"...It's actually, surprisingly stable?"
"The Cakey can actually drive a light truck so well! It completely exceeds my understanding!"
The light truck sped on the road. They tightly closed their eyes, waiting for the arrival of their fate, but five minutes passed, and nothing happened.
Carefully opening his eyes, Imamura Kouhei touched the stable floorboard under his butt in disbelief. Even his soul seemed to have been sublimated!
"Well~ What did I tell you? You guys dare to call yourselves members of the Pab club without even the most basic trust!"
"Yu, you might be more convincing if you let go of the hand tightly gripping the guardrail..."
"Ahem! That's not the point!"
Turning a corner, Miyazawa Yu coughed twice to ease the embarrassment as he looked at the fleeting scenery by the road.
However, Aina's driving skills were indeed beyond his expectation. Logically speaking, even someone who frequently drove a manual transmission would inevitably be flustered when faced with an extended light truck.
But Aina's speed and angle when turning were just right...
"It's like she drives often!"
"I'd say it really doesn't look like a beginner. It's almost too stable."
Leaning out of the truck bed and looking at the cab, Kitahara Iori stared at Aina with his overly intimidating dead fish eyes and asked: "Why is that? You're driving so skillfully?"
"Eh! No, no, no, I'm not that skilled!"
Crap! She was so focused on proving herself that she forgot she shouldn't reveal her background.
Yoshiwara Aina's expression instantly became nervous, and the grip on the steering wheel also tightened a bit.
"C-Could it be that you think someone like me, who clearly has a metropolitan aura, drives around doing farm work every day?"
"I see..."
"Then we are completely relieved!"
Leaning against the truck bed, Miyazawa Yu last bit of nervous expression instantly collapsed.
Since Aina could drive and help out on the dirt roads in the countryside, a mere highway definitely wouldn't stump her!
In that case...
"Then let's continue drinking! Tokita-senpai, would you like some?"
"Absolutely not! Everyone, hold it in!"
"Sigh..."
Holding up the half-drunk can of beer, Miyazawa Yu pleaded pitifully: "But Aina, we didn't bring any water, and the weather is so hot."
"In any case, absolutely not! Having people drink in the car will definitely affect the driver!"
Hearing the sound of swallowing next to her, Yoshiwara Aina refused to let these guys enjoy themselves while she drove miserably all alone!
And...
"Hey! There's a car coming from the opposite direction. Hurry up and disguise yourselves!"
"Right away, right away! It wouldn't be good if we got caught."
"Wait! This rain cover seems to have been cut. It's a little too small!"
Quickly shrinking his body into the unfolded rain cover, Miyazawa Yu immediately noticed that the cloth seemed a bit too small. His entire lower leg was exposed!
"Then what should we do?"
"It can't cover all of us either!"
"Ugh... we can't let people think we're transporting corpses in a light truck! We'll be reported!"
Whoosh! Miyazawa Yu threw off the waterproof cloth. He clenched his fists, watching the approaching car from the opposite direction getting clearer and clearer.
It was conceivable that if they were reported, although they wouldn't go to jail, criticism, education, and fines would still delay them for a day or two.
In that case, the Miyako Island trip couldn't just be called a failure, it would be a complete and utter disaster!
"Everyone, do you have the resolve?"
"What are you saying at a time like this! Yu, if you have a plan, hurry up and bring it out!"
"I know! Listen to me..."
Meanwhile, on the large truck in the opposite lane, the endlessly bored truck driver was chewing on a cigarette, his eyes darting around.
The long hours of driving made him urgently want to see something different. Simple music could no longer help him concentrate!
"Phew—! Is that a light truck? Is it transporting something? If it's cargo, I'll stop at the next rest area..."
Taking a deep drag of his cigarette, he muttered to himself and slowed down, looking for an excuse to slack off and rest.
After all, based on his experience driving large trucks, a car going this slowly and coming from the city area was usually an empty vehicle with no load.
As the distance gradually shortened, just as he expected, there were no ropes securing cargo on the light truck. It seemed Heaven intended for him to rest...
"Ugh—!"
The oncoming car passed by in just a flash. Just as the truck driver was chuckling and about to pull back his gaze, four bare, white figures intruded into his retina!
"Wait... what???"
Although it was only for an instant, he could swear he saw four naked men lying flat in the truck bed, and two of them were particularly muscular!
