Uneasy daily life

Isshiki Hachiman's smile froze. She leaned back slightly, her pupils widening as she watched her idol pluck something from her nostril, then casually flick her finger, sending it flying onto the reception table.

"We're just short one here..."

"excuse me!"

The colorful feather vanished like lightning.

"That's it?" Bai Ying sighed. "You think you can be my fan with this level of skill? My fans aren't such weaklings."

Snapped!

Yukino Yukinoshita slapped the back of the white shadow's head and wiped the table with a tissue in disgust.

"Don't let the white fungus grow and pollute the environment!"

Chapter 71 A gang disappeared...

Class A of the second year of high school.

"That shop has new desserts recently..."

"As expected, there are a lot of freshmen who want to join the soccer club. They're not worried about running out of people at all. They can even put together a reserve team for cheerleading. Our club is in a bad situation. The club president and a few upperclassmen are busy with their senior year studies and are practically semi-retired. If no new people join, the club might have to be canceled..."

"Huh? What club are you in?"

"The Terror Department".

"fear?"

"It's a club for sharing and watching horror movies together."

"Ugh! Why would anyone want to watch something so scary?!"

Angelina expressed her incomprehension, launching into a series of complaints: "Isn't the point of a movie to be entertaining? What's so entertaining about horror? It's a wonder a club like this can even recruit talent!"

“That’s what you don’t understand.” The girl smiled confidently and spoke eloquently, “Why do people feel fear, and what kind of fear? This is the core of our club’s founding—using the horror movies we often watch as an example, there are different styles: American horror is all about gore and violence, emphasizing strong sensory stimulation, while Japanese horror is all about mystery and darkness, emphasizing strong psychological stimulation…”

Angelina: "Huh?"

The girl, always eager to teach, explained: "For example, American horror is when you see someone get their head chopped off with an axe, blood gushing from their neck and splattering everywhere. Japanese horror, on the other hand, is when the scene is obscured by curtains, and you can only see the shadow of one person wielding an axe, chopping off the head of another shadow..."

"Stop, stop talking! It's disgusting!"

Angelina's lips twitched, and she could sense a slight sense of familiarity from the other person. Was this what they called love being perverted?

She glanced subconsciously in the direction of the white figure, and their eyes met. She then immediately looked away at lightning speed.

Hmm! Something feels off!

"Ah..." Angelina was startled and quickly blurted out, "You want to recruit new members? Why don't you try asking the Assistance and Service Department for help? Don't they accept all sorts of requests?"

"The Aid and Service Department..."

The girl also remembered that there was such a club in the school. The reason she couldn't remember it was not because it was too little famous, but because the members were too famous. She couldn't help but look at Bai Ying with hesitation and conflicted feelings.

No, you really want to commission this?

Angelina's eyes widened. "Maybe she's courting death?"

"What's your opinion, Bai?" the girl asked.

"Isn't this simple?" Bai Ying waved her hand. "Openly recruit members, secretly spread things like 'watching horror movies helps to get closer to each other, if you love her, take her to watch horror movies,' and package your club as a dating facilitator. That will definitely be able to recruit some members."

Angelina's cheek twitched: "If we advertise like this, even less likely anyone will come, right? Inviting people to join the Horror Department, isn't their intention obvious?"

“So we have to come secretly, covertly, not openly.” Bai Ying looked confidently at the girl who was deep in thought. “How about my method?”

The girl snapped out of her daze, her expression a little strange: "Uh...that's a good idea."

Angelina reached out and touched the top of the other person's head, saying with concern, "Hey, wake up, stop sleepwalking."

"You're the one sleepwalking." The girl slapped the other's hand away and coughed. "Speaking of which, there are quite a few couples in our club..."

No way? Really? Watching horror movies together can make you a couple?

Angelina was bewildered in the wind.

"Your Horror Department is quite interesting," Bai Ying said dismissively, shaking her head. "But focusing solely on the study of Japanese and American horror films ultimately seems narrow-minded and lacks sufficiently intense fear stimulation, which is unworthy of the club's name."

"Oh?" the girl asked with interest. "Are you talking about Chinese horror movies, Bai? I've seen a few too. The filming and atmosphere are alright, but they all end with a mental breakdown, and there's always something weird about them."

Bai Ying raised an eyebrow and said, "No matter how terrifying or incomprehensible things you experience, the final result is that someone will say—because you are sick, and you helplessly accept, understand, and agree with this answer... Don't you think that's terrifying?"

