Hitori Gotoh couldn't be bothered to tell Jhin about the trouble she had encountered yet. Held in her boyfriend's arms, she realized only now that during her time on the ship, she had become accustomed to the feeling of being surrounded by Jhin's scent.
Embracing him again now, she was like a survivor dying of thirst in the desert, or a fish stranded on the beach finally finding life-saving water, desperately drawing in Jhin's presence.
Hitori Gotoh rested her head against Jhin's chest, not wanting to say a single word. Her body felt like fresh snow melting under warm sunlight, her strength dissipating bit by bit into the gentle sanctuary that was her boyfriend.
Jhin looked down and discovered that his girlfriend, who was so anxious in her messages just a moment ago, was actually about to fall asleep leaning against his chest. He immediately decided to wake her up—but he chose to use the kind of passionate, deep kiss shared between lovers that made one feel suffocated to kiss Hitori Gotoh awake.
"Bocchi-chan, can you tell me now what trouble you've encountered?"
Jhin licked his lips, unsatisfied, and smiled roguishly at Hitori Gotoh in his arms, whose face was flushed and whose eyes were glistening with water.
"It... It's just my social media account. I haven't uploaded any updates for a long time..."
"I understand."
Jhin didn't wait for Hitori Gotoh to finish; he already completely understood her situation.
Kessoku Band's instruments were still kept in his storage space. Since they needed to prepare for the upcoming MV recording, he hadn't taken them out for the girls to keep personally—especially Nijika; the Antarctic Expedition Team's dormitory definitely couldn't fit her drum set.
Having arrived in Antarctica, it was impossible for Kessoku Band to completely give up on practice. Among the testing technology Nymph brought, there was something called a Capsule Residence. When Jhin heard the name, he thought it sounded like the Capsule House from Dragon Ball.
After Nymph showed him the actual object, Jhin felt that while he wouldn't say it was 100% similar, it was at least 90% alike.
Anyway, this technology could be used as Kessoku Band's practice room. He would just ask Nymph to apply some cognitive interference then, so there would be no need to worry about causing a commotion.
Just as Jhin was resolving the death crisis of 'guitarhero' for Hitori Gotoh, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally found an opportunity to ask Komine Sachi about her story with Jhin.
This Mihama Academy class representative, whose behavior and demeanor were no different from a maid's on normal days, could still be seen busily working everywhere even in the Antarctic base. However, the members of the Antarctic Expedition Team felt a bit embarrassed to have this high school girl waiting on them hand and foot, as it made them look useless.
So, under Kanae Maekawa's persuasion, Komine Sachi had nothing to do today. Kasumigaoka Utaha had observed for a long time before finally finding such a good opportunity.
"Komine-san, you're free today, right?"
"Kasumigaoka-san?" Komine Sachi blinked, answering with some regret, "Yes, Miss Maekawa forcibly gave me a day off."
Just how much do you like helping others...
Even with a personality like Kasumigaoka Utaha's, which was good at picking faults in others, she couldn't find many flaws when facing Komine Sachi. If she had to name one, it would probably be her helpful nature.
"Can Sawamura-san, Kato-san, and I come to your room later to ask some things? Regarding Jhin-san."
"Certainly. Then I will return to my room first to prepare tea."
Komine Sachi's smile didn't change in the slightest. She bowed slightly to signal her assent and left elegantly like a true maid.
How strange. Did Jhin not tell Komine-san that we know about Scum-kun's cheating?
Kasumigaoka Utaha muttered inwardly, then took out her phone to contact her little group.
Inside the [Scum-kun Truth Discussion Group]:
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Sawamura-san, Kato-san, we're going to Komine-san's room later to ask her about Scum-kun."
Eriri: "Huh? Ask what about Jhin?"
Kato Megumi: "It should be about Jhin cheating, right..."
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Could it be that Sawamura-san vomited out all her memories while seasick?"
Eriri: "You black-bellied woman, you weren't any better! Who was it that sneaked out in the middle of the night to vomit and ended up bumping into Komine-san?"
Kato Megumi: "I've wanted to ask this before, but why didn't we ask her about this when we were living together with Komine-san back then?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "..."
Eriri: "..."
Eriri: "Back then, we were so seasick we weren't even thinking straight. Who would remember such small details?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "On this point, I have to agree with you."
Kato Megumi: "You two stop bickering. Are we going to Komine-san's room right now?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Yeah."
After the three met up, they went to Komine Sachi's room together.
"I'm terribly sorry. There is no black tea here, so I could only brew some green tea for everyone."
Because the single dormitory room wasn't large, Komine Sachi could only find three chairs to place by the wardrobe. She put the tea on the desk, while she herself sat on the bed to await their questions.
"I think being able to get green tea in Antarctica is already amazing enough." Eriri picked up the teacup and took a sip. "By the way, who gave you the green tea?"
Komine Sachi answered as a matter of course, "Jhin."
Kasumigaoka Utaha used this as an entry point and asked, "Komine-san, you should know... that Scum... that Jhin-san has special relationships with other girls, right?"
"So that's what you wanted to ask." Komine Sachi held the tea tray, revealing an expression of realization. She nodded openly and admitted, "I know."
"But... don't you think your current relationship is very abnormal?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha never expected Komine Sachi to have such a calm, matter-of-fact attitude. She subconsciously crossed her legs and shook her foot continuously.
Komine Sachi tilted her head in confusion. "Abnormal? But Jhin really likes it when I call him 'Master', and he gets me covered in it every time. It takes a long time to wash the clothes."
How could three inexperienced virgins withstand the tires of Komine Sachi's 'innocently dark' drive-by running over their faces? Their cheeks flushed pink, and they didn't dare to look directly at her, who was wearing a maid outfit at this moment.
Especially Eriri. Just from that one sentence of Komine Sachi's, corresponding images had already surfaced in her mind. However, as a doujin artist, she was the first among the three to calm her emotions.
"Cough, cough, that's not what I meant."
Kasumigaoka Utaha never imagined her euphemistic inquiry would be crushed by a truck. She only then remembered that Komine Sachi had a natural airhead personality, and beating around the bush would hardly get the answer she wanted.
Kasumigaoka Utaha interlaced her fingers and placed them on her knees. Taking a deep breath, she spoke solemnly, "I'm referring to the couple relationship between Jhin-san and you, as well as with other classmates. Why can you all accept becoming his girlfriends so naturally?"
Eriri nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Isn't this just Jhin acting like a cheating scumbag?"
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