Shiina Chizuru felt that Mr. Teacher Tsukino's attitude towards her today was still a bit strange.
But when she opened her mouth to explain, she hesitated and then gave up.
Never mind, there's nothing to explain.
She was now in the palm of that Hayato's hand, and it was hard to say if she would even be a "normal" person in the future, so she shouldn't cause trouble for Mr. Teacher Tsukino.
Mr. Teacher Tsukino was still the bright white moonlight in many people's hearts, but Shiina Chizuru no longer had the right to stand by his side.
She walked swiftly down the corridor as usual, and besides thinking about the above, she was also contemplating other matters, such as,
"Why is Mr. Hayashi late again today!?"
"Mr. Hayashi" referred to Hayato.
But the word "late" was used unfairly.
Because Hayato hadn't agreed to meet Shiina Chizuru at any specific time, but in Shiina Chizuru's view, since he was threatening her, he should naturally keep track of her movements at all times.
Even if he didn't look for her, he should at least send a text message to tell her where to find him, right?
But, no.
Since knowing Mr. Hayashi's contact information, their online communication had been limited to that first rainy day.
"I'm home."
> "1"
"1, 1 my ass!"
Shiina Chizuru couldn't help but curse. If you're going to threaten someone, you have to show some basic threatening posture.
For example, "Update your location every hour," or "Tell me what you're doing right now, immediately, I want photos!"… Like that? Actually, Shiina Chizuru didn't really understand, after all, she hadn't coerced many people. But, wasn't Mr. Hayashi afraid she would run away? Or go to the police?
Shiina Chizuru had thought about this over the past few days.
She did think about calling the police, but ultimately gave up.
No, it wasn't that she didn't want Mr. Hayashi to be arrested.
It was just that she had no evidence, and besides, if the police found out, it might implicate Mr. Teacher Tsukino.
"Yes, yes, it's because of Mr. Teacher Tsukino." Shiina Chizuru told herself.
"Uh, excuse me…"
A soft female voice asked Shiina Chizuru from behind: "Shiina-san… is that you? What are you doing?"
The female student looked at Shiina Chizuru strangely.
The latter, like a gust of wind, swept past her and then threw herself at the door of her classroom, her two small hands clutching the doorframe, peeking into the classroom like a little hamster.
It was already after school.
There weren't many students left inside, and those who remained were packing their bags, ready to leave.
"Ah? Ah…" Shiina Chizuru didn't expect anyone, so she turned her head and said to the female student who spoke to her: "Um, Zi, has Shizunomiya Natsuki gone home yet?"
She suspected that Hayato had come to find Shizunomiya Natsuki again…
"Oh, Shizunomiya Natsuki, she shouldn't have gone home. I saw her heading towards the library."
"Alone?"
"Alone."
Upon receiving this answer, Shiina Chizuru nodded in relief.
"However, Shizunomiya Natsuki shouldn't be alone in the library, right~~~" Although the female student's voice was soft, she was very professional at gossiping.
At this moment, her eyes were already sparkling with starlight.
"Huh?"
"Someone always accompanies Shizunomiya Natsuki to study. And it's a boy, how enviable~~~" The female student said, beginning to twist her body excitedly.
"…Who, who?"
Probably guessing the name of that person, Shiina Chizuru's eyes almost burst into flames.
Neglecting duties! How could he choose to study at such a great time to threaten someone? And accompanying a girl—Shiina Chizuru felt something was off, but she ignored it for now.
"Yamano Yuta." The female student thought, why did Shiina-san's expression become so ugly? Could it be that she likes… Shizunomiya Natsuki? To be honest, thinking of Yamano Yuta's appearance and smile could only be described as tragic and heroic. She felt that the possibility of Shiina having a crush on Shizunomiya Natsuki was much higher than having a crush on Yamano Yuta.
"...Oh." Shiina Chizuru's expression returned to normal.
Then it's fine.
"Thank you."
She continued to stride like the wind, heading to other places.
To be honest, she had no destination.
Shiina Chizuru didn't even know which class Hayato was in.
Regarding this, Shiina Chizuru, who had come to her senses earlier, had already discovered the blind spot.
Hayato's academic performance must be very good; he was able to point out mistakes made by Mr. Teacher Tsukino, who taught national literature, in class.
And he could also teach her math.
But as a good student herself, even one who had repeatedly ranked first in her grade, Shiina Chizuru had never heard his name. However, Hachijojima High School's rankings were always kept private, meaning if students' rankings weren't disclosed, then she could only know her own ranking… So she had no way of finding out about "Hayato."
Another point was that Hayato… well, he was very good-looking.
Such a dignified appearance was unique at Hachijojima High School; every class had "flower girls" who knew all the handsome boys in the school like the back of their hand.
Of course, there were such people in Shiina Chizuru's class, and she had even secretly listened in these past two days, but she had never heard "Hayato" from their mouths.
There even arose a legend:
"Do you know? That day, a man walked out of the rain, said to have black hair and starry eyes, long eyebrows like lacquer, a graceful figure, and elegant bearing. Those who saw him said they met the legendary Rain Man."
"Rain Man?"
"It's the ghost of a man who died in the rain, who wanders all the places he cared about in life."
"Wow, isn't that super scary?"
"Scary my ass, he's so handsome, I wish he would come find me… My destined one will definitely break through the rain to marry me~~"
"Ugh,"
At that time, Shiina Chizuru guessed that the boy the "flower girl" was talking about was Hayato.
She even once suspected if Hayato was some kind of "Rain Man," because these past two days… especially today, she had asked many people, and no one had heard of such a person.
But thinking rationally, Shiina Chizuru also wondered if "Hayato" might be a pseudonym.
In short, in every sense, he was quite mysterious.
If she had the chance today, Shiina Chizuru wanted to ask for clarification.
But the problem was, where exactly was Mr. Hayashi now?
"Wow, go look!"
As Shiina Chizuru was aimlessly walking down the corridor, a noisy sound erupted from the crowd.
Most of the excited people were male students.
The girls, on the other hand, expressed self-pity, saying, "Tsk, things that think with their lower bodies… Aren't they just two beautiful women? So excited, I don't think I'm necessarily worse than those two." But after their impatience, they still followed the boys' footsteps.
"What happened?"
A student who was a beat slow asked.
"A famous magazine model from Tokyo came here for a photoshoot! Wow, she's so beautiful… not on the same level as the country bumpkins at our school!"
"What!? Is that true!? I don't believe it! My admiration for Shizunomiya Natsuki is witnessed by heaven and earth, and my feelings for Shiina Chizuru are enough to make the sun and moon weep!"
"Aren't you going to see?"
"Yes, but I'm going with the intention of criticizing you old perverts; my purpose is completely different from yours!"
Oh, right.
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