My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

Once the idea took hold, it couldn't be suppressed.

And the more I think about it, the more likely it seems.

Yoshida Shoichi looked at Kei with a grim expression. He decided to use a more radical method to confirm his suspicions, so he suddenly asked Kei, "Did you kill Yamamura Jeff?"

"Uh~~" Hui was a little caught off guard.

She was about to explain that she didn't.

However, someone was even more anxious than her.

Aihara Daisaku, who was standing next to Yoshida Shoichi, hurriedly said to Yoshida Shoichi, "Yoshida-senpai, what are you saying? How could Miss Wagatsuma Kei be the murderer? Besides, Yamamura Jeff's body hasn't been found yet. What if he's still alive?"

Not only Aihara Daisora, but also Tao Takumi looked at Yoshida Shoichi with hostility and said, "Officer Yoshida, please watch your words and actions, otherwise our Misaki High School's professional legal team is quite capable."

Keiko is the face of Misaki High School. Yoshida Shoichi's slander of Keiko is tantamount to slandering Misaki High School.

Takumi Tao wouldn't believe that Kei was the murderer. The reason was simple: a promising top student, a beautiful girl, and a scumbag from another school—what reason would Kei have to do such a thing?

"As expected, my decision to become a top student was the right one." Kei sighed, looking at the head teacher, Takumi Tao, who was defending her.

Hui was right.

Takumi Tao stands by Kei's side mainly because of Kei's outstanding achievements.

In a school like Misaki High School, which is famous for its college entrance exams, good grades are really important.

Just like before, he protected Kouta because of Kouta's excellent achievements. If Kouta's grades were poor, he wouldn't care.

At this point, Yoshida Shoichi knew that this was the only way forward for the day.

"Haha~~, occupational hazard, occupational hazard! I just got a sudden urge and accidentally startled you, I'm sorry." Yoshida Masakazu apologized to Kei.

"It's ok."

"That's all for today. Thank you for your cooperation." After thanking Kei and Takumi Tao, Yoshida Shoichi turned and left with Aihara Daisora.

Chapter 278 What If

The main gate of Misaki High School.

After leaving the school gate, Yoshida Shoichi and Aihara Daisora ​​got into a police car parked on the side of the road. Aihara Daisora ​​drove while Yoshida Shoichi sat in the passenger seat, silent and lost in thought.

"Buzz, buzz..."

After starting the car engine, Aihara Daisora ​​turned to Yoshida Shoichi and asked, "Senpai, are we going to investigate Yamamura Hayato, who has a yakuza background, next?"

"Turn around and go back to the police station," Yoshida Shoichi suddenly replied, looking up.

"Huh?" Aihara Daisora ​​looked puzzled. "Aren't we going to investigate Yamamura Hayato, who's connected to the case?"

Yoshida Shoichi lit a cigarette, took a puff, and slowly said, "No need."

"No need?! Then, we're not going to investigate this case anymore?" Aihara Daisora ​​said.

"When did I say I wouldn't investigate?"

"Didn't you say we should go back to the police station..."

“We’re going back to the police station to investigate the situation of that Wagatsuma Kei,” Yoshida Masakazu said.

"What!? Senpai, why are you investigating Miss Gasai?" Aihara Daisora ​​suddenly realized something, "Senpai, do you still suspect Miss Gasai?"

The tone conveyed a sense of absurdity and disbelief at Yoshida Shoichi's skepticism.

Yoshida Shoichi looked at his junior with a headache and scolded him irritably, "What? Can't I doubt her?"

"Senior, how could Miss Kei Agasa be the murderer!"

"Why is it impossible!" Yoshida Shoichi retorted with a look of utter disappointment.

He recalled Hui's unusual behavior when he questioned her before; it was so abnormal that he had already considered Hui as the breakthrough point in the case.

“What do you think of Ms. Kei Wagatsuma… she doesn’t have the motive or the physical strength for that!” Aihara Daisora ​​originally wanted to say ‘Kei doesn’t seem like that kind of person,’ but he realized that this statement was too subjective, so he changed his words.

"Motive? There are countless motives for murder in this world, including bizarre, contradictory, and absurd ones. People kill out of hatred, love, hatred that others don't love them, hatred that others don't hate them... There are only motives you can't imagine, not 'non-existent motives'."

Yoshida Masakazumi launched into a scathing rebuke at Aihara Daisora.

Aihara Daisora ​​listened in a daze, suddenly realizing that there was still so much for him to learn.

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Misaki High School.

When Hui returned to the classroom, everyone was attending class attentively. Their serious and attentive attitude made Hui, who had always been a lazy bum, feel a little ashamed.

Hui's return naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the classroom.

There was curiosity, exploration, schadenfreude, and concern in it.

Those who are naturally concerned are Akiko Tachibana, Shoko Shimazu, Sakurako Nakajima, and others.

Hui noticed these gazes, of course. She smiled back at the girls who cared about her, but ignored the others.

