I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Little Chestnut Hat hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke.

"chocolate......"

Do you want some chocolate?

When Kitahara Shinji heard Oguri Hat say the word "chocolate," his first thought was that she saw others eating chocolate and wanted some too.

It wasn't until she pulled a box of chocolates out of her pocket and handed it to him that he realized she was offering him chocolates.

"...For me?"

"Ah."

Oguri Hat nodded, then spoke somewhat shyly.

"I'm not very good at making this, so it probably won't taste very good..."

Did you make it by hand?

Shinji Kitahara looked at her with some surprise, thinking to himself that this child was actually able to resist eating the chocolate and the raw materials used to make it, and even managed to create a finished product... Unbelievable.

Perhaps the meaning in his gaze was too obvious, because after noticing it, Oguri Hat lowered her head slightly and whispered.

"Actually, we ate quite a lot. Everyone had already made their chocolates, but then a bucket of water arrived. Apparently, the water quality is better, and the chocolates made with it will taste better. So everyone gave me their original chocolates and used the water from that bucket to make their own..."

"Chocolate is high in calories, so it looks like you'll have to do extra training later."

Shinji Kitahara didn't blame her. He smiled and patted her head before unwrapping the chocolate in his hand. Looking at the obvious teeth marks on the heart-shaped chocolate, his expression gradually became subtle.

"That was to try out the taste..."

Oguri Hat tried to explain, but her voice was weak and feeble.

Shinji Kitahara didn't mind much. After all, he had known about Oguri's gluttonous nature for a while, and the two of them would exchange food from time to time, so he wasn't unfamiliar with this situation.

Thinking this through, Shinji Kitahara broke off a piece of chocolate, put it in his mouth, and after carefully savoring it, he drew a conclusion.

Yes, it's just ordinary chocolate.

Although the taste was quite ordinary, considering that it was made by Oguri Hat himself and that he actually managed to resist eating it, Shinji Kitahara still gave the chocolate a very high rating.

only......

Why is this chocolate also heart-shaped?

Staring at the remaining chocolate in his hand, Shinji Kitahara gradually conceived a bold idea.

Could it be that this chocolate was originally square, but the child ate it and turned it into a heart shape...?

He didn't doubt whether the chocolate Oguri Hat gave him was his destined chocolate, but rather suspected that she might have been unable to resist eating it after making it.

After taking a couple of bites, I realized the shape was wrong, so I nibbled it into a heart shape, trying to get away with it. But then I couldn't resist and secretly took another small bite while it was being packaged, and that's how it ended up looking like this...

Shinji Kitahara felt he had guessed the truth.

As for the little chestnut hat opposite him, after he gave the chocolate a high rating, he seemed to be in a much better mood, and even the tail on his back was swaying.

Similar to the Emperor of the East Sea, after Shinji Kitahara gave his evaluation, Oguri Hat's lips also moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

Just then, Shinji Kitahara noticed her unusual behavior.

Seeing her expression as if she wanted to say something, and then looking at the chocolate in her hand, Shinji Kitahara pondered for a moment, then broke off a piece of chocolate and handed it to Oguri Hat.

"Shall we split it in half?"

No one knew what Oguri Hat was trying to say, but after Kitahara Shinji handed her the chocolate, her thoughts clearly shifted, and she began to waver between what to say and the chocolate in front of her.

After a long internal struggle that lasted nearly three seconds, she finally succumbed to the temptation and nodded gently, letting Shinji Kitahara feed her the chocolate.

Along with his breath.

......

After a while.

Two pieces already...

After finishing the chocolates that Oguri Hat had given him, Kitahara Shinji looked towards the training ground with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

It's strange. If they were going to give him chocolate, why didn't they just give it to him when they gathered in the morning? Why did they have to give it to him one by one at this time...?

Just as Kitahara Shinji was thinking this, he felt a familiar sensation on his arm, as if something soft was wrapped around it.

"Little Grass, what's wrong?"

Before Shinji Kitahara could even turn around, a box of chocolates was handed to him as he skillfully rubbed the tail in his hand.

"I made it yesterday, it should taste pretty good."

Before he could even turn around after hearing what Hibiki said, Shinji Kitahara felt something on his other arm, followed by a box of chocolates placed in front of him.

"Shinji, this is what I made."

With her arms wrapped around Shinji Kitahara's, Tetsuju looked at Hibiki Kusakami on the other side, her eyes full of hostility.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Hibiki Kusakami was also smiling as she looked at Special Zhou. Although she didn't make any moves on the surface, her tail was nimbly rubbing against Shinji Kitahara's arm, giving people a rather strange feeling.

Shinji Kitahara noticed the standoff between the two, but didn't think much of it. He just sighed inwardly, thinking that Ms. Kusa's behavior of attracting Special Week was too childish. Then he took the two chocolates and opened them at the same time.

Like the other chocolates, the chocolates sent by Special Week were also heart-shaped, and the taste was just average, similar to those from Oguri Hat, except that they didn't have teeth marks on them.

Ms. Grass's chocolate is quite special. Not only does it have an outstanding flavor with a subtle, refreshing taste, but it also has a regular square shape and is engraved with a bellflower pattern.

"Mr. Kitahara, which chocolate do you think is better?"

Grasshopper slowly opened his mouth.

"In terms of taste, Grasshopper's is better."

Shinji Kitahara offered an objective evaluation, much like a connoisseur of fine food.

"But in terms of sincerity, I think the quantity is quite sufficient. Although Xiaocao, your chocolate is indeed better in both appearance and taste, I know that Te Zhou has never done this before. To reach this level, she must have worked very hard... I think it's very good."

As for why the special week's chocolates are heart-shaped? Well, she's a little girl, and it's her first time doing this, so it's normal for her to make heart shapes.

