"Gulp..."
Hayato's smiling, crescent-shaped eyes held a threat, and Nogami Izumi swallowed her saliva.
She had always maintained considerable vigilance and fear towards Hayato. The reason she could say such things during this encounter was because she simply couldn't swallow the indignation of being rejected by that guy, plus the girl accompanying him today had a disastrous sense of style. That's why she couldn't help but mock him.
But when the other party retorted, she immediately chickened out.
It was what is commonly known as "both weak and loves to play."
"Tsk,"
She clicked her tongue. Although she had already decided to retreat in her heart, she couldn't show it on her face.
Nogami Izumi simply averted her eyes, no longer meeting Hayato's gaze, and turned to leave directly.
I am arrogant, what can you do to me?
"...She's gone." Hayato sighed, calling out to Sawamura Airiri.
However, Hayato thought to himself, "Not bad. The original three-person team now only has Nogami Izumi left. It seems their team has started to disintegrate from within."
As for Nogami Izumi, after walking a distance, she secretly looked back at the girl who was with Hayato.
Heh, so it wasn't that that scoundrel didn't fancy her, but that his taste was inherently flawed.
To actually like such a country bumpkin, what urban-rural fringe did that style of dressing come from? And the time period must be at least twenty years ago. A boy who likes such a woman would naturally be attracted to her, who is beautiful...
"Ugh," Nogami Izumi made a pained sound.
Because she recalled the country bumpkin's face. How to put it, although her attire was a bit rustic, her face was top-notch, with the lowest possible evaluation being "she's not inferior to me."
...A boy who likes that kind of woman would naturally be attracted to a perfect figure... Nogami Izumi then changed her descriptive word.
Then, she became even more pained.
She was wearing a figure-hugging silk camisole, while that country bumpkin was wearing a loose T-shirt that showed no consideration for style, yet the curve of her own chest was still not as astonishing as that person's. This meant that under the same conditions, that country bumpkin's cup size would definitely be several sizes larger than hers.
If Hinata Sae's silly chest size was a plain, then Nogami Izumi's was at most a hill, and Menako's was a mountain.
That country bumpkin... was Mount Fuji!
Damn it!
Nogami Izumi wanted to grind her beautiful silver teeth to dust. The good feeling she had just built up about herself instantly crumbled.
However,
"A bumpkin is a bumpkin," Nogami Izumi still cursed.
Fashionable girls like her were born with a head start. While it might not be obvious when everyone was young, by the time they reached thirty or forty, the traces of time would quickly cover the faces of such bumpkins, and wrinkles would be as deep as ravines.
Girls like her, who paid attention to maintenance, would merely transition from "young and beautiful" to "mature and charming."
By then, that scoundrel would definitely resent his current choice.
Thinking of this, Nogami Izumi was already laughing, as if events decades in the future were already vividly unfolding before her.
She stood tall, dressed in dazzling clothes and jewels, with an arrogant expression.
As for Hayato, he could only kneel before her and endure her mockery.
"What's this? You used to ignore this Miss, but now you still have to kneel before this Miss? Heh heh, is it because your wife has become a hag, and you've lost all interest in her?"
Then, she used her foot to step on him.
Hayato, on the other hand, showed a look of both pain and pleasure.
"Ye-yes... Miss Nogami is the best." He groaned these lines, both exhilarated and weak.
"Hmph, hmph hmph... Hahahaha... Hahahahaha!" Nogami Izumi couldn't stop laughing.
This caused a passing Grandma to give her a few extra glances.
That strange look brought Nogami Izumi back to her senses. She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth... It felt so good, and what was even better was her certainty that such a thing would happen soon.
Let's treat this fantasy as tonight's side dish.
Nogami Izumi curved her sadistic smile, then thought for a moment. Was that bumpkin called "Sawamura Airiri"? She should write down that name first.
Then she looked at the "Three-Person Squad" Line group.
The usually bustling group was now completely desolate.
If it had been before, Nogami Izumi would definitely have been unaccustomed to it, but at this moment, she was relieved instead.
She casually scrolled through the chat history.
The most recent message was a few days ago, and as for the content...
Girl subway .jpg.
What the hell is this?
Sanada Menako: "FYI, I met Hayato in the hallway today, and he greeted me first."
Hinata Sae: "Oh, you're so capable. Did you perhaps swing your chest to tempt him? Wiggling your butt like a bitch, you don't need to be so horny even if you want someone to screw you."
Sanada Menako: "If you're so capable, you swing it too... Oh, I forgot, Sae seems to be flat-chested, can't swing anything at all."
Hinata Sae: "F***, you'll never know how good Hayato is to me!"
Sanada Menako: "Heh, how good can he be? Can you even breastfeed if you have a child later?!"
The squabble between Sanada Menako and Hinata Sae revolved around "how to get a hold of Hayato," but as it developed, it seemed to have turned into "who can fawn over Hayato more."
At first, Nogami Izumi would remind them to correct their thinking, but after being called "eliminated first" and "loser" a few times, she gave up on saving these two idiots.
However,
Nogami Izumi was still unconvinced.
She had only slightly offended Mr. Hayashi, so why should their side lose so utterly and become estranged?
She thought for a moment, and suddenly a plan came to mind.
Since Hinata Sae and Sanada Menako were already like this, why not let them serve their final purpose?
This plan was called...
"Killing with a borrowed knife"!
Nogami Izumi: "Oh, I see you two are talking so excitedly here, really thinking Hayato is so into you. Turns out you're just a backup, huh? How come I saw Hayato shopping with another woman on such an important holiday?"
As if to retaliate for the phrase "loser eliminated first," she pressed the send button with anger.
You wouldn't think you're so amazing, would you?
Actually, you're on the same level as me!
Nogami Izumi thought with a fierce look.
Soon after, Sanada Menako was the first to reply.
"Where? And with whom?"
"Here at the Shibuya underground shopping mall. I think her name was Sawamura Airiri..."
If Sanada Menako caused a scene and succeeded, it would be a nuisance to that scoundrel Hayato, and she could reap the benefits.
Even if Sanada Menako didn't succeed in causing a scene, she would inevitably break ties with Hayato. At that time, she would see what tricks that idiot still had to swagger in front of her!
Win-win.
Nogami Izumi thought, meaning she would win twice.
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