The Person Who Only Wants to Drop Out of Real School, Section 24

Bai Lan continued to stop her.

Kushida once again told Bai Lan to shut up.

"Baka hentai, baka hentai, baka hentai urusai, urusai, u! ru! sai!"

28, Kushida turns hostile! Bai Lan: Are you going to threaten me with expulsion?

To stop Kushida from continuing her tirade, Bai Lan called a halt, using a voice slightly louder than hers.

To stop Bai Lan from stopping her from continuing her tirade, Kushida shouted "Urusai" even louder than Bai Lan.

To stop Kushida from stopping him from stopping her from continuing her tirade, Bai Lan raised his volume again...

Stepping on his left foot with his right, spiraling up to the sky.

Soon, the two of them, without realizing it, were getting louder and louder.

As mentioned before, although the spot Bai Lan had chosen was one where speaking "a little" louder wouldn't easily attract attention, its concealment ability had its limits after all.

Before long, their voices exceeded the "a little louder" threshold.

Kushida was already worked up and hadn't noticed this.

But Bai Lan wasn't worked up; he noticed.

Think about it—if you heard a girl's voice suddenly shouting curses like "Baka hentai urusai" from some remote corner of the campus, could you resist going to look?

Even if not to satisfy curiosity, you'd still go see what was happening, right?

What if there was a chance to play the hero saving the beauty?

Bai Lan, of course, knew there was no chance of playing the hero saving the beauty here.

However, if others saw him and Kushida together in this secluded corner, engaged in something like a secret meeting, rumors about them might spread soon.

That would be troublesome.

Although Bai Lan planned to find a fake girlfriend as a shield.

He had conditions for finding a fake girlfriend, and Kushida, no matter how you looked at it, didn't meet his requirements.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that she had shown interest in him was enough to eliminate her.

So...

"I absolutely can't let anyone misunderstand Kushida's relationship with me!"

With that thought, Bai Lan gave up on persuasion and directly took action, using both hands—one palm covering Kushida's mouth, the other pressing against the back of her head, sealing her lips tightly so she couldn't make a sound.

Then, Bai Lan spoke: "Kushida, you don't want others to misunderstand... you don't want others to know about you spouting 'baka hentai' all over the place, do you?"

Bai Lan had originally wanted to say, "You don't want others to misunderstand our relationship, do you?"

But considering that Kushida seemed to have feelings for him, what if she came back with "Wouldn't that be perfect?"

So, Bai Lan quickly changed his tune, using her image as a threat.

She definitely wouldn't want others to see her spouting "baka hentai" all over the place, ruining her little angel image, right?

Sure enough, when Bai Lan said this, Kushida instantly calmed down.

Seeing that she had quieted, Bai Lan released her mouth and said, "That's enough for today. We've been practicing for a long time."

"Have we been practicing for a long time?" Kushida was a bit puzzled.

Kushida felt like they had only been at it for a few minutes.

Although they say "happy times always fly by fast," Kushida thought it shouldn't be that fast, right?

Thinking this, Kushida took out her phone and checked the time.

As it turned out, more time had passed than she felt, but it wasn't that exaggerated...

"Wait, haven't we only been practicing for less than ten minutes?!" Kushida questioned again.

To be precise, only seven minutes, not even that.

"There's still plenty of time. Let's practice a bit more? Let's quickly move to the next stage. I'll be sure to watch my volume this time." Kushida looked at Bai Lan with eager anticipation.

I haven't vented enough yet!

Bai Lan could feel that Kushida's eyes were filled with unsatisfied desire.

Bai Lan was inwardly shocked: "Is she this eager to learn?"

Still, Bai Lan ultimately decided not to continue teaching.

From start to finish, Bai Lan's goal was only "to teach Kushida how to talk back," not "to make Kushida good at talking back."

Bai Lan didn't actually intend to corrupt Kushida, turning the little angel into a sharp-tongued little devil.

He only wanted to leave her with a dark history of "being tainted," not permanently "taint" her.

