On the other side, after leaving Morishita Ai's home, Akasaka went to the Student Council to see Horikita Manabu.
He also stopped by to clock out while he was at it.
Although someone else had taken over his work, he was still essentially drawing a salary for doing nothing, and he had to clock out properly. Otherwise, he'd lose his 100,000 points a month.
Akasaka swiped his card as usual and went over to Horikita Manabu.
When Horikita Manabu saw me arrive, he knew I had something to say. He sent the others away, leaving only himself and Akasaka behind.
Horikita Manabu pushed up the glasses on his face.
"Go ahead. What do you want this time?"
"I won't deal with anything too troublesome."
Akasaka pushed up the nonexistent glasses on his face and put on an aloof air.
"Can't I come see you just for fun?"
"You really are distant, Horikita Manabu."
Akasaka plopped down on the sofa and arrogantly crossed his legs.
Horikita Manabu was speechless.
"You don't even have glasses on. Why are you pushing them up?"
"Putting on airs..."
Akasaka felt a little embarrassed, too.
He still hadn't gotten over the aftereffects of spending time with Morishita Ai.
At the moment, his intelligence was below 15 percent. The rest had been taken over by his 2D Soul.
Looks like it'll take some time to recover...
Maybe I should spend less time with Morishita Ai from now on. I didn't expect the aftereffects to be this strong...
Akasaka thought to himself, then asked aloud.
"How are things with your sister? Have you cleared up the misunderstanding?"
At Akasaka's question, Horikita Manabu couldn't help smiling for the first time, despite his icy expression. He quickly suppressed it, coughed twice, and put on an aloof air.
"It's none of