Chapter 116: Noyoru Yokota’s Choice
“That??”
Listening to the girl’s voice, as small as a mosquito, Kazumi was a little confused at first. What did that mean? And why was Yū Nakamura blushing while talking?
“It’s just… it’s just that you and Sato-kun went to such a faraway place so late to buy something, and you came to school together again today. Are you two lovers who stayed out overnight at a hotel?”
Although the girl’s face was red, she couldn’t suppress her strong curiosity about gossip. She lowered her voice and leaned close to Kazumi to ask.
“No… no! How could we do something like that!!”
Seeing Yū Nakamura’s appearance, Kazumi finally realized what she meant after a moment. As if contagious, her fair little face was instantly covered with a red veil, and her voice couldn’t help but rise a couple of octaves as she denied it.
“Ah… is that so…”
Hearing Kazumi’s denial, Yū Nakamura said with some regret, as if she was disappointed at not being able to get a good piece of gossip.
“I… I’m going to read!”
Looking at Yū Nakamura’s scorching gaze, Kazumi felt the temperature on her face become even hotter. Fearing that she would ask more strange questions, she quickly found an excuse and turned back, leaving Yū Nakamura looking at the girl’s retreating figure with regret.
Meanwhile, in the back row, Shinichi Sato was holding the note handed to him with a confused expression. He looked at his girlfriend in the distance, who was chatting with her classmate Yū Nakamura and blushing, and scratched his head in confusion. However, he still looked at the content of the note and buried his head, picking up a pen to write a reply.
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Elsewhere, in the classroom of the second year, A-2 class of the Hero Department at Shikoku Gakuin, the black-haired boy in the last row was lazily slumped on the desk, flipping through a thick handbook. His somewhat dazed eyes indicated that the boy’s current mental state was not good.
“Yo, good morning, Noyoru. How was the interview at the agency this week? I heard that Master Sakura-bit also thought highly of you!”
A short-haired boy in a school uniform walked up to Noyoru Yokota’s desk. The special connected circles in the boy’s pupils also proved that he was not an ordinary person.
“Good morning, Takuma. The interview results aren’t out yet, but I feel pretty good about it.”
He greeted his friend, one of the few he had in class, feebly. Noyoru Yokota looked up, but still looked unenthusiastic.
“What’s wrong? Did you stay up late studying again? Didn’t I tell you not to stay up too late at night?”
Looking helplessly at Noyoru Yokota, who looked exhausted, Takuma Fujiyui snapped his fingers. Then, a white thread extended from his desk directly to a bottle of coffee on his front seat. The coffee was then smoothly pulled to Noyoru Yokota’s desk.
Handing the coffee to the listless Noyoru Yokota, Takuma Fujiyui said helplessly.
“Drinking coffee all the time isn’t good. You’re a physical ability user. If you don’t get enough nutrition and rest during your growth period, it will affect the growth of your abilities.”
Listening to his friend’s reprimand, Noyoru Yokota’s lips curved into a bitter smile, but he still took the coffee handed to him by Takuma Fujiyui and took a large gulp.
The bitter taste of the black coffee spread in his mouth, dispersing some of Noyoru Yokota’s sleepiness. At least he could make it through the morning classes.
“I wrote it, brother.”
He placed the coffee on the side of the desk and thanked his friend. However, he didn’t mention anything about his friend’s nagging for him to rest.
Seeing Noyoru Yokota’s relaxed demeanor, Takuma Fujiyui had no choice but to shake his head helplessly. His friend’s circumstances were even worse than his own, so he had many, many things to do every day. In order not to fall behind in his studies, he had to put in much more effort than ordinary people.
Suddenly remembering something, he looked at Noyoru Yokota with a solemn expression and said.
“Noyoru, I heard you got taken to the police station because of your part-time job before. What happened? Do you need my help? I can ask my uncle…”
“No need. The matter has been resolved. They won’t bother me anymore.”
Noyoru Yokota waved his hand, refusing casually.
Takuma Fujiyui’s family was also quite ordinary, just a regular working-class family. With Takuma Fujiyui, a child with heroic abilities and good grades, his parents had spared no effort to send him to Shikoku Gakuin.
This was also why he could get along so well with Noyoru Yokota. After all, they were one of the few people in the class without any background. Moreover, with Noyoru Yokota’s unapproachable appearance, he was probably the only close friend he could talk to in class.
However, Noyoru Yokota himself knew about his situation. His so-called uncle, who worked in the police station, was actually a distant relative, someone he didn’t even interact with usually.
“Really? Has it all been resolved?”
Takuma Fujiyui was a bit surprised. He knew a little about his friend’s situation, which was probably that some thugs had been targeting him because of something that happened before.
Even in a world of ability users, reality was still reality.
Being a student in a key class of a certain school did not improve one’s social status. Or rather, until they reached that position, without any background, they were probably no different from ordinary people.
“Mm-hmm, someone helped resolve it.”
A complex expression flashed across Noyoru Yokota’s face. In his mind, he saw the image of that short girl from that night, who was carrying a baseball bat and had one foot on a thug.
“That’s great. Congratulations, congratulations.”
Seeing his friend’s expression, Takuma Fujiyui also patted him on the back and said. Then, he saw the booklet on his desk and changed the subject, asking.
“What? You’re already looking at the student roster. Are you planning to select people for this survival exercise?”
Takuma Fujiyui was quite envious of Noyoru Yokota in this regard. Because of his good ability compatibility, he was personally invited by Master Sakurakita to interview at the agency. If he passed, he basically wouldn’t have to worry about internships. As for himself, he was about to be a third-year student, and his internship quota was still unresolved!
“Just taking a look in advance. Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this. Come with me to buy coffee, I’ll treat you to a drink.”
Noyoru Yokota looked at the time for class to start, stood up, grabbed Takuma Fujiyui, and walked outside.
“Don’t you already have coffee? Why are you buying more!”
“I need it in the afternoon too. Let’s go, let’s go.”
“…”
The sounds of the boys bickering grew fainter and fainter until they disappeared down the corridor. However, the booklet left on Noyoru Yokota’s desk was turned a few pages by the wind blowing from outside the window, landing exactly on the page the boy had marked.
The thin young girl in the photo had black hair and black eyes. Even in the ID photo, she exuded an aura that kept people at a distance.
And below, among the names circled, were the four familiar characters.
【Kazumi Shimizu】
