Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"That's not a problem, but..."

As Lin En said this, he looked at Aruna who seemed to be a little moved not far away, and said with a smile.

"Aru, do you want to give it a try?"

"Ah...eh? Me?"

Facing Aruna's surprised expression, Lynn smiled and nodded.

"After all, Aruna is a sniper. If that's the case, her reflexes and dynamic vision should be very impressive."

"Of course... of course!"

Hearing this, Aryu lifted her hair and the expression on her face turned into a confident smile.

"Since the teacher wants to see... ahem, want to see my heroic figure, then I will definitely not let the teacher down!"

"I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling..."

Hearing what Aru said, Kayoko, who was plugging in the Whack-a-Mole machine, couldn't help but sigh.

After pressing the switch, the whack-a-mole machine starts working.

But in Lynn's opinion, both the machine's lighting and the game's mechanics seemed to be no different from ordinary whack-a-mole.

In fact, it wasn't just Lin En, everyone in the convenience house had the same feeling.

However, when they saw Aryu pick up the toy hammer and put the coins into the coin slot, they all fell silent at the same time.

"Aru-chan, come on!"

Hearing Mutsuki's encouragement, a confident smile appeared on Aru's face.

"Hmph... Is that even necessary?"

With Aruru's voice and the prompt sound from the machine, the game of whack-a-mole officially began.

Should we say that he is worthy of being the president of 68 Convenience Store? Almost at the moment when the first mole emerged from the hole, Aru, who keenly captured its movements, swung down the toy hammer in her hand and hit it on the head without hesitation.

However, the next moment, a voice rang out that was beyond almost everyone's expectations.

"Wow?! That hurts!"

Chapter 51: Aryu is unable to do it

"Eh?"

The moment the voice sounded, not only were Lin En and the others who were watching stunned for a moment, but even Aryu herself was stunned.

However, the voice disappeared almost immediately after it was heard, so much so that everyone thought they were hallucinating.

At the same time, the second gopher has also emerged.

Seeing this, Aruna put aside all distractions and swung the toy hammer in her hand again, hitting it on the head.

“It hurts! It hurts so much!”

When this voice sounded again, everyone was finally sure that this was not an auditory hallucination, it was the "moles" speaking!

Noticing that everyone was looking at him, Xiang, who was standing next to Lin En, subconsciously shrank behind him, and then explained to them softly.

"This... this is the new Whack-a-Mole game that was redesigned by Utahara-senpai. While following the rules of the original Whack-a-Mole game, the stories and settings stored in the machine will be randomly arranged on these whack-a-mole. In short... these whack-a-mole will say different lines depending on the situation and the points they get..."

"Eh? These gophers can actually talk? This is so interesting!"

After listening to Xiang's narration, Mutsuki couldn't help but look at the whack-a-mole machine with shining eyes.

However, the reaction of Mutsuki was completely opposite to that of Aruna, who was holding a toy hammer at the moment.

"But... they just said that I hit them and it hurt..."

After hearing Aryu's mumbling, Mutsuki blinked and smiled as if he had thought of something.

"Aruk-chan, you are going to be an outlaw! How can you stop because of the whining of the weak? If you want to be an outstanding outlaw, you must be ruthless and step over their bodies to succeed!"

"Ugh……"

Faced with Mutsuki's words that seemed to be encouraging but were actually adding fuel to the fire, Lin En and Kayoko sighed at the same time.

However, as if she hadn't noticed what the two of them looked like at the moment, Aruna was stunned for a moment when she heard Mutsuki say that, and then she showed an expression as if she had suddenly realized something.

"Yes... Mutsuki is right..."

As she muttered to herself, Aru narrowed her eyes slightly and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"If I can't even overcome this difficulty... I will never be able to become an excellent outlaw!"

Having said that, Aruna seemed to have remembered something and turned to Lin En, nodding at him seriously.

"Thank you, teacher. You must have specially ordered this machine to help me overcome my inner demons, right?"

As Lynn and Hibiki looked stunned, Aruna made this declaration and raised the toy hammer in her hand again.

"Don't worry, teacher. I will never let you down!"

The moment she finished speaking, Aryu swung the toy hammer in her hand again and hit the head of another mole that appeared.

"It hurts so much!"

However, facing the mole's cries, Aryu's movements were no longer as hesitant as before.

At this moment, Aryu finally demonstrated her qualities as an excellent sniper. Almost at the moment when these moles just popped their heads out, or even before they had time to fully stick their heads out, the hammer in her hand had already fallen on their heads.

Looking at Arru's murderous look at this moment, Lin En, who had a bad feeling for some reason, turned his head and saw Kayoko who was also looking at him.

Although the two did not communicate verbally, they understood each other's thoughts just by looking at each other.

