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Megumi Karuizawa's Autumn Memorial: Chapter 9: The Obedient Cat

The rest of April was uneventful. After Class D agreed to the contract, Kitagawa Ryoya provided the key recording as Sudou's witness, although Sudou was suspended for half a month and compensated with some personal points. , but compared to the original punishment, it has been reduced a lot. After this incident, Sudou himself seems to have grown a lot, and his temper has been restrained compared to when he first started school.

Besides, he had no reason to get angry at the Class D classmates who used points to protect him, even if two guys like Haruki Yamauchi or Kanji Ike always said in an exaggerated tone, "I have to pay 10,000 points for you every month." He went to run errands and so on, but Sudou just suffered in silence.

"But it's going to break out one day."

Kitagawa Ryo leaned at the door of Class C and looked at Sudou, who was walking towards Class D with seven or eight pieces of drinks in his arms. He turned his head and said something to Ryuuen Sho next to him.

"If your plan is correct, you will see the results on the first of next month."

Ryuen Sho admires Kitagawa Ryo's method of calculating people's hearts. Although he advocates violence every day, in fact, Ryuen Sho's best skills are behind-the-scenes tricks, and he rarely attacks openly and openly.

"How's the intelligence gathering going?"

"I roughly figured out the location and scope of surveillance in the school, and then tested the school's bottom line as you requested."

Long Yuanxiang put his pocket in his pocket and replied:

"The school's rules are very complicated. If you directly dismantle the monitor or use violent means to make it unable to operate, not only will a large number of personal points be deducted, but the class points will also be affected. Therefore, Class C's class points should be reduced next month. Some."

"It's okay. This information is more important than these class points, so I asked you to do it."

Ryuen Xiang also nodded when he heard Kitagawa Ryo's approval:

"But if you temporarily block the monitor, just like our class teacher did at the beginning of school, or directly splash the lens with ink, control the time, and you only need to pay a few thousand personal points as cleaning fees afterwards. "

"Monitors are sold in the school store, and there are several places in the school that are blind spots for surveillance, such as the special teaching building. I installed two surveillance cameras in these places during my free time. Maybe I can capture some interesting content."

After Long Yuanxiang finished talking about surveillance, he changed the topic:

"As for the situation of other classes, you have always been in charge of the actions against Class D, so I mainly observed the situation of Class A and Class B this month."

"Class A seems to be a little different from what you imagined. Sakayanagi Yusu did not control the entire Class A smoothly. There is also another force led by Katsuragi Kohei in the class, and there are also a small number of students who are neutral and wait and see. Location."

"Katsuragi Kohei? What kind of person are you?"

Kitagawa Ryo asked with interest. He really didn't expect Sakayanagi Yusu to be so slow in taking control of Class A. It shouldn't be.

"It's not clear yet. After all, school has just started and I can't get too close to it."

Long Yuanxiang shook his head:

"I guess we have to wait until the class competition to see how good each other is. It is actually a good thing for us that the strongest Class A cannot be unified."

"Well, what about Class B?"

"Class B seems to be the only class that has run for class committee. It's like playing house with children in junior high school."

A disdainful smile appeared on Long Yuanxiang's lips:

"The leader is Ichinose Honami, whom you mentioned, and is the class president. His deputy is a boy named Kanzaki Ryuji. The others are nothing to pay attention to."

[Class committee member...it's really a sailing-style approach]

Kitagawa Ryo patted Ryūen Sho's shoulder and confirmed:

"The school won't let us go for so long. From about next month, competition and promotion will begin."

"It's better to say...I can't wait any longer."

Ryūen Xiang licked his lips and responded with a slightly ferocious smile.

"Long Yuan, there is another very important thing."

Just when Ryūen Xiang was laughing ferociously and planning some conspiracy, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly patted him on the shoulder with a serious face, his tone was heavy and tragic.

"Has your plot against Class D been discovered? Has Karuizawa Megumi's memory suddenly recovered? Or has Hiyori confessed to you?"

Seeing that Kitagawa Ryo's expression didn't look fake, Ryuuen Sho frowned and came up with three hypotheses that might give his friend a headache.

"...More dangerous than these."

"what is that?"

Kitagawa Ryo smiled bitterly at him, and said in a helpless yet inexplicably showy tone:

"Hotaro...the cat I had before sneaked into the school."

"In school, I remember pets are not allowed, right?"

"But it hid in my room for three days without seeing school officials come to the door. I was wondering if there was a possibility."

Kitagawa Liang rubbed his chin and guessed:

"It comes in bypassing all surveillance."

"Are you saying your cat is smarter than me?"

