Kushida Kikyo: No, Reject This Future!

Kushida Kikyo stood at the street corner, her gaze complex as she watched the three of them part ways.

Ayanokoji Kiyoha turned away with an expressionless face, following the group of girls that Karuizawa Kei belonged to for a shopping trip, while she herself was being forcibly ordered by the voice in her head to get a manicure.

Sitting in the nail salon, watching the technician busy at work on her fingertips, Kushida Kikyo finally could no longer suppress the restlessness in her heart. Taking advantage of the fact that no one around was paying attention, she questioned the voice in her mind: "The deed is done, shouldn't you give me some information now?"

Ayanokoji Kiyoha recalled things in her mind with an air of indifference, then spoke airily: "Fine, I'll give you a bombshell first. There aren't any major events you need to worry about in the coming month anyway, but you'll have to obediently follow my arrangements for the next month."

Listening to this future version of Ayanokoji Kiyoha, who sounded somewhat like a troll, Kushida Kikyo furrowed her brows and urged impatiently: "Cut the crap, just say it."

Ayanokoji Kiyoha's voice carried a hint of spectator-like mockery as she slowly spat out a few words: "At the end of your second year, you will be expelled."

Kushida Kikyo's expression froze instantly, her fingers gripping her phone so tightly that her nails nearly dug into her flesh. She suppressed the raging storm in her heart and demanded sharply in her mind: "Because of what?! What did I do wrong? Was my secret exposed? Or was I schemed against by someone?"

There was a moment of silence in her mind before Ayanokoji Kiyoha spoke with a tone that was incredibly subtle, a mix of envy and matter-of-factness: "Nothing, just pregnant."

Under the soft lights of the nail salon, Kushida Kikyo felt as if she had been struck by lightning; her mind went completely blank. She opened her mouth, but could not make a sound; even her breathing seemed to have stalled at that moment.

Pregnant? Expelled? How could this be possible! She had always been extremely cautious and maintained very strict boundaries in her interactions with the opposite sex; it was absolutely impossible for her to commit such a low-level mistake!

"Don't believe it?" Ayanokoji Kiyoha's voice sounded again, carrying a hint of playfulness. "Who can say for sure about the future? But since I know, I naturally have to tell you this good news in advance."

Kushida Kikyo sat on the soft chair of the nail salon, her soul seemingly drained, shocked beyond measure. Her inner emotions surged wildly, and her mind uncontrollably and rapidly retraced her past behaviors and conduct.

She had always prided herself on being cautious, maintaining a perfect angelic image in front of boys; how could she possibly be expelled at the end of her second year for such an absurd reason?

Ayanokoji Kiyoha, however, seemed completely indifferent in her mind, explaining in a casual tone: "Can't be helped. Life was too comfortable back then, and as they say, satiety breeds desire. Besides, I was a cold block of wood at that time, and you were venting your emotions to Wu Qiao every day, being both dependent on him and resistant to him. Plus, with your personality, he had no psychological burden when bullying you, and even felt he was helping you release stress."

Listening to these words, which were unclear whether they were teasing or stating facts, Kushida Kikyo's cheeks burned, and she couldn't help but retort in her mind: "Do you have no opinion on this? Judging by your tone, you were the first target he went after, and the one he treated the worst!"

Ayanokoji Kiyoha seemed somewhat bewildered, as if she had heard an incredible question: "Why would I have an opinion? Besides, isn't your leverage being held by him right now? Oh... right, the reason you got pregnant was because I bought the safety measures a day late; in a sense, that counts as my fault too."

"You—!" Kushida Kikyo's face turned bright red instantly, shame and anger intertwined.

This future Ayanokoji Kiyoha was simply a lunatic, and that Wu Qiao was a complete and utter bastard! She secretly made up her mind in her heart that she absolutely could not continue along the original trajectory! She had to keep the greatest possible distance from Wu Qiao, and if she really couldn't avoid him, it would be best to find a way to get him expelled directly!

Seemingly keenly capturing the gnashing, murderous intent in Kushida Kikyo's heart, the Ayanokoji Kiyoha in her mind hummed twice and added with a bit of maliciousness, as if watching a show: "Oh, right, a friendly reminder: you and him truly closing the distance seems to happen during the upcoming luxury cruise special exam in the summer vacation. Although I don't know exactly what happened during that time, that's all the information you get. Good luck, Two-Faced Girl."

Luxury cruise... summer vacation...

Kushida Kikyo looked at her freshly done, exquisite manicure, a cold, sinister glint flashing in her eyes. Since she knew the script in advance, this play could not be directed by that bastard Wu Qiao.

She... she had to find a way to make that guy hate her, or even... find a way to pit him against someone else and ruin him.

May 1st, today was the day personal points were distributed, but Kushida Kikyo, who had long since learned the inside information from Wu Qiao, knew very well that the points credited to everyone in the class today would be zero.

She left the dormitory building early and was just about to head to the school building when her footsteps came to a sudden halt as she passed the courtyard. On a bench not far away, Wu Qiao was sitting with Ichinose Honami, a box of small cakes placed between them, and they were sharing the dessert while chatting and laughing.

Looking at the cloudless smiles on their faces, Kushida Kikyo felt a stinging sensation. She asked the future Ayanokoji Kiyoha in her mind, her tone sinister: "Can you find a way to push this guy onto Ichinose? Let her hog Wu Qiao completely and keep him away from me."

Ayanokoji Kiyoha in her mind, however, looked confused and replied as a matter of course: "Huh? But isn't Ichinose one of his future wives anyway? Do you really need to push him?"

"What the hell! Wives! And one of them?!" Kushida Kikyo couldn't help but roar in her heart, her worldview suffering a massive impact. "Is he some young master of a financial conglomerate, or a king preparing to start a harem!"

Ayanokoji Kiyoha seemed stumped by the question, paused to think seriously about this troublesome issue, and then gave an extremely perfunctory yet irrefutable answer: "Who knows? But anyway, he definitely won't be short of money in the future; he can afford to support them."

Kushida Kikyo felt the veins on her forehead throbbing; not short of money? Can afford to support them? What kind of answer was that!

She looked at the bastard boy in the distance eating cake with Ichinose Honami, and the sense of crisis and murderous intent in her heart surged wildly once again.

Since the future script was already a complete mess, she had to take the initiative now; she absolutely could not let herself become a sacrifice to that absurd future!