Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 464 The Hidden Camera Incident (Part 1)

For students at Seongnam Private High School, the chances of seeing police officers during school hours are quite rare.

On the one hand, it benefited from the relatively good public security in Bunkyo Ward, and on the other hand, the Seonan Private High School was quite a distance from the police station.

Therefore, many students cast curious glances at Eda Ikumi, who was dressed in a police uniform.

Why do I feel like I've become a protected animal?

Feeling the gazes directed at her from all directions, Eda Ikumi shook her head and chuckled self-deprecatingly.

“No doubt about it, that’s it.” Risa Yasuhara patted her shoulder, giving her a reassuring look. “For the students of Jonan Private High School, the chance to see you is extremely rare. In a sense, seeing you at school is no less than drawing an SSR in a mobile game. By the way, do you know what SSR means?”

Compared to her own remarkably youthful mindset, Yu Mei feels somewhat out of touch with today's young people.

Therefore, she most likely wouldn't understand this professional terminology from mobile games.

"I'm not an ancient Homo sapiens, I know this much."

Eda Ikumi rolled her eyes, slapped her best friend's hand off her shoulder in annoyance, and then started searching for that figure in Class C.

"Don't bother looking, it's right there."

Risa Yasuhara raised her chin, gesturing for her best friend to look ahead.

Watanabe Yu and Kiriyama Kazuma stood arm in arm beside the synthetic track, discussing something with an air of confidence.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Eda Ikumi looked in the direction she indicated. After confirming Watanabe Yu's location, she didn't waste any words and quickly followed her there with boundless energy.

"Still as impatient as ever."

Watching her best friend's retreating figure, Risa Yasuhara shook her head, sighed, and then followed her half a step slower.

Although Yumi said that this matter was entrusted by the principal, the other teachers in the school are most likely unaware of it, and the students are also most likely unaware of it. In order to avoid unnecessary rumors, it would be best if Yumi were present when she and Yu were talking about the paparazzi.

Otherwise, it's easy for gossip to become a major problem.

"Watanabe!"

"Sister Eda?"

Hearing that highly recognizable mature female voice, Watanabe Yu subconsciously turned around.

After confirming that he hadn't misheard and that the person in front of him was indeed the short-haired policewoman, he looked at her with some confusion.

Generally speaking, police officers do not enter schools unless there is an emergency.

This will have a negative impact on public opinion, and it will also generate some rumors that could have been avoided.

"I have something to tell you, or to put it another way, you need to know."

Eda Ikumi could tell what he was thinking, but instead of answering his question, she threw out this sentence first.

She didn't know Kiriyama and Ma, so to be on the safe side, it would be best to send the latter away.

"what?"

Watanabe Yu prides himself on being a person with a rather unconventional way of thinking, but in the current situation, he is truly at a loss.

But the fact that he didn't grasp the soul doesn't mean that Kiriyama and Kazuma couldn't understand the policewoman's implied meaning.

"You guys chat, I'm going to see Maki."

Although he really wanted to gossip about why the police were looking for You, since the policewoman had already said so, he couldn't just shamelessly stay there any longer.

After patting Watanabe Yu on the shoulder, Kiriyama Kazuma turned and left quite decisively.

"so……"

"Let's talk over there."

Eda Ikumi interrupted Watanabe Yu, pointing to the shade of a tree not far away.

It's quieter over there compared to here, with fewer people and less attention.

Meanwhile, this scene also caught the attention of many students.

"Are they police officers?"

"Yes."

What are the police doing at our school?

"Could it be related to an investigation?"

"You mean something like the bombing incidents shown in those movies?"

"Are you out of your mind? This is Tokyo, and not in a subway station."

"So what kind of case could it be?"

"Could it be a follow-up to his previous act of bravery? An additional award after a year?"

"This is a bit too much..."

Shh! Professor Yasuhara is here!

A murmur of discussion arose among the students, then quickly subsided.

Thanks to Risa Yasuhara's good reputation among students and her strictness in class, she is quite influential among the teachers in the entire second year of high school. She is someone that students both respect, love, and fear.

Moreover, this is not limited to Class C; it applies to all the classes she teaches.

