Takei's words not only disrupted Yamaguchi's thoughts, but also Kato Yusuke's attention was attracted by him.
"Hey, you idiot Takei, stop shouting suddenly on the street!"
"But! This is the chainsaw man! It says it will be a five-serial series starting from the next issue!!"
As Takei spoke, he excitedly showed the two of them the current issue of the "Shōnen Undead" comic magazine.
On the last page of Chapter 3 of "Chainsaw Man", there is indeed an official notice that a supplement will be released starting from the next issue.
Yamaguchi was startled at first when he saw this, but then he became interested and immediately fell into his arms.
"What! It's actually five series!? Doesn't this mean..."
"Yes, yes!"
"Are you thinking the same thing? Takei!"
"I'm thinking about it!"
The Mangkhut brothers who were holding magazines looked at each other and shouted in unison:
""More, Miss Machima——!!!""
"Alas--!"
"Great--!"
The two people held each other's hands sympathetically, showing male friendship.
Kato Yusuke silently turned around and looked around aimlessly, his eyes finally falling on a store with fashionable decoration.
It was a store that sold bicycles. The brightly colored bicycles hung in the transparent windows were very eye-catching.
"It's about time you bought a car, right?" Akane Kurisaka's sarcasm suddenly came to mind.
He glanced at the two people who were excitedly discussing comics, and then looked at the two girls who were still shopping in the drugstore.
Kato Yusuke walked alone, crossed the street, and stepped into the store opposite.
…
It took about fifteen minutes.
He walked into the store empty-handed, and when he left the store, there was a camouflage green mountain bike beside him.
Cross the road again.
In front of the convenience store, Kako and Megumi were already standing there.
Yoshiko Himekawa, who was wearing uniform, had her hands on her hips and was talking to Brother Sanzhu, who had his head drooped.
Hui, on the other hand, stood quietly beside her, fiddling with her cell phone as if preparing to make a call.
Kato Yusuke pushed the car and walked up slowly.
"Have you finished shopping?"
"Ah! It's Kato! And he's pushing a bicycle!" Takei, who was the first to spot him, shouted loudly.
"What!?"
"Kato-san??"
"...?"
Yamaguchi, Yoshiko, and Hui also looked at each other in unison.
"What the hell! Where did you go? You didn't even say hello!"
"You're finally back~~~Jia Zi trained us until we were miserable!!"
"I'm not that cruel! Besides, I didn't even notice my friend disappearing from me, which is very problematic in itself!"
Yamaguchi rushed forward angrily, followed closely by Takei and Kako. The three formed a circle, surrounding Yusuke directly in the middle.
Kato Yusuke apologized, parked his bicycle, and responded: "I saw you were all busy, so I went to the store opposite for a bit."
"Have you taken a walk?"
The three people who calmed down lowered their gazes at the same time and looked at the mountain bike.
Camouflage exterior paint, high carbon steel body with a light metallic sheen, Shimano chain, integrated lock, transmission, and shock absorber.
Car lights, pedals, fenders, rear seats, rocket launchers, and all kinds of accessories are available, and everything is brand new.
The three of them were surprised to find that this was actually a new car.
Takei: "Okay, so handsome!"
Yamaguchi: "Oh! What's going on? Are you renting this?"
Yoshiko: "Hey? Kato-san bought a bicycle? Why? It's so sudden!"
Kato Yusuke pondered for a moment: "Cycling can help you exercise, and commuting during rush hours is more convenient than taking a train."
"Hahaha, you actually bought a mountain bike while buying outdoor supplies, Kato, you are so weird." Takei laughed after hearing this explanation.
"It's so despicable! You clearly rejected the thing I was interested in, but you bought such a handsome thing without saying a word. Okay! Takei, let's go ride it together!"
“Agree——!!!”
At Yamaguchi's suggestion, the two got on the mountain bike one after another and began to ride crookedly.
"Yah!" As if he didn't feel satisfied, Takei stood up from the rocket launcher installed in the center of the rear wheel.
"Idiot! It's forbidden to take people on bikes!" Kako put her hands to her mouth like a loudspeaker. After speaking, she lowered her shoulders feebly and cursed the two idiots.
