Chapter 12: The Hunter and the Prey
"You can transfer to another class with 20 million personal points. Did you know that?"
"...Too good to hear that such a thing would happen."
Ichinose showed a surprised expression.
She frowned.
"So the so-called 100% enrollment rate and employment rate, is it only for the graduates of Class A?"
"Yes."
Miyano Makoto nodded.
"All other classes are just runners-up to Class A."
He was not surprised that Ichinose Honami could see this, otherwise there would be no value in spending 20 million personal points to change classes.
"So why was Makoto assigned to Class B?"
Ichinose Honami was troubled by this.
"Maybe it's because my social skills are flawed. Yuo ARe is the only one willing to accompany me."
"Makoto knows this."
Ichinose rolled her eyes.
Even a beautiful girl looks good when she rolls her eyes!
Miyano Makoto affirmed this.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I believe that you will definitely become the leader of the class, and I will support you behind the scenes!"
"In that case, Makoto should transfer to Class A as soon as possible."
"There is still a gap of nearly 15 million personal points."
Miyano Makoto spread his hands, looking helpless.
"Of course I will help you. I am the woman who is going to be the leader of Class A!"
Ichinose Honoki spoke confidently.
"Does you mean that I will be the leader of Class A in the future?"
"Well, if you really want to..."
"I'd rather just stay behind Ichinose and eat soft rice"
Ichinose Honami poked Miyano Makoto on the cheek.
"Does Makoto really think so?"
"Why work hard if you can just lie flat?"
Miyano Makoto asked back curiously.
"...I was defeated by you."
Ichinose Honami stuck out her tongue and said,
"So why did Makoto start collecting personal points before school started?"
"Because I am a money-oriented person, without money I have no sense of security."
"Then why did you transferred 1 million personal points to me?"
"It's okay because it's a sail."
"Well...that's true. I forgive you."
"Have I done anything that requires forgiveness from Honami?"
"Because you didn't tell me the truth."
"..."
"Let's eat first."
Miyano Makoto ended the topic.
Ichinose Honami, what a scary intuition!
...
"It would be nice if you could be a little more tolerant."
At the dinner table, Miyano Makoto expressed his true feelings.
"What do you mean by tolerant?"
Ichinose Honami swallowed plenty of food slowly and leisurely. Perhaps only in this way could she cultivate such a plump figure!
"It's in all aspects. I always feel a lot of pressure."
Miyano Makoto frowned, but continued to eat a large amount of rice obediently.
"So Makoto also feels pressure?"
"Of course I am a normal adolescent boy."
"Did I put pressure on you?"
Ichinose asked, and the perfect amount of flesh on her face made her look particularly cute.
Miyano Makoto nodded.
"That's troublesome. I don't know where I put pressure on Makoto."
Ichinose Honami frowned her beautiful eyebrows, she didn't know what the problem was.
"Anyway, let's leave it at that for now. I'll tell Honami next time I feel stressed."
"You must tell me!"
Ichinose Honami emphasized that she didn't want to drift away from the other party, otherwise she would go crazy.
"If you can really change like this, I will really like it."
"So Makoto has never liked me? So sad."
After learning the unexpected fact, Ichinose Honami showed a sad expression, and the tearful look of the beautiful girl successfully aroused Miyano Makoto's desire to protect her.
"I did not mean that!"
Miyano Makoto explained that he really didn't mean that.
"How could I not like you? I mean to like her to a certain extent!"
"Is that so?"
Tears welled up in Ichinose Honami's eyes. She herself hadn't expected that her ability to endure was so weak.
Makoto Miyano took a few tissues and wiped the tears from the other person's eyes.
He actually made a beautiful girl cry. He is really a sinful man.
"If there is a favorability rating, have I reached the maximum?"
"Yes, please cherish me."
"Um."
Of course he will cherish it, this is the treasure he deserves.
...
After dinner, Miyano Makoto strolled in the school at night, without any sign of Ichinose Honami by his side.
Because he said this to the other party:
"It's stressful for me to be with you all the time."
Ichinose Honami flinched.
She decided to give Makoto enough personal space, so she stopped clinging to him, and she also had her own girl relationships to deal with.
In this way, Miyano Makoto was freed.
"clang~!"
There were faint strange noises coming from the school building.
"..."
No way, no way, could it be what he imagined?
This is only the second day of school!
Miyano Makoto walked into the school building.
He did not hide his footsteps, so the sound of his shoes hitting the floor was particularly clear in the silent school building.
Makoto Miyano met the man on the stairs on the third floor.
"It's so late, what is this student doing here?"
