Chapter 582

"And you?"

"Wouldn't you get up later than her, and have her wait for you?"

Natsume Chikage shook his head:

"Not yet. I usually get up early in the morning to go running and exercise, getting up much earlier than her."

Yukimura Suzune blinked; this was the first time she knew this.

"So when you finish exercising and go home, your sister is already up?"

Natsume Chikage laughed:

"How is that possible."

"I often come out after taking a shower and find she's not awake yet, so I have to call her to get up, and sometimes I even have to help her comb her hair."

Yukimura Suzune understood, and then her expression became a bit subtle, asking the most crucial question:

"Then... is there a situation where your sister gets up especially, especially early, earlier than usual?"

Natsume Chikage nodded:

"There is."

"Just like yesterday, she got up full of energy early in the morning and dragged me to leave early to take the train."

Yukimura Suzune whispered almost inaudibly:

"So... that's how it is."

Private Moonlight Academy, Cherry Blossom Path.

The blooming flowers of early April had already passed, the cherry blossoms on the branches were much sparser, and some branches even showed signs of being bare.

Pink and white petals scattered on the walkway, rolled up by the morning breeze, spinning around.

Yukimura Suzune and Natsume Chikage walked side by side on this path stained with the atmosphere of late spring.

The two's figures, especially Natsume Chikage's outstanding appearance, inevitably attracted the gazes of many passing students.

The girls secretly sized him up, while some boys' curious gazes shifted back and forth between the two, secretly speculating about their relationship.

Just then, a boy with a bamboo sword on his back and a tall figure approached quickly and blocked their way.

"Natsume-kun, is it convenient to borrow a step to talk?"

The visitor looked righteous; it was the Kendo Club's captain—Shanshan Yingshu.

Natsume Chikage stopped and said to Yukimura Suzune beside him:

"Yukimura-san, you go back to the classroom first. I'll chat with Shanshan-senpai about something."

Yukimura Suzune looked at Shanshan Yingshu, then looked at Natsume Chikage, and nodded gently:

"Mm."

After saying that, she continued to walk forward alone, her black hair swaying gently behind her shoulders with her steps.

After she walked further away, Natsume Chikage turned to Shanshan Yingshu:

"Shanshan-senpai, is there something you need me for?"

Shanshan Yingshu's expression became a bit solemn, and he lowered his voice and asked:

"I received an official notice from the Student Council saying that you will join us as a temporary member of the Kendo Club and participate in this Yulong Flag competition together... Is this true?"

Natsume Chikage nodded frankly:

"It's true."

A look of surprise instantly burst out on Shanshan Yingshu's face, and his shoulders, which had been tense, relaxed a little:

"That's great! This is really great!"

"We are currently severely short of members, and your joining at this time is definitely a timely help!"

Natsume Chikage followed his words and asked:

"I heard that it was because some members fought with others outside and got injured, which led to them being unable to participate?"

Shanshan Yingshu's expression immediately sank; it was a complex emotion mixed with anger and powerlessness.

"That's indeed the case... Just a few nights ago, a few of our members went out for dinner and met people from another school's Kendo Club."

"The other side came up and provoked them, and their attitude was very bad."

"You also know that we people who do sports competitions have many young people who are hot-blooded; how could they endure this?"

"Then... you know the result."

Natsume Chikage raised an eyebrow, feeling something was fishy:

"However, even if they fought, ordinary high school students wouldn't fight to the point of needing hospitalization, right? Did they get red-eyed and use lethal force?"

"Usually, don't the leaders of both sides come out, push each other, curse a few times, and at most throw a few punches before being persuaded to stop?"

"After all, if it gets to the point of hospitalization, if a criminal record is left, or if they are expelled from school, the impact will be huge."

Shanshan Yingshu sighed heavily, his expression full of helplessness:

"Generally speaking, that's indeed the case."

"After the fact, I also asked them in detail, and they said they didn't intend to fight to the death at first."

"But the other side... fought especially dirty. They were forced into a corner and could only fight back with their lives... As a result, both sides ended up in the hospital."

Natsume Chikage followed up:

"Then are the people on the other side going to be held criminally responsible now?"

Shanshan Yingshu shook his head, his tone even more exhausted:

"No."

"Why? Wasn't it the other side that started it, and they fought dirty?"

"Because they fought back, and the scene was chaotic, the police determined it was a mass fight involving both sides."

Shanshan Yingshu explained,

"Later, after the police finished investigating, they asked both sides if they wanted to pursue the other side's responsibility. If they pursued it, then the people who fought on both sides would likely have criminal records."

"You also know that the students in our school, including those in the opposite school, have some background in their families; who wants their child to have such a stain on their file?"

"After the parents on both sides communicated privately... they reached a settlement. This matter was left unsettled."

Natsume Chikage was a bit dumbfounded:

"This... sounds a bit confusing."

Shanshan Yingshu also looked aggrieved:

"I also feel it's confusing. Logically speaking, it's now close to the Yulong Flag competition, which is a key preparation period."

"Any school's Kendo Club should try their best to avoid trouble during this time. Why would the other side come to provoke us for no reason?"

"I really can't figure it out."

He paused, and a kind of extremely strange, indescribable expression appeared on his face.

"However... if you want to talk about the reason, it's not entirely non-existent."

Natsume Chikage's curiosity was piqued:

"What reason?"

Shanshan Yingshu's mouth twitched, and he lowered his voice, as if telling an unbelievable secret:

"In our Kendo Club, there is a second-year member... he... chased after the boyfriend of the Kendo Club captain of the opposite school."

"Originally, this matter was hidden well, but I don't know how it suddenly got exposed..."

"I guess the fuse for the fight was mostly this."

Natsume Chikage's expression instantly froze, becoming extremely subtle:

"This... what kind of NTR plot is this..."

"Wait!"

He suddenly caught a key piece of information and frowned:

"Is this member of your Kendo Club a boy or a girl?"

Shanshan Yingshu's mouth twitched even more violently:

"A boy..."

Natsume Chikage gasped, stunned:

"Then the Kendo Club captain of the opposite school, including the captain's boyfriend, aren't they also..."

Shanshan Yingshu had a complex expression of "you guessed right" and nodded:

"Mm, the same as you think."