But perhaps Professor Anhara didn't care at all, or perhaps their imaginations were too wild and completely irrelevant. In any case, Professor Anhara, who was passing by, didn't say anything to them. Instead, he quickened his pace and caught up with the two figures that were gradually disappearing into the distance.

"Hiss, I suddenly realized a possibility!"

Watching Risa Anhara's figure disappear from sight, the boy who had just been scolded for being crazy pushed up his glasses.

"You said."

The boy next to him chimed in.

"There was a not-so-reliable rumor in the grade before, that Watanabe from Class C was actually Watanabe, the singer who lived in Kamakura."

The boy wearing glasses shared his guess.

"so?"

The boy next to him frowned.

"So, did that policeman receive some inside information, like that paparazzi are going to infiltrate our school?" The bespectacled boy shrugged. "You know our principal has always been averse to the entertainment-oriented aspects of school life."

"Let's continue talking about bombs."

The boy rolled his eyes.

This is simply unrealistic. The person stirring up trouble on the internet is actually your classmate. Such a plot only exists in TV dramas.

And it's one of those old-fashioned Korean dramas, like the one where the domineering CEO only loves Cinderella.

Put yourself in his shoes. If he were that resident singer, his thought wouldn't be to go back to school, but to seize this opportunity, sign with a big company, debut as a singer, and rake in money like crazy.

"What do you mean!"

The boy wearing glasses got anxious.

"Literally speaking, the possibility you're talking about is no less than the probability that I confessed to Hamabe in our class and she was so moved that she accepted my confession."

"..."

The boy wearing glasses fell silent.

He glanced at his best friend, then at Hamabe, who was sitting in front of him in class. After hesitating for a while, he sighed, then raised his hand and patted his best friend on the shoulder.

He simply couldn't bring himself to comfort the other person against his conscience.

He wasn't sure if the probability of the former was low or not, but the probability of the latter was indeed almost zero.

*
Under the shade of trees at the edge of the playground.

"So, Sister Jiangtian is looking for me?"

Watanabe Yu looked at Eda Ikumi in front of him and asked the question.

Ryoko was still sitting in his seat waiting for him.

Therefore, he'd better not delay too long.

"Insider information: paparazzi are trying to sneak in, expose your identity, and ruin your peaceful life."

Eda Ikumi shrugged and tried to keep the story brief.

She was mainly trying to explain the detailed reasons, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. She felt a sense of helplessness, as if she were the one bragging about him.

But thinking about it carefully, Watanabe Yu is indeed quite exaggerated. When she was his age, she was still reading books, while he was already writing them, and most importantly, every single one of them was a bestseller, with high quality, profound ideas, and great depth.

He not only writes books, but he also sings, all of which are his own original songs.

Occasionally, he'll show up at a bar in Kamakura and cause a sensation online.

Ok……

Suddenly, I realized that explaining the reasons in detail made my feelings less complicated.

Let alone people of the same age, even if we broaden the scope to the forty-year-old age group, not many people can reach the level of Yu Watanabe.

How "insider information" is this?

Watanabe Yu didn't notice Eda Ikumi's rich inner monologue; he was more interested in this 'insider information'.

In theory, it's not difficult to track a person's whereabouts in modern society, but tracking a paparazzi is quite challenging, especially when the paparazzi hasn't done anything wrong.

"The source of the information is a rival newspaper to the entertainment newspaper that the paparazzi works for."

At this point, Eda Ikumi unconsciously looked away.

After Risa mentioned it, she suddenly realized that this was a business war, and a plain and simple one at that.

"...awesome."

Watanabe Yu was speechless for about ten seconds before finally managing to squeeze out those words.

"Logically speaking, this kind of thing shouldn't be done by us; it should be left to the subordinate garrisons. But unfortunately, your principal called our director, so the task fell to me."

Ikumi Eda shrugged.

The director meant that after catching that paparazzi, he needed to give him a good talking-to.

"Then, can I still participate in the sports meet?"

Watanabe Yu hesitated for a moment before asking a question.

"Theoretically speaking, it is possible, and it is also possible in practice, but if you are really worried, you can cancel it."

