Chapter 221

There may not be many people who are obsessed with cats, but you can hardly name a few who wouldn't be overjoyed to see a cute creature.

Sympathy for pitiful animals, appreciation for beautiful and lovely things, and empathy for the weak... these are all human instincts, and are considered "human weaknesses."

He had a premonition that this place might become his fourth weapon against women, after desserts, cosmetics, and clothing, in addition to his own qualities!

Then, hmph hmph hmph...

A few minutes later, after the maid served him tea, he tossed the cat aside, picked up the tablet he had been using, and started looking at the background software on it.

The various camera angles and sizes of the footage were neatly distributed on the screen, clearly showing the store's surveillance video.

That's exactly why he came here today.

He himself couldn't stay here 24 hours a day to wait for the rabbit to run into him, but surveillance could!

Although there is now a way to quickly increase progress, he is not prepared to stop searching for the target immediately; at least, he will wait until the problem is 100% solved.

Moreover, he couldn't guarantee that kissing everyone would achieve the same effect; he still had a few questions and guesses that needed to be confirmed.

Before that, the process of casting a wide net cannot stop.

His gaze gradually turned serious. He found an angle directly facing the main entrance and started playing the recording at double speed, starting from the opening day.

"..."

"..."

As the time on the wall gradually ticked by, after two overtime periods, he abruptly pressed pause, rewound the screen to a few minutes earlier, and started watching again.

When the expectant figure peeked in from outside the door again, he breathed a sigh of relief, his fiery eyes narrowing slightly.

After searching for so long, he finally found something, although the person wasn't too unexpected.

He stretched, took a few screenshots of her, got up and stretched for a while, then continued fast-forwarding.

Unfortunately, no second familiar figure appeared in the subsequent video content.

During lunch break, True Wei's Cliques in Class 1A of Ashiya High School.

As the name suggests, this is Cliques belonging to Ouka Mai, with a total of 5 members.

"True Wei ~ Did something good happen to you today?" One of the gentle beauties with brown hair and brown eyes and a healing smile asked Ouka Mai.

"Oh my, you noticed? Hydrangea." Ouka Mai, showing no sign of shyness, touched her blond head and laughed.

"Looking like a dog that's been petted since early morning, it's hard not to notice," another beautiful woman with black hair and red eyes, whose height and looks were no less than those of Ouka Mai, retorted in a cold and calm voice.

"What you said is really going too far, Satsuki." She said this, but she didn't seem angry at all.

"True Wei?! What good thing happened to Makoto?" A lively and cute blue-haired girl approached her.

Ouka Mai blocked her attack with her hand, without denying it. "Well, sort of."

What should I do?! I can't get a word in edgewise!

Beside them, the only short-haired girl among the five, Amo Reiko with bright pink hair, kept her purple eyes scanning the group, feeling like she was about to collapse.

Reality is never that simple!

Even after joining the Yangjiao Cliques and successfully debuting, she still couldn't keep up with their reactions and topics, and her ability to read people was far inferior. Among their super cute appearance, she was simply the ugly duckling in a flock of swans!

Just keeping up with their rapid-fire conversations was already exhausting, my brain was overloaded and overheating, let alone actively participating and leading the conversation!

Sure enough, there is an insurmountable gap between her, a person with a dark side, and those of them, who are seasoned veterans with bright sides!

What are we talking about now? Oh right, it's Ouka's strange expression today!

But this is none other than the flawless, "perfect Super Daring" Ouka, isn't it?

There's no way there could be anything unusual going on; it's probably just a topic she uses to liven things up, like she always does.

However, she would be happy to use this to kill some of her lunch break time; otherwise, her brain would explode if she continued like this!

With a sad smile, she put a piece of vegetable from her bento box into her mouth, making a soft humming sound in her throat, unable to taste anything at all.

"Actually, I'm in love." Ouka Mai ran her slender, fair fingers through her hair, revealing a shy, girlish expression for the first time.

"Pfft!!!" Amo Reiko spat out the food she had just eaten.

"It's so dirty, Ganzhi!"

"Are you alright, Reiko?"

"Rena, are you alright?"

"Reiko- san..."

"Cough cough! It's nothing, I'm sorry!" Amo Reiko coughed as she quickly cleaned up the place she had dirtied.

What did she just hear? Romance? That perfect Ouka- kun?! Who's the guy?! She really wants to know!

"Well, I can understand Aya's reaction. Even I was shocked." Ouka Mai glanced at Koto Satsuki. "So, who's that unlucky guy?"

"I don't recall anyone matching this description at all. Could it be that you've only known them for a short time?"

"Oh! It's someone I just met last Saturday!"

"Tsk! Crazy woman!" Koto Satsuki clicked her tongue and turned her head away, ignoring her.

"Huh? Last Saturday, that was only two days ago! Could it be love at first sight?!" Senna Ajisai covered her mouth with her Hands, blinking in surprise.

"Eh?! Is True Wei going to have a lover? What am I going to do?!" Blue-haired Koyanagi Kaho cried as she hugged her.

"Yoshi yoshi, don't cry, don't cry~" Ouka Mai stroked her hair, then replied to Senna Ajisai, "Not quite, but pretty much."

"Because his words touched me so deeply, I realized by the early hours of the next day that I had fallen in love with him."

"Wow~" Senna Ajisai exclaimed sweetly.

"Are you serious?" Koto Satsuki couldn't help but turn around, staring at her childhood friend with a complicated expression.

Based on her experience, she doesn't seem to be joking.