"This..." The girl was startled and pondered for a moment, "The director of Chinese horror films actually has this kind of shooting approach? It seems that we really haven't studied it carefully enough."

No, I think the officer is just trying to fool you.

Angelina silently complained to herself.

"This isn't even a great horror movie. The truly strongest, invincible, and ultimately explosive horror movie of all time is one that no other work can surpass..."

Bai Ying's expression changed, and she asked mysteriously, "Do you want to know?"

"For example, foreign horror films that haven't been imported?" the girl asked curiously.

"No, no, no," Bai Ying smiled. "Open your phone and search for all kinds of crime cases—you can see news about brothers turning against each other, couples becoming enemies, elders showing no mercy to the young, and office workers jumping off buildings. Doesn't it seem not scary at all? Wow, you're terrifying."

girl:"……"

Angelina: "..."

……

……

"Huh? The Terror Club is being disbanded?"

In the activity room, Yui Yuigahama was scrolling through her phone when she said in surprise, "Weren't they recruiting new people before?"

"If you can't recruit anyone, just disband it," Hachiman Hikigaya casually remarked. "You'll be busy when you're a senior in high school, and your so-called interests will be worn away in a year. Once the original group of people who founded the club lose interest, the club will naturally disband and disappear. This kind of thing happens quite often."

“Yes, it’s all about interest. Once the fun is over, they’ll naturally leave.” Yukino Yukinoshita brewed some black tea and chatted casually. “Sports clubs are fine because they’re based on a real sport. But hobby clubs like the Horror Club, if there aren’t people who share the same interest, they’ll naturally disband.”

“A friend of mine said it was Xiaobai who did it.”

Yui Yuigahama cautiously observed Shirokage, who was lost in thought: "She said something about 'because of something she said to Shirokage, the club president stopped recruiting new members and announced that she would leave the club. As a result, when the club president left, everyone else followed suit' or something like that..."

Hachiman Hikigaya: "Dismantling a club by himself?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "To catch the thief, first catch the king?"

The white figure stares blankly at the empty screen.

"Haku-kun." Yukino Yukinoshita poured a cup of black tea and placed it next to Haku-kage with a smile. "Take a break. You can't write it."

puff!

The white figure tilted its head and declared in a resounding voice, "I can do it!"

"Didn't you always say that Director Okita was on the dark side?" Yukino Yukinoshita poured black tea for the others. "Now it seems that you're on the dark side too, aren't you? I always see you either gritting your teeth or staring blankly at the computer."

"I don't need the demonic path. I'm a genius with inexhaustible inspiration. I'm just brewing something up right now!"

Bai Ying took a swig of scalding hot black tea, preparing to continue her online battle with the computer. Seeing this, Yui Yuigahama quickly asked, "Bai! Why did you break up the Horror Club?"

"Huh?" Bai Ying looked completely bewildered. "When did I dismantle the Terror Department? I'll sue you for slander!"

Yui Yuigahama briefly described the situation, and Bai Ying suddenly understood, then briefly described the situation as well.

"Well... that seems to make sense now?" Hachiman Hikigaya felt that even the light novel in his hand was boring. "He pointed out the real terror to the other party, and the other party's moral heart was shattered. He turned to other interests and indirectly destroyed a club. As expected of the club president."

In matters of inhumanity, the minister is always inhuman.

Yui Yuigahama tugged at her cheek, momentarily at a loss for words.

"As expected of me! I accomplished the war of annihilation without even realizing it!"

Bai Ying excitedly pulled out her phone and opened the school forum: "Hmm? Why hasn't my nickname been updated? Quickly add a title like 'Club Destroyer' to my name!"

"Haku-kun..." Yukino Yukinoshita said strangely, "You're always getting writer's block. Could it be that you're putting your limited thinking ability into these kinds of things? Judging from your ideas about horror movies, you could already create a novel horror movie script based on this, right? With you always messing around with weird things, isn't it only natural that you get writer's block?"

The white figure fell silent, as if weathered into a stone statue.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I'm a reincarnated genius! In other words, I'm the protagonist who can do anything! My talent flows like a spring, my material is inexhaustible, I absolutely don't have writer's block!"

In short, it's all about being tough. As long as the deadline hasn't arrived, you have to be tough until the very last moment!

"A peerless genius, unparalleled in his time! A single silhouette can defeat all living beings, he alone can decide the fate of the world. Mere inner demons are nothing to worry about. Break free from your karmic obstacles!"

