People at the practical education center only want to drop out.

However, the girl was "unhappy": "I didn't come here to cut in line!"

Bai Lan: "So what are you here for?"

"Are you Bai Lan?" the girl asked.

"Yes what's the matter?"

Someone invited you to dinner; she's covering your lunch expenses today.

"What's the price?"

"Someone wants to talk to you."

"can."

"Hmm? Aren't you going to ask who it is first?" The girl asked in surprise at Bai Lan's straightforwardness.

"It's okay, it's just a few more steps. If you're not interested, I can just leave after I finish eating. A few steps for a big meal, this is a good deal~" Bai Lan said with a roguish look.

That's not actually the case.

In fact, Bai Lan had already recognized the girl's identity and, through that identity, learned the identity of the person behind her.

In order to find a suitable "target," Bai Lan investigated everyone in the first year.

While she wouldn't say she knew everyone inside and out, Bai Lan had a fairly deep impression of those with distinctive features or who seemed to have the most "criminal" aura.

Although Bai Lan had never met the girl in front of her, she still had a deep impression of her. This girl not only had distinctive features, but also had a strong "criminal aura".

If Bai Lan remembered correctly, this girl's name was Kamuro Masumi, and she was in Class A of the first year.

According to Bai Lan's information, Kamuro became the follower of Sakayanagi, who had met Bai Lan once before, shortly after enrolling in the school.

Judging from her often defiant demeanor, Bai Lan guessed that she might have some kind of leverage over Banliu.

At the time, Bai Lan also considered investigating the reasons behind it, to find out whether Kamuro's weakness was some kind of "personal privacy" that could not be disclosed to the public, or simply some kind of "criminal evidence".

If it's the former, Bai Lan plans to help her out and rescue her from Ban Yanagi's clutches, while also incurring the wrath of Ban Yanagi, who is suspected of "running a school at home".

If the problem is serious, you can send Sakayanagi away directly.

If it's the latter, then the situation is much more complicated.

However, after a period of observation and investigation, Bai Lan also figured out what exactly was Kamuro's weakness.

This is theft!

After learning the truth, Bai Lan felt that what Sakayanagi had done was actually similar to what he had wanted to do to "Karuizawa who threatened Hirata".

With that thought in mind, Bai Lan decided to stop paying attention to Sakayanagi's possession of Kamuro's secrets.

He felt that this was fine, but he regretted that he had arrived a step too late and had not been able to get his hands on this excellent convict and tool, which was beaten to the punch by Sakayanagi!

144. A Second Meeting with Sakayanagi

Kamuro is unaware that her secret has been discovered by anyone other than Sakayanagi, and therefore she continues to work diligently under the orders of Sakayanagi, whom she believes to be "the only person who knows her secret."

Upon recognizing Kamuro, a thought flashed through Bai Lan's mind: if he still wasn't expelled after beating Nagumo tomorrow, then for the foreseeable future, as a pastime and to further incur the school's wrath, Bai Lan would have to embark on the path of "dominating the first year."

Then, Class A, where Kamuro and Sakayanagi are located, will become Shirai's target.

The little secret in the Kamurocho room could obviously be a powerful weapon for Bai Lan to break through Class A from within.

At that time, Bai Lan might have the chance to say to Kamuro, "Kamuro-kun, you didn't want to... either."

It’s interesting to think about it.

Thinking of this, Bai Lan couldn't help but let out a strange laugh.

When Kamuro saw the strange smile on Shirai's face, he felt a chill run down his spine and shrank back.

But at this moment......

"Hey, can you find another place to flirt? Don't block the way and get other people ordering food!"

An urging voice sounded behind Bai Lan.

Bai Lan turned around and found that there was another person queuing up behind her at some point.

Because of her perspective, Kamuro had noticed the queue behind Shirai Lan early on. She wasn't surprised by the other person's urging, but even so, she reacted strongly to the other person's words. However, her focus was different from Shirai Lan's.

"What flirting?" Kamuro glared at the person speaking behind Shirai and retorted, "This doesn't look like... at all."

As he spoke, Kamuro seemed to be searching for some evidence to prove his innocence, and he assessed his current situation...

The boy's face was only a few dozen centimeters away from me.

Place your hand close to your left ear and press it against the wall behind you.

The wall behind me.

........

Connect all these conditions together, and then make some connections.

The next moment, a word flashed through Kamuro's mind, and then—

Wall bang?

Thinking of this, Kamuro couldn't help but glance at Shirai's face again.

He's quite handsome.

Then he looked at the hand beside his ear.

His hands also look very strong.

Kamuro suddenly realized that his heart was beating a little fast...

"Oh no! Could it be that I really have feelings for this type of guy? If that's the case, then what he said seems quite reasonable! Oh no! I'm not innocent!" Kamuro cried out in his mind.