Long Yuanxiang's eyelids jumped. It took him almost half a month to figure out the surveillance in the school. Now he was told that a cat could bypass the surveillance and run into the dormitory without being discovered. Although the other party had the advantage in size, this It's no longer a pet cat.

Kitagawa Ryo thought thoughtfully for a moment and nodded seriously:

"Maybe."

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On April 30th, Kitagawa Ryo returned to the dormitory alone after school. After opening the door, before he could change his shoes, a furry little guy jumped on him. "Hotaru" who didn't know how to sneak in had a look on his face. Excitedly, he crawled to Kitagawa Ryo's shoulder with his little paws and rubbed his face against Kitagawa Ryo's neck.

"Okay, okay, it hurts knowing you can't get out."

Kitagawa Ryo unceremoniously picked up "Hotaro" Destiny's neck and put the white cat, which was moving constantly as if to vent all its unreleased energy, back on the sofa:

"Didn't I buy you a ball of yarn? Long Yuan even made a cat scratching post for you."

Even though Hotaru is sitting there obediently staring at Kitagawa Ryo with firefly-colored eyes, in fact Kitagawa Ryo and Ryūen Sho both know how noisy this little guy is, and Kitagawa Ryo picked it up before. At that time, Firefly was just a sickly kitten, but after a week, the mess it made made the two people scratching their heads and wanting to stew it on the spot, as street fights were commonplace.

Kitagawa Ryo's house used to have a fish tank with two small fishes in it. The first time the little guy tried to steal the fish, he fell into the fish tank and almost drowned on the spot. The second time, he learned the lesson and decided to put the fish in the tank dry. She used the fish tank as a water basin from morning to night. She would lick a few mouthfuls of water and drink it when she had nothing to do. As a result, before she could finish the water, she had a stomachache for two days and was rushed to the pet care center by Kitagawa Ryo. Hospital.

Such a stupid cat, Kitagawa Ryo still hasn't figured out how it got into the Tokyo Advanced Education Middle School, which is heavily guarded and isolated from the outside. But now that it's here, he can only continue to shovel shit on his own. In your career as an official, you have to be careful not to let the school discover you.

However, Hotaru is quite able to understand what Kitagawa Ryo means. Except for showing up in front of Ryuuen Sho and Shiina Hiyori, who are familiar with and already know Hotaru's existence, Hotaru is not the same when other classmates from Class C visit Kitagawa Ryo's room. Hiding quietly in the closet without making a sound.

Logically speaking, Hotaru today should be as well-behaved as before.

But Kitagawa Ryo was a little worried because there was something special about the person who was going to come to his room soon - Karuizawa Megumi.

After the two exchanged contact information, Kitagawa Ryo met with Karuizawa Kei once a week. At first it was in a coffee shop in the mall, but later because Kitagawa Ryo wanted to avoid other people's attention. , the meeting place between the two moved to Kitagawa Ryo's room.

He stretched out his fingers to rub the bridge of Yingying's nose, and then rubbed Yingying's little head:

"Don't come out, you know?"

"Meow!"

Hotaru tilted her head and confidently agreed to Kitagawa Ryo.

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Every time Karuizawa Megumi goes to Kitagawa Ryo's room, she remembers the first time she went there alone:

After it took her almost a week to form a small group in Class D and gain a foothold, a text message from Kitagawa Ryo easily revealed her new flesh and bloody scars:

"I know that you were bullied in junior high school. If you don't want others to know, come to my room at five o'clock this Saturday afternoon. Room number is 408. Be careful not to be seen by others."

Karuizawa Megumi didn't know if she could refuse. In fact, she didn't even have time to hesitate. When her mind was still blank, her hands had already taken the first step, and she actually replied "Okay" cleanly.

So on that Saturday afternoon, according to the agreed time, Karuizawa Megumi took the elevator from her room to the fourth floor. She usually hated the cramped silver-white space in the elevator, which was like a cage. She always She would only squeeze into the elevator together when there were many people, as if the sound of breathing could bring her a sense of security.

But today, Karuizawa Megumi deliberately chose an elevator with no one around. The feeling of weightlessness and claustrophobia that used to be annoying in the past seemed to no longer exist at this moment. She watched the numbers on the elevator going down bit by bit. Jump, down from twelve to four, then slam open the door.

At this time, Karuizawa Megumi's heart seemed to be beating again. The closer she got to room 408, the more nervous she became. She should have walked quickly to avoid being discovered, but she could not move her feet faster. When she waited When I stood in front of Kitagawa Ryo's room, my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

Kitagawa Ryo's door was ajar. Karuizawa Megumi gently opened the door and put on her shoes. The boy was sitting on the sofa watching TV. She walked up to Kitagawa Ryo and didn't know how to behave. After stumbling for a long time, he gritted his teeth and hummed a few words:

"I am coming."

