Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"This should be corrected."

Shimada Sho sneered, "Do I need you to correct me?"

"I'm just pointing out the problem," Kiryu Ichiyo said in a flat tone.

Her face no longer held its usual condescension; instead, her expression was unusually serious.

Unfortunately, Shimada Sho wasn't buying it.

He switched the bamboo sword from his left hand to his right, mimicking the standard stance from yesterday's battle, and said sternly, "You pointed out the problem yesterday too, and what was the result?"

“Yesterday…” Kiryu Ichiyo couldn’t answer.

It's not that I've forgotten what happened yesterday.

I just couldn't bring myself to say it.

She was completely overwhelmed.

Yes, every cut landed precisely on her.

Arms, hands, and face—three scoring areas—were executed cleanly and precisely; the arms are still bruised to this day.

In this situation, saying anything more seems utterly futile.

Having experienced the initial anger of yesterday, she gradually calmed down.

She was less skilled than him, and even when facing this man, she couldn't muster much resentment.

In contrast, I'm still more curious about his kendo.

But now, seeing the undisguised contempt in his eyes, a surge of anger inexplicably welled up inside me.

The prepared words turned into a rebuttal: "That's real combat, different from basic training."

"So you admit you can't win in actual combat?"

"..."

Kiryu Ichiyo felt the anger in his heart intensify.

She stood there, her back ramrod straight, her gaze fixed on Shimada Sho's face, trying her best to maintain a composed demeanor.

However, the emotions surging in her eyes betrayed her.

Looking at her like this, Shimada Sho chuckled, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"unnecessary!"

"Fine." Shimada Sho was too lazy to pay any more attention to her.

He re-established his stance and began training again, wielding his sword once more.

Inside the activity room, the rhythmic sound of bamboo knives being swung echoed once again.

Kiryu Ichiyo also began training.

The two did not exchange any words.

However, upon closer observation, one will notice that her knife-wielding movements have become increasingly erratic without her realizing it.

At the same time, the intensity has also increased significantly.

Shimada Sho didn't pay any attention.

The two people stood on either side of the activity room, one on the left and one on the right. Sunlight streamed in through the window, making the floor between them shine.

It wasn't until noon that Shimada Sho put down his bamboo sword and stretched his wrists.

Without looking in Kiryu Ichiyo's direction, he went straight into the changing area, changed into his school uniform, and left the kendo club.

It was 12:10 PM, just after class, and he hadn't had lunch yet.

Aunt Daohua made a bento box and put it in my schoolbag. I'm going to the classroom to get it.

He walked from the activity building to the teaching building and was about to go upstairs along the stairs.

But at the corner, he ran into Chizuru Amami.

She came down from upstairs and stood two steps higher than Shimada Sho.

"Sho-kun!" Her eyes lit up instantly when she saw Shimada Sho below.

Then, he took two steps over the stairs and stood in front of him.

"Is something the matter?" Shimada Sho had a bad feeling when he saw her.

As if to confirm his premonition, Tenkai Chizuru suddenly reached out and slipped her hand inside the collar of his neck.

The next second, the silver necklace was pulled out.

“Sho-kun, please look at me.” She looked at Shimada Sho and spoke without hesitation.

Shimada Sho's face immediately darkened.

They start using underhanded tactics the moment they meet, they're not even pretending anymore?

He inwardly complained, but outwardly he still habitually cooperated.

"Xiang-kun?" Seeing that he did not move, Tenkai Chizuru spoke tentatively.

When he received no response, a sly smile appeared in his eyes.

She moved close to Shimada Sho and then did something that Shimada Sho never expected.

Soft and close to her skin, she threw herself into his arms.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest.

Shimada Sho was stunned for a moment.

This is not in an activity room or any private setting.

This is a hallway! During school dismissal time, students are constantly going up and down the stairs.

Isn't this girl afraid of getting herself killed?

His first instinct was to break free.

But thinking about my current state, I am still under hypnosis, unable to speak or move.

So in the end, I decided to take a look first.