Perhaps... she's trying to hypnotize herself to gain the power to cross the line of death?

Yukino Yukinoshita calmly watched her boyfriend act crazy.

"Xiaobai was just a lucky coincidence that pushed things along," Yui Yuigahama said with a sigh, looking at a message from a friend on her phone. "She seems to think the Horror Club is meaningless. It's just about showing up to take attendance during club activities. The former club president and seniors have semi-retired, so the club itself doesn't have much meaning. It's normal for it to disband... Will the Aid and Service Club also disband?"

"Of course I will."

Hachiman Hikigaya was unusually sentimental: "The teachers have already informed us about the class divisions for the second year of high school. When we get to the third year, we'll definitely have to spend time on our studies, right? We'll also have to consider which university we can go to, and once we get to university, we'll have to prepare to become corporate slaves... Once we graduate, the club will definitely disband. There aren't enough weird people to inherit these weird clubs—thinking about it, it feels like time really flies."

Before I knew it, I felt a strange sense of reluctance. It seemed that I had gotten used to not going home after school, but instead coming to the activity room to participate in the strange and wonderful club activities.

If I were to get to university, given my bad luck, I probably wouldn't be so lucky... no, given my consistently bad luck, it would probably be a different kind of bad luck.

After finishing his reflections, Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly felt that the surroundings were a bit quiet. He subconsciously looked up and saw Yui Yuigahama silently playing with her phone, Yukino Yukinoshita casting a cold, reproachful look at him, and Shiroki showing a look of satisfaction as if to say, "As expected of my subordinate."

“…Ahem.” Hachiman Hikigaya said nonchalantly, “In the end, whether the club disbands or not is not important at all. As long as you are willing, maintaining the relationship is not a troublesome thing.”

So what is our relationship?

Yui Yuigahama opened her mouth, then smiled and said, "That's true."

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita paused for a moment before asking, "Haku-kun, which university are you planning to go to? I don't think you've answered this question before."

"I'm planning to go to a university that I like and that's interesting."

Bai Ying was typing on the keyboard and casually said, "It feels quite interesting whether you suddenly come to find me or I suddenly go to find you."

“That’s true.” Yukino Yukinoshita flipped through her book and said calmly, “Humans aren’t machines that have to operate according to a set logic, or that have to meet certain conditions to run a certain program. It’s more accurate to say the other way around, because people will try to use their brains when certain conditions exist.”

Uh... I think they're talking about me.

Yui Yuigahama scratched her cheek, feeling inexplicably guilty.

Hachiman Hikigaya twitched his cheek, feeling like he was about to get into some trouble again.

"Sniff, sniff, sniff... I smell the quest!"

Bai Ying's eyes suddenly lit up. She stopped typing and excitedly suggested, "Oh! The taste of hesitation, the taste of encountering difficulties, the taste of indecisiveness... I never expected that a new commission would come from my subordinates—the Deadly Chef. Do you want me to make your subordinate fall in love with you? Subordinate, do you want me to maintain the status quo?"

A commission? You're clearly trying to mislead me!

Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama both silently complained to themselves.

"Don't talk nonsense, Haku-kun." Yukino Yukinoshita expressed a different opinion, "Hypnosis, brainwashing, or coercion are things that violate morality and law and are not within the scope of the Assistance Service Club's help."

Bai Ying retorted, "What are you talking about? I haven't broken the law yet! Even if I had, there would be a legal process! There's a debate in court! And there's an appeal process in prison!"

You're really thinking ahead!

“No need, Minister,” Hachiman Hikigaya immediately declined. “I didn’t mean to ask you to do that.”

Bai Ying nodded and said, "Indeed! To maintain a relationship without revealing one's true feelings, to dislike each other to some extent while habitually keeping in touch, is an ugly and twisted falsehood that a lone wolf would disdain."

Hikigaya Hachiman: "..."

"Uh, Shiro..." Yui Yuigahama tried to dispel someone's terrifying thoughts, "I didn't mean to commission anything..."

Bai Ying nodded and said, "Indeed! Compared to liking yourself, hating yourself is definitely more terrifying."

Yuigahama Yui: "..."

"Um……"

Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly interrupted at the opportune moment: "Haku-kun, have you finished writing your manuscript?"

"Aaaaaah—! Come forth, my talent!"

Chapter Seventy-Two: A Brand New Day

This script...

There is no room for improvement.

Bai Ying complained, "Director of The Untamed, are you really planning to spend ten years perfecting this one script? I can't improve the script any further."