My love index is at its maximum.

"Huh, your main wife and concubines?" Murakami Mizuiro looked embarrassed and asked hesitantly, "If I, an outsider, join in, wouldn't I just be a third wheel?"

“Rumors…” Tsukasa Tazaki shook his head helplessly. “If you want to participate, come with me to the ATF club, otherwise go back to your soccer club.”

Murakami Mizuiro put her hands in her pockets and said, "Let's go."

The two walked through the elevated corridor and arrived at the fifth floor of the club building.

The boisterous sounds, symbolizing youth, entered my ears from all directions.

The corridors echoed with the enthusiastic discussions of teenagers about club activities, the playground resounded with the clanging of metal baseball bats and the sharp whistles of referees, the wind instruments played their flutes and orchestral instruments, and a flock of pigeons cooed in the courtyard.

So what are the people in the ATF department doing?

In short, Tazaki Tsukasa did nothing but drink tea, read books, and stare at Kuriyama Sakura's legs. Kuriyama Sakura, as the club president, did equally nothing but drink tea, read books, feed the cat, and occasionally make sarcastic remarks about Tazaki Tsukasa.

A club that has absolutely no purpose.

In Shimamoto Kana's words, this club was a microcosm of their youth, a completely zero-point youth.

While lamenting his minister's incompetence, Tsukasa Tazaki pushed open the door to the activity room.

As usual, Kuriyama Sakura was reading a book.

"Sardine" looked up from the table and stared at Tsukasa Tazaki with an unfriendly expression.

On the sofa, Shiori Ninomiya greeted him with a smile: "Kiki, you're too slow."

Next door to her was a blonde...

Tsukasa Tazaki frowned. What was Yui Kikawa doing here?

"Hello, Kuriyama-kun." Murakami Mizuiro jumped out from behind Tazaki Tsukasa and greeted him somewhat awkwardly. "Tazaki and I have discussed it and we plan to..."

He was only halfway through his sentence when his gaze swept over the other two girls on the sofa, and he immediately swallowed the rest of his words.

Yui glanced at the doorway and said calmly, "I plan to be in a group with Ninomiya-kun."

Murakami Mizuiro gave an awkward but polite smile, then turned to Tazaki Tsukasa: "The purpose of the ATF club isn't to become your harem club, is it?"

Tsukasa Tazaki felt wronged.

To be honest, even if he had the will, he wouldn't have the guts.

Chapter 133 The "Super Energetic Tuna Girl" Project.

Murakami Mizusaka stood there dumbfounded, his hundred-odd pounds of flesh teetering between being rolled away and not being rolled away.

It started raining again outside, and he felt that he shouldn't be here, but should go to the playground and get soaked in the rain.

The pigeons flew away from the courtyard, cooing softly.

Tsukasa Tazaki turned to look at him, then opened her mouth: "Murakami, I..."

"Don't say anything, I understand." Murakami Mizuiro looked righteous and dignified. Before Tazaki Tsukasa could understand his meaning, he nodded vigorously and turned to leave.

"No, you stay..."

Before Tsukasa Tazaki could finish speaking, the footsteps in the hallway had already disappeared.

Looking back at the activity room, Kuriyama Sakura's lips curved slightly, her gleaming eyes staring at him as if she were examining an overly vigorous shrub.

Tazaki knew she just wanted to watch the show, so he sat down on the other side of the L-shaped sofa, picked up a book from the table, and leaned back on the sofa to read it.

"Ah~" Kuriyama Sakura yawned and said lazily, "The rainy season is always so boring, thankfully it's not today." Then, she picked up the bewildered chubby orange cat and grabbed its two front paws: "Sardines want to see it too, right?"

Meow~!

The chubby orange cat meowed.

It wasn't interested in the emotional entanglements between two-legged creatures, but with both paws being held, it had no choice but to let out a perfunctory cry.

The sky was dim, as if night had fallen early. In contrast, the activity room, illuminated by fluorescent lights, was unnaturally bright, as if isolated from the world. Kuriyama Sakura placed the orange cat on her lap, opened the window a crack, and the air that seeped in was filled with the scent of damp earth.

Tazaki Tsukasa looked up at her and noticed that she was holding a foreign language book. He couldn't quite tell what language it was, but he could tell from the Latin alphabet that it was a Romance language.

“Kiki…” Shiori Ninomiya reached out her hand, smiling like a wild cat that loves to be close to people: “Say something, otherwise I always feel like I’ve done something wrong.”

Yui Kikawa glanced sideways, noticing out of the corner of her eye that was tugging at Tsukasa Tazaki's sleeve.

Are these two really that close...?

The blonde girl crossed her legs, remaining silent, her calves swaying slightly beneath her white pantyhose.

A loud clap of thunder came from outside.

Tsukasa Tazaki closed the book and looked at Shiori Ninomiya: "Why didn't you go to the kendo club to be a kendo girl today?"

"The armor and bamboo sword are all wet, I don't want to touch them." The little cutie chuckled, her tone becoming somewhat amused. "Besides, looking at an ice troll all day will ruin my mood."

Frost Troll...

Tazaki Tsukasa's mind conjured up Takeuchi Takumi's round face, and he couldn't help but smile wryly: "Although that description is quite accurate, it's not good to judge a book by its cover."

"understand!"

Shiori Ninomiya nodded obediently, looking like a primary school student attentively listening to a lesson.

"What's wrong with her?" Tsukasa Tazaki glanced at Yui Kawakawa, who had no expression on her face.

