Chapter 163: Haruhi Suzumiya's Displeasure

The school bell rang.

Haruhi Suzumiya forcefully grabbed Kyon, who was trying to escape, brutally seized the sleeve of his sports jacket, and dragged him out of the classroom.

"Hey, wait! Where are we going?!" Kyon frantically grabbed his bookbag from his seat before being dragged away; he didn't want to have to come back to the classroom for it later.

"The club room!"

Facing Kyon's confusion and questions, Haruhi Suzumiya answered with astonishing momentum.

"The club room? Why do I have to go with you? And come to think of it, didn't you already decide not to join those boring clubs?"

Kyon had a bad premonition; while speaking, he had already followed Haruhi Suzumiya to the bottom of the Club Building.

This was the club gathering place of Kitabeikita High School, originally an old school building, but later used specifically as activity rooms for cultural clubs; the Art Club, the Band Club, and other clubs or hobby groups without dedicated classrooms all gathered in this building.

He didn't know much about it.

But Haruhi Suzumiya knew it like the back of her hand, so familiar it was like being home.

It was no wonder, though; right after the start of school, this troublesome girl not only made a public declaration of independence, but afterward showed extremely astonishing action, rushing out of the classroom with her bookbag the moment school let out; originally thinking she would go straight home, unexpectedly she went to join every club in the school.

On the first day he saw her dribbling in the Basketball Club...

On the second day someone discovered her sewing pillowcases in the Craft Club...

Then on the third day he saw her swinging her hockey stick aggressively in the Hockey Club...

Also, she seemed to have joined the Baseball Club; she had participated in all the school's sports clubs.

Of course, almost every club enthusiastically invited her to join, but she refused them all, saying that doing the same club's activities every day bored her, so although she enthusiastically experienced all the clubs, in the end she didn't join any of them.

"Of course, why would I join those boring clubs!"

Haruhi Suzumiya answered Kyon's question without hesitation, speaking confidently: "Those guys in the Basketball Club told me that if I kept practicing for two and a half years, I could reach the level of a United States school basketball team... but that kind of boring thing, I don't want to waste my entire high school time on it!"

"Hmm, why two and a half years..."

Kyon subconsciously asked, then immediately came to his senses and quickly shook his head: "Forget it, that's not the point... since you think they're boring, why come to the Club Building now?"

Even as he asked this question...

He already faintly sensed Haruhi's circuit...

"Because I thought of it!"

As expected, Haruhi Suzumiya turned back to look at him, on her face hung a brilliant smile like the Sun above the Equator, her eyes flashing with dazzling light like Alpha Star of Cygnus—

"Why didn't I notice such a simple thing before? If there isn't one, why not just start one myself?!"

"Huh?" Kyon pulled at the corner of his mouth.

"That's right, just waiting, opportunity won't fall from the sky! Since sports clubs and cultural clubs are ordinary, and there's nothing more interesting in the school, I might as well start one myself!"

Haruhi Suzumiya nodded seriously, saying this in a firm tone.

"..."

"..."

"emmmmmm... good idea, but let me ask one thing, you're not counting me in, are you?" Kyon's eye twitched; even though he thought it was a stupid question, he still asked it.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and follow me!"

Haruhi Suzumiya didn't prepare to answer this stupid question, but turned around and continued walking into the Club Building.

This action was truly astonishing; even swift and resolute wasn't enough to describe it... Kyon weakly covered his face with one hand, a bit regretful that he couldn't resist his curiosity and actively spoke to Haruhi; thinking about it carefully, he must have had a brain fart back then.

But since he was already on the thief ship, there was no other way for now.

He could only sigh and follow her up, climbing the stairs, walking on the dim corridor.

The dim corridor of the old school building had a somewhat eerie atmosphere, but as the Club Building, and it being after school, quite a few students had already come here one after another, preparing for club activities; they weren't the first to arrive.

So every floor, every corridor, or every classroom...

had more or less some noisy voices coming from them.

There were normal talking sounds, and occasional shouting, or boisterous laughter, making the atmosphere of the whole old school building lively, filled with joyful air.

So Kyon didn't delude himself or feel scared in his heart; he just followed Haruhi-senpai ahead with a worried face: "Speaking of which, using me as a headcount is no problem, but how did you persuade the others? And when did you start the club?"

This was done silently, keeping a big one bottled up; it indeed shocked him.

