Chapter 199 (2/2)

“We all know that you secretly hate her too That’s why you’re harassing her in secret, right?”

“No!”

But of course, it was undeniable that I was the most suspicious person here

Everyone else had an alibi, being in class and all

And while I was stuck here as a suspect, ather around

What was I going to do…!?

The teachers were trying to sort out the

It was too interesting

“Reika-sama!”

Serika-chan and the others had heard and come as well

“What’s your proble like this!”

“But the proof is right here”

“What proof!? Didn’t you lot do this to frame her!?”

“Hey! Don’t blame the uninvolved!”

“You’re the ones accusing Reika-sama!”

Then, with the worst ti

“What’s going on…?”

He had one look at Wakaba-chan’s locker before his eyes turned angry

“This again…!?”

“The culprit is Reika-sama over there,” Tsuruhana-san declared

“Kisshouin…?”

Kaburagi frowned and looked over at me

Oh no!

Oh no, oh no!

“It was not!”

“But you were the only one here, Reika-sa the pen”

“No, but Kisshouin…”

Kaburagi seemed undecided

“She ood person but in secret she hates Taka has been her work too”

“But… Kisshouin is…”

“We just didn’t know about it she’s been looking into Taka her in a way that nobody would find out I bet that afterwards she had girls froleefully listen to Takamichi-san’s reactions”

That’s you, damnit! Only you would come up with that!

Or so I was about to say when I was attacked again frole

“Come to think of it, at cra in class…” muttered some boy

Who was that!?

I turned around and it was Tagaki-kun from cram school!

Ehhh!?

Tagaki-kun, you’re picking now to say that!?

Ibad about it!

Maybe he was justever!

My position grew ever more precipitous

“Kisshouin, don’t tell me you really…”

Kaburagi seemed dumbfounded

No way!

Don’t tell ht I was the culprit!?

That I was bullying Wakaba-chan and the enemy!?

Gyaaaah!

It was here!

The ruin of my family had finally come!

Our co to be taken over, and then we’d be out on the streets!

Aaah! I had to fix this somehow…

But how…!?

“It wasn’t Reika-sama!” somebody suddenly screamed

Eh?

“Reika-sa like that!” they said

The crowd split apart to reveal Mochida-san, walking forwards with tres

She was the girl as bullied by Tsuruhana-san back in middle school

After it was over, we still said hello to each other sometimes, but that was about it

She was a shy girl as always, so it was to my surprise that she even spoke up

“What’s your problelared Tsuruhana-san

Mochida-san flinched but shakily repeated herself

“Reika-sa like that!” she yelled “Reika-sama would never bully someone else! She helped me… Reika-sama was the one who helped me when I was alone!”

Her eyes were teary and her face was red

“Tsuruhana-san and her friends used to bullyto school was a struggle!”

The girls in question looked a bit aard under everyone’s gazes

“nobody ca school! But Reika-sama offered a hand to ed me! She saved me!”

Openly crying now, Mochida-san continued to scream ‘It wasn’t Reika-sama! It wasn’t Reika-sama!’

“M-Mochida-san?” I asked hesitantly

Suddenly it see inside her snapped, because she started‘Uuuuu~!’ as her whole body convulsed and her eyes rolled back into her head!

Uwaaahhh!

It was like Mochida-san had been possessed!

I’ this after you did your best to protect me but I’m sorry, it’s scaryyy!

“Well said, Mochida-san!”

“I’ve rethought my opinion of you, Mochida-san!”

Serika-chan and Kikuno-chan praised her bravery as they supported her on either side

She was breathing heavily now, and her eyes were back to normal

Thank goodness…

She came back to herself…

Thank you so much, Mochida-san

She was so terrified that she even went mental for a moment

It irl like her

“I don’t think it was her either,” declared Wakaba-chan

I didn’t even knohen she arrived, but she had Enjou with her, and went to stand next to Kaburagi

“Takamichi…”

“Kisshouin-san isn’t the type to do these things Absolutely not! I’ up that marker”

W-Wakaba-chan!

You believe me!?

Even with all this proof against me?

“Haah? And you can just decide that? Don’t tellto suck up to her? Or was it like Youko-sama said, and all a farce that you set up yourself?”

“Oi, Tsuruhana!”

“It’s my objective opinion First of all, Kisshouin-san isn’t the type to do underhanded things like this Next, if Kisshouin-san did have a proble ‘She’s an eyesore’ would be enough to make my life hell ”

Y-, Yeah Am I supposed to feel happy or sad about this…

“It is true that Kisshouin is the type that crushes you head-on”

“Yeah And that wooes for the throat from the start”

“She only needs to strike once A killer’s instinct…”

What the-, as saying strange things this time!?

You again, Soccer Club President!?

Stop looking away! At least have the guts to look me in the eye!

And hey! Wasn’tworse and worse, here?

And you, please tell me you actually just meant ‘killer instinct’

“The point is that I’m certain that it wasn’t Kisshouin-san,” declared Wakaba-chan

Since the victiht the incident to a close

Plus, after the teachers heard about what happened, they confirmed that I had been in the infirmary until just before the bell

Not only that, but since I was part of the Pivoine the teachers would have gone easy on me anyway

It didn’t take long for thee me as innocent

Not that people still didn’t suspect me…

“You were so unlucky, Reika-sama!”

“Seriously As if Reika-sa like that!”

Thank you for cheering uys

“Still My opinion of Takaed, just a little”

“Same…”

Because she covered roup’s attitude towards Wakaba-chan was a little different now

Speaking of which, I wanted to have a talk with her, and ask her why she believed me while I was at it

I sent her aher to meet me after school today

I couldn’t find an equivalent joke for the below so I didn’t even try

Okay, that’s a lie, I tried for 2 days and came up blank

“She only needs to strike once A killer’s instinct…”

And you, please tell me you actually just meant ‘killer instinct’

The original, much funnier line, was,

“She has the presence of a yokozuna” which is an innocent enough phrase that ’ or ‘the aura of a champion’

Of course, a yokozuna is actually the champion sumo, which is why Reika exclaims,

‘And the person who calledthat phrase? Depending on your answer I ht track you down afterwards!’