Be Ready to Take the Blame

Motoko shrank back, thinking to herself, "Shush, shush, shush, the Shura field is coming---!"

She knew this would happen sooner or later... Inoue- kun, what a sinful man!

Section 700, page 652: Place the pot properly.

A few minutes later, Shuya arrived at Minegahara High School.

However, before he could take action, Hyakka on LINE was already frantically searching for him.

He took out his phone and looked at it.

Hyakka: "?"

Hyakka: "I've been sleeping at home until now. When I got up and went to the living room, I saw my mom and your mom talking about what to name their grandson?"

Hyakka: "Do you have any clues?"

She added a meme of a dripping blood cleaver.

Shuya: "I was busy getting away just now, please forgive me. You take the pot first, and when I say I want to ask you to go out, you can run away."

Hyakka: "..."

She didn't reply.

Shuya that she had accepted the suggestion.

In reality, she was captured by her mother and her husband's mother and was being interrogated in turn.

Shuya temporarily put aside the matter of Hyakka and notified Tomoe via LINE to come find him.

He soon saw Tomoe come up.

Shuya asked, "Yo, Tomoe- chan. Did Maezawa contact you?"

No! This method works!

Tomoe was delighted.

That means you get along well with your friends.

"Perfect! It's just that I got asked so many questions about you, Shu-chan, and I didn't know how to answer them."

"Just... answer anything."

There's no need to worry about the authenticity of the Shuya.

"Oh."

Tomoe nodded.

"Alright, since you're free, let's get down to business. I have something else to discuss with you."

"?"

Tomoe looked at him with a puzzled expression.

He said, "I'm having a celebration party for my album tomorrow, you should come too."

"I?"

Tomoe pointed at herself strangely:

"Why?"

Shuya very well say that he wanted to broaden her horizons and didn't want her to feel resistant.

He made up an excuse. "Most of my friends will be at the celebration party tomorrow. Your classmates will definitely find it strange that I didn't invite you, right?"

"Really!"

Tomoe thought that Shuya was right.

"That's settled then. After school tomorrow, you can go home and rest for a while. I'll pick you up from your house. I'll also prepare your clothes, so don't worry."

After Shuya finished speaking, he asked, "Do you have any questions?"

"No, no... it's just... what's the celebration banquet for?"

Tomoe mainly wanted to know if she would need to do anything at that time.

"Don't overthink it. Just treat it as going to eat, watch a show, and have some fun. You don't need to do anything, don't worry."

Shuya guessed what she was thinking and offered a word of comfort.

"That's good..."

Tomoe patted her chest.

"See you tomorrow then, I have to go now."

Okay, see you tomorrow.

Tomoe waved gently.

Shuya smiled and quickly disappeared from her sight.

"How did Shu-chan know where I live...?"

Tomoe tilted her head.

After saying goodbye to Tomoe, Shuya rushed to Hyakka's house; if he had been any slower, Hyakka would probably have exploded.

He arrived at Hyakka's house and rang the doorbell.

Someone opened the door quickly.

Yusho Sakura and Hanazawa Sakura stared at him with strange smiles. Their gazes were so strong that Shuya couldn't help but take a half step back.

"Ahem, could you two please control your expressions?"

Hehehe.

Hehehe.

"..."

Hyakka, standing at the back, leaned against the wall dejectedly.

She covered her head, looking dizzy and unsteady on her feet.

That's terrible.

Her resentful gaze made Shuya chuckle awkwardly.

He coughed slightly. "Um, I'm here to pick up Hyakka- chan so she can go out and play."

"I understand, I understand."

"Hyakka, be careful."

Yusho Sakura gave her daughter a meaningful look.

"Shu-chan, you know what I mean."

Hanazawa Sakura also gave Shuya a look.

"I'll go back to my room first..."

Hyakka swayed as she went upstairs.

"Sakura-chan, let's go back and continue our chat."

"Okay... By the way, I think it's best if my grandson goes to school in Tokyo."

"Hey, which brand of children's clothing do you think is good?"

They closed the door and went back to the living room for a long talk.

"???"

Shuya, who was locked out, was completely bewildered.

But he dared not speak or ask, for asking would only lead to his own demise.

He waited obediently outside.

After waiting for a while, Hyakka finally finished her makeup and changed into her pretty clothes, then came out carrying her small bag.

"Hundred, Hyakka Sauce..."

"Let's go outside first and talk about it later."

Hyakka gave him a kind look, then hurried away.

Shuya left with her, forcing a smile.

Once they reached a point where her house was out of sight, Hyakka angrily turned around and punched him in the stomach. "Why did you tell them about us! Do you know how I was bombed just now?!"

"Calm down, I had no choice."

"Couldn't you just tell everyone about Haruno?! She's been dating you for so long, why did you have to bring me up!"

Hyakka was furious.

"Haruno doesn't know what she'll do, so you're safer."

Shuya explained, "You know the situation; I don't want to cause any unnecessary trouble."

"Damn it, he's spouting high-sounding principles at a time like this."

Hyakka gritted her teeth in anger.

She had just been bombarded with questions, which was extremely embarrassing and uncomfortable, but Shuya's words also made some sense, leaving her conflicted about whether she should get angry.

"Ahem, what do we do now? Do we really want to go out and play together?"

Shuya said, "Didn't you say yesterday that you didn't want to go on a date now?"

"Plans can't keep up with changes. When I get home tonight, my mom will definitely ask me where I went today. How can I tell her if I didn't go out with you?"

Hyakka twirled her hair with her fingers, clearly annoyed.

Shuya asked, "So you mean you want to go on a date with me?"

"No need. Just invite whoever's free to hang out. That way, we can still talk about anything."

Hyakka quickly posted an inquiry in the LINE group.

Mai, Haruno, Motoko quickly replied. After hearing Shuya's explanation of Puberty Syndrome, the three of them had all asked for leave and were now able to come out.

The others either didn't ask for leave or had other things to do; for example, Yukino was with Yuigahama.

There weren't many people, but that didn't matter. Shuya and Hyakka met up with them and went to eat first.

In the restaurant, they listened to Hyakka complain about Shuya's attempts to shift the blame, while Shuya, chatting happily.

Shuya spent the whole day playing with them, and along the way she received a belated greeting from her Little Senior Sister. She also noticed that time had moved forward.

Nothing else noteworthy happened.

Shuya drove Hyakka home that night and then left, confident that she could handle her mother's questions.

Nothing unexpected happened after that, and June 30th arrived smoothly.

The last day of June.

The celebration banquet will begin this afternoon.

Shuya got up early to practice diligently in the morning, and around nine o'clock he was called over to Tokyo by Hanazawa Sakura to accompany her to inspect the site.

It was the same hotel as yesterday, and Hanazawa Sakura was waiting for him at the door.

"I heard you and Hyakka just played around all day and didn't do anything?"

She said disappointedly.

"Yes, is that not allowed?"

Shuya pretended not to understand and pushed her inside. "Want to go in and see the venue? Come on in."

"All right..."

Hanazawa Sakura shook her head and sighed, while Shuya went into the banquet hall to check.