Chapter 5 - 43 to 52

Change your clothes first." Yuzumi Yu walked over and handed over the clean staff uniform left in the locker room.

"Thanks."

The girl went into the locker room to change clothes, and Yuzumi Yu continued to use the mop to sweep out the overflowing water.

It was raining heavily outside, but the lights were on in the house, and the air was filled with the faint scent of books, like a warm harbor to shelter from the wind and rain.

The ground was very wet before, and his school uniform was also wet, and now he was wearing a shop assistant uniform.

When the girl came out, she was already wearing a white shirt, brown trousers, and the same pair of flat white shoes as before - there was no way to change them.

When you step on the ground, you can faintly hear the sound of water accumulating in your shoes.

It also appears to be flooded.

Yuzumi Yu moved a stool for the other person to sit behind the counter, then turned and went into the locker room to get his slippers, then took out the heater from under the counter and plugged it in.

The heater emits a fiery red light, bringing warmth that can dispel the cold.

Yuzumi Yu placed the slippers under the girl's feet, sat opposite her, and pushed the heater over to her. He spoke with a hint of gentleness: "It's very uncomfortable to have your shoes soaked in water. Take them off and warm them up."

Why are you so gentle to this girl?

Just because she changed him back without asking any questions.

Although the incident was caused by her.

Kusaka Haruna was stunned for a moment, a faint smile and a faint blush appeared on her pretty face.

"Thank you," she said.

Hooking her fingers on the heels, the girl took off her shoes, revealing her soaked white socks. She then took off her white socks, revealing her small feet that had turned a little white from being soaked in the rain.

Yuzumi Yu's eyes fell on the other person's white feet. The nails were trimmed very neatly, and the toes were as white and tender as pearls.

Those are some nice looking feet.

The girl put on her slippers, put her socks into her shoes, and put the shoes aside.

Well, after doing all this, the girl lowered her head to keep warm quietly, and did not wash her hands.

Um...

Um.

Well, there is no strange smell.

Um.

Yuzumi Yuu looked away from the other person's feet.

Stand wild! ! !

I hate you.

With her wet hair spread out behind Kusaka Haruna, Yuzumi Yuu was silent for a moment and said, "What do you want to know?"

His words were more casual, but still spoke with humility.

Anyway, it doesn't matter, Kusaka Haruna will change him back.

"Why did you turn into a cat?" The girl raised her head and looked at Yuzumi Yu curiously.

"Because we..."

"So when you kiss someone you'll turn into a cat?" Kusaka Haruna found it magical.

Yes and no.

But Yuzumi Yu was not going to tell the other party too much.

So he said, "Yeah, it takes a kiss to change back."

After a moment of silence, the girl sighed, "It's really fantastic."

"When did you discover that you would turn into a cat when you kissed?" she asked again.

"Not long ago." Yuzumi Yu said.

Actually, it was just yesterday.

If she hadn't experienced it herself, Kusaka Haruna wouldn't have believed such a ridiculous thing.

But now...she could still feel the lingering moisture of the boy's lips.

"It's a long story," Yuzumi Yu said. "To put it simply, I'll be in this state for the near future, and I'll be back to normal later."

"knew."

Yuzumi You's eyes couldn't help but move down again, then quickly raised up.

It's really beautiful...

What is he thinking!

"I'll go clean up the water at the door." He stood up and left.

After clearing the water at the door, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to his parents to inform them that he would be home late tonight due to the heavy rain.

Well...

Standing at the door, watching the waves washing against the glass windows, Yuzumi Yu sighed.

There's no going back any time soon.

The rain really starts coming as soon as it's supposed to.

He turned around and saw Kusaka Haruna holding the "Heart" he had placed on the table earlier.

etc.

It seems that guy hasn't washed his hands yet?

He walked back, and the girl looked up at him and said with a faint smile, "I'll buy it."

Forehead...

"You bought it yesterday, right?" Yuzumi Yu said.

"You like this book very much." Kusaka Haruna said, putting her wet hair behind her back, "I bought it for you as a thank you today."

The boy was stunned: "I should be the one thanking you."

"Let's put things in order." The girl opened her bag, unwrapped the wrung-out clothes, took out the money from the compartment and put it on the table.

"Thank you." Yuzumi Yu came to the counter, put the money away, opened the notebook and wrote on it - Soseki's "Kokoro".

"Are you Qianyuzuru's student?" the girl asked.

"Yes." Yuzumi Yu closed the notebook and put it aside.

The girl should have seen the school uniform he placed on the bench in the locker room.

"Class 1, Kusaka Haruna." Kusaka Haruna said with a faint smile.

Yuzumi Yuu was slightly surprised: "Class 5, Yuzumi Yuu."

This girl actually goes to the same school as him.

The smile on Kusaka Haruna's elegant face seemed to grow even wider, and the girl said softly, "Which class is Kyoko in?"

Kyoko?

"Is that Gono Kyoko-san?"

"Yes."

"Are you friends?" the boy asked.

"It's the enemy." The girl said softly, but on her pretty and elegant little face there was only a smile, without any coldness towards the enemy.

"You don't seem to hate her."

"Very annoying." The girl smiled faintly.

But Yuzumi Yu still couldn't see even a hint of disgust in the other person's eyes, only a faint and gentle smile.

With the scholarly air that seems to be in his bones.

It makes the girl look more peaceful and gentle, without any aggression.

A bit of a strange person.

"Is there a conflict between you?" he tried to ask.

"It seems that Yuzumi-san has become friends with Kyoko." Kusaka Haruna lowered her eyebrows and smiled, without answering the boy's question.

Kyoko?

An intimate name.

Using intimate terms with your enemies?

"Yes." Yuzumi Yu admitted.

"Then it seems there is no need for us to communicate anymore." The girl's voice was still soft, and she just bent down to get her shoes.

Eh?

Yuzumi Yu resisted the urge to stop the other party's actions.

If he offends the other party again and turns into a cat, it is hard to say whether the other party will change him back to a cat.

The girl was not wearing socks, and wet socks were difficult to wear, so she put her white and tender feet directly into the shoes, took off the socks, and stood up.

"It's still raining heavily outside." Yuzumi Yu reminded calmly, glancing out the window. It was still raining as heavily as before.

"I hate Kyoko, and Kyoko hates me too. As Kyoko's friend, it's better for Yuzumi not to have anything to do with me." Kusaka Haruna smiled faintly.

There was no disgust in her words, only an inscrutable gentleness.

It seemed like the girl could maintain this attitude no matter who she was facing.

Seeing that the girl was really about to leave, Yuzumi Yuu followed her for a few steps: "It's still raining heavily outside, Kusaka-san, you can wait until the rain subsides before leaving."

"No need." Kusaka Haruna said indifferently without turning her head. When she was about to push the door open, she paused and turned around. "I will wash the clothes and send them to you tomorrow."

After saying that, the girl opened the door and walked into the rain.

Strong winds and heavy rain washed over the entire street, even the puddles on the ground were blown away by the wind. The girl's frail figure was replaced by the reflective glass as the shop door closed.

The glass door projected the silhouette of a young man standing not far away.

'It seems like these two have a really bad relationship.'

Yuzumi Yu turned around, looked at the slippers that the girl had stepped on, and took them to rinse.

Yuzumi Yu was the only one in the entire bookstore. If his eyes got tired of reading the text, he could go read the comics.

When I got tired of reading comics, I sat back at the counter and took out the textbook to study.

Although I couldn't go home, I felt quite relaxed and happy, except that I was a little hungry.

But he is the most resistant to hunger.

The rain did not gradually subside until almost nine o'clock, and finally turned into a drizzle, forming strands of rain under the street lights.

Yuzumi Yu stuffed all the textbooks into his schoolbag and closed the book "Kokoro" given by Kusaka-classmate. He paused.

Walking back to the locker room, he took out the alcohol, sprayed it on the book, and then sprayed it on his hands before putting the book "Heart" into his schoolbag.

Although it was rude, the girl seemed to have taken off her socks without washing her hands.

Although her feet are beautiful and have no odor.

But Yuzumi Yu has to respect his own school bag.

After tidying up the counter, turning off the lights, and stuffing the rag under the door, he locked the shop door and left along the edge of the street in the night rain.

I go home, eat, wash the dishes, take a shower and go to bed. It's better not to go ghost hunting in this kind of weather.

early morning.

it's clear.

The rain stopped last night, but it still left traces of moisture in the backyard.

I don't know what time it stopped last night.

As usual, he did morning exercises and jogging, and simply collected the toll - the emotion value, and Yuzumi Yu came to school.

It's another day of paying back debts with lollipops.

After a while, when he has saved enough money, he will pay off all his debts in one go.

Without hesitation, Yuzumi Yu directly asked the elegant girl who had turned around at the table in front of him.

"Gono-san, do you know Haruna Kusakata from Class 1?"

The main reason was that the girl's attitude yesterday was a bit strange, so he came to see Kyoko Gono's attitude.

Wu Ye was very direct. His face immediately darkened and became expressionless, and his noble and beautiful eyes stared at the boy.

"Why are you asking about that bitch?"