Hahahaha, Yamaguchi's voice floated over from not far away.
"——You can't get married if you keep chattering like this, Kako!"
"I'm so angry, stop now, I'm going to kill you!"
After playing around for a while.
The five people gathered in front of the convenience store again.
Kato Yusuke was thinking about going home to catch up on the manuscript, so he cut off Takei's suggestion of "Why don't we all go eat ramen together?" and directly said goodbye, which resulted in two complaints.
"So direct! You obviously haven't finished speaking yet!?"
"Takei, he's almost crying, right? Kato."
"Sorry, maybe next time, I still have work to do at home." Kato Yusuke apologized, and then got on the bicycle seat.
Kako's eyes were rolling, and she suddenly said: "Are you going to go back by bicycle? Kato-san."
"Um."
"That's it~ Then can I leave the task of sending Xiaohui home to you?"
"……Huh?"
Kei was confused when her name was suddenly called. Before she could react, Kako forcibly pushed her forward and stopped right next to Yusuke.
The two looked at each other, and the girl looked away first.
"Um, Kako...?"
"What does it matter? Xiaohui's house is not far from here anyway. Just ask Kato-san to take you back!"
"That's not the problem, right? You just said that it's forbidden to take people on bikes...?"
"Ah~ ah~ I didn't hear anything. Anyway, you have been excluded from the next trip... That's it, so I'll leave it to you, Megumi, Kato-san." Himekawa Yoshiko said openly.
"Even if you say so..." A little trouble appeared on Hui's face, and she followed her gaze and turned her gaze back to Kato Yusuke.
"Come up."
"……Eh?"
"I'll take you back." Kato Yusuke turned the car around and repeated: "Come up."
Seeing this scene, Hui opened her lips slightly, tilted her head and thought for a moment, and asked, "Is this really okay? Even though Kako said that, my home is still quite far away from here, right?"
"Ah~ah~! I'm really worried! Kato-san said it's okay, but what are you doing? Okay, okay, sit on it quickly~~~!"
After hearing this, Jiazi couldn't help but go crazy. No matter how much she said, she pushed her shoulders and forced her onto the back seat.
"Then see you tomorrow ~ Kato-san, Xiaomei."
Kato Yusuke nodded, while Megumi remained silent, as if a little angry, then lowered his shoulders as if appointed, and reluctantly picked up Yusuke's uniform jacket behind his shoulders with his fingertips.
That look was so rare that even Yoshiko, a girl, found it a bit cute and her eyes couldn't help but light up.
The Mangkhut brothers who were also lucky enough to see this scene were also a little surprised and couldn't help but secretly exchange a look.
Among all the people present, only Kato Yusuke did not see this scene, but he could feel the weak force on his shoulders, so he said:
"...You're holding it too lightly, which will make your center of gravity unstable. If you're not used to it, you can step on the rocket launcher."
"Well, I'm wearing a skirt, so I really can't sit like that..."
"Then just hold on tight."
"Is this so...?"
The strength behind the shoulder increased so slightly that it was almost unnoticeable.
Kato Yusuke: "..."
Phew, um...
Yamaguchi and Takei couldn't help but cover their mouths to suppress laughter.
Kako took action directly.
"No! Xiaohui, you really are doing this right~!"
She said, taking Megumi's hand, leading it forward without any hesitation, wrapping it around Yusuke's waist, and fixing it tightly.
Kato Yusuke moved his lips slightly, and the hands tightly clasping around his waist were more nervous than he imagined.
He hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't say much. He just whispered to leave, and the girl responded with a soft "hmm".
Under the watchful eyes of the Mangkhut brothers and Jiazi, the mountain bike carrying the two people gradually disappeared into the horizon under the setting sun...
As Yoshiko Himekawa said, the place where Megumi lives is indeed in the Ikebukuro area, but it is indeed some distance away from where the others separated.
After confirming the specific street with the girl, Kato Yusuke immersed himself in riding his mountain bike without saying much.
The girl also behaved very quietly. During this period, other than giving him instructions on where he might encounter the police, she also had no desire to communicate.
