Tokyo: Idol Girls have absolutely no bad intentions!

Ito watched as Takikawa diligently copied his homework. Finally, after writing the last symbol, Takikawa exhaled and capped his pen.

"Finally finished writing, Ito. Your handwriting is a bit bad."

"It's good enough if some of it is copied, why be so picky?"

Takikawa handed both of their assignments to the class representative who was in charge of collecting them, and said with a smile, "Nomura-kun, thank you for your help."

Ito could only vaguely remember the girl's surname, but he couldn't be sure, and he had no idea what her given name was.

So he was surprised that Takikawa could call the person by name and that the person looked flattered.

After the girl named Nomura left, Takikawa turned around, raised an eyebrow at Ito provocatively, and looked smug.

She was completely different from her gentle demeanor just moments ago.

"How long are you going to maintain this state?" Ito pointed to the table where the two of them were leaning against each other.

"What do you mean?" Takikawa asked, puzzled.

“I remember last Thursday, your first day here, Mr. Toji reminded you to go to the student affairs office to pick up your textbooks.” Ito took out the books for the next class. “You haven’t gone yet, have you?”

"Huh~ Is that so?" Takikawa looked surprised, then quickly regained his composure. "That's not important, is it? Are you shy, Ito?"

“It’s only natural to feel this way when you’re so close to a beautiful girl like me. Ito, I don’t blame you.” Takikawa said nonsensically as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

At the same time, a girl approached Takikawa and struck up a conversation, finally freeing Ito from the mental pollution.

He was afraid that if he continued talking to this girl, he would become like her.

Takikawa gently swept her long hair back, lightly brushing the stray hairs beside her ears, a soft smile on her lips.

Listen patiently to what the other person has to say, and then give an appropriate response, such as, "Oh, I didn't know you could do it this way? Thank you."

The wind outside blew into the classroom, making the girl opposite her's hair a little messy, but she still maintained her high enthusiasm and talked with Takikawa. While listening, Takikawa got up and fixed her hair.

"Your hairstyle looks great." A simple compliment brought a blush to the other person's face.

After the preparatory bell rang and I briefly said goodbye to Takikawa, the surrounding classmates returned to their seats one after another.

Ito clearly saw that the girl whose hair Takikawa had fixed was still in a daze.

He glanced at Takikawa; her clear, sky-blue eyes were full of warmth and approachability.

Being good-looking really does allow you to do whatever you want.

Class had already started, and according to the rules, Ito should have been on break, but Takikawa clearly wasn't going to let him off the hook.

"Do me a favor," she said, her eyes fixed on the blackboard.

"I won't help." Ito refused outright.

Having anticipated this outcome, Takikawa's expression remained unchanged. She took notes and spoke again, "Come with me to get the textbooks later."

"Go and call Naoto Shinno."

"Okay." Takikawa nodded. "Would you like a drink?"

"If you want to drink it, you can pay for it yourself, or ask Naoto Shinno."

"That makes sense." Takikawa nodded again. "Then..."

"Get to the point," Ito interrupted her.

"Would you like to help me shoot a short video?" She turned to the next page of the book Ito had placed in the middle of his desk. "To post on TikTok."

"Why is it called filming this video?" Ito yawned. "And it has nothing to do with me."

“Of course it’s related.” Takikawa pulled a document stamped with the school seal from his desk and placed it on Ito’s desk.

While looking at the documents, Ito listened to Takikawa say, "I will be staying at school for a month, but I can't cut off from social interaction. The company requires me to shoot at least one short video and post it on TikTok every week."

"You're the one who left me here, so you have to help me."

Ito placed the documents on the table and pinched his brow, feeling a headache coming on.

This document was given to him by Nagano Sae. At the time, he thought it was just an A-rank mission to keep people there, but he didn't expect it to be an S-rank mission with a follow-up story.

What would happen if I didn't make short videos?

"It won't affect me much." Takikawa's eyelashes drooped. "It's just that according to regulations, my subsidy will be suspended for three months, and I don't know when the next announcement will be..."

"OK OK."

Ito couldn't stand it anymore. His words implied that if they didn't film, they wouldn't get paid.

"So how do you want me to help you?"

After he said those words, he saw a subtle smile appear on Takikawa's lips.

Chapter 72 Working? Working!

"Don't sleep, and don't disturb Takikawa-kun." The bespectacled teacher gave Ito a stern reprimand.

Many students turned around, and from their perspective, Takikawa was listening attentively to the lecture and taking notes, while Ito was bothering him.

His arm did indeed cross the center line of the desk, and his gaze remained fixed on Anna Takikawa.

After being reminded by his teacher, Ito straightened his head and felt gazes from all directions, each carrying a different emotion.

Envy and jealousy can be ignored, but what about murderous intent?

