Chapter 120

The officer stopped and replied:

"Oyamada Gengmu fainted!"

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't know, I heard them say... he self-destructed!"

Huh?

Mouri Ran was dumbfounded.

"Can I go now?"

Hoshino Ki looked up indifferently at the officer opposite him.

"Ye... yes, you can!"

The young officer had been recording the case details in his notebook.

He looked up after hearing Hoshino Ki's cold voice.

Now that the suspect had fainted.

The police station had no reason to keep the victim and witnesses.

Plus, Hoshino Ki's actions were self-defense.

So this case would not have any impact on him.

Hoshino Ki stood up and walked out of the room.

He ran into Mouri Ran, who was on the phone, in the hallway.

"Let's go!"

"Huh?"

Mouri Ran held the phone.

Her eyes turned into little dots.

"But Oyamada, he..."

Mouri Ran pointed at the phone.

Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from the phone.

"Hello hello! Ran, what are you saying..."

Hoshino Ki didn't say another word.

He walked straight ahead.

"Hey? Wait, Hoshino-kun!"

Mouri Ran hurriedly said into the phone's receiver:

"Sonoko! I'll call you back later!"

"Mom, Hoshino-kun is fine here, let's go!"

Mouri Ran hung up the phone and put it in her bag.

Then she ran into the room to call Kisaki Eri.

After the three of them signed the papers, they left the police station.

It was already close to evening outside.

The trees on both sides of the street were gently swaying in the breeze.

The branches were full of cherry blossoms.

Every time a pedestrian passed by, a leaf or two would fall.

Some landed on their heads.

Some landed on their shoulders.

The three of them walked along the romantic cherry blossom street like this.

"It's a good thing Hoshino-kun's strength is not low, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Mouri Ran put her hands behind her back.

She tilted her head to look at Hoshino Ki.

"Hoshino-kun knows karate?"

Kisaki Eri asked in surprise from the side.

"Yeah! He's self-taught!"

"..."

Kisaki Eri's gaze turned to Hoshino Ki once again.

After looking him over repeatedly, she couldn't tell that Hoshino Ki, who was so lean, actually knew karate.

From the outside, she would have thought he was just a quiet boy who only knew how to study.

"And! Hoshino-kun's grades are also very good, he ranked first in the whole school in the last test!"

Seeing her daughter's high opinion of him.

Kisaki Eri couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity about Hoshino Ki.

"Do you like him?"

Kisaki Eri pulled her daughter in front of her.

She lowered her voice and asked.

"Ah!? No!"

Mouri Ran suddenly exclaimed.

She raised her volume by several degrees!

"I didn't expect the rumors to be true..."

Kisaki Eri had a teasing look on her face.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at her daughter.

"What!? Mom, who did you hear that from!?"

"Everyone says so! Even on your school's forum!"

Kisaki Eri suddenly took out her phone and waved it left and right in front of Mouri Ran.

"Let me see!"

Mouri Ran snatched the phone from Kisaki Eri's hand.

She held the phone with both hands and clicked frantically on the screen.

"What is this!!!"

Mouri Ran exclaimed loudly.

"???"

Hoshino Ki turned his head to look in Mouri Ran's direction.

He walked to Mouri Ran's side.

"Ah! Hoshino-kun! Don't look!"

"??"

Hoshino Ki frowned.

"It's your school's forum! There's some kind of ranking list on it..."

Kisaki Eri looked at Hoshino Ki.

The playfulness in her eyes was fully displayed.

"Mom!"

Mouri Ran pounced to cover Kisaki Eri's mouth.

But it was too late.

Hoshino Ki had already taken out his phone and opened the school forum.

In the most prominent position on the forum's main page.

Was a "poster" of Hoshino Ki and Mouri Ran!

This photo was taken secretly when they were eating on the rooftop with Suzuki Sonoko last time.

Except that Suzuki Sonoko was the only one missing from the photo.

In the photo.

Mouri Ran looked at Hoshino Ki "affectionately."

