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Kitahara Makoto opened the System while taking a shower:
"Draw a card for me."
The newly acquired draw chances disappeared, and the ability roulette spun rapidly.
Perhaps it triggered the guaranteed mechanism, as this time it was finally no longer an ability fragment. A ball of ability light dropped out of thin air and quickly merged into Kitahara Makoto's brow.
"Ability: Sudden Enlightenment"
"Category: Passive"
"Ability Description: When you teach and impart knowledge, your disciple's comprehension and learning abilities will be additionally enhanced."
"Trigger Condition: Patting the head for ten seconds."
"Weakness: Being disrespected by your disciple. The higher your disciple's favorability towards you, the stronger their disrespect will be."
"What the hell?"
Upon seeing the skill description, Kitahara Makoto was instantly speechless.
He had only heard of being disarmed bare-handed, but never of being disrespected by one's disciple. This skill looked too strange, no matter how he saw it, didn't it?
Kitahara Makoto sighed in disappointment.
His expectations were dashed, and the physique that made him immune to all illnesses remained a distant dream.
It seems that in his future career planning, he absolutely cannot become a teacher... especially not a teacher at a girls' school, otherwise, he would be in deep trouble.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next day.
Monday, Monday.
Kitahara Makoto woke up on time, pushed open the window, and it was another day of continuous rain.
After getting dressed, he walked into the bathroom. Kitahara Makoto checked today's daily tasks while washing and brushing his teeth.
The first two were unchangeable fitness tasks, so there was no need to mention them.
"Daily Task Three: Tokyo Exorcist"
"Task Description: Before twelve o'clock today, eliminate a non-human entity wandering in Tokyo."
"Daily Task Four: Duet Dance, dance for more than three minutes with another person. Dance type is not limited, gender is limited to female."
"Today's tasks seem to be left to chance..."
Kitahara Makoto closed the System, ate a simple breakfast, then picked up his school bag and umbrella, and left for school.
The journey was uneventful.
Bocchi-chan was still in bed, so Kitahara Makoto could only take the train to school by himself.
After arriving at school, he first stayed in the club room for a while, chatted with Tomori, and then went to the classroom.
The noisy morning class ended, and the class bell soon rang.
"Was there something on the way?"
Looking at the empty seat behind him, Kitahara Makoto raised an eyebrow slightly and sent a message to Togawa Sakiko on his phone.
"Togawa Sakiko, why didn't you come to class today?"
"..."
The message quickly showed as read.
But after a while, Togawa Sakiko finally replied:
"I'm feeling a bit unwell and have already taken leave. Kitahara-kun, you don't need to worry."
So that's it.
Kitahara Makoto understood and did not ask further.
Girls always have a few days when they feel unwell, and when it's severe, they might even take a day or two off. Since Togawa-chan was unwilling to elaborate, it was clearly related to privacy.
Kitahara Makoto thought for a moment and sent another message:
"If you need any help, message me immediately."
No choice.
Togawa-chan's father was an alcoholic, and he seemed to have recently become addicted to pachinko. If anything really happened, he couldn't be relied upon at all.
"Wait..."
A strange expression suddenly appeared on Kitahara Makoto's face:
"Alcoholism plus pachinko, why does it feel similar to me in the dream?"
"Could it be..."
Kitahara Makoto shook his head, banished the baseless speculation from his mind, put down his phone, and listened attentively to the lesson.
The morning half passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was lunchtime.
Kitahara Makoto stood up to stretch his neck, glanced at the empty seat behind him, and then left the classroom to wait for Kita at their meeting spot.
"Kitahara-kun, good afternoon~"
The girl's clear and pleasant voice soon rang out behind Kitahara Makoto.
"Anon?"
Hearing the call, Kitahara Makoto turned in surprise. The girl behind him was indeed not Kita, but the pink-haired girl Anon.
"I didn't make a bento today, and I'm planning to go to the cafeteria with a friend to eat." Chihaya Anon clasped her hands behind her back and asked curiously, "I just happened to see Kitahara-kun walking alone towards the corner, and I was curious, so I followed... What are you doing here alone, Kitahara-kun?"
It must be said that this pink-haired girl had excellent psychological fortitude. She had just kissed him yesterday, and today she could casually come over to chat.
If it were Bocchi-chan, she would have avoided him for at least a week.
Calculating the time, Kita should be arriving soon. They wouldn't just happen to bump into each other, would they?
According to Murphy's Law, what you fear most often happens...
Kitahara Makoto felt a moment of guilt and wanted to persuade Anon to leave early, but he only hesitated for a second before deciding to tell the truth.
"...I'm waiting for someone."
Deception and lies only lead to capsizing; only being straightforward can lead to the end.
"Eh, waiting for someone?" Chihaya Anon blinked, "Could it be Tomori-chan?"
"About that..."
Kitahara Makoto was about to answer when hurried footsteps suddenly echoed down the hallway.
Soon, a red-haired girl ran in, her voice clear and full of energy:
"Kitahara-kun, here's your bento, I still need to go back to the classroom... Eh eh eh?"
Seeing the pink-haired girl beside Kitahara Makoto, Kita Ikuyo stopped in a panic, her voice abruptly cut off.
Kita, who hadn't expected anyone else to be there today, quickly flushed, and nervously hid the bento behind her back.
"Bento?"
Seeing the bento box in Kita Ikuyo's hand, Chihaya Anon's eyes flickered slightly, and she immediately understood the situation before her.
Kitahara-kun said he was waiting for someone, and it was clearly the red-haired girl in front of her.
If she hadn't recognized her wrong, it should be Kita-san from the next class. They had taken cooking classes together.
The bento in Kita-san's hand, was it for Kitahara?
A girl's sixth sense is naturally acute. Just one glance, and she knew that their relationships with Kitahara Makoto were out of the ordinary.
"Makoto-kun, I'm sorry, I didn't know you had an appointment..."
Chihaya Anon spoke first, lowering her head pitifully to apologize.
"Ma-Makoto-kun?"
Kita Ikuyo's eyes widened instantly.
Such an intimate address, they're definitely not just ordinary friends!
Kita also knew Chihaya Anon's name. Although they had never spoken, they were both prominent figures in their respective classes and often met in the hallway.
(Could it be that Anon-san is also a harem candidate?)
(Stupid Kitahara! How big do you want your harem to be before you're satisfied?!)
(Even if everyone agrees, you'll be drained, won't you?!)
"I'm sorry, I interrupted you two."
Kita tightened her small face and turned to leave.
Kitahara Makoto extended his right hand and said:
"Kita, you've misunderstood. Give me the bento first..."
"That's my bento." Kita Ikuyo replied without turning her head, "If you want bento, ask Chihaya Student to make it for you."
"Eh...?"
Seeing Kita huffily leave, Chihaya Anon was immediately surprised.
She had originally thought Kita would question who she was, so why did she just leave?
However, Kita-san's expression clearly showed she was jealous, and she even ran over to deliver a bento... Their relationship was indeed very unusual.
To be secretly involved with other girls behind my and Tomori's backs, Kitahara-kun is too greedy!
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