Tokyo: Restricted Tutor

"Hey, Shiratori Kashiwa, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Shiratori Kashiwa looking completely dazed, Hojo Saki Rei asked with some concern.

After all, Shiratori Kashiwa's state was somewhat worrying.

Shiratori Kashiwa, who had been immersed in Asahi Mafi's words, immediately snapped back to reality after hearing Hojo Saki Rei's voice.

"Huh?"

"No... nothing's wrong, Saki Rei-kun, I'll be going now."

Looking at Hojo Saki Rei in front of her, Shiratori Kashiwa felt for the first time, for some reason, that this man seemed much more unfamiliar than before.

Especially thinking about the words Hojo Saki Rei had just said, those words about Asahi Rinka, she didn't know how to face Hojo Saki Rei for a moment.

Although Hojo Saki Rei was a bit puzzled seeing Shiratori Kashiwa like this.

But now, late at night, he couldn't very well keep her in his room, so he could only silently watch Shiratori Kashiwa leave.

After Shiratori Kashiwa also left, only Hojo Saki Rei remained in the entire room.

"Now, no one else should come to disturb me, right?"

Hojo Saki Rei muttered this sentence.

But soon he started thinking about the expressions of both Shiratori Kashiwa and Kono Mika just now, and inexplicably, he started worrying about them again.

"Sigh, being too handsome is ultimately not good, I accidentally hurt others again, I don't want this either..."

Muttering this sentence, Hojo Saki Rei then lay back on the bed.

The next day.

When Hojo Saki Rei woke up, everyone else had already left, and he was the only one left in the entire villa.

Looking at the empty villa and recalling the scene from last night, Hojo Saki Rei suddenly had a thought that if he could have such a large group of people around him in the future, it would probably be great.

However, this thought had just appeared in his mind when it was already thrown out of his mind.

After all, this was simply too difficult for him.

"Forget it, let's just live in the present for now. My main priority right now is to complete all the tasks. That's what I should be considering now. As for other things, they are still too early."

"Moreover, who knows if they really like me, liked me to the point of being incurable."

"If it's just adolescent hormones at work, then once this freshness passes, they will also leave."

After thinking this, Hojo Saki Rei then came back to his senses.

"Saki Rei-kun, good morning."

Just as Hojo Saki Rei was about to wash up and then go out to eat something, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him at this moment.

Turning around, Hojo Saki Rei saw that Shiratori Kashiwa had somehow already come up behind him.

Looking at Shiratori Kashiwa in front of him, Hojo Saki Rei was immediately stunned.

He had just checked, and almost every guest room was empty.

As a result, Shiratori Kashiwa suddenly appeared here, and Hojo Saki Rei was naturally startled.

"Shiratori Kashiwa, you didn't go to school?"

After reacting, seeing Shiratori Kashiwa standing there, looking at him with a smiling face, Hojo Saki Rei asked with some shock.

After all, Shiratori Kashiwa was not like him; he had taken a leave of absence.

"Yes, I also took a leave of absence. I called my Dad this morning and told him I wouldn't be going to school today."

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei looking at her with that shocked expression, Shiratori Kashiwa immediately replied, and then sat down directly on the sofa nearby.

Hearing Shiratori Kashiwa say this, Hojo Saki Rei nodded.

Shiratori Kashiwa's father was the Principal of the school.

Taking a leave of absence and telling him was indeed possible. This was the advantage of having a Principal as a father, a benefit others couldn't have.

"Um, why did you take a leave of absence? I took a leave because I'm preparing to become an athlete. If you took a leave, is something wrong?"

Although he knew Shiratori Kashiwa had taken a leave, Hojo Saki Rei was also a bit curious, wondering why she had taken a leave.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Hojo Saki Rei somewhat regretted it.

After all, before this, Shiratori Kashiwa had experienced a kidnapping case.

As a girl, being kidnapped by others would definitely leave a psychological scar on her.

Therefore, after asking for her reason for taking a leave, Hojo Saki Rei was somewhat worried that his words might hurt her.

