Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

Despite having high hopes, Tatsuya Kamio failed to win over Shiina on Christmas Eve.

However, Tatsuya Kamio was not discouraged, because it was only a matter of time.

The next day, Christmas Day, Nagumo organized a trip for all the student council members.

Although Kamio Tatsuya really wanted to stay in his room, considering that even Katsuragi had gone, he decided to join in anyway.

I wonder what Kamuro and Shiina are up to. I heard that Kamuro stayed out all night again last night and slept in Shiina's room.

The two people's relationship suddenly improved, and I don't know what they were thinking.

However, it's said that Japan has a tradition of eating fried chicken on Christmas Eve.

That's true, people from East Asia probably wouldn't be used to eating turkey.

Just as Kamio Tatsuya was thinking about these things, someone tapped him on the left shoulder. When he turned his head, he didn't see anyone.

Huh?

Kamio Tatsuya looked in the opposite direction, and Ichinose was smiling at them.

Wow, Ichinose, do you have to be so childish?

Good morning, Ichinose.

"Good morning, Kamio-kun." Ichinose also greeted Kamio Tatsuya. "Did I scare you?"

"No, not really."

"Because I just saw you seem to be happily thinking about something, I wanted to scare you a little."

You've gone astray, Ichinose-san.

"It's so cold, why are you still out playing? I really don't know what Nan Yun-senpai is thinking."

Kamio Tatsuya shrank his neck again. The more comfortable the kotatsu was yesterday, the more biting the cold wind was today.

"If you stay in your room all the time and don't exercise, your body will get rusty! Why not take this opportunity to have some fun!"

Ichinose, do you really think I don't exercise when I'm in my room?

Hmph, I get plenty of exercise in my room, after all, Kamuro is no match for me now.

Damn it, I really want to go back and spend time with Kamuro!

"What are you thinking?"

Ichinose's sudden question brought Tatsuya Kamio back to reality.

"It's nothing." Kamio Tatsuya turned his head away from Ichinose's face. "Oh, I saw Nagumo-senpai."

"where is it?"

Ichinose also looked over, but he didn't see Nagumo at all.

"No, you liar."

As he spoke, he nudged Tatsuya Kamio's back with his head.

"Just kidding."

"Speaking of which, that rumor circulating lately is really outrageous, it's about Longyuan."

"You mean the matter of Ryuen being beaten by Ayanokouji?" Kamio Tatsuya replied with a relaxed expression. "That's not a rumor, it's a fact."

"Huh? Really?" Ichinose asked in disbelief. "Did Ryuen and the others really get defeated by Ayanokouji?"

“That’s right, Ayanokouji-kun gave the Ryuen gang a good beating in a 1v3 situation,” Kamio Tatsuya said with certainty. “So the students in your class had better be careful, Ayanokouji is much more dangerous than Ryuen in some ways.”

"Haha, it shouldn't be that bad, right?"

"In any case, it's always better to be careful," Tatsuya Kamio reminded again. "Alright, this time we really saw Chairman Nagumo."

The agreed meeting place was near the entrance of the Keyaki Shopping Center. Both Kamio Tatsuya and Ichinose arrived about five minutes early.

Nagumo wasn't late, and not only Nagumo, Katsuragi also came along, so it seems they ran into each other on the way.

In addition, Kiriyama, the second-year student council vice president, and Mizowaki and Tonokawa, the newly appointed student council secretaries, were also among them.

Besides the student council members, Tatsuya Kamio also saw Asahina.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

To be honest, Nagumo's cheerful demeanor makes it hard to get angry.

"No, we just arrived too," Kamio Tatsuya replied politely. "Asahina-senpai is here too."

"Don't you welcome me, Kamio-kun? Should I leave then?"

Hey, stop messing around!

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean that at all!"

Tatsuya Kamio decisively admitted defeat.

"By the way, what were you guys talking about just now? You seemed to be having a lot of fun."

"Oh, we just chatted about some gossip, like the incident where Ryuen got beaten up by Ayanokouji."

"Oh? I've heard about this too. So, is it true?" Nan Yun's face also showed a curious expression.

"I'm not sure about that. Even though Longyuan and I are classmates, he won't tell me anything about it."

Kamio Tatsuya naturally didn't intend to tell Nagumo about this; who knew what kind of trouble that guy would cause.

"That's true. I know that mischievous kid Long Yuan quite well. Knowing his personality, he definitely wouldn't want anyone to know about something so embarrassing."

Haha, actually, it was Longyuan that leaked the news themselves.

Since Nagumo had already given himself a plausible explanation, Kamio Tatsuya was naturally happy to accept it.

As for why Ryuen leaked this information, Kamio Tatsuya probably had a guess, but he would need to confirm it with him later.

"Alright, that's about enough..."

Nan Yun had just started to speak, preparing to take everyone to eat, when he stopped.

Following the other person's gaze, Tatsuya Kamio actually saw Ayanokouji.

