[#CreativeAward2024] Honekawa Sujiemon "Chapter 11: The Mosquito-less Ambition (4)" (2467 characters)
Chapter 11 "The Mosquito-lessAmbition (4)"
After Sujiemon went in for his undercover investigation, Bon-Radi and I caught up on old times at "Casablanca." Why "Casablanca"? Because that shop is where many beautiful women, including Ms. Sanuma and Ms. Eto, gather... no, no, that's not it, it's just my favorite place! Besides, Bon-Radi is also good friends with Ms. Eto and Ms. Koshimae and is a regular at "Casablanca" as well.
"Ms. Sanuma, this coffee is delicious."
I took a sip, looked up, and she wasn't there. Seeing that, Bon-Radi laughed... or rather, I thought he wasn't there, but I'll ignore the fact that his mouth was loose and his shoulders seemed to be shaking, if only slightly.
"Dave and Sujiemon, you two encountered the Carnivalwhen you were in high school, right?"
"We encountered them when I was student council president and Sujiemon was vice president."
Just before the Note High School cultural festival, I was attacked by the Carnivalon my way home.
"I had errands to run, so I left school alone first."
Then, a beautiful woman in black clothes called out to me. During the three years we were there, Note High School's popularity was immense, and the cultural festival was flooded with visitors. Because we had to restrict entry with a ticket system, people started approaching student council members and teachers to get tickets, so I thought they were those kinds of people, but I was wrong.
"Please change the 'ka' in cultural festival to 'mosquito'!"
Shouting that, they suddenly attacked me.
"I thought they were a woman, but when they jumped on me, I realized they were a man."
"What!"
Bon-Radi recoiled.
"Just as I was about to have liquid injected into me from a long, thin rod, Sujiemon saved me."
"Liquid injected? Not an ear cuff?"
"The Carnivalat that time used long, thin rods."
It was fine that he defeated the guy with a flourish, a spin, a pop, and a thud, but Sujiemon was sentenced to suspension for using a secret technique that only the head of the family is allowed to use. My parents told Sujiemon's father, "He is my son's benefactor," and he managed to avoid being disowned.
"He used a secret technique for my sake. Since then, I have sworn to support Sujiemon for the rest of my life."
"Is that so... So, do you know who the man you mistook for a beautiful woman was?"
"Yes, it was Yuzo Kayama of the Carnival."
"Whaaaat!"
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"It seems the existence of the Ear-Mosquito-Cuffhas been exposed, Your Mosquito-ness."
"...Yes. I thought it was only a matter of time before it was exposed."
"If only we had stabbed Dave and Sujiemon back then."
Shingo Katori looked at Yuzo Kayama with a nasty glare.
"You should have jumped in to help me back then. Why didn't you, you mosquito-brain!"
"Because I saw Sujiemon's attack, that's why. Besides, didn't I save you from the Police-Mosquito? Mosquito, mosquito!"
"Don't laugh! You're making my blood boil!"
Demon Excellencystopped the two who were about to get into a fight.
"Stop the fight! Mosquito!"
He scolded them. The two pursed their lips.
"Well, well, if it's been exposed, we can just think of the next method."
Carter of Evil Flower was grinning. He is using the Carnivalto take revenge for his boss, who is suffering from the undercover investigation.
"Carter, thank you for all your help."
Demon Mosquito-kaka (His Excellency) says in gratitude.
"But, why are you so kind to us, mosquito?"
"Hehehe. I was impressed by your actions."
"Is that so, mosquito... You're a good guy."
Tearing up, Demon Mosquito-kaka invites Carter to the Mosquito-nival.
"This is some kind of fate, mosquito. Why don't you change your name to 'Mosquito-r' too?"
"No, thank you."
Demon Mosquito-kaka looks resentfully at Carter, who refuses in a second.
"By the way, Demon-san,"
"Call me Demon Mosquito-kaka!"
says Katori Shingo, complaining, while Kayama Yuzo looks mosquito-fied.
"M-my apologies. By the way, Mosquito-kaka, why are you all so obsessed with 'mosquitoes', or rather... mosquito?"
As Carter asks, stumbling over the unfamiliar 'mosquito-speak', Demon Mosquito-kaka says it's a long story and begins to tell the 'secret story of the birth of the Mosquito-nival'.
"I had a constitution that was hard for mosquitoes to bite."
"Huh, I'm envious of that."
says Carter. His feeling that he truly couldn't care less irritates Kayama and Katori,
"Watch your mosquito-expression!"
they scold, and Carter apologizes in a panic.
"Because of that, I had fewer negative feelings toward mosquitoes than other people."
More than that, he became interested in mosquitoes that suck blood from people without them noticing, and chose mosquitoes for his university major without hesitation.
"You majored in mosquitoes?"
"The more you study mosquitoes, the more you find physical characteristics that can be utilized in terms of engineering and physiology. As my interest grew, I got a mosquito-girlfriend."
Huh, says Carter. He shows an attitude that he is truly not interested, but this time Kayama and Katori do not get angry. It is a reaction born from sympathy, thinking that Carter has probably never had a mosquito-girlfriend. Noticing the two looking at him with pity,
"Mosquito-damn it!"
shouts Carter in anger. At his natural use of 'mosquito', Mosquito-kaka, Kayama, and Katori
"See, you can do it, mosquito."
applaud him.
"So, what does getting a girlfriend have to do with establishing the Mosquito-nival?"
Carter urged him on, hiding his frustration.
"She's not a girlfriend! She's a mosquito-woman! The mosquito-woman was also an enthusiastic researcher. We studied together and were moved by the magnificence of the Johnston's organ."
Demon His Excellency had believed those happy days would continue, but...
"One day, I was having tea with the mosquito-woman at a cafe."
Apparently, a single mosquito landed softly on the melon of a pudding a la mode and began to hesitantly suck the melon juice.
"It was a male mosquito that didn't suck blood."
Just as he smiled in his heart, thinking, 'Keep teaching me lots of secrets from now on,' *smack!* The mosquito-woman crushed the male. A male mosquito that hadn't done anything wrong!
"The mosquito-woman transformed into just a regular girlfriend..."
I was thoroughly disgusted by the woman who apologized lightly, saying, 'Oops, sorry~.' And I felt pity and a sense of kinship for the mosquito, which possessed excellent functions yet was fated to be easily crushed.
"I left the university, leaving the panicked woman behind."
"That's when we followed him!"
"I hated being called a 'trap' just because I looked cute!"
"I hated that people were spreading rumors about me and His Excellency being in a BL relationship!"
Carter muttered under his breath that that was probably just because they were all so good-looking, but no one noticed. Their sorrow was that deep and that intense.