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「Hey! Fumio-chi, isn't that too much? I'm going to die! It's shocking me to the max! 」
But the next moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.
What I saw was a room for two people with a single bed on either side of the room.
There was a stuffed bear belonging to the girl who shared the room with me, looking at me with its inorganic eyes.
「Shocking... me... eh!? Haaaaaa! 」
An old frosted glass window, completely dark outside, lit by an old-fashioned tulip-shaped fluorescent light.
A bookshelf lined with problem books that can't be misplaced, and tacky marguerite curtains.
In this silent room, I
look around.
（W-Wait? What's going on? ）
It's not Fumio-chi's room, it's not my room, it's not the waiting room of a girl's bar.
But It's the second floor of the girls' dormitory. It's Takaka Takata's room on the second floor of the girls' dormitory.
（...Umm, well, if I think about it, pako-pako with Fumio-chi saved up enough money to repay, right? ）
Then as I got off the bed and looked into the mirror, what I saw was a plain pigtailed woman in a school uniform wearing dorky glasses.
（МJD (Seriously)? ）
I can't keep up with my thoughts. What kind of trick is it to restore the color of my deeply roasted skin, let alone my hair color?
（...But still, it’s lame, huh, my appearance ）
At any rate, I unfasten my kimono and take off my glasses.
My eyesight seems to have recovered, and I can see more clearly when I take off my glasses.
At least, my mind has sorted out the situation, but inside my heart, I'm so confused that I can't believe it.
First,
we went into the shopping mall connected to the aquarium and decided to have
lunch at a fastfood restaurant.
「What
do you want, Saori-chan?」
「Uh,
ehh... c-cheeseburger」
And
so, I ordered a cheeseburger set for her as well as my own, and stopped her
with my hand as she reached into her shoulder bag for her purse.
「Wait,
I'll take care of it」
「Eh...
but」
「It's
okay, let me look cool」
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Today,
I'm not going to be a prude.
My big
brother's prestige is on the line.
Mom
also gave me some money when I told her I was going to the aquarium with
Saori-chan. So, I have enough money for the trip.
I
don't know why, but my mom tends to be happy when Fujiwara-san, Saori-chan and
I get along well.
For
that reason, though, she sometimes nudges me not to get too friendly with other
girls, as she did after Masaki-chan and Tashiro-san came to our house, with a
lot of unnecessary care.
Almost
as soon as we arrived at our table, the bell rang one after another, signalling
the arrival of customers.
It’s
lunchtime, so perhaps it’s time for the restaurant to start getting crowded.
Saori-chan
keeps her eyes downcast, and when she occasionally looks up and makes eye
contact with me, she immediately lowers her face.
（Hmm,
she's so shy...）
During
the hour-long train ride, she seemed to have gotten over her nervousness. I
thought so, but it seems that she is still shy when we are facing each other.
By the
way, Saori-chan's way of eating is really cute and animal-like.
I
couldn't help but gaze at her with a smile.
However,
when she noticed my gaze, her cheeks turned red again and she turned her head
down.
（Topic...
I need topic to talk about...）
「Uh...
by the way, you did well in the track and field competition the other day」
「Ah,
yeah. Because Onii-chan came to cheer me on...」
「Do
you enjoy club activities?」
「Yeah...
but I'm a little worried... Since the third-year students are about to graduate…
the captain of the club, who has been leading us, is retiring」
「The
captain of the club… Is it Tashiro-san?」
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「Hey! Fumio-chi, isn't that too much? I'm going to die! It's shocking me to the max! 」
But the next moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.
What I saw was a room for two people with a single bed on either side of the room.
There was a stuffed bear belonging to the girl who shared the room with me, looking at me with its inorganic eyes.
「Shocking... me... eh!? Haaaaaa! 」
An old frosted glass window, completely dark outside, lit by an old-fashioned tulip-shaped fluorescent light.
A bookshelf lined with problem books that can't be misplaced, and tacky marguerite curtains.
In this silent room, I
look around.
（W-Wait? What's going on? ）
It's not Fumio-chi's room, it's not my room, it's not the waiting room of a girl's bar.
But It's the second floor of the girls' dormitory. It's Takaka Takata's room on the second floor of the girls' dormitory.
