I, the mastermind behind the scenes at Soubu High, refuse to be caught in a bloodbath.

Chapter 077 Funny Face, [Kasumigaoka Utaha] is too terrible

Himeko accepted the business card and sat down in the middle of the long table in the conference room. Kasumigaoka hadn't arrived yet, but Ms. Sonoko had been chatting with him casually. Although most of the conversation was about Kasumigaoka himself, she would occasionally try to learn about Himeko's life. When she learned that Himeko was actually a high school student a year younger than Kasumigaoka, she was absolutely amazed.

“Speaking of which, I have a slightly private question I’d like to ask,” Ms. Sonoko winked her left eye at Himekoji and quietly asked, “What exactly is the relationship between Himekoji-kun and Shinobu? Are they boyfriend and girlfriend?”

"I'm sorry I couldn't do as you wished. She's just a close friend who came into contact with me by chance. I helped her with the writing because I don't have time to sit in front of the computer for long periods of time to type."

"What? After meeting Himekoji-kun, I only thought he was Shiko's boyfriend. After all, look how handsome you are."

"Well... not quite."

"Not yet! That means it might happen in the future, right?! Right!"

Miss Sonoko moved closer and closer, almost as if she wanted to stick to Himekoji. Although Miss Sonoko was indeed a beautiful woman, Himekoji didn't think that he had to flirt with every beautiful woman older than him, so he kept dodging to the other side.

"Well, we'll talk about that later."

Just as Himeko finished speaking, the conference room door opened, and Kasumigaoka arrived. As soon as she entered, she cast a suspicious glance at Sonoko, who seemed about to cling to Himeko. Sonoko froze, then awkwardly smiled and quickly stood up, saying, "Oh dear, look at me, I got so engrossed in our conversation that I forgot so much! Ahahaha..."

"Isn't it just that you're a little unsatisfied? You're almost thirty and still single. It's pretty tough to always handle things on your own, right?"

Kasumigaoka walked in and pulled out a chair to sit opposite Himekoji.

"Ugh, Xiao Shi, really, stop saying such earth-shattering truths with such a calm face."

Miss Yuanzi blushed and waved her hand, but clearly such a denial was not convincing at all.

So you just said that was the "truth," right?! You really are sexually frustrated, aren't you!

"Ahem! Well then, let's start the interview now. Shiyu, how are you feeling? You didn't force yourself to come here, did you?"

"It's not that I'm barely qualified... but I didn't expect that you and Ms. Machida would team up behind my back to trick me into coming here. I feel like I've completely failed as a woman."

Kasumigaoka didn't seem tired at all; she probably had some ideas for her new book and didn't stay up late last night.

"Calling it a lie is a bit too much, Xiao Shi~"

"I absolutely do not want to lose to Machida-san. I just walked in and saw you seducing Inspiration-kun, it's unbelievable!"

"Duck, duck, then please let Himekoji-kun do an interview. I'll just listen from the side and don't mind me."

Ms. Sonoko pulled up a chair, sat down, crossed her legs, and closed her eyes, looking completely indifferent. Kasumigaoka sighed, rested her chin on her hand, and calmly said, "What? You want to interview me? My name is Kasumigaoka Shiko, 18 years old, currently single, 168cm tall, with measurements of 89-61-88. I like sweet foods, dislike garlic and spicy foods, and hate a lack of inspiration. My ideal type is someone around 185cm tall, with light-colored hair, glasses, and a sharp tongue. I like people who can negotiate quickly. I'm still a virgin, and I prefer to use my left hand during sex. I'm a clean-cut type, and my ears, neck, and back are very sensitive. I tense up completely during orgasm. I'm also slightly interested in exhibitionism..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! And Shiyu, don't blatantly reveal explosive information about your genitals in front of men! This is bad, really bad!"

"Oh dear, here comes the吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for complaining/criticizing)."

"Anyone who did this would be driven crazy with complaints!!" Himeko shouted, then slumped into a chair, exhausted, and waved to Sonoko, saying, "Excuse me, my pen broke. Could you please get me a new one..."

“Oh, so Shi is a Curi-san. No wonder, it seems like most high school girls are Curi-sans these days.” Sonoko stood up and nodded thoughtfully. “Himekoji-kun, by the way, I’m a Naka-san.”

