Apparently, without him knowing, Arona had made an account for SCHALE in MomoTalk.

She even posted some pictures and videos of him doing work. Typing away furiously and clearing document after document from the day before with every detail as clear as day. Every press of a button, every tap of the keyboard, every flip of a paper and every single time he took off his cap before putting it back on.

...it did not amuse him.

"…"

"Uhm… ehe… uh… sorry, sensei." The mischievous AI rubbed the back of her head.

But as much as it soured his morning, he couldn't be angry with her. So, he soldiered on.

Releasing quite the exhale, Hans gave her a disapproving look before scrolling down.

Apparently, by the ever-expanding web of the internet and technology, some sort of digital diary is a thing most common as a part of today's everyday life. People would post anything they desire, whether it's their thoughts, a complaint, commentary, or even sharing a photo or a video for the world to see.

Anything is possible in this realm of a digital diary, and Arona had enabled him, or rather the club to such a world.
A world that he doubted would use that much.

But the thing is, for whatever reason, SCHALE's 'followers' had grown by the thousands just by the creation of the account and the things... Arona had posted.

…Why does it pan and zoom on everything?

Even considering his confusion, it had picked his curiosity.

Hans went to the login page.

Create account-

"Ahh, sensei?! Are you going to create an account?!" Arona shouted from the tablet. Eyes twinkling with interest and amusement.

He replied with a small nod, in which the AI's twinkle grew brighter. She jumped and fist bumped the air like it's all going as planned. "Yes! Let me help you with that sensei!" She spoke with enthusiasm.

…Hans felt like he had fallen into a trap.

After a few good minutes, with a profile picture as simple as him staring into the camera with a neutral expression and a compact bio that said,

"Hans Günsche. Sensei of SCHALE.
Private conversations are open."

The old dog finally had a MomoTalk account.

"Sensei, you should make a first post!" Arona chirped with joy.

"…About what?" He whispers, as he let his fingers hover over the keyboard.

"Anything!"

"…"

HansGünsche SCHALEHans

"Good day. This is Hans Günsche writing my first post regarding the creation of a 'MomoTalk' Social Media account with open direct messages (DMs) for the simple premise of any students in need to contact me. I'll be sure to answer as punctual as I can to answer back without any difficulties or hiccups.

But keep in mind, I'm not the best in the world of managing Social Media and such. Please be patient with me in case I had missed or glossed over any incoming messages any of you send to my 'MomoTalk Private Messages'.

And lastly, my secretary had the foresight to create the SCHALE account with the purpose of providing news about absolute transparent updates and developments in and out of the Independent Federal Investigation Club, SCHALE.

Thank you for reading.

Best regards, Hans."

And enter.

Post successfully made!

"…"

"…"

Silence.

"Wow sensei, that's… really formal." Arona commented. Deadpanned.

"…You said... anything." Hans answers.

"..."

The silence is painful.

"…W-Well… there's a first time for everything!" Arona grinned.

He didn't answer again.

After a few good minutes of pure silence, Hans placed his phone back on the table and refocused back on the documents on his desk. With him cutting more than half yesterday, he's sure that his work would be done by lunch.

Or at least his personal quota. Even with his ability to continue working for extended hours, he had doubted even he could finish the documents by the end of the week.

Until then...
Hans cracked neck and poured a cup of coffee, letting his hands to wander across the keyboard again... and his mind to wander across to the task ahead of the mountains of urgent documents he had to review and send back,

Then before he know it, a noise came out of his phone.

PING!

"Oh, sensei look! A new message on MomoTalk!" Arona pointed out.

HinomiyaChinatsu Chinatsuu_

"It's Chinatsu. I'm not sure if you remember me."

"I do. Your skills as a field medic couldn't be forgotten, Chintasu."

Hans immediately replied.

"!"

"…I-I see. Thank you, sensei."

"…"

"U-Um… back then, I didn't have a chance to properly introduce myself to you. I hope to have that chance soon."

"-Chinatsu"

"I see. I'll look forward for such a chance."

