Shinjoka walked briskly to the shoe cabinet of Class A, and then gently poked someone on the arm.
"Hey, An Yilun is also a classmate~ Can we chat for a while?"
"Uh-huh! Appeared——!"
An Yilun, who had just put his shoes in the shoe cabinet, suddenly shook his body, hit the cabinet with a "thud", and screamed unconsciously.
"Ah haha, it's me, it's me~ Why are you so surprised, Aki-kun? It's so funny~"
"No, suddenly appearing from the blind spot of other people's field of vision will really scare people to death!!"
"is that so?"
Shinjoka tilted her face slightly and blinked innocently.
"Sorry, sorry~ I didn't expect to scare you like this, so forgive me~?"
"Oh, oh...nothing."
"But~ your reaction just now was really funny, hahaha, ahhahaha~"
"Even so, your smile is too exaggerated, isn't it!?" An Yilun also complained hard, his face full of embarrassment.
"Because~~~well——"
Shinjoka held her belly, as if trying to hold back her laughter, and her petite shoulders were trembling slightly.
"...by the way, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Huh?"
"No, otherwise you wouldn't talk to someone like me, right? So what happened?" An Yilun also asked coldly, knowing full well his popularity in school.
Although he's not exactly the type to be hated by everyone, he's not the type that girls would actively talk to.
Of course, he didn't care about it.
"Ah~ this." Shinjoka raised her face, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her knuckles, and said, "Hey, do you want to go to the classroom together?"
"Huh? Why? Besides, our classrooms are completely in different directions, right??"
An Yilun also had a look of astonishment on his face. He didn't expect that she would make such an invitation and couldn't help but froze on the spot.
"Even if you ask why~~~well..."
Shinjoka put her finger on her lips, raised her chin slightly and thought for a moment, then showed a mischievous smile.
"I just want to chat with you, can't you~?"
"...!"
Her innocent smile, like that of a two-dimensional heroine, burst into the eyes of the unsuspecting An Yilun.
He was a little distracted for a moment, then gave himself a slap in the heart, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose vigilantly, and replied:
"...Is this some kind of prank to play tricks on people? For example, if you agree, you will be scolded as "disgusting", or a blackboard stained with chalk dust will be erased when you enter the classroom."
"It's annoying, I won't do such low-level things. Have you forgotten? I am the publicity committee member of the student union~"
"oh……"
"But, since you are so worried, let's go to Class A first, and then I will go back by myself. Ah, you don't think I am setting an ambush in your classroom or something?"
"That's not the case... I mean, whatever you want, you'll know later that we can't talk together."
An Yilun also said that he bumped into the shoe cabinet and walked towards the classroom on the east side of the corridor, his attitude was a bit unkind.
Shinjoka didn't mind this and followed him up.
"Speaking of which, what do An Yi-san think of what just happened?"
"What happened just now?"
"That's right. There are a lot of reporters at the school gate, right? This is the first time I've seen this kind of thing, but it seems that you, An Yi-san, have been interviewed, right?"
"Oh, I accepted it, but I don't know the questions they asked."
"Hey, who is the author of the "Chainsaw Man" comic? Even Aki-san doesn't know?"
"Basically, who knows who the guy who hides his head and shows his tail is?"
"Yeah?"
"Yes, so if you came to me with this purpose, I'm sorry that you came to the wrong person."
"That's it. Can I ask you to investigate this matter?"
"What?"
An Yilun also turned around in surprise and asked, "Why would I do such a thing? If you want to know, can't you go check it yourself?"
Shinjoka shook his head and denied it: "Although it's a bit embarrassing to say this, there is no way I can do such a thing."
"...What do you mean? You are the propaganda committee member, so you don't need to be so unsure, right?"
"These are two different things, and not only me, but even the Information Department's intervention is useless. You are the only one in this school who can do this kind of thing, An Yilunya-san."
An Yilun couldn't help but be stunned, and then turned his face away with some embarrassment and said:
"Even if you say so, I am just an otaku obsessed with the second dimension. I am neither Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era nor Kudo Shinichi."
"No~~~Because of this, you are the most suitable candidate."
Shinjoka smiled and said: "After all, Aki-kun, you know so much about otakus. It just so happens that this incident is also related to comics. Isn't this your best field?"
"Huh? The problem is that I don't even know who the cartoonist is."
"That's because An Yi-san, you didn't take it seriously, right? It's a comic after all, so it must have left some clues in the school, right?
