Chapter 418

"I'll try not to let it happen next time, okay?"

Kitakami Yoru replied.

"There's going to be a next time?"

Fujiwara Chika typed her reply with a blushing face.

"No?"

"If you don't agree, Chika, I'll tell the whole school that your feet stink!"

"Hee hee!"

Kitakami Yoru wasn't pretending anymore anyway; chatting privately with his girlfriend, he naturally had to let loose.

"Speaking of which, you absolutely must keep our secret relationship a secret."

"And, you're not allowed to flirt with other girls, you know?"

Fujiwara Chika warned.

"But you... said you were very scared..."

Kitakami Yoru replied after a moment of hesitation.

In any case, once Fujiwara Chika couldn't take it anymore but also couldn't leave Kitakami Yoru, she would naturally be dying for a few more good sisters.

"Disgusting, pfft..."

"I'm going to sleep, I'm ignoring you."

Fujiwara Chika sent one last message.

Kitakami Yoru received the message, smiled, and didn't pay it much mind.

He put his phone away, pulled up the blanket, and went to sleep.

Early the next morning.

Kitakami Yoru was woken up by his phone.

"Who is it, calling me this early in the morning..."

Getting up groggily, Kitakami Yoru rubbed his eyes, sat up, and stared blankly at his phone.

The phone was ringing with an incoming call.

The person calling didn't seem to have any intention of hanging up.

"Who is it?"

Complaining under his breath, Kitakami Yoru turned to the side to grab the phone.

He took a look.

It was actually an unknown number.

Afraid he might have misremembered, Kitakami Yoru even counted a second time to confirm it was an unknown number.

"Did they dial the wrong number?"

Kitakami Yoru didn't have a bad temper when waking up, but this was his day off, and after how much energy he'd spent the previous night, he had gone to bed late.

There was no helping it, his body was a little tired.

After answering, Kitakami Yoru spoke first, his tone carrying a hint of skepticism: "Hello, who is this?"

"May I ask who you are?"

"It's me, Kitakami-san."

At home, Ebina Hina stood before a full-length mirror, displaying a version of herself different from what others saw.

That dowdy, shoulder-length hair had been parted to the side of her ears and braided into a small pigtail.

Her red, oval-framed glasses had been replaced by contact lenses.

Her figure and appearance had instantly undergone a massive improvement.

Anyone unfamiliar with Ebina Hina would absolutely not recognize her!

Her already decent image had been taken to the next level.

"Who are you?"

Kitakami Yoru didn't recognize the voice on the phone as Ebina Hina's.

"I want to ask you to help..."

"No... I'm begging you. How about I take you on a free trip to Chiba?"

Looking at herself in the full-length mirror, Ebina Hina said with an appreciative and pleased expression.

"Invite me on a trip?"

"Wait, what is this about?"

Never mind that Kitakami Yoru had just woken up and was sleep-deprived, his brain couldn't process it.

Even on a normal day, he wouldn't understand.

"No, it's going with Yumiko, Yui, and the others. We go in the morning and come back in the afternoon."

"It's very close, I'm begging you, Kitakami-kun?"

Ebina Hina said with a smile.

One could tell from her tone that she needed Kitakami Yoru, but it wasn't a matter of life and death.

It was like suddenly wanting to drink milk tea...

But you could drink water to quench your thirst.

"I'll consider it. What time?"

"What are we doing? Do I need to prepare anything?"

Only then did Kitakami Yoru react.

She was dragging him along to be a human shield.

"If you help me, I'll tell you a huge secret!"

Ebina Hina followed the principle of equivalent exchange.

"A huge secret? Hmm?"

Kitakami Yoru was stunned, a questioning sound escaping his lips.

"If I'm lying, I'm a puppy. You can do whatever you want to me!"

Ebina Hina said calmly.

Suddenly, Kitakami Yoru became interested.

Really?

A huge secret?

"Ebina, you're not joking, are you?"

Thinking it over skeptically, and since there was no harm in it, Kitakami Yoru simply agreed.

"What are the details?"

He continued to ask.

"Eight o'clock, meet at Shinjuku Station. No details, just going to Chiba together to play for a day."

"Remember to bring your things."

Ebina Hina instructed.

"Got it, my lady. Your human shield is at your service."

"But this matter is a secret, remember not to let Miura and the others blab about it."

Kitakami Yoru thought of Fujiwara Chika; if this new girlfriend found out.

He would definitely be done for.

Bye-bye.

"Huh? You wouldn't happen to have a girlfriend and be afraid of her finding out, would you?"

Ebina Hina was sharp.

"I have several girlfriends, guess if that's true or false."

Furrowing his brow, Kitakami Yoru sighed.

She guessed so accurately!

61: A Huge Secret

"Huh? Kitakami-san, you're joking, right?"