"What's wrong, Satsuki? Are you jealous?" Ouka Mai laughed.

"Tch! Who would be jealous of an arrogant and conceited woman like you!" Seeing her like this, Koto Satsuki was extremely displeased, and long-held resentful memories flooded her mind.

"I'm just curious about what kind of person this unlucky guy you've got your eye on is!"

"She's an exceptional person. She's certainly beautiful, and her abilities and family background are beyond question. But what attracts me most is her forgiving, kind, and gentle character!"

Ouka Mai elegantly rested her chin on one hand as she introduced each other's strengths.

"I want to act cute with him, but it wouldn't be bad if he acted cute with me too... Hehehe~ I'm really looking forward to it!"

Koto Satsuki felt both absurd and disgusted, staring blankly at her. "You're terminally ill, beyond cure."

"But I'm curious to know what kind of person someone can be praised to such an extent by someone as arrogant as you."

"Well," Amo Reiko Kokoro interjected, "Are Ouka and that person dating now?"

"Ah, I'm curious too!"

"Me too! Me too!"

Senna Ajisai and Koyanagi Kaho both raised their hands.

"No, no," Ouka Mai said with a worried look, "Although I confessed my feelings to him yesterday, it seems he has something important to do and doesn't plan to date for the time being."

"Pfft! So, you got rejected?" Koto Satsuki's shoulders trembled, her face beaming with barely suppressed laughter. "To be able to make someone like you, all show and no substance, suffer a setback, I've actually developed a bit of a liking for that person!"

"It seems that person has excellent judgment; they saw through your true nature at a glance!"

Although it was a bit of a shame that she didn't create the result herself, seeing Ouka Mai looking like a defeated dog made her feel really happy!

Yes, that's it! Feel it deeply, Ouka Mai, this is the feeling I've been enduring for so long!

"Eh, Ouka got rejected?!" Amo Reiko was shocked, her eyes darting around, even more so than when she heard the news of her own relationship.

They actually rejected this super high school student! Just who is this guy?!

"Did True Wei boyfriend? Oh my gosh~ It's okay, you still have us." Senna Ajisai gently hugged her to comfort her.

"True Wei has broken up with her boyfriend?! Is this a good opportunity for me to take advantage of this?" Koyanagi Kaho was making some strange calculations.

Ouka Mai pushed the group aside and argued, "I wasn't rejected! He just held back his answer for the time being! He also said he has feelings for me!"

"That was just a line they used to brush you off, wasn't it?" Koto Satsuki chuckled dismissively.

"No!!"

"Where's the evidence?"

"... I stole a kiss from him and we exchanged our first kisses, but he wasn't angry. He just wouldn't let me in."

"You actually did something like this?!" Koto Satsuki's eyes widened in disbelief, and she covered her forehead in exasperation. "Although I knew you weren't normal, I never imagined you could be this abnormal!"

Chapter 276 Make Your Choice!

"This is a crime! A crime! I never imagined my friend would one day become a criminal..."

"But he wasn't very angry, was he?" Ouka Mai tilted her head.

"That's because he has a good temper. If it were a normal person, you would have been locked up and expelled from school."

"No, no way." Amo Reiko raised her hand to interrupt, her eyes glazed over. "If it were a normal person, they would probably be happy to accept Ouka's confession, right?"

"After all, this is Ouka- kun!"

"Oh no! How could this happen!" she cried out in her heart.

I thought everyone here had never been in a relationship, but now there's already a pioneer? And a leader of Cliques at that!

If this continues, there will soon be a second and a third... until she's all alone!

[Amo Reiko's Inner Theater:]

Ouka Mai: Reiko, you still don't have a boyfriend? (Expression of pity)

Koto Satsuki: After all, she's just a mere Amane, so this is normal. (indifferent)

Senna Ajisai: Ha, ha~ You're just a loser who can't even get a boyfriend. Can you stop pretending you know me so well? It's absolutely disgusting. (Dark version)

Koyanagi Kaho: Hehe~ Reina-sama is really no good...]

NO!!!!!!

Absolutely not! This Normie school life I've worked so hard to cobble together!!

Although it was tense, mentally taxing, and difficult to keep up with, it was a place she had worked so hard to get into after changing her image and getting into a place where no one knew her!

If she were to revert to being ostracized and friendless, she would become a shut-in, a freeloader, and eventually die from being disliked by her parents and sister!

[Note 1: Because Senna Ajisai also known as the Archangel Ashikaga, Reiko sometimes imagines that she actually has a dark side (a fallen Angel). Also, Hydrangea's imagined dark version of her voice is really satisfying to listen to! Those who are interested can watch the anime -- although there are only a few lines.]

[Note 2: Both the Amatsu sisters have pink hair; the older sister (high school student) has pubic hair, and the younger sister (middle school student) has pubic hair—it feels so familiar!]

The group exchanged glances, their eyes meeting repeatedly.

Senna Ajisai: "That's True Wei ~ After all, she's Yui~"

Koyanagi Kaho: "I'll accept!"

Koto Satsuki: "Nobody asked you! But I absolutely will not accept it!"

Ouka Mai: "Here we go again! Actually, you like me the most, don't you, Satsuki?"

She poked Koto Satsuki's fair and delicate face, which was just as beautiful as her own, and teased her.

Koto Satsuki slapped her hand away, her fist trembling as she clenched it. "Why did I become friends with this woman?"

"Isn't it because you like me the most?"

"No, that's not true!!!"