When My Girlfriend Cheated On Me And Spread Rumors That I Was A Guy Who Would Sleep With Anyone, I Decided To Just Accept It And Ended Up Dating The Most Slutty Girl In School. - Chapter 49: The Type Of Villain You Don't Want To Make Your Enemy.

The Type Of Villain You Don’t Want To Make Your Enemy.

“…What is that? What on earth is going on? That’s definitely not normal, right?!”

Chiharu was spying on the two from behind a pillar, just like she did every day.

She knew that if she kept doing this, her composed, graceful persona would eventually crack.

But she couldn’t stop.

She was overwhelmingly, maddeningly curious about the two of them, so much so that it was consuming her.

“Until yesterday, it seemed like they were just pretending, but today, they look genuinely into it!”

This was Chiharu, the cunning schemer.

She had spent her whole life gauging people’s reactions and had become quite confident in reading hearts and relationships.

Until yesterday, the two of them indeed had a pleasant aura around them, but they were too distant to be called a couple.

Before that, it had seemed like an act, a staged performance that felt blatantly fake.

That’s why Chiharu thought they were only pretending to be a couple to spite someone.

But today, they were radiating an annoyingly obvious aura of a couple on their first day of dating, filled with sickeningly sweet affection.

Anyone would think they had genuinely started dating, but even that was strange.

Because yesterday, due to Chiharu’s scheme, they should have been at each other’s throats.

And yet, the group of girls who had been at odds was suddenly accepting Naoki for some reason.

“…Did Naoki confess that they were just a fake couple?”

Given that it was Naoki, the timid fool, it was entirely possible he had been overcome by guilt and confessed.

But the fact that the girls accepted him so wholeheartedly still felt off.

Even if Chiharu’s lie about Naoki being a player had been exposed, Naoki and Kirara simply weren’t compatible.

If they were forced together, it would make sense, but the girls were clearly cheering for their relationship.

If the girls had decided to help them with their fake romance, their reaction would make sense, but the two of them were too convincing to be faking it.

Moreover, it seemed unnatural that Kirara would hide the fake romance with Naoki from her group of friends in the first place.

“…Why would that b***h hide her relationship with Naoki from her clique?”

The sense of unease was growing.

“It makes no sense for a girl like her to be genuinely into someone like Naoki. Even if I concede a million steps and say he just happened to be her type, would she really act so innocent and inexperienced?”

Something was off.

In other words, there was some information that Chiharu wasn’t aware of.

And whatever that was, it had caused yesterday’s showdown to be avoided, resulting in Naoki and Kirara becoming a couple, with the girls acknowledging them as such.

“…A secret that even her clique can’t know about? This might be worth investigating…”

There was no way Chiharu could allow Naoki to end up with another girl.

And especially not with that b***h, her self-declared rival.

If Kirara was serious, it only made Chiharu want to destroy their relationship even more.

“You little… Chiharu, you b***h! How dare you trick us yesterday!”

Startled, Chiharu turned around to see Linda glaring at her with a fierce expression, cracking her knuckles.

The short one and the chubby one on either side were also glaring at her with hostility.

“We heard everything from Ashimura-kun! Acting all cute, but you’re just a wicked girl!”

“You rotten b***h! Apologize to Ashimura right now!”

The surrounding students began to murmur and stir.

Chiharu remained calm.

Surely, they weren’t stupid enough to resort to violence.

And if they were that foolish, she could play the victim and get them expelled.

If Naoki and the others learned that the girls got expelled because of her, it would hurt them too.

“How could you say such a thing? I didn’t lie about anything! It’s you who’s being deceived by Naoki! Just like I was… u-ugh…”

With a pained expression, Chiharu used her signature fake crying.

That alone was enough to make the people around her take her side.

After all, her opponents were a group of flashy girls led by a notoriously bad-mouthed b***h.

If it came to a public confrontation, there was no way she could lose.

And from what the girls had said, a few mysteries were cleared up.

