"You can think of it as a psionic talent, just like how ordinary people can't see you. Most people, including other psionic users, can't see Stands. But each Stand has a unique and powerful ability, and Kira-kun's Stand ability is explosion."
"He can make anything explode, including time."
"Time?" Sakurajima Mai clearly didn't quite understand.
"To put it simply, he can rewind time back by an hour."
"So that's why you said to let all of this start over..."
Yukino Yukinoshita's calm tone startled Sakurajima Mai, but she immediately connected it to Yukino Yukinoshita's previous actions.
The reason the other party had vented so carelessly was because she knew Kira Yoshikage possessed the ability to rewind time. As long as Kira Yoshikage reset time, whatever she did would be meaningless!
Sakurajima Mai asked doubtfully:
"But Kira-kun doesn't seem to have done that?"
Yukino Yukinoshita's answer was still as matter-of-fact:
"That's why I'm telling you this."
"..."
Sakurajima Mai puffed out her cheeks slightly, feeling a bit annoyed. She could understand the subtext – Kira Yoshikage probably didn't want his ability to be known by too many people, and Yukino Yukinoshita telling her this was hoping Kira Yoshikage would therefore rewind time.
In other words, she was being used!
Yukino Yukinoshita typed rapidly on her phone, not looking up as she said:
"By the way, I've already told him what happened here."
Sakurajima Mai retorted:
"What if Kira-kun still refuses to rewind time?"
Yukino Yukinoshita fell silent. She didn't know what to do either.
"Beep!"
Just then, her phone chimed with a notification.
Sakurajima Mai instinctively leaned over to take a look. It was an address sent by Kira Yoshikage.
Yukino Yukinoshita looked up, her gaze meeting Sakurajima Mai's.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to..."
Sakurajima Mai instinctively apologized for accidentally seeing the phone, only for Yukino Yukinoshita to hand the phone over the next second.
"Huh?"
"Stay in touch."
Yukino Yukinoshita said, shifting the car into Drive and pulling out of the parking spot.
Sakurajima Mai hesitated and asked:
"Do you need navigation?"
"No."
Yukino Yukinoshita drove the car onto the road:
"Ask him who he's going to see this time."
"..."
Sakurajima Mai's expression was strange. Why did it feel like a wife catching her husband with a mistress?
The girl hesitantly asked in a small voice:
"Is it really okay to say that?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was silent for a long while:
"No."
"You know it's not okay too."
Sakurajima Mai muttered under her breath, knowing that Yukino Yukinoshita still wanted to provoke Kira Yoshikage into rewinding time – clearly, she desperately wanted Kira Yoshikage to 'erase' her recent embarrassing history.
And the only way to 'erase' this embarrassing history was for Kira Yoshikage to rewind time.
That was why she had become increasingly over-the-top, even hysterical.
But the problem was, if Kira Yoshikage didn't rewind time, wouldn't she be even more mortified?
Moreover, even if Kira Yoshikage rewound time, everyone else wouldn't remember any of this happening, but surely Kira Yoshikage himself wouldn't forget?
If Kira Yoshikage still remembered all of this, wouldn't Yukino Yukinoshita's actions be akin to deceiving herself?
To take it a step further, if even he himself forgot what happened before the time rewind, who would know that time had been rewound?
And did Yukino truly want time to be rewound?
Although, based on current observations, all her actions were for this purpose.
But Sakurajima Mai felt that Yukino didn't seem to want to do this.
If you don't want it, why test me?
After a moment of thought, Sakurajima Mai still sent the message:
"Who are you looking for?"
As soon as the message was sent, another new message came in:
"Little Yukino, where are you now?"
"It's your sister."
Sakurajima Mai looked at the contact name on LINE:
"She's asking where you are, how should I reply?"
Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at it:
"Ignore her."
If it weren't for Haruno playing a trick on her, this situation would never have escalated to this point!
