Chapter 17 Ishii's Case

Ishii’s Case

“Hey, hey, Ishii! Is it true that you slept with a girl named Ito-san? I heard that. Besides, Ito-san is someone else’s girlfriend, right?”

“Me too! I want to hear more!”

The time was 8.20 am.

In the class next to Sou’s, class 2-5, some girls asked Ishii who was sitting in his seat.

“Um, that’s….”

Ishii was in the same situation as Seira. The girls who had gotten the information that Ishii had slept with Seira crowded around Ishii’s seat. Most of them were girls who thought Ishii was cool. Some of them might even be in love with him.

But they all have one wish in common. It’s simple. They all want to know if the information is true.

Is the information true? Or is it false?

That’s all they want to confirm.

“Hey, do you want to confirm the accuracy of that information?”

One of the three people who have been observing the situation so far. Haruki gets up from her seat and walks over to Ishii’s noisy seat. Haruki and Ishii are sitting quite far away from each other.

“Um, yes. That’s right.”

“Does Yakumo-san have any useful information for us?”

The girls around Ishii turn their attention to Haruki. Their gaze shifts from Ishii to Haruki.

“Ah. Yes, I do. Information that shows splendid and solid evidence!”

With a fearless smile, Haruki takes her smartphone out of her blazer pocket.

By the way, Haruki’s actions are a clear violation of school rules. We’ll say it again, but at Seidou High School, the use of smartphones is forbidden except after school. If a teacher finds out, it will be confiscated immediately.

Haruki operates her smartphone with her fingers and points the screen at the girls.

The smartphone shows a photo of Ishii and Seira huddled together and walking through the entrance of a love hotel.

Naturally, the girls are fixated on the smartphone screen. They stare intently. They all open their eyes wide in shock.

“Hey! Hey! What are you doing, Haruki?! Stop it! Don’t show that photo!!”

Ishii gets up from his seat with a bang and tries to grab Haruki’s phone with a desperate look on his face.

“Oops! That was close.”

With a slight movement, Haruki dodges Ishii’s attack.

“Oh. Oh no!?”

Ishii’s attack is gracefully dodged by Haruki, who then falls to the floor of the classroom. Unable to stop his momentum, Ishii crashes into an empty desk. He hits his head hard.

“Ouch~!!!”

Ishii’s scream spreads throughout the classroom. Ishii contorts his face and presses both hands to his head as if to relieve the pain.

“So, what do you think? The panic he showed right after seeing the photo on my phone. Isn’t that clearly suspicious? Doesn’t the behavior of the guy lying there earlier prove the authenticity of the photo more than anything else?”

Ignoring Ishii’s pitiful state, Haruki asks the girls.

“Y-You’re right. If this photo wasn’t real, he wouldn’t be so upset.”

“Y-Yes. He was desperately trying to grab Yakumo-san’s phone earlier.”

The girls nodded repeatedly, their faces forming as if they were convinced. Haruki’s arguments seemed to be convincing. Occasionally, they looked at the photo on Haruki’s smartphone.

A few seconds later. The girls took only one action.

“This photo is real, right?”

“I’m shocked. I feel betrayed.”

“I thought Ishii-kun wouldn’t do something as stupid as stealing someone’s girlfriend.”

The girls rushed to Ishii’s side, who was still in a fallen state and hurled words at him one after the other. Each one said what they wanted to say.

Some of the girls even had disappointment on their faces. The discouragement is clearly visible.

“Hey, wait a minute. Let’s calm down. Okay!”

With both hands on his head and one eye closed as if to block out the pain, Ishii calms the girls down.

But it doesn’t seem to work. The girls’ faces grow grim.

“Hey hey. I wonder if anyone would be interested in the photo on Yakumo-chan’s phone. I have the same photo too~”

“Manami has one too! If you are interested, gather at Manami’s or Mizuki’s place~~”

To add insult to injury, Mizuki and Manami call out to their classmates in the classroom. They call out to everyone, regardless of gender.

Many classmates, regardless of gender, flock to Mizuki and Manami. Everyone wants to see the photo that Mizuki and Manami had.

“Hey! Hey! You guys! What are you doing?! Stop it!!!”

Seeing the chaotic situation, Ishii screams desperately.

But Mizuki and Manami don’t stop. Of course, their classmates don’t stop either. A stream of classmates surges around Mizuki and Manami.

“Hmph. Serves you right.”

On the other hand, Haruki snorts as she crosses her arms in front of her voluptuous chest. At the end of her disregard, she sees Ishii screaming desperately.