53 Mysterious Phone Call (1/2)

When faced with the sunshine after leaving the student council room, Seiji suddenly felt as if he had returned to reality after a trip to fantasy land.

Of course, that was wholly due to the nature of the topic he had just been discussing.

According to his system, the idea and assistance he provided to Natsuya and Hitaka had apparently increased their favorability ratings towards him. Even Hitaka, who carried such a cold attitude towards him, now viewed him more favorably.

As for Rana Kirin, that cat girl had a super high favorability rating towards him since the beginning, but as for why? That was a mystery.

Well, there was no need to think too much into it.

Seiji took out his cell phone and made a call.

”Hey, it’s me. I’ve confirmed I can tell you what you wanted to know. Ok, let’s do that then.”

After finishing his side of the conversation in a natural tone of voice, he hung up the call normally.

Nobody would have guessed that he just called a mafia boss and arranged another meeting with him. The casual way he carried it out sounded much like the way a normal high school student would call his friends to hang out and have some fun.

Only after putting away his cell phone did Seiji realize that he’d casually acted unbelievably cool a few seconds ago…

Well, forget about it.

For the current him, the most important thing was rushing back and eating lunch together with his friends.

…

He gained another 7 points from his [gifts] option today.

He obtained 2 points from two love letters and 5 points from Mika Uehara’s handmade lunchbox!

The amount of points that a personally handmade lunchbox gave was even higher than a normal day’s [work], which showed the full extent of the feelings imbued into the lunchbox.

Seiji gratefully enjoyed the lunchbox and made sure not to leave even a morsel of leftovers.

This made Mika feel delighted inside.

As usual, Chiaki watched over the duo, smiling both outwardly on her face and inwardly in her heart.

After they finished their lunches, there were still a few minutes before lunch break was over, so the three of them just relaxed lazily.

Suddenly, Chiaki’s cell phone started ringing.

When Chiaki took out her cell phone and saw who the caller was, her expression instantly changed.

”Oh, Chiaki, what’s the matter?”

Noticing that Chiaki had a strange expression as she looked at her cell phone, Mika couldn’t help but question her

Chiaki returned to her senses and forced a thin smile.

”Nothing… I need to go take a phone call.”

After speaking, she hurriedly walked off.

Mika widened her eyes in surprise, and Seiji also noticed something seemed peculiar.

”What’s going on?”

The pigtailed beauty’s face was filled with concern for her friend. They’d been best friends for all this time, but she’d never seen such an expression on Chiaki’s face before, so she noticed it all the more clearly.

Judging from Mika’s tone and expression, Seiji realized that the situation was probably quite serious.

”It has something to do with that phone call… Who could it be?”

The two of them could only silently watch the tomboy’s back as she walked off into the distance while talking to someone on her cell phone.

During afternoon classes.

Chiaki seemed to be paying zero attention. Even an idiot could tell that her mind wasn’t on the lesson, which naturally meant that the teacher also noticed.

The teacher called on her to read a passage from the textbook, but Chiaki attempted to read the textbook while holding it upside-down, eliciting an outburst of uproarious laughter from the other students.

Seiji and Mika didn’t join in the laughter; instead, they exchanged glances filled with concern for their friend.

The last class of the day was P.E. class, and the topic of the class happened to be volleyball.

*Smack!* The ball crashed into Chiaki’s right cheek.

*Smack!* The ball crashed into Chiaki’s left cheek.

*Smack!* The ball smashed directly into Chiaki’s face.

”Chiaki Wakaba, get off the playing field!’’

The P.E. teacher Oosuke Sasaki’s (27 years old, unmarried, with the nickname of ‘Orange Orangutan’) roaring resounded throughout the entire field.

Seiji could only shake his head wordlessly. Mika hurriedly helped her friend Chiaki to sit down outside the playing field, and Chiaki immediately sat down in a contemplative pose, her chin resting against her fist.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Chiaki’s sudden nosebleed ruined the image, it would have been a pretty scene to look at.

”Chiaki!?”

”Wakaba-san is having a nosebleed!”

”Medic! Er… Take her to the infirmary!”

This tomboy was quite popular with both boys and girls in class, so her sudden nosebleed caused a small commotion.

A girl brought out some tissues which Mika accepted and used to staunch the bleeding as she slowly supported Chiaki, helping her to the nurse’s office.

”Harano-san, what’s going on with Wakaba-san?” The class representative Koji Hoshihara approached Seiji and inquired about the situation.