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Good afternoon~
… Huh? Looks like no one’s here today.
(H~mn. Was it the tennis club’s day off today?)
(I haven’t been very proactive about club activities, so I don’t really know the schedule that well yet.)
(Well, whatever. I’ve already changed, so I’ll just get some practice in by myself.)
(If someone were here, I’d be able to have a match with them, but since I’m on my own, I guess I’ll just have to bounce a ball against a wall.)
(It’s fine. I came here to take a breather between jobs anyways.)
Hii~yah~! Ninpou: Rushing Whirlwind…☆
Hm? Ah, Shinobu-kun!
Gyah!?
Ohh, Yuuki-dono! What a coincidence, meeting you here!
That should be my line. What are you doing here at the tennis courts~? You’re waving around some kinda stick around, but… you’re not playing tennis, are you?
Hmph, I am bug-catching!
Bug-catching? Ahh, so you were waving around a butterfly net, huh…?
Heheh. It makes you look kinda like an elementary schooler, Shinobu-kun.
Noo~oo, if anything, kids these days don’t really do stuff like bug-catching, do they?
We RYUSEITAI have been having a lot of hero shows at the park lately, so…
The kids that come are usually like you, Yuuki-dono, all “beep-boop-beep-boop” playing video games.
Ahaha. I wish kids would go touch grass and run around. It’s unhealthy to just play video games all the time…
But these days there aren’t many places to run around either…
Well, it can’t be helped, the world of video games is much bigger and far more interesting.
Hmmm… I didn’t grow up with much exposure to that kind of culture, but it does seem fun, doesn't it?
Boys in my class like Harukawa-kun are always playing video games, all “beep-boop,” during recess.
They’re the same age as me, and I’d like to get closer to them, so…
As a conversation-starter, I kinda wanna give it a try.
Oh, then how about I lend you one of mine? If you wanna get your hands on something like retro games, I’ve got a mountain of ‘em at home. I’ve got games with ninjas in them too, you know ♪
And there’s a million apps out there if you go looking for them.
We already have each other’s contact info for the broadcasting club anyways, so if I find something interesting, I can send it to you online.
Oooh… you really love video games, hm, Yuuki-dono? You get very lively about them~♪
Well, actually, why are you in the tennis club? Shouldn’t you be in the Game Research Club?
Nahh, I used to be in the Game Research Club, but…
I’d feel awkward crawling back to it after I already left it once, and it’s kinda Switch’s turf now.
I’d sorta prefer not to overstep in someone else’s domain.
Hmm… Oop, Yuuki-dono, please don’t move!
Huh? What?
There’s a nice big one over your ahoge! Don’t move, Yuuki-dono! I shall catch it with my ninja arts!
Take that! Ninpou: Bug-Catching Technique…☆
Mfgfhf!?
Aaa, it got away! Curses, bugs really are quick! I still have a long way to go with my ninja training!
Mnfh, mnfhh, mfghg!?
Aaa, I’m really sorry Yuuki-dono! I ended up swatting you in the face with the net!
Curse you, bug–! Using Yuuki-dono for your substitution jutsu and getting away…!
… Pwah! Ahh, that surprised me so much I forgot what we were talking about.
Yuuki-dono, your glasses are askew! I’m truly, truly sorry!
It’s alright. But it seems kinda fun too~ Bug-catching, I mean. I don’t really have experienced doing much of that myself, so I find it interesting.
Seems like it’s the tennis club’s day off, and practicing with myself against the wall seems pretty useless… Is it okay if I join you in bug-catching?
I could look up stuff like bug behavioral patterns or the most efficient ways to catch them. Uhh, if it’s a bother though, feel free to say no.
How could that be a bother! That would be an immense help! It just so happens I have an extra net with me, so here, I shall lend it to you~♪
Heheh~ My cutest Momocchi and Thunder have been growing bigger and bigger lately, so…
There hasn’t been enough food to keep up with them, so I feel I’m leaving them going hungry.
And so I would be very grateful if you were to help me catch bugs, Yuuki-dono ♪
Momocchi and Thunder… Ohh, the frogs you take care of.
You’d talked about having pets before, but when you’d shown me a picture, I was surprised to see that they were amphibians.
Aren’t frogs the cutest? I’m trying to raise them properly to the point they’ll grow big enough that you can ride on their backs ♪
And in order to do that, I have to keep the flies coming for them to eat! After I catch a ton of them, I’m going to crush them up and roll them up into bug dumplings~♪
Just hearing that makes me sick, as someone who lives in the digital world…
Well, whatever, I said I’d help after all. I’ll do my very best for my cute junior.
Wahoo!! I knew I could rely on you~! If Yuuki-dono’s here to help, that’s like the power of a hundred men. We’ll catch and catch and catch so many bugs, we’ll disrupt the ecosystem of Yumenosaki Academy~☆
You sure get excited, huh… I’m always jealous of how you can have so much fun, even when on your own.
If anything, I could learn a lot being with you, Shinobu-kun ♪
No, no, I am still in the midst of my ninja training! It’s exactly because of that I still have so much to learn from my seniors!
Nihihi ♪ I won’t let my frogs defeat me– I’ll keep growing stronger and stronger too~!