Very direct, he started cursing right away.

Yuzumi choked.

Kyoko Gono leaned forward, pressing her plump breasts against him. The boy immediately looked away. The girl's eyes were calm, but they gave people a strong sense of oppression.

"Are you fascinated by that bitch's appearance?" She narrowed her eyes and looked at the boy.

Hazumi Yu: "..."

"Gono-san, is it really okay to say bad things about Kusakata-san behind his back like this?"

"I said the same thing to her face." Gono Kyoko said in a cold tone, "So, my friend, how did you know her?"

There is no doubt that if Yuzumi Yu didn't say it, the dignified girl opposite would definitely kick his desk.

"She met him when she came to the bookstore to buy books."

"Why are you in the bookstore?"

"Excuse me, why can't I be in the bookstore?"

"Bang!"

Table, I'm sorry...Yuzumi Yu silently mourned for the table in his heart.

"I'm working in a bookstore to pay you back."

"I told you not to return it!" The girl's voice was a little loud, and several classmates nearby looked over subconsciously.

"Please keep your voice down, Gono-san," Yuzumi Yuu reminded.

"Damn bitch." Kyoko Gono cursed in a low voice, stood up, and walked away with her long legs.

"Wait a minute!" The boy quickly stood up and followed, whispering behind the girl, "Don't be impulsive, Gono-san."

Gono Kyoko stopped and turned away calmly. Her elegant eyes looked deeply at the boy and she asked in a long voice, "Are you protecting her?"

"…That's not necessary."

There's really no need for that. Are you going to just go over and scold the other person?

Kyoko Gono is too wild.

"I feel uncomfortable, so I have to go and scold that bitch." Kyoko Gono left again in a hurry.

With a sigh, Yuzumi Yuu followed.

I shouldn't have told her if I had known.

Who knew Kyoko Gono would react so strongly.

Yuzumi Yu couldn't do anything now, not even to hold the other person back, because he wasn't sure if that would be considered an offense.

He could no more stop her than Jerusalem could stop the march of history.

The girl put her hands in her coat pockets, striding forward with her long legs wrapped in black stockings, looking murderous.

The young man followed behind with his hands in his pockets, a helpless look on his face.

Why should he go?

What if these two people fight?

Although he could only watch from the sidelines when the fight broke out due to the circumstances, but... as the trigger, he had to go and see.

Class 1 and Class 5 are separated by three classrooms, not far away, and the two quickly arrived at the door of Class 1.

Two good-looking boys and girls appeared at the classroom door and immediately attracted the attention of most of the students in the class.

The girl had a cold expression on her face, her eyes searching for something, while the boy had an indifferent look on his face, his hands in his pockets.

"Kusaka Haruna! Get out here!" Kyoko Gono finally found her target.

The elegant girl in the back row of the classroom raised her head and looked towards the classroom door. Many classmates in the class turned around to look at her.

She closed the book, stood up calmly, and walked towards the back door.

The classmates in the class watched this scene, then looked towards the front door and the window. The elegant girl was already walking towards the back door, and the handsome boy followed behind her.

"What do you mean? Two women and one man?"

The classmates in the class looked at each other and pricked up their ears.

Yuzumi Yu wanted to run a few steps forward, after all, the classroom door was not the place to quarrel.

But when he saw Kusaka Haruna turn around and walk towards the stairwell, and Gono Kyoko also went towards the stairwell without saying a word, he was stunned. Why did he feel that these two people had an inexplicable tacit understanding?

How about going to buy a bottle of soda first?

never mind.

He came to the stairwell and saw two girls standing facing each other.

"You come to seduce my friend, do you have any shame?" Kyoko Gono fired the first shot.

etc!

Yuzumi Yu wanted to explain that he was not seduced.

Kusaka Haruna's eyes were clear and gentle. She just calmly looked at the girl with a superior attitude and said lightly: "Is this what Yuzumi-san said?"

"No." Yuzumi Yu said.

"I didn't ask you!" Kyoko Gono turned her head and glared at the boy.

"Hazemi-san, please don't get involved for now." Kusaka Haruna also looked over and spoke in a clear voice.

"Who allowed you to talk to him?" Wu Ye pointed the gun at the elegant girl again.

Yuzumi Yu stood aside with his hands in his pockets, his face expressionless.

"It's my right to talk to whomever I want, Kyoko."

"My voice is disgusting. Don't call me Kyoko."

"You should control your temper, Kyoko."

Yuzumi You glanced at Kusaka Haruna's calm expression, not knowing if this guy did it on purpose, and specifically called Kyoko again.

"Are you qualified to lecture me?" Gono Kyoko crossed her arms, expressionless and indifferent. Her delicate and elegant face looked like a work of art that would be hard to find in an art museum even after a hundred years.

"Stop your disgusting attitude. I'm just here to remind you to stay away from my friends."

Kusaka Haruna smiled softly, her eyes gently falling on the face of the boy who was "watching the game" on the side, and her tone was also very gentle: "Hazumi-san, do you hate me?"

Kyoko Gono looked at the boy.

Yuzumi Yuu had a blank expression on his face.

"Morning meeting is about to begin," he said.

Yuzumi Yu couldn't say that he hated the other person, and even if he agreed with the other person's point of view that "he hated her", he didn't know whether it would be considered rude by the system.

Besides, he actually had no reason to hate the other person.

Maybe if Kusaka Haruna scolded him a few times, he would hate her.

For example - you are such a useless man except for being handsome!

Well...it's too dirty to curse him like that. After all, being handsome is just the most insignificant of his many advantages.

Appearance is determined by nature, but his talent is acquired through hard work.

If someone ignores the hard work he puts in because of his appearance, he...actually won't be angry.

As he said, it doesn't matter what others do, he just needs to do his best.

Do what you should do.

"It seems that Yuzumi-san doesn't hate me." Kusaka Haruna withdrew her gaze and looked at the elegant girl with a smile again. Her voice was soft, neither happy nor proud, as if she was just narrating.

Yuzumi Yu glanced at the other person.

This guy is fanning the flames.

Sure enough, Kyoko Gono immediately pointed the gun at her teammate - her friend Yuzumi Yu who came with her.

"Yuzumi Yu, are you really fascinated by this bitch?" Gono's voice was a little cold, and seemed to still carry the sadness of being betrayed.

"Bitch..." Kusaka Haruna's emotions fluctuated. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her eyes were cold. "Gono Kyoko, is this how you talk about me behind my back?"

Her voice also took on a cold tone.

Yuzumi Yu looked at the other person again.

Okay, we're out of trouble.

However, this is the first time I see Kusaka-san looking so aloof.

Kyoko Gono was like an indiscriminate attack turret, firing at anyone she disliked. She turned around and sneered, "Isn't that right? Bitch, stinky whore."

This is so rude.

Yuzumi Yu wanted to run away.

Someone came upstairs, and the three of them fell silent at the same time. Yuzumi Yu turned around and pretended to look at the scenery.

When the girl going upstairs was about to pass by him, he turned around again so that she wouldn't see his face.

"You are still as annoying as before, like a bug in the sewer, emitting a foul smell all over your body." Kusaka Haruna said this, and her words were very aggressive.

Kyoko Gono took a few steps forward, and the two girls were almost touching each other. She didn't move her head, her eyes drooped, and her eyes were filled with coldness.

"Do you want to fight?"

There's actually no significant height difference between the two.

Kyoko Gono's visual score is 170, and Haruna Kusaka's visual score is 167.

Both are considered very high in Mihong.

Kusaka Haruna chuckled, "You talk like a child, Kyoko."

Yuzumi Yu looked left and right.

"Stop!" He stretched out his hand.

The two girls glanced over.

"What do you want?"

"It's better for Yuzumi-kun not to interfere."

Well... now that he can still look over, Yuzumi Yu feels that it's no big deal.

A truly fierce battle is one where even when talking to someone else, each person's eyes will be fixed on each other.

Yuzumi Yu put his hands in his pockets and walked down the stairs.

"Kyoko, please buy me a soda."

"Didn't see me... Hey, come back! Yuzumi Yuu!"

The boy did not stop walking and his figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs. Kyoko Gono glared at Haruna Kusaka and turned to go downstairs.

The elegant girl quietly watched Kyoko Gono walking down the stairs, lowered her eyes, smiled slightly, and turned back to class.

Gono Kyoko caught up with the boy and said indignantly: "Hazumi Yu! Can't you see that I'm arguing with someone?"

The boy walked calmly, "What does your quarrel with me and my desire to drink soda have to do with it?"

Feeling the "murderous intent", Yuzumi Yu retracted his leg. Kyoko Gono's kick missed the target and she might have been really angry, so she raised her leg and kicked the boy's butt again.

Yuzumi Yu dodged again, and this time the girl's steps were unsteady. The boy gently supported her and said gently: "Okay, Kyoko, let's go buy some soda. I can already imagine the soda feeling in my throat."

Kyoko Gono pushed the boy away, glared at him, turned around and walked away angrily.

After taking two steps, the girl suddenly turned around and said, "Go by yourself!" Then, she walked away with her long legs without looking back.

