Sakura Is Busty-No, Sakura, What Do You Think of Stalkers? / Masumi Kamuro's Crisis of Faith!

But for now, food came first.

It was time to eat.

This school was fully closed off, and students lived off points.

Naturally, it also provided ways to spend those points.

Eating was merely one simple option.

However.

Just as Oreki was about to line up for food, he suddenly looked behind him.

Then, as though he had noticed nothing, he continued forward.

He rounded a large pillar and kept walking.

But less than ten seconds later, he turned around.

Then he looked behind him.

"So, do you need something?"

Houtarou Oreki said.

Because.

Oreki was a perceptive person.

Ever since he had Teleported to the dormitory that morning and then left it, he had noticed someone following him.

Once would have been one thing.

But continuing to follow him after school on the way to the cafeteria was another matter.

So Oreki decided to speak to the other person directly.

He looked toward the side of the cafeteria, behind a pillar.

He could vaguely make out her silhouette.

"Classmate Sakura." He identified her.

Classmate Sakura.

Her full name was Airi Sakura.

She was a student in Class 1-D.

She was also the plain-looking girl Yamauchi from Class D had been discussing when Oreki went to Class D to sell information yesterday.

To describe her specifically.

She was probably.

Super busty, shy and introverted-looking, without any close friends, standing alone like a crane among chickens without having done anything wrong, yet still mocked by boys like Yamauchi.

A girl like that seemed as innocent as a little pet.

But.

"Um, um... Oreki—"

Airi Sakura's voice came from behind the pillar, and Oreki saw Classmate Sakura start to run toward him.

Oh.

They were bouncing.

That must have been difficult for her. If he were a pervert, he would probably be thinking that he should help support them if he ever got the chance.

Oreki quickly shook his head.

He was not good at interacting with girls.

So he quietly waited for Classmate Sakura to come over herself.

"Um... Oreki..." However, Classmate Sakura seemed even worse than him at interacting with the opposite sex.

She seemed to want to speak, but her cheeks reddened first.

She really did resemble some adorable little pet.

Girls really were interesting creatures.

"Classmate Sakura." Oreki felt that he had to speak first.

At the sound of her name, Airi Sakura's entire body nearly stiffened.

She could feel how nervous she was.

"What do you think of people like stalkers?" Oreki asked.

"Stalkers?" Airi Sakura seemed to take a while to understand what Oreki meant.

"You mean the kind of people who ignore others' wishes and blindly follow them around?"

Airi Sakura immediately said, "I don't think people like that are very good. I don't like them. I might even hate people like that."

It sounded as though she spoke from experience.

But it probably was not her own experience, because there was no panic on her face.

Still, looking at her face more closely, one could tell that although she dressed plainly, the red glasses she wore might be decorative lenses with no prescription.

In other words.

Classmate Sakura might actually be very pretty.

That made sense.

After all, she was a girl from Class D.

Class D was full of all kinds of beautiful girls.

Oreki already had experience with that.

But he was not trying to get some emotional reflection out of Classmate Sakura. Rather, did she realize something?

Her behavior that morning and at noon had looked a lot like stalking.

"Um..."

"Actually, yesterday morning... um... thank you very much."

"Th-this morning, Yamauchi and the others also found out. They found out about the school rules and ap-apologized to me."

Classmate Sakura seemed to know that continuing to face Oreki like this was awkward, so she gathered her courage and forced the words out.

Oreki had already understood.

Airi Sakura was referring to the Class D boys ranking everyone by their r-values.

She had been blocked at the doorway, feeling awkward.

She had been angry, but there was nothing she could do.

Then Oreki knocked on the door and stopped Yamauchi from continuing to spread rumors.

And although he had been selling information, it could not be denied that Hirata, Kushida, and the others shared the school rules with their classmates after learning them.

That included Yamauchi, who also learned the school rules.

And... he also learned that the boys' r-value ranking had directly caused the class to potentially lose over fifty class evaluation points.

The girls had probably glared furiously at the boys that morning.

The boys had deducted class evaluation points that belonged to everyone, and those points were tied to their living expenses and points.

So the girls were understandably furious.

Thus.

Even Yamauchi knew that he could no longer hide. At Hirata's reminder, he apologized to Sakura.

That made Classmate Sakura feel that Oreki had helped her.

So she had come specifically to thank him.

In that case, Classmate Sakura was the harmless, polite, and adorable type.

Yet Yamauchi had deliberately slandered a girl like her.

The boys of Class D... really were terrible.

Perhaps getting rid of those unpleasant types by expelling them would be a simple option someday.

After all, everyone was in the school together. Having annoying people constantly hanging around in front of him was troublesome. At the same time, Oreki did not think the students of Class D would remain so well-behaved. They might cause other problems as well.

Oreki pondered this.

After learning why Classmate Sakura had been following him, Oreki parted ways with her.

After all, if they stayed any longer, and since they were in the cafeteria, she would probably kindly offer to treat him to a meal.

Oreki was not short on money, so he did not need anyone to support him.

Besides, simply speaking with Sakura had already made him stand out.

He saw a tall, long-legged girl with long purple hair and two hairpins clipped into her bangs staring in their direction.

That was Classmate Kamuro from his class.

But before this, Classmate Kamuro had already voluntarily helped Classmate Sakayanagi get food.

Well.

Classmate Sakayanagi was in poor health, so she was not very mobile, while Classmate Kamuro excelled at sports. The two complemented each other's strengths.

At the same time.

Oreki had pushed the troublesome task of tutoring Classmate Kamuro onto Classmate Sakayanagi.

So Classmate Sakayanagi had been directing Classmate Kamuro around quite deftly.

But Oreki also had a reason to talk to Sakayanagi.

Oreki also had something he needed to discuss with Sakayanagi Arisu.

That was because when he was selling the Student Council secretary position that morning, Sakayanagi Arisu had sent him a message.

[Are you very short on money?]

Considering that Sakayanagi Arisu might be Class A's smartest genius girl, and that if such intelligence were put to use for the class, Class A's position should be secure.

Oreki was willing to put in a little effort.

After all.

There was no need to do unnecessary things, and anything that had to be done should be kept simple.

If he could first keep Sakayanagi Arisu steady and then trick her into supporting Class A, he could eventually graduate as a Class A student himself.

Then he could enter the university he wanted without entrance exams or tuition fees.

That was not a bad option either.

After getting his food, Oreki headed to the booth where Sakayanagi Arisu was sitting.

The booth had four seats.

After Sakayanagi sat down, Classmate Kamuro sat across from her.