Nino felt like the sky was falling!
She didn't mind sharing her boyfriend with her sisters, but not like this—she hadn't even gotten the first taste yet!
And with how long it had been, knowing Ichika's personality, she might've already taken a bite!
Just imagining the scene was enough to break Nino.
Picture this: if Nino were Hakuto, and he was happily invited out by his girlfriend for a date—strolling, chatting, building romance—and things were going smoothly...
Only for his "girlfriend" to suddenly change her voice and remove her accessories mid-moment, revealing herself to be the girlfriend's sister!
Nino didn't know how to describe that scene, she just knew one thing—she'd been played!
"Damn you, Ichika!" Nino clenched her fists in fury.
There were still two people outside the door—she was ready to storm out and catch them in the act!
How could anyone be so shameless?!
Meanwhile, outside the room were Yotsuba and Itsuki.
"Both Shiratori-sensei and Nino's phones are still inside..." The door hadn't been closed, so the two could clearly hear the phone ringing from inside the room.
Itsuki shook her head. She was out of ideas too.
With both Hakuto and Nino disappearing at the same time, even she couldn't help but suspect something.
Even though she had just seen Hakuto not long ago, no matter how fast someone moved, this was too much!
Still, she couldn't help but overthink—imagination doesn't require logic after all...
"Itsuki, what should we do? Should we go out and look for Shiratori-sensei and the others?"
"Jeez... why would they not take their phones?" The one thing Itsuki couldn't understand was, even if they really did go out for something "inevitable," why wouldn't they bring their phones?
Too eager? Couldn't wait? Overcome by... ugh, gross!
Itsuki felt like it couldn't be that simple...
"Should we wake up Miku and the others?" Yotsuba suddenly suggested.
"No need, let's not make a big fuss out of it."
That gave the hiding Nino quite a fright, but she figured even if they found her now, it wouldn't be too big a deal—at least her own name would be cleared.
And she could point the blame at Ichika!
But then she realized that doing so might expose her own relationship with Hakuto...
Nino took a deep breath. For her future happiness with Hakuto... she'd endure!
But just then, while she was still fantasizing about catching them in the act, a sudden thought popped into her head out of nowhere!
"Miku's room is safe... but not absolutely!"
Nino lowered her head. She suddenly understood why that line had popped into her mind...
She turned her head slowly, trembling—and sure enough, behind her, Miku, who had been asleep in bed, was now standing up in her pajamas, staring at her in confusion...
"...Nino?"
"If discovered, feign sleepwalking or self-detonate the situation to escape…"
Meanwhile, outside the door, Itsuki was still brainstorming a countermeasure.
"Yotsuba, maybe we should just go back to sleep..."
Itsuki hadn't finished her sentence when Miku's door suddenly flew open!!
The next second, Nino and Miku came tumbling out from behind it, completely without warning.
Seeing them sprawled on the floor, Yotsuba and Itsuki: Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?!
"Ouch... that hurt!" Nino wobbled as she got up from the floor. "Miku, why'd you freak out like that?"
She hadn't expected it—when Miku saw her, she suddenly flailed in shock, and they both lost balance and tumbled out.
"You're the one who suddenly showed up in my room..." Miku stood up with an unhappy look.
"I told you, I had a reason."
"A reason...? Were you sneaking off to Hakuto's room?"
"Still calling it Hakuto's room! It got infiltrated and no one even noticed!" Nino grew angrier the more she talked.
Now that everything was exposed, she didn't care anymore—she just wanted to catch them in the act!
"Infiltrated? What do you mean?"
"Hehe! Great! Nino, you're still here!" Yotsuba happily hugged Nino, looking like she'd just survived a crisis.
"I kind of wish I weren't..."
"Wait, wait, wait, pause for a second, let me think..." Itsuki felt her head spinning!
"If Nino's still here, then the only one missing is Shiratori-sensei..."
"Let's each explain what happened to us, maybe we can connect the dots. We still don't know where Shiratori-sensei is."
"Itsuki, didn't you say you talked with Hakuto not long ago?"
"Nino, were you seriously eavesdropping at the wall...?" Itsuki sighed. "Yeah, it was about half an hour ago. I asked Shiratori-sensei some things..."
"Then why'd you open my room door half an hour ago?"
"He said you'd have the full story, so I came to ask you. I called your name twice, but you didn't respond, so I figured you were asleep."
Nino's pupils shrink—this really could be pieced together. She could even guess what Hakuto and Itsuki had talked about...
"What about you, Yotsuba?"
"Huh? Me?" Yotsuba thought for a moment before replying, "I just got up to use the bathroom, then wanted to ask Shiratori-sensei something..."
"Then I bumped into Itsuki, and after I used the bathroom and came back, I went to Shiratori-sensei's room, and she went to yours..."
"We both just wanted to ask some questions, that's all..."
Nino understood everything now. And she could even guess what the two of them wanted to ask.
Omniscient and omnipotent* Nino!
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