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

"Oh, it's you..."

Enemies meeting are bound to be hostile. The Hiratsuka Shizuka had been sunk by Kawasaki before, and thinking back on it now, it was truly a humiliating period in history. Therefore, Hiratsuka Shizuka's tone became somewhat unfriendly.

"Let me make this clear, I haven't worked in nightclubs for a long time." Kawasaki turned to the side, looking impatient, then turned to Himekoji and asked, "So, what's the matter this time?"

Working in a nightclub...

Zai Muza immediately thought of something unpleasant, but Kawasaki immediately rolled his eyes at him, and so he became a mouthless gourd.

"Well, anyway, Saki is a girl who is quite knowledgeable about sewing, so I invited her here."

Yui quickly stepped in to smooth things over, and the effect was fairly good.

"So you want me to help with this... Is it a lot of work?"

"I hope you can make samples and design drawings so that we can start small-batch production." Ji Xiaolu pointed to Zaimuzu and Ebina and said, "The two of them will assist you in making the cosplay armor that meets the requirements of the competition."

"I see... Please take care of me."

Kawasaki bowed to them, and Ebina and Zaimokuza responded in the same way. She and Ebina were in the same class, but she had only met Zaimokuza once, when she finished her part-time job at five o'clock in the morning.

Kawasaki is still working now. Every day after school, she goes straight to the hospital, changes into her nurse's uniform, puts on high heels, and takes care of the autistic children.

"But I'm not very confident... because, well... I still have to work part-time and do design work, and I'm a bit rusty now. It would be bad if I caused trouble for everyone or affected the sports festival. But since everyone mentioned me, I still want to give it my best... Ugh, seriously, what am I even saying..."

Kawasaki turned away shyly, pointing at his fingers, a contrast that left everyone present speechless.

Everything was proceeding normally, and the week passed quickly, bringing us to Friday afternoon. Since everyone was probably busy going on dates or something on Fridays, Himekoji wouldn't be so fascist in demanding that everyone be present on Fridays. Therefore, there were generally no meetings on Fridays, but at other times, full attendance was expected, which eased the tension for those on-site.

During the last class, Himekoji was so sleepy that he kept dozing off, and he kept banging his chin on the textbook. But since everyone knew how talented he was, the teacher didn't make too many demands and just continued teaching as usual.

However, there are still people who can't stand it.

So Himekoji got hit in the face with a small paper ball.

One blow followed by another, three or four in a row before finally waking him up. The culprit was obvious; only Yukinoshita, sitting next to him, could have done such a thing. He unfolded the small paper balls and found that there wasn't a single word on them. How boring. Yukinoshita, are you really a student? Aren't these paper balls for passing messages?

Yukinoshita calmly rested her chin on her hand, staring at the blackboard, showing no intention of admitting that "it was me who threw the paper ball." Himekoji rolled her eyes and was about to go to sleep when she suddenly noticed that the notebook under Yukinoshita's arm had the words "Last time you asked me about my cat?" written in large letters.

"Ah, yes, that's what I was asking..."

Himeko followed suit, but he directly wrote and drew on the textbooks, since the textbooks were mostly blank anyway, and he occasionally doodled to recapture the feeling of his student days.

For example, drawing something like Uesugi Kenshin who looks a lot like Mariya.

"After school...would you like to come and see them? After all, you were the one who helped rescue these cats...I think they must miss you too."

Yukinoshita wrote this.

"Ok."

Having agreed, she had to contact Kazusa, and she couldn't play the piano with her today. After these few simple words, Yukinoshita immediately began her reckless actions towards Himekoji, who then fell asleep again.

When he woke up, only Yukinoshita and he were left in the classroom.

The setting sun cast a long shadow of hers, and it seemed she had no intention of calling him; she was just waiting.

"ha------"

Ji Xiaolu covered her mouth and yawned a long yawn, casually tidied her things, and stood up.

"What do you do at night? You seem to be sleeping all day."

Yukino despised this kind of guy who slept in class.

"What do you do every night...?"