Hans thought of a another reply to give, but based on his judgement, he conversation drop and continued on with his work. That is until Arona gave him an idea.
"Sensei, why don't you take this time to go directly to Gehenna?"

"And plus, you could wander around Kivotos a little. Your work is almost done anyway!"

His hands stopped, and he thought of it.

"Come on, sensei, it's past lunchtime!" His trusted AI pointed to the digital clock.

2PM.

He had been working since 6AM.

"And you didn't have breakfast yet!"

Hans pointed to the scraps of ration bars.

"Sensei! Those are not proper meals, you know? I mean rice, bread, o-or maybe cake… creampuffs… ehehe…"

…She is drooling.

Hans snapped his fingers, and at the same time, Arona snapped back to reality.

"O-Oh! Sorry sensei… a-anyway! Use the money the GSC had send you! Go! Now!" Arona shoo him away from the computer. "And don't forget to bring me with you!"

Reluctantly, he saved his work and put the Shittim Chest inside of his coat... and left the building.

'Gehenna.'

There is some truth in Arona's advice. Instead of waiting for a opportunity to open, he could create it himself.

"I've changed my mind. I'll come and visit soon enough. See you later, Chinatsu."

Message sent!

"HEY! YOU! GET BACK HERE!" She shouted, as a brief flash of power came from her gun, before she dashed and fired. Letting a blast of energy to rush inside bullet every time she shot and jump, causing the metal to explode into a cone shaped shrapnel explosion.

Then, with a small shriek of pain, two bodies fell to the ground with a thud as their halo disappeared.

"Finally…" The sharpshooter rubbed her eyes and fixed her disheveled long silver hair back to the usual twin tails.

"Ugh, you three get them to the infirmary, then to the detention center after they had recovered." She orders.

"Yes, captain! Get going everyone!" Her juniors gave a salute, and immediately did as she asked.

With a huff, the sharpshooter walked to a bench and sat down, reloading her rifle before she leaned on the bench.

The same old-same old. But why out of all days… why were the numbers of troublemakers increase?! WHY?

That's what she gets for hoping that at least she could catch some R&R for the week, but nope. Her duty never ends. Ugh… let this be a lesson that she shouldn't keep her hopes up. It'll end up biting her back, considering her bad luck of getting jinxed all of the time.

And yet even at the misfortune... her mind wanders to her leader.

The Head Prefect herself... and her secretary as they toiled on the mountains and mountains of paperwork.

Now if she had thought about it, to be honest she'll take this job rather than being stuck all day and even going all nighters doing the never-ending piles and piles of papers. Even Chinatsu isn't safe from the paperworks. Albeit what she got is a little tamer than what her superiors had to do.

And even she knows that at least half of them are useless as they're being sent on their way because the damn Pandemonium Society wanted to spite and run them over to the ground.

Seriously…she should count on her blessings.

Now what's next on the list….

Ah… this rumor of a pervert who hangs out in the alleys and trying their hardest to flip up student's skirts.

…What an ugly world.

A tired sigh left her lips as she stood back up and gazed at the burning sun above her. It's going to be summer soon.

And she could use a drink.

With that in mind, she slung over her rifle and walked towards the vending machine only to see…

…A male adult in a manhole below her... and staring directly up her skirt.

A few minutes earlier.
3:15 PM.

Gehenna front gate.

"Welcome to Gehenna, sensei!" Arona chirped. Patting herself on the back for giving Hans the correct directions.

Hans nods in affirmation as his eyes continue to wander around the academy. Staring blankly at... everything. He almost wanted to pinch himself. Is this Berlin? Or maybe Munich?
…They even got their giant banners, and flags waving with their school logo-

"Um… sensei? You're spacing out."

He blinked as he came to. Giving another nod to Arona as he pulled down his cap.

Focus.

He's here to first find Chinatsu and maybe to check around the academy. Not to reminiscence about the past. Even if the scenery is currently… baiting him to do so. Thank The Major for making the short years of service to Millennium the one he found the biggest highlight of his long life.

Not even… the damned War of Rage-

No, that... is a memory best forgotten. A part of his past he would rather avoid and bury underneath the grains of time itself.

