Looking at the youth standing before her covered in sweat, his chest still heaving violently, Mrs.
Izumi suddenly felt a flicker of doubt in her heart.
Thus, she couldn’t help but ask softly:
“Um…
Mr.
Kuroe, although I am very grateful for your warning, there’s one thing I don’t quite understand…”
“How did you…
know back then that Black man would come?”
Hearing this question, Minoru Kuroe’s heart instantly thumped.
*Shoot!
I was so focused on acting out the part of being exhausted from rushing back that I forgot about this!*
“Ahem…
ah, haha, well…”
Minoru gave a dry laugh, his brain spinning at high speed.
“Actually, it’s like this.
When I was taking the train back just now, I happened to see him walking toward our residential area through the window.”
“That guy’s build and outfit were identical to the Black man from last night, and he looked aggressive.”
“Oh, right, where did he go now?
Was he driven away?”
“Ah, well…
haha, well…”
Hearing this, Ms.
Izumi’s heart instantly thumped, her brain beginning to spin at high speed.
She was so focused on exchanging pleasantries that she actually forgot about this point.
“Actually, his conscience suddenly kicked in just now, and he walked away on his own.”
“Ah, so that’s how it is, hahaha…”
“That makes sense, hahaha…”
The two suddenly broke into an awkward laugh in unison.
For a moment, the air was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Completely ignoring the feelings of the white sand beneath their feet.
“Alright then, since the crisis is resolved, I’ll head back first.
Mrs.
Izumi, get some rest early; it should be safe tonight.”
“Okay, Mr.
Kuroe, you should also hurry back, take a shower, and rest.
I really put you through a lot today.
I will definitely visit your home to formally thank you another day!”
Mrs.
Izumi bowed deeply.
…
Back home, Minoru took a refreshing hot shower, washing away his sweat.
Lying in bed, he glanced at his system panel.
[Current Total Justice Points: 1,800 points.]
“No rush, I’ll save them first and talk after rounding it up.”
Either way, enjoying it twice at once was better than just once.
Having made up his mind, Minoru, exhausted from a full night’s commotion, closed his eyes and quickly drifted off to sleep.
Early the next morning.
The sun shone brightly, accompanied by a gentle breeze.
Minoru arrived at the classroom a little early, just like usual.
Though obviously, school today was still peaceful, with no evil events triggering a system alarm.
He put down his backpack and sat in his seat.
Before he could even pull out a textbook, his field of vision suddenly dimmed.
A breeze carrying a faint citrus fragrance brushed past his face.
Minoru raised his head, and what met his eyes was Yui Yuigahama’s delicate and cute face.
However, this face was puffed up right now, looking like a blowfish.
The girl stood with her hands on her hips, her clear eyes filled with “I am unhappy.”
“Kuroe-kun!”
Yui Yuigahama dragged out her tone, her voice carrying a bit of coyness and complaint.
“Uh…
is something wrong, Yuigahama-san?”
Minoru looked at her, somewhat confused.
“You made me angry!”
Yui Yuigahama leaned closer, huffing with annoyance.
It had to be said that Yui was also developing very well; with her leaning forward, the arc filling out her school uniform shirt almost bumped into his face.
Minoru leaned back strategically and let out a light cough.
“Me?
What did I do?”
“You still ask!
Big liar!”
Puffing out her cheeks, Yui Yuigahama reached out a fair finger and gently poked Minoru’s cheek.
“When Mom gave you her business card, you clearly promised to drop by our shop!”
“In the end, you never came, and Mom was so sad!”
Hearing this, Minoru instantly felt a bit embarrassed.
After all, phrases like “drop by my house another day” were usually just polite pleasantries in his memory.
The kind said when parting to make oneself seem sincere.
This underlying code developed over a long time made him temporarily forget that he was already in Japan.
*Wait, don’t Japanese people also love pleasantries?*
“Sorry, sorry, that’s my bad.”
Minoru pressed his hands together, apologizing sincerely.
“Recently after school, the Disciplinary Committee had some temporary tasks that delayed me a bit.”
“Disciplinary Committee?”
Yui Yuigahama froze for a moment, most of the anger on her face dispersing in an instant.
“Eh?
Kuroe-kun joined the Disciplinary Committee?”
“Yeah, Hiratsuka-sensei recommended me yesterday, saying it would let me maintain campus justice legitimately.”
Minoru pointed to the armband on his left arm.
“Woah—as expected of Kuroe-kun!
So cool!”
Before long, though, she shook her head again, puffing her cheeks back up and putting on a relentlessly cute display.
“Don’t care, don’t care!
Either way, Mom was sad!”
After Yui Yuigahama finished speaking, she looked at him with a giggle, a cunning gleam flashing in her eyes.
Minoru smiled along helplessly, asking in accordance with her words: “Then how do you want me to compensate you?”
“Simple!”
Yui Yuigahama raised her index finger, “After school today, you must come with me to eat at our family’s diner!
I’ll take you there personally!
Absolutely no running away this time!”
Looking at Yui’s earnest yet cute appearance, Minoru couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Energetic girls were truly wonderful; he felt completely healed.
“Alright, alright, alright, I promise you.
After school today, I’ll definitely go with you.”
“Awesome!
It’s a deal!”
Having received a satisfactory response, Yui Yuigahama finally laughed happily.
The afternoon time flew by in a flash.
Accompanied by the ringing of the dismissal bell, Sobu High’s campus once again welcomed a bustling stir.
Minoru first made a trip to the Disciplinary Committee office to greet Senpai Shiroyama.
After all, if there were any evil events, the system would issue a warning.
And he had stayed at school for quite a long time before coming over, yet no warning was issued.
Upon learning that Minoru was going to keep a date with a female classmate, Senpai Shiroyama waved his hand grandly, not only waiving his routine patrol, but also giving him an “I get you, enjoy your youth” look.
Just as he walked to the shoe lockers in the classroom building, Minoru saw Yui Yuigahama waiting there.
“Over here, over here!”
Seeing Minoru walk out, Yui Yuigahama waved her hand happily.
The two walked out of the school gates side by side, heading in the direction of the train station.
“Um…
Kuroe-kun, what do you usually like to eat?”
Along the way, Yui Yuigahama was noticeably excited.
“My mom’s cooking is super good, you know!
Whether it’s hamburger steak, omurice, or tonkatsu, they’re all super delicious!”
“I’m not a picky eater; anything delicious is fine.”
Minoru smiled.
As the two were chatting and had just turned a crossroad corner.
[Warning!
Warning!]
[An evil event is currently taking place in the vicinity!]
[Event Type: Coercion, Extortion!]
[Perpetrator: Delinquent Otaku.
Victim: Eriri Spencer Sawamura.]
[Location: Fifty meters ahead on the right, inside an unmonitored alleyway!]
[Host, please proceed immediately to stop this evil act!
Save the innocent girl who is about to be dragged into the abyss of a doujinshi plot!]