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VIDEO: Watanagashi-hen | TIP 5: Details of the Delinquent Three
BGM: Silence
SFX: Higurashi
"Just why ya arrestin' us?!!"
"Bullshit!! Leggo a me!!!"
The three people rubbed their arms painfully - Kumatani-kun and the others must have been squeezing them pretty tightly.
"Na-ha-ha-ha... Don't get me wrong. I haven't arrested you or anything. Kuma-chan. Go get me something cold from the fridge, please. Would you like your barley with foam or without? Hmm?"
They plunked down onto the reception sofa, and despite not yelling anymore, they still had dangerous expressions. ...Mmm, what I'd give to be young again.
"I'll drink even if you don't, you know. Excuse me for helping myself. ......Mmmm~~~!!! Beer is best when you drink it on the job~!"
...They hadn't stopped being cautious—it was more like they didn't see a reason to refuse.
They each opened their cans and began to drink the contents.
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"Where did you guys come from? You're not from around here. Nfu-fu-fu-fu!"
They looked at each other again, suspicious of whether they should tell him.
"Are you all college students? Friends on a trip? You were probably travelling on bikes or something. Sounds like fun I wish I was having!"
"............"
"You don't live close by, do you? Where did you come from? Osaka, perhaps?"
"Whassit matter to ya?"
"Now, now, there's no use trying to intimidate me. You would have all been in a lot of trouble if I'd left you there, right?"
They seemed to recall the thrilling event from earlier.
...While they could understand getting surrounded by students, or a gang, or something along those lines...
...They would never have been surrounded by locals both young and old, both men and women before.
It was easy to imagine how scared they must have been.
“Not in the sense of parents not wanting to get involved in their children's fights. ...If one person gets bullied, the village will come out in full force. That's not just an idle threat, you know."
They couldn't argue against that.
...They themselves had been surrounded. They'd seen it with their own eyes. There was no doubt about it.
"Around these parts... If the people of Hinamizawa give you a glare like that, you'll simply get demoned away and no one will hear from you again. You'll suddenly disappear without a trace. ...Do you all have families that would get the police to search for you if you went missing? If not, then that's bad. You'll vanish, and that'll be the end of it. Nfu-fu-fu-fu!"
Even then, we got there soon enough that nothing happened. If we'd been late, things could have taken a turn for the worse.
Anyway. ...Perhaps they'd be a little more cooperative if we'd found them as corpses.
"...How did you all get to Okinomiya? By train? By bike?"
"...Bike."
"That's not good. They're still parked there, aren't they? If you go waltzing in to get them back, they really might gang up on you."
"......Hellsat?" We'll take'em all!"
Calm down, calm down...
Why are young people these days so quick with the shouting...?
"You don't want any more trouble, right? Tell me the bike license plate numbers. I'll bring them here for you. ...Kuma-chan, please borrow the loading truck we use for traffic disasters."
"Got it!"
"Iss, iss fine...! We'll get them ourselves!"
"Do you really want to get surrounded again? The police may not be fast enough to save you this time."
"............"
"It's fine, innit!? If we's surrounded, they gonna get knocked down!
"...You... that's fuckin' dirty...!!"
"Your tax dollars will be put to good use in bringing all your bikes back here. Quit complaining and tell me the god damn license plate numbers, you pieces of shit."
The three were hesitant to tell him the numbers.
...They were mumbling something along the lines of not remembering them since they'd just bought the bikes.
......Well, that's what I thought. Hah~~...
“They belong to you, right?"
They didn't answer. Those must be the right ones.
"Ooishi-san, the truck is here, so I'll get going."
"Yes, yes, please do. Wait, Kuma-chan, hold on. One more thing."
"What's up?"
"Look up the numbers. You don't want to bring the wrong ones back."
The three people's faces changed color.
...They made themselves very easy to understand.
"Let's take it easy here until your bikes get back. There's more beer, you know. We have some snacks, too. Want to watch TV? There's probably nothing on, though."
"Nah, thanks, we's leavin'. Don't wanna hang here forever!"
Their clearly overpowering stares nailed them to the sofa.
"...Wha... What?!! Whaddid we do?!!"
Going on a trip by stealing motorcycles, huh? ...Students these days have too much time on their hands.