Academy SP 〜An Ex-Mercenary Reincarnated as a Mob in a Gal Game. I Ditched My Bodyguard Job to Enjoy High School Life, but When the Ultra-Rich Heroines Were About to Get Killed, I Stepped In… and Somehow Built a Harem Powerful Enough to Control Japan〜 - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

“N-No way… Amagaya actually getting expelled…”

“Huh, that’s surprising. Yuuji, you really like Amagaya that much? You look seriously shaken.”

Of course I’m shaken, you idiot!

This was your fault to begin with—you were supposed to be his best friend and back him up!

“Hey, don’t make that scary face! You’ve still got me, don’t you, Yuuji? Your best buddy!”

“Tch…”

That was when—

“Hey, mob-face.”

I turned around to see Yamashita glaring at me with sharp eyes.

“Because of you, yesterday was a total disaster. After that, Sara-sama told me, ‘You can go home,’ and I didn’t even get a proper greeting in!”

Looks like he was still seriously pissed about yesterday.

“And thanks to that, I couldn’t protect Sara-sama from that Amagaya trash. Do you know how rare an opportunity like that is!? And you ruined it!”

“An opportunity…? You make it sound like you wanted trouble to happen.”

At my words, he let out a mocking laugh.

“Hmph. The school and the conglomerate are worrying about all kinds of things, but Japan’s a peaceful country. No one’s really out to target a conglomerate lady. That’s exactly why yesterday was the perfect chance. If I’d taken down that commoner bastard with my kickboxing, my future would’ve been set. Hell, there was even a chance she might’ve fallen for me. Kekeke… Getting to make that sexy body mine wouldn’t have been so bad either.”

He snickered unpleasantly as he spoke.

“……………………”

I didn’t even bother responding.

From the point of view of someone who had actually played the game, I really wanted to explain that what Amagaya did was just an unfortunate accident…

But still, Yamashita really did say things bluntly.

Well, that was exactly why people joined Academy SP in the first place.

With desires laid bare, this kind of talk was bound to happen.

“Anyway, you’re out of the Hagoromo Conglomerate faction.”

As Yamashita pointed straight at me and said that, Wakita immediately spoke up.

“H-Hey, Yamashita-kun!? That’s not fair! If you do that, we’ll end up unaffiliated!”

“Tch, like I care. This is everyone’s decision. Right? Isn’t it?”

Saying that, Yamashita shot a sharp look at the other members of the Hagoromo faction.

Most of them had badly beaten faces, their injuries still painfully visible, and they all nodded in agreement.

Damn it…

After I left, he must’ve kept them under control with violence.

“Which brings us to this. —So, Wakita. If back then you hadn’t stuck with some nobody mob kid from a boring executive family and had followed me instead, this wouldn’t have happened. You regret it now, don’t you?”

Yamashita wore a smug, superior grin.

But Wakita—

Wakita was wearing the exact same kind of confident smile.

“No, no—not at all. If anything, what I saw yesterday between you and Yuuji only turned my suspicion into certainty.”

“Hah? Certainty?”

“Yeah. Watching you get restrained by Yuuji with just one arm… that pretty much settled it.”

This guy really had a nasty personality.

That dark smile, the way he provoked him on purpose…

“You bastard!”

Yamashita exploded with anger and lunged at Wakita.

But—

“Hey.”

Before anyone realized it, Itabashi-sensei was standing by the classroom door, attendance list in hand.

“That’s enough. I don’t care if this is Academy SP, but if you cause a violent incident on school grounds, it’s instant expulsion. Training to sharpen your skills is one thing—but don’t cross the line.”

With that, Itabashi-sensei walked up to the podium like it was none of his business.

It felt less like a warning and more like, I’ll overlook most things—but don’t do it right in front of me.

“Tch. You got lucky. Don’t forget this.”

Yamashita clicked his tongue and returned to his seat.

Seriously—he acted more like a street thug than the son of some rich family.

Wakita leaned toward me and whispered,

“Thanks, Yuuji.”

“Huh?”

“If Itabashi-sensei hadn’t shown up, you would’ve stepped in, right?”

“……………………”

Sometimes this guy was scary enough to make me wonder if he could read my mind…

Well, setting that aside.

