CH 45

Chapter 45 The Night Before the Final Battle (Part 2)

February 26, 2022

After I finished eating, I asked.

“You’re going to serve this as the X-Day dish, right?”

Touko-senpai’s face suddenly became stern.

“That’s right. But before that, there’s one thing we need to do.”

“What is it?”

“I need to talk to the director, Nakazaki-san, beforehand.”

“Nakazaki-san?”

I was dubious.

Junpei Nakazaki, the head of the club, is also from the same prefectural Kaihin Makuhari High School as us, and is in his third year of electrical engineering.

He is a solid and reliable person, but he has been friends with Tetsuya Kamokura since high school and they were in the same soccer club.

He was a friend of Tetsuya Kamokura’s from high school and was in the same soccer team as him, so you could say he was on Kamokura’s side.

“Do I need to tell Nakazaki-san? Nakazaki-san has been on the soccer team with Kamokura-senpai since high school, right? Isn’t it possible that your plan will be leaked to Kamokura-senpai?”

Touko-senpai also made a difficult face.

“That’s true, but even if …… something happens, the only person who can hold Tetsuya down is Nakazaki-san, right? And he sees things fairly and hates crookedness. He’s a man who always gets things done. So if you talk to him properly, I’m sure he’ll understand.”

I thought for a while.

I understand. But I’ll go with you. Rather, let me be the first to talk to Nakazaki-san. I want Touko-senpai to only come when I call you.”

It would be difficult for Touko-senpai, who is a woman, to say something like this.

“I understand.”

After that, silence continued for a while.

As for me, I was curious about the person I would spend X-Day with Touko-senpai.

But it’s time to give an answer, isn’t it?

“Touko-senpai……”

I hesitated, but then I said so.

“What?”

“It’s about the night of X-Day. ……”

Touko-senpai looked at me.

She seemed to be anxious.

” You know, the one you end up spending time with… ……”

“Wait! Don’t say anything about that now!”

Touko-senpai said in a quiet but decisive voice.

“I’ll make the necessary preparations on my end. So please, don’t say anything, just wait for me.”

Touko-senpai looked at me with eyes that seemed to cling to me.

When I saw her eyes, I couldn’t say anything else.

Three days after the tasting of Touko-senpai’s homemade food.

It was less than a week until Christmas Eve, X-Day.

I called Nakazaki-san, the head of the club, to a family restaurant a short distance from the school.

About fifteen minutes later than the appointed time, Nakazaki-san showed up.

“Sorry, I’m late.”

” That’s okay. – But could you please not tell anyone I’m coming here?”

“Yeah, you wrote in your message, ‘I want to talk to you about a personal matter. I don’t want anyone else to hear about it.”

He sat down on the seat in front of me and ordered a hot coffee.

“So, what’s the story?”

Nakazaki-san asked me.

“You know I’m going out with Karen Mitsumoto, right?”

“Yeah, Karen’s a standout girl.

“Then who is Kamokura-senpai dating?”

Nakazaki-san looked surprised.

‘Why does Kamokura’s name come up here?

“I’m sorry. I’ll explain properly later, so can you answer my question?

“That’ s Sakurajima Touko, right? The “Shadow Miss Joto University,” the goddess of our circle.”

I nodded my head in silence.

“So do you know that Kamokura-senpai and Karen sometimes meet in alone.?

Nakazaki-san looked at me with surprise.

“Hey, what do you mean by ‘they meet alone’?”

“That’s what I mean. It means a male-female relationship that goes beyond friends.

“Isshiki. What are you talking about ……?”

Then coffee was brought in.

Nakazaki-san looked at the waitress with an embarrassed expression for a moment.

After the waitress left, Nakazaki-san continued talking again.

“No matter how much Kamokura, he can’t touch your girlfriend who is in the same circle and is also your junior in high school. ……”

“Can’t believe it?”

“Do you have any proof?”

I took out my phone and displayed the very first picture I had taken of Karen and Kamokura’s social media exchange.

I held it out to Nakasaki-san.

Nakazaki-san looked at the phone and looked at me.

Eventually, he slowly scrolled through the images and looked at them one by one.

“That’s not all. I also took a picture of the two of them going into Kamokura-senpai’s apartment together. We also have a witness.”

Nakazaki-san looked at his phone in silence for a while, but then muttered.

“Kamokura’s guy …… even Touko-san is there. …… Why is he doing this?

“Do you believe me now?”

Nakazaki-san handed me back my phone.

“So what do you want to do? Do you want Kamokura to tell me to stop cheating on you with Karen?”

“No, I don’t.”

“Then what?”

“At the party on Christmas Eve, I’m going to confront them both with this fact in front of everyone.”

When Ms. Nakazaki heard this, he panicked.

“Wait a minute, Isshiki. Reconsider that. It will cause a big commotion.”

“I’m sure it will.”

“How would Touko-san feel if you made that public in the first place? Have you thought about her feelings?”

“Touko-san would feel the same way I do.”

Then I raised my hand to the woman sitting at the back of the room.

There was a woman sitting there, wearing sunglasses.

She gets up from her seat, walks over to us, and sits down next to me.

She takes off her sunglasses.

It’s Touko-senpai.

“Nakazaki-san. I have the same thoughts as Isshiki-kun. I’m not going to allow this to happen. Therefore, on Christmas Eve, I will announce this in front of everyone and break up with Tetsuya.”

“Me too. I have no intention of forgiving Karen for deceiving me all these years. I’m going to expose their relationship in front of everyone and I’m going to cut ties with Karen.”

” …… to Touko-san.”

Nakazaki-san looked at me and Touko-senpai in turn, as if stunned.

Eventually, he sighed deeply and said, “Fu~”.

“Looks like you’re both set in your ways. I don’t think it’s my place to say anything.”

We both nodded at the same time.

“So why did you two tell me about this? You want me to do something for you, don’t you?”

Touko-senpai nodded again.

“Yes, I want Nakazaki-san to suppress Tetsuya when he makes a fuss. I don’t know what Tetsuya will do if I announce their affair in front of everyone and declare that I’m leaving him.”

Nakazaki-san shook his head in disgust.

“I understand. And does anyone else know about this?”

“Yes, my best friend Kazumi Kano and Isshiki-kun’s best friend Yota Ishida. These two were with me when I caught Tetsuya and Karen having an affair, so they can also serve as witnesses.”

Then I interrupted him.

“Nakazaki-san, please don’t tell anyone about this. Otherwise, you’ll be giving the two of them a chance to get away with it.”

Nakazaki-san made a difficult face and kept silent.

Seeing the situation, Touko-san leaned forward.

“I beg you. We trusted Nakazaki-san and told you. We’re going to announce it at an event within the club, so we thought we should at least explain it to Nakazaki-san, who is the head of the club.”

Furthermore, Touko-senpai continued.

“The truth is, Isshiki-kun was against talking to Nakazaki-san as well, but I persuaded him by saying, ‘You can trust Nakazaki-san,’You can trust Nakazaki-san, he’s a man who knows how to get things done.”

I guessNakazaki-san couldn’t say “no” after being told so much by Toko.

Eventually, he opened her mouth reluctantly.

“All right. I’ll keep this to myself. And if Kamokura makes a big deal out of it, I promise I’ll stop him. But I’ll tell you one thing. Don’t get violent with him. Even if Kamokura makes a move on you, don’t ever do it again, both of you. I’ll tell you that much.”

“I understand.”

We both replied at the same time.

But I had no intention of keeping that promise.

I don’t mind if I get beaten up, but if you try to touch Touko-senpai, I’ll stop you even if I have to use my body!