When Hitomi saw the photo that was about to be destroyed, she was a bit surprised and said, "Did you not expose his identity?"
Actually, she and Narii already knew that Takashi had been using the false name "Watanabe Takashi" to play around outside.
Only Takashi, this fool, still thought he was doing a good job of hiding it.
At first, they didn't expose it simply because she didn't care about the man at that time.
As for why Narii didn't expose him, Hitomi didn't know the reason.
The issue today wasn't just the few photos that Narii had taken out.
If it were just because of this little thing, Takashi would not have survived this long.
Narii would have already called people to break his limbs and chain him like a dog next to her.
The real reason for Narii's outburst today was that photo that was just destroyed.
Maybe Takashi had gotten too full of himself—holding hands with other women outside, giving gifts, and now he even wanted to kiss?
Was he planning to explore their beds next time?
This was something she absolutely couldn't tolerate.
When she heard the news last night, she almost arranged for a sniper to take him out.
"If I had taken out this photo, wouldn't it prove I'm monitoring him? Do you think I'm Nagisa, that fool?"
Narii lightly sneered.
She already knew about Nagisa hiring a detective to investigate Takashi.
If she hadn't allowed it, how would those people have dared to give her Takashi's information?
Nagisa thought she had something on Takashi, that she could control him. But to Narii, it was Nagisa who had handed her the leverage herself.
A girl, with a boyfriend, still getting involved with another guy—how would people in the circle view her if this got out?
"Are you just going to let him off?"
Hitomi didn't believe that Narii would be so magnanimous.
"Let him off? What are you talking about!"
Narii let out a chilling laugh.
"I'm keeping all this evidence well. When we get married, I'll settle the score with him, one by one."
She wasn't pursuing it now not because she was generous, but because she didn't want to reveal her true nature just yet.
Honestly, every time she saw Takashi talking to another woman, it made her upset.
She wanted to cut off his tongue.
If she weren't afraid of pushing him too hard and him running away, then no women would be allowed near him, and even the dogs around him would have to be male.
'That's the way it should be~'
Hearing that she wasn't the only one thinking this, Hitomi felt relieved.
She thought the same.
After the first math class, a group of people surrounded Takashi's seat.
However, most of them were boys.
Although the girls were very interested, because of Narii, they didn't dare to get too close to Takashi and had to eavesdrop instead.
"Kitahara! What were you doing with Narii earlier in this sacred classroom?"
The first one to speak was the loud-mouthed Ohtani Shouta.
"What could I have done in such a short time?"
Takashi pulled out a lollipop and put it in his mouth, lazily leaning on the desk.
The morning's chaos had drained a lot of his brain cells, and now he needed to replenish his sugar.
"Who knows? Maybe you're useless despite being big? Don't they say the bigger it gets, the softer it becomes?"
Tanaka Kouta grinned mischievously.
Boys, even when they go to the bathroom, like to go in groups.
But ever since Takashi had gone with them the first time, he had been isolated.
'Seems like Takashi really is big and long.'
The girls in the class exchanged glances, all lowering their heads in embarrassment.
"You don't need to worry about whether it's useful, you just need to know I'm bigger and longer than you."
Takashi sneered.
Men understand men the best.
While he couldn't get men to spend 180,000 yen for him, he could still make them break down with a single sentence.
"You bastard, I'm going to fight you!"
Tanaka Kouta growled, ready to fight Takashi.
"Bold, how dare you go against your superior, grab him!"
Takashi slammed his hand on the desk.
The class's sports committee member, Ohtani Shouta immediately grabbed Tanaka's arms and restrained him.
"What are you guys doing? Shouldn't we be uniting to fight against the big bad Takashi?"
Tanaka Kouta looked at his companions in disbelief.
Village, friendship, bonds—had they all forgotten?
"My girlfriend was set up with me by Kitahara."
The sports committee member said expressionlessly.