No! This is a highway. How could there be naked men in the bed of a light truck! This is completely illogical!
"Screech!"
Slamming on the brakes, the truck driver looked back with lingering fear, but the shadow of the light truck had already disappeared around the corner.
"Illegal passenger transport? Should I call the police?"
Taking out his phone, he widened his eyes, looked at his own panting reflection in the rearview mirror, and hesitated for a long time. In the end, he didn't dial the emergency number.
It must have just been four human mannequins.
Besides, even if he called the police, what would he say? That he saw someone transporting four naked men in a light truck on the road?
The police department would probably first arrest him to check his head and then charge him with fatigued driving!
...
"Safe?"
On the other side, after the sound of the passing wind dissipated, Ryujirou Kotobuki was the first to climb up. He looked around and announced: "It should be fine!"
"Yu, are you sure that made them think we were human mannequins?"
Rolling over and casually opening a beer, Kitahara Iori expressed deep doubt about Miyazawa Yu plan. After all, no one should confuse a real person with a mannequin.
If the truck driver was that blind, he shouldn't be driving and endangering road safety!
"Idiot! Making them think we're human mannequins is just an excuse!"
Grabbing his underpants that almost blew away, Miyazawa Yu climbed up, put them on, and explained, shaking his head in disappointment.
"Our core demand is to make the other party afraid to call the police! As long as they don't call the police, it doesn't matter if they think we're mannequins or cadavers!"
"So that's why you made us all strip naked?"
"Exactly! Just think, if someone calls you and says there are four naked men on the road, would you believe it?"
"..."
Thinking for two seconds, Imamura Kouhei instantly realized the truth, astonished by Miyazawa Yu brilliant plan.
"I see! Solving the problem by making the other party afraid to call the police!"
"So what in the world did you guys do!!!"
Having to constantly look forward and drive, Yoshiwara Aina couldn't turn back to see what these guys were up to.
But just by the word "stripped naked," she immediately concluded that the truck bed behind her must be a scene of human tragedy.
But there was nothing she could do now. She gritted her teeth and stepped on the pedal, and the car's speed immediately went up another notch—
No choice, she really couldn't control these scumbags. All she could do was increase the speed to reduce the number of victims!
In the car behind, having witnessed the large truck's emergency brake, and the light truck in front of them accelerating frantically.
Chisa Kotegawa was not an idiot. She figured out after a moment of thought that Yu and Iori in the truck bed must have been up to some nonsense again.
"...I really don't know what they're doing!"
"I know."
"No choice, Yu and the others are always so lively."
...
"Phew, saved..."
Ten minutes later, finally arriving at their destination, Yoshiwara Aina got out of the driver's seat and immediately burst into tears from exhaustion.
To personally display such a thing to others, she was practically an evil accomplice, and her hands were already stained with sin!
"Waaah! It really is a seaside villa! We can go straight to the sea from here!"
"Then let's hurry up and put down our luggage! Opportunities to enjoy a private beach don't come often!"
"I'm telling you! At least show some shame!"
Vigorously looking up to condemn these heartless guys, Yoshiwara Aina immediately went to tell on them when Chisa and the others arrived.
"Azusa-senpai, Yu and the others disguised themselves as human mannequins! It's too much!"
"Ahaha, I was wondering why so many cars stopped along the way..."
Smiling bitterly and stroking Aina's head, Azusa Hamaoka was actually powerless to help. After all, the abstract nature of the boys was already a well-known fact.
Helplessly, she could only try to distract Aina and soothe her little heart, which had been psychologically damaged.
"Um, Aina, why don't we unpack first? Isn't the beach in the south the perfect place to make beautiful memories?"
"Mhm..."
That makes sense. Her shouting and yelling like this didn't match the beach trip she had longed for!
After convincing herself for a few seconds, Yoshiwara Aina thought about running on the beach with Iori and reluctantly suppressed the anger in her heart.
"In any case! No more doing excessive things to strangers! I'll let it slide this time..."
"OK, then we'll go look at the rooms first! Let's go!"
"Wait, you guys aren't reflecting at all!"
Watching Yu quickly run into the villa with Iori to claim a spot, Chisa Kotegawa curled her lips, thinking it would be strange if they actually reflected.
Strong in action but lacking a brain. That is the authentic Pab flavor!