Mygo, are you all yanderes?

When Toyokawa Shoko saw Kusano Akira winking at her from behind, she turned around to look in Wakaba Mutsu's direction. Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu was still withdrawn, she turned her head back away with some concern.

We must act swiftly and decisively, without giving Kusano Akira and Wakaba Mutsuko even the slightest chance to communicate.

Toyokawa Shoko knew that if her plan succeeded, it would achieve the effect she wanted, but high returns also meant high risks.

She forced Wakaba Mutsu to break off her relationship with Kusano Akira right now in order to catch him off guard. Kusano Akira is a very resilient person. If he can't break off his relationship with Wakaba Mutsu on the spot, he will definitely pursue Wakaba Mutsu relentlessly afterward.

Toyokawa Shoko was defeated by his shameless persistence.

Now, it's clear that Wakaba Mutsu is unwilling to break off his friendship with Kusano Akira, so if Toyokawa Shoko fails on this side, it will be very difficult for her to separate them.

Although Toyokawa Shoko still has the option of genuinely helping Mortis and Wakaba Mutsu, Mortis is still a dangerous factor.

Moreover, Toyokawa Shoko also had her own selfish motives; she didn't want to see anyone but herself win—not even her own victory was something she wanted to see.

"Yes."

With this in mind, Toyokawa Shoko nodded and decided to speed up her plans.

"Enough with the small talk, Kusano-kun. We have more important things to deal with."

"Something more important?"

When Wakaba Mutsu heard Toyokawa Shoko say "more important things," his body involuntarily trembled.

"So, Toyokawa-kun, do you mean you have something to say to me?"

Kusano Akira pointed to his face and asked Toyokawa Shoko.

He had assumed that Toyokawa Shoko's use of "we" referred to her and Wakaba Mutsu, implying that she wanted to get rid of Kusano Akira's men and tell him not to wait for Wakaba Mutsu there.

But seeing the way Toyokawa Shoko was staring intently at him, Kusano Akira realized something was wrong. Toyokawa Shoko seemed to be saying that this more important matter was related to him.

"I do have something to tell you, but it's not me."

"But rather, harmony."

Toyokawa Shoko released her grip on Wakaba Mutsu's hand, who had long since given up struggling, and took a small step back.

"Kusano-kun, Mutsumi has something to tell you."

"..."

If Ye Mu remained silent.

Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu was trying to play dead, Toyokawa Shoko frowned, then placed her hand on Wakaba Mutsu's back and pushed her towards Kusano Akira.

"Mu, it's your turn to speak."

"..."

With a gloomy mood, Ruo Ye Mu reluctantly walked up to Kusano Akira, wanting to speak but unable to utter a word.

"Mu, are you alright?"

Kusano Akemi kept her head down, hiding her face under her thick bangs, and didn't say anything. She just stood there blankly, looking like a wronged person, and asked with concern.

At the same time, he reached out to Wakaba Mutsu, trying to brush aside her bangs to see what her expression was, but Toyokawa Shoko grabbed his hand in mid-air.

"Kusano-kun, you can't suddenly touch girls, boys and girls shouldn't touch each other."

"Then let go of my hand."

Kusano Akira watched as Toyokawa Shoko grabbed his hand and showed no intention of letting go, and he retorted.

He said that men and women should not touch each other, but after grabbing Kusano Akira, he refused to let go. He didn't even know if it was Kusano Akira's imagination, but it seemed that Toyokawa Shoko's hand was crawling from his wrist toward his palm.

However, to be fair, Kusano Akira felt that strange strength like that of Wakaba Mutsu and Takamatsu Akari was indeed rare, and although Toyokawa Shoko's hand was also gripping tightly, she did not feel that pain.

"Oh, sorry."

Toyokawa Shoko withdrew her hand without changing her expression. After withdrawing it, she touched the spot where their hands had just touched with her fingertips, feeling annoyed.

She couldn't resist making physical contact after all, but thankfully she behaved normally enough not to make Kusano Akira think in that direction.

She almost couldn't hold back when they hugged during the day, but luckily she didn't receive all of her past memories, so she managed to control her emotions.

She needs to try to reduce her meetings with Kusano Akira in the future and try to pursue other girls instead, otherwise she's afraid she might not be able to resist one day.

When Wakaba Mutsu saw their hands touching, she felt inexplicably unhappy.

If it had been someone else who did this instead of Toyokawa Shoko, Wakaba Mutsumi would have forcibly pulled that person's hand away long ago—this was just Wakaba Mutsumi's fantasy; she only dared to bully Kusano Akira.

Already unhappy, Ruoye Mu became even more unhappy when she thought about what she had to do later.