As those reporters said, that person is probably from the Comics Research Club, right? So there should be something worth exploring there."
"That's true..."
"Right~ Because I really can't think of a reliable partner other than you, so I can only leave this matter to you, Aki-kun."
"But..." An Yilun also said hesitantly: "Since you have thought of all this, it doesn't matter if it's not me, right?"
Shinjoka was a little irritable in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face and continued to follow the instructions with a smile.
"That's not what you said. After all, compared to us, Otaku trusts Otaku more, right? Maybe there is some hidden information?"
In order to make him make up his mind, she continued:
"How about this? If you, An Yi-san, are willing to help, I can turn a blind eye to your bringing contraband to school in the future, or even help cover it up?"
"--real!?"
An Yilun blurted out without thinking, but immediately realized something.
"No, wait, that's the job of the disciplinary committee, right?"
"That's right~"
Shinjoka did not deny this, but explained calmly:
"But because President Kato has never designated a specific target, if I offer to serve as the Disciplinary Committee member at the same time, he won't disagree, right?"
"Isn't it right? Why are you so sure? You are not the only one in the student union, right?"
"Then, An Yi-san, do you think anyone else is suitable for this job?"
"this……"
An Yilun also thought for a moment and replied:
"In terms of ability, if Shiyu-senpai wants to do it... she can still do it... and probably Kato Megumi too."
"Ah ha ha ha ha~ I won't judge your naive thoughts."
Shinjoka couldn't help laughing, as if she had heard some funny joke.
"In short, President Kato will not leave that kind of thing to anyone, including Vice President Kato, Kasumigaoka-senpai, and Eiri, even if he does it himself."
"Huh? Why are you so sure?"
"You really don't know anything about that person."
"What does this mean!?"
Faced with An Yilun's unconvinced questioning, Shintiao Xiang just smiled faintly, with a somewhat mature expression.
"If I have to say it, it is the essential difference between him and others. Although that person is a bit deep, he is more like a man than you."
"Hey, this is too baffling, isn't it?"
"Anyway, that's it, so I'll leave it to you. Do your best, An Yilunya-san, I will cheer for you~!"
"Wait……!"
"Bye~"
Regardless of what An Yilun wanted to say, Shintiao Xiang waved his hand and turned around and left.
The moment she turned her back, her eyes quietly lit up with a bright light.
"One hundred million yen..."
The small purse she had chosen suddenly turned into a diamond.
…
After separating from An Yilun, Shinjoka came to the bathroom.
I chose an unoccupied cubicle, entered it, lowered the toilet lid, and sat on it as a seat.
Turn on the front camera of your phone and point it at yourself.
While changing the angle from left to right, she tidied up her slightly messy bangs.
After confirming that there was no problem, Shintiao Xiang nodded with satisfaction.
"Yeah~ very cute~" she said in a low voice and smiled.
First, I posted a post on Twitter and the campus forum, and then sent an email to each of the three email addresses in my address book.
——[These two posts, please like, forward and comment for me. Also, please try to spread them without attracting attention, the sooner the better (P.S. Remember to delete the email record).]
Within a few minutes of sending the email, I received a unanimous "OK" reply.
Xin Tiaoxiang operated his mobile phone to clear the records, and digital icons quickly popped up on the other two software.
She didn't check, but calmly unbuttoned her uniform jacket, then untied her ribbon tie, and finally reached for the buttons of her shirt.
Bo~
The tight shirt was suddenly loosened, and through the small gap between the buttons, you could slightly glimpse a corner of the cute pink lace patterned breasts.
The pinned buttons were squeezed by the huge mountain peaks, causing many forced horizontal folds in the chest and armpit area, as if they were about to burst.
Shinjoka was used to this, so she just unbuttoned the buttons one by one, completely exposing her underwear.
The white and greasy skin shines, even the surrounding light dims.
She adjusted her sitting posture slightly, leaning forward slightly while making a gesture with her left hand in front of her face, then raised the phone in her right hand and found a perfect angle.
"Click~" x3
The incoherent shutter sound echoed in the quiet bathroom.
Shintōka held the phone in front of her face, selected the selfies she had just taken, selected the most beautiful photo, and slightly modified it using beauty software, and then sent it using Line.
——【Daily class~】
It doesn't show as read, but that doesn't matter.
Considering how unusual today is, it’s normal that I don’t have time to look at my phone.
On the other hand, looking at the other two software, after just a short while, the number in the upper right corner of the icon was almost three digits.
Shinjoka put her phone back into her pocket, put on her uniform again, then opened the door and walked out of the cubicle.
