Anime Collector: Starting With the Malevolent Shrine-Chapter 199 ⟴ Confession Brings Leniency

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"Wait, everyone!" Chihiro exclaimed, "Are you saying Eriri was attracted to a student in Kirisu's class and wanted to go to the rooftop to make friends with them?"

As the art teacher and class guidance counselor — similar to Shizuka Hiratsuka's position — Chihiro Sengoku couldn't ignore this if the students were telling the truth.

"Come to think of it, quite a few exchange students have joined Kirisu's class lately." She mused, then asked casually, "How many people are on the rooftop right now?"

The students exchanged glances.

Given Japan's emphasis on group activities, there were significant social barriers between different cliques. The rooftop was currently occupied by top-tier socialites like Yumiko Miura and elite beauties like Yukino Yukinoshita. These were exclusive social circles, and the students didn't dare venture up there.

Chihiro surveyed the crowd, quickly grasping the situation, then sighed, "I see. I'll speak with Kirisu later."

A female student timidly raised her hand, "When I returned from buying bread earlier, I saw at least fifteen people on the rooftop. There were second-year students like Yukinoshita and Sora, plus the new transfer students and first-year underclassmen."

Chihiro's mouth twitched slightly — surely they were just going up there for lunch, nothing more?

"I got it!"

Massaging her aching head, she left the classroom and headed for the teachers' office instead of the rooftop.

"Kirisu, how is Daiki-kun in your class such a smooth operator? Dating more than ten girls at once?" Chihiro complained as she entered.

Shizuka, wearing a white coat, raised an eyebrow from her office chair.

Mafuyu smiled awkwardly. While she wanted to handle the situation, each new transfer student's background was more extraordinary than the last.

The main culprit, Daiki Tsukasa, was the Jujutsu Inspector General — whose word could determine life and death — and the entire Yukinoshita family was practically his asset. Then there was Mei Mei, with her Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer's wealth, plus support from both the Shinomiya conglomerate and the Nakiri family.

Only now did she understand the weight behind Mei's words "just numbers" — the Shinomiya conglomerate was one of Japan's top financial groups!

Though she was a teacher at Sōbu High and Daiki's homeroom teacher, until before class today, she had been moaning at his residence.

"Well... I want to manage it too... but... the Shinomiya conglomerate's young lady... Chihiro-senpai, aren't you overestimating me?" Mafuyu was nearly crying.

When Chihiro and Shizuka considered the Shinomiya conglomerate, they too fell silent. The gap was simply too vast.

'Come to think of it, didn't Yanagi (Uzaki) mention Daiki Tsukasa before? It's been so long, I can't quite remember.' Shizuka pondered, chin in hand.

She recalled the girl with extra-long silver bangs mentioning it once in passing. After that, the Yukinoshita family's business had flourished like the sun at high noon.

The turning point at that time...

'The underground Matsushita group in Chiba was eliminated, and the Yukinoshita family allied with a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer. Wait, that Special Grade Sorcerer couldn't be...' Her beautiful eyes suddenly widened.

She had received notice from her family at the time, but having heard the Yukinoshita family was fine, she hadn't paid it much attention.

Before she could continue thinking, Chihiro suddenly said, "Have you noticed something strange about some students' grades?"

"You mean the Nakano quintuplets' grades? And that science genius in Kirisu-sensei's class, Rizu Ogata?" Shizuka set aside her ladies' cigarettes and pulled out Yotsuba's grade report.

All subjects showed excellent performance, and her test completion speed was twice that of normal students. If she hadn't personally supervised the exam, she would have suspected Yotsuba of cheating.

"Right, the top twenty rankings suddenly have six unfamiliar faces. The most shocking are the Nakano quintuplets — they all went from failing students to top students." Chihiro said in disbelief, "Do you think they might be..."

"They're not cheating! Though I can't explain it clearly, I can guarantee these six students' grades are legitimate."

Mafuyu's guarantee made Shizuka narrow her eyes.

She studied the former carefully and said slowly, "Kirisu-sensei, why do I feel like you've changed somehow?"

Chihiro's gaze fell on the pink-haired woman too. If Shizuka hadn't pointed it out, she wouldn't have noticed, but now something did seem different.

"Yeah, it feels like Kirisu-sensei has gained some sort of... maturity?"

Mafuyu's face turned crimson as she stammered, "W-what maturity? Senpai, don't say such things!"

Her flustered reaction confirmed their suspicions. Shizuka got up to lock the office door and windows, drew the curtains, and smiled dangerously, "Kirisu, you couldn't be dating someone, could you?"

It should be noted that while the school's teachers were quite attractive, they seemed to be under some terrible curse of perpetual singlehood.

Chihiro Sengoku, Shizuka Hiratsuka, Mafuyu Kirisu, the school nurse Mrs. Kido, and the newly transferred Teacher Shizuka Marikawa — none of them had ever dated, to the point where Shizuka and Chihiro were becoming insecure.

Now Mafuyu's betrayal struck them like a knife to the heart.

Chihiro advanced menacingly, "Kirisu, confession brings leniency. I suggest you be honest."

"N-no... no!" Mafuyu firmly resisted.

A teacher doing such things at a student's home — if that got out, it would be catastrophic.

"Look me in the eyes and say that again!" Shizuka's gaze burned like scorching sunlight, nearly making Mafuyu's heart stop and her courage crumble.

"No!" She insisted on denying it, and her determined eyes made Chihiro and Shizuka sigh in relief — they had almost thought she was in a relationship.

"That's good then!"

The two women relaxed their threatening poses with smiles. As good friends, they should stick together — how could one of them dare to get into a relationship alone?

Finally free, Mafuyu wiped the sweat from her forehead and complained, "Senpai, couldn't you be a little more peaceful?"

"Heh, we are..."

The voice trailed off abruptly.

In their roughhousing, Mafuyu had grown warm and loosened her collar, inadvertently revealing the love bites on her neck to her colleagues' eyes.

The smiles vanished from Shizuka and Chihiro's faces as they fixed their lifeless stares on the deceiver before them, making her blood run cold.

"Senpai, what are you planning? Wait — don't come any closer!"

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