Full Metal Panic! Short Stories Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 6] by Shouji Gatou

Author:Shouji Gatou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Back in the nurse’s office...

“That is a tricky one...”

“Seriously. How am I supposed to ask him to alter it?”

Eri and Kozue were looking hopelessly down at a sheaf of paper—Sousuke’s submission, of course. His “prospective student pamphlet,” packed with hostile and combative terms from start to finish, felt more like a recruitment pamphlet for the Marines. It had come with layout and font suggestions as well as picture attachments. And the instructions were so detailed...

“It’s always the submissions that have no hope of being accepted that go overboard with the instructions and attachments...” Eri observed mournfully.

“Like the newcomer award at a certain publishing company,” Kozue put in.

What made it even more awkward was that there were no grammar or spelling errors to be found. In other words, there wasn’t much to complain about.

“Why not black parts of it out?” Kozue suggested.

But Eri shook her head. “That won’t work.” The problematic parts far outnumbered the acceptable ones... Adding censor bars to the script would create something that looked like like:

《■■■■, ■■■■, ■■■■■■■■■—It Is This ■■■■■■■■■ That Will Make You Exceptional ■■■■■■■■.》

It’s creepy. Who wants to be an exceptional ■■■■■■■? I’d never go to a school like that would be the natural response. And yet, the principal had told her to accept a student manuscript. With the deadline tomorrow, and Sousuke the only one who had submitted one...

“W-Well... I’ll have to increase the reward,” Eri decided. “Maybe if we add a date with you, Kozue, we’ll get some submissions! I’ll increase the value of the book ticket to 5000 and add a karaoke pass...”

“I’m starting to get invested in the outcome here,” Kozue muttered.

They kept talking on and on like that until...

“Excuse me. Is Ms. Kagurazaka here?” The nurse’s office door opened and a third-year boy entered. It was Hayashimizu Atsunobu, the student council president.

“Hayashimizu-kun?”

“I heard you put out a call for prospective student pamphlet submissions. I was hoping to submit my own draft.” Hayashimizu nudged his wire-rimmed glasses up his nose.

“Y-You?” Eri stammered. “Why?”

“Why not? I’m still a student here, after all, and the cost of books remains prohibitive. I’ve no interest in that joke about extracurricular tutoring sessions, of course. Ha ha.” He spoke without the slightest sense of shame.

Eri and Kozue brightened simultaneously. Their salvation had arrived—the school’s best student, a tasteful, witty young man, would surely submit something they could use. And Sousuke would never object to her taking Hayashimizu’s manuscript over his.

“Thank you! That would be a huge help. I never expected you to submit a draft...”

“It was easily done. And the prospective student pamphlet is very important to my alma mater’s continued prosperity.”

“Yes, very much so.” Eri laughed in relief. “So, is that your draft?”

“Yes. I attempted to make it as appealing as possible to the new generation. Have a look, if you please.” Hayashimizu handed his freshly printed draft to Eri.

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