I have pure love with them

"Then I'll choose to be eliminated in the second game."

"Ah, if you join their team, then you will automatically be declared the loser, is that ok?"

Suddenly remembering that the team was not full yet, and thinking that Izumi was comparable to a professional player, Hiroto Shioyama quickly added a patch after Izumi gave the answer.

"Well, I don't have any problem."

"Then it's decided!"

……

At noon, because it was raining outside, Izumi did not go to the rooftop to eat with Xiaodou Sendo and the others as usual. She was sitting in her classroom, chatting with Hiroto Shioyama about the baseball game some time ago, when suddenly someone came to Izumi's table and gently touched her shoulder.

"Ok?"

I looked up and saw it was Akatsuki.

Without waiting for Quan to speak, Xuanji Ci pointed his finger towards the door, and at the door of the classroom, he noticed Inazuki Nozomi who was looking at him with a troubled look.

Hiroto Shioyama, who was originally chatting with Izumi, also noticed this change. After noticing that the person standing at the door was Inatsuki Nozomi, a 'win' smile immediately appeared on his face. He looked at Izumi and raised his thumbs.

"come on."

"..."

Facing Hiroto Shioyama who seemed to have already won, Izumi was silent for a moment, then under Hiroto Shioyama's gaze, she rubbed her cheeks gently and walked towards Inatsuki Momo who was at the door with a smile.

"what happened?"

When he arrived in front of the girl, Izumi stopped and looked at Inazuki Nozomi, who came to the classroom alone to find him for the first time.

"Now... do you have time? I have something important to talk to you, Quan Jun."

The girl clenched her hands in front of her and looked a little nervous.

Looking at Inazuki Nozomi, whose expression and reaction were somewhat abnormal, he suddenly had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, just like when he was playing an MMORPG online game and triggered a long and tedious side story.

"Can we go somewhere quieter...?"

Glancing at Izumi's classroom, and noticing the eyes that were occasionally looking at him and Izumi, Inazuki Mochi couldn't help but feel awkward and nervous, and there was a hint of pleading in the eyes he looked at Izumi.

"Ah."

Feeling that things would become quite troublesome and might involve Inazuki Nozomi's privacy, Izumi agreed.

Under the gazes of other people in the classroom, the two left from the classroom door and came to the door of an empty classroom where there were few people. Inazuki Nozomi tried to push open the door of the empty classroom, and seeing that there were few people inside, she invited Quan to enter the empty classroom together.

She closed the door gently, and Inazuki Momo pursed her lips, looking at Izumi who followed her into the empty classroom with a troubled look. She looked hesitant, struggling with how to start the conversation.

"About the e-sports team?"

With Inazuki Nozomi's previous personality, if it wasn't something important, she would have spoken directly. But today, she showed such a conflicted look in front of him, which showed that this was a very important matter to her.

"Hmm... Izumi already knows about it... Did he hear it from Shun and Akatsuki?"

After Quan spoke, Inazuki Momo was stunned for a moment, and then the stone pressing on her heart seemed to be moved away a little. A bitter smile appeared on her face, and she asked Quan.

"That's it."

I heard it from Mio at first, and Mio learned about it from her brother Tokinoya Shun, so rounding it off, it’s okay to say that I learned it from Tokinoya Shun.

"...Actually, I wanted to invite Izumi first...but I didn't know how to ask, and at that time, both Shun and Xiaodou were there...Xiaodou volunteered to join the team, and Shun was also half-forced by Xiaodou to join the team."

Looking at Izumi, whose expression and reaction were very calm, Inazuki Nozomi suddenly became nervous. Worried that Izumi would misunderstand her thoughts, she hurriedly explained why she invited Akato Sendo and Shun Tokinoya to join the team first.

Inazuki Mochi's sudden nervousness made Quan stunned for a moment, and then he felt like he was pua the other person, with an indescribable subtle sense of déjà vu in his heart.

"I don't care about this, but I'm a little confused as to why they suddenly decided to participate in the e-sports competition and invited me."

"..."

Inazuki Nozomi, who was originally nervous, turned his expression into anger and helplessness in an instant after hearing Quan's question, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Izumi knows that my father sponsored a team, right?"

"Ah."

"The members of that team were poached by others with better conditions, and Dad invested too much in this team, but failed to wait for a profit... He owed a large amount of foreign debt. If he doesn't repay it in time... the e-sports store... will be sold to someone else, so... we plan to use the competition quota left by the original team and try to gamble..."

When talking about "gambling", Inazuki Mochi's cheeks turned red with embarrassment. She felt that it was unreliable to do so, but... her family was already in a desperate state and could not think of any other way to solve the current predicament.

If he didn't know Izumi and didn't know that Izumi's competitive level was comparable to that of a professional player, then Inazuki Mochi would think it was unrealistic and not feasible at all, but...

"Izumi... please, as long as you are willing to join the team, I... can do anything!"

Under Quan's gaze, Inazuki Nozomi clenched her fists, blushed, and pleaded with Quan in a trembling voice.

338. Inazuki Souta: Hey, I just happen to have a daughter

Facing Inazuki Mochi's nervous yet expectant gaze, Quan always felt that if he agreed to it right away, he would be exploited severely, and a rare alarm bell rang in his heart.

'This is really not okay.'

It is known that Inazuki Nozomi herself has a strong liking for him. If he agrees under such circumstances and turns the tide to save the e-sports store that is on the verge of bankruptcy, then there is no doubt that Izumi's favorability in Inazuki Nozomi's heart will definitely increase again.

