Hakuto never expected his students to misunderstand him so much. Today, he was going to use this opportunity to set things straight!
"Yotsuba, as far as I know, Hakuto doesn't go around looking for trouble."
"But, Sensei, he beat up all the delinquents in our school..."
Hakuto almost lost his composure. He really wanted to grab Yotsuba's head and perform a deep memory recovery technique on her!
"Have you ever thought that Hakuto had a reason for doing that?"
"Oh~ I remember now! Sensei once told me..." Yotsuba clapped her hands. "Because I'm afraid of being bullied, I decided to bully the whole school first!"
At least Yotsuba still remembered what Hakuto had said.
"Exactly! So Hakuto had his reasons for doing what he did. He doesn't just fight people for fun."
Hakuto felt exhausted. He never thought there would come a day when he'd have to prove his own innocence.
"Yotsuba! If you're not first place next time, you're done for!" Hakuto covered the microphone and grumbled in a low voice.
As soon as he said that, Yotsuba suddenly shivered.
"That's weird, it's summer..." Yotsuba glanced around. "I know Sensei had his reasons, but I'm still scared..."
Hakuto almost burst out laughing.
What? Are you afraid I'll take over the school or something? You're the boss! You get that, right?!
But just then, Hakuto suddenly came up with an idea—a perfect solution!
"Can I ask, Yotsuba, who do you think Hakuto gets along with the best?"
"The best?" Hearing that, Yotsuba fell into deep thought.
Ichika? No... Ichika gets along with everyone.
Nino? No way, she almost fought Hakuto.
Miku? Itsuki?
From Yotsuba's perspective, Miku and Hakuto barely interacted. Their relationship was just a standard teacher-student one at best.
"It should be Itsuki..." After thinking it over, Yotsuba gave her answer.
And that was exactly what Hakuto wanted!
"Itsuki? She's your sister, right?" Hakuto asked knowingly.
"Yes!"
"Then do you know why Hakuto gets along best with Itsuki?"
Hearing that, Yotsuba thought for a moment before arriving at a conclusion.
"Because Itsuki has the best grades and studies the hardest!"
"Exactly! Since Hakuto is your tutor, the thing he cares about most is grades!" Hakuto felt like a genius.
"So, Yotsuba, do you know how to build a good relationship with him?"
"Sensei, you mean... I should improve my grades?!"
"That's right!"
"I see! I get it now!" Yotsuba suddenly had an epiphany. That conversation just now was like a shooting star in the night sky, instantly illuminating her mind!
"Thank you, Sensei! Now I know how to get along with Shiratori-sensei!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yotsuba happily bounced away from the stall.
"Hahaha~ I'm a genius!" Behind the one-way mirror, Hakuto couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Not only did he perfectly solve Yotsuba's confusion, but he also managed to clear his own reputation while giving her motivation to study.
And the best part? He even got paid for it!
Hahaha! Hakuto felt like money was chasing after him these past few days—he couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to!
Just then, Nao smacked the back of his head.
"Stop laughing. You sound awful."
Only then did Hakuto remember that Nao was still sitting on his shoulders.
"You're still not getting down? Are you addicted to sitting there?"
"No... It's just that your hair is fun to play with..."
"What do you mean?"
Earlier, Hakuto had pinned down Nao, but since his focus was entirely on Yotsuba, it wasn't too difficult for her to break free.
And after freeing herself, Nao, having nothing better to do, took out a hair tie and started styling Hakuto's hair.
Maybe because he was too focused on proving himself, Hakuto didn't even notice her movements.
Right now, he was sporting a twin-tail hairstyle identical to Nao's. The hairstyle itself was fine, but combined with his face, it just looked bizarre.
"No wonder you were so quiet for a while..."
No wonder he hadn't heard her sarcastic comments earlier. Turns out, the law of conservation of energy applied here too!
"Now can you get down?"
Just then, Jojiro pulled back the curtain and walked in.
He glanced at Nao, still sitting on Hakuto's shoulders, but didn't say anything—after all, this wasn't the first time they'd been like this.
"You two carry on. I just came to drop something off..." Saying that, Jojiro lifted a black plastic bag and tossed it to Nao.
Nao caught it effortlessly and instinctively started rummaging through it.
"What's this?"
"A little gift from those customers just now..."
"Hey, can't you check it later?"
"Wait... Look what I found..." Nao pulled a black wallet out of the bag and waved it in front of Hakuto.
"Hm? This looks familiar... Why does it look like my wallet?"
"No, this is your wallet."
"Impossible..." Hakuto would sooner lose his head than his wallet.
He instinctively reached for his pocket, only to find it empty.
What?! My wallet?! Mine?!
Money was one of the few things Hakuto truly cared about. Even though the cash inside wasn't much, it was still money!
Not to mention, all his bank cards were in there—this was practically a death sentence!
"How did my wallet end up in our customers' hands?"
Hakuto was baffled. If someone had managed to steal his wallet without him noticing, the only explanation he could think of was time stop powers.
But he had clearly placed his wallet in his jacket... Wait, jacket...?
"Damn it, my jacket is still with Eriri!"
Hakuto felt like he had been blinded by that 2 million yen. He had completely forgotten about his jacket with his wallet inside!
"Eriri? That blonde girl? Was she one of our customers just now?"
"No, she probably just came to return something..."
Eriri recognized the Hoshinoumi Academy uniform, so she had probably handed the wallet to Jojiro, expecting him to return it.
But Hakuto had a bad feeling about this—because there was no sign of his jacket in that black plastic bag...
Which meant his jacket was still with Eriri.
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