[Emotion: 647 (Minako Hashimoto, Kyoko Gono, Maki Ikema, Haruna Kusaka)]

The emotional value contributed by Kyoko Gono is almost surpassing Minako.

It seems to have exceeded?

I didn't count carefully.

Before the morning meeting, Yuzumi Yu returned to the class.

She placed the Suntory BOSS series imported juice that Kyoko Gono had bought before on the other person's table.

"Hmph, no!" Kyoko Gono took the drink, put it heavily on Yuzumi Yu's table with a "bang", and turned around.

She's still angry!

"Well..." Yuzumi Yu took the drink, opened it, inserted the straw, and stretched out his hand, "Here."

Kyoko Gono glanced at the drink handed to her side, turned her head and looked out the window.

There was no expression on that elegant little face.

Yuzumi Yu pulled the curtains directly.

Kyoko Gono was stunned for a moment, then pulled the phone open again.

The boy pulled it up again.

The girl stood up and pulled it open with a forceful "swish".

The light at the back of the classroom flickered, and the other students looked over.

"Swish!" The students' faces brightened.

"Swish!" The students' faces turned gloomy.

"Are you annoying?" Kyoko Gono turned around and glared at the boy.

The students who were watching the fun quickly looked away, and Tateno Kanata also quickly turned back, thinking in his heart, worthy of being Hanezumi, so wild.

At the same time, he also felt that the relationship between these two people seemed to be really good, for example, he didn't dare to pull Kyoko Gono's curtains.

Not to mention Kyoko Gono, he wouldn't even dare to pull the curtains of other girls like that!

——You may get a slap in the face and a question like "Are you sick?"

Yuzumi Yu's handsome face had a faint smile on it as he handed over the BOSS juice in his hand: "Here."

The girl's eyes fell on the juice held by the pair of slender fingers, and after a while, she took it away.

"So annoying." She turned around expressionlessly, sat back in her seat, and took small sips of the straw.

The straight, shiny black hair flew through the air, bringing with it the pleasant scent of a girl's shampoo.

Yuzumi Yu sat back in his seat with a calm expression.

When you're with Kyoko Gono, you always have to do some childish things.

Well... never mind, it's her fault that she is a major shareholder in his Prime Minister Road.

As Irumiho walked into the classroom, the morning assembly began.

Today is Friday. When we go to class again next week, it will be May.

After the morning meeting, Yuzumi Yu went to the Sports Committee to learn about the event he had signed up for.

Individual events: 3000m long-distance running, table tennis.

Team events: 4x100m relay, three-legged race.

Yuzumi Yu declined the three-legged race. He didn't have time to stay in school for training, so he took on a 100-meter sprint to replace the three-legged race.

Actually, kendo is also possible.

But if he participates in the kendo competition at the sports festival, he has no reason to let his opponent win, and if he doesn't, it would be too bullying.

"Yuzumi, do you know where May's off-campus study will be?" The physical education teacher asked mysteriously.

"Please tell me where to go, please." Yuzumi Yu climbed up the pole with a serious look on his face.

"No, no, no need to be so serious. I just heard it's a science and technology museum."

Very boring place.

"Thanks for letting me know."

At noon, take a lunch break.

Three boys were standing on the balcony outside the classroom window, enjoying the fresh air. Three empty lunch boxes were placed on the plain wall that barely reached their waists.

The spring breeze at the end of April was gentle and gently lifted the curtains. A girl with long black hair was sleeping on the table in the classroom behind the three of them.

That's right, Chibazuru's classroom has a balcony.

The door leading to the outside balcony is in the innermost row, behind the last table, and is currently guarded by Yuzumi Yu.

"Are you really not going with us? Yuzumi." Taku Furui's voice seemed no longer sunny.

"Can I take a day off?" Tateno Kanata asked.

"Hmm..." Yuzumi Yu looked at the lush greenery on campus and said calmly, "It's not good to ask for leave after just a few days of work."

"Ask Rina to postpone the concert for Yuzumi!" Furui Taku said seriously.

This is bullshit.

"Yes! For Yuzumi!" Tateno Kanata suddenly howled excitedly, his fists clenched at both sides of his body.

"Souta, stop going crazy here." The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Yuzumi Yuu held them back.

The sunny boy didn't need to endure. He looked disgusted and said, "Souta, don't go crazy all of a sudden and scare me."

Even though the two of them had been friends with Tateno since high school, they were sometimes scared by his sudden shouting.

This is an inexplicable, indirect, and insane "disease."

It is most obvious when playing games with Tateno. Every time Tateno Souta keeps losing, his illness will begin to flare up.

The combination of the three of them is actually a bit strange. They all have different personalities, but they can still play together.

Yuu Hamumi is indifferent, Taku Furui is sunny but has some sense of shame, and Kanata Tateno is a patient and shameless. Sometimes he takes Taku Furui with him when he is sick, and sometimes he takes Yuu Hamumi with him when he is sick.

"I've made up my mind." Tateno Souta said with a serious look on his face.

Both of them looked over.

"I want to show Rina the picture of Yuzumi."

"…"

"You are so presumptuous, Zou Tai. She is my wife!" Furui Taku looked dissatisfied.

The remaining two people looked at the sunny boy.

"You bastard, Furui." Tateno Kanata said with a gloomy face.

Yuzumi Yuu rubbed his wrist and leaned over.

"Hey! Two against one?" Furui Taku showed no fear at all, his face full of fighting spirit. He suddenly stretched out his arms, "ZI-O!"

"For Rina!" He held the air to his waist, struck a pose with a serious expression, and shouted, "(hen shin) Transformation!"

"For whom?"

"Rina?"

Two boys surrounded "Sunny Zi-O".

Unfortunately, Yuzumi Yu couldn't take action, so this fight was destined not to be a pleasant "gang fight".

"You three!" A cold voice came from behind.

Two of them turned around and one looked over.

Kyoko Gono was pressing her hands on the window bars, looking like she was about to jump out and hit someone, her little face looking ferocious.

"Can you be quiet!"

Because she slept on her stomach, there was a red mark on one side of the girl's originally fair and tender face.

There was no doubt that if the three of them were not quiet, she would jump out to help them be quiet.

Yuzumi Yu and the other two exchanged glances.

"Sadako looks like she's about to jump out of the TV." The handsome boy's eyes spoke volumes.

The other two realized it, and Furui Taku confirmed: "It's terrifying."

Tateno Souta: "Let's go."

Take MAX, Zi-O, and the patient decided to temporarily avoid Gono Sadako, who was very grumpy when she woke up.

The afternoon class is over.

Yuzumi Yu carried his bag and went to the Cha Gu Bookstore to work.

Fold the washed and dried store uniforms and put them in the dressing room.

He placed the green plants that he had moved in yesterday outside the store. Looking at the moist soil that had already been watered, he didn't water them again.

This was his job, but the store manager still expressed her gratitude.

People with a scholarly air are very gentle.

At four o'clock, Yuzumi Yu started working behind the counter on time.

"Welcome to Chagu Bookstore."

When there were guests, the boy stood up and bowed slightly.

Since there were no customers who needed help, he would sit and flip through the unfinished copy of "Heart".

This book is now truly his. Yesterday, classmate Kusaka bought it and gave it to him.

At around 5:40 in the afternoon, the wind chimes rang. Yuzumi Yuu looked away from the book, stood up and bowed, "Welcome to Chagu Bookstore."

The elegant girl was wearing a white coat and a white long skirt that reached her ankles. She walked towards the counter.

"Good afternoon, Kusaka-san."

"Good afternoon, Yuzumi-san." Kusaka Haruna took out the folded clerk uniform from her bag and folded it again on the counter. "I'm here to return the clothes. Thank you for yesterday."

The girl's eyes were like a gentle ocean, the kind of ocean where even a small sailboat could float on it without worrying about capsizing, the waves were so gentle.

"Okay, you're welcome."

Yuzumi Yu gathered his clothes and headed towards the locker room.

He knew that the girl looked gentle but was actually a bit sinister, and her actions this morning were the best proof of that.

In the locker room, Yuzumi Yu carefully checked whether the clothes were washed clean and whether there was any damage. After all, they were borrowed in his name and he was responsible for them.

Not only was there no damage, but the wrinkles caused by long-term folding were ironed out. The clothes were very clean and had a faint fragrance.

The clothes were fine, Yuzumi Yu folded them and put them in the closet.

Walking out of the changing room, the boy was stunned. Kusaka Haruna was standing behind the counter, checking out customers who were buying books.

Just scan the book and the price will come out.

He walked over, took out an exquisite bag from under the counter, took the book and put it in the bag, handed it over with both hands, and bowed slightly: "Thank you, please come again."

After the guests left, Yuzumi Yu expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Kusaka-san."

"It's okay." Kusaka Haruna tucked her hair behind her ears and smiled faintly, "I'm leaving. Goodbye."

"Take care."

With the sound of the door opening, the figure of a girl in a long skirt walked past the green plants outside the window. Her soft and fair profile passed through the green leaves that blocked her view, and finally she stopped at the edge of the window.