"Stop so seriously revealing your fetishes, you two!!"

"Hehehe... Himeko-kun is so cute," Ms. Sonoko chuckled as she opened the door and turned back, saying, "Wait a moment, I'll bring back a new pen right away."

After Ms. Sonoko left, Kasumigaoka immediately lay down on the table and muttered, "I acted so pitiful on the phone on Thursday, but Rinne-kun still didn't come to see me. Sobbing, sobbing. I even prepared lubricant, egg, corset, vibrator and Viagra... sobbing, sobbing. In the end, it was all for nothing."

"...Leaving aside how terrible your preparations were, you seem to have forgotten to prepare condoms! And what's with preparing Viagra too?! Is it really okay to be this intense the first time?! And I don't need you to prepare Viagra!"

"So, if I prepare a condom, Inspiration will come, right? Waaah—, it's rare for me to want to be '○'ed many times during my first time, to be messed up..."

"That's terrible, that's awful! Please be more careful in the future, Shiyu!! And your fake crying was just too fake!"

"Oh, really? What a failure."

She straightened up again, looking utterly bored, one hand supporting her chin as she played with her hair, her face showing absolutely no embarrassment, just like the seasoned master slayer who had slew thousands.

"Well, actually I didn't prepare anything. At home, I'm a super obedient and well-behaved child who listens to my parents. How could I possibly bring home things that are obviously contraband? Not to mention, just buying those things would be under tremendous pressure. I just can't do it."

Kasumigaoka sighed softly and gave Himekoji a pure and innocent smile.

That would be best...

Himekoji rolled her eyes.

"But everything else I said is true, including things about masturbation and erogenous zones..."

"Stop talking! Stop talking! If you keep talking, we're really going to crash, so please stop! The car is already going incredibly fast, the wheels are about to fly off the road!"

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Chapter 078 Helpless, [Kasumigaoka Utaha] Plans to Give Up Writing

"Oh, are you all alright?" Ms. Sonoko pushed open the door, handed the new ballpoint pen to Himekoji, and sat back down in her seat, saying, "I thought you guys would do something outrageous in the conference room while I was away, but it seems my expectations have been dashed."

"Please don't have that kind of expectation, thank you. People who do weird things in other people's conference rooms are just perverts!"

Himekoji gestured for her to stop.

So he began to take notes.

Kasumigaoka Utaha, a third-year student in Class C at Soubu Private High School in Chiba Prefecture, is actually a genius girl who won the Hedgehog Cat Newcomer Award Gold Prize in her third year of middle school and sold 2 million copies of her work in her first year of high school. Now a third-year student, she is the popular author Kasumigaoka Utako, whose new series is poised to launch...

"To be honest, I couldn't possibly sell that many books on my own. And you were the one who gave me the outline, weren't you? Thanks to that, my third new book just won't come out no matter what... It feels like it's going to have a difficult birth. Ah, no, does having a difficult birth require getting pregnant first, Inspiration-kun..."

"No, no, don't call me now. Getting JK, a public figure, pregnant would cause a huge uproar."

"whispering sound."

You just smacked me, didn't you?! Ah! You said "smacked me," didn't you?! You're trying to kill me, aren't you, Shiyu?!

Well, in short, although Kasumigaoka wasn't very cooperative at first, she gradually started to take the interview seriously. Thanks to this, the interview ended quickly, and Himekoji even called Reiko.

"What is Inspiration-kun going to do next?"

"I have something to take care of, and then I'll be having a family dinner at home."

"A family gathering? It sounds like it'll be a lot of fun~ Well then, goodbye, I have to go to a meet-and-greet tomorrow, so I'll have to stay at a hotel with Ms. Machida tonight."

Kasumigaoka forced a smile. She had always felt that she could no longer write novels, and she was about to announce this at the book launch... "I'm sorry, dear readers, from now on I will not be writing any more books."

"Hey, can you stop making the fact that I'm staying in a hotel with you sound so pathetic?"

"Whoa! Could it be that Machida likes girls too?!"

"No way! How could that be!"

So Himekoji took her leave. Before leaving, Sonoko, in front of the sullen-faced Kasumigaoka, called out to Himekoji, "You must call me!"