It's not a bad thing to have girls like you, but if you continue to increase the already high favorability level, it always feels like it will develop into a dangerous situation.

"But it's not appropriate to refuse directly. In order to save the e-sports store that is about to close, he stepped forward to become a professional e-sports player... There is a subtle sense of déjà vu."

Under Inazuki Nozomi's gaze, Izumi remained silent, which made Inazuki Nozomi's already nervous heart even more uneasy. She bit her soft lips tightly, not daring to think about how she would win the game if Izumi refused.

"How much is the debt?"

"Eh?"

Inazuki Motoko was nervous, with only two voices in her mind, "OK" and "I refuse", playing in a loop. Suddenly, she heard something other than the two options, and was unable to react for a moment, looking at Izumi in front of her with a confused look.

"What is the specific amount of money borrowed, loaned, or owed?"

Looking at the confused girl in front of him, Quan repeated the question he had just asked.

"..."

Inazuki Nozomi was silent for a moment, then she told the boy in front of her the amount she had learned from her father, her face blushing.

"The amount I heard from my father...is 967 million yen, including interest."

Basically, it can be counted as 10 million yen. This number is indeed a lot for ordinary people, and it is indeed enough to make Inazuki's e-sports store unable to operate and fall into bankruptcy.

"Even if we sell all the store's assets at a low price, we may not be able to repay the debt, right? Even if we can repay the debt, the Inatsuki family will be in a very difficult situation. Even if it is not as serious as the Tokinoya family, it is not much better."

Seeing that Izumi remained silent and thoughtful, Inazuki Mochi had no idea what he was thinking about. She had known Izumi for a long time, but had never really seen through and understood the boy in front of her. She always felt that there was a thin layer of mist covering him, which made him feel unreal.

Her intuition as a girl told Inazuki Momo that she should keep some distance from the other person. No one knew whether there was happiness or a monster beneath the fog.

But...she was still attracted to him unconsciously and confessed her feelings to him...

"I can help you, but I need to talk to your uncle, your father, about this matter in person, okay?"

"Eh? Um... yeah."

Inazuki Nozomi, who was distracted, slowly came back to her senses after hearing Quan's voice. She fixed her eyes on the young man in front of her, then nodded slightly. She also felt that it would be better to have a good talk with her father about this matter.

Even though it was her father who brought her e-sports store to where it is today, she was also very clear that he was the one who opened the store himself, so if there were any important matters, it would be better for him to make the decision.

"Then... after school today, let's go to the store and discuss it with him?"

Seeing that Izumi did not accept her invitation, Inazuki Nozomi felt a little disappointed, but she soon felt relieved. In her opinion, this development was in line with the 'Chihaya Izumi' she knew. If she had agreed right away, she would have been even more disappointed.

"Well, see you after school."

After almost reaching an agreement with Inazuki Nozomi, Quan had nothing else to do with her, so he walked towards the door.

"spring."

But when he walked to the door of the classroom, the voice of Inazuki Nozomi suddenly sounded behind him.

Looking back, the girl's face was full of complicated expressions, entangled and hesitant, as if she wanted to say something to Quan, but found it difficult to open her mouth. Quan understood a little bit from looking at her.

"Go back to the classroom early, class is about to start."

Before the girl could make a decision in her heart, Quan interrupted her thoughts and left the empty classroom first. Looking at Quan's back as he left, Inazuki Momo felt a sense of loss in her heart. She clenched her hands and silently followed Quan out of the empty classroom.

"accepted?"

Hiroto Shioyama looked at Izumi who returned to the classroom, and a faint smile appeared on his face, as if he was sure of victory.

"No."

"..."

Hiroto Shioyama, who thought that Izumi would directly agree to the invitation of the store manager's daughter, the gentle and lovely Inazuki, was stunned for a moment after hearing Izumi's words, then leaned back slightly and looked at Izumi in front of him with suspicion.

"Is this true? Did Inazuki invite you to join the team just now?"

"Ah."

Looking at Izumi's indifferent expression, Hiroto Shioyama couldn't help but frown and fell into deep thought. He began to doubt Izumi's gender.

"You didn't reject her just because you wanted to win me, did you?"

After thinking for a while, Hiroto Shioyama looked at the spring in front of him suspiciously.

"There are deeper reasons. Well, you don't have to worry about it. It has nothing to do with you. It's just a bowl of ramen. I can definitely afford it."

Hiroto Shioyama didn't quite understand why Izumi didn't agree. In his opinion, Izumi and Inatsuki Nozomi had a close relationship and they had known each other for a long time. If Inatsuki Nozomi needed Izumi's help, Izumi had no reason to refuse.

But now Quan rejected the other party and gave a "deep reason" answer, which made Hiroto Shioyama decide not to ask for the time being.

'Maybe he'll change his mind later?'

After learning about Izumi's situation, Hiroto Shioyama sat back at his desk and did not continue to ask Izumi. Not far away, Kiyotsuji Ayatsuji was staring at the two boys, looking at Izumi who had come back from outside with a calm expression.

'What does that girl want from him?'

Xuanji Ci cares a lot. Now, in order to defeat Quan, she cares about everything about Quan.

"It seems that this is a friend that Chihaya knew before. Let's investigate it later."

It was drizzling outside, and everyone was thinking about their own things with different thoughts. In this situation, time gradually came to after school.