After the morning classes ended.

Hui and Geng went to the cafeteria for lunch as usual.

The two sat in a secluded corner.

Kouta has also noticed that his appetite has increased significantly these days. He used to be able to eat his fill with just one bowl of rice, but now he needs three large bowls. If it weren't for Hui's support, Kouta feels that he would have gone "bankrupt" long ago.

Since accidentally learning about Hui's gifts over the years, Kōta has changed his mind and no longer refuses to spend Hui's money because of his male chauvinism.

However, he kept all of this in his heart.

Kouta has a small social circle and usually only has lunch with Kei, so no one else noticed his unusually large appetite.

Hui was well aware of Gengtai's unusually increased appetite, so she wasn't surprised.

This puzzled Kouta a bit. He asked Kei, "Don't you think I eat a bit too much?" After a moment of silence, Kei replied, "I thought boys were like this when they were growing. Besides, doesn't eating a lot mean you're healthy?"

Kouta listened to Kei's nonsense and actually found it quite reasonable to believe it.

today.

While the two were eating together, Kouta seemed absent-minded, showing no interest in the delicious food placed before him. After a long while, Kouta slowly asked, "Keigo, don't you have anything to ask?"

Kouta knew that Kei had always been very clever, and that she had been paying attention to Jeff Yamamura's situation all along.

Seeing Kouta's anxious expression, Hui's small lips curved into a beautiful smile, and then, in front of Kouta, she put on an adorable thoughtful look: "Hmm~~, does Kouta like me?"

"I like it!" Kouta hadn't expected that after a moment of deep thought, Kei would ask such an obvious question.

Hearing this expected answer.

Hui's eyes softened, and she looked at Kouta with tenderness, continuing to ask, "Then, will Kouta hurt me?"

"No, even if I'm reduced to ashes~"

Before Kouta could finish speaking, Kei suddenly picked up a large, golden-brown fried shrimp from her bowl and shoved it into Kouta's mouth, stopping him from continuing.

"You're not allowed to say such unlucky things." Hui's beautiful face, as lovely as a blooming magnolia, smiled and said with a satisfied joy, "Well then, I've finished asking."

After Hui finished speaking, she pulled the chopsticks out of Kouta's mouth and continued eating her special beef rice bowl as if nothing had happened, completely unaware that Kouta's saliva was on the chopsticks.

Aren't you curious about Jeff Yamamura?

"Not curious."

"I...may be a murderer." Kouta seemed to have made a great decision. He looked up at Kei and asked in a somewhat hesitant tone.

Kouta was filled with anxiety, fearing that Hui would leave him because he was a murderer.

However, he was tormented if he didn't tell anyone.

After saying those words, Kouta involuntarily clenched his hands, his nails digging into his flesh without him even noticing. His heart was pounding, the sound like thunder exploding in his ears.

Kei naturally sensed Kouta's nervousness, but this time, she suppressed her smile, her expression unusually serious, and asked him with a grave look:

"Then, if I'm not as wonderful as you imagine, if I'm actually a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to achieve my goals, would you... still love me?"

"Huh?!" Kouta was in agony, and even mentally prepared for the worst.

Instead, Hui asked a completely inexplicable question.

"Hui, what are you saying? How could you possibly be~"

"I mean 'what if,' 'what if I were that kind of person,' would you still love me?"

After Hui finished speaking, her heart pounded wildly, as if weighed down by an invisible boulder. Her pink lips were tightly closed, revealing her pearly white teeth, and her slender, delicate hands subtly pressed the stainless steel chopsticks into an oval shape…

Kouta looked at Hui's beautiful face, her serious and earnest expression, and even saw a hint of unease in her beautiful eyes.

'This silly girl, she's really getting into character!'

Kouta stared into Kei's beautiful eyes: "Kei, do you remember what I said when we first met?"

Upon hearing this, Hui immediately recalled what happened that night, and her nervous face instantly turned bright red: "Why did you suddenly bring that up?"

"I told her then, 'Hui, this is your last chance to back out. After this, I... won't let go!'" Kouta's resolute gaze penetrated Hui's eyes. After saying that, he was about to add, "I remember Hui, you back then—"

"No, don't say such embarrassing things here." Hui's ears were completely red. She had already remembered her reaction at the time, but she didn't realize it then. Now, thinking back, she realized how embarrassing she had been!

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more," Kouta replied with a smile.

But then, Kouta suddenly realized that he wasn't asking about Kei.

How did it turn out like this? Could it be...?

However, he did not ask any further questions.

Because he has already gotten the answer he wanted.

In an instant,

The two exchanged a glance.

Although nothing was said, a thousand words were conveyed without being spoken.

At this moment, Kouta felt a wave of tenderness. The feeling of being unconditionally trusted by the person he loved most filled him with warmth.

He secretly made up his mind: he would cherish Hui for the rest of his life and give her happiness!