Chapter Summaries

An Xiao negotiated with Ryuen to secure points in exchange for Class B staying out of the Classes C and D incident. After the deal was made, he left with a large share of the points and received a message from Ichinose.

• An Xiao explained that he had timed his meeting with Ryuen for the day before the Student Council hearing, giving him leverage over Class C.
• An Xiao asked Kanzaki to negotiate the terms, while he discussed Ichinose's kindness and judgment with her.
• Kanzaki and Ryuen agreed that Class B would not interfere in the incident after Class C paid the points, with the conditions recorded in a contract.
• Ryuen left displeased, and Kanzaki transferred 500,000 points to An Xiao, who sent Kanzaki 50,000 as a fee.
• An Xiao walked away pleased with his points and received a message from Ichinose thanking him and insisting she was good at judging people.

While inspecting the school vendors, An Xiao spoke with Sakura about her class’s hearing and helped her take a damaged camera to a repair shop. He left the camera in the shop for repair after noticing that the shop assistant made both of them uncomfortable.

• An Xiao chatted with Watanabe Yuichi at the coffee shop while taking a break from inspecting vendors.
• Sakura told An Xiao that Ayanokoji, Horikita, and Kushida had asked her to testify for Sudo, and that the hearing had been postponed after her class submitted new evidence.
• An Xiao asked Sakura about meeting a senior from the Photography Club, then offered to accompany her to an electronics shop to have her camera checked.
• The shop assistant said the camera could be repaired for free under warranty, but Sakura felt uncomfortable around him and hid behind An Xiao.
• An Xiao took the form from Sakura, filled it out himself, and said he would return to collect the repaired camera.

An Xiao warned Sakura Airi to be cautious around the electronics store clerk and marked the man’s photo, hoping he was overthinking his suspicions. Later, he found Horikita and Kushida waiting in his room, where they began explaining a matter that only partly involved their class.

• An Xiao advised Sakura Airi to avoid the clerk who made her uncomfortable, and she agreed to contact him when her camera arrived.
• An Xiao circled the clerk’s photo and hoped his unease about the man was misplaced.
• An Xiao found Horikita and Kushida outside his dorm room and tried to leave, but Kushida stopped him.
• An Xiao asked how Kushida and Horikita had entered his room, and Kushida explained they had come together after meeting on the way.
• An Xiao said he would not help with a matter involving their class and Class C, and Kushida began explaining that the issue only partly concerned their class.

Kushida and Horikita visited An Xiao to ask about Sakura after the hearing, but he said he could not help and refused to get involved in the dispute between their class and Class C. Horikita left determined to find the answer herself, while Kushida stayed behind and vented about her frustrations with Horikita.

• Kushida explained that she and Horikita wanted to apologize to Sakura, but Sakura had avoided them after class and could not be reached by phone.
• Horikita said she was helping for her own sake because Sudo’s expulsion might have hidden consequences for Class D.
• An Xiao told Kushida and Horikita that he had no good advice for helping Sakura, who had been deeply affected by the hearing.
• Horikita asked what An Xiao would do, but he refused to get involved and told her the exam was not over; she left to find the answer herself.
• Kushida admitted she felt better after venting about Horikita, and An Xiao declined her invitation to badmouth Horikita with her.

An Xiao and Ichinose discovered that the suspicious electronics-store employee had posted obsessive messages about gravure idol Shizuku and was heading to meet her. When Sakura failed to answer An Xiao’s call, he rushed to find her with Ichinose following.

• An Xiao treated Ichinose to drinks after she helped him contact the remaining vendors, and Watanabe mistakenly accused An Xiao of two-timing.
• An Xiao told Ichinose about meeting Sakura and the suspicious employee at an electronics store.
• Watanabe showed them a forum post filled with obsessive declarations about Shizuku, and An Xiao recognized her as Sakura.
• An Xiao found a post from the previous day saying the writer was coming to meet Shizuku, then called Sakura, but she did not answer.
• An Xiao rushed to locate Sakura, and Ichinose caught up and offered to go with him.

Sakura confronted the electronics store clerk who had been stalking and photographing her, but he attacked her when she rejected him. An Xiao rescued her with a stun baton and carried her away with Ichinose’s help.

• Sakura waited near the electronics store, decided not to contact Ichinose, and confronted the clerk about following and photographing her.
• The clerk knocked Sakura’s phone away and advanced on her, insisting they were destined to be together.
• An Xiao arrived, stunned the clerk with a stun baton, and scolded him while Sakura collapsed in fear.
• Sakura hugged An Xiao and cried until she fell asleep, and An Xiao carried her while gathering her scattered belongings.
• An Xiao stunned the clerk again before leaving the alley, where Ichinose gave him the phone she had set up to record.

Sakura woke in the Infirmary after passing out and chose to pursue a complaint against the person who had targeted her, while An Xiao reassured her that Ichinose had already taken the matter to the school. Later, Horikita told An Xiao that Class C had withdrawn its complaint, leaving him baffled about how Class D had secured the outcome.

• Sakura woke in the Infirmary and learned from An Xiao that the school was questioning the person who had targeted her.
• An Xiao explained that filing a complaint could expose Sakura’s past, but Sakura chose to proceed and asked him to accompany her.
• An Xiao told Sakura that Ichinose had already gone to the school to handle the matter, gave her a peeled orange, and left to fetch the Infirmary teacher.
• An Xiao ran into Horikita and Ayanokoji, and Horikita told him that Class C had withdrawn its complaint.
• An Xiao questioned how Horikita had achieved the result, and Horikita began explaining her method.

An Xiao explained that Horikita’s plan succeeded partly because the Class C students failed to question its flaws, then showed her how refusing to prove innocence without evidence could have changed the confrontation. After Horikita left, Ayanokoji asked An Xiao why he had chosen to help her instead of handling everything himself.

• An Xiao told Horikita and Ayanokoji that the fake-camera plan relied heavily on luck and the Class C students’ poor judgment.
• An Xiao asked how they would respond to an accusation of theft, then explained that Horikita could have demanded evidence instead of trying to prove her innocence.
• Horikita acknowledged that she had failed to consider that approach and vowed not to repeat the mistake.
• An Xiao offered Horikita candy, and she stomped on his foot, took it, and walked away.
• Ayanokoji accepted candy from An Xiao and asked why he had helped Horikita rather than handling the matter himself.

An Xiao warned Ayanokoji that he seemed dangerous, then returned to the Student Council after Class C dropped its complaint. Horikita Manabu praised An Xiao’s work and nominated him for secretary, but An Xiao ended the chapter demanding a raise.

• An Xiao told Ayanokoji that he seemed out of place and dangerous, and joked with him about Horikita Suzune and her brother, Horikita Manabu.
• After Class C agreed to drop its complaint in exchange for points, An Xiao brought his organized documents back to the Student Council and encountered Miyabi Nagumo.
• Horikita Manabu told An Xiao to investigate events from the previous year if he wanted to learn about his strained relationship with Miyabi Nagumo.
• Horikita Manabu explained that the school would refer the staff member involved in the incident to outside authorities and compensate those involved, including Sakura Airi.
• Horikita Manabu praised An Xiao and nominated him for the vacant Student Council secretary position, while Akane Tachibana explained that the promotion would reduce his workload.
• An Xiao realized he had been doing secretary-level work for administrative-assistant pay and demanded a raise from Horikita Manabu.