She carefully checked all the compartments, but they were still as empty as when she arrived.
“President~hum hum~~~”
The girl hummed a brisk melody, washed her hands in front of the sink, then briefly touched up her makeup and applied peach-flavored lip balm.
Wait until you make sure everything is ready before leaving the bathroom and returning to the classroom.
"Good morning~"
Entering the classroom, Shinjoka said hello quite naturally and casually observed the environment.
Not surprisingly, the atmosphere in the classroom of Grade 1 E was very exciting.
As if exploring a secret, the students gathered together in twos and threes and discussed what happened at the school gate.
People are clamoring endlessly around keywords such as "100 million yen", "cartoonist", and "chainsaw man".
Shinjoka responded to those who greeted her and walked to the window seat in the front row of the classroom.
As usual, Chiyo and Rika were sitting in her seat chatting.
"Ah, here it comes, here comes the new article."
"Good morning, Shinjo~"
Seeing her coming here, Chiyo took the initiative to wave his hand, gave up her seat, and pulled up a seat in the next row to sit down.
"Good morning, Chiyo, Rika."
Shinjoka greeted with a smile and sat down in his seat.
Li Xiang, who was sitting in front of her, took the initiative to start the conversation, "By the way, you came very late today. Where did you go?"
"Well, because I encountered an interesting thing, I had a little chat with An Yilunya."
"An Yilun...? Who is that?"
Rika looked puzzled at this, while Chiyo on the side yelled "Ah".
"Shinjo-kun, is it Aki from Class A that you're talking about?"
"What's going on? Does even Chiyo know? Tell me too."
"I hate you, Rika, have you forgotten? It's the otaku who said he wanted to show anime during off-campus teaching. That's Aki from Class A~"
"Eh——? No, like or dislike."
Li Xiang exaggeratedly shuddered, showing that she couldn't bear it physically.
"Why are you mentioning that kind of person? Shinjou, isn't that kind of guy disgusting?"
Shinjoka didn't comment on this, just smiled and shrugged, saying:
"Listen to me, Aki told me something very interesting. According to what he said, the author of "Chainsaw Man" seems to be related to someone from the Comics Research Club."
""Cartoon Research Club??""
"Yes~"
The two people who heard this looked at each other, and Li Xiang spoke first.
"Is this true? Can you believe what a person like that says? Could it be that he just said this on purpose just to attract your attention, Shinjou?"
"Hey, don't you believe it?"
"It's not so much that I don't believe it, but it's more that you trust others too easily, Shinjo? Be careful of being deceived by men with ulterior motives?"
Upon hearing this, Chiyo waved her hands and denied it.
"It's impossible, it's impossible~ Even if Rika is deceived, I don't believe that Shinjo will be deceived. Besides, she has President Kato's model with her, so she will never call her otaku classmate, right?"
"Even if you say so, Chiyo-chan... President Kato's level of difficulty is also hellish. You forgot last week..."
Halfway through Rika's words, Shinjoka interrupted her seemingly inadvertently.
"It's strange, I think what An Yi said is quite interesting.
If it’s normal, forget it, but this time it’s about comics, right? Based on his hobbies, I think the credibility of this matter is quite high~”
She stopped here, with a quite natural happy smile on her face, and continued:
“Moreover, I just tweeted what he said, and my number of followers increased by more than 200~~~”
"Eh heh heh? Real or fake——!?"
“It actually increased so much all of a sudden??”
"If you don't believe it...here, the phone is here, you can see for yourself~ah, it has now reached 1,000 people, and it has been forwarded and commented more than 1,000 times!"
"Liar!"
"Let me see it too!"
Rika and Chiyo couldn't bear their curiosity and immediately turned their attention to the mobile phone screen.
And when they saw the exaggerated number of news reminders and the astonishing number of forwards and comments, they couldn't bear it anymore.
"Wow! This is too fierce!"
"It's amazing! This number is higher than the account of an idol I follow!"
"Right~?"
Shinjoka's smile became even brighter, she reached out to take the phone back and continued talking as if nothing had happened.
"Anyway, at least for this matter, I am very grateful to that classmate An Yi.
And apart from me, I saw that there are other students from our school who have gained followers because of this incident~"
""...!""
Li Xiang and Chiyo exchanged a look, then lowered their heads thoughtfully, silently thinking about something.
Soon, the two of them found reasons to return to their seats.
Shinjoka didn't say much, just like usual, and sent them away without realizing it.