Ohtani Shouta turned his face away, 'suffering':
"Sorry, Kouta. Takashi promised to be my wingman. I don't want to be stuck at home every year on the seventh day of the seventh month with Five-chan."
"I also want to go to the hotel and join the battlefield of artillery fire, fighting alongside my brothers."
The other boys didn't speak, but each of them had received some small favor from Takashi.
Tanaka Kouta looked around, feeling despair.
So it turns out he was the only outsider in this group, and everyone else was in on it.
Takashi propped his leg up, "Take him away, Aruba."
"Wait, Takashi, godfather, dad, I'm sorry," Tanaka Kouta pleaded.
The boys completely ignored Tanaka Kouta's excuses and rushed over to lift him, spreading his legs apart and slamming him onto the mop.
"What are you guys doing?!"
A stern voice shouted out.
It was the voice of their homeroom teacher.
Tanaka Kouta had never thought the old woman's voice could be so pleasant.
Takashi raised his hand and smiled, "Teacher, it's just a little scuffle between classmates, no need to worry about it."
Ayuko, the middle-aged woman, pushed up her brown glasses, looked at Takashi, then at Tanaka Kouta, and casually said, as if nothing had happened,
"This midterm exam, our school will have a seven-school joint exam with Shuchiin, Sōbu High, Arayatama, Kamikawa, Private Idan, and Advanced Education High School."
"Teacher..."
Tanaka Kouta felt like the world was falling apart as even the homeroom teacher wasn't doing anything about it.
Ohtani Shouta looked at him with pity, "Don't look at her like that. The teacher got a nice bonus from the school for Takashi's third place in the national mock exam."
Tanaka Kouta's vision went dark.
Dark!
This is way too dark.
How could Aoba be this black?
Tanaka Kouta now just wanted to apply for a purge against Aoba—it would definitely catch a bunch of them.
Ayuko went over some details about the six-school joint exam and then said, "Kitahara, come with me."
"Yes."
Takashi pushed his chair back and stood up, following the teacher into the office.
"Kitahara, you've arrived?"
"Mr. Yamazaki, hello."
"Do you want an orange?"
"Yes."
"Hey, Kitahara, why don't you transfer to our class for your second year?"
"That depends on whether the homeroom teacher is willing to let me go."
When Takashi arrived at the teacher's office, it felt like coming home. On the way, teachers greeted him, joked with him, and handed him fruit.
The teachers liked Takashi—a student with excellent grades, obedient, and rarely a bother.
Ayuko was no exception.
Her usual serious face softened, and the way she looked at Takashi was as if she were looking at her own child.
After Takashi finished chatting with the teachers, she handed him a notebook and slowly said,
"This exam will cover all high school knowledge, and the difficulty might be quite high. These are the topics I've prepared that may be tested.
Take it home and review them. If you don't understand anything, call me."
"Thank you, teacher."
Takashi took the notebook and started flipping through it on the spot.
'This kid…'
Ohtani Ayuko shook her head helplessly, then continued,
"The biggest competitors for you in this exam are Shirogane Miyuki from Shuchiin,
Shinomiya Kaguya, Shijo Maki,
Yukinoshita Yukino from Sōbu High,
Doma Umaru from Arayatama,
Adagaki Aki and Uesugi Fuutarou from Kamikawa,
Kato Megumi from Private Idan, and
Horikita Suzune from Advanced Education High School."
Takashi's hand froze as he flipped the notebook.
Shinomiya Kaguya, Shijo Maki, Kato Megumi, Doma Umaru, Adagaki Aki, Yukinoshita Yukino… why are they all familiar faces?
"Teacher, may I ask, will this seven-school exam be held in our respective schools?"
Ohtani Ayuko replied, "Of course not, it will be held at a unified exam venue."
Takashi: "..."
He looked up, and he seemed to vaguely see the large word "Danger" above his head!
It couldn't be that he was being arranged to the same exam venue, right?!
With so many candidates, what are the chances?
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