"I think I understand what you mean."
At the gate of Soubu High School, Amakusa Shino looked at the panting Asakura, her face full of confusion, but she still flatly refused: "But I refuse."
"Please, if there's no Holy Grail, then I..."
Asakura hugged the girl's stocking-clad leg.
"Let☆Go!"
Amakusa Shino, facing the surrounding tourists' looks of 'Is this promoting some kind of play?', said angrily, "You're a boy, aren't you! And don't talk about a proper prize as if it's some strange item!"
She sighed heavily, "That's the main prize for the afternoon event, there's no way I can give you all of them in advance. Rather, you should enjoy the event properly! Compared to the prize, the process of striving for it is like the foreplay before the main event, the true essence of enjoyment!"
"Sorry, the situation is urgent right now. After the problem is resolved, I will return the Holy Grail to the Student Council, it won't affect the afternoon activities."
Asakura explained vaguely.
"He didn't even complain about the foreplay, so it seems there really is something going on..."
Amakusa Shino scratched her cheek, looking at Asakura with difficulty, "Can't you explain in detail what it is? If there's really trouble, our Student Council won't just stand by."
"The situation is complicated and hard to explain."
Asakura didn't want the other party to get involved in supernatural events. Although there was no evidence, he just felt that the results of conscious and unconscious contact with supernatural events would be different. In comparison, the former would make one more likely to be involved in supernatural events again in the future than normal people, so now Asakura could only be as vague as possible, "In short, just give me the Holy Grail, I'll even lick your toes if needed!"
"Are you a pervert?!"
The girl's eyebrow twitched.
"Usually, it's the teachers who do such things."
Asakura corrected.
"No, no, no, when a teacher does something like that to a student, they're already out! Their teaching license would definitely be revoked!"
"Unhesitatingly licking girls' toes, keeping rabbit-like girls in parks, parachuting naked from thousands of meters high, striking pure girls with heavy blows, being timid towards unrestrained students, that's what a teacher is!"
"Is your understanding of a teacher a bit strange, I ask?"
Amakusa Shino pondered for a moment, then sighed again.
Then she took out a small paper box, about the size of a thermos, from the satchel beside her.
"It's impossible to give you all seven Holy Grails. In fact, six of them have already been distributed, and to prevent students from posing as Student Council members to cheat, I also instructed them not to give them to anyone, even if a Student Council member asks for them. This one was originally kept by me personally; you have to solve the riddle hidden in the activity items and ask me directly and pass the test to get it. Since you're in such a hurry, just take it and use it for now."
"Thanks."
Asakura took the paper box, "And the other six... Oh, I've already gotten the one from the shooting stall, so please tell me where the other five are as well. I'll go get them myself now."
"You're quite confident, aren't you? The other five are placed in quite troublesome locations, you know."
Amakusa Shino said triumphantly, "Even Asakura-kun, who's top of his class, definitely wouldn't be able to get them that easily~"
"That's my business."
Asakura smiled brightly, not taking the girl's boast to heart.
After all, he didn't plan to go through the proper channels to get the remaining Holy Grails. As long as he knew where they were, he could have the snakes steal the cups and deliver them to him through the school's intricate drainage ditches and pipes.
"Then listen up. Of the remaining five cups, Holy Grail #1 is placed at the goldfish scooping stall 'Battle of Red Cliffs'. You need to scoop five designated goldfish to get it!"
"Characters who didn't appear at Red Cliffs have shown up. The students who set up this stall must not be very good at history."
"Holy Grail #2 is at the candy painting stall 'Van Gogh'. You need to complete the most difficult level of candy painting, 'Mona Lisa's Smile'!"
"Anyway, apologize to Da Vinci first!"
"Holy Grail #3 is at the Mahjong Club's stall 'Nine Lotus Lanterns'. You need to complete a super memory game made of two decks of playing cards within three mistakes to get it."
"What are you doing, Mahjong Club!"
"Holy Grail #4 is at the Manga Creation Club. You just need to complete '30 consecutive hits of popular manga questions'."
"Huh, this project is surprisingly normal?"
"The first question is said to be, 'What organ is the 801 hole?'"
"The Manga Creation Department is a den of fujoshis, ahhh—!"
"Number 5 is at the 3-B class booth, 'Stalingrad.' If you hit the specific hidden target, 'Failed Art Student,' you can get…ah, you've already gotten this, haven't you?"
"I don't even want to complain anymore. By the way, is that booth really called that…?"
"Number 6 is at the Gourmet Research Club's booth, 'Big Bang Burger.' You can get it by completing the eating challenge. If you fail, you have to pay an extremely high premium for the order."
"This one seems quite normal too…"
"Before I came, the previous challenger was receiving treatment from Koba-sensei in the infirmary."
"Did the eating challenge have so much food that it stuffed people?"
"No, it was oral burns."
"A literal Big Bang?!"
"As expected, the ghost pepper was a bit too much, wasn't it…?"
"When they applied for this booth and this activity, the Student Council should have directly prohibited it!"
"Well, because we already rejected their previous proposals for the Carolina Reaper and Dragon's Breath pepper, we made a concession for now…"
"That concession has already crossed the line of customer safety!"
Asakura sighed, "I'll go get the Holy Grail and take down that booth while I'm at it."
"Hmm…"
Amakusa Shino seemed a bit reluctant, but she finally nodded.
After saying goodbye to the Student Council President, Asakura returned directly to the Service Club activity room.
Today, the activity room was different from usual; there was no one there, not even Yukinoshita Yukino, who was almost a resident ghost of the activity room.
He didn't know if Asagumo Chihaya hadn't found the others yet, or if they had already set off to search for the other Holy Grails.
Asakura placed the cardboard box on the table, opened it, and poured out its contents.
"Huh, it's soft, not a thermos. It seems to have extra accessories too…"
The moment the object landed in his hand, Asakura suddenly realized something: "I'm…!"
Amakusa, you calculated against me! Amakusa—!
"Has Asakura arrived? Sorry for the wait…"
Just then, the activity room door was pulled open from outside, and Asagumo Chihaya hurried in.
Then, Yanami and the others' voices also began to sound.
"I haven't even finished my snack. This means today's extra meal is already over…"
"Consider it weight control. Anna, didn't you say you wanted to lose weight before?"
"Yui, you spoil Yanami too much. Some things can't be taken lightly."
"After all, not everyone can be as strictly disciplined as Yukino…"
The next moment, everyone's gaze fell on Asakura in the room, and the soft pink object in his hand.
The girls' eyes became complicated.
"…It's a misunderstanding—" Asakura said in a voice like a dying salted fish, "You listen to my explanation…"
"Given the circumstances, what is there to explain?"
Yukinoshita Yukino said coldly.
"Um…although I've heard the boys in class mention it…I don't think it's good to bring this to school, it's not good, Takkun…"
Yuigahama Yui said softly.
"What is that? Can I eat it?"
Yanami asked.
"…I've found everyone else for now, but Anon ran off somewhere. Her classmates said she seemed to have gone to another place with a few unfamiliar girls."
Asagumo Chihaya seemed to decide to pretend not to see: "Is there anything else you need my help with?"