His kin is better defeated, anyway.

Now… Chinatsu.

Raising his cap back up, Hans walked along the streets. Enjoying the scene as he continue to gaze around him. The walk was surprisingly calm. Although he had heard some gunshots here and there.

But in the end, he hadn't found any hiccups. Just some students recognizing him by the videos. In which the curious students had came up to him for anything and everything. He had no idea what are they referring to, but Arona filled him in. Supposedly quite a batch of the dubbed, "Mysterious Sensei Videos" that are... basically self explanatory were circling around the internet. Opinions formed, theories came, and then they all came back to him. Wondering if his deeds were the truth or just propaganda.

Some are with him fighting alongside the students, some with him crushing the tank, the speech he made, and... because of the ones Arona had posted... the popularity skyrocketed even more.

"Senseii! I said I'm sorry…!"

Hans already forgave her, though he could feel a little bitter... even just a little bit.

Raising his hand, the teacher asked around using gestures and symbolism to find The Prefect Team (Chinatsu), watching as some wouldn't understand his motives... some would gave half answers... and a lot more twinkled with a hint of jealousy, but in the end, they gave what he asked.

With him shaking off the curious crowd of girls, Hans finally had some time to himself. With a sigh, he sat on a nearby bench and opened a fresh ration bar before he stood back up and went to a vending machine.

Reaching inside his pockets, he pulled it out a coin. Pushing it into the machine- the coin slipped and fell into a grated manhole nearby.

"…"

With a feeling of disappointment, Hans opened the gratings and climbed down to search for the coin. His eyes darted as he shifter around. Thankfully, quickly enough Hans picked the coin back up. Satisfied, Hans reached to exit the manhole and-

The sight of jet black undergarments met his eyes.

Flashback ends.

"…Hey. What are you doing?"

A girl with the panties in question called out for Hans as she stood directly above him.

The girl has long silver hair tied with black bows in twin tails with bangs covering her left eye.

A gray-colored halo with two circles, and the smaller one is crossed with three points in a triangular pattern, forming a crosshair.

Her uniform is a classic white collared uniform shirt with black-and-white striped cuffs, a black tie with two white chevrons pointing downwards, and decorated with a gold pin on her left chest, and short flowing skirt with knee-high black stockings, and black high-heeled boots.

And to complete her look, she had elven ears, a tail that is like a cartoonish imp or a succubus, and red eyes that match his.

Hans did not answer.

"…I suppose I should call the rest of the Prefect Team and let them know that I finally caught the pervert that's been sneaking around."

The long silver haired girl continues to stare down at Hans with clear distain as her own red eyes met his own. Deep within Hans somehow felt like she's not staring at another sentient being, but it was like she was looking at a living, breathing, and walking garbage.

More silence

"Manholes were built for one reason only. Why else would you want to open and climb inside one?"

She gritted her teeth. Hans swore he could feel the anger upon the misunderstanding.

"You're obviously going to hide there AND look up the skirt of every girl who walked by!" she shouted and pointed a finger towards the old dog.

Reaching out again, He silently exits the manhole and shook his head. Showing her the 100 Yen coin as he pointed to the manhole.

"…Are you going to bribe me?"
Hans tilted his head and shook it once more.

"Speak up then!"

His expression soured, and he shook his head once more. Hans walked up to the vending machine and deposited a larger sum of money instead. Pushing some buttons of his choice, and a can of coffee came out as well as a can of grape soda. Grabbing both of them, he then reached for his identification. Offering it to the girl as well with the can of soda.

The girl narrows her eyes, looking at him, the soda, then at the identification before her eyes snap open.

"…Wait… You're telling me, YOU'RE HANS-SENSEI?!"

A nod.

In which the girl looked at him in disbelief for a moment more before she let out a sigh, accepted the drink, and returned the ID back to him.

"…Ugh, then why didn't you- oh… right. Yeah, I've heard that you're… a quiet man." She sat and opened the can with a tired expression.

Hans nodded again as he sipped on his coffee.

