"The orientation is now concluded! Students, please exit in an orderly fashion!"
On the podium, the serious teacher with glasses closed his lecture notes and swept his gaze across the crowded auditorium. He was the first to leave with a brisk pace.
"Student! Your mask..."
"Just a moment, Officer! Look behind me! There's another naked scoundrel back there! Just arrest him and everything will be fine!"
Having already prepared an excuse, Miyazawa Yu interrupted the campus police officer before he could finish his sentence, hoping to trade Iori for his own safety.
"Oh?"
The officer's brow furrowed. He had been so focused on Miyazawa Yu during the meeting that he hadn't noticed there was another criminal hiding in the auditorium.
Following Miyazawa Yu's finger, he stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, but then shook his head. "That person looks very skinny. He probably won't do anything bad. In comparison, you, who would sell out a fellow student, are more suspicious, don't you think?"
"!!!"
'Is he... a normal person with a normal worldview?!'
Miyazawa Yu's eyes widened in astonishment. After spending only half a day with the perverted seniors of the Pab club, he was unaccustomed to hearing such logical reasoning.
But the situation wouldn't wait. He could reflect on his actions, but the police officer refused to be bogged down by internal monologues.
Helplessly, Miyazawa Yu got up, preparing to follow the officer to the security office to see if there was a way out.
"Are you going to check out the clubs?"
"Yeah! Which one should we go to first? I heard the tennis club is very popular!"
"Eh~ We probably won't get in. Let's go check out the swimming club. I heard there are a lot of older girls there!"
On the other side, Iori Kitahara was listening to the students gathering in groups to visit the clubs, lost in thought.
What if! He meant, what if he could find a club quickly and submit an application before the Pab club?
Then, would the unequal treaty he was forced to sign become invalid due to duplicate registration?
A glimmer of intelligence flashed in his eyes! After thinking it through, the plan seemed completely feasible!
But he didn't know where the club recruitment was, and he wasn't wearing clothes...
His eyes darted around. Iori Kitahara looked behind him, his gaze settling on the still-present Chisa Kotegawa.
The latter was instantly struck with a cold sweat. Her face was full of black lines as she quickly packed her bag, ready to leave, but he beat her to it.
"Chisa, we haven't properly greeted each other yet. By the way, are you going to join a club?"
"...Don't talk to me dressed like that!"
Remembering what she had seen last night, Chisa Kotegawa's cheeks flushed slightly as she took two quick steps, only replying reluctantly when she was at the door, ready to escape.
"That's right... I suppose."
His attempt to talk to her was rejected. Iori Kitahara stood still and looked down at himself.
Because he was standing up, a certain part of him seemed to be even more obvious as it dangled in the air.
"I want to go back and change, but I have no idea how to get there!"
He had only been a member of the Pab club for less than half a day, and he had spent most of that time passed out. So, Iori still had the basic sense to know he should wear clothes when outside.
However, since he had been brought directly to the auditorium entrance by the seniors, he now had no idea how to even leave the school, let alone go back to Grand Blue to change.
"I'm going back now..."
"Yosh! That's what we'll do!"
Not wanting to be associated with the naked man, Chisa Kotegawa turned to leave.
Seeing this, Iori Kitahara immediately followed her, completely lacking self-awareness.
"Why are you following me!"
At this, Chisa Kotegawa's face turned as black as a pot.
If she was caught on the first day of school being followed by a naked man, even if she wasn't the main character, it would be enough to make her famous in school.
"Why do you think? I want you to lead the way."
"Absolutely not!"
"Why not?"
"Do I really have to spell it out for you?"
Iori's gaze shifted downward, once again highlighting his "good brother," but even so, he shamelessly bowed and pleaded, "I think I have a vague idea! But please, please take me home!"
"I hope you understand it more clearly! I've already told you! Absolutely not!"
Seeing the beautiful girl cross her arms and make a big 'X' in front of her chest, Miyazawa Yu, who was walking past, froze on the spot.
Because he had played yakyuuken until he passed out last night, he had no idea that Chisa Kotegawa was Iori's cousin.
From his perspective, the naked pervert Iori Kitahara was repeatedly asking a stranger to take him home. What kind of beastly behavior was this? He was the beast of all beasts!
"Hey! Officer! That kind of person is more dangerous, right? He's asking a girl to take him home!"
Miyazawa Yu quietly went up to the police officer and whispered in his ear. He was like a drowned ghost, desperate to drag Iori down with him.