She smiled gently at the young man who was looking at her from inside the store, raised her pretty hand, and said goodbye - this was the gesture.

Yuzumi Yu nodded lightly.

Kusaka-san is also very gentle.

Although it's a bit bad water.

Well, keep reading.

Yuzumi Yu sat down and continued to read the unfinished "Kokoro".

After crying so hard yesterday, the child seemed to have shed all his tears. The weather was exceptionally sunny today, and it lasted until Yuzumi You got off work in the evening.

Walking on the street at night, the boy carried a bag on one shoulder, put his hands in his pockets, and walked casually.

There are low houses on both sides, and the wires on the telephone poles seem to blend into the night, not looking as messy as during the day.

Even in Tokyo, most places outside of prosperous neighborhoods or the city center are like this.

It feels a lot like the countryside, but the countryside is much more beautiful than here.

"Ding-ling-ling!"

A bell rang behind him, and Yuzumi You moved slightly to the side.

A patrolman passed by on a bicycle that looked a bit old.

Yes, they ride bicycles everywhere on the streets. Basically, people who travel on the streets use bicycles, including police officers and deliverymen.

Yes, it takes a long time to deliver food by bicycle, and you have to wait even longer if you encounter someone delivering food on foot. The delivery fee is also very expensive. For two to three kilometers, it costs 400 to 500 yuan, which is more than 20 yuan in RMB.

Yuzumi Yu ordered it once and never wanted to order it again.

Although he was very resistant to hunger... he was very poor.

The May wind has arrived, lifting the boy's hair, and Yuzumi Yu is thinking.

He thought of another place where there was a high probability of spirits appearing.

And... he should be able to win.

At night, Yuzumi You didn't turn on the lights. He quietly opened the door, peeked in, and then tiptoed downstairs.

If there is anything that can make Wu MAX "nervous", it may be his father's belt.

At the shoe cabinet, the boy opened the drawer very gently and slowly, using his mobile phone to illuminate the room. Several bunches of keys reflected a silvery light.

He reached in, grabbed one of the bunches, took it out, and closed the drawer.

Good, no movement.

I went back to get the sword, sneaked to the backyard, and pushed the bicycle against the wall.

He tied the rope to the bicycle, climbed up the wall, pulled up the bicycle, and put it on the ground outside before jumping down.

The place he wanted to go was some distance from his home, so it was much more convenient to go there by bike.

Riding on a bicycle, with the searchlight illuminating the road ahead, Yuzumi You rode away into the night wind.

All Mihong bicycles are required to be equipped with lights, and they must be turned on when riding at night - this is a legal requirement.

Riding on a street that is only two cars wide, the street lights illuminate the street very brightly, the lights of billboards have been turned off, and in the silent night with no one around, there is only the sound of the boy pedaling his bike.

Stopping briefly in front of the vending machine, Yuzumi Yu bent down to pick up the soda and drank it while riding.

Live in the martial arts hall.

Yuzumi Yu opened the iron gate, went in and closed it, pushed the car into the yard, opened the door of the martial arts hall, and entered the dojo.

The lights were turned on one by one, illuminating the huge martial arts arena.

Walking on the comfortable wooden floor, there are sandbags hanging on the edge of the field and rows of long knives.

He hadn't been here for a long time, and he felt a little nostalgic when he looked at everything familiar in front of him.

After all, he basically grew up here when he was a child.

Without time to feel sad, Yuzumi Yu took off his shoes and opened his true eye!

'True eyes! '

If you don't have it, retreat. If you do have it,...

The silver-white blade reflected the young man's handsome eyebrows and eyes.

The world is clear.

Yuzumi Yu had a blank expression on his face, holding the scabbard in his left hand and the katana in his right hand with the tip facing downwards, as he walked towards the center of the dojo.

In the center of the dojo, a figure surrounded by black energy sat cross-legged.

The figure opened his eyes, which were scarlet, just like the two samurai under the torii gate before.

"Are all spirits like this..."

The black mist figure stood up and rushed towards the boy.

Under the light, the two figures were about to touch each other, but they passed each other like afterimages. In an instant, Yuzumi You turned around and swung his sword. The cold blade had a noticeable pause when it touched the figure's neck, but it still cut through.

The misty figure's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he fell to his knees, gradually dissipating like dust.

Then, the black dust with distinct particles rushed towards the sword in Yuzumi Yu's hand. The young man's hand shook and he almost dropped the sword.

[Evolution: 300]

This is the Wu MAX assessed by the system.

No fancy or unnecessary movements are required, just one cut, simple, direct and efficient.

There is no aesthetic appeal at all.

It only determines life and death.

In actual combat, as long as you seize the opportunity, it is actually just a matter of one sword strike.

However, whether this opportunity can be seized depends on your control of the timing and your body.

The reason why he couldn't beat the Torii warrior had nothing to do with martial arts. It was simply because Yuzumi Yu couldn't see his movements clearly, and the opponent's sword had already come down. He was crushed by the numbers.

Under the light, Yuzumi Yu lifted the blade and looked at it carefully, but found no changes.

'System, explain.'

[absorb]

'knew.'

There was no such scene when the phantom was killed last time. The knife should have been stabbed into the opponent's head, and the spirit was directly absorbed after death.

Yuzumi You put the knife at his waist, took out the eye drops, tilted his head back and dropped two drops.

[Martial Spirit - Human, born from the will of a warrior during his practice]

[The birth of Renwu is inseparable from everyone's hard training, and it is a medal of sweat from everyone in the dojo]

"So this thing won't affect people?"

[yes]

...Just consider it as keeping the good things within the family.

Let the world's number one keep your medals.

Yuzumi Yu bowed solemnly towards the center of the field.

"Thank you everyone, I will cherish these 300 evolution degrees."

On my road to becoming Prime Minister, I cannot do without your help.

The boy stood up and left the dojo with his sword.

On weekends, white clouds float by.

Yuzumi Yuu studies at home.

It was not until after three o'clock that he changed into a white shirt and dark trousers and went to work in the store.

I have finished reading "Heart".

Yuzumi Yu picked up another modern literature book in the literature section.

Mr. Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore".

After sitting back at the counter, he opened the book and read quietly.

It was a little after five o'clock, and the wind chimes were ringing. Kusaka Haruna, wearing a light blue jacket, a white long skirt, and carrying a white bag, pushed the door open and walked in.

"Welcome to the Ancient Tea Bookstore."

The girl greeted him with a faint smile, then turned and walked towards the literature bookshelf, where Yuzumi Yu continued to sit and read.

At around seven o'clock, Kusaka Haruna paid for the book and left the store.

Kyoko Gono sent a message to Yu Yu on Line, and he replied casually - it's private time now.

Tateno and Furui were also posting photos in the group chat of the three of them.

As soon as the club activity ended yesterday, Yuzumi Yu didn't want to go, so the two of them took the Shinkansen and arrived in Osaka at around nine o'clock in the evening - a man as quick as the wind, and they spent an extra night's accommodation.

In yesterday's photo, the two were sitting in the car. Li Ye's face was distorted and he was making funny expressions to the camera, while Gu Jing was smiling brightly.

There are also photos of where the two of them stayed.

Yuzumi Yu replied last night - I'm not interested in hotels where boys stay.

The concert should start at 4 o'clock this afternoon, because after 4 o'clock, the two kept sending out photos from inside the venue.

Yuzumi Yu's hand that was sliding the screen paused, and he opened a photo with an expressionless face.

Inside the venue, the lights were dim, and Tateno was holding a close-up photo of Yuzumi Yuu upright against his chest.

Fortunately, it is in color.

Yuzumi Yu: @立野 I will tell your mother what you bought

Tateno: The photo frame and the photo were brought by Gujing!!!

Yuzumi Yu: @古井 I will tell her about you peeping at the baseball manager's miniskirt

Yuzumi Yu: [Picture] Screenshot of baseball club manager Line's friend

Gu Jing: I will tell her that the three of us peeked at her miniskirt

After a while.

Tateno: [Image] A sunny boy is strangled by fate

Tateno: I have already dealt with the old boy

Yuzumi Yu put away his phone.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Yuzumi Yu got off work.

On the way back, I looked at the photos of Rina that the two of them had taken off the court on my phone.

As a popular idol, Rina is perfect.

The second day of the weekend was the same as usual.

Minako's parents have already returned and don't need to come to Yuzumi Yu's house for dinner. Also, because they were working last week, they didn't meet her when they returned.

You can only harvest emotional value every morning.

Minako also had something to do on the weekend. She wore a pink and white Lolita dress and played outside with a few friends. She sent selfies to Yuzumi Yu and asked if she looked good.

Minako is so cute—this was the reply.

Kyoko Gono is still harassing me - now is my private time.

Kyoko: Wherever you work, I'll go buy books!

Yuzumi Yu: Don't come over, I'm afraid you'll smash the store

truth.

When I came here, I met my classmate Kusaka who came to read books in the afternoon. If the two of them were together, something bad would probably happen.

The "him and it" incident left Yuzumi Yu with no ability to stop it. If the two started fighting, he could only watch and call for help.

on Monday.

Yuzumi Yu sat up from the bed.

'Extract special abilities.'