Risa Yasuhara, who arrived a step later, coughed lightly and joined the conversation.

Although if they declined, their class would lose two first places, there was nothing they could do about it.

“I think it’s fine to just participate normally.” Eda Yumi turned around and met her best friend’s gaze. “If you’re timid and hesitant, you’re more likely to plant this landmine. You might as well be more outgoing and take the initiative to bring it out.”

"What if you hook it out but don't catch it?"

Risa Yasuhara frowned and retorted without backing down.

She hadn't discussed this in detail with Yu Mei earlier, but now that it's been brought up, she suddenly realized that this method was somewhat risky.

Please believe me, okay?

Eda Ikumi uttered those words with a hint of helplessness.

But she could understand.

Because that's just Risa's personality; she truly cares about the students she values.

Not to mention that the student being valued was Watanabe Yu.

She even had a strong feeling that Risa treated Watanabe like a younger brother.

"Did you bring professional equipment?"

Risa Yasuhara's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little, and her tone softened as well.

"more or less."

Ikumi Eda nodded.

She not only brought professional equipment, but also learned detailed details about the other person's face, their habitual clothing style, and the size of the camera they usually carried.

Of course, this was thanks to that rival newspaper.

They contributed a great deal to this.

To outsiders, it's a bit complicated.

"What do you think, Yu-chan?"

Risa Yasuhara turned her head and looked at Yu Watanabe.

No matter what he said, she respected his opinion.

"I think we should participate however we feel comfortable with."

He had faith in Ikumi Eda's policing abilities.

Even if something goes wrong, frankly speaking, it's nothing serious. It's just being disturbed on the way to school. It's just that the resident singing was exposed, not that Jay's identity was revealed. It's not a big problem at all, and it's within his acceptable range.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ryoko said she wanted to watch him play.

"Then let's do it according to Yumi's wishes."

Risa Yasuhara glanced at Yu Watanabe, then at Ikumi Eda, before giving the latter a look that said, "I'm counting on you."

Her feelings were indeed quite complicated.

Reason told her she should advise You against making such a risky choice, but her emotions made her hesitate to speak.

"Don't worry, I definitely will..."

Eda Ikumi's words suddenly paused, and then she turned around and looked back without making a sound.

Thanks to the conscious nurturing she received from her family from a young age, and the training she received from her aunt, who was a criminal police officer and rose step by step to become a police superintendent, she has an exceptionally high level of visual acuity.

Soon, she spotted the adult man hiding in the crowd.

What needs to be said but cannot be said, the other party has indeed kept it very well hidden.

He was dressed in a suit, with a camera and a name tag hanging around his neck, and his hair was neatly combed.

At first glance, you wouldn't think he was a paparazzi at all; you'd just think he was a staff member hired by the school.

next second.

Seemingly noticing her turn around, the paparazzi boldly met her gaze and then raised his camera.

Eda Ikumi smiled slightly, moved closer to Watanabe Yu, and then gently patted his back, signaling him to turn around. Next, she waved to Yasuhara Risa, signaling her to come over.

The three of them stood in a row like that.

Watanabe Yu was in the middle, with Risa and Watanabe Yu standing on either side.

"Relax, strike a pose."

She whispered a reminder to Watanabe Yu and Risa.

"Ah."

Risa Yasuhara nodded, took a deep breath, and then smiled, placing her hands folded in front of her lower abdomen.

She has the air of a well-bred young lady.

Despite Watanabe Yuna's height, which doesn't quite resemble that of a high school student, she inexplicably possessed a petite and delicate charm.

"...?"

Eda Ikumi pouted and glanced at her best friend with a hint of helplessness.

Sigh, someone's little scheme.

Unlike her, who remained steadfast in her stance from beginning to end.

She casually put her arm around Watanabe Yu's shoulder and then made a peace sign.

The paparazzi paused for a second, then picked up his camera, zoomed in, adjusted the aperture and focus, and then squatted down to take a professional picture of the three of them.

"OK!"

He put down his camera and waved to them.

then……

He then saw the short-haired policewoman walking towards him with a smile.

She probably wants the negatives of the photos? For something like collecting them.

he thinks.

(End of this chapter)