You’re Right, They’ll Expel Me if I Run into the Store with a Weapon!!

Hiroki lifted his hips and stared at Shiori with caution, while out of his line of sight, Amano was also gazing at Shiori.

“Shiori-chan is here too, huh? Is this a coincidence? Fate? Or perhaps destiny?”

“More importantly, please sit down properly. You’re wearing sunglasses, but you still stand out.”

Touka, trying not to draw more attention to Amano, who was popular at Combat College, raised her voice.

“Please don’t cause any more damage to my stomach.”

“Can’t help it, huh.”

With that, Amano shifted his gaze away from Shiori’s seat…

“Peeking out into the hallway is also a no-go! Are you eyeing the seat of a person with multiple abilities next?”

“But it’s intriguing, isn’t it?”

“Go back.”

Upon being told, Amano returned to his original posture, but a mischievous smile played on his lips.

“I wonder if Shiori-chan knows?”

“What do you mean?”

“My information suggests that Shiori-chan is quite smitten with him. And that,”

Amano said, trembling with laughter, as he shared his amusing analysis of the situation.

“She knows that the guy, who is both her observation subject and team member, is going on a date with Suzuko-chan.”

Touka’s face turned pale.

Eventually, a shiver ran through the girl’s body.

“…What is this… I have a really bad feeling…”

“My head is about to burst with excitement. Speaking of which, doesn’t this situation resemble the morning drama series you’re watching, Touka-chan?”

“Don’t make me think about it. In the anime version, it ends with a cruel twist. It’s getting even more terrifying.”

Hearing that, Amano’s smile grew even wider.

Touka, with eyes narrowed in anger, wished she could shoot him in his already troubled head.

“You won’t do anything, will you?”

“…”

Do it!

Convinced that Amano, with his nostrils flared, would definitely do something, Touka stomped her foot under the table.

“I’ll shoot you dead if you do.”

“Choose one. Shoot or slash. But right now, you haven’t brought a sword, so…”

“You know what my ability is, right? I’ll stab you.”

The sensation of a sharp object touching his groin.

Slowly, Amano lowered his gaze to check and saw the silver tip of a sharp sword.

“Oooh… It feels like my groin is cooling down, just like when riding a roller coaster.”

“Stop making weird comments, I’m getting chills too.”

“Where? Your crotch?”

“!”

“Hey!”

Reacting to his sexually harassing remark, Touka didn’t hesitate to push the sword further.

Amano caught the blade between his thumbs, and a secret talent show unfolded under the table.

“Futile conflicts only breed hatred. So, put away that sword.”

“It’s fine. The only thing I’ll produce is a bloodstain, which I’ll gladly add to those trousers of yours.”

“I’m not ready to be a woman yet, put away that poor thing immediately, it’s shameful.”

“Just shut up, will you?”

Keeping her voice low enough not to draw attention while glaring at Amano with a forehead glistening with sweat, Touka hid the sword after a few seconds, realizing further action was meaningless.

“It’s okay. Even if I said I’d do it, I’ll just support to avoid unnecessary conflict.”

“Unnecessary conflict?”

“My sixth sense tells me… Interesting situations will continue to unfold… Huh?”

When Amano glanced towards the back right, the two of them were already gone.

“They’re over there.”

My sixth sense is telling me this is bad.

The memory of fleeing with Haruna resurfaced, and something within me was sending out a danger signal.

I still don’t know why we were chased. I was too scared to ask. But now, I regret not asking at the time.

Why do I recall that nightmarish chase now? Perhaps it’s a scream from my survival instinct, warning me to avoid danger.

I must absolutely not meet them. The anticipation that something terrible would happen if I did caused the blood to drain from my face.

There was only one course of action.

“Hiroki, you’re shaking. Are you okay?”

“Men sometimes shake. Don’t worry about it.”

“That’s definitely a sickness… And,”

Suzuko’s gaze, of course, landed on the trembling Hiroki.

But why,

“Why are you grabbing your face with your left hand?”

“It’s a head massage. It’s supposed to help with the shaking.”

It was a lie. Anything was fine at this point. The priority was to hide his face.

Yet even the cashier at the register couldn’t hide their surprise, staring wide-eyed and trembling.

A couple with a middle school syndrome hoodie and a face-grabbing gesture. Naturally, it would be odd not to be surprised.

“The, the bill…”

Feeling bad for the clerk, I handed over the money, received the change, and headed towards the door at a brisk pace.

Then I glanced at Shiori’s seat to make sure no one was looking.

They were having a hushed conversation. That’s why we managed to leave without being noticed.

“Hiroki… Why are you crying?”

“People cry when they escape from fear.”

Ha-ha, tears are streaming down.

I wonder why…

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“Should we chase after them?… That’s difficult, isn’t it.”

“We’ve been noticed.”

In front of Amano and Touka, three people with sharpness in their eyes stood: Shiori, Kaika, and Sorato. They realized their presence had been detected.

“It doesn’t seem like they’ve pinpointed our location yet, so we should leave soon.”

“But in your case,”

Amano really stood out. Even sunglasses couldn’t hide his glowing aura.

He would definitely be noticed if he attracted any more attention from the staff or passersby.

What would happen if Amano made himself known in front of the alert Shiori?

It was clear that something would be said.

“Hey, hey, what are you talking about?”

As Touka was thinking, Amano casually shared his idea.

“We’ll escape using Touka-chan’s ‘Transparency.'”

That was Touka’s ability. The power to “erase” either herself or something she touched temporarily. “Erase” had two effects depending on the amount of energy focused: “Making the appearance invisible to the eye” and “physically erasing.”

In short, the more power she poured into it, the more she could “erase the presence of the target.”

Amano had high hopes for this power, but Touka was not convinced.

“What about the bill? And my ability can’t make you pass through along with me. It’s limited to the user for now.”

“We can leave a note for the bill and pay extra. If you’re worried, we can just tell the principal some excuse. Just being invisible is fine.”

“It’ll cause trouble for the principal, and it’ll be bad if the door opens by itself.”

It might look as if a ghost was entering or leaving, which could attract unwanted attention. But Amano didn’t care.

“Touka-chan. If we don’t do something, we’ll lose them.”

“Isn’t it better this way? We should just watch quietly from here.”

“If Shiori-chan finds out, it’ll be bad.”

“What do you think I’m stepping on you for?”

While saying that, Touka put more weight on the foot that was stepping on Amano’s shoe. Amano just smiled and said,

“A reward?”