Once Kushida came to her senses, realized her intelligence had been insulted, and developed hatred for Bai Lan, his goal would be achieved.

This level of "tainting" could be quickly corrected afterward.

In any case, Bai Lan had already achieved his goal of "tainting" on this trip, so it was time for him to head back.

Since he couldn't use rough methods to avoid raising her favorability, Bai Lan had to put in a bit of effort to fool the studious Kushida:

"As the saying goes: The master leads you through the door, but cultivation depends on yourself.

When it comes to the art of roasting people, I can't actually help you much. I can only lead you through the door; the rest is up to your own hard work."

"But at least give me a direction to work toward, right? And I feel like I'm still not good enough—I need more guidance. Bai-kun, please!" Kushida said pitifully.

"Direction, huh?" Bai Lan thought for a moment, then quickly clapped his hands: "Ah! Got it! I have some teaching materials. I'll send them to you later. Once you read them, you'll have direction."

With that, Bai Lan turned to leave.

Kushida: ???

There are teaching materials for roasting people?

What use are teaching materials to me?

What I need is a target to vent on!

"Wait!" Kushida called out to stop him.

"What now?"

"Bai-kun, you haven't added my contact info yet. Aren't you going to send me those materials?" As she spoke, Kushida pulled up her "personal card" screen on her phone and turned it toward Bai Lan.

Bai Lan lowered his head, sighed, looked up, turned around, and pulled out his phone to scan the code.

While Bai Lan was scanning and verifying, Kushida leaned in close and whispered to him: "I still think I need Bai-kun to give me more face-to-face guidance..."

Bai Lan was about to refuse again.

But before he could speak, Kushida continued: "Also, the jacket I wore today now has a unique mark left by Bai-kun.

I think it's a great memento of our friendship. I don't plan to wash it from now on.

However, if this were to fall into the school's hands, Bai-kun might get expelled~

I'll keep it safe and try my best not to let the school get ahold of it.

So, I hope Bai-kun can keep today's 'roasting practice' as our eternal secret—don't tell anyone, okay?

And in the future, if you hear any bad things about me... I hope you'll take my side and help me out.

Please!

How about it, for the sake of this jacket that witnessed our friendship?"

How could Kushida possibly let go of Bai Lan, who had seen her "true face" slip out when she got carried away?

She had to find a way to control him.

Fortunately, that accident from earlier could be put to good use.

"Jacket? The unique mark I left on it?"

Bai Lan was first a bit surprised by Kushida's sudden shift, but quickly turned into a resigned "I knew it."

After understanding the situation, Bai Lan suppressed his inner excitement and asked:

"So if you use the handprint on it as evidence to accuse me of indecent assault, I'd likely get expelled... Are you trying to threaten me with expulsion?"

29, Bai Lan: Deal! But let's get one thing straight—I won't give in!

"Are you trying to threaten me with expulsion?"

Kushida looked innocent: "How could that be? We're friends! How could I do something like that to a friend?"

Bai Lan: "And if we weren't friends?"

"Not friends? Then..."

At that point, Kushida's originally gentle and cute expression instantly turned extremely dark and dangerous:

"Then I'll do everything in my power to drive everyone who gets in the way of me making friends out of this school!"

Strictly speaking, the handprint on Kushida's jacket only proved that Bai Lan had touched her jacket.

Kushida would also need to prove that she was wearing it when Bai Lan touched it.

Otherwise, a woman could just take any jacket she'd worn, rub a sensitive spot on it against a man's hand, and easily frame him for indecent assault.

Even if she could prove the jacket was touched while she was wearing it, it would only show Bai Lan touched her.

But touching doesn't necessarily mean indecent assault—there could still be other possibilities, like the need for CPR, or some misunderstanding.

In short, gathering evidence is difficult, and nailing it down isn't simple.

Plus, the later the report, the less evidence remains.

Kushida even wanted to keep the jacket for later use, and after a while, even the fingerprints might smudge.

Of course, this is all "strictly speaking."