Class Story - Slam Days (Part 4)
Rui: (…Sigh, what a pain. The Rider Summit day is finally here.)
(...Wait a second, I didn’t even realize today was the Rider Summit.)
(...I totally forgot. I'll leave it at that.)
(...Lance and Shizuru aren’t going either. It shouldn't matter if I don’t go too.)
[ —At the Arcade]
(...Ah, I’m really on top of my game today.)
(...Spending a weekday afternoon playing medal games at the arcade.)
(...The coins are piling up fast, it feels like it’ll never end.)
Rude Male Customer: Oi, what the hell is wrong with this place?!
I spent 2,000 yen and still can’t get anything from the UFO claw machine! Are you trying to rip me off!?
Staff: Please keep it down, as there are other customers here.
Rude Male Customer: This is stressing me out. Give me my 1M yen compensation now.
Staff: ...I understand, but…
Rude Male Customer: You're useless! Get me the person in charge.
Staff: Please, I ask for your understanding…!
Rude Male Customer: I said get me the person in charge, didn’t I!?
Staff: Hyiii….
Rui: Hey, you. The staff already told you to keep it down.
Rude Male Customer: Ha? Who do you think you are?
Rui: I'm a customer here. So let me play in peace.
Rude Male Customer: Shut it. I'm gonna destroy this place.
Rui: …If you do that, I won't let that happen.
Rude Male Customer: You looking for a fight? Then let's take it outside.
Rui: I guess it can't be helped.
Staff:Staff: Uh, excuse me, customer…!
Rui: Ah, don’t worry. I’m just a volunteer trying to protect this beloved arcade.
[ —At the Slam Days Base]
Rui:...Sigh, what a rough day it’s been.
Shizuru: Hey, Rui, where have you been?! You skipped the Rider Summit, didn’t you!
Lance: The butler contacted me just a moment ago.
Rui: Ah, it was today, huh? I didn’t notice.
Shizuru: I tried calling you several times, why didn’t you pick up?
Rui: I ran into a bit of trouble.
Shizuru: You were just playing at the arcade, weren’t you?
Rui: ….Maybe.
Lance: Skipping on purpose like that is totally deliberate.
Shizuru: Well, I pretty much suspected as much.
Lazy. Selfish. Irresponsible.
Lance: Lifeless. Unmotivated. Good-for-nothing.
Rui: Oi oi. You guys are getting positive feedback, so why am I the only one being criticized?
Shizuru: You’re aware, right?
Rui: …I guess.
Lance: Well, now that we've all experienced being a leader, who are we going to choose?
Shizuru: Everyone has their pros and cons, so it’s hard to decide.
Rui: That’s not even close.
Shizuru: …You could say that.
Lance: Since we've already missed the Rider Summit three times, we might get some serious punishments if we miss it again.
We have to take this seriously.
Rui: Well, it can't be helped. Let’s decide with the usual thing.
Shizuru: …You mean ‘that’ huh?
Lance: …So that's how we're gonna decide, huh? …We should have just gone with that from the start.
Rui: Once we decide, no hard feelings, okay?