Hakuto watched as Rikka ran out of his room, and in that instant, he felt like the sky was collapsing.
"Hero! Hero! There's a ghost! A ghost!" The moment she saw Hakuto, Rikka leaped onto him in a flying tackle, her finger constantly pointing toward the doorway of his room.
"Yeah... there's a ghost... a ghost." Hakuto was about to faint. He truly hadn't expected Rikka to run out of his room!
To be honest, when they saw Rikka, both the five sisters and Ginko had the exact same expression on their faces.
"Takanashi-san?"
"Wait... no, why is Takanashi-san coming out of Shiratori-sensei's room?"
"Oh ho, got his home raided..."
"Hakuto!!"
Hakuto looked at Rikka, who was hanging onto him, and a single tear slid down the corner of his eye.
I'm doomed...
Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Ginko kicked him over and stepped on his back!
Because of that motion, Rikka also fell to the ground.
Only then did she finally notice Ginko beside her and the Nakano quintuplets standing not far away.
"Hero... why are there so many people in your house...?"
"This has nothing to do with you..." Ginko pointed at Rikka with her folding fan.
"Care to explain?" Ginko's foot pressed harder against Hakuto's back.
"Wait... I don't know anything!"
"I didn't say you could move!" As she spoke, Ginko swung her folding fan, smacking Hakuto's head repeatedly like a sandbag!
"Who is she? Why did she come out of your room?!"
"I don't know! I really don't know!"
Hakuto was just as dumbfounded. If it had been Nao who came out, he might have had an explanation. But it was Rikka!
How was he supposed to explain this?! He didn't even know why she was here!
She most likely climbed down to the balcony using a rope again, but wasn't Nao still inside the room? Didn't she try to stop her?
"Hakuto... do you know?"
"K-Know what...?" Hearing Ginko's dangerously calm tone, Hakuto gulped.
"In ancient times, the back of a shogi board was used specifically for executing players..." As she spoke, Ginko flipped over a nearby shogi board and placed it in front of Hakuto.
"Ginko... Ginko! Calm down! Calm down!"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure you don't feel any pain..."
"It's not that serious! It's not that serious!"
Honestly, no one could blame Ginko for being mad. Anyone would be angry in this situation!
Just imagine—a girl runs out of her boyfriend's room, crying and screaming, only to throw herself into his arms the moment she steps out.
Come on! Even using your knees to think, you'd know what's going on!
At that moment, the Nakano sisters, who had been silently watching, finally stepped in.
Itsuki walked up to Ginko. "Um... Sora-san, can you let go of Shiratori-sensei first?"
"Shiratori-sensei... just hold on, I'll get you out of this," Yotsuba said, grabbing Hakuto's arm and trying to pull him up from the floor.
Ginko took a deep breath and slowly moved her foot off Hakuto's back.
"This doesn't seem to concern you," Ginko said, looking at Itsuki.
"How could it not? I am, after all, Shiratori-sensei's student..."
"Besides, shouldn't we figure out the truth first before jumping to conclusions?"
To be honest, when Itsuki heard the word "execution," she was startled.
Although she wasn't too pleased seeing Rikka run out of Hakuto's room, it wasn't serious enough to warrant an execution.
Meanwhile, Ichika helped Rikka to her feet and asked,
"Takanashi-san, why are you here?"
Rikka looked up at Ichika, then at Nino and Miku, who looked like they were about to explode, and shuddered involuntarily.
Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)... Why are the people in the hero's house so terrifying?
"I came through the secret passage between me and the hero..."
"Can you be more specific?" Ichika sighed. She knew Rikka was a hardcore chuunibyou, but now wasn't the time for that.
Someone was seriously going to die.
Didn't she see the others already researching execution methods?
"I climbed down a rope..." Rikka covered her head. Suddenly, the scary monster in her room didn't seem so terrifying anymore.
"A rope?" Ichika frowned. "Takanashi-san, do you live upstairs?"
Rikka nodded.
Upon hearing that, Nino and Miku, who had been on edge, finally let out a sigh of relief.
Honestly, when they first saw Rikka run out of Hakuto's room, it felt like the world had collapsed.
"Miku, didn't you just go into Shiratori-kun's room? Did you see anything?"
"No..." Miku shook her head.
At the same time, Ginko also heard the conversation between Rikka and Ichika.
"See? See? I told you I didn't know anything!"
"So she climbed down a rope from the balcony..." Ginko frowned.
She remembered Rikka. They had only met a few times, but she hadn't known that Rikka liked sneaking into Hakuto's house using a rope.
However, Nino recalled Hakuto's strange behavior at the door just now, and something still felt off.
"I'm going to check the balcony for any ropes..."
"I'll go too..." Miku raised her hand.
Ginko did the same. She silently put away her folding fan and then slowly walked toward Hakuto's room.
"Shiratori-sensei... Takanashi-san really did climb down from upstairs, right?"
Hakuto shook his head without answering. Instead, he muttered to himself,
"Yotsuba... you're the most obedient student I've ever taught, though I haven't taught many students..."
"Huh? Shiratori-sensei, why are you saying this all of a sudden?"
"If I make it out alive today... you don't have to do those 100 test papers..."
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