（...Umm, well, if I think about it, pako-pako with Fumio-chi saved up enough money to repay, right? ）
Then as I got off the bed and looked into the mirror, what I saw was a plain pigtailed woman in a school uniform wearing dorky glasses.
（МJD (Seriously)? ）
I can't keep up with my thoughts. What kind of trick is it to restore the color of my deeply roasted skin, let alone my hair color?
（...But still, it’s lame, huh, my appearance ）
At any rate, I unfasten my kimono and take off my glasses.
My eyesight seems to have recovered, and I can see more clearly when I take off my glasses.
At least, my mind has sorted out the situation, but inside my heart, I'm so confused that I can't believe it.
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「Hey! Fumio-chi, isn't that too much? I'm going to die! It's shocking me to the max! 」
But the next moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.
What I saw was a room for two people with a single bed on either side of the room.
There was a stuffed bear belonging to the girl who shared the room with me, looking at me with its inorganic eyes.
「Shocking... me... eh!? Haaaaaa! 」
An old frosted glass window, completely dark outside, lit by an old-fashioned tulip-shaped fluorescent light.
A bookshelf lined with problem books that can't be misplaced, and tacky marguerite curtains.
In this silent room, I
look around.
（W-Wait? What's going on? ）
It's not Fumio-chi's room, it's not my room, it's not the waiting room of a girl's bar.
But It's the second floor of the girls' dormitory. It's Takaka Takata's room on the second floor of the girls' dormitory.
（...Umm, well, if I think about it, pako-pako with Fumio-chi saved up enough money to repay, right? ）
Then as I got off the bed and looked into the mirror, what I saw was a plain pigtailed woman in a school uniform wearing dorky glasses.
（МJD (Seriously)? ）
I can't keep up with my thoughts. What kind of trick is it to restore the color of my deeply roasted skin, let alone my hair color?
（...But still, it’s lame, huh, my appearance ）
At any rate, I unfasten my kimono and take off my glasses.
My eyesight seems to have recovered, and I can see more clearly when I take off my glasses.
At least, my mind has sorted out the situation, but inside my heart, I'm so confused that I can't believe it.
「Yes」
（That unreliable
girl...）
I
can't help but feel that way.
After
seeing her clumsiness like that...
Well,
although she's clumsy, she's cute...
But
until a little while ago, I also thought that Tashiro-san was a perfect human,
with a pair of bright eyes, perfect teeth, good looks, and both literary and
physical abilities.
If
that's how Saori-chan still sees Tashiro-san, there's no need to disparage her.
「I
think the new captain, Amemiya-senpai, is a bit scary... Many of the other
senior are also weird people...」
「Weird
people... huh」
（Kei-chan
and Shiratori-san are the two second-year students of the track and field
club... they look like weird people to me too...）
「Are
you scared of the new captain?」
「No, I
don't mean that... But she fights a lot with the first-years... and... she gets
mad at me a lot」
（Okay,
Amemiya's punishment is confirmed）
I'll
tell her physically to favor Saori-chan as much as she can.
「I
think the coach is also a little scary...」
（Also,
Jolanda is in! On the punishment list!）
When I
raised my eyebrows, Saori-chan waved her hands in the air as if to make up for
it.
「But,
you know, it's not like I'm being bullied or anything during practice...」
「Bullied?」
「Well,
the track and field club are fine, but a girl from another club said that as
soon as the third year retired, their second year member started bullying the
first year」
「Is
that so?」
「Yeah,
it seems like the basketball club is having a hard time...」
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The
girl that Detective JK was suspicious of is Saori Moribe.
We
first talked to her through Sato-chan's introduction, and she was really a
quiet girl, just like my brother found out before.
She
seemed to be reserved and timid, and to all intents and purposes, harmless.
I'm
not sure why Detective JK has set their eyes on her, and even if I wanted to
confirm it, those two are now missing.
（I
remember Onii-chan saying that she was supposed to have died before and that
her personality was drastically different before and after that...）
That
makes me suspicious.
（I
think the flag that she's a demon is still standing...）
And
so, it was by chance that I saw her today.
When I
walked by to buy a notebook for the new school year, I noticed Saori Moribe
dressed up in front of the Chobi statue in front of the station.
Apparently,
she did not notice me.
