Starting a Night Shift Part-time Job at a Convenience Store-Chapter 8.5: Hirais Secret V
On the following
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night. Translator: MadHatter
In
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the rear wheel of my motorcycle, I put rubber gloves, a shovel, newspaper, a
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tiny tin of cat food I had bought at the supermarket, and a cut and flattened piece of cardboard I had at home, and attached it tothe bike with cords.
All
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of these things were prepared for mourning the
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cat.
After
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all, touching
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the cat with my bare hands
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was out of the question, so I had to wear
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gloves and carry the cat in the
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cardboard box.
I left home early, contemplating
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the cat’s burial. That cat… I wondered
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what happened to it.
Today’s weather
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was bright and beautiful
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as if yesterday’s day
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of incessant rain had been
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a lie. After being
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drenched by precipitation and exposed to the sunlight, the
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cat’s carcass must
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be devastated once
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more, now that I
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thought about it. A shudder crept through me as I imagined
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it. I should hurry up and bury the cat in the
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soil.
As I
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approached the exit of the tunnel, I slowed down and parked my
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bike where it would
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not disturb others. Nonetheless―
What
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was happening?643fd
Nowhere
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on the tunnel’s exit road could a cat’s carcass be discovered.
Odd. It
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was certainly around here… I searched and
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searched, yet
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could not find anything that
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resembled the remains
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of a cat anywhere.
Apparently, it
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had been disposed
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of before I
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arrived. Or
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perhaps someone thoughtfully buried
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it. Whichever the
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case, that
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was for the best. It would be better that way than
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to have it exposed
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here.
Although
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it was true that
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what I had brought
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with me had
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ended up in
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vain, I
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quietly clasped
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my hands together
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on the spot for the moment and set off on
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my motorcycle to head for the convenience store.
“Yoo-hoo! Hakamada…! Long time
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no see!”
Oh
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yeah, I forgot to
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mention that my
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partner for today’s night shift
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was this Hirai.
Indeed, it had
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been a long time since I had
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seen Hirai. For over a week, I hadn’t seen Hirai as the
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schedule of our shifts was not always the same.
Seeing her
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smile was somehow a little nostalgic.
Yeah, the
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bust of her uniform was
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still as bulging as ever, too. Well, that
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wasn’t the point.
“Long
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time no
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see, Hirai.”
“Yeah, how
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have you been?”
Hirai
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and I exchanged
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a light greeting after she left the back
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room.
“I
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am fine, well, a lot of things have been going on…”
“Hmm?”Not shared on aggregator websites
“Oh, no, no, no, I am talking about my
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side of the story. Did
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anything unusual happen to you, Hirai?”
“Me? I am in high spirits all the time! All year
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round! But recently I
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have been diligently working on the thin book!!”
“Hahaha… you’re
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making the thin book.”
“Yeah! The festival is
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around the corner! I have been putting
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a lot of effort into
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this one! I am
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not slacking! When
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it is finished, I will show it to
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you!”
Huh, I would
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pass…!!
“What? Why? I
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want you to
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have a look
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at it especially, Hakamada.”
“What’s with
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that?”
“You
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will understand it once you
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see it.”
I thought, unfortunately, that I had become accustomed to
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this unusual string
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of words as soon
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as I was able to follow up
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with her discourse.
…Right, I had
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already learned the identity of Hirai, which
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had been unknown to me
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until recently.
“No… After all, I don’t want
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to touch that kind
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of genre.”
Until recently, I
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had no idea
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what this kind
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of discourse entailed, nor
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did I have a
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clue what
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Hirai was
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getting excited
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about, but with the help
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of my sister, I
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checked it out on
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an Internet search
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site the other day. I learned
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that this behavior—what the general public referred to as “girls like Hirai and the others who concentrated on one thing to heighten their
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excitement”—was a pathology.
“Hakamada, why
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don’t you get hooked on ‘yaoi’ and become a fudanshi!!”
“As if!! How
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could you say that with a broad smile on your face…!!”
I
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involuntarily launched a clean counterattack.
“Hirai, please
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don’t talk about this stuff at work, it’s awkward for me.”
“Huh? I enjoy it, though, particularly
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when you get confused.”
“…Hah.”gr4
“Sorry… but when I look at
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you, Hakamada, it’s apparent that you reek
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of playing the
bottom
role… or bullying.”
“Hiraiiiiii?!”
“I
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mean, I am a fujoshi! Even
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when I am working, I am
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a living creature that looks for moe, you know? I
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can accept anything from prepubescent boy to uncles, intense or soft, oh, and I
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am not opposed to humanoid creatures, though lately, I have been able to accept inorganic things as
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well…”
“Inorganic?!”Not shared on aggregator websites
Right. Now, this person herself had candidly unveiled herself without a
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shred of embarrassment.
What
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was hidden was that Hirai Kaname, a.k.a. Lolita Big Tits Hirai, was a
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splendid fujoshi who loved “yaoi,” which
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meant “no plot, no punchlines, and no meaning,”[i] in short. Among
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them, she was a fearless expert. She was an
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open fujoshi. Furthermore, she loved
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these things, recommended them, and even produced them on behalf of yaoi fans all over the country.
For
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those of you who were not familiar with this, please
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try typing those words into the search bar. If you
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had the courage and determination to take it all in, you
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could do so by going to… (this was important).
The
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details beyond this were too much for me to explain… since it was quite
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shocking.
I mean, girls had
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such horrifying thoughts; they
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were so introspective. What
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did she mean by humanoid and inorganic things?
Why
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did you produce and sell so many
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books of such nature during
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the summer and winter?
“These
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books are very profitable. And
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above all, it’s enjoyable! When everyone
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gathers together, the
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topics of conversation broaden!”
Don’t mention it
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with those sparkling eyes
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of yours…!
T/N:
[i] It’s the term for “yaoi” when the word “yaoi” itself did not exist yet in the past
.
!
Chapter 8.5: Hirais Secret V
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