The Mastermind

Once upon a time, there was a rabbit who spied on a farmer who worked diligently every day. Whenever she made eye contact with the farmer, she would shyly hide. But one day, the farmer not only looked at her, but also started chasing her.

In her panic, she bumped headfirst into a big tree and was instantly knocked unconscious. The farmer grabbed her by the ear and dragged her up. But she had a friend who, seeing that Xiaobai hadn't returned, went outside to check and saw the farmer catching the White Rabbit.

She was furious, so she hopped over and slapped the farmer across the face with her long, donkey-ear-like rabbit ears, followed by a Double Kill!

The game ended in "gg," Jilan Jiyu looked at their two prey with a headache. If outsiders saw them like this, even if they weren't mistaken for child traffickers, they'd probably be seen as pedophiles.

Otherwise, what would others think? Would they think it's some weirdo bringing two rabbits home to eat carrots? Of course, people would assume he's going to throw them into a casserole and devour them!

However, Jilan Jiyu glanced at their tiny fingers and instantly dismissed the idea of becoming their driver. They weren't lolicon; they had absolutely no interest in them. Yes, absolutely no interest whatsoever.

Jilan Jiyu's throats moved up and down.

"Have you calmed down?" Jilan Jiyu lowered their hands so that their toes could touch the ground, but they still held back some strength in their hands. In case anyone suddenly struggled to run out of the classroom, they would quickly grab them again, as cruelly and ruthlessly as the hook in a claw machine.

Seeing that the two didn't react much, Jilan Jiyu let go of her hands, thinking to themselves that it wasn't even as heavy as the bucket of water they had carried that morning; it was incredibly easy and pleasant.

"This is unbelievable, I was actually lifted up by a man..." Ueno the first to recover, glaring angrily at Jilan, "Hey, you're a first-year student, don't you know how to respect your senior!?"

"Well, you do have the air of a senior student..." Jilan Jiyu straightened her clothes and said slowly, "Don't forget you were the one who rushed over first."

Ueno retorted angrily, "That's because I saw you hanging Komachi on yourself!"

"Ueno, I'm alright..." Tsukimi Machi recovered from her shock and said, her face flushed, "I was the one who hugged him first."

Ueno hesitated for a moment, then said stubbornly, "That won't do either. Anything related to you is your fault!"

"You're trying to convict me by force..." Jilan Jiyu looked at her with the eyes of someone watching a child throw a tantrum. "By the way, you also know about Tsukimi Machi spying on me, right?"

"Peeping...! What nonsense are you talking about!" Ueno glanced at the eyes that were motionless in the air, seemingly taking in everything, and subconsciously took two steps back, laughing dryly, "I'm not a pervert, how could I possibly do something like peeping!" With her flustered words, her twin ponytails danced wildly in the air, just like Shangguan Wan'er scribbling in the sky.

Jilan Jiyu took a step back, glanced at the ground, and saw that no ink had splattered from the ends of their twin tails.

"Actually, even if peeping is your hobby, I can understand it; I don't care about it at all..."

"No, you have to care!" Ueno unexpectedly. "This was commissioned by someone else, and I don't want to take the blame for that guy!"

"Ueno, this is a promise we made to her—" Tsukimi Machi said, tugging at her sleeve with some difficulty, "We can't just break our promise like this..."

"I don't care! That guy never cared about us anyway; he just treated us like laborers!"

"Xiaohui is so good to us..."

Amidst the weak protests from Tsukimi Machi, Ueno forcefully explained the whole story to Jilan Jiyu...

"... You mean the student Student Council wants my personal, firsthand information?"

"Oh dear, it's complicated to explain to a freshman like you. Although the document was issued in the name of the Student Council, it was actually a task assigned privately by one of the secretaries."

"Secretary... are you talking about that Erina Nakiri?" Jilan Jiyu, somewhat puzzled. "Why would that person want to cause me trouble?"

Erina Nakiri is a second-year student in the General Studies Course at U.A. High School. Although there is no opening ceremony, her name can often be heard on the school's daily broadcasts. It is said that she is a girl who is much prettier and younger than the 18+ hero Midnight among the school staff. Not only did she join the Student Council in her first year and serve as its secretary, but she also ranks first in every exam, big or small.

"You might not know this, Nakiri was born into a family of heroes, and her family also owns a large company. However..." Ueno shook his head, "She didn't inherit her family's fighting Quirk; she only has a 'God Tongue,' which isn't very useful in daily life, so she's rather hostile towards people in the Hero Course."

"Is it because I got first place in the Hero Course entrance exam?" Jilan Jiyu, a headache forming in her eyes. "But I don't want to go against her..."

"This isn't something you can avoid simply by thinking like that." Now Ueno was acting like a senior student, talking non-stop about things from the previous year that Jilan Jiyu didn't know.

"In previous years at U.A. High School, the Student Council only oversaw classes other than the Hero Course. However, after Nakiri, she secretly made a deal with the two class representatives of the Hero Course, bringing the Hero Course under the Student Council's jurisdiction as well. In addition to daily training, they also had to participate in various school activities, using their Quirk to do the hard work for these events."

"You probably don't know this," Ueno patted his flat chest smugly, "But we, Komachi, were the ones who secured the position of Hero Course leader for this year!"

"Don't bring this up..." Tsukimi Machi lowered her head in shame.

So you're saying you just work for the secretary? Doing things like paparazzi work?

Amid Ueno's frantic nodding, Jilan Jiyu pondered for a moment and asked, "When did you start filming me?"

"That is, two days after you were attacked at USJ time." Ueno said this with some regret, slamming his fist on the table, "Damn it, if only we could have fixed this eyeball sooner--!"

Jilan Jiyu understood her subtext: if their eyes had been adjusted earlier, the school's higher-ups might have known about the attack on USJ sooner, thus preventing the injury or death of a teacher.

Jilan Jiyu's expressions softened a bit. Their senses were quite sharp, and they had noticed the presence of the eyeballs in time, which prevented them from having a lot of private information photographed. However, they couldn't get much out of the picture in just one or two days.

Two days ago, while studying the secrets of the Sheer Heart Attack in the bathroom, he specifically checked his surroundings to make sure there were no surveillance devices. After all, Yoshikage Kira had already been tricked by the strongest elementary school student, Hayato, so he was very vigilant in this regard.

"If we had adjusted this eyeball a couple of days earlier, we would have been able to get firsthand news, and those reporters would have obediently handed over their money to us!"

Jilan Jiyu's face froze. Seeing that Ueno showed absolutely no concern about the enemy's reappearance, he immediately realized that these two people were unaware of the details of the attack, nor did they know that two teachers had been seriously injured in the attack, and that Teacher Thirteen was still in the hospital...

Because of his momentary curiosity, Jilan Jiyu learned that someone was targeting him. He was in a very good mood, but now he felt a deep exhaustion. The responsibilities of a member of society once again weighed on his shoulders.

He didn't say much, only instructing as he left the classroom. "Anyway, don't use this thing to film me again, and next time I'll just blow it up."