Blue Archive - Story of Joshua Sensei

Chapter 10 - Foul Conspiracy

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"Okay, so..." I say, catching that attention of the six girls in the Foreclosure Task Force room. "You all figured the illegal parts used by the Kata-Kata Helmet Gang- still a stupid name by the way- were acquired the in black market, so you five went there."

"Correct, Sensei." The elf girl Ayane says.

"And you all ran into Hifumi here." I gesture to the nervous Trinity student. "Who was currently being chased by goons wanting to kidnap her, and she was there to buy limited merch?"

"Not just any limited merch, Sensei!" Hifumi shouts with a passion that shocked me. She's been really quiet this whole time. "This is a limited edition plush from the Peroro and Ice Cream franchise collaboration!" She says holding a plush in my face, one that she pulled out of her bag. "Only a hundred of them were ever made! What do you think, it's cute, right?"

The plush looks like her backpack, only the bird, who I can only assume is Peroro, has an ice cream cone stuffed in it's mouth. Its' beak is wide open, split apart by the ice cream and its' tongue is sticking out from under the ice cream. "It looks like the poor thing is gagging to death on that ice cream, in all honesty." I say bluntly, causing Hifumi to deflate and the Abydos girls to chuckle. "But, I suppose it IS kind of cute." Hifumi perks back up at this.

"Back to the topic at hand." I continue. "You all found out the black market has its' own bank and police force after escaping the goons?"

"Yup!" Nonomi, the ever cheerful blonde says.

"It was very organized." Shiroko, the wolf girl explains.

"Then you saw the guy that collects your monthly payments on the debt show up and give all of your money to the Stygian Bank, one that's basically its own criminal organization. And they they insist your money be paid in cash, as if that wasn't already sketchy enough." I summarize.

"That's right." Serika, the cat girl says.

"Then you girls realized Kaiser Loans is a part of the Kaiser Corporation, thanks to Hifumi." I say.

"That's right, Sensei." Hoshino, the ever sleepy pink-haired girl confirms.

"And Hifumi made sure to say that they're shady?" I stress.

"Very." Hifumi confirms. "They've been attempting to extend their reach into Trinity, but our student council, the Tea Party, has been watching them like a hawk."

"I knew something was off about them, seeing as how they also have two other subsidiaries that stuck out to me: Kaiser Construction and Kaiser PMC." I explain.

"They have a PMC?!" Serika shouts.

"I remembered what Ayane said in her letter to Schale, about how she thought the Helmet Gang was after the school itself. Considering someone gave them that gear, and most likely also sicced Problem Solver on us, she might've been right on the money." I theorize. "They do have a construction company, after all. Question now is, why?"

Everyone remains silent for a long moment, pondering my theory.

"But for right now, it's just a theory." I say, settling everyone down. "Anyway, next, you girls stole the bank's papers, while inadvertently stealing their money as well. Then you just left the money in the street."

"Y-Yeah..." Serika says.

"Well, I'm glad you girls didn't keep it, at least. That, and I'm glad Shiroko's hobby was of good use." I point out, causing the wolf girl to beam. Her smile isn't really that big, but it is big and bright compared to her usual smile. "And finally, you girls returned here with the bag, and as you went to open it, I showed up."