Real teaching, but diary flow

Asakusa Tetsu sincerely hoped that no one would continue to disturb his AFK (away from keyboard) life.

Class D has Maya Sato, although she doesn't actually need the recorder at all. Besides her, Suzune Horikita also diligently keeps her teachings in mind and works hard to record Class D's life every day.

At the very least, he could ask Kikyo Kushida and Airi Sakura directly.

Class A is where he attends classes every day, and the voice recorder on his body automatically records all the audio.

So it seems that the only place that wasn't covered was Princess Sakayanagi Arisu's class.

After all, those top students wouldn't have thought of 'maybe I should buy a voice recorder as a backup' until they were tricked by the voice recorder and realized that it was an essential item for high-level development.

Asakusa Tetsu was initially a little worried about how to place wards, but it was only a few days after his advertisement was released that he was able to figure it out.

The renowned genius from Class A approached him.

That's right, it's Ai Morishita, who is good at 'listening to the sounds of nature'.

"Give me one." Morishita Ran stretched out her fair little hand, begging for the recorder like a freeloader.

Honestly, it's kind of cute.

The girl who had shouted "Are you crazy?" at the recruitment event was now blinking and asking for a black stick or something.

They're quite cute.

At this point, all four classes (A, B, C, and D) were filled with Asakusa Tetsu's recording pens.

Although the recording cannot achieve full coverage, it all depends on whether the holder starts recording and whether Asakusa Tetsu selectively copies the recording into his own body, which has no storage limit, before the recording is deleted.

But at least this can be considered an achievement.

Of course, Asakusa Tetsu didn't know that the voice recorder he sold to Morishita Ai had been given to Kamuro Masumi for use, but in any case, it was definitely a good idea to sync the voice recorder content from other classes a little.

"......ah."

That's what he said, but when he got to the school building, he remembered something.

Today is Sunday.

The students are not attending classes.

If you want to make large-scale transcriptions and recordings, weekdays when students gather in the classroom are obviously the most convenient.

Otherwise, I'll just have to wander around and scan the whole school.

"—Ding." The crisp sound rang out along with the slowly opening elevator doors.

Asakusa Tetsu didn't plan to wander around, so he decided to slack off for a day.

So, I'll go back to the dorm first.

Press the corresponding floor button and wait for the elevator doors to close automatically.

"..."

Just before the elevator doors were about to close, a girl with short blue hair flashed past the crack in the door, and then the doors opened again.

"...Ah, it's you." With an expression that looked like she was about to die, Ibuki Mio stepped into the elevator without even looking up.

"It's me." Asakusa Tetsu glanced at the floor Ibuki Mio had pressed and said casually, "Unexpected. This is the first time I've bumped into you here in the past two months, isn't it?"

Since we had nothing else to do, we chatted for a bit.

"It seems so." Ibuki Mio thought for a moment and nodded.

She had intended to shut up and not respond to him, but then she suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, you..." she hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Asakusa Tetsu: "Hmm?"

"Are you still selling your crappy voice recorder?" After hesitating for a moment, Ibuki Mio finally asked the question.

Her awkward words and expressions show that Ibuki-chan is indeed quite bad at communicating with others.

"Sell, definitely sell, as many as you want, do you want one?" Asakusa Tetsu first affirmed, then changed the subject and asked, "But didn't I give you one before?"

On the very first day of school, he slipped a large, thick, black voice recorder into Ibuki Mio's hand.

“No, I don’t want it. One is enough.” Ibuki Mio shook her head.

Then why are you asking this?

As if hearing what Asakusa Tetsu hadn't said aloud, Ibuki Mio muttered:

"Just asking casually."

Silence fell over the elevator.

The atmosphere in the elevator was so tense that no one wanted to stay there any longer, and Ibuki Mio tapped her toes in slight annoyance.

"...Why haven't we arrived yet?" she said, turning her head to look at the floor display screen.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed as if something had been triggered; the elevator, which should have reached its floor and opened its doors, made a low creak and then stopped.

It wasn't that someone pressed the up button in the middle, causing the elevator to stop; rather, the elevator malfunctioned.

The elevator lights flickered twice and then went out abruptly. Immediately afterward, the emergency lights came on, preventing the elevator from being completely dark.

The sudden stop of the elevator made Ibuki Mio's heart skip a beat. She bent her knees slightly, but outwardly remained calm as she leaned against the wall behind her.

“...It’s malfunctioning.” Ibuki Mio’s vision went black.

What a coincidence, how did it malfunction here?

"..." Yes, what a coincidence, how did it malfunction at this time?

Looking back at Ibuki Mio leaning against the side, Asakusa Tetsu had the same thought in his mind.

Who would have thought that after two months without a single collision, the one time it happened was due to an elevator malfunction?

Baby Ibuki is said to have some special physical constitution.

Seeing that Ibuki Mio didn't seem to be going to look for the emergency phone, Asakusa Tetsu reluctantly stepped forward and approached the button.

He quickly found the emergency phone button.

