Zongman, working as a teaching assistant in Trasen

"...the word 'slumped' is redundant."

"Hum~"

Saburo Uozuka, who was standing back to back with Suzuka in almost the same position, scratched his head and looked at the densely packed list of "extremely useful" coping methods on his phone, but suddenly he didn't want to use them.

Just...how should I put it?

If Wusheng Suzuka really pestered him like some love-sick, impulsive little girls and insisted on marrying him, he could instead reject her directly and calmly, completely following the methods in this "textbook" to break off the relationship, and even use this psychological state to gain benefits.

But like this, she completely expounded on her obsession in a completely calm and joyful tone, allowing the audience to fully understand her change of mindset, which made him feel really...

Hard to resist!

Just like the close friendship he formed with Kiryu Kazuma and Yagami Kaku at the banquet last night, although Uozuka Saburo has been influenced by many of the organization's habits over the years, deep down he is still most influenced by the working style when he first "entered the industry" - the old-school yakuza style that focuses on emotional expression and understanding the psychology of others.

Faced with Silent Suzuka's almost heartfelt words, he couldn't avoid her question with a casual and perfunctory attitude, because that was neither in line with his wishes nor in line with his goal of resolving the incident perfectly.

...Oh, never mind.

Forcibly borrowing other people's ideas to solve a problem is ultimately very limited. You still have to rely on your own style to be safe.

At least... he can be mentally prepared for how to bear the final consequences.

Turning off his phone, Uozuka Saburo took a deep breath, mentally organizing his words before speaking seriously, "Suzuka, among the few horsegirls I know, you're probably the most understanding and sensible person. I'm wondering what your actions mean and what the possible consequences are."

"Yes, I know very well."

"Then you must have guessed at various outcomes and prepared yourself mentally?"

"......Yes."

Clamping her hands tightly around her pounding heart, Silent Suzuka feigned composure and said casually, "I'm fine, Sensei. This was simply a one-sided act of willful thinking on my part. I can accept whatever your answer is... So please don't hesitate and just tell me the answer directly."

"...So what should I say?"

"......Um."

“…I really said that??”

"......Hi."

“…I really really…”

"teacher!"

"Sorry Suzuka, I can't accept your feelings right now."

"...Woo"

"but!!!"

"!!?"

Tears welled up in her eyes, but before they could flow, Suzuka was startled by a sudden rise in the voice behind her. She heard Uozuka Saburo's subsequent words: "This doesn't mean that I don't like you, or that I have a problem with you - it means 'put off the discussion and discuss it later'!"

"...?"

"Suzuka, I won't say anything like 'You're only fourteen and haven't seen the world yet' or 'There will be many more good men waiting for you to meet in the future' or anything like that, understand? I will never say anything like that to deny your true feelings right now."

Sitting upright, Uozuka Saburo spoke to her in a serious tone, his true thoughts in mind: "But at the same time, as a teacher, I have an obligation to fulfill my responsibilities! Especially the most important one: protecting students from harm!"

".......so?"

"So, I will acknowledge and accept your feelings, and do my best to fulfill your wishes."

Standing up, Uozuka Saburo spoke in a confident and practiced tone, "According to Japanese law, both the legal age of adulthood and the legal age of marriage are 18. After reaching this age, no one will interfere whether you're in a relationship or getting married!"

"Therefore! What I want you to do is to study hard, watch carefully, and hold on to your current relationship in these remaining four years! Equip your mind with theory and practice, and make yourself more mature and complete!"

"By then, if you still have this kind of feelings for me, I will promise you seriously and solemnly without any delay."

"...!!!"

With the back of his head against the wooden door, a magnetic male voice came through the medium and reached the ears of the horse girl outside the door, making her feel as if she had ascended from hell to heaven in an instant!

Chapter 141 So Happy!!!

I'm so happy! I've never been this happy since I was born!!

My heart is beating so fast, and the dizzying warmth is almost overflowing...

However, she wanted to confirm a little more... She also wanted to go a step further and put her mind at ease...

"...Teacher, may I ask...what do you think of me?"

"Well...I think you would make a good wife."

Uozuka Saburo inside the gate thought for a moment, then raised his head and said earnestly to the direction where Silent Suzuka's voice came from, "If someone can marry you in the future, it must be a great blessing from your past life. You are the luckiest person in the world."

