Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 1 [Yuuto Birth]

- Part 4

"This is where we say goodbye, huh?"

"A temporary goodbye. I'll see you at school, after all."

She entered the taxi and rolled down the window, waving me goodbye.

"Please stay safe, Yuu-kun. Thanks for tonight - I can't wait for next week!"

"See you." I waved goodbye back, and watched the car drive off into the distance.

"Are you really going to walk back?"

I looked over my shoulder to see Tsuji stand behind me. She had changed out of her waitress uniform into her casual clothes. Knotted around her wrist was a green tie. So, she was a D Class student.

"Yeah."

"If you want, you can join the rest of us."

"The rest of you?"

"Mikushicha-san usually drives some of the student waiting staff back home. Right now, it's just me and one other waiter, so there'd be room in the car for you."

Part of me wanted to decline, simply because I'm not good with dealing with other people. But another part wanted to accept, since walking back home seemed like an arduous task anyways, and being able to talk to my aunt, even if it's for a few moments, would be appreciated.

"...sure."

Tsuji smiled. "Follow me to the back. We're closing up shop now anyways."

I followed her to the back of the restaurant, where there was a staff room with lockers. A boy with dark blue hair was sitting at the table, sorting out his bag with wireless earphones in his ears.

"That's Keisaki-san."

"He looks smart."

"He's an A Class student. He usually waits tables for the upper classes. Since I'm from D Class, I don't really mind waiting for anybody, which makes me a more valuable asset."

Tsuji was boastful about her apparent utility as a waitress. I wondered why these two got jobs so early on in their student life.

Considering Keisaki's from A Class, perhaps he's doing work as a way to see if class points will increase from it. If work does increase class points, it would be a solid defence to have A Class students undertake part time jobs and continually raise the bar to reach A Class higher and higher.

For Tsuji, it could be for money, since she's from D Class. However, my theory was that she's trying to work her way up the ranks through individual transfer. As this school measures us on merit, maybe she's doing work as a way to improve her own score on the S System. After all, someone who contributes to the community will be valued more highly than someone who doesn't.

"I don't try to be discriminatory, but you're Takanori-san, aren't you?" Keisaki said, taking out his earphones.

"Yeah."

"You suck at Vanguard."

"Huh?"

"Keisaki-san, let's not be rude..." Tsuji said.

"Tsuji-san, as a cardfighter myself, watching that match was painful. I don't see why everyone was so excited over it. He played so terribly during that."

"Really? I think Takanori-san played just fine."

"Yes, I too think calling cards without second thought and not using Gauntlet Buster's biggest strength to your advantage is playing "fine". Can the guys in E Class even read the cards?" Keisaki laughed.

"I just played what I thought was correct at the time. My opponent being a senpai and the white noise from the visor didn't help." I said.

"I guess I can understand the nerves. But that girl who fought Mikazuchi-senpai before you used Brandt of all things, and demonstrated more skill and basic understanding than you do. Isn't that a little embarrassing?"