Kushida Kikyo is a legendary two-faced person.
"Nothing, nothing, but why is Senior here?"
Kushida Kikyo tried to change the topic to another direction, but Miyano Makoto naturally couldn't do as she wished.
"Because I heard strange noises coming from upstairs nearby, so I came to check it out."
"Besides, I'm a freshman, so I probably won't be your senior."
Makoto Miyano reveals his real grade to the girl.
"So you're a first-year classmate. Can I be your friend?"
Kikyo Kushida stood on the path that Makoto Miyano had to take to go upstairs. She did not mention the strange noise at all, but said these words.
"Sure, sure. My name is Miyano Makoto, and I'm a student in Class 1-B. What about you?"
"Kushida Kikyo, your class is Class 1, D. Thank you for your guidance in the future."
The two exchanged contact information.
"By the way, did you hear any strange noises just now, Kushida-san?"
"No, maybe Miyano-san heard it wrong?"
Kushida Kikyo tried to get away with it by being cute. She tilted her head with a thoughtful look on her face, as if she really didn't catch the sound that Miyano Makoto mentioned.
"I am quite confident in my hearing and memory, so I definitely didn't hear it wrong."
Makoto Miyano emphasized his talent.
"And Kushida-san is standing in front of me all the time. Is there something shameful upstairs?"
"Miyano-san is such a joke, I just happened to be standing here..."
For some reason, Miyano Makoto always felt that Kushida Kikyo's smile seemed a little forced.
Well he know why...
"In that case, I want to go up and check it out."
"I'll go with you."
Kushida Kikyo caught up with Miyano Makoto.
"Um..."
Coming to the stairs leading to the rooftop, there was no one there. Makoto Miyano fell into deep thought facing the locked door.
Then he tried to kick it.
"clang~!"
"That's right, that's the sound I heard!"
Miyano Makoto was absolutely sure that there was nothing wrong with his memory, so the only thing left was...
"Kushida-san, you just said you didn't hear any noise, right?"
Kushida Kikyo nodded with some difficulty.
"From the beginning, I didn't hear any footsteps from a third person here. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the person deliberately lowered the footsteps. There is only one staircase going up and down the stairs."
Miyano Makoto said slowly,
"But I only saw Kushida-san here from the beginning to the end. The sound came from here. Unless he jumped out of the window, there is no other way for him to escape from my sight and yours."
"What do you mean, Miyano-san?"
Kushida Kikyo wanted to struggle a little longer.
"Kusida-san, it was you who kicked the door just now, wasn't it?"
Miyano Makoto deduced the process from the answer, but it was obvious that Kushida Kikyo didn't know about it.
"...What do you want?"
Although it was their first meeting, Kushida Kikyo felt as if she was seen through by the other party, and the pressure on her seemed to have increased.
"I don't mean to do anything. I'm just curious about the strange noise coming from the school building, and I want to draw conclusions. That's all."
Miyano Makoto gave the opponent enough space.
"If Kushida-san is feeling stressed, he should be able to release stress in other ways, right? If you don't mind, you can try the gym. It only costs 5,000 personal points a month, which is quite cost-effective."
"Do you think you know me well?"
Kushida Kikyo tore off the mask of disguise. She couldn't stand the hypocrisy of the person in front of her.
"You knew the truth a long time ago but you still acted in front of me. Do you think your acting is good?!"
"What on earth are you thinking about? What on earth do you want me to do? Just tell me!"
"Calm down, Kushida-san."
Makoto Miyano wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead with his hand. Is this the fighting power of Kikyo Kushida?
Will the fingerprint-pressing part still appear?
He was looking forward to it.
"I didn't mean to threaten you. I just gave you some advice. If I made you angry, I apologize."
"Really? Is Miyano-san really such a kind person? Your eyes were looking over there just now, right?"
Kushida Kikyo smiled, she felt that this kind of man was the easiest to deal with.
"I'm sorry, this is a very natural reaction and it's beyond my control."
Miyano Makoto was not lying when he said this, he had not yet reached the state of being calm and peaceful.
"If you really can't feel at ease, you can come to me whenever you want to vent in the future. I will be happy to listen."
"By the way, I have a girlfriend, so you can rest assured that she can be someone you can talk to if you want."
After listening to Miyano Makoto's long speech, Kushida Kikyo calmed down completely.
"Is that the woman named Ichinose Honami? I just saw it on your phone."
"That's right. Can you rest assured now, Kushida-san?"
"That's annoying. Miyano-san can just call me Kikyo~"
It seems that there is no link he expected....