Sister Lan the Divine

Yuki had already seen through their cowardice, and she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

So these were the defective products of Class D? They came to threaten her without even the resolve to burn bridges?

Did they really think that just by showing up, others would simply surrender?

If they were persistent bullies, Yuki would have taught them a harsh lesson without hesitation. Judging by Ryuen, violence within the class was permitted to a certain extent.

But their indecisive behavior left Yuki at a loss for how to handle them.

If only Amasawa Yuto were here.

The thought surfaced in her mind involuntarily, startling her.

At this moment, Kei Karuizawa suddenly spoke up: "Are you waiting for someone here?"

Yuki and Kei Karuizawa locked eyes; one was completely devoid of a sense of crisis, while the other was merely feigning composure.

Finally, Yuki sighed: "Yes, I'm waiting for Class A's Amasawa Yuto."

Kei Karuizawa finally found a way out: "Let's go. There's no point in dragging this out; people from other classes will be coming soon."

Sato Maya and Shinohara Satsuki quickly chimed in: "Yeah, exactly!"

The three of them left just like that.

In truth, Kei Karuizawa hadn't wanted to provoke Yuki, but there were a few reasons why she did.

First, she hadn't bothered Yuki for the past month. This led the girls she oppressed to view the kind and beautiful Yuki as a savior, believing Kei Karuizawa was afraid of her. They even began to see Yuki as their hope for rebellion, which severely challenged Kei's status as the "leader" of the girls.

Secondly, as she had mentioned, the "soft persimmons" in her class had basically been squeezed dry over the past month, leaving very few points behind. She didn't dare to rashly approach girls from other classes.

Lastly, and most importantly, she was a person with a strong personality by nature. Although her initial aggression was merely to protect herself, she had since found pleasure in the process of ruthlessly suppressing others.

This pleasure of dominating everything—the feeling that even when people knew she was wrong, they still supported her and dared not resist—was simply intoxicating.

Now, Kei Karuizawa had finally calmed down again.

"Let's just pretend what happened after school today never occurred," Kei Karuizawa said to the two girls behind her.

Just as they reached the entrance of the school building, they ran head-on into two people walking out.

Talk about awkward. They had just mentioned his name, and now they were bumping into him.

Walking toward them were none other than Amasawa Yuto and another girl.

"What is the meaning of this, Morishita?"

Ran Morishita, with her poker face, retorted without hesitation: "I'm talking about you, the traitor of Class A, Yuto Amasawa."

"I don't believe I've done anything to betray the class."

Yuto Amasawa met Ran Morishita's gaze without a hint of guilt.

Ran Morishita rarely showed any expression; she was a beautiful girl with delicate features and a textbook poker face. Her long purple hair was tied into two low twin tails, and she was almost always wearing thick black tights.

In many ways, this girl was a headache for Yuto Amasawa.

Because she sat directly in front of him and seemed to have no friends in class, Ran was keen on telling strange, cold jokes to the classmates sitting near her.

Both Yuto Amasawa and Arisu Sakayanagi had been "cared for" by her quite often.

However, she was very bright and her grades were good, but what did she mean by calling him a traitor to the class now?

"You are the traitor of the class," Ran Morishita stated with conviction.

Yuto Amasawa noticed that she said "traitor of the class" rather than "the traitor Katsuragi talks about."

"What are you trying to say?" he asked calmly. "I haven't done anything to betray the class at all."

"You have such strong ability, yet you don't contribute to the class in the slightest. Isn't that what you call a traitor to the class?" Ran Morishita extended a finger, pointing it at him with great spirit, as if she were a famous detective from an anime.

Huh?

Yuto Amasawa felt a bit helpless. "It seems we have a disagreement on the definition of a traitor."

"My grandfather is a world-famous detective, and I am the super detective who inherited his bloodline—Ran Morishita."

Ran Morishita pulled a magnifying glass from her pocket and struck a pose, as if she were going to see right through Yuto Amasawa with it.

"Doesn't scoring this high count as contributing to the class?" Yuto Amasawa replied offhandedly, no longer intending to get entangled with her.

It seemed she hadn't discovered his dealings with Class B; she was just worried about Class A slipping behind Class B and had come to goad him into contributing more to the class.

Calling him a traitor was just a figure of speech.

"Where are you going?" Seeing him about to leave, Ran Morishita hurriedly chased after him.

"Sorry, Morishita. I have an appointment with someone today, so I can't listen to your cold jokes."

"Then I'll just follow you and see who you're meeting."

The two of them walked out of the school building like that, only to run into Kei Karuizawa and two others.

The way they were looking at him was wrong.

Amasawa Yuto made a judgment in an instant.

These were definitely not the eyes of classmates who had merely heard of his name.

That evasive attitude, that guilty expression.

They seemed to want to slip past him as quickly as possible, as if he were some sort of plague.

"You guys..." Just as they brushed past each other, Amasawa Yuto suddenly spoke up.

Kei Karuizawa's body stiffened. "Huh? What do you want? We're in a hurry!"

Her attitude was arrogant and overbearing, showing no trace of the guilt she had displayed just a moment ago.

A strong aura, and strong acting ability.

He hadn't expected a background character from the first season to have such impressive skills.

But no matter how hard you try to act, the two classmates behind you have given everything away completely.

"Sorry to bother you. I just thought that since you're classmates, I'd ask if you've seen Tsubaki Yuki."

"Tsubaki... Yuki?" Kei Karuizawa's expression twisted for a split second. "Ah, I did see her just now. She's over there, I think!"

She pointed in a certain direction.

Amasawa Yuto looked at her and nodded. "I see. Thank you."

"Is the person you're looking for from Class D?" After Kei Karuizawa and the others left, Morishita Ran, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"Yes, my childhood friend, Tsubaki Yuki."

"Isn't your childhood friend Arisu Sakayanagi?"

"...It's not strange to have multiple childhood friends, is it?"

"No, you're just a strange man, Amasawa Yuto."

Tsubaki Yuki straightened her clothes; she wouldn't let her good mood be ruined.

Seeing Yuto approaching from a distance, she was just about to greet him when she suddenly noticed a purple-haired girl following behind him, who seemed to be giving him a hard time.

Tsubaki Yuki was a bit puzzled. "Yuto, is this a classmate from your class?"

Amasawa Yuto nodded. "I got pestered by her, so I'm a little late. Sorry. And this is Morishita Ran from Class A. She is the 18th successor of kobiran-ryu kobudo, and a detective with the blood of her grandfather, a famous detective, flowing through her veins."

Most people would be so embarrassed by such a title that they'd want to dig a hole in the ground, but Morishita Ran accepted it readily. She raised her hand to her mouth to make a peace sign, her tone as flat as ever. "I am Morishita Ran. Nice to meet you."