"…Had they really didn't pay you enough for you to go to these lengths for a single 100 yen coin?" The girl mumbled.

COUGH COUGH COUGH!

"You're alright, sensei?" He nodded again, wiping the coffee on his lips. "Anyway, what brings you here to Gehenna for a surprise visit out of the blue?"

Hans reached to his phone and showed Chinatsu's name, causing her eyebrows to raise in curiosity.

"You're looking for Chinatsu? Why?"

He didn't answer.

"...Right. Um, just asking sensei. And, yes... I did watch the video of you and… others fight in the DU."

He silently opened MomoTalk towards the first message.

"…" The girl looked a little more before sighing.

"Fine. Usually she's on the medical ward or in her office doing paperwork. Don't do anything stupid, sensei."

Hans gave a thumbs up and a nod before he walked away.

"…What a strange man." She commented as she sipped on her soda.

Then Hans stopped walking as a devilish whisper came to his ears.

"…Nice legs."

He spoke out with indifference and he continued on walking… faster.

Her face instantly lit up in shock and embarrassment before it slowly morphs into an angry, FURIOUS SCOWL.

"W-Wha- y-you?! I- I KNEW IT, Y-YOU! ARRGH! DIE PERVERT!" She shouted and chased him all the way before she gave up and shout out in frustration.

And in the middle of it, laughter can be heard from his tablet.

…Hans was a little amused.

"…Haah… Is this ever going to end? All this work piled up… and the others aren't doing anything to help."

A sigh came as a certain fair skinned elven girl carried a tower of papers. Rising high above to almost hide her eyes.

"…Ugh, and it's so heavy too… though that shouldn't surprise me at this point…"

The girl continued to march on, carrying the heavy stacks of documents until familiar heavy footsteps met her ears

"Huh?"

Then a hand came, reaching out to pick almost all the documents with a single hand from Chinatsu's trembling arms.

"Huh?! Sen- a-aren't those heavy!? Wait no… w-what are you doing here?"

He reached into his pockets and pointed out the last message he had sent.

"H-Huh? Oh… w-well I didn't expect you to drop what were you doing and rush here immediately."

Hans replied with a shrug.

"A-At least let me carry half of them-" Hans shook his head before she could finish her sentence.

"Alright... alright. You're offering so… it would be rude for me to turn you down. But… sensei, are you sure they're not heavy?"

Hans replied with a shake of his head.

A gentle smile came to Chinatsu's lips. "Then, thank you. Follow me, sensei. Just down the stairs. I promise… it's not that far."

He gave a frown and a nod as the two descended the stairs.

"…This is… quite dangerous." Hans whispered.

"!" Chinatsu's eyes immediately snapped to Hans, glancing for a moment before she snapped back to the moment. "I- I well, maybe a little. But I would've managed."

"Hehe… You know, now that I think about it… you're the first person to say something like that to me. Thank you." Her cheeks redden for a moment, along with a small chuckle that left her lips.

With a smile, she continued. "As you've noticed, the students of Gehenna have… unique personalities, to say the least."

Hans thought of the sliver haired girl. He wondered, is she Chinatsu's colleague? Considering the armband.

"Many of them would've never bothered with this kind of menial work. They always try to avoid it. So… it often falls to me to get it done." She sighed as the two continued on walking down with their footsteps echoed down the stairs.

Hans replied with a gentle nod, then he pointed to the paper and then to her.

"Hm? Are you asking whether I'm in charge of doing paperwork? No… I'm the head of the Medical Committee."

A sour look came to his lips.

"Haah… I don't get why a medical officer would've to do this either. Usually, it's… the Head Prefect Hina and the Administrator Officer Ako's job, but… to be honest with you, sensei, their uh… paperwork workload is even larger than this one."

Hans tilted his head.

"Oh, you haven't met them? Well… maybe in time I'll introduce you, sensei. But for today, they're away doing something for the Pandemonium Society."

"A silver haired… girl. Same armband… as yours. A friend?" He asked.

