She had changed into an arm-baring, hip-hugging miniskirt that was even more risqué than her previous combat uniform.
The only thing that hadn't changed... was the girl's delicate black stockings, which remained tightly wrapped up to her collar, exposing only her arms and the sides of her armpits.
But~~~ judging from Su Youzi's extensive combat experience...
The black stockings had probably been changed too.
Their thickness was clearly different.
When Kujo Ryuko came back out of the room, the black stockings on her legs were thinner and more breathable than before.
They even faintly revealed a hint of skin tone.
"Sorry for the wait." The lingering embarrassment still rippled faintly across Kujo Ryuko's face.
The softness in Kujo Ryuko's voice was enough to make the entire Fourth Action Department's jaws drop.
When had they ever seen their superior wearing such a girlish, bashful expression?
"It wasn't that long." Su Youzi, who had been quietly waiting outside Kujo Ryuko's room without the slightest guilt of a culprit, smiled.
She carefully looked Kujo Ryuko's outfit up and down.
Even Kujo Ryuko felt as though she were being invaded under the girl's serious scrutiny.
It was as if she were standing naked in front of the girl.
A sense of awkwardness rose faintly, and the fingertips of the hand behind her back uneasily rubbed the hem of her overly short skirt.
But... she couldn't say anything.
What her body actually yearned for was the girl's approving evaluation.
Standing in the sunlight, the girl bashfully... raised her chin just a tiny bit higher, like a proud black swan.
"It looks great."
As the girl's voice fell, the shame in her heart seemed to vanish in an instant.
Like a warm spring breeze brushing across her face in March, it swept away all the tension and embarrassment in her heart.
"It's just..."
The girl's next words instantly sent Kujo Ryuko plunging from warm spring back into the bitter cold of winter.
The girl's scarlet eyes nervously fixed on Su Youzi.
Putting on an air of inferiority, Su Youzi tugged at the hem of her sailor-style uniform skirt. "It seems like it doesn't suit Senior Kujo very well."
"How could it—" Before her mind could react, her body had already answered instinctively.
"Junior Soga looks very good like this." They were both students of Teacher Unohana, so there should be no problem with calling Soga Youzi her junior.
Su Youzi's brows and eyes curved into a beautiful arc as she watched Kujo Ryuko blurt out those words instinctively.
The girl's smile was wicked yet light, filled with an almost fraudulent, sinful allure.
A pathological girl like Kujo Ryuko...
She really did possess some troublesome traits.
But... if she thought about it from a positive angle—
As long as she didn't let Kujo Ryuko down and treated her with genuine sincerity,
Kujo Ryuko might actually make her feel more at ease than the vast majority of people in this world.
"Senior Kujo, you can just call me Soga Youzi."
With a soft laugh, the forbidden tiger seemed to turn into a cat whose paws and paw pads were easy to manipulate.
Su Youzi led Kujo Ryuko downstairs.
"Soga..."
"I don't really like that."
"Of course~" Her voice rose slightly as Su Youzi lightly hopped down two steps. "Senior Kujo, you can just call me Youzi."
"You..."
"Youzi."
[Ping—]
[Address: Kujo Ryuko's affection +1.]
Received Affection Boost Reward: Sharp High Heels.
[...]
"I don't like people—"
"I like dogs."
"Except for Miss Youzi..."
"Except for me."
The place where she was meeting Saotome Yukina was still the crepe shop on the commercial street.
This time... Little Rabbit had arrived early and was already waiting there.
Saotome Yukina nervously stared at Kujo Ryuko with her beautiful aqua-blue eyes. She had always felt that this person was simply too dangerous.
In every sense of the word.
As someone also born into a prestigious family, Saotome Yukina didn't have a very good impression of the Fourth Action Department either.
"Senpai!!!" The cowlick on Little Rabbit's forehead swayed in the wind.
Damn it—
Why were the Healing Type dormitories so far away from the Assault Department dormitories?
If Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy weren't an ordinary small school, Saotome Yukina would even have considered using her money power to move into the Assault Department dormitory.
I have to protect Senpai myself.
Su Youzi reached out and pinched Little Rabbit's soft, plump cheek.
