Ding dong~
A crisp electronic bell rang slowly, and then a female voice rang from under the electronic doorbell.
[Who are you looking for?]
"Um, um, hello, we are friends of Maki." Honoka Kosaka suddenly said with some restraint.
"Oh, it turns out you are here to find the young lady, then I... uh, sir." Just when Waki was about to go find Maki Nishikino, he turned around and found Mari Nishikino, who had returned early, standing behind him.
"Look, isn't this very simple?" After receiving Waki's reply, Honoka Kosaka turned around and proudly said to everyone.
[Are you the ones who are looking for Maki?] Just at this moment, a majestic male voice came from behind Honoka Kosaka.
"Um, yes, who are you?" Honoka Kosaka suddenly felt confused as to why the voice inside suddenly turned into a man's, so he asked.
[I am the father of Maki.]
"Oh, hello, uncle, can you let us in to meet Maki." Honoka Kosaka first said hello to Mari Nishikino in the house, and then told the purpose of coming here.
[If this is the case, then please go back, Maki will not see you.]Mari Nishikino did not tactfully, and directly issued an eviction order to Honoka Kosaka and the others.
"Why?" Eli Ayase came over and asked.
[Because our Maki was ruined by you people.]
"Ha?! What do you mean!" Hearing Mari Nishikino's words, Yazawa Nico started yelling without paying attention to his seniority.
[Nothing else, our Maki's grades have suddenly dropped recently and she often leaves early and comes home late just because she is with you people to get those campus idols. Therefore, Maki will not meet you in the future. I will also let her transfer to other schools, so please go back and don't send her away.]
When Mari Nishikino finished speaking, he stopped making any sound.
"Who is this?" Then, Yazawa Nico suddenly made a voice of dissatisfaction, "Listen to his tone just now! It's really unpleasant!"
"What are we going to do now? Maki is leaving Otonokizaka soon..." Honoka Kosaka said very disappointed.
"What should I do? Rin and Xiaohua will never see little Maki again..." Rin Hoshizora and Rin Hoshizora are also very disappointed. After all, they have spent the longest time with Maki Nishikino.
"No, maybe there is someone else who can." Nozomi Tojo suddenly said at this time.
"Huh? Who are you talking about, Senior Sister hope?!" Honoka Kosaka suddenly got excited and grabbed Nozomi Tojo's shoulders and asked.
Umi Sonoda seemed to have guessed something, turned to look at Nozomi Tojo and said.
"Senior Sister hope, could it be that the person you are talking about is..."
--Time dividing line--
"Really? You haven't even walked through the door."
After school the next day, in Idol Research Clubroom, Senba Gari sat in Yazawa Nico's usual position, looking at Honoka Kosaka and the others in front of them, but this time there was no Maki Nishikino. As for the person Nozomi Tojo was talking about yesterday, it was - Senba Gari.
"Teacher Senba, I have to rely on you no matter what this time!"
"Yes, Brother Hunting, you must help us this time."
"Teacher Senba, you must not let little Maki transfer to another school."
"Senba teacher..."
"Senba teacher..."
"Stop!" The voices of Honoka Kosaka and the others pleading for him kept echoing in their ears. At the same time, their minds recalled how sad Maki Nishikino was that day, and Maki Nishikino didn't come to school today. Therefore, Senba Gari made a decision in his heart and stopped Honoka Kosaka them.
"Um..."
Everyone suddenly became quiet for a moment, waiting quietly for Senba Gari's reply.
"Lead the way."
"Eh..." Everyone suddenly couldn't react.
Seeing Honoka Kosaka and the others in a daze, Senba Gari said helplessly, "I said... lead the way, I'll go talk to her father."
"... Yeah!"
Scene switching--
"A rich man..."
Arriving in front of Nishikino's house, Senba Gari was holding a folder in his hand, and his reaction at this time was the same as Honoka Kosaka's.
"Okay, Teacher Senba, please stop being dazed and go quickly." Honoka Kosaka urged Senba Gari.
"Okay, okay, it's true."
After coming back to his senses, Senba Gari walked to the doorbell, then stretched out his hand to press the doorbell.
Ding dong~
[Hello, this is Nishikino's home, who do you want first?]
It was still the crisp electronic ringtone, and then a voice came. But this time, although the voice was a female voice, it was not the voice of Waki before, but.
"Damn it, it can't be such a coincidence, can it?!"
Senba Gari jumped up when he heard this voice.
"Hey, let me ask you...Maki, does her family run a hospital?" Senba Gari quickly turned around and asked Honoka Kosaka and the others.
"Yes." Umi Sonoda's words instantly made the corners of Senba Gari's mouth twitch.
[Ara, this voice... can't be Little Gari, right?]Zuifei Nishikino sounded a little surprised.
"Um..."
"Huh? Little Gari?" Honoka Kosaka They were a little curious about the way the owner of the voice called Senba Gari and Senba Gari's current reaction. Minami Kotori felt that the name was a bit familiar. Her mother Kotori Minami also called Senba Gari this way.
