Hm.

Should we be friends?

Are you out of your mind?!

There's no way I'd ever be friends with someone from the Hyakkaryouran!!

Leader! Wait for us!

*pant* *pant* Did we lose her...?

Wait... We didn't even do anything. Why did I run...?

*huff* *huff* ...Leader, have you gotten faster?

Maybe...it's because all our plans end in us runnin' away these days...

Sh-Shut up! It's a good thing I've gotten faster! Stop making it weird!

But, um, wasn't that actually a good thing?

What thing?

Well, we wouldn't have to do all this running if we were friends with the Hyakkaryouran, right?

Huh. That's a good point. They're, like, the elite of the elite. Maybe they'd even give us some festival coupons...

Stop it! Stop it right now!!

Why're you so mad about that...?

Mouryo and Hyakkaryouran can never, ever, EVER be friends! It's set in stone!

Set in stone? Since when? By who?

That's... From the beginnin' of time! You can't argue with that! And the person who did it was obviously...

Obviously...

Moving on!! I don't ever want to hear you sayin' somethin' cringy like that ever again!

Leader doesn't know, huh?

Sometimes you've just got to read the room and let it go.

Because of that pointy Hyakkaryouran person, our plan to take our time looking for a mask at the market...

The market would only have borin', ordinary masks anyway! We're lookin' for a mask so special it'll command the attention of any room!

Aah? So, this ain't a tourist spot?

Gah, we've been looking forward to this trip forever, and now we're lost? We're just on a run of bad luck.

...That's it.

That's it!!

Huh?

H-Huh?! Wh-What's "it"?!