I folded my arms and went hmm.

But no matter how much I thought about it, the protagonist, Amagaya, had already retired from this school.

What would happen next was completely unclear.

On top of that, I’d also been kicked out of the Hagoromo Conglomerate faction…

Mmmmmm—well! Whatever. This was fine.

Depending on the assignment, I might have to guard someone all the way home or patrol the school grounds too…

Honestly, if I was going to spend time on something, joining a club sounded way better.

That’s it.

I should do a club activity!

No—wait.

Wouldn’t it be more light-novel-like to just start a brand-new club?

That could work!

Let’s see… how about the Mercenary Club!?

Teaching hand-to-hand combat for killing enemies, guerrilla ambush tactics, even interrogation techniques to force confessions—

Yeah, no. That’d never be popular. Hahaha!

“…Takahashi. What are you grinning about? Answer when I call your name during attendance.”

Even after getting scolded by the teacher, I was still enjoying this thing called youth.

“Alright, next—”

Just as Itabashi-sensei said that, he started walking toward the window.

It was open, and faint angry shouting drifted in from outside.

When I strained my ears, I could make out voices like these.

“—Dismantle the Four Families!!”

This old school building was close to the main gate, so outside voices carried in easily.

Right now, a large number of police officers were there keeping things under control… but it didn’t look like the protest was dying down anytime soon.

As if to shut out that unpleasant noise, Itabashi-sensei closed the window and continued taking attendance.

Still, one line strangely stuck in my ears.

“—We will never forgive the Hagoromo Conglomerate!!”

It was the first time I’d heard Hagoromo singled out by name.

It caught my attention a little—but at the time, I didn’t think much of it.

〇

A few days later—

“Alright, Aketo Conglomerate faction, gather up!”

The one calling out was Hirota.

Around him were eleven people in total.

From the looks of it, he’d built a pretty solid organization within Academy SP, with himself at the center.

“Today, Ririko-sama will be holding a tea gathering with her close classmates. Until we hand things over to the Aketo family’s dedicated guards, we will strengthen our protection.”

Hirota issued clear, well-organized orders without wasting a word.

Even full-time professional guards had limits to what they could cover.

For example, the inside of the school was off-limits to outsiders.

And even conglomerate ladies had moments when they just wanted to relax and enjoy themselves freely.

In situations like that, placing Academy SP students—under the pretense of being ordinary classmates—was one possible option.

Of course, we weren’t real professionals, so we didn’t step too far forward.

We existed purely as insurance, just in case something happened.

Hirota understood that balance perfectly, for better or worse, and it gave him a sense of stability.

Figures—he really did feel like the son of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency.

“Yeah… Hirota-kun really does have what it takes to be a leader.”

Wakita said that while resting his chin on his hand.

“And compared to him—”

The next place his eyes landed was—

The leader of the Hagoromo Conglomerate faction.

“I’ll stick right by Sara-sama. You guys spread out and surround the area.”

He gave orders with a creepy “nyehehe” grin that clearly reeked of ulterior motives.

At this point, it didn’t even look like guard duty anymore.

It was more like he was moving around with the goal of becoming her boyfriend.

“So, what do we do? Yamashita-kun looks like he’s completely freezing us out.”

At Wakita’s words, I just shrugged.

“What else can we do…? Getting involved with that guy is just asking for trouble.”

“Then… wanna hit the arcade?”

“Oh, that actually sounds good!”

Sure, in the game, all kinds of events popped up one after another—but in reality, most days were pretty ordinary.

Maybe with Amagaya gone, there were fewer problems now?

There were even detective manga where murders happened simply because the protagonist was around, after all.

So yeah—maybe it was something like that!

“Alright, looks like today’s an easy win for me.”

“Oho, Yuuji, feeling confident, huh? Loser buys the hamburgers!”

〇

Side: Sara

“We’re sorry to keep you waiting, Sara-sama. We’ll escort you home.”

“…Yeah, whatever.”

As soon as I stepped out from the shoe lockers, the Academy SP boys were lined up neatly near the entrance.

“That’s Sara Hagoromo-sama over there!”

“What an eye-catching outfit…”

“I wonder if she’s the playful type?”

For some reason, the girls’ whispered chatter kept drifting into my ears.