"Finish homework, take care of the cat, watch Mr. Pan the panda, wash up, do skincare, and go to bed."

Yukinoshita answered with unusual calm.

"...For me, it would probably be first a meal, then musical instrument practice, then language lessons, then physical training, then social science lessons, then combat lessons, then law lessons, and so on... The schedule would probably vary each day, but generally I would do these things at night."

"Well, it's probably what they call not doing your job properly, plus using all sorts of weird terms to brag about playing games."

Yukino turned around, took a few steps forward, and commented as follows.

"..."

Himeko suddenly had an urge to pin that bastard Yukinoshita against the wall, take off her panties, and bring her home.

Hopefully she brought spare panties.

However, Yukino Yukinoshita probably wouldn't carry spare panties like some of the girls at school, unless she's on her period.

"It would be faster to go by car, right?"

"What, are you going to drive again? I'm definitely not riding in your car again."

Chapter 161 She's not here, [Yui Yuigahama] is shocked

Upon hearing Himekoji's suggestion, Yukinoshita immediately became alert, her gaze turning extremely sharp, as if she wanted to transform into a blade and pierce Himekoji's chest.

I have no idea how much trauma that incident left on her. It was just drifting in the rain, I didn't take advantage of you while I was driving.

"It's Miss Reiko who's running it."

"Oh... then I'm relieved, hmm," she nodded and smiled with satisfaction, as if she had chosen a driver she liked. Seeing this expression, Ji Xiaolu immediately thought to herself: You're really taking advantage of my kindness!

In short, Himekoji and Yukinoshita left the classroom side by side, about a foot apart. After walking out of the school building, Himekoji took out her phone and called her mother.

"Mother, it's me... I might be a little late getting home tonight..."

"I won't keep you here long, so you'd better go home soon." Yukinoshita immediately added insult to injury, and upon hearing Yukinoshita's voice, Himekoji's mother exclaimed "Eh!" followed by sobs, crying, "So Haruto's going to a girl's house... Waaaaah, why doesn't he come home to take care of his mother, waaaah... Even though his mother is a girl too..."

"Ahem, I'll try to be as quick as possible. Just wait for me at home."

At this moment, Yukinoshita's expression had become one of fear and disgust. She crossed her arms and looked around as if she wanted to avoid him at all costs. She was also looking around as if she was planning an escape route and intended to run away from the Devil Princess Koji.

Hey, don't overreact! Kawasaki never reacted this strongly before!

"On another note, wasn't Haruto playing the piano over there today?"

"I'm not playing today. Yukinoshita wants me to go to her house to see her cat. I haven't seen her in ages and I was just thinking of going too... Hey, Yukinoshita, why did you go all the way here by yourself?!"

While on the phone, Yukinoshita had already quickened her pace furtively, glancing back warily as he walked away.

"Oh! It's that little girl from the Yukinoshita family. I know, Haruto, hurry back, mua~"

Mom hung up the phone, and Ji Xiaolu quickly chased after Yukinoshita. Fortunately, some time had passed since school ended, and the students who were supposed to leave had already gone home. The remaining students were not hanging around in the school's front yard, and apart from a few staff members, no one noticed them.

But the more Himekoji chased, the faster Yukinoshita ran. So Himekoji stopped, put his hands on his hips, and asked her, "What are you doing? Weren't we going to your house?"

"Because I always felt that the way you and your mother spoke was very strange... I suddenly felt a crisis in terms of my chastity."

Yukinoshita turned around, crossed her arms, and said breathlessly.

A crisis of chastity? Hey, hey, hey, I have no intention of doing anything with my mother. That's too depraved. Even though my mother's surname is Borgia and I will inherit the Borgia surname when I come of age, this is not how it should be done.

At the same time, Yuihama, who had arrived at the Service Club, opened the door and, as usual, greeted everyone with a smile and a wave, saying, "Yukino, ya! Hello~"

She's not here.

Hikigaya muttered, turning his back to her and flipping through a book listlessly.

"Eh?! Yukino isn't here today!!"