[Extracting...]

Why not smoke on Saturday?

Having things worth looking forward to always makes people look forward to life.

So he chose to have a wonderful and enjoyable weekend first.

Special Ability——Grandpa]

'...'

Where's my teleport?

[Grandpa Level 1: With your hands in your pockets, activate at will. Within 5 seconds, you can choose an action to slightly enhance it. Cooldown: 1 hour]

What's the use?

Do you have to put your hands in your pockets to use it?

Or a small one?

Let's do an experiment.

Cool for an hour.

Yuzumi Yu took out the katana from under the bed, placed it on the table, and then put on his school pants - these pants had pockets.

Take down the target hanging on the wall and place it together with the sword. First put your hands in your pockets, meditate silently in your mind, then take your hands out and take the sword and target.

[Grandpa Level 1: Cooldown 1 hour, start timer]

He held the scabbard in his left hand, slowly lowered his body, assumed a posture of drawing the sword, and threw the target onto the bed with his right hand.

[3 seconds remaining]

The moment he threw it, he pressed the handle of the knife back with his right hand.

'Strengthen the sword drawing.'

[Time remaining: 2 seconds]

Yuzumi You crouched down with his head lowered, and the sword was unsheathed in an instant. Before the sound of breaking wind could be heard, he had completed the whole set of movements.

He didn't feel any resistance, but he was sure that the knife had hit the target.

"brush!"

There was a sound of breaking wind, Yuzumi Yu looked up, and the target had broken into two pieces and fell on the bed. He didn't even hear the sound of hitting the target.

Standing up, he looked at the silver blade, which was unsharpened and without any damage.

"So strong."

This is the feeling of Yuzumi Yu's knife just now.

Small amplitude?

So strong?

He put the knife at his waist and couldn't help but think deeply.

This special skill of the old man strengthens an action and has a very wide range.

Unfortunately, it took too long to cool down, so I have to wait an hour for the next experiment.

When the old man reaches level 3, the enhancement will be so terrifying. Will he become a real old man?

With one strike of the sword, an air wave can be directly created!

No, be bold!

With a slash of the sword, a path was cut out in the sea surface of Tokyo Bay.

What's more, this ability can be used for more than just fighting, such as escaping and strengthening the start. Who can catch up with him?

In addition to actions, how can we use them to enhance expressions?

For example, a glare, a smile, and a downcast look.

Is it useful?

Still need to experiment.

Wash up, change into school uniform, as usual.

Yuzumi Yu came to school and sat in his seat.

"Good morning, Gono-san."

"morning."

When the morning meeting was about to start, Yuzumi Yu leaned over the table and said to the girl in front of him, "Gono-san, there are lollipops today too."

Kyoko Gono turned around and stretched out her hand.

"Start it up, sir!" he said, his hands in his pockets under the table.

'Strengthen, smile.'

Yuzumi Yu freed his hands from his trouser pockets, felt in his shirt pocket, and took out a 120 yen lollipop he bought from a convenience store. As he handed it over, a faint smile appeared on his handsome face.

Kyoko Gono looked at the boy, her hand holding the lollipop paused in the air, and then... snatched the lollipop, her fair hands pushed Yuzumi Yu hard, and turned around with a stern face.

[Gono Kyoko's heart trembled——66]

A smile in exchange for 66 emotional points?

Can you use it like this, sir?

Yuzumi Yu seemed to have discovered a new world.

The boy straightened up with an expressionless face.

Although it has a lot of emotional value, this thing seems a bit dangerous, so dangerous that it might be cut off by a knife.

At that time, he was afraid of being stabbed when he sat in front of someone with violent tendencies like Kyoko Gono.

Can't use it, can't use it...

The girl suddenly turned around and stared at him.

Yuzumi Yu raised his eyes and looked at the expressionless and elegant little face.

"What's wrong, Gono-san?" he asked.

"Psycho." The girl muttered and turned around.

"???" Yuzumi Yu blinked.

His eyes fell on the girl's back. Her straight black hair fell to her waist. The girl opened the lollipop, put it in her mouth, and then lay on the table with her head tilted to one side.

One second, two seconds, and up to ten seconds, Yuzumi Yu was sure that Kyoko Gono should like this flavor of lollipop.

After the morning meeting, the girl at the front table turned around again and stared at him.

Hazumi Yu: "..."

Strengthening your smile is too dangerous.

"Were you seducing me before?" Wu Ye's words were very direct.

Yuzumi Yu dared not agree with this point of view.

——Is this an offense?

He said calmly, "Mr. Wuye, do you like the flavor of lollipop today?"

"It tastes terrible." The girl said expressionlessly and turned back.

It's really dangerous.

It can no longer be used, especially on someone as superficial as Gono Kyoko.

Is it useful to oppose Ye Zou Tai?

Yuu Hazumi looks serious.

At noon, take a lunch break.

The three of them gathered in the stairwell.

Yuzumi Yu stood in front of the two people sitting on the stairs, his hands in his pockets, and announced expressionlessly: "Please look up to me."

The other two gave him puzzled looks.

After a pause, the boy smiled faintly.

Both of them were stunned.

Just like the morning light in the darkness, the morning light is beautiful in itself, but it is most beautiful at the moment when it breaks through the darkness.

Although the boy's mouth corners were a little stiff, it did not prevent his smile from being bright and clear. It was full of youthful vigor and a sense of redemption from the morning light.

In a field of flowers, the most beautiful flower that you can notice at first sight.

"Hazumi, you look so handsome when you smile." Tateno Kanata was a little dazed.

"Hyuzumi, it's your turn to make your debut." Furui Taku said without blinking.

Yuzumi Yu's smile instantly disappeared. He wanted to walk over and slap each of them to wake them up, but he couldn't do such a rash thing.

"What does it feel like?" he asked.

There was silence for a second or two.

Tateno suddenly said, "Hazemi, are you going to start taking shortcuts?"

"Miss Gono is indeed a rich woman." Gu Jing confirmed.

Hazumi Yu: "..."

Is there any shortcut to becoming prime minister?

It seems so, to get more family support...etc., it is impossible to marry into the wife's family.

"What about senior Ikema? Is she a rich woman?" Tateno Kanata didn't know what he was thinking, and looked at the sunny boy while speaking.

Gu Jing was slightly stunned, but still replied: "She seems to be too."

"Hazumi went to see Ikema-senpai before." Tateno said seriously, "It was the day he asked us about her class."

Furui Taku's sunny face froze for a moment. After a moment, he turned his head and looked at the expressionless and handsome boy. He said seriously, "Yazumi, you must be very careful, otherwise you will be killed."

Tateno Souta also looked at Yuzumi Yu with a serious expression: "Yazumi, I don't want to take your black and white photo to Rina's concert, please don't get killed!"

Hazumi Yu: "..."

He raised his hand and put it down again.

This incident happened at a really bad time.

But he was also sure that this ability really couldn't be used in this way.

Otherwise, it is only a matter of time before he is stabbed.

——You can be liked by others, after all, his beauty is S, but please remember! Don't let others be obsessed with him.

Believers are not scary, crazy believers are scary.

"Thanks for the reminder." He was also very serious.

He knew that the two were joking, but was there a possibility that they were really giving him a warning?

"Yuzumi, do you still want to eat your chicken leg?" Tateno suddenly said with his head down.

"Please don't touch my chicken leg." He walked over and picked up the lunch box on the ground.

"You never ate chicken legs before." Taku Furui said, picking up the meat from the picnic box.

"Ancient Well!!!"

The two of them chased Yuzumi You in the corridor with lunch boxes in their hands.

"Please don't spill the food on me suddenly." The young man said calmly.

Name: Hazumi Yu]

Age: 18

[Gender: Male]

[Evolution: 200]

[Emotion: 910 (Minako Hashimoto, Kyoko Gono, Maki Ikema, Haruna Kusaka)]

[Germany: C]

[Intelligence: B (Thinking)]

[Body:B]

[US: S]

[Wu:MAX]

[Ability (General): None]

[Ability (Special): Finger Gun Level 1, Grandpa Level 1]

During his part-time job, Yuzumi Yu called up the panel behind the counter.

Are emotions worth this much... We must not fail.

In the afternoon, he also tried to see if he could use the old man's enhanced finger gun, but it didn't work.

Let's upgrade the old man to level 2, and then try the two gatekeepers, he thought.

Once the aid from "He and It" arrives, he will be rich.

In fact, after the verification at the martial arts field that day, he thought of many places, including the school's archery club, kendo club, and wind instrumental club.

But... there are people.

If he goes at night, how can he get in without a key?

Broken door? Broken window?

Isn't that a robber?

The reason why we can enter other people's homes is that many people don't like to lock the windows or the backyard doors, but in places like club activity classrooms, everyone will definitely lock the windows and doors after leaving.

However, there are semi-open venues, such as archery grounds and baseball fields.

I have something to do tonight.

I just don't know if this kind of semi-open venue can give birth to spirits.

If he could give birth to something, he wouldn't have gotten nothing in Ginza before. There were many people there and the emotions were still very strong.

But - at least go and have a look.

