An Apology Requires At Least...

Suddenly having a wealth of points at his disposal did not make Bai Yuze lose his head, as there was still trouble to deal with right now.

"You... you killed someone!"

Kamuro took a few steps back, her eyes no longer holding their previous cold disgust, replaced only by the panic of having witnessed a death.

"He violated the rules himself, so you're blaming me?"

Regarding the death of the basketball guy, Bai Yuze felt no joy of revenge, but rather a sense of annoyance.

Although he had longed for the world of anime, yearning for the romance and youth found within, wasn't the current plotline a bit off?

Bai Yuze stood up; he was in no mood to go shopping now. As for how to transfer the 450,000 points in his hand into his own account, he wasn't worried.

Since the basketball guy dared to scheme against him so openly, it meant there had to be a way to launder points within this school.

Remembering that the entrance ceremony was still to come, Bai Yuze brushed off his clothes, preparing to head back to the classroom.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

Kamuro Masumi asked, and the moment she finished the sentence, she regretted it. The guy in front of her had just killed someone; it would be considered brave enough just not to run away immediately.

Now that the other party was clearly leaving, she had been foolish enough to call out to him—she really must have been tired of living.

"Back to the classroom to prepare for the entrance ceremony."

Bai Yuze replied indifferently, then turned and headed back the way he came.

Seeing Bai Yuze leave, Kamuro let out a sigh of relief, but upon seeing the corpse on the ground slowly fading away, she gritted her teeth and decided to follow him anyway.

Bai Yuze felt his head growing somewhat heavy.

"Could this be a side effect of that orb?"

Thinking this to himself, he reached out to pull the orb out, but after fumbling around for a long time, he found no trace of it.

"Did it merge with my body?"

Bai Yuze pondered...

"Um... sorry... thank you for stopping me."

Kamuro walked up behind Bai Yuze, lowering her head as she whispered her thanks.

"Heh, you're actually capable of apologizing and saying thank you?"

Bai Yuze was somewhat surprised. He had assumed that a girl like Kamuro Masumi, who wore a cold face all day, would only say things like "disgusting, trash, go die," while looking down at others with eyes that viewed them as garbage and stepping on their faces with her heels.

"What is that supposed to mean! You're so rude! It took a lot of courage for me to say that!"

Kamuro was quite angered by Bai Yuze's words, her face, already flushed from shyness, turning an even deeper shade of red.

"I just killed someone, you know. Aren't you afraid of me?"

Since he had only judged her character through reading, Bai Yuze's impression of Kamuro Masumi was merely that of a cold, arrogant student with a penchant for theft.

However, after actual contact, Bai Yuze found Kamuro Masumi quite interesting, so he felt a playful urge to tease the girl.

"Hah, if you really wanted to kill me, you wouldn't have saved me!"

Kamuro wore a confident little expression. Seeing her look of self-assurance, Bai Yuze couldn't help but laugh out loud, though the sound was a bit...

"Hehehehe, congratulations, you guessed wrong. I saved you because I intend to torture you properly!"

Bai Yuze feigned a sinister and calculating demeanor, trying to scare Kamuro Masumi. The result did not disappoint him; Kamuro stepped back in fear, placing her hands over her chest in a defensive posture.

However, whether it was just Bai Yuze's imagination or not, he felt that the look in Kamuro's eyes wasn't fear, but rather... excitement...

"Maybe I'm overthinking it."

Bai Yuze shook his head.

"Then... what do you want to do?"

Kamuro watched Bai Yuze warily.

"Since it's an apology, shouldn't you at least show some attitude?"

"Do you want points?"

"No, no, no, I mean an apology should at least show..."

Bai Yuze leaned in close to Kamuro, and they could both smell the scent on each other.

"What! No! Absolutely not!"

Kamuro's face turned beet red. Whether from shyness or anger, she shook her head like a bobblehead.

"If that's not possible, the bottom will do too."

Bai Yuze began to enjoy the feeling of mischief. Teasing a cold, arrogant girl like Kamuro was truly interesting.

"I take back what I said earlier. You really are trash!"

Kamuro returned to that look of viewing him as garbage. Seeing this, Bai Yuze spread his hands.

"I was just making a suggestion; whether you give it or not is up to you."

With that, Bai Yuze picked up his pace.

At this moment, Kamuro blocked his path.

"Add me as a friend. I'll treat you to a meal later."

Bai Yuze was stunned for a moment, then he and Kamuro exchanged friend requests. Once that was done, the two returned to the classroom together, remaining silent the entire way.

Back in the classroom, Bai Yuze slumped into his seat like a pile of mush.

"Ara! Isn't this student Bai Yu, who just went to the store to run errands? Why do you look so listless? Could it be that I asked you to buy too many things?"

Sakayanagi Arisu turned around to tease him. The smile on her face gave Bai Yuze the feeling that she could blurt out "small fry~" at any moment.

"Don't even mention it. I almost lost my life out there."

Bai Yuze waved his hand, signaling that he didn't want to dwell on the topic any longer.

"I'm going to sleep for a bit. Remember to wake me up when it's time for the opening ceremony. Thanks."

With that, Bai Yuze could no longer fight off his drowsiness and fell asleep at his desk.

Soon, the boy drifted into a dream.

"Hehe, to think he's let his guard down so quickly after experiencing a brush with death."

Sakayanagi Arisu reached out and stroked the boy's cheek.

"It seems you trust me quite a bit~ Well then, rest well~ Student Bai Yu~"

Sakayanagi patted the boy's head, leaned down, and whispered.

"I will always be watching you~"

Pitch black, damp, oppressive.

This was how Bai Yuze described his surroundings. He knew he was in a dream, but he couldn't control the entire dream like a lucid one.

Therefore, he could only carefully grope his way through this cold, damp corridor.

Drip... drip...

Water droplets fell onto the floor from time to time. Even though he was in a dream, Bai Yuze didn't dare to walk openly; he could only feel his way along the wall to keep from slipping.

He had a premonition that if he fell, something terrible would definitely happen.

His footsteps echoed through the corridor, making him anxious and panicked.

Bai Yuze forced himself to suppress the urge to sprint, continuing to grope his way forward cautiously.

Just then, another sound appeared in the corridor alongside his footsteps.

It was the sound of sobbing. One could tell from the sound alone that the person crying was deeply aggrieved and in pain.

"Please! Give me some kind of lighting device! A flashlight, a candle, anything will do!"

Bai Yuze was on the verge of tears. The environment was too dark, and he had been feeling his way along the walls just to move forward. It was a miracle his mental state hadn't collapsed under these conditions.

Perhaps his request had been answered.

Bai Yuze felt as though he could see things in the darkness.

The entire corridor suddenly became clear.

But Bai Yuze couldn't bring himself to be happy about it.

A clearer field of vision also meant that the creature making the crying sound would now appear before his eyes.

Bai Yuze looked at the creature sobbing in the distance, and couldn't help but mutter a single phrase.

"Wha... the... f...!"