However, just as Hojo Saki Rei was feeling a bit apologetic about this, he saw that Shiratori Kashiwa's lips actually started to slowly curve upwards.

"Of course, it's to learn some medical skills from Saki Rei-kun."

"Saki Rei-kun, have you forgotten that you are now considered my private tutor?"

After Shiratori Kashiwa's lips curved into a beautiful arc, sweet words also came out of her mouth.

"Ah... I did forget that just now. I thought you took a leave simply because you didn't want to attend school."

"But Shiratori Kashiwa, as students, shouldn't we finish our schoolwork first?"

"As for medical skills and such, I can teach you when I have time on the weekend."

Although Hojo Saki Rei had nothing to say about Shiratori Kashiwa's reason for taking a leave.

However, he still felt somewhat strange, so he asked directly.

"What's there to it? Saki Rei-kun, you don't think you're the only one hiding your strength, do you?"

Shiratori Kashiwa looked at Hojo Saki Rei with a half-smile and asked.

Hearing Shiratori Kashiwa say this, Hojo Saki Rei was immediately stunned again.

Hiding strength?

Was he hiding his strength?

His previous grades were not as good as other classmates because he simply couldn't understand, alright?

As for the later changes in his grades, it was all due to the system. If the system hadn't appeared, the current Hojo Saki Rei would likely still be the one with the worst academic performance.

Of course.

It was enough for Hojo Saki Rei to know these things in his own heart.

After all, no one would believe this kind of thing if he said it out loud.

In the eyes of others, Hojo Saki Rei had long since become that kind of big shot who hid his academic performance.

As a result, after hearing Shiratori Kashiwa say this, Hojo Saki Rei could only tacitly agree.

"Since you've already taken a leave, then starting today, I'll teach you some basic acupuncture."

"But before teaching you this, you need to first learn about the acupuncture points of the human body..."

Since Shiratori Kashiwa had already taken a leave, and he also seemed to have nothing to do today, Hojo Saki Rei readily agreed to teach her medical skills.

"What? Acupuncture points? What are those?"

When she heard Hojo Saki Rei say he was going to teach her acupuncture, Shiratori Kashiwa immediately became interested.

However, after hearing him mention acupuncture points, Shiratori Kashiwa was completely bewildered.

Because Shiratori Kashiwa had never heard of these things before.

"Acupuncture points, also known scientifically as 'Shu points', mainly refer to those special point areas along the meridians of the human body..."

Seeing Shiratori Kashiwa's bewildered expression, Hojo Saki Rei began to explain to her.

Regarding acupuncture and acupuncture points, let alone Shiratori Kashiwa, even if you searched all of Tokyo, no one would know them.

And the reason Hojo Saki Rei knew these things was because he had obtained the system.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to understand these things at all.

As Hojo Saki Rei began to explain the acupuncture points of the human body and the various effects of acupuncture, Shiratori Kashiwa, who was beside him, couldn't help but be shocked by what Hojo Saki Rei said after listening.

"It's that amazing?"

"This is too incredible. According to what Saki Rei-kun said, does that mean as long as you learn this, you basically don't need to take medicine? As long as you're sick, you can just use needles directly, is that right?"

Shiratori Kashiwa looked at Hojo Saki Rei with an innocent expression and asked.

Hearing Shiratori Kashiwa say this, Hojo Saki Rei's lips couldn't help but twitch.

"Ahem, acupuncture is just an auxiliary process. It's just by stimulating acupuncture points to achieve some effects we need, or to stimulate the potential of our own body. But acupuncture is not a panacea. Sometimes it also needs to be combined with some medication to achieve a curative effect when treating illnesses..."

Shiratori Kashiwa, who originally thought that acupuncture alone could treat all illnesses, seemed to suddenly understand the function of these acupuncture points after hearing Hojo Saki Rei's explanations.

Looking at Hojo Saki Rei in front of her, Shiratori Kashiwa at this moment felt as if this man in front of her was omnipotent!