Yuzumi Yu took out a notebook and pencil from his schoolbag and summarized the places where spirits appeared.

Shrine - The spirits here are not something that humans can create, they are too strong.

Other places are closed and have low mobility of people.

The boy looked at the faint pencil marks on the notebook for a while, then circled the word "Shrine".

Rather than wasting time searching everywhere, a place like this where spirits are constantly refreshed is the best choice.

He would visit every shrine in Mihong.

Wealth, all wealth...

He casually opened the incident and took a look, then Yuzumi Yu closed it, but in an instant, he opened it again.

[Event - He and It, guaranteed to gain 1100 evolution points, penalty for failure: emotion points cleared]

etc.

How did the guarantee increase?

Yuzumi Yuu thought about what had happened recently.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, he couldn't help but suspect that by violating the rules once, he could increase his guaranteed evolution degree.

No wonder this event called him and it, it was intended to make him change back and forth, right?

Why are you unwilling to admit it?

He didn't want to turn into an animal, and he didn't want to give the chance to change back to someone else.

The boy was silent.

After a while.

"If it fails, does that mean the incident ends immediately?"

[yes]

"Then why is it called a special event?"

[Because there is almost no threshold, as long as the host is cautious, this event will definitely be completed]

Yes, the easiest way is to lock yourself in the room for 30 days, and just go to the convenience store downstairs to buy discounted lunch boxes every day.

But Yuzumi Yu is not that kind of person.

I am not afraid of wealth being difficult to obtain, I am afraid of not being able to find wealth.

Instead of complaining about why the risk is so high, the right solution is to find ways to reduce the risk.

And...he guessed that this minimum guarantee should have an upper limit, but he didn't know where the upper limit was at the moment.

Ask the system?

The system speaks.

[...]

The system is dead.

But no matter what, he has to take action.

The boy held the end of the pencil and tapped the notebook with the inky black tip, leaving a few light black lead marks on the pale yellow paper.

The weather outside was clear and the spring breeze was gentle, but after the heavy rain a few days ago, the humidity in the air seemed to have increased, as if a bigger thunderstorm was brewing.

The safest way Yuzumi Yu could think of was to go find Minako.

The wind chimes rang, and the boy stood up and bowed slightly: "Welcome to the Tea Ancient Bookstore."

Kusaka-san came and gave that faint smile again.

Just like the NPC that refreshes in the bookstore every day, his daily behavior is to enter the door, greet with a faint smile, read books, buy books, and leave.

There was no extra conversation between the two of them. Yuzumi Yu was doing his own job and the girl didn't say anything either.

Sitting down, Yuzumi Yu looked at the soft and quiet figure in the long skirt, his eyes drooping.

The fact that he can transform into an animal is too bizarre and magical. If someone doesn't know about it, just let them remain ignorant.

Rather than using Minako, he would rather talk to Kusaka Haruna.

At around seven o'clock, Kusaka Haruna came to pay the bill.

Yuzumi Yu stood up, took the book the other person bought and scanned it.

After packing the bag for the girl, he bent over and handed it to her with both hands.

"Thank you." Kusaka Haruna smiled faintly, her voice clear.

"Kusaka-san, can we talk after I get off work?" The boy straightened up and said seriously.

The girl paused as she turned back, her watery eyes looking elegant: "Is it important?"

"It's quite important."

"Add me on Line." The girl took out her phone. "I can wait for you at a nearby coffee shop."

Yuzumi Yu took out his phone: "Thank you."

Watching the girl walk out of the store, Yuzumi Yu sat down.

Don't think this guy is easy to talk to. He seems quiet, harmless and gentle, but Yuzumi Yu can feel a very subtle alienation.

It was a polite distance, like a barrier against strangers.

This feeling was most obvious when Kyoko and Kusaka Haruna faced off.

It seemed like there was a lot of tension between the two of them, and they might even fight - this was true.

However, there was not much sense of alienation towards Kyoko in Kusaka Haruna's words.

It's a subconscious tone or attitude.

The two were definitely good friends before, and simply being enemies from the beginning to the end would not give Yuzumi Yu such a feeling.

I just don't know what happened between the two of them that caused the relationship to break down.

At eight o'clock, Yuzumi Yuguan store closed.

Find the coffee shop according to the address left by the other party on the phone.

Coffee Diary.

The name of this store.

Yuzumi Yu walked in and sat down at the window seat at the back, and the girl sat opposite him.

The waiter came over.

"A cup of signature pudding latte." The girl said lightly.

"Same as her." The young man said calmly.

He hadn't been to coffee shops very often and didn't know which ones there were.

Yuzumi Yu looked at Kusaka Haruna, and the girl was also looking at him quietly.

It's really hard to say.

After a while, the boy said, "Kusaka-san, I would like you to change me back after I turn into a cat."

The girl was obviously stunned.

Yuzumi Yu looked at the other person with an expressionless face. It seemed that the girl thought he was looking for her to talk about Kyoko.

You didn't expect that!

Kusaka Haruna came back to her senses, and her fair face was visibly dusted with a layer of light pink. She lowered her head and tucked her hair, but her voice was flat: "It's hard to imagine such teasing words coming from Yuzumi-san's mouth."

"You don't need to kiss to turn into a cat, and you don't need to kiss to turn back," the boy explained.

Kusaka Haruna's almond-shaped eyes were very pale.

She stared at the expressionless boy quietly, her voice calm and composed, but this was the best proof that she was angry.

"Between telling me and not telling me, Yuzumi-san chose the other behavior...deception."

Yuzumi was speechless.

After a while, he said, "We were not familiar with each other at that time."

"Are we familiar with each other now?" the girl asked calmly.

Yuzumi Yu decided to take back what he had said before, Kusaka-san is actually not that gentle.

"I apologize for my previous deception, Kusaka-san." Yuzumi Yu lowered his head and said sincerely, "I know this is a very presumptuous request. I will try to agree to any conditions you have."

Even if the other party asks him for money.

After all, he was very poor, and it took a lot of determination for him to owe some more money.

"I can understand Yuzumi-san." Kusaka Haruna said lightly, "I can understand it, but..."

The girl glanced over and said, "To trick a girl into kissing you by telling her you'll die, Yuzumi-kun is really..."

She didn't say the last two words, but they must have been dirty.

Yuzumi Yu was silent. The other party misunderstood what he meant, so he decided to explain the situation again.

"There are some things I can't tell you, but I'll tell you as much as I can."

Kusaka Haruna didn't say anything.

The boy continued, "During this time, if I say or do something offensive, I'll transform into the cutest animal the other person thinks I'm supposed to be, and I need a kiss from them to transform back."

"So after that unexpected kiss that day, I turned into a cat. If I don't get a kiss from him, I won't be able to go to school or work, and I'll eventually become a stray cat and starve to death on the street."

"Or they're taken away and become pet cats and then sterilized. It's horrible."

At this point, Kusaka Haruna was slightly surprised. She lowered her eyelids and uttered two words gently: "Sorry."

It was unclear whether she was apologizing for the fact that the boy supported her but she turned him into a cat, or for what she had just said.

"So," the girl raised her eyes again, "why did you come to me and turn into a cat?"

Yuzumi Yu didn't tell the other party that he could get something.

You must always be on guard against others.

He said: "Because I found that as long as I kept changing, I could quickly end this abnormal state."

Kusaka Haruna understood.

"So, I came to you." The boy spoke sincerely, "You are the only one who knows about this matter of mine."

There were footsteps approaching, and the two stopped talking.

After the waiter put down the coffee and left, Kusaka Haruna stirred it gently with a spoon: "So you've never kissed anyone else before?"

The focus was a bit strange, but Yuzumi Yu still said affirmatively: "Yes."

"Suddenly I don't hate Yuzumi-san so much anymore." The girl picked up the coffee and took a sip.

"..." the boy said expressionlessly, "So you hated me before?"

"Not really." Kusaka Haruna put down her coffee. "I just don't feel well."

"Kusaka-san is so gentle." Yuzumi Yu said lightly, "Even if you hate someone in your heart, you can't show it on the surface."

"Are you mocking me?"

"Nothing."

Yuzumi Yu picked up the coffee and took a sip.

It doesn't taste good.

Not as good as soda.

——Personal feeling.

"Do you want me to agree or refuse, Yuzumi-san?" the girl said with a soft smile.

Hazumi Yu: "..."

This guy is really bad.

He stood up and bowed solemnly: "Please, Kusaka-san."

Kusaka Haruna stirred her coffee without saying anything.

Yuzumi Yu just kept bowing.

"Why do you keep bowing?" the girl asked with a smile.

"You're trying to morally blackmail Kusaka-san."

"Is this a joke?"

"Kusaka-san looks very gentle, but he is someone who is easily morally blackmailed." The boy sat back in his seat.

Kusaka Haruna smiled faintly: "Am I gentle?"

"He bought me a book as a thank you gift, washed my clothes so clean that even the wrinkles were smoothed out, and helped run the store when I wasn't around." Yuzumi Yuu gave examples one by one, "all of which show that Kusaka-san is a very kind person."

Although he thought this guy was a bad guy, it was undeniable that she was a gentle person.

