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Of course, the more likely possibility is that the reporter was afraid of retaliation from the school and did not dare to publish the article.
"But if it's just a little trick like this, I still don't agree to change the club activities into questionnaires." Yukino waved her hand decisively to give the answer.
"Yeah, even if it's fun, handing out flyers doesn't seem like it will become a fond memory. We need an activity that allows people to participate." Mahiru agreed with the director's words.
"…Then I have no choice. I will never do anything that requires me to dig a hole and jump into it to hurt myself." Natsume Rin shrugged.
"It's okay." Yukino waved her hand and gave Mahiru a kind smile: "If Shiina-san has no objection, how about I take charge of this club activity? Then you and Natsume will just need to follow my instructions."
Although they smelled an ominous scent, when someone stepped forward and took the initiative to take responsibility, they nodded and prepared to see what new tricks the minister would come up with.
Chapter 73: Senior? Senior!
After leaving the activity room, the two girls who seemed to have a good relationship exchanged contact information and actually made an appointment to go shopping together.
Yukino is not a person who is good at taking initiative, and Mahiru is even more constrained by the halo of an angel, so who came up with it?
Natsume Rin couldn't figure it out, but she just watched their backs as they left and gained a deeper understanding of the relationships between girls.
After locking the door of the activity room, Natsume Rin walked down slowly, thinking about the activities proposed by the minister.
She was very smart and knew that the number of people in the service department was not enough to undertake large-scale activities. She rejected all activities such as common coffee shops and haunted houses.
After careful selection and integrating the expertise of two outstanding members, we finally chose a good proposal.
"It's really good, but it's very troublesome!" Natsume Rin kicked the drink bottle that fell at her feet into the corner and complained in dissatisfaction. She knew that there were few people and she should just follow him and do the questionnaire obediently, but in the end she suddenly had the idea of making a movie.
"It would be better to throw her into the student union and let her hang out with those losers." Natsume Rin realized it belatedly and hated herself for influencing Minister Yukinoshita to pursue her dream.
After all, the Student Union of General Affairs High has always been well-known in the school for being a bunch of idlers and waste. Except for the class led by Yang Nai who improved their efficiency with her devilish methods, the rest of the time it is an organization that is just trying to get by.
"Cough cough." Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was standing at the intersection waiting for him, looked at him as if he didn't see her, and coughed violently a few times to show her presence.
Even though the road was very wide, Kasumigaoka Utaha standing there gave off an aura that made her look like someone who was not to be messed with. Even the absolutely ordinary school uniform of General Affairs High School gave off a seductive vibe when worn on her.
Natsume Rin came back to her senses and looked at her senior with her hands in front of her body, looking like a good girl. Her head couldn't help but get bigger.
Ever since he tried unsuccessfully to restore her relationship with Eriri-senpai during the holidays, he had apologized to her on Line but received no response. However, she had not deleted him either, and he just lay quietly in her friend list.
I thought this matter was over and the senior would drift away from his life.
But now it seems that the situation is beyond his imagination.
"Good evening, senior..."
"Yeah." Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded reservedly. After looking around and seeing that there was no trace of Sobu High School students, she put the schoolbag in her hand into Natsume's hand and pulled Natsume's arm without saying a word.
"Senior, wait!" Natsume Rin stopped her nymphomaniac behavior.
"Huh?" She turned around in confusion, her eyes full of puzzlement.
"Where are you taking me?" Natsume Rin was really worried that she would drag him into a dead end, and then a few strong men would jump out and beat him up.
Although his physical strength has improved significantly compared to before, and he also has martial arts skills, he still feels a little nervous because he has not experienced actual combat.
"...Didn't I send you a message?"
In the face of his resistance, Kasumigaoka Utaha let go of his hand, raised her cell phone and said in confusion.
Well, that was indeed a good reason, but he was just arguing with that woman about the campus festival, so he didn't have the time to look at his phone.