"Uh... Well, there's no physical contact..."
The police officer felt a little embarrassed. He had just said that Iori wouldn't cause any harm, and the next second Iori was already harassing a female student.
The officer thought there must be more to the story. Maybe they were cousins or something. It would be normal for them to go home together, right?
"That's it! I'm going back!"
"I understand that you don't want to go with me, but I'm in a tough spot too! So can you give me your clothes?"
On the other side, completely unaware that he was being watched by the police, Iori Kitahara sighed. He finally understood Chisa's firm stance.
Helpless, he had no choice but to take a step back and set his sights on her jacket.
It was almost summer, and it was hot outside. There shouldn't be a problem with her taking one off for him, right?
"Oh, wow... He's asking a beautiful girl to take off her clothes! You're really something, Iori-kun!"
Miyazawa Yu's respect for him skyrocketed. Hearing this, he wanted to stand at attention and salute. This shameless man was a role model for his generation!
He never thought that this bastard Iori, who seemed so foolish, could be so ruthless when he put his mind to it.
To directly ask a stranger to take off her clothes for him to wear... he had truly underestimated him.
"Hmm!"
Miyazawa Yu's eyes widened in admiration for this inhumane tactic. At the same time, Chisa Kotegawa froze on the spot, unable to believe what she had just heard.
This was only their second meeting, and her perception of her childhood friend's moral bottom had once again been shattered.
Just then, the professor from the orientation passed by. She immediately went up to him and reported, "Teacher, a half-naked pervert came up to me and told me to give him my clothes!"
"Hmm!? Is that right?"
"Wait! It's not like that! We're cousins, right! My problem is your problem, please help me, Chisa-chan!"
Seeing the teacher's sharp gaze turn to him, Iori Kitahara's forehead broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly rushed to Chisa and started crying.
This was his first day of school, and he didn't want to get drunk and pass out naked in front of the auditorium, and then have to beg his childhood friend to take off her clothes for him.
But he truly needed a piece of clothing right now!
"Don't! Don't say something like that so loudly!"
Iori's tears were splashing on her clothes, and the fact that they were cousins had also been revealed. Chisa Kotegawa felt a wave of heat rush to her cheeks.
She lowered her head and stepped back in embarrassment, trying to distance herself from this humiliating person.
"Something like what?"
Completely failing to understand what Chisa was talking about, Iori Kitahara took a step closer to her. He was not giving up on his only hope of saving face.
"Just... don't say we're cousins!"
She turned her head away. Saying the word 'cousin' out loud was enough to make Chisa Kotegawa die of shame!
However, the girl's embarrassment didn't seem to awaken the perverted Iori's conscience.
He looked at the avoiding Chisa, snapped his fingers in a moment of enlightenment, and then raised a finger knowingly. "I see! Then how about this! If you don't give me your clothes, I'll go around and tell everyone that we live together!"
He had found her weakness!
Staring blankly at her childhood friend's raised finger, Chisa Kotegawa felt the last piece of her rose-tinted glasses shatter. But if she really let Iori tell everyone...
She gritted her teeth, her expression instantly turning grim. She clenched her fists and an idea came to her.
"Don't... don't say it out loud..."
Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. In an instant, she transformed into a helpless young woman. Chisa Kotegawa held one arm to her chest and held her light-orange skirt with the other, as if she were about to lift it.
"I'll strip! Isn't that enough... Please! Don't tell anyone about our family!"
"Wait! Saying it like that makes it sound like a crime..."
A cold sweat broke out on Iori Kitahara's forehead. Looking at Chisa's explosive acting, he instinctively felt that something was not quite right.
And he was right!
"Aaaah! Forced! This must be forced! Officer..."
From the shadows, Miyazawa Yu's jaw dropped as he saw the beautiful girl's tears dripping onto her chest. He never imagined Iori would go to such lengths.
This time, before he could even finish his sentence, the police officer lowered his head and shook it slightly, motioning for Miyazawa Yu to say no more.
"To think that such a vile incident would occur under my jurisdiction..."
He sighed slowly with a sense of regret. The police officer's eyes suddenly became sharp, and his aura changed. Even his art style took on a thick, Araki-like style.
"Evil! Cannot be forgiven!"
After saying the final words, he pulled his hat low, showing Miyazawa Yu only a determined profile, and then walked firmly toward Iori Kitahara. He put his arm around Iori's shoulder. "Young man, how about a one-day tour of the police station?"
"!"