Gentle but dark?

perhaps.

"Do you think I will agree to you like this?" Kusaka Haruna tied up her hair.

"It's just a presumptuous request," Yuzumi Yu said.

The girl lowered her brows and said after a while, "I want to have a cat on weekends, in my free time."

"Is this a condition?"

The girl smiled faintly: "This is just a presumptuous request."

Yuzumi Yu is being presumptuous and wants someone to kiss him in order to change back.

Kusaka Haruna is also very presumptuous. She wants to keep a cat - a Yuzumi cat.

"I don't eat cat food," said the boy.

He's not a real cat after all.

"I will respect your basic human rights," said the girl.

After all, Yuzumi-san is not a real cat.

"Why didn't you raise it before?"

"It's troublesome to keep a cat."

I understand.

Many things are only beautiful when we don't do them. After we do them, we find that they are not as beautiful as we imagined.

Haruna Kusaka wanted to preserve the beauty of raising a cat, so she never did it.

But some things look beautiful, but when you do them you will find they are even better, as long as you are with the right person.

For example, this time, Yuzumi Yu was unable to go to Rina's concert with Tateno and Furui, and he felt it was a bit of a pity.

Since the matter had been settled, there was no need to continue drinking coffee. Yuzumi Yu simply tilted his head back and drank the coffee in one gulp.

"Kusaka-san, I'll be leaving first." The boy stood up.

Kusaka Haruna glanced at the clean cup on the boy's desk and smiled, "Okay."

Yuzumi Yu asked the waiter to pay the bill, and found that a cup of coffee was 820 yen!

What is it equivalent to? It is equivalent to more than half an hour of work for nothing, equivalent to six cans of soda.

But it's worth it for the sake of evolution.

This conversation is just an attempt. If it succeeds, his secret will still be known only to Haruna Kusaka. If it fails, well... the lovely Minako will be very happy to help her handsome brother.

As for being a cat or something, it's worth it for the sake of evolution.

It's better than spending money anyway.

In fact, he has nothing to lose except the money for the cup of coffee. He just needs to provide some emotional value to the other party.

What's more, Kusaka Haruna can provide him with emotional points and is a potential major shareholder on his road to becoming prime minister. Well... he is tolerant enough to everyone who helps him.

Regular exams (monthly exams) begin on Tuesday in early May and last for three days.

The goal is top ten!

Yuzumi Yu is currently ranked at the bottom of the top 100, and Chibazuru is still too excited.

But in the face of "talent", if hard work is useful, what is the point of genius?

——He is not only talented now, but also very good.

Some schools do not publish student academic rankings, but Qianbazuru does, but...most exams use a five-point system.

5 points is excellent (excellent), corresponding to 90 points or above.

4 points are good (excellent = excellent), corresponding to 80-89 points.

3 points is qualified (good), corresponding to 60-79 points.

2 points is barely qualified (acceptable), corresponding to 50-59 points.

1 point means failing (unacceptable), which corresponds to a score below 50. Generally, if you get this score, you will be called in for an interview.

This is also a way to weaken the competition for scores after the rankings are announced.

Mi Hong's school basically does not publish the exact percentage score.

You can't see your specific scores, you can only see your ranking and the scores for each subject.

Focus on whether the standards are met rather than the ranking. Scoring and ranking are only to help students find their weaknesses rather than create competitive anxiety - this is the happy and relaxed education advocated by Mihong.

Well...

Yuzumi Yu put his schoolbag on the cabinet at the back of the classroom, sat back down, cleared the table, and turned it around.

Overall, the exam atmosphere was quite relaxed. In the afternoon after the exam, everyone just did what they had to do.

Yuzumi Yu and the other two were still eating their lunch boxes on the classroom balcony.

Taku Furui is the best among the three, ranking around 50 or 60, while Souta Tateno is outside the 100th place.

Of course, soon Yuzumi Yu became the best performer among the three.

"By the way, Gu Jing, why do you have time to come and have lunch with us every day at noon?" This was what Li Ye asked, because the sunny boy had just taken the meat from his bowl again, and he was very dissatisfied.

Everyone knows the atmosphere of the baseball club by now, with the second-year slogans shouted on the baseball field every day that can be heard from far away.

The loss in the spring was so embarrassing that the baseball team started preparing for the Summer Koshien early. In addition to training in the morning, they also had to go at noon and were the last to leave school in the evening.

Like last Friday, in order to wait for Furui to finish club training so that they could go to Osaka together, Tateno Souta "reluctantly" watched the miniskirts for almost an hour on the sidelines, making the skirts look like they weren't skirts and the legs look like they weren't legs.

It's like staring at a word and not recognizing it.

This was the result of him joining the baseball club after he finished his club activities in the kendo club.

"I'm a substitute!" Gu Jing was very sad and angry.

"Don't the substitutes have to go?" Tateno walked around and stood beside Yuzumi Yu, avoiding the sunny boy's dirty hands.

"A year as a substitute." The sunny boy said quietly, "Do you think it will be my turn to play?"

"Then you won't go!" Li Ye said loudly, then he looked back as if he realized something, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around.

Kyoko Gono was eating her lunch box in silence.

"If you keep shouting like that, we'll be killed." Yuzumi Yu calmly picked up the broccoli.

"Let's go to the corridor." Gu Jing suggested.

"No need, Kyoko isn't such a volatile person."

As soon as the handsome young man said this, both of them looked over.

"Hazumi, are your left and right brains fighting each other?"

"Yuzumi, were you confused during the test?"

Yuzumi Yu smiled faintly, turned around, leaned against the window, and tapped the windowsill with his chopsticks: "Kyoko, can you give me another chicken leg?"

Kyoko Gono looked at the boy with chopsticks in her mouth.

Yuzumi Yu's eyes fell on the girl's pale pink lips, and his saliva-stained chopsticks broke away from them and picked up the chicken leg in the bowl.

"No thanks." The boy left.

Returning to the balcony, facing the gazes of the two, Yuzumi Yu said calmly: "You see, Kyoko is not such a violent person."

"Yuzhu, what are you showing off!" The sunny boy's face turned dark.

Tateno muttered, "Be careful not to get killed."

"You can also go ask her for a chicken leg." The handsome young man said lightly.

"Yazumi, you really were confused during the test."

"Go get a slap?"

Yuzumi Yu sighed. How could he explain that Gono Kyoko wasn't actually that irritable that she would curse at people when they were making noise nearby?

Last time it was just her grumpiness when she woke up.

"You're taking advantage of your looks to do whatever you want, Yuzumi!" Tateno seemed to be going crazy again.

Furui quietly came to Tateno Souta's side and sighed, "I want to fall in love too."

"Miniskirts are nice." Tateno changed position again.

"I still don't even have a line for her."

"Are you really going to attack her?"

"I'm just stating a very sad fact."

"Hazemi has her line."

As soon as Tateno said this, both of them looked at Yuzumi Yu who was eating silently.

"Ah...he will be killed." Tateno Kanata turned his gaze to the lawn downstairs.

"Too unfaithful!" the sunny boy criticized.

"...Don't talk nonsense." Yuzumi Yu retorted calmly.

What does it mean to be single-minded?

He has always had only one goal - Prime Minister!

In this regard, he is absolutely single-minded.

"Gono-scholar!"

A boy's clear voice came from behind.

The three of them turned around and looked.

I saw a senior student wearing a light blue striped tie standing next to Kyoko Gono who was eating quietly, holding an envelope in his hand.

The girl lowered her head and poked the rice with her chopsticks, without even looking up: "Is there something wrong?"

"Gono-san, I saw you in the corridor earlier..."

"If it's a confession, then leave."

The three people on the balcony watched this scene.

It's really disrespectful to treat a senior like this.

"Schoolgirl, I..."

"Senior, are you deaf?" Kyoko Gono raised her head expressionlessly.

The senior was stunned. He probably didn't expect the other party to be so direct and rude. He bowed slightly in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry to bother you."

The three people on the balcony turned around silently and looked at the flowers, plants and trees on the campus.

"Gono-san has always been so... um..." Furui Taku pondered for a moment, still not saying the word 'rude'. "Has he always been so cold?"

Tateno immediately understood what the sunny boy wanted to say. In fact, all three of them understood. He replied, "I don't know. I just often hear the sound of her kicking the table."

The handsome young man lowered his voice slightly: "She is Mondo..."

"Go wherever you want?" Gu Jing said casually.

All three of them have played this game.

"Just do whatever you want." Yuzumi Yu said.

"For example?"

The handsome boy glanced at the sunny boy and said calmly, "For example, one day, if she gets upset with you, she'll run to the door of your class and yell at you to get out."

"…"Furui Taku.

"...This is scary." Tateno Kanata shrank his neck.

"What are you talking about?" A cold voice suddenly came from behind him, and Yuzumi Yu could even feel the breath on the back of his neck.

The three of them shuddered.

Wait, when?

"Even if you are a substitute, you must work hard to prepare for Koshien." Taku Furui suddenly became eager to fight, like a soldier about to go to the battlefield. He carried his lunch box and left with a solemn look on his face.