The main thing wasn't Haruhi Suzumiya's action; she originally had super strong action, thinking of something and doing it immediately, doing whatever interested her right away...

What truly shocked him was how Haruhi Suzumiya gathered enough people, and then silently registered a club.

Even if it wasn't a formal cultural club or sports club, just a simple "hobby group," the creation rules weren't much different; there were still hard requirements.

For example, the number of people had to be five or more; they had to determine the Club Advisor, name, Project Leader, activity content, and obtain permission from the Student Club Operations Committee. Activity content had to conform to the campus spirit full of creativity and vitality. Afterward, the Operations Committee would, based on activity status and results, propose a motion on whether it could be upgraded to a "research society"...

There was no need to check specially; it was written at the back of the student handbook.

Anyway, it was quite troublesome.

Especially for the girl before him, the most troublesome part was gathering enough club members; anyway, Kyon was subtly doubtful, tangled up wondering how she found people to make up the numbers.

However—

"Persuade others?" Haruhi Suzumiya looked at him doubtfully, "I haven't started a club yet!"

"Eh—!!"

Kyon came to his senses, and the whole person was stunned; he hurriedly tried to grab the other person.

"Qiao, qiao dou ma dai! If you haven't started a club, what are you doing coming here now? I thought you had already applied, and even got the venue approved!"

"Aiya! What are you rushing for, I'm bringing you to see the venue right now!" Haruhi Suzumiya waved her hand carelessly, "I've already found a good place, look, look, it's right here."

While speaking, she stopped her steps, standing outside a classroom.

Above that door hung a crooked sign.

Literature Club.

"Right here." Haruhi Suzumiya ignored Kyon's awkward expression, directly pulled open the classroom door, and strode in: "From now on, this will be our club room... room... room... room..."

Probably having planned to do this beforehand, the first thing she did upon entering was to spread her hands without thinking, spinning around in self-intoxication, and loudly announcing this; but as she spoke toward the end, her voice quickly became smaller, almost unable to finish the whole sentence completely.

Because inside the Literature Club room...

three people seemed to be discussing something...

Haruhi Suzumiya's sudden entrance made them all subconsciously stop...

The youth standing by the window lightly frowned, while the bespectacled literary girl sitting on the steel pipe chair showed no reaction; as for the baby-faced, large-breasted beauty standing somewhat shrunk near the door, seemingly subconsciously keeping her distance from the other two, she shrank her neck, clearly frightened.

「……」

「……」

At this moment, the air seemed to freeze.

The scene became extremely awkward for a while, dead silent.

Kyon outside the door covered his face with one hand in extreme pain; having come along with Haruhi Suzumiya, at this moment he wished there were a crack in the ground for him to crawl into.

And at this time—

「Suzumiya-san... what is it, something wrong? 」 The youth leaning against the window with his arms crossed quickly put his hands down, and the expression on his face naturally turned gentle, full of friendliness.

「Xia Zhi-sensei! We're really sorry! We got the wrong door! 」

Kyon forced himself into action, quickly walking in from outside, laughing it off with a red face to gloss over it, while quickly signaling Haruhi Suzumiya beside him with his eyes.

But alas, casting amorous glances at a blind man; the girl didn't look his way at all, instead quickly turning her head toward Nagato Yuki's direction, running up to her with a thud-thud-thud: 「Hey! Let me confirm again, this is the club room originally belonging to the Literature Club, right. 」

「Yes. 」

「How many members does the Literature Club have? 」

「Two. 」

「Wait! When I asked you before, you didn't say the Literature Club only had one person left, so I could borrow the club room at will, as long as I let you keep reading here, right? 」 Haruhi Suzumiya widened her eyes, looking at the expressionless girl sitting on the chair in disbelief.

This isn't what was agreed!

—It's precisely because only one person is left that she set her sights on this club room.

—After all, the Literature Club exists in name only; even if she didn't borrow it, it would soon be actively abolished by the school.

「My answer can only represent the situation at that time. 」 Nagato Yuki nodded calmly, her tone and voice still as calm as ever, showing no inflection, 「It's just that Mikuru-san came to apply to join the club today. 」

Haruhi Suzumiya opened her mouth wide, and also glanced at the cute baby-faced, large-breasted girl not far away; was this girl who suddenly applied to join the club the one who thwarted her plan?

「Uuu... did I do something wrong? 」

Mikuru Asahina not far away subconsciously stepped back two steps, seemingly frightened by just a glance from Suzumiya-san, letting out a faint scream.

