Chapter 33

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(I’m really worried now…)

Both Tendou and Miki didn’t return yet even though Shouma’s break time was over. Less and less people came to the beach hut after the peak of the day, which was the busiest period on the beach, so the work could go on even without the help of the girl.

Shouma wiped the sweat off from his face as he rinsed the returned inner tubes.

“Nevertheless, isn’t it a bit too late?”

It had already been more than thirty minutes since they had left to explore the cave. Even if they were just scouting, they should be able to come back by now.

(Did something just…happen to them?)

Tendou wouldn’t have falsified his personality to the point of embroiling an unrelated person in this whole affair. Shouma thought it that if his employer simply wanted to collect some kaii he might have wanted to check things out, then they would get back there at night, but it’s become quite late, so he assumed that something unforeseen had happened.

“What’s the matter Shouma? Why the long face?”

Yoshihiro, his friend, called out to him while he was lost in his thoughts.

He handed back one of the inner tubes back to Shouma, his skin was pure red, burned by the sun.

Shouma guessed his friend was getting ready to go home.

Checking it off on the return list, Shouma stacked the floaties he had received on top of the used ones.

“No, not really…”

“Is there something that is troubling you?”

“Oh well, troubling you say…”

He didn’t know how he should say this.

After some hesitation, Shouma finally opened his mouth.

“Tendou-san was quite curious about the drowning accidents that happened near this area, so he went to see the scene with Miki-san, and they haven’t come back yet.”

“What!? Tendou-san, doing such dangerous things?”

If Yoshihiro would only hear half of the story he would think his employer was some handsome idiot that he would even intentionally go all the way to some beach to see a typhoon when they announce it. So Shouma hurriedly followed up to make sure things didn’t go on like this.

“Well, he is a detective! It’s his job to investigate such things…”

“Eh? That man is a detective!? So does that mean Shouma, you’re the assistant of a detective? Doesn’t that make you his Watson?”

“Even if that guy is Holmes, I’m not his Watson.”

If anything, Shouma would be more appropriately positioned as a dog. Maybe Watson’s bulldog. That’s about where he thought he would stand.

“Well, I’m more like an assistant or rather…a decoy?”

“What are you talking about, that’s…”

“Sorry, even I don’t know what I am saying…”

If he were to conceal all the information about the kaii and how these strange things have a finger in the pie, it would be incomprehensible. But, Shouma didn’t wish to talk so bluntly and have his friends think of him as some weirdo.

“Anyway, Shouma, so you are concerned about Tendou-san’s well being.”

“Well, yeah, and I’m also worried about Miki-san.”

“Miki-san?”

“Another part-timer I’ve been working with at the beach hut.”

“Is there any other woman besides the manager?”

“There was, but just one. And this Miki-san showed Tendou-san around, but she hasn’t come back yet either so I’m worried about it too…”

Shouma’s expression clouded.

Then Yoshihiro suddenly turned towards the beach and ran away somewhere, only shouting back a simple “Wait a minute!”

A few minutes later, Yoshihiro came back to Shouma, to find him dragging Yamato, while his noisy friend’s head was in a headlock by Yoshihiro’s arm.

“Oi Shouma! I heard some things happened!”

Yamato gave a thumbs up while he spoke in a husky voice, probably because he was being choked.

“We’ll take care of your part-time job in your stead, so you can go find Tendou-san! If you don’t go, I’ll-”

“I told you not to be so persistent! You’re supposed to help out with me on the job!”

“But there is a woman named Miki, who’s in trouble! If I go there and help her out, I’ll be the hero of the day! If I meet her-!”

Perhaps because of the firm headlock, Yamato was frantically hitting Yoshihiro’s arm. It must be a sign of him finally giving up.

Still tightening Yamato’s neck, Yoshihiro opened his mouth.

“So, go ahead! I’ve already gotten the manager’s permission!”

“Are you sure…?”

“Yes-yes! I was just going home anyway! If you buy me some ice cream or something later, that’ll be enough!”

“I want Haagen-dazs!!”

Yamato slapped Yoshihiro’s arm once more. Seeing them like this, sometimes Shouma wasn’t sure if the two of them get along really well or was it more like the other way around.

Shouma handed the cloth he was wiping the inner tubes with to Yoshihiro.

“Okay, then I’ll leave this to you! I’ll be right back!”

“Oi!

“Be careful!”

After they saw him off, Shouma, with all his might, ran back to the rocky beach he had been to that morning.

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