"Hm? Oh! Are you referring to Shiromi Iori? Well if that's the case… Yes, she is part of the Prefect team as a field captain, and a good friend of mine." Chinatsu let out a small smile, then a sigh. "And yet, to be perfectly honest, sensei. Sometimes her hot headedness… prove too much trouble than it's worth."

…Yeah, he could see that.

"B-But, don't tell her that sensei! She is… she is still a good friend."

He nods. Then the walk continued as he still carried the documents effortlessly, while Chinatsu stole glances here and there before she spoke something.

"…You know, sensei… I wish we had more people to take care of this work. And yet, if no one does it, then it'll just keep piling up." Chinatsu looked away and a pained smile came to her face. "…Though maybe this kind of work suits someone as boring as me… haha…"

A hand fell on her shoulder. Squeezing it gently.

"…I wouldn't… call you boring. You're… quite kind."

Hans spoke gently. Earning another flustered look from Chinatsu.

"W-What?! E-Excuse me?! Um.. I-I must've blacked out for a second b-because you couldn't have possibly talked about me- Most importantly, I should've apologize for taking your time like this- um-"

"W-We should hurry." Chinatsu immediately hurried down the stairs, and Hans followed. Keeping his arms steady on the piles of documents.

And after a few good minutes of rushing down the stairs, they reached their destination. A simple office with stacks and stacks of documents and books lying around.

"Here we are, sensei. Thanks for the help. You can leave the stacks-" Hans patted her shoulder and shook his head.

"Huh? Y-You want to help until it's done? B-But… why..?" Chinatsu fumbled before she regained her composure.

"I'm not sure what to say… no one's ever offered something like this before…"

He simply shrugged.

Then a smile came to her lips "…Hehe… that's nice of you to offer, but I couldn't agree to that… the last thing I want to do is to inconvenience you…"

With a shake of his head, the man up and entered the room. "W-Wait…!" Hans placed down the documents with a thud and separated half of the stacks equally, half to him and half to her.

"S-Sensei..." Hans gave a light smile and cracked his knuckles, in which Chinatsu replied with a small giggle. "Alright. Then… I'll be counting on you, sensei."

And thus, the two continued on working on the documents. With Hans there, the two somehow had a good working synergy to speed up the process.

Chinatsu organized the documents, and Hans reviewed it before passing it back to her for finalization and billing it to the Pandemonium Society.

With that, the documents are done swiftly without any hiccups along the way.

"I'll admit this, sensei… today's work has been… less tedious with you here."

"I won't ask you to help me every day, but… if you're up to it… I may turn to you if you aren't too busy. That'll… give us a chance to catch up."

A light blush came to her cheeks.

"I'll… I'll be looking forward to it."

With that, the two went on their separate ways.

'It's a full moon.'

Hans thought to himself as he looked upon the endless seas of stars right above him. This habit would never leave him it seems. No matter where or when in the hours of the night... Hans would enjoy spending minutes on end just staring up at the stars and the moon. It soothed him. Even for just a moment.

That was enough for the old dog.

He reached into his pockets for a ration bar and-

…No. He felt like he should treat and pat himself on the back.

Both because he wanted to feel proud of himself for the earlier travel to Gehenna, and because he didn't want Arona to worry him regarding his eating habits. Even though he didn't see where the problem was, food is food.

Even if he had disliked the taste and the blandness of a ration bar... how did he still have so many was beyond him. Maybe it's a small link to his life before? It doesn't matter. He still continued on telling himself that as unconsciously he chow down on that bar of his before he stopped.

...Maybe in the end, he yearned for something more.

Perhaps... a good restaurant or a fast-food joint… oh, he had seen a certain advertisement about...

His mind continued to wander as he continue his walk towards SCHALE until a convenience store caught his eye right next to the building.

Angel 24

Huh. How hadn't he notice that before?

Curiously, Hans entered the store. With the ding of a bell, the door slides open to signal the arrival of a customer, and yet the lone receptionist was still focused on her phone.

"So bored…"

She has long, straight blonde hair, with the bangs parted in the middle and tied with ribbons behind each ear, making her forehead seem especially pronounced complete with light blue eyes.