This was not a lie told to cover up the truth, but rather Uozuka Saburo's sincere thoughts, fully affirming the qualities of Musashi Suzuka.

————Of course, there’s no need to say the second half of the sentence, “I definitely don’t have this blessing.”… There’s absolutely no need to say it.

"...!!!"

No! So happy!!!

I feel like I'm going to melt!!

Huhhhhhhhhh......

Squatting on the ground, covering her red cheeks with her hands, and with the ponytail at her waist swinging wildly left and right, Silent Suzuka felt as if she was in heaven, and it was not impossible that she would suffocate due to cardiac arrest in the next second.

If this continues, I'll really die from being too happy...

Calm down, calm down, Silent Suzuka! Think about what the teacher just said...

Four years, there are still four years left to endure...

The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!!!

"...Suzuka, Suzuka? Are you okay?"

"Um...um..."

Gasping for breath, she finally came back to her senses from her exploding delusion. The young horse girl suppressed her shyness and said with her back to the wooden door, "Thank you, teacher. I... am very happy."

"Well... please don't be too sad, I will be fine later..."

"No, no, no! I'm really happy! Really!!"

"Uh...okay."

Feeling that all the observation skills he had acquired from the victims in the past had been wasted, Uozuka Saburo scratched his head as he listened to the excited voice with a hint of crying outside the door. In the end, he gave up the idea of ​​opening the door directly and confirming what she was thinking in person.

It seems that even if you are not at the level of Vermouth, a woman's heart is as unpredictable as a needle in the sea...

Just like that, the awkward atmosphere lasted for a few seconds between the man and the ponygirl, who had completely different thoughts in their minds, and then they spoke at the same time.

"That." "That!"

““…””

"Suzuka, you speak first?"

"No, it's nothing serious. Please tell me, teacher."

"it is good."

Feeling that as a man he should take the initiative to initiate conversation, Uozuka Saburo cleared his throat and said in a more serious voice, "Suzuka, what I want to ask you is, what's the situation outside now? Has the commotion subsided?"

"Not yet... yet."

Seeing Uozuka Saburo take the initiative to change the subject, Silent Suzuka also breathed a sigh of relief. While stroking his chest to calm his breath, he gave a simple explanation: "The potion made by Hayabusa-senpai does not rely on external forces to affect the horse girl's nerves, but uses some kind of inducer to form a chemical reaction, causing the horse girl to react to it herself, so..."

"...I see. It's harder to cure, right?" Uozuka Saburo continued. "Just like a cold, you can only recover by strengthening your body, not by taking medication, right?"

"Well, that's what it means."

"Ugh......"

After mentally cursing the "biochemical genius" for his lack of integrity, Uozuka Saburo thought for a moment before asking, "What about the others? I remember there were many horsegirls following me, but I didn't see any familiar faces among them. Did you all gather together to seek refuge?"

"Hi. Because you took the day off today, our class training has been temporarily postponed. After we finished a cultural class together, we had nothing else to do. After visiting you, we all went back to the dormitory to rest."

"Well, this way we can avoid the area where the commotion is happening."

Nodding, Uozuka Saburo covered his mouth, imitating the detectives, and continued his reasoning, "Then, when the riot broke out, as someone involved, you immediately thought the source of the problem was with Airi Hayako. So, together with the rest of the class, you immediately found the two culprits and apprehended them. After interrogating them about the whole situation, you immediately notified the chairman for help, which allowed me to successfully escape. That's roughly the whole process, right?"

“…Well, that’s what I mean.”

Selectively ignoring some of the hesitation and careful thoughts in the process, Silent Suzuka nodded vigorously and answered righteously and affirmatively.

"So? What's your situation now?"

Uozuka Saburo didn't notice the hesitation in Suzuka's voice and continued to ask, "As the provider of firsthand information and one of the few horsegirls not affected by the potion, did you come here directly after seeing the fortification of the administrative building? Or did you come here at the chairman's call?"

"We came here on our own."

After completely adjusting her mood, the orange-haired horsegirl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said with a slightly wry smile, "After all... we still have to bring Suzuko-senpai and Tea House-senpai with us, and keep an eye on them so they don't run around. Their movement speed is a bit..."

"I see... Thank you for your hard work."