"Ming, I..."

Wakaba Mutsu opened her mouth, raised her head to look at Kusano Akira, and a feeling of unwillingness and tension surged in her pupils. Affected by her emotions, her body began to tremble slightly involuntarily.

Hopefully, Kusano Akira can come up with a solution, or perhaps he should just run away. If Wakaba Mutsu is really afraid that Kusano Akira will get annoyed by her repeated declarations of breaking off their friendship, she might just actually do it.

If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have asked Kusano Akira to accompany me. Things wouldn't be this bad now.

The situation was now completely out of Wakaba Mutsu's control, and she couldn't feel at ease. (Wu)

Hearing Wakaba Mutsumi still address Kusano Akira with such intimacy, Toyokawa Shoko coughed lightly twice, seemingly unintentionally, to remind Wakaba Mutsumi.

She felt that if Wakaba Mutsumi continued to address Kusano Akira as 'Akira,' her aggressiveness would be less pronounced later. It was unlikely to achieve the effect she wanted.

"……"road

"...Kusano-kun, I..."

Understanding Toyokawa Shoko's meaning, Wakaba Mutsu almost bit her lip until it bled. Her voice trembled as she reluctantly changed her way of addressing Kusano Akira, making it sound more distant.

"?"

When Kusano Akira saw Wakaba Mutsumi's strange reaction, he also frowned.

It seems that during the time he wasn't paying attention, the unpleasantness between Toyokawa Shoko and Wakaba Mutsu was more serious than he thought, otherwise Wakaba Mutsu wouldn't have such a tearful expression on his face now.

And why does that expression look so familiar? It seems like when Kusano Akira teased Wakaba Mutsuki about 'breaking up' not long ago, she also showed a similar expression.

It seems like Toyokawa Shoko is completely dominating Wakaba Mutsuko, otherwise Wakaba Mutsuko wouldn't be acting so unwillingly but having no choice.

Kusano Akira boldly speculates that what Toyokawa Shoko meant by "what Wakaba Mutsu wanted to say to Kusano Akira" was probably a task assigned to Wakaba Mutsu by her, and most likely not something Wakaba Mutsu herself wanted to say.

Moreover, it's definitely not a good thing for Wakaba Mutsu, otherwise she wouldn't be so resistant.

Toyokawa Shoko probably found Wakaba Mutsu's weakness, which is why she was able to threaten him. Moreover, Wakaba Mutsu herself was somewhat intimidated by Toyokawa Shoko, which is why she obeyed her every word.

Just now, Toyokawa Shoko coughed deliberately, and Wakaba Mutsu also changed his way of addressing him after hearing the cough, deliberately making it sound very distant.

Kusano Akira felt he had to step in. Since Wakaba Mutsu was so reluctant to say what Toyokawa Shoko had asked her to say, but he still had to listen to Toyokawa Shoko, Kusano Akira would help her.

The so-called friends are those who learn to understand, help, and tolerate each other.

Kusano Akira swiftly covered Wakaba Mutsu's open mouth with his hand, silencing her before she could say anything, and at the same time used his other hand to hold Wakaba Mutsu's hand.

"Now that you've finished talking, Toyokawa-kun, I'll take Mutsu with me. Mutsu and I have other things to do today besides waiting for you."

"We'll take our time."

"And since it's Mutsu who wants to tell me this, it's better to say it in private, right, Mutsu? If you agree, then don't say anything."

Kusano Akira lowered his head and winked at Wakaba Mutsu again. Wakaba Mutsu was startled by Kusano Akira's sudden action and had been looking at his face, so this time she noticed Kusano Akira's signal.

Seeing that things could actually take a turn for the better, Wakaba Mu was pleasantly surprised.

Although Kusano Akira covered his mouth, preventing him from speaking, Wakaba Mutsumi still managed to express his support for Kusano Akira's actions.

She nodded vigorously, agreeing with Kusano Akira's words, and winked at him, trying to tell him to just take Wakaba Mutsumi away like that.

Unfortunately, it's too unrealistic to understand someone's meaning in the blink of an eye—at least it's impossible for Kusano Akira and Wakaba Mutsumi, who don't have enough chemistry right now. It's already quite remarkable that Wakaba Mutsumi could understand that Kusano Akira wanted to help.

So Kusano Akira didn't understand what Wakaba Mutsu's blinking meant at all, but that didn't stop him from thinking the same thing as Wakaba Mutsu.

Kusano Akira tried to pull Wakaba Mutsu toward him, but unexpectedly, Toyokawa Shoko quickly grabbed Wakaba Mutsu's other hand as they were about to leave.

"No."