After all, she had never met someone like Hojo Saki Rei. No matter what field it involved, he seemed to know everything.

At Sakuragi High School at this time.

Asahi Rinka had been restless ever since she arrived at school.

Simply because when they came to school in the morning, Shiratori Kashiwa was still staying at Hojo Saki Rei's villa.

Although she didn't think that Shiratori Kashiwa would threaten her position in Hojo Saki Rei's heart, nor did she think that Hojo Saki Rei would actually do anything with Shiratori Kashiwa.

But for some reason, the thought of Hojo Saki Rei and Shiratori Kashiwa, alone in the villa, made her inexplicably worried.

On the other side.

Here in Class Three.

It hadn't been long since class started when Asuka noticed that Kono Mika seemed to be constantly spacing out.

Looking at her best friend, Asuka suddenly had the illusion that something must have happened last night, otherwise, why would she feel that Kono Mika was different from usual so early in the morning.

And looking at her like this, it seemed as if she hadn't gotten enough sleep last night.

"Mika, what's wrong with you?"

Asuka asked cautiously, wanting to know what was wrong with Kono Mika.

However, perhaps because her voice was too low, Kono Mika seemed not to have heard her calling at all and remained in a dazed state.

"Mika."

Seeing Kono Mika like this, Asuka poked her with her elbow, and Kono Mika finally reacted.

Turning her head, her eyes looking at Asuka were full of confusion.

She seemed a little unclear about what Asuka was doing.

"Mika, what were you doing just now?"

Seeing Kono Mika looking at her with that confused look, Asuka asked with a frown.

"Huh?"

"Nothing much, I was just listening to the lecture, listening too intently."

Facing Asuka, Kono Mika didn't intend to tell her about what happened last night, so she chose to lie.

But as soon as her words fell, she saw Asuka roll her eyes at her.

"Are you sure you were listening to the lecture just now?"

Asuka asked with suspicion. If this were in the past, if Kono Mika was so perfunctory with her, Asuka certainly wouldn't think too much about it.

However, Asuka knew about Kono Mika's feelings for Hojo Saki Rei.

As her best friend, how could she not know how she felt about Hojo Saki Rei?

What's more, she had even helped Kono Mika come up with ideas before.

Hearing Asuka ask her this and looking at her with that suspicious gaze, Kono Mika felt a sudden inexplicable panic.

After all, she was the worst at lying, especially after meeting Hojo Saki Rei, she basically stopped lying.

So now, seeing Asuka staring at her like this, she felt somewhat guilty.

"Yes, I was. Weren't you listening to the lecture just now?"

Kono Mika retorted, pretending to be very calm on the surface.

Seeing her like this, Asuka couldn't help but shake her head.

"Sigh, in the end, I'm tired of it. We've known each other for so long, and I originally thought you would tell me everything, but I never expected that one day you would be so perfunctory with me."

"Never mind, never mind. If you think I'm too annoying, then I won't ask you anymore."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have failed to think from your perspective for you. Sometimes it might really..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't you just want to know what I'm thinking? Is there a need to be like this?"

Seeing that Kono Mika seemed unwilling to tell her the reason, Asuka began talking to herself, even looking sad.

Seeing her like this, and the more she spoke, the more emotional she became, Kono Mika, who originally didn't intend to tell her, couldn't stand listening anymore for a moment.

Who knew what kind of unforgivable sinner she would become if she let Asuka keep talking?

So, without waiting for Asuka to finish, Kono Mika directly interrupted her and then said.

Hearing Kono Mika say this, Asuka also stopped at this moment, and then stared closely at Kono Mika with both eyes, as if waiting for Kono Mika's further explanation.

"Really, I originally didn't want to tell you, but seeing you like this, I'll tell you."

Kono Mika said somewhat helplessly.

Immediately after, she began to recount the conversation she had with Hojo Saki Rei last night.

Asuka had no idea about what happened last night because she had gone to bed early last night and slept until she woke up naturally.

As Kono Mika recounted what happened last night, Asuka was completely shocked by everything she said.