Tateno Kanata swallowed his saliva and followed the sunny boy, saying as he walked, "I'll go get the ball for you."

Yuzumi Yu turned around expressionlessly and glanced in the direction the two people left.

—Open balcony door.

Ancient well!

You came out without closing the door!

Kyoko Gono was standing behind him before, but now in front of him, staring at him with her elegant eyes slightly narrowed.

"Excuse me, Mr. Gono?" The boy said calmly.

"I seem to hear someone saying bad things about me." The girl had no expression on her face except for her narrowed eyes.

"This isn't a bad thing. It's just stating a fact, without any bias or subjective opinion. It's like a history book that records history, telling a story that has already happened."

Kyoko Gono thought for a moment and said, "It seems... that's the case."

"Let's go help Gu Jing pick up the balls. The Summer Koshien needs us." With that, Yuzumi Yu left with the lunch box.

"Boring." The girl looked bored.

It would be more comfortable to have a meal in the stairwell, he thought.

The monthly exam time passed quickly.

Pick up the pen, start writing, and stop writing.

The last exam is over.

Yuzumi Yu didn't check his emotion value, but he was accumulating it every day. At present, Kyoko Gono contributed the most because the two of them spent the longest time together. He would talk to her from time to time and stimulate her occasionally.

The girl would come to talk to him from time to time.

Because the prompt message after gaining emotion value was too annoying, he turned off the prompt message.

After the exam, I still work.

After paying back Kyoko Gono, he will quit this job and fulfill his promise to Tomoya Hanesumi to join the club.

In the past few days, he visited all the other schools except Qianyuzuru, and concluded that there were no spirits in the semi-open department venues.

During the school days, apart from playing with Kyoko Gono every day, the three of them would get together to eat during lunch break - Furui still didn't go to the baseball team training at noon.

Only Tateno and Furui had to go to the playground to prepare for the sports festival after the club activities, while Yuzumi Yu went to work.

Time passes.

The weekend is coming.

It was Friday after school, so he didn't have to go to work today - he did a very good job last week, so the store manager gave him a day off.

This didn't matter to Yuzumi Yu. He talked to Kusaka Haruna on the phone and set the time and place for tomorrow. He put away his phone, carried his bag on one shoulder, and walked out of the school.

After buying a bottle of soda on the way, Yuzumi Yu decided to go to Meiping's place.

Although he didn't think that people from Shuangshui would dare to come, it was okay to go and take a look since he had the time.

The main thing is that if I go back so early, I will definitely be caught by Tomoya Hanezumi again. Although the other party is pretending to be confused and regards working as participating in club activities, he can't be so blatant.

Bringing a girl back for dinner and getting 20,000 yen? — A sudden thought came to my mind.

never mind.

The streets in Meiping are narrow, about the width of two cars, and some places are even narrower than two cars.

There are basically residential areas next to the school, mainly because there is a high demand for living near the school.

As he walked forward, Yuzumi Yu suddenly heard a sound in the alley next to him, and he turned his head to look.

...Seven or eight girls were fighting over there.

What a bad student.

Why fight at such a young age?

Yuzumi Yuu really hates violence.

Walk through the alleys.

He suddenly felt something was wrong.

Among those girls just now, some were wearing Meiping school uniforms, while others were wearing uniforms from other schools.

The main thing is, why does that figure look a little familiar?

Is it an illusion...

He continued walking forward, throwing the finished soda into the trash can.

After walking for a while, he suddenly turned back.

wrong!

Isn't that Minako from behind?

He returned to the intersection of the alley and looked inside.

Three girls in Meiping school uniforms stood with their backs to him, looking down at the five girls in other school uniforms lying on the ground.

The beautiful girl with short hair in the middle took two steps forward and raised her foot to step down.

"Minako?" Yuzumi Yu called out tentatively.

The girl who raised her foot paused, and the other two Meiping girls turned around to look.

One of the girls who turned around was Motobayashi Megumi, who often followed Minako.

The short-haired girl put down her feet, raised her hands as if to cover her mouth, then suddenly turned around, put her hands behind her back, a sweet smile appeared on her pretty face, and tilted her head to greet: "Brother Yuzu~"

Yuzumi Yu was a little confused. He walked over and looked at this incongruous scene: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing~" Minako smiled sweetly and tilted her head to the other side, "We're doing practical homework!"

The other two Meiping girls glanced at the eldest sister.

"What practical assignment? Beating up a classmate?"

"No!" Minako walked over and took the boy's arm. "We were filming a short video about how to deal with school BL. We were just acting!"

"Acting?" The boy looked at the bruises on the faces of the people on the ground.

Minako stretched out her white, tender, and warm little hand, tilting Yuzumi Yu's head towards her, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's all the effect of makeup."

Several people from other schools on the ground looked at each other in confusion. Why didn't they understand this sudden scene?

"Campus BL performed with students from other schools?" Yuzumi Yu still felt something was wrong, but Minako held his arm and slowly walked outside.

"Across schools."

"Can there be BL across schools?"

"Yes~"

Ben Linhui couldn't stand it any longer, took two steps forward, and said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Yuzumi, can you please stop interrupting us while we're playing... filming the video?"

"Emi!" Minako suddenly turned around and pouted unhappily, "How could you chase Brother Yuzumi away!"

"Am I disturbing you?" the boy said.

"No~" the girl turned back with a smile.

"yes."

"Emi!" Minako turned around again in dissatisfaction, facing away from the boy and glaring at him.

"Stop talking!" This was the cold girl's mouth shape under her ferocious expression.

Now the people lying on the ground finally knew what was going on. It turned out that the handsome boy in the private school uniform was the elder of the big sister opposite, and the kind of elder that made people particularly scared.

'Hehehe...' Several people on the ground looked at each other and an idea came to their mind.

"Hey!" A girl on the ground just opened her mouth, and Minako's terrifying gaze swept over her in an instant. She was so scared that she didn't dare to speak.

Minako turned around and smiled sweetly, "Why is Brother Yuzumi here?"

As he spoke, he walked away holding the young man's arm.

"Come and take a look." Yuzumi Yu replied, and wanted to look back, but was gently pressed back by the girl's soft little hand.

The girl blinked her eyes and said, "If I lie on the ground, I'll be exposed..."

"I'm sorry for being so presumptuous."

The two have reached the intersection.

"Then I won't disturb you from doing your practical homework." The boy wanted to reach out and touch the girl's little head, but fortunately he held back.

"Hi!" Minako smiled and saluted sideways.

...so cute.

After watching the boy's tall figure disappear around the corner in the distance, Minako walked back with a gloomy face.

She pressed herself in front of Ben Linhui and said through gritted teeth, "Can't you see Brother Yuzumi is here?"

"..." Ben Linhui said helplessly, "Big sister, Brother Yuzumi will find out sooner or later anyway."

"Know what?" Minako turned around, staring coldly at the people on the ground. She put her clenched left hand into the pocket of her school skirt, released the crushed cigarette, and patted it with her free hand. "Deal with these people first."

Another girl from Meiping stepped forward, bent down, and looked at the people on the ground. She said with a forced smile, "You're so arrogant... You dare to come to Meiping to cause trouble? Didn't you give in last time?"

"Da da da!" Countless hurried footsteps approached.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Dozens of girls armed with sticks ran out from the deep winding alley. One of the leading girls saw this scene and immediately glared at Minako. She pointed the stick at Minako and shouted, "Hashimoto Minako! You stinky bitch!"

"Big sister!" The two Meiping girls hurried to Minako's side. "There are too many people on the other side and they are armed. Let's retreat first."

"Why don't you run away? Why are you coming over here?"

The three fled the scene at high speed, with dozens of people chasing them.

"Don't run!"

"Why are you running? Aren't you a good fighter?"

But - this is Meiping, the three of them are very familiar with each other and quickly left the opponent behind.

In a narrow alley, three people leaned against the wall, peeking out.

"Those guys are so arrogant!" Ben Linhui looked angry.

Minako said gloomily, "Bring some people tomorrow and make an appointment with them."

"They won't come."

"Then go and stop them on Monday."

The wind gradually grew stronger until evening.

Yuzumi Yu stood in the room with his hands in his pockets, looking out at the night sky. The night wind blew in through the open window, lifting the boy's bangs.

I just checked the weather forecast and it says there will be thunderstorms tomorrow.

It's really not the right time.

weekend.

In the morning, it was very dark.

Yuzumi Yu quickly finished his daily routine, put on his backpack, picked up his sword, got on his bicycle, and moved forward in the strong wind.

Yotsuya Station is located on the border of Shinjuku Ward and Chiyoda Ward, and Kusaka Haruna's home is in the Chiyoda residential area not far from Yotsuya Station.

In front of a high-end apartment, Yuzumi Yu saw the girl waiting in the wind.

A plain coat, a white long skirt, and white sneakers. It was about to rain, and the wind was wet. Kusaka Haruna's long hair was flying, and her long skirt was floating to one side. The outline of her straight long legs could be vaguely seen.

"Kusaka-san, sorry for the long wait." The boy stopped the car in front of the girl.

"Just came down not long ago."