I Was Reincarnated as a Creepy Fat Guy, Then Trained Myself Without Sleep. And Then, for Some Reason, the Heroines Start Approaching Me - Chapter 87: Shota's True Feelings

“There’s an important matter, so I contacted you.”

“Yeah, right. An important matter. Ahahaha.”

Shota briefly had a moment of doubt, but quickly lifted the corners of his mouth, proudly puffing out his chest.

“So, is it over with that Kondo guy?”

“Huh?”

“I get it. You regret getting involved with a bastard who resorts to violence like that, don’t you?”

“Shota… What are you talking about?”

Seeing Kanna taken aback by his completely off-topic remarks, Shota smirked.

His demeanor was so repulsive that Kanna, regaining composure, decided to counterattack.

“If we talk about violence, you’ve done plenty to Itsuki, haven’t you?”

But Shota responded with an audacious attitude.

“I’ve never hit anyone.”

“Lies are not good. Before Itsuki started dieting, you did a lot of terrible things. What nonsense…”

Grinding her teeth in frustration, Kanna received another triumphant response from Shota.

“That wasn’t violence. It was guidance.”

“Guidance?”

“Yeah. I just taught that guy, who had no sense of his place, a lesson about reality. Is that violence? I’d rather you praise me, you know?”

“…”

“Hey, Kanna.”

“What?”

“I’m a generous person, you know?”

“Huh?”

Suddenly saying something incomprehensible, Shota left Kanna bewildered once again.

“A while back, you said here that you felt like a caged bird because of me.” (Reference 27th episode)

“…”

“Even if Kanna separates from me, I’ll quietly wait. Even now. Because you know that being by my side is what makes you the happiest.”

“…”

“I’ve decided to completely crush Kondo. I’ve even prepared for legal action with my parents’ help.”

“Legal action?”

“Yeah. After all, he hit me like this. Of course, if I were to seriously fight with him, I would easily win, but I won’t do something childish like that.”

“…”

“Come to me now. It’s not too late. I can make you feel much better than you ever will with him.”

Staring at Kanna’s chest with a lustful expression, Shota spoke like a beast in heat.

Seeing his face, Kanna was relieved that they were in a crowded cafe. She let out a deep sigh and, with a completely cold expression, spoke.

“Shota.”

“Yeah?”

“I love Itsuki.”

“What!”

“I love him so much that there’s no room for you in my life.”

“You…!”

“Try anything, whether it’s a trial or legal action. I’ll support Itsuk.”

“Y-You bitch…”

Shota suddenly trembled, glaring at Kanna. However, Kanna spoke firmly as if delivering a clear message.

“I’ll be clear about this. Shota, you are nothing compared to Itsuki—a despicable and terrible person. Bullying others and being unable to utter a single word of apology, did you think I could ever like such a small-minded man? I’ve observed you for a long time. So, I know. You’ve always harbored inferiority towards Itsuki, right? Jealous of the fact that the person you bullied has become more handsome and stronger than you. But you don’t want to admit that reality, so it must have been tough for you.”

“No… I… he’s not better than me…”

“Isn’t it time you admitted it? Itsuki is more charming, stronger, and more reliable than you, Shota. The same goes for Shizukawa-kun and Hosokawa-kun. Those three aren’t good people to be slandered on social media by you.”

“Shut up! You don’t know anything, Kanna!”

“Don’t shout so loudly! People are watching, aren’t they!?”

Shota, conscious of the people around, spoke more deviously, low and malicious.

“SNS? Kanna, what are you talking about?”

“…You wrote content defaming the three of them.”

“Hehehe! I don’t know anything about that~”

“…”

If Itsuki were here, Shota would probably have been punched to the brink of death for sure.

Suppressing her anger, Kanna prepared to wield her trump card.

“Shota.”

“Wha-Wha-What?”

“A parting gift.”

“Huh?”

With that, Kanna unbuttoned one of the buttons on her shirt, revealing the ample bosom that Itsuki had thoroughly developed. Shota’s gaze became fixated on it.

At the same time,

“Take this!”

“Huh!”

Kanna took out the old mobile phone, displayed the hypnosis app, and showed it to Shota.

Then she pressed the button.

Shota’s eyes instantly turned lifeless, and he became suddenly quiet. To onlookers from a distance, it seemed like he had simply fallen silent. They might breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, “Finally, that delinquent shut up” or “That poor girl,” not knowing the true circumstances.

Observing Shota in a hypnotic state, Kanna immediately began to speak.

“Shota.”

“Yeah…”

“I’m going to ask you a few questions, and I want honest answers.”

“Yeah…”

“No shouting loudly.”

“Yeah…”

Kanna narrowed her eyes as she questioned Shota, who responded mechanically.

“Did you write negative content about Itsuki, Hosokawa-kun, and Shizukawa-kun on SNS?”

“Yeah… It was me.”

“…Then, I want to see all the evidence of that.”

“Yeah… Okay.”

Saying that, Shota unlocked his phone and showed the group chat with Gorilla.

While various contents were written, summarily, it portrayed Shota as the main culprit with Gorilla cooperating.

Kanna took screenshots of all the contents and sent them to her own phone.

Looking at the evidence, Shota spoke.

“There’s… more…”

“More?”

Shota tapped his phone a few times and showed another picture.

“Okayama-sensei!?”

The photo depicted a high school girl wearing the uniform of Marin’s High School and the class homeroom teacher entering a love hotel.

“Using this, I threatened and manipulated things so that only Kondo would take the blame.”

“…I see.”

Feeling the satisfaction of the puzzle pieces falling into place, Kanna asked Shota, “Do you have any intention of apologizing to Itsuki, Hosokawa-kun, and Shizukawa-kun?”

“…No.”

“Why do you dislike those three?”

“That’s because… by trampling on those who lead a lower-class life, my value goes up. But I can’t do that anymore…”

“What kind of value?”

“To become the top of the school hierarchy, you have to trample on others. If you can’t do that, you won’t be on top of the school caste…”

“So, it’s okay to bully innocent weaker people just to rise to the top?”

“Of course… those guys won’t complain even if you bully them. They are perfect prey.”

Kanna quietly murmured to herself, “This guy is worse than a beast.”

Having sent the teacher’s photo as well, Kanna whispered to him, “Shota, the hypnosis will be lifted in 10 minutes.”

“Yeah…”

Saying that, Kanna stood up and left the place. Although she hadn’t pressed the release button, she didn’t want to see Shota’s creepy face again, so she walked confidently towards home.

X X X

“Huh? What’s this?”

Ten minutes after the hypnosis was lifted, Shota, noticing that Kanna wasn’t there, widened his eyes and looked around.

“No bag… Did she go home? Damn!”

Clenching his fist, Shota immediately tried to contact Kanna. However, the call didn’t connect, and he could only hear the dial tone at regular intervals.

Slamming his phone onto the table, he grinned with slight wrinkles forming on his face.

“That Kondo… I’ll thoroughly crush him… I’ll push him until he’s beyond recovery, and then I’ll take Kanna from him… Those breasts… were supposed to be mine… damn it!”

Muttering this, Shota looked at the empty space where Kanna’s drink used to be.

(T/N: A proper depiction of someone who did not evolve from monkey)