Nodding, fully understanding the immense suffering these middle-level ponygirls must have endured to apprehend the two high-level ponygirls and bring them safely from the teaching building to the administration building, Uozuka Saburo said with emotion, "Let everyone rest well. I'm not sure what the chairman has planned for you, but given her personality, I imagine she's not too bad—otherwise, she wouldn't have let you run around in this tightly sealed administration building."

"Mmmmm..."

After being reminded by Uozuka Saburo, Silent Suzuka also realized that his self-proclaimed secret operation could not escape the eyes of the administrator in this "besieged city". The reason he arrived safely was only because of the other party's tacit approval. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

Chairman Akikawa, although he's young, he understands people's hearts very well...

As expected, he is the child who can become the chairman of the board.

"Okay, I've pretty much said everything I wanted to say. Is there anything else you want to tell me, Suzuka?"

"Um... um, Uozuka-sensei."

After thinking it over, Suzuka still didn't give up on her junior high school. Silent Suzuka turned around, not caring whether the other party could see or not, and bent her waist 90 degrees through the door and said: "Could you please... forgive Hayako-senpai and Tea House-senpai, and not punish them in the future?"

Chapter 142: Shave! All!

"...I understand. Don't worry, I..."

"No, that's not the case, teacher!"

Hearing the helplessness in Uozuka Saburo's tone, Silent Suzuka quickly interrupted him and said anxiously, "Just now, when the teacher called us, I was also listening. I wanted to talk to you after Hayako-senpai finished speaking, but I didn't expect you to...hang up directly."

"Uh, sorry."

"Yeah, it's okay, I understand teacher."

Recalling the cold words that had come through the phone a few hours earlier, those words that seemed to reveal endless anger and disappointment, Silent Suzuka couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart. She subconsciously pursed her lips and said, "I know she's caused you a lot of trouble lately. You haven't even had a good night's rest in all these days... Just when the effects of the previous potion were about to wear off, a new one caused this. It's understandable that you'd be so angry."

This was Suzuka Silent's true feelings, and it was also the reason why she didn't directly explain her request to Uozuka Saburo. ————Airi Hayako, you really went too far this time...

Common saying: One or two is fine, but not three.

Although the first horse girl potion was the worst, fortunately the results were more positive than negative. Uozuka Saburo also got a lot of benefits from it, and he retaliated on the spot, so the reaction was naturally not that big.

The second time was a follow-up to the first. Although Alisuko failed to completely solve the problem, she did take remedial measures. Although it caused another mutation at the same time, the result was still relatively good. Although there was some resentment, it was not particularly bad.

The point is this third time... He really didn't give the horsegirl training instructor even a moment to breathe. Not only did he fail to produce any positive impact, but he also "betrayed" him just after gaining his trust...

Saburo Uozuka himself is not a good-tempered gentleman. To some extent, he can even be called a "violent and cruel murderer."

The reason he'd been able to hold his temper despite facing so many strong-willed horse girls since joining the company was, firstly, because he constantly kept his head down by reciting his elder brother's teachings and the organization's mission; secondly, because most of these horse girls' actions were unintentional and didn't mean to offend him; and thirdly, because he knew full well he couldn't possibly defeat these steely, sonic-spewing women...

Ahem, so this is why Airi Hayabusa made him so angry this time: what she did was just like those Abutsu gang thugs who drove a dump truck into him, it was a real offense to his dignity.

Everything has to be done in moderation. Uozuka Saburo can tolerate some of Airi Hayako's harmless pranks and can accept the benefits that come with risks, but he absolutely cannot accept her deliberately causing him unbearable losses in the name of "mistakes" or "pranks" - because that means she does not want to bear the consequences.

Even the psychopaths in the organization will abide by the most basic principle of responsibility: whoever does something wrong will accept the punishment himself, and will never completely think that he has done nothing wrong, and is simply "playing around" and "not responsible."

Because all the fools who thought like this became victims of Brother Uozuka Saburo's gun.

A few short weeks of peaceful life could not erase the tone set by more than a decade of life and death. Uozuka Saburo might not kill because of the mission, or he might cripple Airi Hayako to maintain his dignity, but it was completely impossible for him to be as passionate about her as before.

This, Wusheng Suzuka would not understand, and Uozuka Saburo would not let her understand. No matter what excuse she was going to give next, he would definitely not go to her...