Ugh… annoying.

I really shouldn’t have come to this kind of fancy girls’ school.

Everyone was so serious, so bland, like robots just walking along the path their parents laid out for them.

It pissed me off.

But what pissed me off the most was that…

Sara herself was walking along that same path.

“Ah—Sara-sama! Please wait!”

As I briskly walked ahead, the Academy SP boys closed in around me.

It almost felt like I was being deliberately surrounded—

I mean, in a way it was kind of amusing… but still, it was annoying.

That was how Sara’s life always was.

Ever since I was little, there were always people around me.

And for the sake of those people, I kept playing the role of “the Hagoromo Conglomerate’s young lady” day after day.

I hated that.

So I figured I’d act out a bit—mess with my clothes, loosen things up.

My parents got really angry at first.

But in the end… they stopped saying anything.

Yeah, of course they did.

After all, Sara was just a girl.

Traditionally, the Hagoromo Conglomerate didn’t let women inherit the family.

Which meant what the conglomerate—what my parents—wanted from me was a political marriage to expand their power.

A noble family heir, or the son of a major corporation…

By family rule, the Hagoromo Conglomerate never got involved with politicians, so marriage to a politician was off the table.

But either way… Sara didn’t even have the right to fall in love freely.

“I’ll stay by your side at all times. Ah—my name is Toshi Yamashita from the Yamashita Fund.”

“…Yeah, whatever.”

Seriously… this guy was annoying.

Always pushing his company name and his own name like that.

Sorry, but even if he tried that hard, there was no way Sara—who’d basically been abandoned by her parents—was going to pull strings for him.

And on top of that, he kept sneaking glances at my chest and legs.

It wasn’t like I dressed this way to turn him on.

That just pissed me off even more.

“By the way, I heard about that Amagaya incident the other day. That was shocking. If I—Toshi Yamashita of the Yamashita Fund—had been there, I could’ve eliminated the problem beforehand!”

“…Yeah…”

It was true—when that Amagaya guy suddenly crashed into Sara’s… chest, it really did surprise me.

But… I knew he’d tripped over a stone, so it didn’t feel like he did it on purpose.

Sara had panicked and slapped him hard, but after that, Amagaya kept apologizing desperately…

Getting expelled felt… a bit too much.

The school probably just didn’t want to make it public.

As for Sara, I wasn’t bothered by it anymore.

What actually scared me right now was this guy—Yamashita—with his obvious ulterior motives.

“Still, Sara-sama, you’re truly beautiful. In the future, will you be marrying the son of some big company?”

…Wow, he was really pushing it.

As if. There was absolutely no chance I’d ever end up with you.

“Haaah…”

I let out a long sigh.

But still… I kind of wanted a normal romance, you know?

Well, choosing a girls’ academy pretty much crushed that dream from the start.

Honestly, I was sick of all of it.

In the end… Sara gave in to her parents’ pressure and enrolled in this school just like they wanted.

I’d been studying since I was little, so I managed to get in at fourth place overall—but even that made them angry.

How dare I score lower than the other three conglomerate daughters, they said…

Ugh… it was always like this.

I just wanted to be free.

Sara wanted to be free too…

And just as that feeling surged up inside me—

Yamashita’s face came into view.

—If I used this guy…

“Hey, Yamashita.”

“Y-Yes! What is it, Sara-sama!?”

“You know… I’m really in the mood to have fun today. All the way until night—no, until morning.”

“…Eh!?”

For a moment, his face practically melted—but he quickly tried to regain his composure.

“N-No, um… that might be a problem. Our mission is to escort you home safely, and going past curfew would—”

“It’s fiiiiine! If you listen to what Sara says, I’ll put in a good word for you here and there. After all… we’re friends, right? ♡”

Saying that, I grabbed his arm tightly.

As I pressed closer, Yamashita’s face flushed bright red.

“Y-Y-Yes! O-Of course! I’d be honored—absolutely honored!!”

I couldn’t help the small smile that crept onto my face.

Honestly, dealing with a guy like this was a pain—but watching him get flustered and bend so easily to my words was… kind of amusing.

Alright then.

I’d keep them busy tonight, make them run around until they were completely worn out.

—It’s not like breaking curfew would make my parents worry anyway.