"Little Yukino, why aren't you replying to your sister's message?"
"Little Yukino, if you don't reply soon, I'm going to tell Mom~!"
"Little Yukino! Reply quickly!"
Sakurajima Mai's expression was a little strange:
"Are you sure you don't want to reply?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was silent for a moment:
"Tell her I'm going home."
Sakurajima Mai immediately understood and replied on her phone:
"I'm going back."
Haruno quickly responded:
"You're not Yukino! Who are you?!"
"Ah! You saw through me?"
Sakurajima Mai was startled and quickly showed the chat log to Yukino:
"Do you want to tell her you're driving?"
Yukino Yukinoshita sighed and repeated:
"Ignore her."
Sakurajima Mai was confused, she glanced at her phone again, and Haruno sent another message:
"You're not even calling me 'sister', you're not the real Little Yukino!"
Sakurajima Mai felt her composure slipping. This pair of sisters was a bit too much.
Chapter 62: You're an Orphan Too?
Sakurajima Mai asked softly:
"Miss Yukinoshita, when did you and Kira-kun meet?"
Yukino Yukinoshita looked straight ahead and said calmly:
"Call me Yukino."
"If you're asking about our first meeting, it was in elementary school."
"Elementary school?"
Sakurajima Mai looked surprised. So early?
Yukino Yukinoshita stopped the car at a red light and continued:
"Kira-kun is an orphan.
Generally, children like him wouldn't have the chance to attend normal schools. They could only study in orphanages. But orphanages are different from the outside world of schools. Orphanages don't teach knowledge, but how to survive in society.
And ten years ago, Kira-kun, through some unknown method, successfully persuaded the school's board of directors to give all the children in the orphanage free admission.
The school also seized this opportunity to become famous, gaining significant public attention. The donations from kind-hearted individuals alone were enough to cover the educational expenses for these orphans.
Sakurajima Mai immediately recalled, murmuring:
"I saw this news on TV."
Ten years ago, a school in Chiba City made headlines across Japan's major media outlets, attracting a lot of public attention. The reason was that the school offered free admission to a large number of orphans.
To this day, with donations from kind-hearted people from all walks of life, this school has developed into a complete educational institution from kindergarten to high school. It is said that plans are already underway to establish university education, so the school is still mentioned in the media from time to time.
And Sakurajima Mai remembered the school's name was...
"Starlight Academy."
Watching the red light turn green, Yukino Yukinoshita accelerated past the crosswalk, speaking amidst Sakurajima Mai's murmurs:
"Although Kira-kun successfully convinced the school's board of directors, the initiative initially sparked protests from the students' parents. They worried these orphans would corrupt their children and, by extension, doubted the school's qualifications to educate their children."
Sakurajima Mai could hear the mockery and sarcasm in Yukino Yukinoshita's words, and she asked in a low voice:
"What happened next?"
Yukino Yukinoshita stated as a matter of course:
"What else could happen? Nothing more than school bullying."
"The students didn't know it was Kira-kun who convinced the school board, but they saw Kira-kun as an easy target and naturally ganged up to bully him."
Sakurajima Mai asked curiously:
"What about you? What were you doing at the time?"
Yukino Yukinoshita replied coldly:
"Just like Kira-kun, I was also a target of bullying."
She knew what Sakurajima Mai wanted to ask, wanting to know if she had a history of bullying Kira Yoshikage, perhaps this woman was even thinking of a melodramatic 'bullying and redemption' story.
Sakurajima Mai blurted out:
"You're an orphan too?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Sakurajima Mai regretted them. How could Yukino Yukinoshita possibly be an orphan?
As expected, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't even look where she was going, turning her head to stare blankly at Sakurajima Mai.
After a while, Yukino Yukinoshita withdrew her gaze and calmly said:
"I'm different from Kira-kun."
"Then why were you bullied?"
Sakurajima Mai regretted covering her mouth, What on earth are you doing?!
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