Chapter 652: Of Course Even the Little Devil Can't Escape Getting the Wrong Idea

Listening to Mo Wang's nonsense, the girl in the tree shook her head, her tone teasing. "Looking at you like this, the girl in your arms is going to be unhappy, you know~ Let big sis give you some advice: with that slick tongue of yours, you won't win any girls over."

Mo Wang merely shrugged indifferently. "Not necessarily. I think I'm pretty popular at school, right, Kanna?" As he spoke, he glanced at the puff-cheeked Kanna beside him.

Mai Shiranui seemed rendered speechless by Mo Wang's unexpectedly shameless attitude. She lightly leaped down from the tree, graceful as a feather. Once she landed, she raised a hand, and a pistol was already aimed steadily at Mo Wang. Her tone grew more serious. "I really didn't expect the legendary S-rank student to be this kind of person. Let me introduce myself. My name is Mai Shiranui, and I graduated from Tokyo College of Music."

Even with a gun pointed at him, Mo Wang showed no trace of tension. Instead, he raised a brow and smiled. "Oh? Mai Shiranui? That name sounds a little familiar. I know an upperclassman called Yagi Kudo. She's quite gentle. Do you know her?"

At that name, Mai Shiranui's eyes flickered almost imperceptibly. Then she replied with a smile, "Oh my, that's my younger sister. Though we really haven't met in a long time. I didn't expect you to know her."

Though the two chatted and laughed like old friends on the surface, the atmosphere around them had frozen solid.

Mai Shiranui's hand holding the gun was as steady as a rock. It could be said that she had not relaxed her vigilance toward the man before her for even a moment. He was clearly just standing there casually, with a girl protected in his arms,