Blue Archive - Story of Joshua Sensei

Chapter 56 - A Request: C&C

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After bidding Arona and Utaha farewell, I walked over to Yuuka's office to be debriefed along with those who she's sending on that mission.

"Ah, Sensei!" Upon entering the room, Yuuka's eyes light up as she realizes it's me who came in. She stands up and comes over to me.

"Hey, Yuuka." I say, meeting her halfway and wrap the treasurer in my arms, an action which she returns promptly. "I missed ya."

"I-It's only been a few days since we saw one another!" Yuuka defends, stiffening in my grasp.

"Oh, I know."

"Geez, Sen- er, Josh." She says, awkward.

Chuckling, I part from the hug, allowing me to see her face a bright red. "So what's this mission about?" I ask, changing the subject.

"You'll see. I was going to call Akane once you got here." She explains, regaining her composure.

"Go ahead." I say, giving her the okay.

Yuuka nods to my words and goes behind her desk and begins tapping on her keyboard. I watch her fingers move at a lightning-fast pace. After a short wait, a hologram appears, showing Akane.

"Hello? This is Akane of C-and-C." Akane says, politely. "How is the reception on your end?"

"All clear." Yuuka says, sighing. "I wish I wasn't having this conversation right now."

The bespectacled maid giggles. "The sound of a new commission. On the bright side, you come to us because you can trust us to get it done, right?"

Yuuka makes a face like she sucked on a lemon. "We can talk about bright sides after I'm done cleaning up the mess I KNOW you're gonna cause! Have you ever in the entire history of time ever handled things quietly like I asked?" Akane shifts nervously. "Equipment destroyed! Buildings on fire! And endless paperwork for me!"

Suddenly, I find myself envying anyone but Yuuka.

"Do you remember last month?" The fuming treasurer asks, pointing a finger at the hologram of the maid. "You exceeded your budget by almost SIX TIMES! You are my worst nightmare!" Yuuka pauses, letting out a long, tired sigh to calm herself. "Never again. I promised myself, never again. So this time, I've come with reinforcements."

"I'm sorry? What do you mean?" Akane asks, head tilted slightly.

"Please greet your new... supervisor, of sorts." Yuuka says, grabbing my sleeve and pulling me into 'frame'.

"Sensei?" Akane asks, blinking, wide-eyed.

"Yo, Akane." I greet.

"Sensei here will simply confirm if the amount of damages incurred on this commission were a necessary cost." Yuuka explains, suddenly looking very smug. "Think of it as a small, procedural check-up, nothing more. Best of luck!"

"Ahaha... But..." The bespectacled maid attempts to argue. "Fine..." She says, looking down.

"Yuuka, could you explain what the problem actually is?" I ask, wanting us to get to the point.

"Very well." The purple haired girl says. "Approximately thirty-seven hours ago, first year Kurosaki Koyuki, codename White Rabbit, escaped from the self-reflection room."

"Self-reflection room?" I ask, feeling a bit concerned.

"Think of it as a solitary time-out." Yuuka explains, worrying me even more. "She slipped out of range of Seminar's surveillance network before we realized the situation."

"Oh, dear. Her again?" Akane asks. "She simply won't allow us to forget her, will she...? What is our resident criminal's indiscretion this time?" The maid asks, seemingly fed up with this all. "Grade forgery? Deleting student's records?"