Night Visitor

"Something's wrong, abort the plan, move!"

As he spoke, the masked man who had been crouching outside to provide backup didn't care whether the two agreed or not; he hoisted them onto his back and vanished into the darkness in an instant.

Even so, a man's faint, wild roar could still be heard echoing through the air.

As for who it was, Rinya, who had been watching the scene quietly from afar, no longer had the heart to wonder.

He stretched his tired body with a forceful yawn, feeling much more relaxed afterward.

After all, exerting that kind of short-lived Qi on so many people at once was a heavy toll, even for someone with his extraordinary physique.

Once he confirmed that the other party had completely retreated, Rinya immediately made a phone call to Chairman Sakayanagi.

The gist of it was that after this incident, the other side likely wouldn't strike again so easily for a while, though they should still remain as vigilant as possible.

As for what to do next, he left it to the chairman to handle; after all, now that a scapegoat had appeared, he figured the other school executives wouldn't suspect him.

However, a single sentence from Chairman Sakayanagi at the end of the call gave him pause.

After tomorrow, the winter break would begin.

He also vaguely hinted at the school's upcoming plans.

Although Rinya had known about it for a long time, a polite expression of gratitude was still essential.

After ending the call, he checked the time; it was already one in the morning.

Just as he was preparing to head back, a text notification in the top left corner of his phone caught his attention.

Seeing it was from Kushida, he initially thought she had discovered someone else's little secret to share with him.

But upon reading the content, which stated that Chie Hoshinomiya from Class B of the first year had just secretly come to his house to look for him and was currently still within her line of sight, she asked her master to be aware.

Rinya couldn't help but be surprised; logically, she should still be in the hospital receiving treatment, yet she had come to find him alone at such a late hour.

Given Hoshinomiya's usual fujoshi personality, she would absolutely never do such a thing; it seemed that that side of her might have awakened.

"Heh, if I don't seize this now, when will I?"

Rinya, on his way home, immediately changed his route; he had been waiting for her other side all along, so how could he miss such a golden opportunity?

Among the four homeroom teachers, she was the only one Rinya could perceive as having two sides, and precisely because of that, while the "front" side was almost impossible to conquer, the "reverse" side held infinite possibilities.

To advance his new class plan, he absolutely needed more homeroom teachers under his control.

Thinking of this, he called Kushida to have her enable location tracking while following the target, and he rushed over immediately.

"Yes, Master."

On the other end of the line, after the girl hung up, she immediately got dressed and followed Hoshinomiya's footsteps from a distance, monitoring her step-by-step via her phone.

There was just one thing Kushida could never have imagined.

Chie Hoshinomiya's purpose in coming here wasn't simply to chat or anything of the sort; on the contrary, she was prepared to use any means necessary to get him expelled.

Because she had been unable to recover from the cognitive collapse caused by her "front" side that day, her mental state had become increasingly severe.

It was precisely because of this that the other side, which had emerged from her subconscious, realized that behind all her problems was a figure named Rinya.

In her negative state, she immediately resolved to take advantage of the night to drive out this guy who was influencing her main consciousness, no matter what it took.

Because of this, her perception of her surroundings was exceptionally sharp during her movements tonight.

However, Kushida, who was tailing her, knew nothing of this; after all, the two barely knew each other.

This led Kushida to subconsciously assume that the woman was an existence similar to herself.

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Yet, she would never have guessed that this woman had once been more ruthless than anyone else to achieve her goals.

If it weren't for that class vote elimination exam before graduation, which made her realize that no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't overcome the school's arrangements, she would never have sealed away her dark side and lived until now with a different personality.

"Whoosh~"

As a breeze blew by, Hoshinomiya, who was walking in front, felt a flicker in her eyes and then gave a cold smile.

As she passed a corner, she suddenly stopped in her tracks...

While Kushida, who was behind her, remained cautious, it was only to a limited extent.

Just as the girl waited for a moment and turned the corner, Hoshinomiya's hand, poised to strike, came down in an instant.

"Ah~"

Caught completely off guard, Kushida let out a muffled groan and fainted on the spot.

Seeing this, Hoshinomiya was no fool; she realized at a glance that she had been followed.

And at such a late hour, who else could it be?

Recalling that Rinya wasn't home at one in the morning, the woman picked up the location display on the girl's phone, her eyes brightening as a plan immediately formed.

On the other side, Rinya, who was rushing over, noticed the location marker for Kushida suddenly moving faster. His eyes narrowed, as if he had vaguely sensed something abnormal, but he continued to follow.

Only this time, his speed suddenly increased several times over.

Like a gust of wind, his figure surged forward, perhaps too fast for the naked eye to fully capture, before he vanished from sight.

"Th-this is..."

"How is this possible!"

On the other side, Hoshinomiya had just poured alcohol into her mouth, preparing to leave behind a scrap of clothing to frame the other party.

Watching the signal on her phone chasing after her as rapidly as a game of Snake, even her other persona couldn't help but blink in disbelief.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei~ long time no see."

The next second, before the woman could recover from her daze, she instantly felt a hollow voice drift into her ear as if carried by the wind.

Knowing she had been exposed, she immediately reverted to her usual persona, looked around, and spoke with a timid expression: "Wh-who is speaking? It's so late, you shouldn't play pranks on a teacher."

After she finished speaking, she waited a while, but finding no one in sight, Hoshinomiya couldn't help but feel strange. Had she misheard?

Looking at her phone again, the previous location marker had vanished.

So, she pretended to call out a few more times, and finding no one still, her expression quickly turned cold. Could I have been played? she thought to herself.

Her negative persona was, by nature, an irritable and ruthless person.

Seeing that she hadn't found Rinya despite coming out in the middle of the night, and had even been shouting into the void for a while, her heart burned with rage as she returned to the unconscious Kushida.

As a splash of cold water hit her, the unconscious girl shuddered and immediately curled up, trembling.

Seeing this, Hoshinomiya didn't waste words and asked directly: "Who told you to follow me? Was it Rinya? Was it!"

A bewildered Kushida was stunned for a moment, but then, seemingly realizing what had happened, she cursed her own carelessness internally. To protect herself, she immediately put on her usual mask.

She sobbed in a low voice: "Wuwuwuwu~ Hoshinomiya-sensei, what just happened? Why did you pour water on me?"

"I was clearly on my way home, why did it turn out like this? Why?"

"I'm so cold, I'm so scared."

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