Toyokawa Shoko gripped Wakaba Mutsumi's wrist tightly, her eyes fixed on the two of them.

“Kusano-kun, ‘Let Mutsumi express her own thoughts’—that’s what you said.”

"Isn't what you're doing contradicting what you said? You're covering Mu's mouth and forcefully taking her away, saying that if Mu agrees, she shouldn't speak." (The three...)

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Kusano Akira looked at Toyokawa Shoko with a headache. (Ling)

Unexpectedly, his casual remark was remembered by Toyokawa Shoko, who then used it to attack him.

"No, this is not quite the same as it was back then, Toyokawa-kun, don't try to change things up."

Kusano Akira felt he was in a difficult position; he really couldn't think of a way to tell Toyokawa Shoko.

It was clearly the same situation he had with Toyokawa Shoko, where he wanted to take Wakaba Mutsu away, but he realized that Wakaba Mutsu was being held back by Toyokawa Shoko, so he took a step back.

Now he is in the same position that Toyokawa Shoko was in back then, and Toyokawa Shoko is in the same position that he was in just now, but he can't say as forcefully as Toyokawa Shoko, "My idea is Mutsu's idea."

Meanwhile, Wakaba Mutsu was still being manipulated by Toyokawa Shoko and remained on her side.

In other words, Kusano Akira can no longer use the method of "who Wakaba Mutsu wants to be with" to resolve the current situation. It seems that no matter what Wakaba Mutsu thinks, she is unable to say it.

She was destined to stand on Toyokawa Shoko's side, and keeping her silent was the best way to help Kusano Akira.

"I'm not trying to change the subject, Kusano-kun. You just need to listen to what Mutsumi has to say. It's not that difficult, right?"

"And Mu Yi will be coming with me later."

"Anyway, there's no way I can go with you, Kusano-kun. Besides, weren't you supposed to be rehearsing? How come you suddenly have something to do with Mutsuki?"

"Won't Lixi's drumstick smash your head?"

Toyokawa Shoko didn't give Kusano Akira any time to think, and immediately rattled off a whole bunch of things she had planned to say to deal with him.

"..."

Kusano Akira felt his head getting increasingly painful.

Unexpectedly, there was a boomerang waiting for him here. Just how much of what Toyokawa Shoko said did he remember? She could even remember and apply such insignificant and seemingly useless words to him.

It seems that Kusano Akira will have to carefully consider what he says next time, otherwise he will have no chance to fight back against someone as aggressive as Toyokawa Shoko.

Just then, Kusano Akira felt a gentle tickle on his palm.

He looked down and saw that Wakaba Muku gently shook her head at him, her eyes flashing with a pleading look, as if begging him not to listen to Toyokawa Shoko.

"Ugh……"

"Even if you're leaving together later, you should at least give me some time to talk to Toyokawa-kun alone."

"This should be a private matter between us. Private matters shouldn't involve others. That's what you said, Toyokawa-kun."

Kusano Akira tried hard to recall what Toyokawa Shoko had said before and decided to use the same boomerang-like attack in return. He just hoped that Toyokawa Shoko's words wouldn't be too sharp; if even this trick didn't work, Kusano Akira really wouldn't know what to do.

She could only forcefully break free from Toyokawa Shoko's grasp and run away with Wakaba Mutsu—but she didn't know if that would affect Wakaba Mutsu's feelings towards Toyokawa Shoko.

Kusano Akira had no idea what weakness of Wakaba Mutsumi that Toyokawa Shoko had grasped.

"...Tsk."

When Toyokawa Shoko saw Wakaba Mutsu and Kusano Akira's little actions, she clicked her tongue.

Unexpectedly, Kusano Akira learned so quickly. He had already learned the moves that Toyokawa Shoko had used not long ago and was now using them on Toyokawa Shoko.

"Kusano-kun, Mutsumi, she wants to break off your friendship."

She said it was really boring being with you.

But I didn't have the courage to tell you, which is one of the reasons you came to see me today.

Toyokawa Shoko said those words herself, adding extra lies and embellishments, since the effect would have been much weaker if Wakaba Mutsu hadn't said them herself.

To achieve the desired effect, Toyokawa Shoko didn't mind telling a few lies to amplify the impact.

If they were truly left alone, then everything Toyokawa Shoko did would be completely useless. If Kusano Akira knew about it in advance, then her plan would become nothing more than wishful thinking.

The worst-case scenario is that not only will the attempt to sabotage the relationship fail, but Mortis will also become more wary of her than before.

Since Wakaba Mutsu is unwilling to talk and Kusano Akira is unwilling to listen, she might as well just flip the table over.

【…】

Oh, I see.

It seems I can't stay by Ming's side for much longer.