The Girl sitting next to me is playing with my '--hing' though... - Chapter 12: Horikita Iori 4

Horikita Iori 4

There was a power symbol that everyone would have seen at least once in life, and then apart from that, one each for + and -. Total of 3 buttons altogether.

An old type of audio player …… doesn’t seem to be the case.

The first possibility that came to mind was negated by the fact that there is no earphone jack attached to the device.

On the other hand, if this is some sort of cutting-edge audio player, which is hard to believe, then the possibilities are revived. The fact that the earphone jack has been at last eliminated and the word “wireless” has become the very common word that we see these days makes it impossible to deny the possibility of this product.

But this, no matter how you look at it, seems to be a defective product that is being astonishingly presented as a so called cutting edge technology.

Even if you don’t observe it carefully, you can readily figure out. Of the three buttons, if + and – are for volume control, then where do I select a song from? That is the most simplest question that can easily come up as anyone.

There was not even a microphone, so there is no way this device has the ability to be controlled by voice. As I thought, this audio player is in fact a defective product …… or maybe it’s not even an audio player to begin with.

I considered a number of the possibilities, and in the end, that conclusion seemed the most plausible and even realistic.

Then what is the purpose of this switch-like thing in the first place?

No, if it’s Iori we are talking about, that thing is just impossible …. or so I think, definitely.

Actually, there was one more “item” that it can be, which came to mind for me.

Just that, since it doesn’t really fit well with Iori, or should I say it’s incompatible with her …., so I was not sure about it. Anyway, it is just that, the amount of time I have spent with her so far, makes it impossible for me to consider that possibility all in all.

“n-n-n-n–n-N-N-N-No! I-i-i-i-It Is Obviously Not What You Think It is OKAY⁉ After ALL, um, well, you know, …… a-a-ANYWAYS, it’s not me!　It not me, you got it!

That was Iori’s voice, though as if she was in a panic.

As I look at Iori, she was shaking her head furiously sideways, that was even disheveling her soft and fluffy looking bob hair that she is so pride of.

“Arra, so does that mean, it was all just a misunderstanding and a misreading on my part until now?”

“I–isn’t that a matter of course?.”

“Oh is it …. then how are you planning to explain that thing which came out of your blazer pocket now, Miss?

“—-⁉”

Iori’s reaction speed after Minamisawa finished her sentence was just astonishing: “Eh, this can’t be, why? Why isn’t it there ……?

Iori, let out a weak voice as she shoved her hands into her blazer pockets searching vehemently. Apparently, this switch of unknown use is of great importance to Iori.

“Fu~Fu~Fu~”

As I was continuing watching their quarrel, my eyes suddenly met Minamisawa’s.

“Hayami-kun, remember what I gave you sometime ago? Can you turn on it’s power?”

“—Wh–WHA … Wh–Why Is It With Soutaru.”

Iori turned around and looked at me with an emotion akin to disbelief and cold astonishment.