The two-week vacation had finally come to an end. At noon today, the first-years gradually returned to the familiar campus.
Sunlight streamed through the classroom building's windows and spilled across the corridors, while the air was filled with the calm before the new term began.
Kushida Kikyo once again sneaked into Uesugi Hara's dorm room. She plopped down on his bed, swinging her legs with that signature innocent smile on her face.
"So," she drawled in a voice sweet enough to make one sick, "when are we going to start training Horikita Suzune? I can't wait to see her get humiliated~"
Uesugi Hara was leaning back in his chair, scrolling through videos. Without even looking up, he asked blandly, "Do you have her in your contacts?"
The smile on Kushida Kikyo's face instantly froze. She awkwardly scratched her cheek. "N-No..."
Though she was skilled at socializing and could easily get along with most people, Horikita Suzune was like an impregnable fortress of steel, always responding to her friendly overtures with cold indifference.
"So how are you planning to ask her out?" Uesugi Hara's expression remained unchanged. He had expected that answer, and his tone was as calm as ever.
Kushida Kikyo blinked her seemingly pure, innocent eyes and said righteously, "Isn't that something you should be thinking about? You're the mastermind!"
Uesugi Hara helplessly rubbed his forehead—apparently, this girl had no plan at all. She was just here for the fun of it.
He scrolled through his chat history, his finger swiftly sliding over the screen until he found the record of the transfer Horikita Manabu had made to him. He took a screenshot and sent it directly to Kushida Kikyo.
"Show this to her."
Kushida Kikyo curiously opened the image. When she saw the record on the Terminal showing