Chapter 40

"This is Don Quijote..."

"This ramen shop is very famous..."

"This shop is specifically for ripping off tourists; second-hand figures will be one-third more expensive."

"The posters on this pillar are Genshin Impact, which is very popular in the country recently; it seems there will be a Genshin Impact cosplay exhibition in a while."

Kitakami Yoru took Kato Megumi for a stroll and stopped at a street corner.

There was a road sign and a notice board here.

Actually, Kitakami Yoru didn't say everything.

Not only was there a cosplay exhibition, but there was also a summer manga exhibition, with R16 and R18 sections.

Honestly, he wanted to go see it.

"Then let's go see it." Kato Megumi wasn't very interested, but of course, she didn't hate it either.

She saw Kitakami Yoru's inner thoughts and said.

"Okay." Kitakami Yoru nodded.

The two rested for a while and walked over directly.

The cosplay exhibition was outdoors, and anyone could come.

There were quite a few people, and Kitakami Yoru was just about to take Kato Megumi inside to take a look.

Suddenly, his footsteps stopped.

In the crowd not far away, a conspicuous golden treasure chest was walking towards him.

"Who is it?"

"Kasumigaoka Utaha? Shinomiya Kaguya? Or someone else I don't know?"

Kitakami Yoru was slightly dazed for a moment, thinking suspiciously in his heart, and squeezed into the crowd.

Taking Kato Megumi, constantly rubbing shoulders with passersby, he finally approached the owner of the golden treasure chest.

The dress and appearance were relatively simple and plain, wearing a white duck-tongue cap, with fair skin exposed to the sunlight.

"Eriri?"

"She likes 2D too?"

Kitakami Yoru stopped his footsteps, watching Eriri walk towards him.

Eriri also discovered Kitakami Yoru.

But she didn't have the time or mood to pay attention to others right now.

She just wanted to find her lost backpack.

"It's all Lun-ya's fault for making me angry, damn it, it's all his fault!"

"I don't know if he helped me find it or not, it's going to be over!"

Eriri's eyes were looking around.

Looking at every passerby and the ground, wanting to find her lost backpack.

A backpack wasn't important to her.

Inside the backpack was a draft sketchbook she had used a lot as Kashiwagi Eri.

That was what was important.

Yesterday, Eriri went to her good sister Izumi Sagiri's house to exchange ideas on how to improve her painting technique and create good works, so she brought her draft sketchbook.

Otherwise, it was usually kept at home.

This sketchbook was Eriri's source of inspiration, and it was irreplaceable and very important to her.

Most importantly.

Eriri didn't remember if she had scribbled any text that would expose her identity in the sketchbook.

She remembered she hadn't, and if she had, she had painted over it.

However, the draft sketchbook was gone, and she wasn't sure anymore.

"What if someone familiar picks up the sketchbook, finds out my identity, and uses it to threaten me?"

"If people in school find out I'm a doujin artist, I'll be finished, dead!"

"Maybe I'll be advised to withdraw from Xiuzhiyuan, and my father is a diplomat; isn't this a huge scandal?..."

Eriri didn't dare to imagine the terrifying consequences.

"Is she looking for someone?"

Kitakami Yoru turned his head in surprise, watching Eriri disappear into the crowd.

Doesn't this arrogant, noble young lady always look down her nose at me every time she sees me?

On the side, Kato Megumi's gaze swept suspiciously over Eriri and Kitakami Yoru.

"Let's continue, Kato-san." Kitakami Yoru took Kato Megumi and strolled around the cosplay exhibition again.

From afar, he saw a student from the same year at Xiuzhiyuan, a blonde gal who seemed to be named Kitagawa, frantically taking pictures of cosplayers and even stepping on Kitakami Yoru's foot.

In the afternoon, it was about three o'clock.

Kitakami Yoru and Kato Megumi stood in front of a vending machine, each holding a drink in their hands.

"How do you feel today?" Kitakami Yoru looked at Kato Megumi and asked.

"Not bad, I had a lot of fun going out." Kato Megumi nodded directly.

"Then let's go out together next time." A big stone in Kitakami Yoru's heart landed.

Just as the two were about to leave, while Aki Tomoya was still helping Eriri look for her lost backpack, he saw Kitakami Yoru.

He suddenly remembered that on Friday afternoon, Kasumigaoka Utaha-senior had asked him for help about being followed.

And in front of him was the culprit who had stolen Kasumigaoka Utaha's stockings and panties.

So.

He hesitated for a moment, hurried back, and blocked Kitakami Yoru and Kato Megumi's path.

"You are Kitakami Yoru, the person who stole Utaha-senpai's personal items?" Aki Tomoya pushed up his glasses and said to the large-bodied Kitakami Yoru.

He wouldn't have any good feelings for someone who hurt Kasumigaoka Utaha, and he wasn't afraid of Kitakami Yoru being impulsive.

Because the school couldn't withstand many students questioning the school authorities about why they didn't punish Kitakami Yoru, and they had already responded.

Everyone knew the two conditions Kitakami Yoru had to abide by.

If Kitakami Yoru dared to hit him, he would definitely be expelled.

Aki Tomoya had also heard others say that Kitakami Yoru was very easy to bully and very cowardly.

37: Hayasaka Ai's Punishment Game

Looking at the boy with black-rimmed glasses in front of him whom he didn't know at all.

Kitakami Yoru was stunned for a while.

He directly regarded Aki Tomoya as one of Kasumigaoka Utaha's admirers who came to find trouble with him.

"I am Kitakami Yoru, do you have something to do?" Kitakami Yoru replied afterwards.

"Are you following Utaha-senpai?" Aki Tomoya swallowed his saliva; actually, he was also a bit nervous.

Kitakami Yoru showed a confused expression; at this moment, it was as if the air had gone quiet.

I'm following Kasumigaoka Utaha?

What kind of situation is this again?

Kitakami Yoru's mind went blank, and he looked at the strange Aki Tomoya in front of him with great suspicion.

"In any case, watch yourself." Aki Tomoya was just asking tentatively.

At that time, Kasumigaoka Utaha had only told him that it might be Kitakami Yoru who did it.

He still had to help Eriri find her backpack.

Then, Aki Tomoya walked away quickly.

He didn't even look at Kato Megumi, who was walking with Kitakami Yoru.

"Inexplicable person, not polite at all."

"And Kasumigaoka Utaha, being followed?"

Kitakami Yoru came to his senses at this time, his expression strange.

"His name is Aki Tomoya." Kato Megumi's eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

"Does Kato-san know him?" Kitakami Yoru looked at Kato Megumi curiously.

"Yes, we are in the same class, but I don't know him well." Kato Megumi's expression returned to plainness.