The infatuation and struggle in her eyes were about to overflow the screen.

Hoshino Ki looked up at Mouri Ran.

Seeing Mouri Ran blush instantly.

She picked up her phone to block her cheeks.

As if that small phone was her shield.

Clicking on this photo would take you directly to their forum room.

The content inside was even more exciting, making it impossible to look away.

The forum page was full of gossip about Hoshino Ki and Mouri Ran.

The comments said they were the school's best couple.

And the school's "hottest boy" of the year was chosen by a vote of all the girls in the school.

The first place on the ranking list was Hoshino Ki himself.

As for the "hottest girl" ranking, it was voted on by the boys in the school.

On the hottest girl ranking list.

The first place was Mouri Ran.

Photos of them appearing together and interacting at school were taken and posted online.

There was even a fan fiction section for the two of them.

The popularity ranking of the novels was listed from high to low:

"Why is the cold young master always so hungry after seeing me..."

"The handsome school hunk loves me fiercely!"

"The domineering sister's proactive counterattack!"

"Unlocking 360 positions for the school hunk and beauty every day!"

Hoshino Ki touched his chin and carefully examined the novels on the page.

Judging by the titles...

They were definitely good books!

So he clicked on the first one with his finger.

"Ah!"

Mouri Ran also saw the "suspicious" books on the forum at this time.

So she suddenly snatched the phone from Hoshino Ki's hand and threw it on the ground.

The flat asphalt road was smashed into a huge crater.

"......"

Hoshino Ki was slightly stunned.

Looking down at his phone shattered into pieces.

Then he looked up at Mouri Ran with a resentful expression.

"Ahhh! I'm sorry, Hoshino-kun, I'm so sorry! I'll pay for it!"

Mouri Ran suddenly realized that she had made an extreme move.

So she immediately put her hands together to beg for Hoshino Ki's forgiveness.

"Haha!"

Kisaki Eri was laughing secretly on the side.

"Mom! How did you know our school had a forum?"

Mouri Ran angrily closed the phone and returned it to Kisaki Eri.

"It was easy to find out, after all, my daughter is the school beauty..."

Kisaki Eri took the phone.

Still full of teasing.

"Really!"

Mouri Ran was ashamed.

Hoshino Ki on this side squatted down to pull his phone's corpse out of the crater.

Then he found the intact SIM card from a pile of electronic debris.

"Ah! I'm really sorry, Hoshino-kun, use my phone for now!"

Mouri Ran looked at Hoshino Ki.

Seeing him holding the fragments of his shattered phone.

She just wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

She didn't know how to make up for her mistake.

She could only give her own phone to Hoshino Ki.

He took the phone.

"I'll buy you a new phone, just use mine for these few days."

Hoshino Ki put the SIM card into the phone.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

"!!!"

The phone received a message as soon as it turned on.

Hoshino Ki tapped the message with his finger.

[Emergency task:

All peripheral personnel must participate!!!

Location: Genbei's Inn***. Time: ***]

The time was not clearly displayed.

This meant that this task required immediate arrival.

"Sorry! I have an emergency!"

Hoshino Ki greeted Mouri Ran and Kisaki Eri and left quickly.

Leaving the two of them confused.

Kisaki Eri stared at Hoshino Ki's departing back.

This back.

Was somewhat familiar.

It was already very dark.

Hoshino Ki, dressed in black, walked alone on the gloomy path.

Everything around was silent.

A dark night, a dark night for killing.

Bright in the sky, dark on the ground.

As if the cold air had blocked the light as well.

The pitch-black night.

Seemed like boundless thick ink smeared heavily on the horizon.

Not even the faint light of the stars was visible.

The night fog came, and the midsummer night was a bit chilly.

Under the hazy moonlight, few stars could be seen.

The sky was not pure black.

Instead, it was a boundless deep blue, stretching into the distance.

This was his first time participating in a collective task of the organization since he crossed over.

— Author's Notes —

Seeking flowers, seeking subscriptions!