Yuihama stood dumbfounded at the door, as if struck by lightning.

"She wasn't here when I arrived. I guess she wasn't planning any activities today. Oh well... whatever." Hachiman yawned faintly. The classroom, bathed in the crimson glow of the setting sun, always gave off a drowsy feeling. After Yui entered, Hachiman added listlessly, "That girl is the vice-chairperson of the sports festival's operations committee. She probably has all sorts of troubles, plus the committee chairperson herself isn't very capable..."

This is all part of Hikigaya's conservative way of speaking. He originally wanted to say that the chairman himself has absolutely no ability.

"That's true... You must be very busy with work, hahaha."

Yui placed her handbag flat in the middle of the three desks pushed together. She always sat on the left side, while Yukinoshita herself sat on the far left, and Hachiman naturally sat on the far right.

The last ghost member, Himekoji, would almost never have come to the clubroom unless Hiratsuka Shizuka had asked him to.

"If you feel uncomfortable, it's okay to go back directly, since Yukinoshita isn't here anyway."

Hikigaya glanced at Yuihama, who seemed a little tense, and added.

"N-No, that's not true. It's not that I don't want to be around if Yukino isn't here... hahaha..."

Yuihama, who had uttered something cryptic, fidgeted with the brown hair at her left temple, wrapping the stray strands around her slender index finger and slowly pulling them down, repeating this over and over. She then stole glances at Hikigaya, but her gaze remained fixed on the paperback.

As for Himekoji, he finally managed to get Yukinoshita into his car. Okay, now let's head to Shinjuku Kabukicho or Osaka Matsushima Shinchi. Well, Osaka is too far, so let's go with Shinjuku. And then, he'll sell Yukinoshita! Great victory!

*Ahem*, of course I was just kidding.

Yukinoshita sat in the passenger seat, leaving Himekoji alone in the back. Reiko looked her over with interest for a few moments, then turned and asked, "Master Haruto, where are we going?"

"I've already told my family I'm going to Yukinoshita's house, and I'll be back a little late."

"Got it! Remember to fasten your seatbelts."

She carefully reminded Yukinoshita, but Yukinoshita already had experience riding in the car driven by the experienced driver Hime Reiko, and she fastened her seatbelt as soon as she got in. Unfortunately, the seatbelt that passed between her breasts did not make her chest stand out at all.

Reiko had already visited Yukinoshita's house once and remembered it by heart, so there was no need to remind her again.

"Miss Reiko, would it be alright if you bought some groceries on your way there later?"

Yukinoshita directly asked Reiko, but Reiko had to ask Himekoji for permission. So she looked in the rearview mirror at Himekoji, who gave her an OK sign without saying a word. Reiko then smiled and agreed.

Because Yukino's house is located in an upscale residential area, all the facilities nearby are exceptionally complete. After the two of them bought groceries at the supermarket, Ms. Reiko drove the car over and entered the neighborhood where her house is located.

"Then I'll wait for you two outside."

Ms. Reiko had already declined the invitation before Yukinoshita even offered it to her.

Chapter 162 What a surprise! [Yukino Yukinoshita] actually called out to stop them.

"What a pity... In that case, let's do it next time."

Yukinoshita nodded, showing no sign of regret. Himekoji picked up the ingredients and followed Yukinoshita to the elevator.

"The mother cat's name is Emily, and the remaining five kittens are Ryunosuke, Soseki, Yuriko, Machi, and Kenji." (These names are taken from six famous authors: Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights*, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's *In a Bamboo Grove*, Natsume Soseki's *I Am a Cat*, Yuriko Miyamoto's *The Road Sign*, Machi Tawara's *Salad Anniversary*, and Kenji Miyazawa's *Night on the Galactic Railroad*.)

Inside the elevator car, Xue, who was leaning against the far side, suddenly spoke up.

"If those writers knew this from beyond the grave, they'd probably think..." (By the way, Ms. Tawara Machi is still alive and well...)

At this point, Yukinoshita glared at Himekoji with a sharp look.