My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 278 Genius, Absolute Genius
The school bell rang more slowly than usual on Monday, and the students on duty were wiping the blackboard at a snail's pace. The homework assigned last Thursday was still piled up next to the teacher's desk.

Several girls squatted in front of the shoe cabinet complaining about the holiday work schedule adjustment. Cicadas were already testing their voices on the bare cherry blossom branches. In the distance, the automatic door of the convenience store dinged, and the newly replenished soda water in the freezer was dripping water droplets.

Tsuna and his friends waved goodbye as the sun set.

Ayumi Ajitani hopped on her new bicycle, which she had bought last weekend, and easily overtook Sana Takagi and Naoto Nishikata, who were riding side by side, after only half a turn of the wheel.

Before she could even ring her bicycle bell triumphantly, the familiar sound of an engine came from behind her, and Tsuna, carrying Shoko, sped past her on the left.

At first, she wanted to walk back with Takagi, but after a week of thinking it over, she decided to ride her bicycle to and from school.

Unlike Tsuna and Shoko, Takagi and Shoko were different, so the clever girl didn't want to bother them.

Over the past few days, there has been increasing discussion about "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" in the class, with most people speculating about the plot development in the second volume.

Even Nishikata couldn't resist his curiosity this morning and asked the author of the book.

"Miyamura, does the second volume of 'We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day' contain the story of Jinta Yadomi and the others finding a way to revive Menma?"

(Jinta Yadomi: The male protagonist's name in Anohana)

Nishikata poked Tsuna's back with his pen, and when Tsuna turned around, he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

He initially bought the book simply to support Miyamura, but he never expected to be so deeply drawn into it.

Especially as his classmates discussed the plot of the book more and more, he became even more unable to contain his curiosity.

With about ten minutes left before class, his question, though not loud, completely caught the attention of Takagi and Ayumi.

They were also very curious about this question, but they didn't ask Shoko because they didn't want to hear any spoilers.

"Why do you think that?" Tsuna raised an eyebrow and asked.

“Uh…” Nishikata organized his thoughts and voiced his guess:

"Only Jinta Yadomi can see Menma's soul, which I feel is already a bit supernatural."

Considering what happened to him and his friends later on, I think it's highly likely that the second volume's plot will involve Menma's resurrection.

Considering that Nishimiya-kun told us she was a healing type, this possibility becomes even greater.

After listening to his analysis, Takagi Sana and Ayumi Ajitani actually found it to make some sense.

Shoko looked at their thoughtful expressions and tried her best to control the corners of her mouth from turning up.

"Of course, that's assuming he's not mentally ill. But I believe you, Miyamura, won't write the male lead as mentally ill, otherwise you might get torn apart by the readers..."

Nishikata stroked his chin, feigning profundity; at that moment, he felt his intelligence had surpassed that of Einstein.

After listening, Tsuna couldn't help but applaud him. At that moment, he even felt that Nishikata's analysis was correct. A genius, an absolute genius.

Do you want to hear spoilers?

"No." Nishikata waved his hand. "I'll wait for the second volume. Otherwise, after hearing the spoilers, I might not even be interested in buying the second volume."

Upon hearing this, Tsuna shrugged and let him be. If he wanted to listen, he would just follow Nishikata's suggestion and improvise a general outline for him.

“Nishikata, although your analysis makes a lot of sense, I think even if you ask Miyamura, no matter how smart he is, he can’t tell you what happens next in the story, since he’s not the author.”

At this moment, a boy who was on good terms with Nishikata stepped forward and interrupted their conversation.

"..."

"..."

"..." Seeing that the others remained silent, his gaze subtly swept over Azuya Ayumi, noticing that she was also looking at him. He secretly gloated and continued:

"Someone with such good grades like Miyamura probably doesn't read many novels, right?"

"Um……"

A-Gang nodded. What the other person said made sense. Since he started writing novels in the first year of junior high school, he had indeed read very few novels.

"So, it's no use asking Miyamura, Nishikata. He probably hasn't even read the book. You might as well ask me if you have any questions about this novel."

The boy patted his chest:
"I've read this novel at least twice in the past few days. I know all the hidden details inside perfectly, and I can even analyze most of the content of the second volume."

Although the author of this book is also named Miyamura, there are countless people with the same name in Japan, and he never thought that the author Miyamura was the Miyamura in front of him.

And the school principal even shares the same surname as him, so how come no one has ever suspected he's the principal's son? Although he certainly isn't...

"..." x4
Unlike the other four, Tsuna was listening intently.

Seeing that the five people were silent, he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the school bell.

He hurriedly left, saying, "I'll come back and analyze it for you after class," and returned to his seat.

"Miyamura, Sato doesn't have a problem with you, he's just a rather—"

"Stop, stop, stop." Tsuna raised his hand to interrupt him: "Don't worry, I know what you mean. I didn't misunderstand. In fact, I'm quite interested in hearing his analysis."

This guy is a bit pretentious... He mentally finished finishing Nishikata's interrupted words?
Seeing this, Nishikata said nothing more.

The group had all promised Shoko and Tsuna that they would keep it a secret, so they never revealed that Tsuna was the author of the book.

The rest of the class naturally wouldn't know, unless Tsuna held some kind of autograph session...

A class period passed in the blink of an eye as someone spaced out.

The boy called Sato returned to the back row and began analyzing the aftermath of 'Anohana' with the others.

As they listened, everyone realized that his main purpose in coming here wasn't analysis, but rather Ayami Azurani...

Anyone with eyes could understand the meaning behind his gaze, which kept glancing at Ayumi Azuya.

However, to be fair, his analysis did make some sense to everyone.

Before the yawns from morning reading had even finished, the lunchboxes from lunch break were already empty. The setting sun cast long shadows of the students on duty, nailing them to the blackboard. Someone's water bottle tumbled to the ground in the back of the classroom. The school bell, mixed with the sound of baseball batting, exploded in the twilight.

The next morning...

"Uh……"

"This shouldn't be..." Shoko, who was still half asleep, instantly snapped back to reality:

"I just bought it recently... why is it so hard to wear today... it was fine yesterday..."

Unconvinced, Shoko tried several more times, finally managing to button it up after taking a deep breath.

"As long as I don't do any strenuous exercise today..." Shoko muttered to herself as she continued changing her clothes.

They definitely won't be selling it now; I'll have to wait until school ends today. But thankfully... there's no PE class today, so there won't be any strenuous activity...

Shoko sighed softly, silently blaming someone for not exercising much lately... and also for that person constantly feeding her...

(End of this chapter)