The awkward coincidence of running into each other left the four of them in an uncomfortable atmosphere.
"Hm? You're Nagase Kumari? You should be more careful about how you dress."
"Wow, do you have to act like a Public Morals Committee member even on your day off? Ise-senpai, you're such a pain."
"Even on a day off, students should still look like students."
"Come on, at least let me relax when I'm not at school. How unlucky—I run into Onimen Ise even while I'm trying to relax."
"..."
Watching Nagase Kumari and Ise Yuri, who were clearly natural enemies, Fukayama Midori could only regret not making an excuse to slip away sooner.
If he'd hurried and parted ways with Akimoto Yoichi and Ise Yuri, Nagase wouldn't have run into Ise-senpai.
Of course, what made Fukayama Midori even more uncomfortable was that someone had caught him on a date with Nagase Kumari.
Faced with the two girls arguing, Fukayama Midori could only turn to Akimoto Yoichi for help.
"A-Akimoto-kun, what should we do? Should we try to break it up? You and Ise-senpai seem pretty... What are you doing, Akimoto-kun?"
As Fukayama Midori struggled to figure out how to defuse the situation, he turned to Akimoto Yoichi for help. But Akimoto Yoichi was busy sending a message.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just helping my family's main business meet its targets."
After pressing send, Akimoto Yoichi put his phone away.
He'd just sent the Black Bear Gang the location of the idiots who'd been hitting on Ise Yuri, so they could come and find them.
Those guys had enough energy to hit on girls, so surely they could handle at least eighteen hours a day on an assembly line.
"Targets? Uh, n-never mind."
What kind of business did Akimoto-kun's family run? It