As the dormitory elevator that is used most frequently, even if this button is not pressed, some students would probably notice it anyway.

But Asakusa Tetsu pressed it anyway.

Although he was quite confident in his current physical condition, Asakusa Tetsu still did not intend to experience the feeling of an elevator falling.

If you can call for help, then do so.

Unfortunately, it seems that even if you press the button, the elevator doesn't respond at all.

Is it a wiring problem or a lack of power?

Asakusa Tetsu didn't know, but now all that was left for him was to dial a number.

Hopefully, the emergency number in the dormitory hasn't been vandalized.

If Asakusa Tetsu remembers correctly, in a secluded elevator next to the shopping mall, some thief used a black pen to cross out the emergency number.

"...Thankfully, it's still there."

Take out the terminal, enter the number, and make a call.

There were no unexpected issues with signal loss or device power failure, and Asakusa Tetsu quickly received a response.

"They said it would take about half an hour." After hanging up the phone, Asakusa Tetsu turned his head and looked at Ibuki Mio, who seemed to have squatted down without him noticing: "So, let's wait."

"Half, half an hour?!" As soon as she said this, Ibuki Mio's voice sounded strange.

"Impossible, I can't do it." She suddenly got up, squeezed past Asakusa Tetsu and got close to the floor buttons.

It was quite obvious that Asakusa Tetsu smelled the scent of the girl's shampoo.

Frustrated, Ibuki Mio repeatedly pressed the buttons for each floor, but no matter what she did, the elevator remained unresponsive.

Even the air conditioning, which was supposed to keep the elevator cool, was turned off due to the elevator malfunction, and the gradually heating weather caused the temperature inside the elevator to rise.

Sweat trickled down Ibuki Mio's neck.

“It’s no use… Ah, I remember there should be an emergency exit up there, but…” Ibuki Mio raised her head and looked up at the top of the elevator.

Normally, she would have nimbly jumped up to open the exit and climbed up.

But not now.

Now, let alone opening the exit, she feels like she's going to leak even if she jumps up.

...That's right, Ms. Ibuki Mio, your bladder is absolutely overflowing.

The waiting time for rescue is half an hour, but given her current physical condition, she simply cannot last half an hour.

If she were alone, perhaps she could try to cover up the camera that wasn't working, and then... embarrassing herself by taking care of it in a corner.

But Asakusa Tetsu was there.

...I want to die.

I should have known better than to take this elevator and let him wait for rescue.

My legs were pressed together, but a strong sensation urged me to open them.

Meanwhile, the rising temperature inside the elevator was also urging her body to break out in a sweat. Under the physiological urge and the pressure of the high temperature, Ibuki Mio felt as if she was about to faint.

"...Hey, are you alright?" Suddenly, Asakusa Tetsu's voice rang out in her ear with emphasis.

Asakusa Tetsu didn't think much of it at first; if it was a chance encounter, so be it; if the elevator was malfunctioning, so be it.

Although the opportunity to be alone was rare, Ibuki Mio had no intention of provoking him, so he didn't plan to take this opportunity to do anything bad.

But after only a few minutes, he noticed that Ibuki Mio's reaction seemed a little off.

Her standing posture was quite strange, her pretty face was slightly flushed, her neck was covered in sweat, and even her eyes were very unfocused.

...Is she about to get heatstroke?

So fast?

Even though only a few minutes had passed, there was still some cool air left in the elevator. Although the surroundings were noticeably warmer after the air conditioning stopped, it was still absurd to think that someone could get heatstroke so quickly.

“…Something’s wrong.” Ibuki Mio wanted to reply firmly that nothing was wrong, but the words softened as soon as they reached her lips.

She pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, and then began to pace restlessly, trying to distract herself.

Asakusa Tetsu: "?"

Why aren't you saying anything?

How can I say that?! How could I possibly say it?!

Ibuki Mio's head was about to explode.

Why does Asakusa Tetsu have to be standing next to me?!

Was she going to say, "I need to pee, so turn your head away right now!"?

But wouldn't it feel even stranger to just let things drift if I didn't say anything?

If we get caught...

Mio Ibuki was experiencing a fierce internal struggle. Every second that passed now would bring the rescue closer, but it also made her bladder urge her on even more.

Time ticked by, sweat soaked her shirt, and Ibuki Mio felt she had reached her limit.

She can't take it anymore.

“...You, turn your head away.” Ibuki Mio’s words, uttered through gritted teeth, seemed to leak out from between her teeth: “I need to go to the toilet.”

The words echoed in the elevator, and Asakusa Tetsu finally understood the root cause of her strange condition.

But instead of turning around decisively, he glanced at the camera beside him and said softly:

"How about you change your angle, and I'll block it for you?"

That's a very kind suggestion.

Forcibly suppressing her rebellious feelings, Ibuki Mio responded in an extremely soft voice:

"......Um."

The two switched directions, and Asakusa Toru, with his back to her, blocked her view.

The rapid breathing and rustling sounds echoed in the elevator. Ibuki Mio knew very well that this could only block the view, not the sound, but she had no choice.