I have bound two systems.

She had originally chosen to stand by and watch, thinking that she shouldn't meddle in other people's affairs, but after being thrown into this situation again, she really felt that this wrong situation should not continue. So when she formally made up her mind to correct this situation, she was obstructed by Isshiki Caiyu.

Not far away, Touma Hesa, who knew nothing, was still looking at her with a puzzled look.

Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes left her face, glanced at Suzumiya Chisato, and listened to Isshi Iroha's very soft voice pleadingly, "Please, senior..."

After thinking it over again and again, she finally spoke in a cold voice.

"You just played the piano really well."

Is that what you wanted to tell me?

Touma Kazusa's expression did not change, she just shook her head slightly.

"you flatter me."

After saying that, she took the initiative to hold Chisato Suzumiya's hand and walked away silently.

Yukinoshita Yukino watched their backs as they left, then turned her gaze to Isshiki Iroha, her eyes gradually becoming serious and sharp.

Isshi Iroha lowered her head, clasped her hands together and placed them vertically in front of her, apologizing proactively like an elementary school student who was caught making a mistake by an elder.

"I'm sorry, Senior, I was wrong."

Seeing her like this, the emotions that Yukinoshita Yukino had just built up were instantly shattered.

She said nothing, but put her fingers on her forehead and sighed tiredly.

She was already physically and mentally exhausted from being squeezed in the crowd today, and now she encountered that situation again, feeling really exhausted.

"Well, forget it, Isshiki-chan said she was hungry, let's go eat first."

Yuigahama Yui took the initiative to play the role of peacemaker. Her personality is more like a raccoon cat than a puppy. She always gives people a warm and secure feeling. When she is around, no matter how bad the atmosphere is, it can be somewhat better.

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded, but she had made up her mind that after she recovered her strength, she would definitely have a formal talk with Isshiki Iroha.

It is both to understand her motivation for acting the way she did today and to correct her wrong behavior which can hardly be called right.

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Inside the penguin house.

The cute penguins gathered around the barren mountain, some of them walked around swaying from side to side, and some were pushed into the pool with a splash by their cunning peers.

But more penguins still gathered around the keeper, scrambling for the small fish in the bucket in his hand. The scene was very lively.

Many tourists are holding up their mobile phones to record the cute postures of penguins.

But Touma Kazusa just stood by the fence with her arms folded, her eyes fixed on one point, looking out of place and it was obvious that she was thinking about something.

She was still thinking about what had just happened. The two girls named Isshiki Iroha and Yukinoshita Yukino had both whetted her appetite, but in the end they just said some inexplicable and irrelevant words.

She wasn't very good at guessing what other people were thinking, but she always felt that something was not right.

Touma Kazusa thought about it and turned her head to look at her boyfriend who was filming the group of penguins.

Her appearance is still as impeccable as ever, which really appeals to her aesthetic taste.

Whether it's figure or temperament, she is one in a million.

When I feel a little annoyed while listening to a lecture in school, just looking at him sideways for a while has the strange effect of making me unconsciously raise the corners of my mouth and calm down.

But now, such advantages made her a little concerned, and for the first time she developed a sense of crisis.

She spoke softly,

"...Qianli."

"kindness?"

"I said, are you hiding something from me?"

Touma and Sa hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but ask.

Chisato Suzumiya put down her phone, pressed the stop button, and after saving the video she had just recorded, she looked at her and said,

"What do you mean?"

"They are the three girls we just met by chance..."

Touma Kazusa first named the person she cared about the most.

"That girl named Isshiki Iroha, it seems like she has a very special relationship with you."

"I know what you're thinking, Kazusa, but she's really just a simple junior of mine."

The situation in the simulation naturally cannot be confused with reality, so this is not a lie.

Suzumiya Chisato thought silently.

Touma Kazusa shook her head with a joking look on her face, trying to appear magnanimous and not too concerned, just chatting casually as usual.

"Would a normal junior really call you in that tone? It's so sweet as if she's your girlfriend. I almost couldn't help but fall in love with her."

Suzumiya Chisato spread her hands and explained patiently,

"She has a soft voice and is very outgoing. She is always friendly to everyone, so it's not surprising."

"Then...the girls named Yukinoshita Yukino and Yuigahama Yui..."

"Please don't worry. I have met them once before through Isshiki, but I only officially met them today. I don't know much more about them than you do."

Avoiding the main point, what Chisato Suzumiya said were all the truth, so when facing his girlfriend who was looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze, he acted quite frankly and did not show any guilt.

His patient attitude of answering every question made Touma Hesa, who had become suspicious, gradually feel ashamed.

Qianli had done nothing wrong or done anything wrong to me, but I always took it for granted that he was hiding something from me.

It's always embarrassing to apologize, but you can make some compensation in other places.

"After visiting the penguin house, let's buy some action figures and go home directly."

"Is the fever getting worse again?"

"No, I'm just a little tired and want to go back early."

Touma Hesa ​​had her own thoughts. She didn't want to continue walking around here, for fear of running into the three girls by chance and making her even more unhappy.

She lives alone, so she could try to invite him to stay over overnight, just like she did last night.

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What Touma and Sa wished for in their hearts came true in an unexpected way.