Led by the girl whose hair had been fixed by Takikawa, she was now holding a pen nib in her hand and pointing it at Ito's throat.

The classroom returned to order, and the morning light was cut into cold beams by the art knife placed on the table by the girl in the front row, reflecting into Ito's retina, making it a little dazzling.

Takikawa, who was sitting to the side, chuckled softly.

Just as Ito was about to speak, the head teacher on the podium gave him a cold look.

He could only shut up in frustration, glance at the gloating Anna Takikawa, and then choose to go to sleep.

Watching Ito fall asleep with his head on his arm, Takikawa looked slightly bored and started drawing in his notebook.

When the bell rang, the classroom became noisy again, and several girls walked towards Anna Takikawa.

Takikawa pointed at Ito, who was resting on the table, and put his finger to his lips, signaling him to be quiet.

The girls exchanged glances and then nodded knowingly.

Ito turned his head, which was resting on the table, to face Takikawa. "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

"Help me come up with the content for the video, then film it with me. After that, I'll hand it over to my agent, who will decide whether it's suitable for release. That's the process."

"What good will it do me to do this, besides getting you to pay back the money?"

"To gain the favor of this beautiful girl." Takikawa smiled at Ito.

"Say something useful."

“Alright.” Takikawa said helplessly, “You can add some personal touches to the video content, such as having me film a duet with Asada. You want to mentor her, right? This is a rare opportunity.”

Ito nodded, indicating that he understood. "So, when should the video be submitted? By which day of the week?"

"Whatever, as long as we can produce one per week."

Things have become more complicated. First, there's the stage play that's going to be prepared soon, then tickets for the Tokyo Rock Festival, and now there's the little side project of filming TikTok videos every week.

"Got an idea yet, genius Ito-kun?" Takikawa Oon deliberately dragged out his words in a long, soft voice, with a hint of teasing.

Ito sat up straight, looked at the cherry blossom trees swaying in the wind outside the window, paused for a moment, and nodded gently.

"Wow!" Takikawa Anzu's eyes suddenly widened. "You really have an idea!"

Before she could finish speaking, she forcibly turned Ito's head to look at her, and the familiar scent of her hair wafted over her. "Tell me quickly! I haven't been sleeping well these past few days because of thinking about this."

Yuji Ito frowned slightly; he recognized the scent—it was the fragrance of his newly purchased shampoo.

Yesterday I noticed that the shampoo I just bought was one-fifth less, and it turns out the culprit was Anna Takikawa.

Habitual offender Takikawa, charged with: intentional homicide involving curry rice and intentional injury involving shampoo.

"After school this afternoon, go to the rooftop, and I'll tell you there."

Upon hearing Ito's words, Anna Takikawa became wary, instantly withdrawing her hand to protect herself, her gaze fixed intently on Ito.

The atmosphere suddenly became serious. The wind blew the curtains and also stirred the strands of hair around Takikawa's ears.

"I'm sorry, my behavior may have caused you to misunderstand and develop feelings for me, leading you to make this decision. I'm truly sorry, I cannot accept this."

Her light blue eyes were exceptionally beautiful, and her voice was also very pleasant.

"What exactly are you talking about?" Ito frowned at the other person. "It's just that the rooftop is a spacious area, and there are no disturbances, making it suitable for rehearsals and filming."

Takikawa suddenly reached out and brushed her hair aside, her movements quicker than usual. Her gaze darted away, as she had just reacted to the words "rooftop."

“I thought you’d be on the rooftop…” she suddenly pointed to the questions in the book, “I’m glad you didn’t get them X’d again.”

Some of his rambling and incoherent remarks left Ito completely bewildered.

He planned to have Takigawa dance "God's Drifting" which, along with "Annoying" it became a viral hit on the internet after the last cultural festival.

Perhaps thanks to Anna Takikawa, which served as excellent publicity, he decided to use the dance from "God's Flow" as the video material for this week.

TikTok records the good things in life.

If Asada were to ride on Takikawa's coattails, it would likely further boost their YouTube video likes and increase music playback on iTunes.

We've taken another step closer to meeting the requirements for the Tokyo Rock Festival.

He felt ashamed when he thought about how seriously Ume Airiko, the lead singer of Sakata SAK, had made that promise to him.

Using the Master Bass Experience Card is fine; at least it improved their self-perception and subtly increased their mystique.

But he's the only one who doesn't know about the Tokyo Rock Festival, which puts him in a rather passive position.

Speaking of which...

Ito glanced at Takikawa, who was scribbling haphazardly. Iketani Rin, who was receiving the same treatment as her, should have been at school right now.

Perhaps we could consider pushing her bass skills a bit harder, since she's not as controlled by the company as Takikawa.

He could get Rin Iketani to do voice acting for him without worrying about breaching his contract.

New free labor!

Thinking this, his eyes gradually brightened.