Moreover, he wasn't alone; he was accompanied by three people, one man and two women, all students from Class D, except for Hirata and Karuizawa, whom he was relatively familiar with.

There's also a gyaru-type girl, Maya Sato, a friend of Karuizawa.

So that's how it is. The date Karuizawa mentioned before was today.

But then again, why are Karuizawa and Hirata there too?

As Kamio Tatsuya was thinking this, Nagumo suddenly smiled.

"I'm going to say hello to the first-year students."

This guy's starting to get interested in Ayanokouji. Looks like deliberately leaking information about Ayanokouji to him before had an effect.

Kamio Tatsuya could be said to have done everything he could for Ayanokouji, having clearly told him that he could collect points and then break free from the control of the tea stalker, but the other party remained unmoved.

Since that's the case, Tatsuya Kamio had to consider the possibility of Ayanokouji becoming an enemy, so he took the opportunity to tell Nagumo about it.

As a result, after leaking information to Nagumo about Ayanokouji and Horikita's sparring match, this guy immediately said that he no longer cared about the threat of the Chabashira.

Unfortunately, since Nagumo has already developed an interest in Ayanokouji, he can't just give up like that.

"Hi, you four over there, could I borrow your time?"

After being greeted by Nagumo, the four members of Ayanokouji looked over.

"You're Ayanokouji, right?"

"Yes, we met at the sports festival, Nagumo-senpai."

After Nagumo left, Asahina immediately approached.

"Is he a first grader? Is he Ya's friend?"

"I don't think so. I think Nagumo-senpai is just interested in him." Kamio Tatsuya shrugged. "After all, he's someone who can physically overpower Horikita-senpai."

"Huh? You're kidding, right?"

Asahina was somewhat surprised, and Kiriyama, who heard this on the other side, also looked incredulous.

"Is what you said true?"

"Yes, Horikita-senpai said it himself."

Tatsuya Kamio nodded, his tone very certain.

Kamio Tatsuya's words caused the surrounding second-year students to exchange bewildered glances, and many of them looked at Ayanokouji with a hint of wariness.

They were naturally aware that Nagumo had always wanted to settle things with Horikita, and if this Ayanokouji was even stronger than Horikita…

Nagumo will probably shift some of his attention to him.

This is not the situation they wanted to see, because not all the people in this student council are from the second year.

Among them were some of the top students from the second-grade lower-level classes.

They were all hoping that Nagumo could get a lot of points in the upcoming exams so that he could help them.

Horikita Gaku had already distracted Nagumo, but they didn't dare say anything about it.

Fortunately, Horikita is about to graduate, and in his third year, Nagumo can focus on accumulating points.

But now there's another one: Ayanokoji.

What if Nagumo neglects his duties again for Ayanokouji...? Just thinking about this makes some people put on a mask of pain.

As for Tatsuya Kamio, they weren't worried, because judging from the current situation, Tatsuya Kamio was still on their side.

There's no need to worry about Nagumo wasting his time on him.

Chapter 230 Nan Yun: You're making me so bored!

It seems that Nagumo really just went to say hello and returned shortly afterward.

"Sorry for the wait, let's go."

At Nanyun's invitation, the group first went to lunch, and then went directly to a karaoke bar. After booking a large private room, they started howling and screaming.

To say it was a ghostly wail would be a bit of an exaggeration, but while it's not comparable to professional players, no one can even compare to Kamuro.

The only exception was Nagumo. This guy seems to be really versatile. He has strong academic ability, good athletic ability, and now he's even good at singing.

It's just a pity that Asahina-senpai didn't seem to be interested in him singing; she was just sitting on the sofa looking at her phone.

And so, after singing for an hour, Tatsuya Kamio finally received the news he had been waiting for.

After giving Nagumo a hand gesture, Kamio Tatsuya left the private room, and Nagumo followed him out.

"what happened?"

"Something came up. I recently wrote something and submitted it for publication. I didn't expect to receive an email from the editor just now."

There was no point in hiding it, so Tatsuya Kamio simply took out his phone and showed it to Nagumo.

"You wrote something?" Nan Yun looked at it with interest. "I see. But there's still a while before the agreed time. Shall we chat for a bit?"

"of course can."

Kamio Tatsuya put away his phone. Even chatting with Nagumo here was better than listening to those guys howling and wailing inside.

Looking at the obedient Tatsuya Kamio, Nagumo sighed.

"Kamio-kun, you're making me really bored."

Nagumo's words left Kamio Tatsuya somewhat bewildered.

"What did I do?"

“No.” Nan Yun shook his head. “It’s precisely because you haven’t done anything that I’m bored.”

Then Nan Yun sighed, feigning helplessness.

"Before you enrolled, the only person I could call a rival in this school was Horikita, a third-year student."

But he's a year ahead of me, you know what that means, right?

"Hmm... Will Horikita-senpai graduate before Nagumo-senpai?"

“That’s right!” Nan Yun suddenly became excited. “Every time I think about this, I can’t sleep at night. I regret very much that I wasn’t born in the same year as Horikita-senpai.”