Chapter 21

20: Shinomiya Kaguya's treasure chest

A year ago, Shirogane Miyuki was Kitakami Yoru's seatmate.

Just like now, he and Miura Yumiko were.

Kitakami Yoru looked at Shirogane Miyuki on the stage, recalling the past.

He remembered very clearly that at the time, Shirogane Miyuki's appearance was also above average, and his studies were good, but he was just a bit silly.

When school started, he took the initiative to greet those pure-bred freshmen who had been promoted from within the school, only to be ignored many times.

He stood there foolishly, starting to doubt himself.

At the time, it made Kitakami Yoru feel a bit amused.

Later, Shirogane Miyuki tried other methods to integrate into the circles of those pure-bred students, but without exception, he was beaten to a pulp.

Lunch break.

Shirogane Miyuki could only silently hide next to the trash can in the corner, gnawing on a cheap lunch bread.

Don't ask Kitakami Yoru how he knew, because he was in an even more secluded place, watching Shirogane Miyuki the whole time.

Later, for some reason, Shirogane Miyuki joined the student council.

After a while, he inexplicably integrated into some small circles, and by the second semester, he started to become popular.

At the end of the third semester, he ran against Shinomiya Kaguya for student council vice president and miraculously succeeded.

In the history of Shuchiin, it was simply incredible.

Those pure-bred students were all arrogant and very proud, and the vast majority looked down on commoner students from the bottom of their hearts.

Because in their eyes, commoner students were born to be the bottom-level nourishment, cattle, horses, leeks, and consumables of society.

Japan and the vast majority of countries are like this.

Kitakami Yoru's father, Kitakami Toyoya, was, after all, a venture capitalist.

Influenced from a young age, he knew how terrifying those big capitalists and top-tier financial cliques were, especially when it came to profit.

Or rather, they were very terrifying, viewing human life as grass.

The higher the class, the more so.

"I wonder how Shirogane Miyuki gets along with that Shinomiya Kaguya?"

Kitakami Yoru thought of Shinomiya Kaguya again, his fists clenched tightly.

"How boring." Miura Yumiko beside him changed to a comfortable position and said.

"It is indeed quite boring." Kitakami Yoru echoed in his heart.

Not long after, the student council's speech finally ended.

People on the side stood up one after another, squeezing out like a swarm of bees.

Miura Yumiko sat in her seat, playing with her phone.

After there were fewer people, two female classmates from the same class, one with a bun and one wearing glasses, both looking quite cute, came over, and they left together.

Kitakami Yoru stayed silently, deciding to leave after everyone else had gone.

"Let's take Sansan to the pet clinic to check it out in the afternoon." Kitakami Yoru took out his phone boredly, searching for pet clinics or hospitals near the apartment; if that didn't work, a pet store would do.

Minato Ward is the most prosperous and wealthy district in Tokyo.

With a casual search on his phone, he found a highly-rated pet clinic near the apartment.

The place was almost empty, and Kitakami Yoru was about to get up and leave.

The next moment.

Just as he stood up, his gaze swept across the stage, and his body was struck as if by lightning, freezing in place.

Unable to move a single inch.

On the podium.

Shirogane Miyuki hadn't left but was talking to the student council members.

One was Fujiwara Chika, with pink hair and a black bow tied at her bangs.

She was also one of the people in school you couldn't provoke.

The other was Shinomiya Kaguya, whom Kitakami Yoru was thinking about!

But, what made Kitakami Yoru unable to look away was not Shinomiya Kaguya herself.

Instead, on her head, a treasure chest exactly the same as the one on Kasumigaoka Utaha's head had appeared!

The only difference was that the progress bar on the treasure chest on Shinomiya Kaguya's head was empty.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's had grown a little bit.

"Wh... why does Shinomiya Kaguya have one on her head too!" Kitakami Yoru sat down with a thud, his fat face squashed together because of the shock.

"If you want to talk about commonalities with Kasumigaoka Utaha, it's that these two people are both enemies of mine, both bad women..."

"Could it be that treasure chests that only I can see appear on the heads of bad women?"

"Otherwise, Hiratsuka Shizuka is very beautiful, and Fujiwara Chika is equally cute, but there's nothing on their heads?"

With no one around, Kitakami Yoru muttered to himself habitually.

He was just fat, but not stupid; on the contrary, his brain was very flexible.

"But what about the treasure chest's progress bar? Is it really the same as I imagined?"

"Is the way the progress bar grows by having close contact with the other party?"

Kitakami Yoru looked at the three student council members on the stage, and his back gradually started to feel cold, a chill!

Having close contact with Kasumigaoka Utaha, having close contact with Shinomiya Kaguya—wouldn't that cost him his life?

It wasn't until Shirogane Miyuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika left the stage that he came back to his senses.

He stood up, preoccupied, watching the three student council members leave from another direction before withdrawing his gaze.

"By the way, that Shinomiya Kaguya, doesn't she like Shirogane Miyuki?"

Kitakami Yoru muttered while walking toward the exit.

Also, it's normal to like Shirogane Miyuki; after all, it's impossible for her to like him, right?

There was almost no one left near the auditorium.

Kitakami Yoru deliberately stayed to leave last, just wanting to make himself feel a bit more relaxed and avoid any trouble finding him.

But just as he went out of the auditorium, three boys came out and blocked his way.

It looked like they had been waiting for a long time.

"Kitakami Yoru, right? Wait a second."

"What do you want?!" Kitakami Yoru immediately felt a surge of anger in his heart, looking at the three boys in front of him with an unpleasant tone.

He instinctively thought they were unhappy with him and were coming to retaliate, the ones who had posted harsh words on the school forum.

Retaliate against him to earn Kasumigaoka Utaha's gratitude?

Maybe he could win the beauty's heart?

Self-righteous women and men are the same, truly disgusting!

Kitakami Yoru thought with silent disgust.

Comparing his own physique with the other party's physique.

He felt a bit more settled in his heart.

"I must not make the first move; I can only be forced to fight back, otherwise there's a risk of being expelled!"

"No, no, no, don't misunderstand, we're not here to cause you trouble."

To his surprise, the three boys, seeing Kitakami Yoru's reaction, immediately waved their hands with a smile, their expressions even a bit ingratiating.

"Then what do you want?" Kitakami Yoru was slightly stunned, feeling surprised.

"It's just... that... Kasumigaoka Utaha's stockings and panties, do you still have them in your collection?"

Kitakami Yoru's expression immediately collapsed, and he gritted his teeth and replied: "I didn't steal them, and the items were taken back by Kasumigaoka Utaha. Don't come to me to buy them!"

After speaking, Kitakami Yoru stepped over from the side and walked away quickly.

"Hey, don't leave yet, name your price..."

"Bastard, what are you pretending for? Even if they were taken back, you must have enjoyed them..."

The three boys shouted in annoyance and shame.

In the shadows.

Hayasaka Ai, who was secretly following Kitakami Yoru, stuck out her tender, smooth little tongue and spat in disgust.

"Some boys are truly disgusting enough."