"No, no! My heart is racing because of the misunderstanding earlier. I was startled by Bai Lan's reaction, which made my heart race. It hasn't calmed down yet. Don't get it wrong!"

Kamuro analyzed it this way in his mind, trying to convince himself with this explanation.

At the same time, Kamuro quickly took two steps back, leaving the "attack range" of Shirai's "wall slam".

Once they were away from Bai Lan, the sense of urgency they felt when facing dangerous creatures dissipated almost instantly.

Sure enough, she noticed that her heartbeat quickly and steadily stabilized.

The problem is that after his heartbeat calmed down, Kamuro did not feel "relieved" but instead felt a sense of "loss".

Kamuro suddenly realized that his analysis just now was completely unconvincing.

Is that really the answer?

Is my heart racing just because I'm scared?

Maybe yes.

But does being startled and having your heart race mean you can't like someone?

Just imagine, the feeling of being startled because of that misunderstanding...it's kind of exciting, even more exciting than stealing something!

In reality, the reason why Kamuro likes to steal is not because she is poor or greedy, but because she is sick!

She has a kleptomania!

But to be precise, she was addicted to the thrill of stealing, the feeling of being caught and suffering serious consequences if she wasn't careful!

In reality, despite Kamuro always appearing reluctant to do the tasks assigned to him by Sakayanagi,

But in fact, Kamuro was quite happy to do what Sakayanagi asked him to do.

The reason she was willing to obediently follow Sakayanagi's orders was not only because Sakayanagi knew her secret and used it to blackmail her, but also largely because the tasks Sakayanagi gave her were very exciting!

Sakayanagi often assigned Kamuro tasks involving intelligence gathering.

The methods of intelligence gathering mainly involve things like stalking, taking photos secretly, and wiretapping.

These behaviors are actually very similar to theft; they all involve concealing the "target" and being carried out secretly in order to complete the crime.

However, Sakayanagi deliberately kept things in check. The investigative tasks she arranged for Kamuro—stalking, secretly filming, and eavesdropping—would not have any serious consequences even if they were discovered, at least not like theft, which would involve criminal matters.

But Kamuro still gets a great deal of excitement from these missions.

Because Sakayanagi had explained the importance of these tasks to her.

Kamuro knew that his findings were of great value to the class.

If not done well, the class will lose the opportunity to gain huge benefits, or even suffer huge losses.

Therefore, Kamuro always carried out these tasks with the mindset that "if I get caught, I will lose millions of yen." In addition, the tasks assigned by Sakayanagi were much more difficult than stealing from convenience stores or supermarkets, and were easier to be discovered, making them very challenging.

Therefore, Kamuro felt that this was much more exciting than stealing from convenience stores and supermarkets!

Gradually, Kamuro developed a liking for Sakayanagi's missions rather than stealing from convenience stores and supermarkets.

Of course, she didn't like all of Sakayanagi's tasks. Kamuro disliked things like delivering messages or bringing food.

However, stimulating intelligence-gathering missions don't come every day.

Therefore, Kamuro sometimes falls into a boring phase due to a lack of excitement, and occasionally wants to do another "less exciting theft".

However, when Sakayanagi had no exciting investigative tasks to assign to Kamuro, he would keep Kamuro by his side all day and personally watch over him, preventing Kamuro from finding an opportunity to commit a crime.

The reason Bai Lan knew that Kamuro was a thief was because during Bai Lan's investigation of Kamuro, when Kamuro went to the supermarket with Sakayanagi, she couldn't help herself and had another episode of her illness, which was discovered by Bai Lan, who was following and investigating her at the time.

However, it wasn't just Shirayama who discovered Kamuro's theft; Sakayanagi, who was with Kamuro, was also among those who discovered it.

After discovering Kamuro's theft, Sakayanagi immediately said something sarcastic, after which Kamuro gritted his teeth and put the items back in their original places, stopping the crime.

Kamuro continued, his thoughts wandering: "I started liking to steal because I enjoyed the thrill of it!"

Since that's the case, it's not impossible that I might fall for Bai Lan, who can give me even greater excitement! Besides, I find her appearance quite 'pleasing to the eye'..."

Well, the most important thing is that it "looks good to the eye".

If it's just "scary," then there's no need for that.

While Kamuro was lost in thought, Shirai started ordering food because of the urging from the people in line behind her.

After accepting Banyan's invitation, Bai Lan, with the idea of ​​"eating the lavish meal," ordered a large meal without any hesitation.

If the school really was run by the Sakayanagi family, then it wouldn't be wrong to say that the Sakayanagi family is very wealthy.

Although Bai Lan didn't think that Ban Yanagi's student card account balance could be more than her own, that didn't stop Bai Lan from treating it like a big spender.