"Oh, it's like this. After class today, Kikawa came to me and said she was planning to invite me to participate in this workplace event. I thought about it and decided to bring her along to ask for your opinion, since we're still missing one person, right?"

"I see." Tsukasa Tazaki nodded, then looked at Yui Kichikawa: "Why?"

Her clear blue eyes stared at him, and a melodious voice, devoid of any emotion, rang out: "In my initial plan, I need Ninomiya-kun's help."

"No problem, we'll form groups of four."

Tsukasa Tazaki readily agreed.

Yui Kichikawa was probably taken aback by his bluntness and was momentarily stunned. During her silence, the only sound in the activity room was the soft patter of rain.

Kuriyama Sakura scratched the fat cat's chin, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Based on her understanding of Tsukasa Tazaki, the blonde girl was probably being used as a tool for this event. After all, she had absolutely no interest in workplace activities, and Tsukasa Tazaki probably felt the same way. Relying on Shiori Ninomiya alone would likely result in very poor scores for all three of them.

With the addition of Yui Kikawa, who strives for perfection in everything, things are definitely much easier.

"I'll go make you some tea..."

Shiori Ninomiya stood up with a smile and used a stainless steel teapot to boil water.

The tea leaves are gone.

I had no choice but to make coffee instead.

Boil the water, wait 30 seconds, then pour the water over the coffee grounds. The fine, pure coffee grounds absorb the hot water and begin to slowly expand, releasing a warm aroma that fills the activity room.

Kuriyama Sakura closed the book and looked at Tazaki Tsukasa: "There are donuts in the refrigerator, let's take them out and serve them to our guests."

Fat Orange stretched out its limbs on her lap and exhaled with a "whoosh".

Tsukasa Tazaki walked to the refrigerator, took out the donuts, and casually placed the sugar cubes and condensed milk for coffee on the coffee table.

"Here it comes..."

Shiori Ninomiya presented each of the three people with a mug filled with coffee.

Tsukasa Tazaki added a sugar cube to his coffee, but no condensed milk. The coffee tasted slightly bitter. After drinking half of it, he ate a donut.

It was past five o'clock, and it was already quite dark outside the window. The lights on the school path began to come on. In the distance, the top of a crane also lit up with a red light. In the thick twilight, the fine, needle-like rain continued to fall.

This coffee time... well... the donuts were delicious, and the coffee was rich and aromatic, but the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Kuriyama Sakura seemed fine. She rested her cheek on her hand the whole time, engrossed in reading the book on the table, occasionally taking a sip of coffee.

The little cutie was alright; she spent most of her time looking down at her phone, occasionally glancing up at Tsukasa Tazaki with a smile and chatting about trivial things that happened at school, the weather, the scenery, and other random, rambling things.

What made Tsukasa Tazaki uncomfortable was Yui Kikawa, who stared at him silently for a long time.

His gaze was straight and sharp, filled with a sense of inquiry, like that of an elderly mechanical engineer carefully examining an extremely precious and precise instrument.

For some inexplicable reason, she also caught the little tablet's curiosity?

Although Tsukasa Tazaki was puzzled, he didn't ask. He did have some special feelings for the blonde girl, but not enough to attract her.

"It feels very strange..."

After staring at it for a long time, Qichuan Wei tilted her head slightly and turned the cup in her palm: "In the past, you would put at least three sugar cubes in your coffee."

"You remember it quite clearly." Tsukasa Tazaki picked up the book he had just read and leaned back on the sofa to continue flipping through it.

Yui Kichikawa's gaze fell on the book cover, and she said to him, "Before, I wanted to drink sweeter coffee because I felt life was bitter. Is reality the opposite now?"

"It can be considered that the bitterness has finally given way to happiness."

Kikawa Yui took a small sip of coffee, lowered her head to ponder his words, and gently stroked the rim of the cup with her fingertips.

Before high school, she had always been the one to dictate how the two got along.

Unless she speaks, Tazaki Tsukasa won't initiate a conversation. But when she does speak, he'll respond politely. Hmm, he seems like a well-behaved younger brother.

If you feel tired, talking to him is always a good idea.

Looking back now, those days are gone forever.

But it's not all bad, Yui thought to herself. It's really annoying that sixteen or seventeen-year-old male high school students are racking their brains to come up with one topic after another to win the favor of girls.

As he slowly swallowed the coffee in his cup, Tsukasa Tazaki savored the taste on his taste buds while flipping through the book in his hands.

When it was almost time, he asked Qichuan Wei, "Tell me your plan, and let the four of us discuss it together."

Qichuan Yui put down her cup, took out a notebook and a ballpoint pen from her bag, spread them out, and tapped the pen tip on the paper: "I plan to shoot an advertising video with the selling point of 'Super Energetic Tuna Girl'. The theme is the two processes of tuna acquisition and production."

"A super energetic tuna girl? That sounds amazing."

The little cutie exclaimed in surprise, clasped her hands together against her cheeks, tilted her head, and smiled: "Does the 'super energetic girl' refer to me?"

The other three men stared at her with looks that said, "Who else but you?"

"hey-hey……"

The Hokkaido girl smiled adorably, then tugged at the hem of her pleated skirt with a hint of insecurity, her face scrunched up: "But I've never even had a professional photoshoot before, can I shoot a promotional video instead?"

“You don’t need to act. Just show your most natural side in front of the camera,” Yui Kikawa said with an appreciative tone, then lowered her head to write down the inspiration that had suddenly popped into her head.

Will Kiki appear on camera with me?