At this time, I had the chance to open my phone and found that under his apology message, there was finally a new message.
[If you really feel sorry for me, I will wait for you at the school gate after school today, and we can talk about it in detail then.]
"So the reason you didn't reply in the past period was because of the holiday?" He realized the sensitivity of time.
"It does have something to do with it. I'm too busy during the holidays, and I can only have some free time to visit you, junior brother, when school starts." Kasumigaoka Utaha grabbed her hair in distress, and her speech speed suddenly increased: "If junior brother is free, can you accompany me to the cafe for a while? There are many things I want to explain to you, including the secret you are hiding."
secret?
Natsume Rin was certain that among the secrets he was hiding now, only Yang Nuo was the most important and fatal one, but Senior Kasumigaoka, who had no reason to contact her, should not be involved in this.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I just want to ask you a favor, please." She clasped her hands together, acting very honestly.
ten minutes later.
Senior Kasumigaoka deliberately found a cafe far away from the school, where she could meet students from other schools, and there was only a small chance of meeting someone from Sobu High School.
"Would you like something to drink? It's my treat."
After the senior sister finished ordering the food, a worried look appeared on her mature and beautiful face. She looked at Natsume Rin who was full of curiosity and didn't intend to continue to bother.
She has had enough troubles during this holiday, and now it seems that asking this junior for help would be the most efficient option.
"Natsume-san, or should I say Enjo-sensei? Under the skin of an ordinary high school student, the real you is a popular writer in the whole island country. Am I right?"
I was about to admire my junior's surprised expression, but I found that he blinked and became angry without my permission.
"Senior, what are you talking about? What do you mean by an ordinary high school student? Even though I am humble, a high school student like me who is so handsome and has such excellent grades can never be called ordinary."
“…You’re focusing on the wrong thing.”
"What's wrong there? Do you really think I'm an ordinary high school student?" Natsume Rin said angrily.
Seeing his angry look, Kasumigaoka Utaha realized that this kid was definitely using exaggerated behavior to cover up the real key.
"Teacher Enjo." Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke slowly, kicking his legs lightly with her feet in ladies' leather shoes under the table. Facing his angry look, she smiled confidently.
"You're certainly not an ordinary high school student, so can you admit that?"
"There's no need for me to hide it. It's not something shameful. And senior Kasumigaoka, if you kick me again, I'll call the police and sue you for sexual harassment," said Natsume Rin.
“…Is this okay?” Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn’t believe it. If Natsume Rin took the initiative to touch her, it would definitely be sexual harassment. Could it also be considered as such if she took the initiative?
"Of course, the law protects each of us equally, so next let's talk about how you found me." Natsume Rin looked down on this woman who didn't know the law and changed the topic to the point that she cared about most.
He was sure that except for a small book signing event held at a bookstore during the summer vacation, he had hidden his identity perfectly the rest of the time.
Unless Yuanzi betrayed him.
"It's very simple." Kasumigaoka Utaha honestly retracted her legs, supported her chin with both hands, and smiled confidently: "Because I am a colleague of Enjo-sensei."
Chapter 74: Senior Sister’s Persistence
She is beautiful, sexy, likes to wear black stockings, has big breasts, doesn't like to talk much, but once she opens her mouth, she can make people drop their jaws, and her behavior is unpredictable.
These are the impressions that senior Kasumigaoka left on Natsume Rin. The evaluation about appearance was the first impression, and the rest were details that could be observed after spending more than a period of time together.
He was originally confused about why Senior Kasumigaoka would take the initiative to show her affection to him, but when she told him these things today, Natsume Rin finally figured out the order of things.
"Kasumigaoka Utaha? Kasumigaoka Utako? So the reason I was exposed was entirely because of Editor Sonoko."
The two names that had never been associated together before were now naturally connected together. Taking the coffee handed to her by the waiter, Senior Kasumigaoka nodded proudly, showing a rare talkativeness in front of the second classmate in the school who knew her identity.
