Challenge to Resonate

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Setsumei

GYUUUUUUU~~~!! NANAMEGI-KUUUUUN, KURAMA-KUUUUUUN!!

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HAMA Asunaro High School – Rooftop

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Nanaki

What’s up, Club Prez?

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Ushio

You’re whimpering like a dog.

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Setsumei

Lend me your wisdom, please!

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Muneuji

Is this regarding D-Club?

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Akuta

Hm? So you guys got the A-OK from the committee?

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Setsumei

Let me explain! It was decided that our D-BATTLE club, aka the D-Club, would be allowed to continue activities after that fiery display.

However!! The teachers insisted we change the current D-BATTLE system to make it more school-friendly!!

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Muneuji

I see. What sorts of changes took place?

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Setsumei

Well, we have to have a 5 minute break after each round for the AI to add some censorship…

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Ushio

Lame.

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Setsumei

And also bleep out a set of banned vocabulary. However, that means the audience is only hearing about 20% of what’s actually being said…!

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Nanaki

So that’s why D-BATTLE is flopping…

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Kiroku

(If it’s not too aggressive… Maybe I could participate…?)

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Setsumei

And that brings me to you two…

Nanamegi-kun and Kurama-kun, could I ask you to have a battle for me using posh language!?

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Akuta

Posh language…?

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Setsumei

Yes! In other words… I want you to battle while speaking like aristocrats!!

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Ushio & Nanaki

Pft!?

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Setsumei

There are also some potential battlers we are considering asking for this, for example, there’s this 2nd year aristocratic looking girl who—

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Nanaki

I refuse to do it, so drop dead!!

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Setsumei

Ahhh, no! You can’t say that, it’ll get bleeped out…

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Kiroku

(Nanamegi got infected…)

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Ushio

Yeah, I don’t know what you were expecting, but no.

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Setsumei

B-B-B-But!?

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Muneuji

I understand the situation. Perhaps I could offer some insight on how to proceed.

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Setsumei

Kaguya-kuuuuuuuuuun!! I am eternally grateful~~~~!!

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Ushio

*sigh* Muu-chan, you’re too nice…

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Akuta

But it’d be sick if we could get another legendary battle like the one you guys had!

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Kiroku

Yeah… That battle, was amazing…

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Nanaki

Urgh… Please don't bring that up… In the end, it was just a slugfest that ended with no winner…

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Flashback

*School bell*

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AI Referee

[The time is currently 10 PM. Students are encouraged to log out promptly.]

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Setsumei

Aaaaand that’s all she wrote!! In the end, both sides ended with 3.1415% D-LIFE remaining which meaaaaaaaaaaaaaans… IT’S A DRAAAAAAW!!

*ding ding ding*

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Nanaki

*huff, huff*… I know I said let’s have a slugfest, but…

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Ushio

*pant, pant*… Didn’t this drag on for too long…!?

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Kiroku

You both, did great…

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Akuta

Nice fight! Let’s go meet up with Teach and the others.

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D-BATTLE Arena

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Kaede

Nanaki-kun, Ushio-kun! That match was incredible!

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Ushio

I can’t believe this many of you came… you adults have no life.

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Yukikaze

My little brothers, both of you worked hard. I’ll make you a refresher to charge yourselves later.

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Raito

Your words carried passion beyond a mere fight. Thanks for showing me a good battle.

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Kinari

At your current level, it’ll be totes easy to pop off on D-Tongue Twisters.

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Ten

D-Tongue Twisters?

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Akuta

Oh that! Sorry Ten-san, that’s reserved for those aiming for the pinnacle of the D-BATTLING world!

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Sakujiro

Everyone, please follow the younglings around you and log out ASAP!

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Nanaki

Um, Chief!

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Kaede

Yeah?

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Nanaki

Thanks for coming to watch. And also…

I think I finally understand what you said that day.

Flashback

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Kaede

It’s great that you have a friend you can be completely honest with.

D-BATTLE Arena

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Kaede

That’s great…! I’m sure Ushio-kun also feels the same way!

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Ushio

Huh? What?

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Nanaki

Nothing!

Also, thanks, Mr. Saku-chan. Your advice really helped.

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Sakujiro

Please don’t mention it. Have you come to any revelations since then?

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Nanaki

Hmm… I think you might be right about how there are people you can’t just simply label as someone you love or hate.

…But there are some people I’ll still hate even after getting to know them.

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Sakujiro

Fufufu…! How splendid!

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HAMA House – 2F Hallway

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Nanaki

Guess I can finally treat myself to a cup of coffee.

(Come to think of it, Mr. Saku-chan said the more you know someone, the more you’ll find things to love and hate about them…)

(Does that mean if I get to know more about Chief, I’ll start finding things about him that I hate…?)

HAMA House – Kitchen

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Nanaki

…Huh?

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Kaede

Persistently bra- Gah, let me try again.

Persistently prattling, perpetually festering shatter poxES—!

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Nanaki

Uh… Chief?

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Kaede

UWAH!? Nanaki-kun!?

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Nanaki

Are you—

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Kaede

SHHH!! L-L-L-Let me explain!!

I kinda let it slip to Akuta-kun that I wanted to try D-BATTLING, so he said that I should start with some tongue twisters…!

I know it looks really stupid that a grown adult like me is doing something like this…! S-So please don’t think any less of me…

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Nanaki

(…Ch…)

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Nanaki

(Chief is sooo cute! I can’t believe I really thought I’d find something to hate about him! Now I wanna learn more, everything, even down to his red flags…)

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Kaede

Anyways… C-Could you maybe just… pretend you didn’t see any of that?

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Ushio

Coming through. I’d really appreciate it if you could stop hogging the refrigerator and do your soap opera somewhere else.

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Kaede

Oh, Ushio-kun! Sorry!

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Nanaki

Is it really that hard to let people have a normal conversation without you acting like Mr. Party-Pooper about it?

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Ushio

That’s real funny coming from a walking germ-factory with nothing better to do than to mope around the kitchen.

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Ushio & Nanaki

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Kaede

Um, guys…?

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HAMA House – Dining Room

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Muneuji

Hm? I came to the kitchen to ask Uu-chan if he had any snacks on-hand…

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Kiroku

But… looks like, they’re about, to battle…

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Akuta

Fight fight fight fight!

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Ushio

What? You think you can keep up just ‘cause you did a few battles? That’s cute, but you should stick to being fanbait.

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Nanaki

Mind you, those “few battles” literally ended in a draw, so what does that make you? Just stick baking if you can’t cook up a decent comeback.

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Kaede

Alright! Here’s to a clean fight, get ready to throw, say—

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Everyone

D-BATTLE, READYYYYY GOOOO!!!

Translation
jelly, xiixiv
Proofreading
niri, dimi
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