The
time was just before ten o'clock. If she was standing in front of the statue of
Chobi, she must be waiting for someone.
From
here on, I was not suspicious, but rather curious.
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「Hey! Fumio-chi, isn't that too much? I'm going to die! It's shocking me to the max! 」
But the next moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.
What I saw was a room for two people with a single bed on either side of the room.
There was a stuffed bear belonging to the girl who shared the room with me, looking at me with its inorganic eyes.
「Shocking... me... eh!? Haaaaaa! 」
An old frosted glass window, completely dark outside, lit by an old-fashioned tulip-shaped fluorescent light.
A bookshelf lined with problem books that can't be misplaced, and tacky marguerite curtains.
In this silent room, I
look around.
（W-Wait? What's going on? ）
It's not Fumio-chi's room, it's not my room, it's not the waiting room of a girl's bar.
But It's the second floor of the girls' dormitory. It's Takaka Takata's room on the second floor of the girls' dormitory.
（...Umm, well, if I think about it, pako-pako with Fumio-chi saved up enough money to repay, right? ）
Then as I got off the bed and looked into the mirror, what I saw was a plain pigtailed woman in a school uniform wearing dorky glasses.
（МJD (Seriously)? ）
I can't keep up with my thoughts. What kind of trick is it to restore the color of my deeply roasted skin, let alone my hair color?
（...But still, it’s lame, huh, my appearance ）
At any rate, I unfasten my kimono and take off my glasses.
My eyesight seems to have recovered, and I can see more clearly when I take off my glasses.
At least, my mind has sorted out the situation, but inside my heart, I'm so confused that I can't believe it.
I
wanted to go home after confirming the person with whom she was meeting, but
the person never showed up.
After
about an hour of hiding behind a signboard of a convenience store, a man
finally made contact with Saori Moribe.
（A man
means a date... I wonder what I'm doing. I'm just an onlooker, really...）
Just
as I let out a sigh, I suddenly felt something cold run down my spine.
（Fumio...
Kijima?）
The
other man was Fumio Kijima, a keeper of rare animals.
Shiratori-senpai
said he was cleared of suspicion, but I still think Fumio Kijima is suspicious.
That's what my brother said.
A girl
suspected of being a demon has come into contact with Fumio Kijima.
Suddenly,
she's connected to the real deal.
Not
caring that I came to buy a notebook, I decided to follow them.
The
devil and Fumio Kijima, if I could catch them doing something bad here, I could
even take them to the police.
I
followed them through the station gates and boarded the next car.
I
watch them through the window. However, they don't seem to be talking much, and
Saori Moribe keeps her head down.
（They
don't seem to be very close... but still, I wonder how far they are going...）
It
takes about an hour by train.
And
after three stops into the next prefecture, they got off at Kaihin-Koen
Station.
I
followed them, barely out of sight. It seems that they are heading for the
aquarium.
（This
isn't really just a date, is it?）
The
atmosphere between them is still distant, even though it is a date.
They
are not holding hands, nor walking apart, but Saori Moribe is holding the hem
of Kijima's polo shirt as they walk.
They
walk into a fastfood restaurant in a shopping mall.
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The
time was around twelve o'clock.
I sat
down on a bench where I could see inside the restaurant and watched them
through the glass.
They
are just eating, exchanging a few words. There is no indication that anyone is
making contact with them. No contact.
As a
matter of fact, shortly after they entered the restaurant, a number of
suspicious people entered the restaurant.
And
all of these suspicious people were sitting in a place where Kijima had a blind
spot.
One pair
was a petite girl with huge breasts and a gal.
The
other pair was a pair of slender, model-like figures.
And the
other pair again was tall, with short cuts and ponytails.
What's
suspicious is that they're all wearing sunglasses.
They
are probably trying to disguise themselves, but the density of their sunglasses
is excessive.
「What's
this... Could it be that they're watching them too?」
As I
raised my eyebrows, I heard a voice behind me whispering, "Looks like it,
Kizuna".
When I
turned around in surprise, I saw a familiar figure standing there.
Shiratori-senpai
and Takasago-senpai with their mouths full of crepes.
Both
of them were also wearing sunglasses.
There
are many things I want to say, but for now I'll just say one thing.
「Um...
isn't your disguise too rough?」
