Private Toyogasaki, rooftop.
A gentle breeze drifted past, stirring the black hair of the two girls.
"Forget it. I didn't come here to argue today. I just wanted to tell that guy one thing: no matter what malicious scheme he has, I'll stop him. I promise..." After Utaha Kasumigaoka finished speaking, Yukino Yukinoshita did not choose to retort. Instead, she gave her a long look before continuing, "Even though you're speaking up for him right now, I still have to remind you: be careful around him. I'm not trying to stir things up."
With that, Yukino Yukinoshita turned and left the rooftop.
"What is with that girl?" Utaha Kasumigaoka was somewhat dumbfounded as she watched Yukino Yukinoshita, who had come storming over only to leave after making a few "incomprehensible" declarations. She had only just switched into battle mode!
"Ugh, Miss Yukino really thinks of herself as some kind of champion of justice!" Sogo Doma remarked from the side.
Utaha Kasumigaoka turned her head. "A champion of justice? You actually used that term? So, Sogo, you've already defined yourself as an evil existence in your heart! How terrifying..." Though she said that, she sat back down. "Yukinoshita's hostility seems to be directed solely at you. You must have done something to her back then, right?"
"Why do you insist on finding a reason on my side instead of saying her brain's gone watt? Are you blaming the victim?"
"You called her Miss Yukino just now, and now you're saying she has something wrong with her brain. Sogo, you really are heartless. Tsk, tsk..." Utaha Kasumigaoka teased. "And the more eagerly you deny it, the more it makes people wonder what exactly happened between you two. If it was in sixth grade, it probably couldn't have gone as far as abandonment,