478 A Request

He turned his back to her, as if to make his stance clear.

"Snort."

Yukino frowned, came in, and put down her schoolbag.

She made herself some tea and continued reading her novel.

Shuya lay down for a while longer.

They arrived one after the other Yuigahama and Hikigaya.

"Shu-chan, why are you lying down again!"

Yuigahama surprise, but she didn't expect Shuya to answer, and went straight to Yukino to talk.

Shuya closed his eyes completely. In his half-asleep state, he vaguely heard someone come in again and talk to Hikigaya.

He knew who it was.

This is a student named Zaimokuza Yoshiteru) student who dreams of becoming a novelist.

Shuya wasn't familiar with him and had no interest in talking to him. Besides, he wasn't there to ask for a favor, so there was even less reason for Xiu to pay him any attention.

The Zaimokuza seems to be discussing workplace internships.

After he brought up the topic, Yukino, Yuigahama, and Hikigaya also started talking about it.

Anyway, it wasn't important, Shuya didn't really listen.

He rolled over and lay flat on the table.

Startled by his voice, Yukino glanced at him. "Inoue- kun, can you please stop moving around? You're annoying and in the way."

Shuya finally opened his eyes and said, "What's wrong with you today? Why are you targeting me like this? Can you stop being so petty?"

He rolled over and lay on his side, propping his head up to look at Yukino was right next to him.

"I'm not stingy."

Yukino cold.

"Puff."

Hikigaya laughed out loud upon hearing this.

Yukino turned and glared at him.

He was so frightened that he lowered his head to read his novel and didn't dare to look up at all.

Zaimokuza pretends that he does not exist.

"Hey, Shu-chan, Xiao-xue, stop arguing."

Only Yuigahama dared to say a few words about this situation.

That's all for today's club activities.

Yukino closed the novel, her voice clearly revealing her displeasure.

They've been talking for quite a while now; it's almost dusk.

Shuya nodded, jumped to the ground, and put his shoes back on.

Yuigahama and Hikigaya were both packing their things; the latter was thinking about getting some ramen before going home.

But in this peaceful atmosphere, a light and rhythmic knocking sound suddenly rang out on the club's door.

A guest has arrived.

Section 515, page 478: Entrustment

Everyone was about to leave, but someone came and interrupted them.

"Who is this person? Can't a student even leave school?"

Shuya the first to complain.

"Exactly, it's so late."

Hikigaya and Shuya instantly reached a consensus: they shouldn't pretend they weren't there.

But Yukino, unlike the two lazy people, spoke up, "Please come in."

"Excuse me."

The guy who came in was the Yellow Hair handsome guy next door to Shuya. He opened the door and greeted everyone cheerfully.

He smiled and said, "Sorry to come looking for you at this hour. I have something I'd like to ask you."

The Yellow Hair sat down as if they were old friends.

He said, "I'm really sorry to come at this time. But I just couldn't get away from the club, and we can't do any activities before the exams, so they insisted on finishing the training today. I'm so sorry."

His explanation did not elicit any reaction from Yukino.

She simply asked, "So, what is your request?"

"This is the Service Club, right? I heard from Teacher Hiratsuka that you can ask the Service Club for help if you have any problems, so I came here."

He asked, paused, and seeing that no one denied it, added, "Well, it's so late. If it's inconvenient for you, I can come again next time."

Before Shuya utter the thought, "That's great!", Yuigahama had already laughed:

"Hayato, you don't need to worry about us at all. You're the future president of the Soccer Club, so it's understandable that you practice this late."

Upon Yuigahama's words, Shuya, Yukino, and Hikigaya fell silent, while Zaimokuza's expression twisted.

Obviously, no one thinks that way.

The Yellow Hair waved his hand and smiled at Yuigahama, "No, I feel bad for Zaimokuza too."

Upon hearing this, all of Zaimokuza's dissatisfaction vanished. He stammered a farewell to Hikigaya and ran away.

Being at the bottom of the school hierarchy, he was clearly pleased that his name was remembered by those above him.

