Of Course, Kushida Had Changed Too / Chapter 191: A New Atmosphere and New Technology
Even though it's the same act of kneeling and apologizing, I feel incredibly resistant when it comes to Ryuen, but when it's Shuichi Kanda, I seem to be less reluctant.
That's incredible!
"You've become more frank, haven't you?"
"After everything that's happened, it's time for me to make some changes, just like Ayanokoji did."
At this point, Shuichi Kanda scoffed.
"Ayanokoji? That guy just didn't want to be the most useless one among the dropout candidates, so he showed off at this Sports Festival."
"Regardless, he contributed to the class this time, and he performed much better than me."
That's true. Whatever the reason, Ayanokoji achieved good results in the afternoon's recommendation competition, which made more people in the class pay attention to him.
"I'll find a way to return the 300,000 points for the player substitution recommendation this afternoon."
Before leaving, Horikita looked at Shuichi Kanda serious expression.
"No need, no need, just consider it a donation from me."
Shuichi Kanda quickly waved his hand in refusal, saying, "You've already given me such a grand gesture of respect, so consider the 300,000 yen as an early New Year's gift to you."
"I see, thank you very much then."
"Hmm? Shouldn't you have insisted a little longer? Why did you just accept it like that?" Looking at the smile on Horikita's face, Shuichi Kanda scratched his head.
"Oh, and take this with you."
As if suddenly remembering something, Shuichi Kanda turned around and went into the house, then took something and handed it to Horikita.
"What's this?"
"Safflower oil is specially used to treat bruises and sprains. After you get home, wash your feet and then apply this to the injured area. For specific instructions, just read the instructions."
After a brief silence, Horikita took the item from Shuichi Kanda's hand.
Thank you.
"You're welcome."
Consider this my apology; after all, I couldn't bear to watch you kneeling like that all by myself, could I?
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The Sports Festival is over, but there's still more to write! Aa...
Chapter 190 Of course, Kushida has also changed.
After Horikita left, Shuichi Kanda hurriedly returned to his room and turned on his computer. He really had to save the video of Horikita kneeling down to apologize.
Wait, why do I need to save this?
To use it to blackmail Horikita?
It doesn't seem necessary.
Should we show it to Kushida? She'll definitely be very happy to see it.
But if I show it to her, wouldn't that directly expose the fact that I have a camera installed behind my door?
Will she break down on the spot?
Hmm, I'm kind of looking forward to it.
No, I can't think about it, the more I think about it, the more I want to do it. So Shuichi Kanda took out the video from the camera and sent a message to Kushida while the data was being transmitted.
I have something good to show you.
[Wait for me for five minutes.]
The message had barely been sent when Kushida replied.
The time allotted was fifteen minutes, but in reality, it was less than five minutes before Shuichi Kanda's door was knocked on.
"Good evening, Shuichi."
Although Kushida Kikyo felt disappointed that Horikita had failed to kneel down, she did not vent her dissatisfaction on Shuichi Kanda. Instead, she showed her usual gentle expression.
Only...
"That good-for-nothing Ryuen! Why won't he let Horikita keep kneeling! And that bitch Horikita..."
See? He was faking it all along.
"Alright, come and look at something. After you've looked at it, you might feel better."
With that, Shuichi Kanda pulled Kushida, who was cursing loudly, and pressed him into the computer chair.
"What is that?"
Kushida was venting her emotions and was somewhat dissatisfied, but since Shuichi Kanda had never stopped her before, she felt that there might be some special reason this time.
Then Shuichi Kanda simply smiled slightly and opened a picture on his computer.
That's a photo taken from the side showing Horikita Suzune kneeling and bowing to Shuichi Kanda. From the photo, you can see that Shuichi Kanda looks visibly surprised.
"What... what is this? Could this person be Horikita?"
Because Horikita had bent over and her profile was completely obscured by her hair, Kushida didn't recognize her at first.
"Oh, that's Horikita. For some reason, she felt she had to kneel down and apologize to me."
Kushida stared intently at the photo on the computer screen, then her face began to flush, and her breathing became slightly rapid.
"Hehe... hehehe, I never thought Horikita would have a day like this."
Kushida reached out and stroked Horikita, who was kneeling on the computer screen, as if he wanted to lift her head and see her expression.
Shuichi Kanda chill run down his spine at the sight. What's wrong with you? You're so happy to see Horikita kneeling down and apologizing? She wasn't kneeling to you.
After a while, Kushida Kikyo came to her senses, stood up from her computer desk, and looked at Shuichi Kanda with a smile.
