I Was Reincarnated as a Mob in a Completed School Rom-Com Manga, and When I Tried My Best to Cheer Up the Broken Losing Heroines, I Realized I Had Surpassed the Original Story - 27

Chapter 27: Training by Herself

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“All right, that’s it for today’s practice! Tomorrow is finally the real thing, so let’s all work together and do our best!”

“Ooh…!”

At Kirari’s call, the girls collapsed on the floor, drenched in sweat, weakly raised their arms. Everyone had worked hard until they were completely exhausted. Even from my amateur idol perspective, I thought their performance had become unbelievably polished compared to before.

“Kazuto, good work! Tomorrow, cheer for us, okay!?”

Kirari smacked me on the back. I had been worried about Kirari since Nazuna collapsed, but it seemed I didn’t need to be worried about her after all. But this pain on my back… Had she not only recovered but actually powered up…?  Even though we’d faced some unexpected accidents, it looked like all the manga club members would somehow make it to tomorrow’s performance together. Nothing could be better than that. While I was getting ready to go home, Chadani-san poked my arm with her finger.

“Hey, Kurosaki-kun, do you have a moment after this…?”

“S-sure…”

Because she looked somewhat serious, I told Moe to go home ahead. Then she gave me a suspicious stare.

“Onii-chan, you’re kinda shady right now… What are you planning to do, staying at school this late…?”

“Stop making weird assumptions. It seems Chadani-san has something she needs to talk to me about…”

“Hmm. Well, if it’s Suzu-senpai, I guess it’s fine… She’s the serious type after all. Okay, I’ll allow it.”

My little sister muttered while touching her chin, her lips sticking out as she granted me permission. 

But wait a second.

“Hey, Moe, do I seriously need your permission for every single thing I do…?”

Her cheeks puffed out.

“Of course you do! I’m holding the nurse hostage, remember!?”

“How long are you going to keep using that…? I already treated you to parfaits twice…”

“Urrgh! Then what about the emotional trauma Moe suffered when Moe discovered that!?”

Because Moe shouted, the other club members all turned their eyes toward us.

“O-okay, okay, calm down for a second…! I was totally at fault…!”

Even though I was clearly the victim, I soothed Moe in a quiet voice, and she responded with a sour expression and a condition.

“Then come home as soon as you can, okay?”

“I’ll do my best…”

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After everyone left, Chadani-san and I met in the student council room next door. Even though it was already completely night, I could clearly see Chadani-san pressing a hand to her chest with just the light coming in through the window, without turning on the lights.

“So, what did you want to talk about?”

“Um… I’m still nervous about tomorrow… So, I want you to watch my dance…”

“Wouldn’t Kirari be more suitable for that? She might still be around, so I can contact her!”

But Chadani-san grabbed my hand as I took out my phone, stopping me.

“N-no…!! If you call Koganezaki-san, we’ll definitely end up practicing past midnight…”

…Y-yeah, if it were Kirari, she would probably hit some weird switch while practicing and keep going forever.

“T-True… You’re right…”

“And I wasn’t able to join practice much, so they gave me an easier choreography than everyone else… I don’t want to trouble them any more than I already have…”

“But even so, why me…?”

When I asked, she frowned unhappily and adjusted her glasses.

“Do I really have to say it…?”

“No, if you don’t say it, I won’t know…”

“Because, Kurosaki-kun… You never come to the student council room anymore…”

Chadani-san looked away, sulking. Her blunt attitude gave me déjà vu, and I couldn’t help laughing.

“Chadani-san, you’re really more childish than you look…”

“S-sorry for that…! Are you going to watch my dance or not!? Which is it!?”

Her face turning bright red as she raised her voice was also adorable.

“I’ll watch it, I’ll watch it. If you’re okay with me, I’ll stay as long as you want.”

When I answered with a laugh, Chadani-san’s expression twisted softly. A face made of half anger, half happiness, and a tiny bit of embarrassment—so incredibly cute—was illuminated by the moonlight spilling through the window. Something in my chest ached. As expected of an Amakoi heroine… Her destructive power was insane.

“Then… I’m going to dance now…”

She started the music from the phone placed on the student council president’s desk and took her position with a nervous expression. As I watched Chadani-san start dancing, I didn’t know where to look. The reason was the fluttering of her uniform skirt. She always wore her gym clothes during practice, so this was my first time seeing her dance in her uniform. At various moments, her enticing thighs peeked from beneath the skirt. Not quite visible, yet almost visible—an exquisitely dangerous thrill. With this state of mind, there was no way I could view the dance objectively.

“Kyaaa!”

Right before the final chorus, as she stepped into the buildup, she slipped like a clumsy class representative she was and fell on her butt with a yelp. Hearing the loud thud, I reflexively shut my eyes. When I opened them carefully, I found myself locking eyes—perfectly—with Chadani-san’s pure white panties, displayed squarely in front of me in a full-leg-open position.

“…………”

Once something was that clearly visible, I felt as though I had reached a state of enlightenment.

“Oww…”

“Are you okay…? Are you hurt?”

When I approached, Chadani-san suddenly realized the position she was in, and her face flushed bright red. And in the next moment—

“D-don’t look—!!”

She cried out, pressing down her skirt while delivering an extremely heavy kick straight into my solar plexus.

“Ugh…”

The impact was so intense that I collapsed on the spot, struggling even to breathe for a while. At that moment I genuinely prepared myself for my second death.

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