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VIDEO: Tatarigoroshi-hen | TIP 1: Satoko’s Trap Course (Elementary)
BGM: Silence
"I know one thing for sure. Satoko could fend off an entire army division by holing up in this mountain."
"I know all about it! Satoko was appointed to the special forces of that one country, where she served as an instructor training on traps."
"Stop saying weird things... Somebody help meee~~!!"
BGM: Hello!
Mion was caught in a profusely thin pitfall she couldn't escape from, and only her head was poking above the ground.
Rena's head was completely covered by a tin bucket she was squirming around in a vain attempt to remove it.
...Either of these really were funny, but that's where it ended. At least they had their feet on the ground.
SFX: Higurashi
"Y-You're the one who should be breaking out and saving me, Mion! What do you expect me to do in this freaking bamboo mat?!"
...I was wrapped up in a bamboo mat and hanging two meters above the ground.
Agh... What was this trap and how did I fall into it? Huh?! It was Satoko!
This all started when they suggested that I was unfamiliar with nature, having grown up in the city, and proposed a little exploration on the mountain.
"The mountain out back, huh? ...I played there a lot when I was little... but I haven't gone there for years. If you get lost out there, things can get pretty dangerous."
"...Mew!"
"Oh, I see! How reassuring. We'll defer to you two this time and have you be our tour guides!"
"Wait, Keiichi-kun... The summer vacation guidebook says not to play on the mountain because you'll get lost."
"...It isn't summer vacation yet, so it's all right. We know the path, so there's no need to worry."
"The mountain has always been our playground! Our backyard! We know all the secret paths and shortcuts!"
...Yes, both Satoko and Rika-chan knew the path like the back of their hands.
Thanks to them, we had our fill of fresh air, gorgeous views, and Mother Nature, the likes of which you could never see in the village.
But things got strange partway through!!
BGM: Silence
SFX: Higurashi
"Huh...? What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
"...It would be safer to do as Satoko says."
Suddenly. ...Squeak. ...Crash!!!!
When Rena pulled the kite string, a bundle of bamboo spears fastened to a tree branch all came raining down with a clatter right next to where Rena was standing!!
BGM: Sutakorasassa (Helter Skelter)
"...That brings back memories. Satoko made this trap in the second semester of second grade."
"That was a close one. The tips of the spears are covered in dog poop, so if one of them hurts you, the wound will start to fester."
"W-When did this turn into some guerrilla battlefield?!"
...According to Satoko and Rika-chan...
...Earlier in elementary school, Satoko had been on a trap-making craze, and set them up along every inch of this mountain...
Mion and I both nodded wholeheartedly at Rena's hypothesis.
"Come, now! We are hurrying on ahead. If we do not return soon, it will get dark. If it gets dark, it may even become dangerous for me."
B-But you're the one who brought us to this crazy mountain!!
Why was an average healthy Japanese boy like me being forced to deal with life-threatening booby traps?!
...And then... The very moment Satoko and Rika-chan got just out of sight was when the three of us all got caught in nice little traps together...
SFX: Higurashi
"Never mind that~! Somebody get the bucket off me~!! I can't see in front of me~! Hau~!!"
"...Wait, Rena, don't struggle around so much. I-I can see your panties..."
"H-Hauuuu!!! You saw?! You saw?! Keiichi-kun, you saw!! Hau~~~!!!"
Smash, crash, smash, smash smash crash bash!!!
"O-Of course you can see them...!! You may be in a bucket, but you can definitely— gehah, gohoh!! Gbhbhreh!!"
Bucket Rena was using me as a sandbag, and Mion was crying.
I finally had an epiphany.
...Satoko had been so bent on taking everyone out to the mountain... because she wanted to brag about all the traps she'd set up here over the years.
...You could have stopped just at showing them to us. ...I didn't need to experience how it felt first-hand!!
Rika-chan pets our three heads in sequence, in an incredibly satisfied mood...