As usual, Su Youzi ordered two Strawberry Cream Crepes, feeding one to Little Rabbit while moving the other... in front of Kujo Ryuko.
Little Rabbit's eyes seemed ready to shoot murderous rays.
Although... Little Rabbit's fiercely adorable appearance was cute too.
Ever since Teacher Unohana Chiyo, Little Rabbit had gradually begun to feel a strange sense of crisis.
But... she didn't quite understand why.
Su Youzi glanced at her phone.
Feeding Kujo Ryuko couldn't raise Kujo Ryuko's affection by even a single point, but... the double compensation mechanism was still active.
She had gained another source of money.
In the game, Little Rabbit's favorite affection gift was the Strawberry Cream Crepe.
As for Kujo Ryuko, it was the Late Night Double Feature Ticket.
If she got the chance, she could find an excuse to take Kujo Ryuko to the cinema.
She wanted to see whether, after the affection reached "Dependence," giving a girl her favorite thing and taking her to do what she liked could still directly raise her affection by one point.
Kujo Ryuko was the perfect test subject.
Thinking this, Su Youzi suddenly clasped her hands and looked at Kujo Ryuko. "Senior Kujo..."
"Hm?" Kujo Ryuko had been looking with interest at Little Rabbit, whose eyes were wide open, but immediately restrained her fierce expression.
"Could I ask you to teach Saotome some Mixed Martial Arts?"
As a Senior Superintendent in the Fourth Action Department, Kujo Ryuko might unexpectedly be quite suited to this task.
"What!"
"Eh!"
A scene in which only Su Youzi benefited had appeared.
But before that, Su Youzi still had to go to the Supply Department to collect some supplies.
For example... the shower gel she had twisted open and ruined last night.
Supply Department—
"..."
"You don't have any citrus-scented shower gel?" Su Youzi frowned at the unfamiliar senior who had recently started working part-time in the Supply Department.
"I'm very sorry!" The girl bowed to Su Youzi. "But we really don't have the kind of shower gel you described, Junior."
The shower gel Su Youzi had always liked was a brand available only in the Supply Department, one that could not be found in outside supermarkets.
But... she had always bought it from the school's Supply Department.
Just then, the familiar teacher from the Supply Department hurried over. "Sorry, Student Su..."
"She's a new student and isn't familiar with the supplies in the Supply Department yet."
The middle-aged female teacher brought out a familiar type of shower gel from the warehouse.
But—
Su Youzi looked at the middle-aged female teacher before her.
Suddenly, she smelled something slightly off.
Ever since discovering that someone's affection for her was at ninety-nine points, she had constantly felt that something was wrong.
She liked the sour, sweet, and refreshing taste of citrus fruits, which was why she had always bought her supplies from the Supply Department.
As luck would have it—
The supplies in the school's Supply Department were usually perfectly suited to her tastes.
"Teacher, do you know where this shower gel..."
"And the shampoo and laundry balls I often buy... are sourced from?" Su Youzi pretended to ask indifferently.
"Eh?" The middle-aged female teacher's gaze suddenly became somewhat blank.
It was the kind of blankness Su Youzi knew all too well, having seen it many, many, many times.
Mental Manipulation.
Thinking of something else, Su Youzi looked at Kujo Ryuko beside her. "By the way."
"Is there a night-light in Senior Kujo's room?"
"One that's pink and blue, or some other color."
"A floating jellyfish-style night-light."
Although she didn't understand why Su Youzi had suddenly asked such a question, Kujo Ryuko still firmly shook her head. "No."
Su Youzi tightened her grip on the bag of supplies.
Why?
More than a year ago, she had clearly told that person... that she had been accepted into Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy.
That person had not even bothered to respond before slamming the door shut and leaving her outside.
And yet... behind the scenes, she had taken care of her with almost meticulous attention.
What kind of person did that?
How could anyone be like that?
Her eyes suddenly felt a little sore.
"What's wrong, Senpai..." Little Rabbit concernedly took Su Youzi's hand.
"What's wrong, Youzi..." Kujo Ryuko helped Su Youzi take the bag.
Pop—
The cowlick on Saotome Yukina's forehead shot straight up.
What—what—what—what gave this person the right?!
The girl's eyes filled with tears. She hadn't even directly called Senpai by her name yet.
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