"Uh..." Senba Gari turned around stiffly, "Ha... haha... I... I was just passing by... Aunt Ruifei."
[Sure enough, Little Gari, you are 'passing' by me this time, why don't you come in and sit down.] Listening to the voice that I haven't heard for many years, I can't help but miss my deceased friend. At the same time, through the monitor at the door, the corners of Zuifei Nishikino's mouth curved slightly.
But after a while, Senba Gari and Honoka Kosaka walked into Nishikino's house. When they came in, they saw Zuifei Nishikino sitting dignifiedly in the owner's seat. At the same time, next to her - Maki Nishikino was sitting there unnaturally.
Zuifei Nishikino calmly picked up the tea that Waki had just prepared on the table, drank it in small sips, and then put it down again. Then she slightly raised her head and looked at Senba Gari and the others. At this time, Zuifei Nishikino completely demonstrated the aura of the hostess in her.
"Um, um... Aunt Ruifei, long time no see." Senba Gari's aura at this time was the same as when she got along with Kotori Minami.
'It's terrible, Nishikino, Nishikino, although I was a little doubtful at the time, but why is Aunt Ruifei the mother of Maki, then isn't her father...'
"I'm back, wife. Maki How is she doing today? She still doesn't want to..." At this moment, from behind Senba Gari and the others, the slightly tired voice of Mari Nishikino, who had just returned from the hospital, came.
Then, when Mari Nishikino looked up and saw Senba Gari, his face suddenly became a little unnatural. At the same time, the face of Senba Gari in front of him also began to look a little unnatural.
"Why are you this bastard (uncle)?!" The two of them shouted in almost the same tone of surprise, pointing at each other with their hands.
Honoka Kosaka was almost dumbfounded when he saw this scene, but Zuifei Nishikino was the only one with a smile on his face.
"Uh... Dad... Dad, what's wrong with you? Do you know Mr. Senba?"
"Hunting... Brother Hunting, do you know Maki's father?"
Maki Nishikino and Minami Kotori each walked to Mari Nishikino and Senba Gari in confusion and asked.
Then, I saw Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino reaching out their hands and pressing the shoulders of Minami Kotori and Maki Nishikino at the same time and saying with serious expressions.
"Kotori (Maki), you have to remember, that bastard uncle (boy)..." As he said, Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino stared at each other fiercely at the same time, and then turned around and said, "He is a bad guy! Don't approach him under any circumstances, otherwise he will sell you (abduct you)! Huh?!"
Suddenly, both Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino noticed something. Without paying attention, Minami Kotori and Maki Nishikino began to sweat in cold expressions. They directly turned their heads in front of each other, and then said viciously.
"Who do you think can abduct (deceive) people?! You bastard uncle (boy)!" The two seemed to feel something was wrong, so they added, "Who do you think is a bastard?!"
"It's you I'm talking about!" The posture between the two was as if they were about to fight.
"Mom... Mom, what... is going on? Why did dad and teacher Senba suddenly become like this?" Maki Nishikino asked his mother Zuifei Nishikino, and at the same time They looked at Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino who were suddenly fighting each other with some fear. This was really changing too fast. Even Honoka Kosaka and the others looked at Zuifei Nishikino in shock.
"Well, it's nothing. It's just because they are enemies, a pair of very cute enemies." In response, Zuifei Nishikino just smiled and looked at Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino, who were staring at each other.
"Uh..." After listening to Zuifei Nishikino's words, the nine Maki Nishikino looked at Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino, who were glaring at each other, slightly speechless.
'Enemies? Cute? Mom (aunt), tell us, they can still be cute like this?! They are about to start a fight!'
The nine girls looked at the two grown men who were about to fight in front of them, and they kept complaining in their hearts.
"Ahem..." After seeing what his daughter and her friend were thinking, Zuifei Nishikino spoke up to stop the two 'enemies'.
"Um..."
It seemed that they noticed Zuifei Nishikino's coughing sound. The two people, one big and one small, staring at each other, also noticed their current gaffe, so they stopped.
"Cut..."
However, Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino glanced at each other, and then turned away from each other in displeasure. Their actions were just like two children having an quarrel.
"Tell me, why did you come to me?"
Mari Nishikino sat calmly on the sofa, looking at Senba Gari, Honoka Kosaka and others sitting in front of him, as if the person who had quarreled with Senba Gari was another person. Because of this, Honoka Kosaka and the others were obviously a little nervous.
"Maki, please take Honoka and the others to your room first, and then leave it to me."
On the contrary, Senba Gari did not pay attention to Mari Nishikino's question, but said to Maki Nishikino with a natural expression.
"Eh?" Maki Nishikino was obviously at a loss what Senba Gari said. After all, no one else had entered her room except herself and her parents since she was a child.
"Hey?! But teacher Senba, can you be the only one? I think Maki's father seems to be very scary..." Honoka Kosaka quietly walked up to Senba Gari's ear and said.
"Tch... what does this snobbery have to be afraid of..." Senba Gari muttered dissatisfiedly, and said to Honoka Kosaka, "Okay, okay, you can't help here. Besides...Maki, you also need to enlighten her. I guess it's not just the bastard uncle's problem here, Maki probably has something on her mind too... Do you know."