It seemed Naoki had indeed revealed the truth about the cheating incident to them, and Kirara had been hiding her relationship with Naoki from her clique.

(Something she felt she had to hide… So, that’s the b**h’s weak spot.*)

Her opponents were, after all, a bunch of airheaded followers of a girl with loose morals.

This was a perfect chance to use them to extract some useful information.

“You don’t need to cry! This is your fault, you know!”

“Don’t be fooled, Lin-chan! This is definitely just fake crying! This girl reeks of the foul stench of a rotten woman, worse than vomit!”

“If it’s a crying act, I won’t lose either! Waaaaah! Moooooommmmyyyy!”

The short girl started crying like a lost toddler.

It made no sense.

They must be idiots.

“The cruel ones here are Naoki and Hanabusa-san, aren’t they?! Naoki is the one who cheated, and now they’re teaming up to drag me down! And you’re all going to harass me too? What did I ever do to you?!”

“This girl… How can she lie with such a straight face…?”

“You’re the one who cheated! Kirara and Ashimura-kun are seriously dating! Stop getting in their way!”

“Yeah! You’re a b***h, so why don’t you just spread your legs and find another guy?”

“So Naoki said that… How terrible! The b***h is clearly one of your friends!”

“Hah! Too bad for you! Hana-chan is—”

“Lin-chan!”

“That’s supposed to be a secret, right?!”

“Mmfffff?!”

The chubby girl clamped her large, doughy hand over Linda’s mouth and nose, completely muffling her.

The short girl delivered a sharp kick to Linda’s shin with all her might.

“Mmpph! Mmph! Pwah! Are you trying to kill me?!”

“B-but…!”

“I stopped you because you were about to spill a secret, Linda!”

“But the fact that it’s a secret is a secret too!”

“Was it?!”

Realizing her mistake, the short girl quickly covered her mouth.

“Both of you! Just keep quiet already!”

The chubby girl shouted, her flabby arms flailing wildly.

“What secret? What is Hanabusa-san hiding from me?”

Inwardly smirking, Chiharu watched the girls intently.

There was definitely a secret that Kirara was hiding.

And it had to be something dangerous, something that could become her Achilles’ heel.

Judging by the context, it was probably something that contradicted her “b***h” persona.

Could it be that Hanabusa Kirara isn’t a b***h?

Impossible, she thought.

It was common knowledge that Kirara was a b***h.

She herself had admitted it, and there were many boys who claimed to have slept with her.

Not to mention, there were even rumors that she was involved in compensated dating.

What kind of secret or situation could overturn all of that?

Was such a thing even possible?

“T-that’s… something I can’t say!”

“That’s why I told you to stop talking!”

“Ughhh!”

Linda doubled over in pain from a punch to the gut delivered by the chubby girl.

Beside her, the short girl was teary-eyed, shaking her head furiously, her hands still clasped over her mouth, as if to say, “I won’t say another word!”

“In any case, just stay away from those two! Otherwise—”

“Otherwise, what? You’ll hit me? Harass me? I won’t be defeated by any of that! Because I haven’t said a single lie!”

The gallery around them burst into applause at Chiharu’s bold declaration.

“That’s right, Chiharu-chan!”

“Don’t let the Gal Gang win!”

“Keep it up, Shimizu-san! We’re rooting for you!”

“U-u-u-ugh! Shut up, you idiots! You’re nothing but a pathetic loser, still pining for the guy who dumped you! Ashimura-kun likes Kirara-chan! No matter how much you plot, there’s not even a sliver of a chance for you to get back with him!”

The chubby girl dragged the other two away by force, making a quick escape.

“Is that all you’ve got, sore losers?!”

“Yeah, come back when you’ve got something better!”

“Wow, Shimizu-san, you really stood up to them! I have to admit, I’m impressed… or, I was…?”

But the words of comfort from her classmates didn’t reach Chiharu’s ears.

“Who the hell are you calling a pathetic loser?!”

Chiharu, enraged, let out a roar.

The chubby girl’s remark had hit a critical nerve.