Perhaps because of the scene that happened yesterday, Kato Yusuke felt a somewhat restrained silence for the first time during his time with Megumi.
I thought this journey would end in silence, but at a certain moment the girl suddenly spoke.
"Speaking of which... I always feel like it's a bit heavy, right?"
"Maybe."
"It's so strange. Obviously we have been together without talking before, but today it seems like this is the first time."
"Same feeling."
"...? Well, although this may be my illusion, it's not necessarily true, but is Yusuke blaming me?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Ah, well, if you want to say it, I have hindered you and Kasumigaoka-senpai's affairs... I am aware of this for the time being."
Before the awkward atmosphere spread, Kato Yusuke casually answered: "It doesn't matter, but I didn't expect you to ask such a direct question right away."
"Huh? Does this mean that I am evil-minded...?"
Hui clasped her hands slightly tighter and poked her head out slightly to peer at his expression.
Such movements made Yusuke feel a little itchy in his waist, but he didn't show it. He just continued to look ahead and ride the mountain bike at a constant speed.
"Not really."
"Fundamentally, it's actually Yusuke who thinks things are too complicated."
"what are you saying?"
"...Even if you are dating Kasumigaoka-senpai, there is no need to care about me? After all, she is beautiful and has a good figure, and she is particularly attractive as a royal sister, so it doesn't matter. I don't care at all, right?"
——Clang, clang, clang.
The Toden Arakawa Line tram passed by the two of them, and the sound it made drowned out the voices for a moment, and gradually faded away after a while.
Kato Yusuke turned his face slightly and asked: "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"
"Ah~ ah~ It's nothing, the hero is slow to react." Hui complained in a slightly positive tone.
"You seem to often use two-dimensional words in your recent speeches."
"Ah, after all, our student union is full of creators, cartoonists, light novel authors, and doujinshi artists. Only Shinjou-san and I are more ordinary, right?"
"I don't think you are ordinary, and you have changed a lot since joining the student union."
"...You obviously didn't remember my name or face at the beginning."
After being reminded like this, Yusuke also remembered what happened back then, and the expression on his face softened slightly.
"...At that time, it seemed that I was called to give a lecture by Mr. Nakamura."
"Well, yes, all kinds of things happened."
Hui affirmed first, and then changed her words, "But, it's because you are always leading me forward that I will change, so thank you."
"No, just don't blame me for getting you involved in many things."
The wheels of the mountain bike squeaked.
The setting dusk in the west dyed the slender gauze-like clouds red, dotting the sky lightly.
As if remembering something, Hui suddenly said: "Ah, speaking of which, I went to Yinglili's house yesterday because I was delivering schoolbags. How should I put it? It's such an amazing place."
"Send a school bag?" Kato Yusuke turned his face slightly and asked.
"Hmm~ It's Ying Lili's schoolbag. She forgot it at the student union when she left yesterday."
"Is that so?"
"That's right, but on the other hand, Eiriri is still very angry with Yusuke. Have you talked to her?"
"No."
"Well, I guess so, Yusuke won't care about this, right?"
The words that seemed to have meaning made Kato Yusuke frown slightly and thought: "Eiriri is still young. Now she just feels that her things have been taken away. She will be fine after a while."
"Hey~ So that's what you think. It's really great, 'brother'."
"What is the reason for complaining now?"
"Because, who told you to be just like the male protagonist in the harem?
"What's the meaning?"
"I don't know either~~~"
After riding for half an hour, the two arrived in front of an independent one-family building.
Kato Yusuke stopped the mountain bike with a squeak and said: "We're here."
"Well, thank you for sending me back, Yusuke."
After grabbing her things, Hui gently jumped out of the back seat, put her shoulder bag back on her shoulders, and then turned around.
"Then, I'll go back?"
Kato Yusuke nodded, thought for a moment and said, "See you tomorrow, Megumi."
"Well, that's it, bye, Yusuke." Kei waved goodbye gently, then walked towards the house with the house number "Kato" written on it.
The sound of the mountain bike sounded after itself and gradually faded away.
When Hui walked to the door, he suddenly stopped and looked back, only to see that the figure was already riding away.
…
A small section of the knife is used to establish the relationship between the characters, and then return to normal.