「No, no! Don't mind her... 」

Kyon hurriedly waved his hands, helping to explain.

「Suzumiya-san, you want to borrow the club room? 」 At this time, Xia Zhi interjected, he pinched his chin and thought for a moment: 「Actually it's not impossible, since Nagato-san already agreed to you before, then lending the club room to you for use is still fine... 」

「Hm? 」

Haruhi Suzumiya looked over upon hearing this, somewhat strangely.

「This is easy to understand, right? Whether the Literature Club has one person or only two people, it actually doesn't matter; as long as there aren't five people, it will definitely be abolished. 」 The youth smiled: 「And you wanting to directly borrow the Literature Club room instead of applying to the school shows that the club you want to found would be hard to pass, right? 」

「That's right! 」

The girl snorted displeasedly, but didn't deny it either.

She naturally also knew that the club she was preparing to found would be hard to get approved.

Because she neither intended to take a standard club name that wouldn't get the school to pick on her, nor did she intend for the club activities to conform to any "campus spirit full of creativity and vitality."

「So let's go with the conditions you and Nagato-san agreed on; you find enough people to keep the Literature Club from being abolished and able to continue... then as an exchange, you can also use this club room, how about it? 」 Xia Zhi coaxed persuasively.

「Not good, I actually don't... mmph! 」

Haruhi Suzumiya crossed her arms, raised her chin slightly, seeming ready to directly refuse, but stopped halfway through speaking, looked at the youth, as if thinking of something.

「Good! Then it's decided! 」

She changed the subject, a brilliant smile like cherry blossoms in full bloom on her face: 「In other words, as long as we find one more person, it's fine, right! 」

「Theoretically, that's the case... 」 Xia Zhi fully affirmed, he felt the remaining side would probably appear soon under the arrangement of fate. 「But, what kind of club do you want to found, you also have to tell me; I'm the club advisor, I need to have a handle on it. 」

「Don't worry, Xia Zhi-sensei... 」

The girl pouted, although she called him teacher, there wasn't much respect to be heard.

「I just want to found a fun club. 」

「A fun club? 」

「Right! I originally thought that once I entered high school, there would be some super awesome clubs at school! But the result wasn't like that at all, it's really boring, not fun at all! 」 The girl accused with an angry face, 「Since it's like this, I can only found one myself! 」

Xia Zhi blinked, carefully observing her expression: 「It shouldn't be that bad, I think there are quite a few interesting clubs at school, for example the Supernatural Phenomena Research Society, that sounds interesting, right? 」

「Supernatural Phenomena Research Society? I was originally quite looking forward to that, but it's just a bunch of mysticism fanatics there... 」 Haruhi Suzumiya said disdainfully with her arms crossed, 「Don't you think those things are interesting, sensei? 」

「Cough, cough, just an example, I only believe in science... 」 The Magician shook his head with a serious face.

「Science... 」

Haruhi Suzumiya, hearing him say this, inexplicably felt some annoyance and dissatisfaction, and snorted: 「That's true, adults probably all think like that, gradually getting used to the mundanity of this world, no longer believing in those things, right. 」

「There's no way around it; once a person steps into society, they quickly grow up, and naturally come to understand that the dreams of childhood simply don't exist... 」

Xia Zhi didn't mind her tone, just smiling without taking offense: 「Like Magical Girls, Kamen Riders, and such, unlike cars, airplanes, and Pokemon in reality, they're actually fictional. 」

Haruhi Suzumiya frowned: 「Mm, that's correct... but isn't something a bit off? 」

Kyon beside them instantly looked awkward: 「Could it be because Pokemon are actually fictional too? 」

「Anyway, just understand it... but if the supernatural research side isn't reliable, you can also find some clubs leaning toward realism, like Mystery, for example. 」 The youth waved his hand, indicating not to mind these details, and considerately gave Suzumiya-san another suggestion.

「I've also joined the Mystery Research Society, but the members were just detective novel fans, with no proper detectives at all! 」 Haruhi Suzumiya said very displeasedly, 「And there were never any proper incidents, like students disappearing one after another, or a teacher being murdered in a classroom forming a locked room; none of those happened! 」

「……」

「……」

The air suddenly became quiet.

Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment: "Suzumiya-san, I've thought it over, and this might be a bit rash. How about we don't borrow this Club Room after all..."

Kyon and Mikuru Asahina nodded repeatedly beside him, indicating Agreement.

(Chapter End)