Seeing Anjiu Heina and Anjiu Nairo sitting opposite him with cold expressions, Kei Yakuchi himself felt a bit awkward.
He didn't mean to mock Anjiu Heina and Anjiu Nairo maliciously.
However, even though it wasn't malicious, it was indeed intentional.
Anjiu Heina and Anjiu Nairo didn't speak, as if they hadn't seen Kei Yakuchi opposite them at all, treating him like air.
"Sorry, I was just being glib at the time; I didn't have any ill intentions towards you two."
When it was time to apologize, Kei Yakuchi apologized; he didn't feel it was beneath him.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Anjiu Heina and Anjiu Nairo were both somewhat surprised.
They hadn't expected this guy to apologize to them, and so quickly at that.
"At this point, there's no need to say these meaningless things; Nashiro and I have already accepted your previous challenge."
Anjiu Heina responded with a cold tone.
How could she and Nashiro just pretend that what happened before hadn't happened so easily?
This grudge had been formed, and they were definitely going to contend with Kei Yakuchi to the end.
Although the Anjiu sisters' attitude hadn't significantly improved, at least they weren't treating him like air as they had just been, so Kei Yakuchi 's apology had some effect.
"Alright..."
Kei Yakuchi didn't say anything more.
Then he buried his head in his meal.
"Heina... My name is Anjiu Heina."
At this moment, Anjiu Heina suddenly said out of the blue.
"What?"
Kei Yakuchi subconsciously asked, puzzled.
"I want you to remember that your opponent is Anjiu Heina."
Anjiu Heina's tone remained indifferent.
Compared to Anjiu Heina, Anjiu Nairo was not as generous and natural, but said with a bit of embarrassment, "I, my name is Anjiu Nairo."
"Okay, although I introduced myself when class started, I'll formally say it again: I am Kei Yakuchi ."
Kei Yakuchi said, "However, if I call you Anjiu it's easy to get confused, which feels like a problem..."
"Just call us by our full names."
Anjiu Heina wasn't too concerned about the formalities of addressing people.
"That works too."
Kei Yakuchi nodded slightly.
After that, he had no further interaction with Anjiu Heina and Anjiu Nairo; after lunch, they each went about their own business.
...
The afternoon was another theory class, similar to Kamii University where classes finished quite early.
For the remaining time, students generally stayed there to train on their own for a while.
The "Academy" here provided food and lodging, though it was also possible to go home and stay there if one wished.
Kei Yakuchi left early; he didn't plan to stay and do physical training on his own, as ordinary physical training yielded almost no benefit for him at his current stage.
First, he took the subway home to rest for a while, then he thought about it and decided to visit the Antique Coffee Shop today, even though it was already quite late.
By the time Kei Yakuchi arrived at the Antique Coffee Shop, it was already 4 PM.
As he walked into the shop, he immediately saw familiar faces: Kamishiro Rize, and also Kaneki Ken.
"Um... Kei ."
Kei Yakuchi was already walking towards Kamishiro Rize when he suddenly heard Kaneki Ken calling him.
He then turned and walked towards Kaneki Ken, "What's wrong, Jinmu ?"
"Have you heard about Takatsuki-sensei's fan meeting? It's starting soon."
Kaneki Ken clearly seemed quite enthusiastic.
"..."
Kei Yakuchi paused; he really hadn't paid attention to that.
"If you're free then, and if you're interested, shall we go together?"
Kaneki Ken invited Kei Yakuchi .
"Hide" wasn't interested in reading, but besides "Hide" and Kei Yakuchi , he had no other friends, so he could only ask Kei Yakuchi to go with him to Takatsuki-sensei's fan meeting.
Going with like-minded friends would definitely be much more interesting than going alone.
"...That shouldn't be a problem."
Kei Yakuchi recalled his schedule; the courses arranged by the "Academy" did not conflict with Takatsuki Sen's fan meeting time.
Although he didn't have such great expectations for Takatsuki Sen, since he already knew who Takatsuki Sen was, accompanying Kaneki Ken for some fun wouldn't hurt.
"Great!"
Kaneki Ken immediately felt delighted, "Then I won't bother you; I'm about to head back anyway."
He knew that Kei was going to his girlfriend's place next, so he didn't want to take up too much of Kei 's time.
"Mhm, goodbye."
Kei Yakuchi said.
Then, he turned his head and saw Kamishiro Rize waving at him.
When he walked over and sat down beside Kamishiro Rize, Kamishiro Rize immediately leaned in and sniffed around him.
After sniffing for a while, Kamishiro Rize finally asked, "Why are you so late today?"
"Today's classes were more numerous, and you know I'm a student."
Kei Yakuchi didn't plan to tell Kamishiro Rize about the Ghoul Investigator Training School, so he explained vaguely.
"Is that so~? But I smell a certain unusual scent on you."
Kamishiro Rize said with a smile.
But that smile looked somewhat dangerous.
"What scent?"
Kei Yakuchi couldn't help but ask.
He thought for a moment, could Kamishiro Rize have smelled the scent of firearms?
"A faint Ghoul scent, it should be some Ghoul's Kagune, right? But the scent is strangely faint."
Kamishiro Rize analyzed the scent.
Kei Yakuchi now roughly understood; it seemed that Kamishiro Rize had smelled the scent of "Q Bullet," which were those specialized bullets, because those bullets were made from a Ghoul's Kagune, and being transformed into bullets could explain why the scent was faint.
Kamishiro Rize had smelled the scent of another Ghoul on Kei Yakuchi , and even though it was very faint, she was still somewhat displeased.
Because Kei Yakuchi belonged exclusively to her, and no other Ghoul was allowed to lay a hand on him.
Of course, the so-called "thing" referred to him in the sense of food.
"I forgot to emphasize this to you: you are mine alone, and I don't want you to be tasted by any other guy, understood?"
At this moment, Kamishiro Rize leaned close to Kei Yakuchi 's ear, her tone both willful and domineering, conveying a sense that Kei Yakuchi could not refuse.