"How about we make a deal?"

Kitagawa Ryo didn't seem to care at all that Karuizawa Megumi was standing in front of her. It was obvious that she had specially painted her eyebrows and painted her lips red. As long as Kitagawa Ryo raised her head a little, she could see Karuizawa Megumi's slightly astringent figure consisting of stockings and shorts. The absolute realm formed by her skirt, but he never had any intention of looking at her.

It was obvious that Kitagawa Ryo's tone was so calm that it was almost gentle, but Karuizawa Megumi still sensed danger, and she struggled weakly:

"You sent a text message asking me to come over. What do you want?"

"Threaten me?"

Everything that Karuizawa Megumi didn't want others to know is now known to Kitagawa Ryo in front of her. In other words, her heart is now grasped by Kitagawa Ryo. No matter what excessive demands the other party makes next, she probably can't refuse.

"I just want to make a transaction with you."

"I know your personality very well, so I think you should adapt quickly."

"Because the content of the transaction is very simple."

Kitagawa Ryo finally raised her eyes, and her dark pupils captured Karuizawa Megumi's heart almost instantly, causing her to take a step back instinctively.

"How about you give up your identity as a member of Class D and choose to provide me with information and support?"

"So you won't leak anything about me?"

"Of course, not only that, I can also guarantee your status in Class D. If someone bullies you again in the future, I can also help solve it."

It is said that a man and a woman only need to look at each other for three seconds to determine that they are interested, but now Kitagawa Ryo and Karuizawa Megumi have been looking at each other for more than thirty seconds, and their figures are reflected in each other's pupils. It made Karuizawa Megumi have a strange illusion - a connection seemed to grow out of thin air between the two of them, as if their own blood was rushing in the other's veins.

"I understand, it doesn't matter to the other people in Class D anyway."

Karuizawa Megumi finally looked away and agreed softly.

"Then as a sign of sincerity in completing the deal, I will give you a piece of information for free."

Kitagawa Ryo seemed to smile softly:

"The points from Class D will probably not be transferred in next month. You'd better save the 100,000 personal points you have."

"oh."

But Karuizawa Megumi didn't seem to be interested in Kitagawa Ryo's information at all. She just stared at Kitagawa Ryo's face and asked inexplicably:

"Have we known each other before?"

"Of course I don't know him."

Kitagawa Ryo replied to her unceremoniously. He stood up and saw Karuizawa Mei out:

"If you stay for a long time, you will be easily seen. Now that the deal has been reached, you can leave."

"oh."

When Karuizawa Megumi walked out of the room, she stupidly turned around and said:

"Then we should be considered acquainted now, right?"

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"Yamauchi and Ike in our class are really noisy. During the last swimming class, I heard that they also did something among the boys...a poll for the biggest breasts."

Hotaru was lying alone in the closet when she heard a familiar voice. Just when she couldn't help but want to rush out, she remembered Kitagawa Ryo's instructions, so she could only whimper and turn over. It was very dark inside the closet. Fortunately, Because Kitagawa Ryo's clothes were placed not far away, this small, airtight space was filled with his scent. While sniffing the owner's scent with satisfaction, Hotaru went back to her own nest (Kitagawa Ryo made it with some unwanted clothes). ) together.

"And isn't it the end of the month recently? Many people seem to have spent all the 100,000 points in their hands, and today they are still saying that they can wait until tomorrow."

The girl's voice was so familiar that Hotaru could immediately think of her face, but compared to that time, her voice seemed to have changed a lot now, not in terms of changes in her voice, but in terms of the emotions contained in it.

Firefly licked her little paws and listened peacefully to the conversation between the two outside.

It was the most primitive and simple animal attachment like Firefly.

"How many points have you saved?"

"Excluding the necessary communication, there are still about 50,000 left."

Karuizawa Megumi's voice was a little embarrassed. It was clear that Kitagawa Ryo asked her to save points at the beginning of the month, but she still spent 50,000 points at the end of the month.

"It's okay. Communication is necessary. If you are marginalized, you won't get any valuable information."

"Well...I'll try my best."

"How do you feel about today's quiz?"

"It's just an average level. I don't know if I can pass the midterm exam."

"Here are the answers to the midterm exam."

"Eh? So there is such a thing?"

"Well, the midterm exam questions for the first semester are the same as those for the senior grades. Your next task is..."

Deliberately lowered the volume.