"Are we going to Miss Kazusa's house now?"

After getting into the car on Himekoji Road, Ms. Reiko immediately asked.

"Yes, I'll call Kazusa and see if she's ready. If not, we'll shop around a bit more."

"If Young Master Haruto accompanies me around, I'm afraid the girls' stares will kill me."

"Don't exaggerate," Himekoji said, having just gotten through on the phone. "Kazusa, are you ready? Reiko and I are coming to pick you up now."

"There's nothing to prepare... just come on over."

“OK—,” Himekoji instructed Reiko, “Go straight there.”

"whispering sound."

"Hey, stop it!"

In any case, with Reiko's superb driving skills, Himeko quickly arrived at Kazusa's house. He stood at the door and rang the doorbell. A dozen seconds later, Kazusa, who had changed into a cardigan and shorts, came out of the room, wearing a pair of cool black and blue open-toed sandals. She only carried a small wicker handbag and had no other luggage.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me?"

"I just think that Kazusa is still so beautiful no matter what she wears."

"You bastard, don't spout nonsense!"

Kazusa swung her woven handbag at Himekoji, who dodged it with a soft "Ooh~". She lowered her head and jogged to the car. Himekoji closed the door behind her, walked over slowly, and sat down in the back with Kazusa.

"Himekoji, have you always been this smooth-talking with girls?"

"How could that be? It's only for you."

"Hmph, that's just obvious glibness!" Kazusa crossed her arms and snorted twice. "Let's not talk about that. You promised a cake, did you make it?"

"Of course I did it, but I only did half of it. I'll have to continue working on it for a while after I get back."

"Hmm, if this cake is delicious, I'll forgive you for being so glib."

Kazusa said this while looking out the window. She lowered the car window, and a cool evening breeze was blowing from time to time. The setting sun was gradually being covered by dark clouds, as if it was about to rain.

Himekoji and Kazusa returned home together. The butler opened the door for them, and just as Kazusa was about to say "I'm home," a plump, white, round thing waddled towards her. Kazusa cried out "Waaaaah!" and took a small step back. After realizing it was a chubby little duck with a necklace around its neck, she breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Oh, it's just a duck... By the way, why is a duck in the house!"

"Because Haruto is a pet I bought."

Mom slowly walked out from the inner room, wearing a long Western-style dress and a kind smile on her face. She bent down and reached out to the little duck, even imitating its soft "quack-quack" sound. The little duck hopped back to her side, and Kazusa was already laughing heartily.

"Pfft, hahahaha... Its name is Haruto... Hahahaha, I say, Himekoji, when did you become like that? Hahahaha..." Kazusa turned her back and frantically shook her shoulders. Himekoji's expression turned into →_→, and she rolled her eyes and said, "I had no choice but to name it after my mother. One day I'm going to roast this guy and eat it."

"You're not allowed to eat the baby ducklings!"

The mother scooped it into her arms, and the plump duck, still bewildered, let out a "quack?"

So Himekoji continued making the cake, and Kazusa secretly came to his side to watch him work, occasionally muttering, "Add some more sugar, add some more granulated sugar..."

"There's already too much sugar! If we add any more, neither my mother nor I will be able to eat it!"

A light rain began to fall outside, and the temperature gradually dropped, providing a welcome respite from the May heat. Aki Tomoya, who had just gone on a date with Kato Megumi, rushed to the hotel where Kasumigaoka was staying. Out of consideration for his status as her number one fan, Kasumigaoka, acting out of humanitarian principles, booked him a room. Meanwhile, she herself stayed in her own room, staring blankly at her phone.

Not long after, she made up her mind, stood up, packed her computer, slung her laptop bag over her shoulder, and slowly walked out of the hotel. In the pouring rain, she took out her phone and made a call.

Himekoji's phone suddenly vibrated as he was playing the piano with Kazusa. He answered it immediately; it was Kasumigaoka calling, but there was silence on the other end for a long time, with only the sound of rain bothering him.

"Shiyu! Shiyu, say something! What's wrong? Are you standing in the rain, Shiyu?!"

"I... can't write anymore."

The voice from Kasumigaoka was terrifyingly desperate.

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Chapter 079 In the pouring rain, [Kasumigaoka Utaha] had no other choice.