ocean-life Chapter 188 Working at a swimming pool? He'll book the whole place!
Chapter 188 Working at a swimming pool? He'll book the whole place!
[Hey, Uchiha, I've already approved your leave request that you made without my consent today.]
Uchiha Ryo: [As expected of my beloved Silver Guild Master, my good brother. I'm tutoring Ishigami here. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up.]
Tutoring? Of course Shirogane Miyuki knows Ishigami Yu; they even played games together at his house last time. This junior's grades seem to be only average. So, the Uchiha's reason for taking leave is...
Oh, I see. Well...
Uchiha Ryo: [Ishigami! Dodge! Dodge! Let's charge straight through A-base!]
Shirogane Miyuki didn't hang up the phone. Instead, his eye twitched as he asked, "...Are you guys having tutoring?"
The conversation on Uchiha Rin's end quieted down for a moment.
【Ah, yes, of course. We heard the answer to the three questions on the screen; let's choose A first.】
Miyuki Shirogane: [Do you think I'm stupid?! You two went out just to play games, right? I even helped you two apply for student council leave permits.]
Uchiha Ryo: [Uh, sorry... I'll take you next time.]
Miyuki Shirogane sighed, rubbing his forehead with one hand. "Forget about next time. You know that new swimming pool in Ginza? A manager I know introduced me to a job as a monitor in the student section for two days. 2000 yen per hour, but they need three people..."
After hanging up the phone, Uchiha Ryo searched online for the newly opened large swimming pool.
"Hmm? This place seems to be..."
"Ishigami, it's not good to stay at home all the time. Shirogane is planning to take you to work in a couple of days, so go and help out."
Yu Ishigami: "...Uchiha-senpai, if I heard correctly, you weren't calling me, you were calling both of us."
Uchiha Ryo scrolled to the online ticket booking page.
"Do you have any classmates you'd like to invite? Let's take this opportunity to call them out for a swim. Working is out of the question; I'm planning to book the whole place."
Yu Ishigami stared intently at the screen. "Invite a classmate? How about we snipe this round?"
Uchiha Ryo: "...How's that classmate who dragged you to class last time?"
Iino Miko! Mentioning this person made Ishigami Yutaka even angrier, and he immediately moved into position to snipe her! Then he was taken down in one shot.
"Inviting the principal along would be better than inviting her!!"
Well then, Uchiha Ryo thought of the members of the Classical Literature Club and the Student Council... so he decided to invite them all.
As for the friends of Toyonosaki, please forgive Uchiha Ryo for not wanting to invite too many people at once. Next time, I will only invite the people from Toyonosaki and not the people from Shuchiin.
That's right. A real man, a true man, needs to know what he's doing and manage his time effectively to deal with different people.
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On Saturday morning, at the entrance of a swimming pool, Shirogane Miyuki finally met Uchiha Ryo and Ishigami Yu, who were walking together.
"You're here! Don't worry! The pool monitors aren't tired at all. Unless there are any young children drowning, we can just sit in the observation area."
Uchiha Ryo: "Hmm, the newly opened swimming pool is quite crowded, but it's mostly just a bunch of kids."
Miyuki Shirogane sighed, "So guess why we only hired three people to oversee the student area? There are quite a few elementary and middle school students here, and the high school area is also under our jurisdiction."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "Very good. Then I'll take charge of the high school students. Ishigami, you're in charge of the middle school students, so you can take care of your classmates. Shirogane, you can take care of the elementary school students."
"Hey! Don't leave the most troublesome tasks to me!"
Shirogane Miyuki pulled Uchiha Ryo aside: "Let's switch. You can take charge of the elementary school students, okay? After all, they're the most dangerous and troublesome people in the swimming pool."
Under the expectant gaze of Shirogane Miyuki, Uchiha Ryo nodded helplessly.
"Anyway, as long as we make sure they're safe, that should be fine."
Although Miyuki Shirogane takes this job very seriously, when he found out about this swimming pool yesterday... he had already made preparations to book the entire place.
Who can blame them when this newly opened swimming pool belongs to Shinomiya? And who can blame them when Kaguya Shinomiya can't even match Ryo Uchiha's control over the Shinomiya family fortune?
Even though today's event is a private event, meaning Shirogane Miyuki's part-time job is practically free money, he'd better work hard for a while to avoid his good friend thinking he's being pitied...
Yes, as expected of Shinomiya Un'taka who spent his money to build this place. It's more like an indoor water park than a swimming pool. It has everything: large water slides, small waterfalls, rest areas, and beverage areas.
Ryo Uchiha, Miyuki Shirogane, and Yu Ishigami changed into blue coats, symbolizing monitors, and patrolled their respective areas.
Uchiha Ryo glanced around and saw that the elementary school area was full of unruly kids. It would be better to call Xiaohua and the others over. But after thinking about it carefully, she decided against it; it wasn't appropriate for children to be present during today's private event.
"Hey, if you can't swim, don't try to be brave and go into the deep end."
"High-diving is prohibited here, and you lot, stop fooling around in the pool!"
Uchiha Ryo regretted it. Why did he have to switch places with Shirogane Miyuki? These nameless, naturally mischievous brats...
After calculating the time, Uchiha Rin found Ishigami Yu who was standing nearby and whispered something in his ear.
"This... Uchiha-senpai, I didn't expect you to be so good at this."
Uchiha Ryo chuckled, "Go over there and get ready. This is newly bought toothpaste; you can use it all."
Turning to look at the group of children playing and splashing in the water, Uchiha Ryo, dressed only in beach shorts and a long shirt worn by a monitor, blew his whistle.
"It's break time now, everyone get out of the water. Don't stay in the water for too long, your lips are all frozen purple. If you're not careful, you might start foaming at the mouth."
However, the children expressed their dissatisfaction.
"It's okay, lifeguard!"
"Yeah, yeah, it's just a little water, nothing will happen."
Uchiha Ryo smiled and said, "Then it's up to you. But if you stay in the pool for too long and something happens, don't come begging me for help."
"Hmph! You can't scare us. We're not little kids anymore."
A bunch of little devils, acting all young but precocious. Uchiha Ryo narrowed his eyes and suddenly cried out in surprise.
"What's wrong with you, student?!"
Uchiha Ryo quickly ran towards the shore.
Looking at Ishigami Yu lying on the ground, wearing beach shorts, his eyes rolling back, and foaming at the mouth, Uchiha Ryo's expression grew even more serious. "Idiot! I told you not to soak for too long! Ishigami! What's wrong with you, Ishigami! Wake up!"
Seeing Ishigami Yu foaming at the mouth and convulsing on the shore, the children in the pool scattered in panic. Just as the last child ran out of the pool, Uchiha Ryo laughed.
"You brats, you think you can mess with me?"
Shirogane Miyuki saw all the children who had run away from a short distance away and ran over angrily.
"So what exactly did you do?! Our job as monitors is to prevent children from drowning, not to cause them panic!"
Uchiha Ryo calmly looked at Shirogane Miyuki.
"If there's no one in the pool, the drowning rate will be zero!"
Miyuki Shirogane: "Don't spout your nonsense. Now that all the children have run away, what are we going to do?"
Uchiha Ryo picked up his binoculars and looked towards the entrance. "Perfect timing! Everyone else's gone, so let's skip the work and have the place to ourselves!"
Shirogane Miyuki: "Huh???"