An Eye for an Eye

"Phew... Finally, there was only one subject left." Sonoko Suzuki tossed aside her pen and collapsed into her chair without a care for appearances. "I take back what I said earlier. I was starting to envy Tangze a little."

"Don't let Tangze hear you say that. Be careful, or he might actually get mad at you." Ran Mouri helplessly poked Sonoko Suzuki and smoothed out her disheveled hair.

"You really have nothing to worry about. After all, Japanese is the only subject left, and it's your best one." Sonoko Suzuki let out a heavy sigh.

Her family had never expected her to get outstanding grades, but if she failed to get into the university she wanted and had to rely on her family making donations... that would still be rather embarrassing...

"More importantly, didn't the school seem a little too lively today?" Ran Mouri stood up and followed the roar of engines down below, where she saw a heavy truck with its bed covered in plastic sheeting driving in through the school gates.

"They were probably adjusting the gym equipment. Didn't they say there would be a table tennis tournament at our school later?"

"Mm, maybe that was it..." Ran Mouri nodded hesitantly.

She was about to leave the window when she spotted a familiar figure getting out of a car behind the truck. He walked over to the truck parked downstairs, shook hands with the driver who had climbed down, and began talking with him.

"Was that... Mr. Tooru Amuro from downstairs?" She squinted for a moment before muttering in confusion.

"Stop! Don't run!"

As Motohashi Yoji slid comically down the fire escape to the first floor, he heard an angry shout from the other side.

He instinctively turned toward the voice and saw a short-haired woman in