As for the words associated with bellflowers, such as eternal love, that was simply outside Kitahara Shinji's knowledge, not to mention that he would never make such an association in the first place.

Ms. Cao is his good brother. How could brothers give each other chocolates that represent their birth year?

That's impossible, isn't it?

After hearing the evaluation, I still wanted to stick close to Shinji Kitahara for a while longer.

But because they had all agreed yesterday that at least during the day they would give out chocolates in the order of the draw, according to the time, and without disturbing each other, so that by the end of the day, no one would be able to give out any chocolates.

So despite their reluctance, seeing that their time to rank up was almost up, Grasshopper and Special Weekly glared at each other one last time before leaving.

I'm getting a little tired of it...

After eating four pieces of chocolate, Shinji Kitahara now felt his mouth was full of chocolate flavor and his mouth was cloyingly sweet.

Hopefully, no one will give him chocolate again, or at least not for a while...

Shinji Kitahara prayed in his heart.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The very next second after he thought that, footsteps sounded beside him again.

Who is it this time...?

Shinji Kitahara sighed, turned his head with a hint of helplessness, and then raised an eyebrow after seeing who it was.

"Tamamo?"

Before Shinji Kitahara could say anything, Tamamo Juji reached out and stuffed the chocolate into his hand, then sat down next to him.

"You are..."

"That guy with the chestnut hat didn't know how to make it, so he asked me to help him. I just made one for him."

After a pause, Tamamo Cross added.

“You don’t need to eat it now. I know you’re already feeling really sick of it, and you’re probably going to feel even sicker soon. I can’t stop you from eating it, but I can at least buy you some time.”

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'it will get even more sickening next'?" Shinji Kitahara looked at her in confusion.

After a moment of silence, Tamamo-no-Kami sighed and said...

"nothing."

"Just pretend I'm talking to a piece of wood."

Chapter 252: It must have been Zhou Rijing who did it.

After spending some time together, Tamamo Cross now had a general understanding of how dense Kitahara Shinji was, and felt extremely indignant about it—was there not a single normal person in this damn academy?

Thinking of this, and looking at Kitahara Shinji's still confused face beside her, Tamamo Cross remained silent for a while before finally unable to resist starting to complain.

"So what exactly happened?!"

"It's just Valentine's Day, why is the atmosphere in the academy so terrifying! It's like some kind of monster's lair!"

"Look over there, why are there horse girls who can brazenly knock out trainers and take them away in the training field?!"

"And why didn't anyone around react at all? This is practically a crime! Is anyone going to do something about her?!"

"And what's worse, there are so many clueless people in this academy! And they all have such an inflated sense of self-importance."

"They've made it so obvious, anyone could see their feelings, and they seem perfectly normal when it comes to others, so why do they suddenly become blind when it comes to themselves!"

After Tamamo finished her rant, she raised her head in despair, looked at the sky, and muttered to herself.

"Or am I the abnormal one?"

"No, Tamamo, you are normal. It's this academy that's strange."

Upon hearing Tamamo Cross begin to think of him, Kitahara Shinji immediately changed his tone, his voice serious.

"The academy should be a place for focused learning. Things like Valentine's Day and chocolates are unhealthy trends that should be resisted. Normal groups like ours are becoming increasingly rare. Tamamo, you have to hold on too..."

Our team? Normal?

Tamamo Cross's lips twitched. She glanced at the horse girls staring at them from all around, but ultimately swallowed her words.

normal......

You only have one seemingly normal morning left, and even that one morning is a compromise they made to ensure that no one would be able to give out chocolates because of their mutual sabotage.

When the free-for-all mode starts in the afternoon, especially closer to evening, you'll know what's really abnormal...

However, despite thinking this way, looking at Kitahara Shinji who still looked completely clueless in front of her, she recalled the help he had given her and the care he had taken for her after she entered the academy.

Tamamo Cross remained silent for a while, but finally decided to give him another helping hand.

"Hey Kitahara, are you free this afternoon?"

"Nothing's wrong right now, what's up?"

"When I went out yesterday, I noticed that several shopping malls had big discount events in the afternoon, but they only had them for couples... Could you come with me?"

Tamamo Cross wanted to use this opportunity to pull Kitahara Shinji out of the academy and away from this herd of cannibalistic mares.

But for some reason, as she said this, she fiddled with a button in her pocket with one hand, and a hint of confusion welled up in her eyes.

Although on such a holiday, one should be wary and cautious about inviting a trainer out alone, especially a trainer of the opposite sex.

The problem is that Shinji Kitahara knows that Tamamo Cross, due to her family's poverty, frequently participates in various promotions and discount activities, to the point that it would be an exaggeration to call her a fanatic.

It's Valentine's Day now, and many shopping malls are having Valentine's Day promotions. He seems to be the only man around her who can pretend to be her boyfriend, so it's quite normal for her to invite him.

Not to mention, throughout the entire academy, Tamamo Cross is a rare exception among normal people. If any other horse girl had invited him like this, he might have had some reservations, but with Tamamo Cross...

After thinking for a while and confirming that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Shinji Kitahara was about to nod when a voice sounded softly from behind him.

"I'm sorry, the chairman has some arrangements for trainer Kitahara, so he can't leave the academy for the time being."

"...Miss Surugawa?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Kitahara Shinji turned around with slight surprise and looked at Surugawa Tetsuya, who was slowly walking towards him.

"How did you come?"

Not only Shinji Kitahara, but also the other horse girls showed surprise after Tsuna Surugawa appeared.

After all, everyone has witnessed the current situation within the academy. Logically, this should be the time when Surugawa Tsuna is busy managing everything and shouldn't have time to come to their side. But now...

"I'm on vacation today."