"Ten thousand yen!!"
Even if it hadn't come from one wallet, for a bunch of high school boys this was still an outrageous sum. Pocket money that took weeks to scrape together — gone in an instant? The thought alone made their stomachs clench.
Some of them had been secretly planning to use that very cash for dates with girls.Losing it now was like watching a future dream shatter on the classroom floor.
"No way I'm giving up! Let me try!"
One of them shoved forward, trying to snatch the sheet from Yamamoto's trembling hands.
Hayato cast a sidelong glance at Anshi Seiji.
Anshi Seiji, understanding perfectly, immediately snatched the paper back.
"W-What are you doing?" the person asked, puzzled.
"First of all, the ten thousand yen from just now was a bet between Yamamoto and me. If you guys want to try again, you'll have to add to the bet," Hayato said with a smile.
"But my share is in that ten thousand yen!" the person shouted.
Hayato looked at him with pity: "That's money Yamamoto borrowed from you, what does it have to do with me?"
"Ugh…" The person choked.
Logical and convincing.
Hayato collected the scattered papers, pens, and coins on the table, and then exchanged Anshi Seiji's ten thousand yen back to him. After adding an extra one thousand yen bill, he thought about it and added another thousand.
"Yay!" Anshi Seiji jumped up, "I can buy a new manga!!"
"What manga?" Hayato asked casually.
""? Tonight, the Sister-in-Law Falls in Love with Me?"! It's very popular recently!" Anshi Seiji said, "A new volume just came out."
Hayato immediately regretted it, and he held out his hand: "Give it back to me."
"No way!" Anshi Seiji said, drawing out the sound. He quickly stuffed the money haphazardly into his pocket, and then asked: "But Xiaolin, this paper is really weird, what exactly is it?"
"Oh, it's the latest technological product that my aunt sent from Hawaii," Hayato said casually.
Perhaps the place 'Hawaii' has a special charm for the people of Japan, so Anshi Seiji immediately believed it. He nodded deeply, "America's technology is indeed amazing!"
Afterward, Hayato looked at Yamamoto Sakito.
Yamamoto, because he borrowed money to participate in the gambling game and also lost the match, was now becoming the target of public criticism. The small group that was originally criticizing Hayato behind his back had therefore fallen apart, and Yamamoto Sakito's face was sometimes green and sometimes red, in short, very interesting.
"Yamamoto," Hayato sympathetically added fuel to the fire: "I warned you in advance. You said you wouldn't regret it…"
"You!"
Yamamoto turned around and was about to grab Hayato's collar.
Ten thousand yen was okay, although it was a lot, he could still save up a little, but the loss of face was too great!
"Yamamoto, can't afford to lose? Want to fight? Come at me!" Anshi Seiji rolled up his sleeves.
"…"
Then, Yamamoto's classmates behind him, as well as Anshi Seiji, suddenly entered a strange silence.
They no longer looked at Yamamoto.
Nor did they pay attention to Hayato anymore.
Several people all looked towards the classroom window, outside the window was the corridor.
A girl was walking in the corridor.
Perhaps because the commotion in F Class was a little loud, the girl's light green eyes unconsciously glanced inside, and then she sneered as if mocking.
Afterward, she said something to the two girls following her, and the three of them laughed at the same time.
One of them even pointed in Hayato's direction and said something to the leading girl.
The latter was slightly surprised, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and then looked over towards Hayato.
At this time, Hayato noticed the gazes of the classmates in the class, so he also looked outside.
He made eye contact with the girl.
Black pupils met light green eyes.
The girl's figure was quite slender, and her skin had a snow-white feel of Eastern Europeans. She had even bleached her hair to light blonde, giving people the initial feeling that she should be a foreigner, but her petite face and dignified features still proved that she was a person of Japan.
Her eyebrows had been trimmed, and the delicate green light in her eyes was probably due to wearing colored contact lenses. Small earrings adorned her earlobes, and her thin lips were coated with peach-colored lip gloss.
The girl slightly raised her hand, a jingling bracelet hung on her wrist, jade-like fingers were surrounded by several rings, and there were also fancy patterns on her rounded nails.
Although it is normal for high school girls of Japan to wear makeup, rather, for them, not wearing makeup is impolite.
However, this girl's makeup was obviously more gorgeous and exquisite than ordinary high school students.
A spicy girl, a proper spicy girl.
She narrowed her eyes, hooked the corners of her mouth, and then turned away, as if ignoring Hayato, and continued to chat with her friends behind her as if no one else was there.
Based on his countless experiences reading books, Hayato immediately thought of the girl's name.
Kurashiki Reina.
『Hypnosis Book』is a series.
Miyajima Sakura belongs to the heroine of the third book, while Kurashiki Reina… if he remembered correctly, she should be the second book.
"Wow, it's Kurashiki!"
"So beautiful!!"
"Damn it, if I could find such a beautiful girlfriend!"
"Don't be silly, she's a young lady, why would she look at someone like you?"
"She seems to be a model in magazines too, Reina-chan."
"'Chan'? If someone hears you, they'll smash your nose!"
"I'm not afraid, it's best if she steps on me with her feet… Queen, hehehe, Queen is the best!"
Then those boys immediately ignored the pain of losing money, and rushed to the door together to watch Kurashiki Reina's swaying figure.
"Wow, that butt… slurp."
"S-She found us! W-We got glared at!"
"Keep glaring at me! Let your eyes violate me! Ah~~~"
Then they made very perverted sounds together again.
Hayato did not intend to have contact with Kurashiki, since she was a heroine of a series, as long as he solved 'Tanaka Hatsumi', everything could be calmed down.
Moreover, the Kurashiki Reina in the original work was not like Miyajima Sakura.
Miyajima Sakura's appeal lies in her dignity turning into lewdness, while Kurashiki Reina's lies in her arrogance becoming submissive and humble. This woman reveals a queen-like aura from her bones, and Hayato definitely wouldn't get along with this kind of person.
"But, why aren't you going? Did you change your personality?" Hayato asked.
Normally, Anshi Seiji would definitely be the fastest to rush over, you can interpret this 'rush' however you want, but this time he seemed to suppress his nature, and just stood steadily beside Hayato.
Anshi Seiji stomped his feet irritably:
"I'm not that kind of person."
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't Kurashiki the woman you fancy?"
"Huh?"
"…Eh? Don't you like her anymore? You used to admire her a lot, although the result of confessing not long ago was a big failure." Anshi Seiji was surprised, "Xiaolin… you've finally come out of the shadow of unrequited love!"
Hayato inherited the memories of Hayato, but because Hayato's seventeen years of memories were quite long, Hayato did not fully recall them. Anshi Seiji's words were like triggering a keyword search; scenes of Kurashiki Reina flooded his mind all at once.
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