So boring... Otonashi Naumi, the small puppy at the store, is still lukewarm towards me. I have to squeeze onto the same train with boring people my age after school. This is terrible!
Screaming internally, Sakurako Busujima once again successfully made the shy college student in front of her experience a taste of hell.
Watching his contorted face, she finally felt a slight sense of comfort!
So, the next prey is...
Shifting her gaze to Miyazawa Yu, a slight fluctuation finally appeared in her eyes—
A handsome guy, huh? He doesn't have excessive accessories, nor the otaku smell of that Two-Dimensional blonde guy just now. He barely rates around eighty points, no more than that.
Thinking this, she mechanically strode her long legs to the target, performing the classic trio: eye contact, a quick scan, and a click of the tongue.
"Tch!"
Flipping her hair, Sakurako Busujima turned as if to leave, but still kept some peripheral vision to observe the victim's reaction.
However, this prey didn't seem to care about her departure, lacking even the most basic awkwardness on his face.
"Is he a rich kid who looks down on me, or is he faking his composure..."
Her brow slightly furrowed. Her beauty was the tool she relied on and was proud of, so being ignored made it even harder for her to accept.
But Sakurako Busujima had never made a precedent of attacking the same target twice. Even if this kid left...
"!!!"
Just as she was about to retract her peripheral vision, she suddenly noticed something wrong—Miyazawa Yu actually stood up! And he was trailing closely behind her!
"Wait! Kohei, pull yourself together, look at Yu!"
"Hmm? What's going on?"
Forcibly alerted by having his hair yanked, Imamura Kohei's pupils instantly dilated as he witnessed the scene: "Yu is actually following that awful woman!"
"What is he trying to do! We haven't reached our station yet!"
Clenching his fists, Yu Mitarai shock was no less than Iori and Kohei's.
Just now, when Sakurako Busujima stood in front of Kohei, the mere lingering aura of her queenly glow was enough to make him feel ashamed of his appearance.
This guy, is this guy staring directly at the sun!!!
"Heh! Too low in purity. Slightly inferior even to Chisa, and completely incomparable to Nanaka-san's death glare!"
Miyazawa Yu sneered internally. The reason he was unaffected by Sakurako Busujima's queenly glow was entirely thanks to the death glares he constantly received from making Chisa angry, and Nanaka-san's occasional killing intent!
As the saying goes, how could a battle-hardened warrior be stopped by mere vines!
Now! It was time to sound the horn of counter-attack!
"..."
Her mind was a complete mess. Sakurako Busujima completely couldn't figure out the moves of the young man behind her.
Is he a stalker? A train groper!
If he made any move later, should she shout immediately or physically fight back?
In any case, she slightly turned her head and glanced behind her. Clutching her heart, she secretly told herself to calm down and probe first before deciding.
"Hello? Manager, I'll be there soon... Yes! I'm already on the train!"
Making up her mind, Sakurako Busujima stopped in front of a middle-aged woman and dialed the number of the manager of the restaurant where she worked part-time.
The purpose was to deter the person behind her, indicating that someone already knew her whereabouts, and anyone who delayed her would face serious consequences!
However, what she didn't expect was that she talked for ten minutes until there was nothing left to say, and she reluctantly hung up the phone.
The young man standing next to her still hadn't reacted, as if he just happened to be getting off at the next station and had stood up to let others pass...
"Wuu..."
Letting out a unwilling whimper, the fact that the other party did nothing actually increased Sakurako Busujima's psychological pressure.
To seek release, she had to move positions again, but as soon as she moved, Miyazawa Yu would stick tightly behind her like a shadow.
And she wondered if it was just her imagination, but she could feel the other party's gaze gradually growing hotter, as if expressing intense emotion.
Could it be... he fell in love with me at first sight?
By the time this thought popped into her head, Sakurako Busujima had run through the entire carriage.
Panting slightly, she felt her heart racing. Was this the feeling of falling in love?
"Um..."
Biting her lower lip with her pearly white teeth, Sakurako Busujima felt her cheeks burning, wondering if it was due to over-exercising or shyness. "Excuse me, are you..."
"..."
Got her! Whoever speaks first shows that they've invested emotion! This time, he had turned the tables!
Miyazawa Yu sneered internally. Without even waiting for the other party to finish speaking, he stood up and walked away, completely leaving Sakurako Busujima hanging where she stood.
"!!!"
The blush on her face gradually turned into shame and indignation. Looking at Miyazawa Yu retreating figure, Sakurako Busujima tasted the flavor of self-delusion for the first time.
The immense humiliation made her body tremble, yet she was utterly helpless.
After all, the other party did nothing, didn't even say a single word. All the damage came from her own self-sabotage!
"He actually pulled off the ultimate counter-kill!"
"Kohei, look quickly! Yu avenged you!"
"Wuwuwu... Yu, you bastard, I'm so touched..."
"He's a h-hero!"
Watching the retreating figure, who was acting the part completely and silently nodding towards him as a farewell, Shinichirou Yamamoto couldn't stop the tears welling up in his eyes.
And it wasn't just him. All the men in the carriage who had been scorned started crying uncontrollably.
It couldn't be helped. Miyazawa Yu was standing in the light! He was too dazzling for anyone to see clearly!
...
"Hiss... Where is this? When does the next train arrive..."
On the other side, as a hero, Miyazawa Yu was currently facing two difficult problems—
First, he didn't know where he was. Second, his phone was dead, so he couldn't buy a ticket! He seemed to be stuck here!
"...Miscalculation. I didn't expect my phone to die at this moment. Do I have to ask for directions all the way?"
Squatting outside the station, Miyazawa Yu deeply understood that being a hero came with a price!
With nowhere to go and no money, he hesitated for a while and could only choose to find a coffee shop or something similar to charge his phone, and buy something to soothe his throat.
He had to admit that pink-haired girl could really run. After following her around for so long, he desperately needed to replenish his fluids!
However, just as he got up to leave, a familiar figure in the crowd surging out of the ticket gate caught his attention.
"Is that... Tachibana-sensei? Is she traveling with a suitcase? It's not even vacation yet..."
His memory was still good. Miyazawa Yu recognized the suspicious woman wearing a large black mask and pulling a suitcase in the crowd with just one glance.
It couldn't be helped. Her teardrop mole was too prominent to forget after seeing it once.
Speaking of which, he seemed to have seen those two moles somewhere else...
Thinking this, Miyazawa Yu silently followed behind Satomi Tachibana until she entered a building before he stopped.
"[Ōre Izu Eiga - O're Izu Pictures]? Isn't this a place specifically for photo shoots and cosplay? I remember..."
Randomly finding a coffee shop and plugging in his phone to charge, Miyazawa Yu immediately sent a message to an acquaintance.
[Natsuya!!! Emergency, you've taken cosplay photos at O're Izu Pictures, right?]
[Yes, I have... What are you trying to do?]
[Nothing, I just want to confirm if they allow cosplay here, that's all...]
It must be right! With confirmation from multiple sources, Miyazawa Yu found the photo section in his study material folder and scrolled down frantically.
Finally, perseverance paid off. Among a pile of unremarkable scattered photos, he found what he was looking for.
"So Tachibana-sensei has this kind of hobby too..."
Looking at the search officer in a tight, midriff-baring bodysuit holding a small handgun in the picture, Miyazawa Yu seemed to know where his train fare back to Yamamoto's house would come from!