Lunchtime.
Toyogasaki Private High School, rooftop.
"Honestly, what's wrong with this world? Has even the most basic trust between people disappeared?" Sogo Doma sighed and shook his head as he picked up a fried shrimp from his lunchbox. He was disappointed in this world, where he couldn't earn even the slightest bit of trust.
He hadn't really done anything at school! At most, he skipped class now and then and slept during lessons. He neither got into fights nor bullied anyone, so why was Mafuyu Kirisu so distrustful of him? If he hadn't repeatedly promised that he absolutely wouldn't let her down during the joint entrance exam for prestigious schools, he would probably be carrying a home-visit notice in his arms right now...
If that woman Mafuyu Kirisu really came for a home visit, then he would have to strike first and find an excuse to take the teacher out! Wasn't this forcing him to stain his hands with blood?
"Nom~!" While Sogo Doma was holding the fried shrimp and pondering, Utaha Kasumigaoka suddenly leaned over and bit off the fried shrimp he had just picked up.
Sogo Doma immediately wore a face full of black question marks. "?_"
"Utaha, what are you doing?"
"Umaru told me that you've been rather perfunctory with your cooking lately, Sogo-kun. I was testing whether the lunchboxes tasted any different. After all, today's lunch did look rather perfunctory..." Utaha Kasumigaoka answered leisurely only after swallowing the fried shrimp.
As she spoke, Mashiro Shiina also seemed to have a sudden realization. She picked up a piece of beef from Sogo Doma's lunchbox and tossed it into her mouth.
"Mashiro, you too..." Sogo Doma's lips twitched. #^_^?
"Sogo, you were perfunctory..."
"Then may I ask whether you two detected any difference in the taste of my