"Do you remember the time when Editor Yuanzi wanted to introduce us to each other? I ran away when I saw you. Otherwise, if my junior found out that I was also writing a book and my grades were much worse than his, it would be very embarrassing to expose it in school."
She was holding a coffee cup, speaking very quickly, her fingers tapping on the table, and she looked like someone was chasing her.
Natsume Rin was worried that she might spill the coffee, but it only took a few minutes for the senior to explain the whole story.
"The reason why I took the initiative to lean towards my junior was to fulfill Editor Yuanzi's wish. Anyway, she wanted us to have a better relationship."
Looking at her sincere face, Natsume Rin didn't quite believe this excuse.
"Senior, isn't it affected by my handsome looks?" he asked seriously.
"..."
Silence is the best answer. Natsume Rin pretended to be in pain and covered her forehead. The senior student pouted and responded reluctantly: "Actually, it is true. If you look worse, I might not be so enthusiastic."
"So senior is the type of person who only looks at appearance. I'm sorry, I'm really worried that something might happen to me. I'll take my leave now." Natsume Rin said quickly, picked up her schoolbag and pretended to leave.
"Sit down..."
"I still haven't settled the score with you for tricking me into going to the amusement park!"
"And I also have something to ask for the wisdom of Master Yan Shang, so please don't leave yet."
Her voice was getting weaker, but she stood up and grabbed Natsume's sleeve, making it a dream for him to slip away like this.
"There are others watching, Senpai."
No matter where you are, a quarrel between lovers will attract a lot of attention, especially when both parties are more beautiful, the more attention it will attract.
So the entire coffee shop, with eyes either open or hidden, were quietly looking at this side. After the two looked at each other affectionately, they decided not to become the object of public pleasure. Natsume Rin gave up on running away and sat back in her seat.
"Senior, how can I help you? Even in the bookstore, you are my senior, right?"
"It's something about the bookstore."
She sighed and talked about the past.
"Junior, you have also signed the contract for the animation, right? How's the progress on your side?" Kasumigaoka Utaha stared at Natsume Rin's face, trying to find the same troubled look on his face, but unfortunately she could only see his surprised expression.
"I don't know." Natsume Rin said.
"...?"
"I haven't paid any attention to it since I signed it. Anyway, I've got the money. They should notify me when they have finished filming and are ready to release it." Natsume Rin said easily.
Hey, if the ratings are good enough, it looks like he'll be closer to his glorious retirement!
"Don't you care about the changes in the plot?" Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had been busy throughout the summer vacation because of this matter, couldn't believe it.
She still couldn't accept that the character's emotional changes, which she had spent nearly several volumes of writing to describe, were simply glossed over in the third episode by the animation screenwriter.
How could it possibly reflect the psychological and emotional changes of the characters? It would become a completely illogical peach-eating article!
"I do care." Natsume Rin said perfunctorily: "Although I am good at light novels, it would be too arrogant to arbitrarily think that I can guide professional animators just because of this."
"They just want the animation to have higher ratings, so it shouldn't matter if they modify the plot for this purpose."
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Natsume Rin again and felt that he looked a little strange.
She originally thought that Mr. Yan Shang, who was recognized by editor Yuanzi, would be an excellent writer who pursued his ideals and wrote to better realize his dreams, just like herself.
Listening to him now, he sounds just like a mercenary writer-businessman.
"Teacher Yan Shang, what is your attitude towards your work?"
"We should all try to bring readers stories they like, right?" Natsume Rin looked at the senior and said seriously, "But besides this, I also have to consider life, so I will be more prominent in my attitude towards money. So, Senior Kasumigaoka, if you think I am not worthy of writing, I can leave now."
Arty young women are really hard to please. It is clearly a regular process with mutual consent, but when she talks about it, it seems like I am the one who forces a good girl into prostitution.