"Shuichi, don't you think you should say something to me?"
"What are you saying? What do you want to hear?"
Faced with Kushida's smiling question, Shuichi Kanda decisively chose to play dumb.
"The angle of this photo is strange; it looks like someone is taking it from the doorway with a camera."
As he spoke, Kushida looked toward the door.
"Yes, actually I had Akito come and take the photos specifically. I even made Horikita kneel down again."
Shuichi Kanda was talking nonsense with a straight face.
"Really? I don't quite believe it. I'll go ask Miyake. Oh, and Shuichi, come with me."
Kushida tilted his head and offered a fairly reasonable suggestion.
"No need for that, it's so late, Akito is probably already asleep."
"Shut up! You've had that camera in the peephole for ages, haven't you!?"
Seeing that Shuichi Kanda still wouldn't admit it, Kushida finally snapped.
That's more like it. If we don't act, communication will be much easier, right?
"Yes, I installed it just a few days after school started."
"School's only been open for a few days, so that's before I even got to know them?" Kushida asked incredulously.
"Yeah, so Kikyo, do you want to watch the video of you destroying my phone back then?"
Seeing Kushida, Shuichi Kanda grinned mischievously.
"Damn it, Shuichi, you bastard!"
Kushida turned around and suddenly pushed Shuichi Kanda down onto the bed, then straddled him.
"Delete that stuff!"
Kushida placed his hands on Shuichi Kanda's shoulders and said with a fierce expression.
"Impossible! Besides, you don't trust me! Do you think I would betray you?"
"Since it won't betray me, there's no point in keeping it, right?"
"I just thought you were cute back then, is it wrong to keep it as a memento? Besides, if I wanted to hide it, you'd still be in the dark, right?" Shuichi Kanda still refused to budge.
"You..."
Kushida suddenly felt something pressing against her, and then the sound stopped abruptly.
Taking advantage of Kushida's momentary daze, Shuichi Kanda grabbed her arm and then flipped over to pin Kushida beneath him.
"Let go of me! What do you want to do?" Kushida, whose hands were being held, had no way to break free from Shuichi Kanda.
All that training I've been doing lately hasn't been for nothing. Even though I'm considered weaker than most guys, I can still easily suppress Kushida for a short time.
"What I want to do should be obvious, right? You pushed me down first."
"Damn it, it's all because you installed a camera in my room and filmed my embarrassing moments!"
"I don't care, you started the fire, so you're responsible for putting it out."
Suddenly, Kushida laughed.
"Hmph, Shuichi, you haven't forgotten what day it is today, have you?"
"Tomorrow is the beginning of the month, and today is September 30th..."
Holy crap? No way?
Damn it, am I really that unlucky?
"Hahaha, hahahaha..."
Seeing Shuichi Kanda's face freeze, Kushida suddenly burst into laughter.
"However, you are right about one thing: since I started this fire, I should be the one to put it out. Consider it payment for showing me the picture of Horikita kneeling."
As he spoke, Kushida licked his lips slightly, then reached out his hand towards a certain place.
After a while, Kushida looked at Shuichi Kanda with a mixture of surprise, joy, and sorrow in his eyes, and his cheeks were a little sore.
"Shuichi, I feel like some people can't be judged by their appearance."
"Of course."
Hearing Kushida's praise, Shuichi Kanda's tail practically floated in the air.
"It's getting late, I'll be going now."
After this interruption, Kushida seemed to have forgotten about the camera on the door. No, she definitely hadn't forgotten; she probably just thought it was okay.
"Bye-Bye!"
After seeing Kushida off, Shuichi Kanda lay down on the bed and spent a few minutes in a state of deep meditation.
The Sports Festival has now completely ended.
The Red Team wins, and the first to fourth place finishers are ABDC in that order.
Although the rankings of the four classes remained unchanged, their scores changed significantly.
Class A (Ichinose) gained 50 points based on the results of the Sports Festival, bringing their Class Points 1019 points.
Based on the results of the Sports Festival, Class B (Sakayanagi) has lost 100 points, and the Class Points 742 points.
Based on the results of the Sports Festival, Class C (Ryuen) has lost 200 points, and currently Class Points 478 points.
Class D (Kanda) has lost 50 points based on the results of the Sports Festival, and currently Class Points 461 points.
Chapter 191 New Atmosphere and New Technology
If we rewind a little, although Ryuen didn't actually make Horikita kneel down, Ryuen was still very happy to have gained 20 million points.
As for Horikita, we can deal with her next time; there will be plenty of opportunities.