Senba Gari whispered a few times in Honoka Kosaka's ears, and then pushed Honoka Kosaka and the others upstairs one after another, who had not yet responded.
"Maki-chan~ take us to your room and have a look." Nozomi Tojo looked at Maki Nishikino with a smile and said, Nozomi Tojo also knew why Senba Gari asked them to leave.
"Oh... oh, you... you guys come with me..." Maki Nishikino felt a little shy about letting Honoka Kosaka and the others come to her room, because this was the first time that someone other than herself and her parents came to her room.
"Then let me prepare some refreshments for Maki and the children."
At the same time, Zuifei Nishikino got up and went to the kitchen to prepare snacks. However, Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino knew it. Zuifei Nishikino said this deliberately. After all, this kind of thing could be left to the maid Waki.
"Boy, why are you the only one hunting?"
Seemingly uncomfortable with such a silent atmosphere, Mari Nishikino took the lead in breaking the silence.
As for why we need to ask Senba Gari's father Senba Ryo first, it's mainly because he and Senba Ryo, Senba Gari's father, are friends and very good friends. Senba Gari and Mari Nishikino had only met a few times ten years ago, but those few times were due to certain circumstances, and neither Senba Gari nor Mari Nishikino gave each other a good look.
"... He... is missing, and his life or death is uncertain..." Senba Gari said with a slightly remorseful tone.
"Really..."
After hearing Senba Gari's answer, Nishikino sounded very disappointed, and a trace of regret and sadness flashed in his eyes. He knew that Senba Ryo was missing. After all, the matter could not be concealed, but he still wanted to confirm it, but Senba Gari's words completely left him hopeless.
The atmosphere became silent again, but only for a while.
Mari Nishikino suppressed other emotions, and then looked at Senba Gari and got straight to the point.
"If you are concerned about Maki this time, then I warn you not to meddle in other people's business."
Regarding Mari Nishikino, Senba Gari would have guessed it in his heart, but he didn't expect that Mari Nishikino would say it so directly. However, he also thought about how to proceed.
"Really, I'm sorry, I'm here this time for... a home visit!" At the same time, Senba Gari took out the teacher's qualification certificate given to him by Kotori Minami from his pocket.
"Home visit?" Looking at the teacher qualification certificate in Senba Gari's hand, Mari Nishikino frowned. He was dubious at most about Senba Gari's words, but the teacher's certificate in Senba Gari's hand The teacher's qualification certificate cannot be faked. Mari Nishikino never expected that Senba Gari would come to his home for a visit, and he couldn't believe that Senba Gari was actually Otonokizaka's teacher.
After all, there is a male teacher in a girls' school. This is so enviable in the eyes of others... Ahem... It's unbelievable, but who has stipulated that a girls' school cannot have a male teacher? No, so Senba Gari, this teacher, can never be fake.
Mari Nishikino's reaction made Senba Gari bend a bit. He made the right bet. If Mari Nishikino refused to even allow his teacher to visit his home, it would definitely put a black spot on Mari Nishikino's image outside. Facts have proved that Mari Nishikino really has nothing to do with him.
"Ha... boy, you have changed. You have become more stable and mature than before."
Mari Nishikino couldn't help but smile bitterly at the way Senba Gari used his identity as a teacher to allow him to talk to him. The Senba Gari he saw now was completely different from the Senba Gari he had seen before. Moreover, he was actually silenced by a boy. If his friends in the industry knew this, they would still laugh to death.
"So, can the home visit begin?" Senba Gari looked at Mari Nishikino with a half-smile and asked.
"Okay, tell me." Since he couldn't escape, Mari Nishikino had no choice but to take the risk.
"Then, I want to ask you, why do you want Maki to leave Otonokizaka? Even if you don't want her to become a campus idol, you don't have to do it so thoroughly."
"Hmph, as long as Maki is still in Otonokizaka, then she will definitely still have thoughts about that so-called school idol." Regarding Senba Gari's question, Mari Nishikino was not tactful and directly expressed his thoughts.
"Don't you think about Maki's feelings when you do this?" After hearing Mari Nishikino's words, Senba Gari frowned. He already knew what the problem was.
"Maki What can she think? The only thing she needs to do now is to study hard and then take over the hospital as soon as possible and become a doctor. I let her study Otonokizaka just to expand her network and make her future smooth. We have already planned her path. We have paved the way for her. As long as Maki she keeps following our ideas, she will definitely live a good life in the future, but now? Her grades have declined, and she has to go out early and come back late every day to show off. How unbecoming is this!" Mari Nishikino's tone became more specific.
"Damn it! Let me go! I've never seen a father do this!"
In Maki Nishikino's room, Rin Hoshizora and Honoka Kosaka held on to the angry Yazawa Nico.
"Senior Nico, calm down! Calm down!" Minami Kotori kept discouraging Yazawa Nico from the side, "If you go down now, we will definitely be kicked out."