A Trip to Tropical Land

Ran Mouri's face was already bright red, and she did not know what to say. She could barely speak clearly, and her voice was very soft. "That kind of joke isn't funny. Please don't joke with me like that again, okay?"

The other students in the class stared at the two of them in shock.

"What is this? What's he doing?"

"That bastard is talking nonsense. He has no idea what the consequences of his words are."

"Kudo Shinichi isn't here right now, but if he were, those two would probably start fighting."

"Kudo Shinichi's probably about to get cheated on. I think it's great. He keeps showing off in front of us every day, going on and on about how amazing and smart he is. Someone ought to take him down a peg."

For a moment, the classroom was like a boiling kettle.

The homeroom teacher at the front of the room did not look pleased. If the principal had not privately instructed him to take good care of the new student and tolerate whatever he did, he would have thrown him out already.

"Alright, alright, don't be so upset. I was only making a little joke. Don't take it too seriously, okay?" Matsuba said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I understand." Ran Mouri quickly turned away, not daring to say another word to him. Her eyes darted around, and she did not even dare look at the teacher.

Time passed quickly. A class lasted only forty minutes, and everyone let out a long breath in relief when it was finally over. Sonoko walked straight over to him and said,

"Matsuba, do you mind if I call you that?" Sonoko smiled at him and blinked. "Of course I don't mind. You can call me whatever you like." Matsuba gave