Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 4 [Ryouta Rival]

- Part 2

After departing the train, me and Yukina headed to the Stark White docks, where we could see a giant white cruise ship waiting for us by the bay and eager to deport.

To my surprise, there were a lot more people here than I expected. I thought it was just going to be the 1st Years, but it turns out both the 2nd and 3rd Years were taking the same ship we were back to Tokyo.

Even so, everything had been organised neatly so there would be as little confusion as possible for those who just arrived. All the year groups were divided up into bubbles, and all the classes had been separated into strands.

After identifying my fellow classmates, me and Yukina walked over to join them in line. Yukina broke off to spoke to her friends, Taiga and Hono, whereas I hung around Yukimura and the others. Only a few students were missing now.

"I'm so excited to go back to Tokyo!"

With a cheery yell, Mitsuba jumped up and down in excitement.

"Being stuck on that stupid island for three months was the worst!"

"Same here. Being able to play football with guys who don't have it out for me will be the best!"

"I can't wait to get a part time job so I can spend it on more eroges, gacha games, and V-Tubers, de gozaru!"

"Stop being such a weirdo and spending so much money on 2D things."

Yukimura slapped the back of Tanaka's head. I think it was meant to be playful, but that looked like it hurt...

"But 2D is better than 3D, de gozaru!"

"Lighten up Fudou-san, I'm with Houji-san on the eroges! You can't ever waste money on a quality porno!"

I didn't know Mitsuba had gotten close enough with Yukimura and Tanaka to the point they were now on a first name basis.

"But then what about the gacha games or V-Tubers, huh?"

"I open Vanguard packs, that's basically gacha!"

"Then what about V-Tubers, huh?!"

I think this might be their most pointless argument yet.

As that was happening, a group of C Class students approached me. I tried ignoring them to give off the impression I didn't care, but the people coming towards me were of quite importance in that class.

It was Suzune, Ikeda, and Satou.

"Takanori-san."

To my surprise, the first to speak was Suzune. I looked over my shoulder, meeting her eye to eye, before turning round to face them fully.

She was standing in front of the two boys, with Ikeda waving at me cheerfully and Satou taking off his headphones.

"...Kinoshita-san. Is there anything you need?"

"Not particularly. I just thought I'd greet the new leader of D Class properly."

She didn't stick her hand out for a handshake though, or anything like that. She kept her arms crossed under her chest.

"And bring your subordinates along too, huh?"

To an outsider, this definitely looked like a confrontation between classes. But as I looked into Suzune's eyes, I could tell what this was really about.

"I will admit, you and Nora-san helped us out immensely in the last special exam, but the situation has changed now."

"Yeah. In our current position, we can't really continue our friendly relationship, can we?"