Dullard Buddy-kun: Heading Reluctantly to School Again Today - Episode 21

I wonder what it is.
Today, just like always, I’m pretending to sleep with my head on the desk in the classroom…

To my surprise, it seems that a certain topic from the other day has been the talk of the school since this morning…

Even my lonely ears have heard it many times. I even heard it in the bathroom just now. So there’s no mistake…

Yes. That topic is

Popular influencer Tom and his gang of semi-criminals have been arrested.

And about the helmet-wearing Dokumanaldo employee who beat up the gangsters and caused a ruckus at the scene… it’s become a rumor.

I have nothing to do with it…

Yeah, it has nothing to do with me…

In fact, the police have had no contact with me at all.

Well, I received several calls from Yamamoto on my phone, and even when I got home later, there were more calls, but since I had confirmed her safety, I felt it wasn’t wise to go out now, so I apologize but ignored them.

After all, I don’t want to get involved in that commotion any more than I already have.

Just to let you know, Yamamoto is taking a day off from school today.

Well, given what happened, it’s only natural.

“Damn it, that bastard Tom!!! I won’t forgive him just because he’s my senior. Did he really get me drunk like that on purpose…? I get that he was scared of my strength, but come on, that’s just too cowardly!!! Damn it, I can’t remember anything from that time!!!”

“Me too. It seems like I got a call from Saya that day, but I can’t remember it at all. By the way, isn’t that helmeted guy Sakaki, your theory?”

“Eh? Could it be me? Is there actually a theory about me? Is there a chance that I, while drunk, ripped off a Dokumanaldo employee’s uniform and stormed back into the place? I was definitely drunk the whole time, so I can’t completely deny that theory, hahaha.”

And then, the pointless conversations of those idiots reach my ears again, but honestly, I find that more helpful.

That’s right. Sakaki, you’re the employee at Dokumanaldo wearing that helmet. That’s perfect.

It would be great if you could just leave it at that.

Well, somehow or other, it’ll be fine.

No one could possibly connect the loner who slumps over this desk every day with that man. And it’s not like I wanted to cause a scene; it was just an unavoidable force.

It’s pathetic, but I take pride in being the person who has moved the least from their desk in this school.

Yeah, there’s been no contact from my part-time job either.

I haven’t been found out. So, it’s okay.

For now, while I continue pretending to sleep, still thinking about such things, someone suddenly taps my shoulder.

Who is it…?

Just in case, I cautiously and slowly lift my face from the desk.

“Mamiya-kun, you’re on duty with me today. Come on, let’s erase the blackboard.”

“Oh, sorry. I’ll delete it right away.”

I was surprised.

I thought it was someone else, but it’s you, Tanaka-kun…

And that’s right. Today, I was the class monitor.

Tanaka-kun, he’s not a loner like me, but I feel like he’s more on this side… So I don’t dislike him.

But, right now, that doesn’t matter.