At this moment, Tenkai Chizuru's head was already resting on his chest.

Her coquettish voice reached his ears, "Xiangjun... listen to me."

Sho Shimada did not respond.

"Come with me in a moment, to the washroom." Her hand moved from his waist to his shoulder, as if she wanted to embed herself in his embrace. "And then..."

Her voice grew softer and softer as her lips pressed against his neck, inhaling greedily.

Shimada Sho felt a chill run down his spine.

This girl has really gone mad.

Even though he's still pretending to be hypnotized, reason tells Shimada Sho that he can't continue like this.

He could already hear the sound of high heels walking upstairs.

In school, only teachers wear high heels.

If the teachers saw them like this, social death would be the least of their worries; things would spiral out of control completely.

So after thinking it over, he raised his hand and placed it on Tenkai Chizuru's shoulder.

Upon touching the thin fabric, Shimada Sho gently clasped his hands together and slowly but irresistibly pushed her away.

The action came suddenly, and at first, Chizuru Amami didn't notice anything.

But once they were separated a bit, they immediately realized what was happening.

Startled, he looked up and his gaze fell on Shimada Sho's face.

What came into view was a pair of incredibly clear eyes, calmly and silently gazing at her.

In an instant, the dazed look in her eyes vanished, replaced by an expression of disbelief and astonishment.

Immediately, his entire face turned bright red. "Shimada-kun, you...you listen to me! I..."

"The teacher is coming down," Shimada Sho reminded her, ignoring her excuses.

"I..." Tenkai Chizuru wanted to say more.

Just then, the "click-clack" of footsteps overhead grew closer and closer.

Finally, she swallowed her words, no longer caring about explaining, and ran downstairs as if fleeing.

The sound of high heels faded away after they reached the top of the stairs.

The teacher did not come downstairs.

But Chizuru Amami never found out.

Shimada Sho stood on the stairs, glanced down at the collar of his school uniform that she had crumpled, straightened it with his hand, shook his head, and turned to go upstairs.

He really couldn't comment on this girl's behavior.

In broad daylight, amidst the comings and goings of people, hypnosis was used without any warning.

They were so reckless that they didn't care about anything anymore.

If this were a real hypnotic device, who knows what might happen.

From now on, no matter what, we must not indulge her anymore.

With this in mind, Shimada Sho returned to the classroom.

During lunch break, most of the students went out, and the young lady was not at her seat either.

They must have gone to the activity room.

He took out his lunchbox from under the table, intending to finish quickly before heading to the kendo club for training.

But as soon as I opened the box, my phone suddenly vibrated.

Upon picking it up, I saw it was a message from Yukine Kamishiro.

[Kamishiro Yukine: Shimada-kun, didn't you come to the activity room at noon?]

Shimada Sho typed back: 【I'm in the classroom, what's up?】

[Yukine Kamishiro: It's nothing, it's just that Yuki isn't here either. I thought you two were together.]

Upon seeing the message, Shimada Sho was taken aback.

Ayase Yuki spends her days either in the classroom or the activity room.

They even spend more time in the activity room than in the classroom.

She's always there when I go there by myself, so why isn't she in the activity room today?

But thinking about it, it's normal; everyone has times when they're not around.

Without giving it much thought, he typed out the message to the young lady:

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: I probably won't be going at noon.]

The other party has read the message, but it took a while to arrive: 【Okay.】

Shimada Sho put down his phone and refocused his attention on the bento box in front of him.

The rice balls in the box were still warm. After he moved back home, Aunt Daohua even replaced his lunchbox with a better one.

I picked up the rice ball with my chopsticks and took a bite; it tasted really good.

Dining alone, without the young lady and Ayase Yuki present, Shimada Sho ate very quickly.

In just a few minutes, he had eaten most of the bento box.

Finally, he ate the chicken leg he had deliberately saved, closed the lunchbox, and opened the system.

This is another reason why Shimada Sho decided not to go to the activity room.

He was not entirely at ease with Tenkai Chizuru's current condition.

In that situation just now, the idol was completely stunned when he ran away.