The news quickly spread.
By the time school was about to let out, almost everyone in the class who considered themselves "Kushida's friends" knew about it.
Before dismissal, Kushida received several emails asking her to go out and act as their sparring partner.
Most of them were from girls, but a few boys who wanted to take advantage of the situation and fish in troubled waters were mixed in as well.
Those boys thought it over in private.
To practice verbal sparring with Kushida, only Kushida herself needed to practice. In other words, there only needed to be one sparring partner.
One-on-one practice.
Rounded up, that was—in other words, a date!
Besides, when practicing how to verbally tear someone apart, people would generally look for a quiet place where they would not disturb anyone else...
Once they realized this, the boys who were interested in Kushida and hoped to develop their relationship further immediately sent her invitations to practice with them.
At the same time, the boys who had caught on began to envy, resent, and hate Bai Lan, who had already "dated" Kushida countless times under the pretext of practicing over the past half a month.
After school, Kushida painfully but happily rejected the vast majority of the invitations.
Although verbally tearing people apart relieved stress and was quite enjoyable, she did not dare casually display her skills in front of others.
Although all these people had become Kushida's friends, most of them were merely "surface-level friends." Based on what she knew about them, she simply did not dare entrust them with her trust.
When she verbally sparred with Horikita in class, the advantage was that everyone in the class witnessed whatever she did or said. With witnesses so easy to find, it was difficult to distort the facts