The Yellow Hair added, "And Penguin, I'm so sorry for keeping you up so late."

"... It doesn't matter."

Hikigaya looked displeased, but he forgave him verbally.

Finally, the Yellow Hair looked at Shuya: "Um..."

Shuya stopped him, laughing, "You don't need to apologize."

Yellow Hair: "Haha, Inoue- kun is indeed a good person."

"No, I meant I'm not staying, so you don't need to apologize. That's all, bye~"

Shuya readily picked up his schoolbag and was about to run away.

"Wait, you stay here."

Yukino reached out and grabbed his clothes.

Shuya's face fell. "No way."

"You've been skipping too many club activities lately."

Yukino used a threatening look to exert pressure.

Shuya wanted to continue refusing, but remembering that he had shifted the blame onto her yesterday, he couldn't refuse now.

"All right."

He moved a chair and sat down next to Yukino, then looked at the Yellow Hair:

"Please begin your performance."

"Ah, um."

The Yellow Hair gave a wry smile and said, "Actually, it's about this..."

He showed his phone to everyone.

These are some emails.

Upon seeing Yuigahama exclaimed, "Ah, so that's what it is."

She also took out her own phone and pulled up the same email.

These were all sent from disposable email addresses, with the same content:

"Tobe is a member of Inage's delinquent gang and caused trouble for West High at the amusement park."

"Yamato is two-timing; he's a complete scumbag."

"Ooka played very aggressively in the practice match in order to crush the opposing school's ace."

Yuigahama explained, "These are all rumors circulating in the class..."

Shuya was bewildered. "But I haven't received it. Hikigaya?"

"Without."

Hikigaya shook his head immediately. "This is the first time I've heard of this."

"Me too... Hmm. I see. So that's what you were asking me about before?"

Shuya looked at the Yellow Hair classmate.

He nodded with a wry smile.

Yuigahama looked at them and said helplessly, "That's because, apart from me, nobody in the class knows how to contact you!"

Hikigaya remained noncommittal, Shuya didn't seem to care either.

He couldn't even remember all the names of his classmates, and he didn't take them seriously at all.

So whether we contact each other or not is fine.

Shuya crossed his legs and nodded, saying, "I understand. You want to find the culprit, right?"

The Yellow Hair hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Shuya waved his hand. "No problem! I'll take care of it for you tomorrow."

Yukino nodded. "Then I'll leave it to you."

Yuigahama was puzzled. "No, no, Shu-chan, how do you plan to solve this? Do you know who the culprit is?"

Shuya explained, "You know I'm a superhuman, right? With my Power of Will, I can tell if someone is lying if I really want to. I'll just ask them tomorrow, and we'll know the answer then."

Yukino nodded slightly; this was a very simple matter for Shuya and her.

Shuya said to the Yellow Hair, "Just bear with it for one more day, and this matter will be resolved tomorrow."

"Ahem, sorry. That's not it. I did want to stop these emails from continuing to circulate, as they're quite unpleasant."

The Yellow Hair paused for a moment, then said, "However... I don't want to find out who did it; I just hope this matter can be resolved amicably. Could you please do me this favor?"

Shuya, Yukino, Yuigahama, Hikigaya exchanged glances.

Hikigaya's eyes flashed with mockery, clearly inwardly criticizing the Yellow Hair's words.

Yukino frowned. "Hayama, this kind of chain email tramples on human dignity and is the worst kind of behavior. The person who wrote the emails neither leaves their name nor shows their face; they simply slander and defame people to hurt them."

"Those who commit such despicable acts should be eliminated. My principle is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and blood for blood."

"So I'll find the person who sent those emails and talk to them to make sure they don't do it again. As for what to do afterward, that's up to you. Is that alright?"

Yukino said a lot.

The Yellow Hair abandoned his original idea and said, "Um... okay, but I still don't want to make a big deal out of this... so..."

He glanced at Shuya, indicating that he didn't want him to directly confront the classmates.

Shuya shrugged and handed the matter over to Yukino.

Having identified her target, Yukino then began to inquire about the details, "When did this all begin?"