The Pain of an Inferior: A Blistering Love Comedy That Begins After a Broken Heart - Chapter 74

Chapter 74 – Shockwave 1

“Good afternoon?”

With a clear and fresh greeting, a visitor opened the door of the drama club.

Onodera Ruriko, the president of the drama club, was surprised to see a student entered the room and froze.

His long, dull ash-brown hair was tied up with hairpins and elastics, and styled with hair styling products. His carefully shaped straight eyebrows gave him a fresh yet strong image.

The most eye-catching feature was the numerous piercings and cuffs on his ears, and a tattoo of a flame on his left cheek. He also wore his uniform slovenly. One gets an impression of a delinquent often seen in old fiction when they look at him.

Dyeing hair and piercings are things that many students have done, but not many have gone this far.

Ruriko is not the only one shocked.

One male member of the club , as well as four other female members other than Ruriko were all equally stunned.

The visitor looked around the room and asked Ruriko

“This is the drama club, right?”

“Eh? Yes..T-that’s right..”

“I’m Obi Haruka, who applied to join the club. Best regards.”

The strange student who suddenly appeared in the drama club introduced himself as Obi Haruka..

The drama club had adopted the format of filling up an application form to join the club.

In the tennis club where Haruka had joined before, anyone can freely join or leave, but in the case of clubs that required an application, the applicants needed the approval of the president or vice president of the club to join.

The members of the club were surprised by the unusual sight of Haruka, and immediately checked out his profile using their Talisman.

Tennis club, 11 wins and 4 losses in ranked matches.

an “X” mark was also displayed for those who have been in trouble.

The achievement results were too few. And an “X” mark proved that they don’t know what Haruka was capable of when he loses his temper.

The members of the club gasp.

Ruriko had never seen a person with a single line of achievement at Haruka’s age. He was that rare.

If Haruka continued at this pace, in a few years he will inevitably be sent off to the [Countryside].

The stuntman gig that Haruka did when he was invited by Yuuku to participate in was also counted as an achievement, but it had not been credited since the movie had not been released yet.

Haruka had no experience in threater in his profile , and there was no evidence that he was actively involved in anything.

In other words, to the club members, he was an apathetic man who was not enthusiastic about anything. They didn’t know what kind of a whim Haruka had in mind when he knocked on the door of the drama club, but even if he joined the club as it was, he would either perform half-heartedly, or he would suddenly back out.

Although he had a bright smile on his face that they can’t help but admire, he was obviously a dangerous-looking man.

Ruriko wondered whether or not she should admit Haruka into the club. But the club was in dire need of male members.

Haruka looked like someone who would wander off in a middle of a competition. But by letting him participate in improvisational plays and basic exercises, and if they gave him behind the scenes or minor roles during competitions, having him as a member might just work.

“W-welcome to the drama club…”

Out of the corner of Ruriko’s eye, her friend Sayaka looked at her with an expression that asked if she was serious. She feigned ignorance and handed a chair to Haruka.

As he was urged, Haruka sat down in the chair.

“Kazuma-kun… I’m scared…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you no matter what.”

The guy called Kazuma acted as if he was a protector to the frightened girl named Nanami.

After confirming that Haruka had seated, Ruriko, the president of the club, and Sayaka, the vice president, sat down on either side of him.

“Well, then…”

Ruriko tried to propose something, but she could not think of anything at the moment.

She was proud of her ability to improvise and follow up on mistakes made by others during a performance, but the impact was too strong for her to think straight.

“For now, can I have you do a reading to see how good you are?”

“Eh? I’m an amateur though.”

“It’s fine . I’ll have you play two roles, you can try to interpret the story in your own way and read it to me.”

She handed a paper script to Haruka.

Haruka come all the way to the theater club, and now he was suddenly asked to do a reading. In addition, he was surrounded by a total of six people. The hurdle was high. Haruka felt somewhat nervous.

“Okay, let’s begin.

What’s about to start is a series of events between the king of the end of the world and–”

In an environment that could have been mistaken as a job interview, Haruka began to read smoothly.

Ruriko and Sayaka’s eyes changed color as they watched Haruka’s performance, while the other club members looked grim.

Haruka was obviously an amateur, he was not absorbed in the story. When speaking, Haruka gave his voice some intensity, but that’s all.

What was noteworthy though is that he never bit his tongue. His voice was clear and pleasant to the ear.

While reading through the script, he has enough time to glance at the audience from time to time.

Although the contents of the script were serious, his facial expressions are consistently joyful, and one can’t help but be captivated by him.

The script that was handed to him was very thin, and he finished reading it in about three minutes.

Ruriko and Sayaka applauded, and the other members of the club gave a small round of applause.

“Yes, you’re accepted!”

“Very good!”

“Thank you very much.”

“Hey,Prez..Vice-Prez…” (Kazuma)

Ruriko and Sayaka were delighted at the arrival of the new member of the club, while the other club members were puzzled.

Kazuma was of medium height and medium build, meanwhile Haruka has an overwhelming presence. If the club could use both of them effectively, they would be able to create a stage with a sense of balance.

To make a good stage, she will use anything, even if it was Haruka with an “X” mark, who had potential to cause problems. Ruriko was a stage-first person.

Well, for now, I’ll let Obi-kun watch our activities, and later I’ll ask you to participate in improvisational theater and the like.”

There were no basic traning schedule for today, so the members began doing improv using an application.

While the club members were busy doing improv, they kept an eye out for Haruka’s presence.

Haruka was happily watching them.

Seeing the club members trying their best, Haruka felt that he would like to join in doing improv as soon as possible.

While Haruka was observing the members, the door of the club room behind him was opened with a loud bang.

Since he was concentrated on watching them, he was startled by the sudden visitors and turned around reflexively.

“Hey, Ruri. Sorry for disturbing?”

“Good afternoon?”

“? Riho-san and Unikumo-san…”

“Aa? Why is Obi here?”

“Ah? It’s delinquent-kun?”

The two who entered the room were Riho Hibiki and Unikumo Mika, who were in the same class as Haruka.

Haruka checked out their profiles before.

Neither of them belonged to the drama club.

In fact, the list of the members of the drama club only listed the names of the six members who were currently present, plus Haruka’s name.

Thinking that the reason for their arrival could be guessed from the conversation with the club members afterwards, Haruka dropped asking them a question.

“I joined the drama club today. Best regards.”

Haruka made a peace sign on one hand, and a fresh smile on his face.