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

- Part 10

After Ryouta grabbed a pair of his underwear, the two of us headed to the library to get the dictionary. Luckily, we were the only ones here, so we weren't fighting against another group for it.

"The dictionaries are over there, in that corner." Ryouta said.

"Great."

As I approached the dictionaries, a thought sprung to my head. Couldn't we also monopolise these as well? Like the eggs, we could take all of them and use them as bargaining chips with other groups.

Granted, they'd be more of a hassle to carry than the eggs, and we can't eat them to make other groups fail the challenge on purpose. I suppose that's why Machida chose that over these.

I grabbed a dictionary off the shelf. As I did, Ryouta did a count on how many dictionaries were there.

"...there's still twelve available. Considering the other shelves fit fifteen books on each section, three must be already taken."

So, at minimum, three groups came here before us. That meant only three groups were missing a dictionary. In that sense, using these as bargaining chips would be worthless.

"I'll take one more, just in case."

I took another book off the shelf. Ryouta laughed a little.

"Are you trying to trick people into thinking there are more groups with dictionaries than there actually is?"

"Partially. But also, I have an idea on how we can utilise this dictionary."

"How so?"

"Similar to how Machida-san is using the eggs to trade for items, I'll do the same with this dictionary, but on the road."

"Oh, makes sense. Assuming Nora-san's group wants something in exchange for giving his glasses, you could offer this dictionary to them."

"Yeah. It'd save them a trip down to the library. But also, if we run into another group while trying to find them, and they have something rare like a Vanguard card, we could use this as potential trade fodder as well."

"Dual purpose, I like it. Let's hurry and find his group then."

We left the library in search for Nora's group. We quickly popped our heads into the kitchen to see if they were there, but they weren't. Instead, it was Akihiro's group who was offering their left trainer to Machida in exchange for an egg. At the very least, it seems our strategy was working.

"Where do you think those guys are likely to be?"

"...knowing Mitsuba-san, he's probably off on the girl's side begging for their underwear."

"W-why do you keep bringing up the underwear?!"

"Why do you get so embarrassed about it?"

"B-because... because, it's weird!"

"It makes me uncomfortable too, but for the sake of this challenge, I'll buck up and deal with it."

"Ueee... you're more intense than you first look."

Ryouta laughed a little, catching up with me. Together, we crossed the border between the boys and girls, a connecting hallway monitored by a few teachers. One of them was Chabashira-sensei, who looked surprised to see me with Ryouta.

"...it kind of feels like I'm doing something criminal."

Ryouta muttered, looking back at the stern gazes we were getting from them.

"Let's just hope we're not the only boys on this side then... otherwise, it'll be extremely awkward."

I couldn't help but feel the same way. If a girl suddenly ran into us, they might get the wrong idea, so we had to be prepared to explain ourselves.