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

"Don't bother with those idiots."

Kazusa frowned and said unhappily.

However, what was bound to happen still happened. Before long, Kitahara Haruki and Iizuka Takeya's voices could be heard outside the window. It seemed that they were still using the old plan, using "black belts" to open the door. However, there was a problem. The two black belts originally came to ask Kitahara Haruki about the cultural festival booth, but the cultural festival executive committee meeting had not yet started, and Kitahara Haruki was not someone who could speak for the student council. Why would these two black belts come to him?

Well, the will of the world is too powerful; Himekoji can't analyze it anyway.

"That guy seems to be using very dangerous methods to try and break in here."

"Are you worried?"

“I’m worried that if he falls to his death, the school’s reputation will be affected.”

Just as Himekoji was saying this, Kitahara Haruki suddenly slipped, only his left hand hanging on the windowsill while his right hand dangled in mid-air. Iizuka Takeya exclaimed anxiously, "Damn it! Could this be the curse of the boy who committed suicide by jumping off a building twenty years ago?!"

Chapter 179 It's all over, [Kitahara Haruki] has been caught red-handed.

Twenty years ago... back then, Soubu High School had just changed from a municipal school to a private school, and there was indeed a boy who committed suicide by falling from a building, but he didn't jump from the second music classroom.

"I gonna go see."

Himekoji stood up, and Kazusa stopped playing at the same time. Kitahara Haruki had just seen that the person playing the piano in the second music room was a girl. Of course, mainly because he was standing at an angle that he couldn't see Himekoji, he could only see Kazusa leaning against the window.

Just as Kitahara Haruki was about to give up, Himekoji reached down and grabbed his wrist, while Kazusa stood aside and watched coldly.

There's no need for Kazusa to get involved in something like this!

"Huh?!?!"

To Kitahara Haruki's utter surprise, Himekoji pulled him up.

"Hey, isn't that Iizuka Takeya over there? Untie the black belt tied to the window frame, I've already pulled Kitahara in."

Himekoji stuck her head out of the window and shouted.

"Huh?! The student council president?!"

Takeya Iizuka, who was staring directly at Himekoji through the window, was dumbfounded.

"Am I surprised? The student council president can't play the piano?"

"It's surprisingly good!!"

"...Take off the black belt and talk less."

Himekoji shifted halfway back, her eyes sweeping over the still-shaken Kitahara Haruki. She gently pushed up her glasses and said, "Kitahara, do you know that if something had happened just now, you would not only have lost your life, but it would also have brought a very bad influence to the school? However, since the incident was caused by me not opening the door, I will not pursue this matter for now. But that is absolutely no excuse for you to do such a stupid thing!"

"I'm truly so sorry!" Kitahara Asahimekoji bowed deeply, while Kazusa coldly muttered from the side, "Fool..."

"So, your reason for risking your life to betray the group... no, your reason for risking your life to come here? Wouldn't it be better if we could all live in peace, you playing your guitar and me playing my piano?"

Himekoji stood next to Kazusa and patted Kitahara on the shoulder.

"Ah... well, the reason is a little difficult to say..."

"Don't say things that are hard to say. If you force yourself to say things you can't say, the consequences may be very bad."

Kazusa crossed her arms and commented in this way.

"Well...that's true...So, um—I, I'll be going now. I'm so sorry about today..."

After hearing what Kazusa said, and considering that he had violated several school rules today and been caught red-handed by the student council president, even if Kitahara Haruki had the thickest skin, he couldn't bring himself to invite Himekoji and Kazusa to join the light music club. After he slunk away, Kazusa breathed a sigh of relief and rolled her eyes, saying, "This is too nagging and annoying. It's unbearable."

"Will Kazusa continue playing the piano?"

"Why not continue? Anyway, it's still a long time before the time you promised me."

The initial agreement was for one hour, and both Himekoji and Kazusa strictly adhered to that agreement. Kazusa was well aware that if he was late getting home without a valid reason, there would be a lot of trouble later on.

Second day

"I never imagined that the pianist in the second music room, who had remained unknown to everyone, was actually your deskmate and the student council president of our school... Ah, it's truly unbelievable. Could all those rumors about him be true?"

Takeya Iizuka leaned against the window frame, looking up and sighing.

"Rumors?"

In the first music classroom, Kitahara, who had brought his guitar, subconsciously asked a question.

"You haven't been paying attention to these things at all, have you, top student Kitahara?"

"That's a weird way to address someone, so what's the rumor?"

He opened his guitar case, took out his beloved guitar, and laid it across his lap.

"Rumors say he has unusually ambiguous relationships with many girls, such as Kasumigaoka Utaha, who always tied for first place in exams with you, the pianist next door Touma Kazusa, and the vice president, Shidou Mariya. Although there were rumors about Yukino Yukinoshita for a while, there haven't been any more rumors since then."

"Aren't these all the popular and tall girls at school?!"

“Apart from Touma and Kazusa.”

"Oh...that's true."

"Leaving aside the others, after investigating Touma, I found out that she had never been in the music talent class, but she was also the kind of super genius who won the national championship as soon as she entered high school. So at the time, people exclaimed, 'As expected, her bloodline is amazing,' which caused quite a stir at the time."

Iizuka showed the search results on his phone to Kitahara. The browser page displayed a photo of Touma Yoko immersed in the piano. She was wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and looked very attractive as she poured her emotions into the piano with a cold expression.

"Bloodline?"