After letting out a sigh, Lynn gently patted the shoulder of Hibiki who was observing Aryu carefully.

"...Hibiki, I remember that the lines of these moles seem to change according to the score, right?"

"Ah... yes."

Seeing Xiang nod after being called back to his senses, Lin En frowned slightly.

"So...what will they say next?"

"About this... I'm not very clear, because this is all handled by Utahara-senpai."

After hearing Hibiki's honest answer, Lynn could only turn her attention back to Aryu and the scoreboard in front of her.

Although she missed a lot of hamsters due to hesitation at the beginning, thanks to Aryu's superb reaction ability, she quickly obtained the points needed to pass the level.

"Hmph, it's a piece of cake."

Seeing Aruru's confident look, Haruka's eyes couldn't help but sparkle.

"Lord Aru...so cool!"

"Ahahahaha, Aru-chan is really amazing!"

When Mutsuki exclaimed in admiration, the remaining three people chose to remain silent at the same time.

If Hibiki wanted to examine the machine from the side by observing Aru's play process, then Lin and Kayoko remained silent because of the bad premonition that filled their hearts.

In this somewhat weird atmosphere, the second level of Whack-A-Mole begins.

"Click——"

Almost at the moment when the mole was about to stick its head out, Aryu swung the toy hammer in her hand and smashed it down.

"Please, please... stop it..."

"……Eh?"

After knocking the mole down, Aryu was stunned again when she heard what it said.

But this time, although Aryu was still a little hesitant, she had experience and swung the toy hammer again, hitting the head of the second mole that appeared.

"My sister is about to give birth!"

The moment Lynn heard the second gopher's line, his eyes widened.

“Ah… what?”

Although Aryu still looked a little uncertain, she subconsciously swung the toy hammer and hit the third mole on the head.

"Sister! Leave me alone! Go!"

"..."

This time, not just three people, but all six people present chose to remain silent.

"This... they are too pitiful..."

At this moment, Arru no longer had the solemn expression she had just had, and was replaced by awkwardness and uneasiness.

"I'm sorry, Teacher. I just can't do this..."

“…Why would Utara make something like this?”

In response to Lynn's question, Xiang, who was also surprised by the moles' lines, thought for a moment and then smiled bitterly.

"It seems that Utara-senpai suddenly became interested in some melodramas... or to be more precise, the machines that appeared in them, so he watched them over and over again. I'm afraid that Utara-senpai slipped the plots from those dramas into the movie..."

Just when Lynn was speechless because of Xiang's answer, Mutsuki, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, came to Aruru's side and picked up another toy hammer from the whack-a-mole machine.

"Then it's my turn next!"

After stretching his arms a little, Mutsuki said to Aruru with a smile.

"Aruk-chan, watch out! I'm going to take over your mission now and use all my strength to wipe out the Diglett family!"

"No... No! As the president, I absolutely cannot allow such a thing!"

Looking at the two people fighting over the toy hammer, Lin En and Kayoko sighed helplessly.

But then, the two of them turned their heads to look at each other as if they had sensed something, and they both smiled involuntarily.

Because to them, this is the Aruna they know and love.

Chapter 52: You Should Have Some Dessert

Looking at Xiang, who was curiously looking around and touching things in his office, Lynn stopped what he was doing.

After checking all the samples sent by the Engineering Department, because Xiang expressed her desire to take a look at Lin En's office, Lin En took her to his office.

During this time, Aruna, who was troubled by these amusement equipment, seemed to want to come to the office to discuss something with Lin En, but was pulled away by the smiling Mutsuki and the helpless Kayoko.

"ring?"

Hearing Lin En's call, she came to him without hesitation while watching the microwave in the office.

"Teacher, what happened?"

"No...nothing. I just felt like Hibiki was curious about a lot of things in the office."

Hearing Lin En say this, Xiang nodded slightly.

"Because we often go to the Federation Student Union to repair and tidy up the machines there, so when we saw the machines in the teacher's office, we habitually observed them. However, although some of the equipment used by the Federation Student Union was provided by the Millennium Science and Technology Academy, most of the machines they used were machines that we had no idea what they were."

Having said this, Xiang looked relieved.

"However, I just looked around here, and the machines used in the teacher's office are basically ordinary models. In other words, it is very convenient to repair or modify them. So...if the teacher finds that they have any problems, or wants to add any functions, come to me. I am willing to come to Xialai to help the teacher at any time."

Hearing this, Lin En couldn't help but smile and touched the girl's head.

Just then, a message alert sounded from the phone that Lin En had placed next to him.

After picking up the phone and seeing the message, Lin En frowned slightly but still pressed the screen.

When Lin En put down his phone, Xiang, who seemed to have noticed his expression earlier, couldn't help but ask with a little concern.

"What happened, Sensei?"

"Not really, except that..."