Her uniform consists of a polo shirt-style blouse, a striped bowtie and a perfect blue apron with the store's name on it.

And her halo is a twin white-colored circle with four shapes coming out of it, forming a crosshair with a smaller circle inside it, and inside the smaller circle was a small three-dimensional diamond.

Then as she continued on fiddling her eyes rose to Hans before it went for her phone... then back at him again as she just realized who came into the store

"W-Woah! S-Since when you- a-ah!" She shoved the phone into her pockets. "I-I mean- w-welcome…! to Angel 24… c-cus… wait, H-Hans-s-sensei?!" She stumbled on her words as a faint tinge of embarrassment came to her cheeks.

"Uh- u-um… I-I'm-" She clears her throat. "…We-welcome! S-Sensei…" She whispered as her eyes darted away to not look at the man right in the eye.

Hans offered her a polite nod as he walked away. Watching everything curiously.

The interior was clean, with simple white and light blue mixed together in a charming decoration, and like the common stores he had seen, it had everything one needed for a common day to day living basis. Including… ammo, guns, and- is that a M24 Stielhandgranate?

He shouldn't be surprised. He had seen ammo and flashbangs vending machines and yet it still boggles his mind.

Let's just put it in the back of his mind and continue on what he's here for. A simple, fast meal he could enjoy.

"Oh sensei you're finally getting food! Hm… how about a bento set?" Arona came back to life.

'…The what now?'

"That one!" Arona pointed out in which Hans picked.

Beef yakiniku and chicken katsu bento set.

Hans narrowed his eyes. But… it does look like something he would like. Especially if it's about meat.

With that in mind, he picked that one as well as a random one that caught his eye. A little something about pork. Satisfied, he went to a cooler and picked two cold large bottles of water.

…One said sparkling. What is that? Anyway-

Ending his shopping, Hans went to pay for his groceries, that is until his eye met a girl who is there first. Her eyes watching as the short blonde cashier scan her items one by one. She had this… unique black and white hair, and an aura that would deter people from staying away from her or to call her out as a delinquent.

Yet, Hans thought of something else.

"...T-That would be.. 15 yen." The cashier spoke. Putting the girl's items in a plastic bag as the girl paid for her groceries. Then she glanced at Hans. Meeting his eyes as she gave a polite nod and left.

…Yes, definitely different.

Placing his items down, Hans waited.

Beep.

"…"

Beep.

"…"

Beep.

"…"

She is visibly sweating.

B-beep.

"…"

Okay, she is trembling Is she okay?

Hans reached to her, and she jolted with a small shout.

"E-Eep! S-s-s-sensei?!" She continued to tremble and Hans gave a concerned look.

"U-Um... a-are you worried about me?" She asked, and Hans nodded in reply.

"O-Oh… I'm- I'm fine haha… it's just… y-you staring at me… A-Ah!" She whimpered out as she looked away. Hans really had… powerful aura around him.

Hans looked at her for e moment before he looked away. "…Apologies."

"E-Eh… Don't a-apologize! Um… it's just I'm… a little… f-forget about it! Um… h-here's y-your receipt!"

She immediately changed the subject, and gave Hans his receipt. A small frown formed on his lips as he paid the amount.

"…Payment c-confirmed. T-Thank you for shopping here, s-sensei." She whimpered out and Hans gave a small sigh.

His hand went to her shoulder and he gave a small gentle squeeze.

"…Thank you. I'll… be around…?" He offered his hand.

"..S-Sora." She gave a tiny smile, as she carefully reached out and shook it.

"…Hans... see you." He nods and exited the store with his groceries. Leaving Sora to melt down the counter with her heart beating on mach 5.

"…Hans-sensei. Next time don't stare at people that much." Arona scolded.

"…"

"Well, anyway! Let's enjoy the food!"

"…You mean I. How… can you eat?"

"Rude! Let me show you later!"

Thus, the day ends without any further incident.

Only the fact Hans was utterly shocked when Arona teleported one of his bentos and ate it inside the tablet.

Leaving a little for Hans.

...Oh well.

Edited, 11/4/2024