"It's Yoko Touma, a world-class pianist who started active in Paris about three years ago. She won a terrifying award like fifth place at the Chopin International Piano Competition more than ten years ago. As a Japanese, you must have at least heard of her, right?"

"Wait... no way—!"

Several clues connected, and the answer was about to be revealed, but the answer was somewhat unbelievable to Kitahara.

“That’s right, the fact that ‘Touma Yoko has a child that no one knows about’ sparked a lot of discussion back then.”

Takeshi Iizuka climbed onto the chair, hugging the back of the chair and complaining.

"Then...why would a girl from a prestigious family be in a regular class, and how could she smoothly advance to the senior year with those grades? Zongwu High School is a well-known school for college entrance exams, and they are very strict about academic performance. Don't some students in our class often get scolded by the teachers until they cry?"

"Only God knows, but the student council president and she seem to be quite familiar with each other, otherwise they wouldn't always be playing the piano together. So their relationship is quite intriguing."

"Playing around with things is your hobby, Wu Ye. Don't assume everyone is like you."

"Haruki, don't you have any interest at all? You keep chasing after Touma all day long, talking about this and that."

"That's all my responsibility as the class monitor!"

"Is that so?"

"Yes!"

"Tsk tsk tsk." Iizuka shook his head, patting his shoulder with a look of disappointment, and said, "Then you should think about it carefully yourself."

After a short while, Kitahara Haruki borrowed the spare key to the second music room from Hiratsuka Shizuka and went straight into the second music room. However, Himekoji was not there at the time, and only Kazusa was playing the piano silently.

After finishing her student council work, Himeko stretched. As agreed, it was time to play the piano with Kazusa. The previous meeting had taken a long time to discuss the cultural festival, which made them a little late. She hoped Kazusa wouldn't be angry.

Chapter 180 is troublesome; [Touma Kazusa] also has to perform.

Just as he was thinking this and opened the door to the second music room, he saw Kitahara Haruki lecturing Kazusa incessantly. Himekoji glanced at him and asked, "What's up? And Kitahara, how did you get in here?"

“Ah, this,” Kitahara said, taking out the key he had borrowed from Hiratsuka Shizuka. “It was Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka, who is in charge of student life guidance, who lent me the key.”

She was still careless. Although she had instructed the teachers not to reveal the news about the second music room, she hadn't told Hiratsuka Shizuka not to lend out the key. This gave Kitahara an opening, which made Himekoji a little unhappy.

"Himekoji".

"what happened?"

"Get this annoying guy out of here. You can do that, right?"

"..." Himekoji turned to face Kitahara speechlessly. He chuckled a few times, bowed, and took his leave. At the same time, Kazusa stopped playing, her face full of displeasure.

"what happened?"

"He tried to persuade me to join a light music enthusiasts' club, but I wasn't interested and didn't have the time to play along with his childish band game."

"Pfft... I see. But as far as I know, he's not the kind of person who gives up easily. I guess he'll keep talking to you about it from now on."

"That doesn't matter... just ignore him."

"Alright alright."

Himekoji nodded in response, but things took a turn for the better the next day, Friday.

At the same time, this turning point also surprised Himekoji.

The next day during lunch break, almost as soon as get out of class ended, Ji Xiaolu was about to go eat her Mother's Love Bento when a girl from the back door of the classroom called out to her, "President, someone's looking for you."

Looking up, the person who came was neither Kazusa, who was there to interrogate her, nor the cute Mariya, nor Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was planning to add to her workload, but Ogiso Setsuna, who was smiling a little embarrassedly.

Aside from Himekoji, a few other boys in the class also sighed in admiration. The super popular and beautiful senior girl in the third year was smiling just a few steps away from them. What normal high school boy wouldn't be moved?

At the same time, Himekoji felt a sharp gaze coming from Yukinoshita, as if to say, "Is this your new favorite? I didn't expect you to make a move after all."

Even if that's true, what does it have to do with you?

Regardless, Ji Xiaolu still walked out the door and said softly, "Sorry to keep you waiting, what can I do for you?"

"Um...that..." Because many people in the class were watching, Komaki seemed a little awkward. She led Himekoji to a slightly quieter corner of the stairs and bowed slightly, saying, "President Himekoji, could you please spend some time with me after school today?"

Wait a minute, if it's about discussing joining the light music club, the person Kogi should have been looking for was Kazusa. But she doesn't know Kazusa. She only knows her because she was asked to be her PR person at the last meeting with Seaside High School. Of course, they've met a few times before, but none of those were formal meetings.

"It is possible, but there is a small problem."

"The problem is...?"

She clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, giving off a pitiful look.

Looks like you're quite skilled at this. Most guys simply can't resist this look.

"I have to do student council work after school, and then I have to play the piano with Kazusa for an hour. So if you want me to go with you to do something, you'll have to wait for me for about an hour and a half. Is that okay with you?"

Himekoji adjusted her glasses, not being swayed by her endearing appearance.

"An hour and a half...?" She lowered her head, gently bit her lip, then raised her head again and said firmly, "Okay, I'll wait for you!"

This surprised Himekoji even more. Generally speaking, it is taken for granted that boys wait for girls, while it is a bit... well, a scumbag behavior? This time, he waited for an hour and a half. Let alone Ogiso Setsuna, who is known as the school idol, even an ordinary girl would probably be so angry that she would turn around and leave.

However, Kogizawa agreed so readily. It's hard to know what kind of spell Kitahara Haruki had cast on her in just one or two days, making her so willing to run errands for him.

"Ha... well, then let's meet at the entrance of the special building around that time, okay?"