On the Shinkansen back, she leaned against Chisato Suzumiya with an uncomfortable expression, her body temperature rose again, and sweat kept coming out of her forehead.

After getting off the bus, Chisato Suzumiya took her arm and got into a taxi. Instead of choosing to send her home, she told the driver to go to the nearest hospital first.

After the doctor confirmed her condition, he wrote out a prescription. After that, Chisato Suzumiya accompanied her and received four bottles of intravenous drips.

During this time, Touma Hesa ​​was feeling drowsy and wanted to sleep, but there were quite a few people in the infusion hall and the noisy environment prevented her from closing her eyes peacefully.

In this way, the depressed Touma Kazusa leaned in her boyfriend's arms, half asleep and half awake with her eyes closed. By the time the infusion was over, the sun had set and it was past six o'clock.

Perhaps it was because the drugs delivered into the body continued to take effect, Hesha still felt drowsy after taking a shower at home, and even felt light-headed when walking.

She was sick and lived alone, so this situation obviously couldn't make Chisato Suzumiya feel at ease.

He cooked some porridge for Hesha to drink, then gave her some medicine to take with warm water.

After repeatedly assuring Hesha, who looked a little childish due to illness, that he would stay here tonight and would not leave.

Only then did she cover herself with the blanket with peace of mind and closed her eyes.

Touma and Sa look so cute when they are sleeping, their bodies curled up, their hands clenched in front of their face, their eyelashes trembling from time to time. It seems that their head still hurts from the fever, or maybe their condition has improved and they are having a sweet dream.

However, I have already promised her, so I really can't go back tonight.

After turning off the bedside lamp, Chisato Suzumiya quietly closed the door.

He Sha did sleep, but he still had a lot of things to deal with.

When he came to the living room downstairs, he first called Kasumigaoka Utaha. After saying some nice words to her without leaving any trace, which made her very happy, he also took the opportunity to get her to find out that she had a schedule to finish the manuscript of her novel at his home tonight.

Since Shiyu will not be staying in the apartment tonight, there is no need to tell her that I will rest at Kazusa's place tonight, otherwise it will just make her unhappy.

Chisato Suzumiya's thoughts were racing.

He said some important words of concern to Shiyu, telling her not to stay up late for her health, and after saying good night to each other, he hung up the phone.

Then, he heated up the remaining porridge on the stove, and while enjoying his simple dinner at the dining table, he clicked on Isshiki Caiyu's profile picture and sent her a message asking if she was available now.

After a while, Isshiki Caiyu called.

"Senior~"

As soon as the call was connected, the tone was still very sweet.

Suzumiya Chisato, who was used to this, thanked her directly.

"Isshiki, thank you for keeping the secret for me about what happened during the day."

Although she did playfully try to say something to scare him at first, she ultimately chose not to do so.

And not only that, she also stopped Yukinoshita from speaking, so that the situation did not get out of control to the point where he could not recover.

Suzumiya Chisato did remember this favor.

"It's okay. Senior, you don't need to thank me specifically. After all, I know that you don't want Miss Touma to know about Sawamura and Miss Kasumigaoka yet."

Isshi Iroha on the other end of the phone was very understanding and was happy that she could help him.

"I always felt a little embarrassed when you helped me one-sidedly. Now, we are even. We also have a secret in common."

Suzumiya Chisato frowned slightly as she listened to her words.

He didn't know why he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

If the "shared secret" she was talking about was that she liked Hayato Hayama, and that while he was dating Kazusa, he was also unclear about other girls, then it was barely understandable.

But...why does it still feel like something is not right?

It seems that the secrets of these two people are not on the same level.

Is she hinting at something?

"After you left today, I talked to Senior Yukinoshita and managed to convince her temporarily not to interfere in your affairs."

Isshi Iroha continued to speak.

"But given Yukinoshita-senpai's personality, maybe next time she sees Miss Touma, she won't cooperate like she did today, so you must be careful, senior, don't let Yukinoshita-senpai see Miss Touma again."

"I see. Thank you so much."

Chisato Suzumiya stopped the groundless speculation in her mind and sighed silently.

"If you need any help from me in the future, please let me know."

"So you are too polite, Senior. You don't have to be so polite to me. We are comrades who know each other's secrets. We are also accomplices in a sense. This little help is nothing."

"……Yes."

"It's getting late. I'm very tired after walking around all day. I need to go to bed early today."

"Then I won't disturb your rest."

"Um, Senior!"

"what?"

"Excuse me, are you free after school tomorrow?"

"I have two hours free after school, and then I go to work."

"Well, can you come out and meet me? I'm still asking you to do what I asked you to do before. I've never been shopping with a boy before. If possible, I'd like to have a practical exercise with you before I formally invite you, Senior Yeshan."

"Actual combat drill?...Okay, I understand."

After a brief thought, Suzumiya Chisato agreed without hesitation.

Isshi Iroha's voice was one degree higher, and the sound coming out was more like honey.

"Thank you, senior. Good night then. Have a good rest."

"...Well, good night."

After hanging up the phone, Suzumiya Chisato was still in a daze.

What Isshi Iroha said on the phone sounded very natural, but when you think about it carefully, you don't know why, but you always feel like something is wrong.