My roommate turns out to be the heiress of a triad!

"Sorry to bother you."

"Oh, Sugawara, you're here. Come in."

Upon hearing Sugawara Ryoichi greet him at the door, Hase Hirotaka, the teacher in charge of Class 1-A in the high school, quickly invited him in.

If it were any of the other teachers in the office, they would have noticed that Ms. Hase was behaving somewhat unusually today.

In the past, when he would ask students to come to the faculty office, he would only say a few words when the students arrived.

【Okay. Come in.】

In this way, they maintain their dignity as teachers.

Why do you seem like a completely different person today?

Ryoichi Sugawara was naturally unaware of this.

Following Mr. Hase's greeting, I entered the faculty office.

Although the smell of disinfectant was pungent when I stood at the door.

But once inside, it didn't seem to smell that bad anymore.

"Move the stool over there and sit here."

After giving these instructions, Ms. Hase turned to look at the lesson plan on the table.

The pen in my hand moved swiftly and skillfully, completing the last few strokes on the current page.

At this moment, Sugawara Ryoichi also took a stool and sat obediently next to Hase-sensei.

Hirotaka Hase glanced out the window; the sky was covered with dark clouds, as if it would rain soon.

So he stopped dawdling.

After capping the pen, he began talking to Ryoichi Sugawara.

"Sugawara, do you know why I called you here today?"

?

Why do all the teachers in charge like to speak in this tone, like they're interrogating a criminal?

This statement seems to say...

Do you know what you did to deserve being arrested?

Although Ryoichi Sugawara is now essentially a corporate slave who has worked for many years.

But this opening line, which was ingrained in his bones during his student days, still made Sugawara Ryosuke instinctively straighten his back.

This made Hidetaka Hase realize that he had fallen into his old habits again.

He then pretended to cough twice and continued.

"Don't be nervous, Sugawara. I called you here today just for a brief talk."

"You should have said so earlier, Mr. Hase. I thought I had done something wrong without my knowledge and that you were watching me."

Seeing Sugawara Ryoichi patting his chest in relief, Hirotaka Hase inwardly chuckled bitterly.

For a promising student like you, who requires the school board to personally recruit from other counties, as long as you don't cause any kind of death, you can maintain your academic performance.

Which school teacher will take care of you? Who can take care of you?

Of course, Hirotaka Hase wouldn't say such things to Ryoichi Sugawara's face.

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After briefly learning about Sugawara Ryoichi's recent situation, who had come to Tokyo alone from out of town to study, Hase-sensei quickly ended the topic.

If the purpose was simply to understand the students' recent life and mental state, Mr. Hase wouldn't have needed to specifically ask Ryoichi Sugawara to come over this afternoon.

"Speaking of which, Sugawara, when you and Higuchi went to the Kujo residence yesterday, did you encounter anything strange?"

Yes, that's the real reason why Hidetaka Hase summoned Ryoichi Sugawara today.

Yesterday morning, Sugawara Ryoichi came to my place, wanting to know the address of Kujo Mayu's house.

At first, Hirotaka Hase used his own account to log in to the school's academic affairs system.

However, due to insufficient permissions, I was unable to see Maiyu Kujo's home address.

Insufficient permissions might be an insurmountable problem for other teachers, but it's a very easy issue for Hirotaka Hasegawa.

However, switching to his uncle's account, who is a board member at Kitasakano High School, would solve the problem.

as predicted.

After entering the director's uncle's account number, Hidetaka Hase and Ryoichi Sugawara obtained the personal home address information submitted by Mayu Kujo.

Up to this point, everything seems to be going well.

But yesterday afternoon, Ms. Hasegawa received a call from the board member's uncle, who asked if he had logged into her account to check student information.

After receiving an affirmative reply, the other party initially did not say anything and simply hung up the phone.

That evening, his uncle, who was in charge of the board, called him again and took away Sugawara Ryoichi's personal information from him.

Mr. Hase didn't get any reason from beginning to end; it just happened like that.

This has made him very curious, so he specifically asked Sugawara Ryoichi to come over and sound him out.

"Strange things? What are you referring to, Mr. Hase?"

Ryoichi Sugawara pretended to be confused and asked Hase-sensei a question in return.

If anything, the entire trip to [Kujo Mayu's House] yesterday afternoon was quite strange.

On the bus, I met the hot girl Momono Murakami, but when I arrived at the destination, I found out it was a fake address. On the way back, I was interrogated by Yukiko Higuchi.

Everything is weird, okay?

Hase Hirotaka pondered for a moment, thinking about how to clarify the issue with Sugawara Ryoichi again.

You only start to regret not studying Chinese properly when you need to use it.

After much thought, he finally came up with a more detailed way of asking the question.

"So, have you encountered any strange adults? Those who seemed very sophisticated, or even intimidating?"

You can't tell if someone has charisma just by looking at them.

But that fierce-looking Haruyuki Oshima didn't seem like someone to mess with.

But that guy is a yakuza member of the Kujo family's Toonsha, so it wouldn't be appropriate to talk to Hase-sensei about him.

Ryoichi Sugawara pretended to think for a while, then pondered for a moment.

Thinking that Mr. Hase had specifically asked the question, it was probably because he needed something incomprehensible.

We still need to give an answer.

He then replied.

"There might be one, but I don't know if it counts."

"Hmm? Tell me about it."

Ms. Hase immediately became interested and leaned forward unconsciously.

"When I got there, I met Mrs. Iida, the landlady of the apartment I'm currently living in. I don't know if that counts?"

The landlord of the rental property? Mrs. Iida?

Mr. Hase couldn't figure out how Mrs. Iida, the landlady mentioned by Sugawara Ryoichi, could be connected to this matter.

However, when Sugawara Ryoichi asked a question in return, he received a reply that sent chills down his spine.

"Why did Hase-sensei suddenly ask about this?"

"Oh, it's nothing. It's just that yesterday a relative who's a board member at our school asked me for your personal information."

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On his way back, Sugawara Ryoichi was still thinking about what Hase-sensei had said to him in the staff office.

Why Hase-sensei has a relative who is a board member at the school is no longer important.

The important question is why that relative of the board member wanted to get his personal information from Hase-sensei?

As a board member, Hase-sensei's relative can freely view the student files of any Kitasakano High School.

The fact that the relative sought out Mr. Hase for his information suggests that the incident happened suddenly, and that the relative knew he was Mr. Hase's student.

Could it be...?

As Sugawara Ryoichi pondered this matter, he unknowingly arrived at the school gate when someone he recognized walked towards him.

Riko Sakagami.

Yukiko Higuchi's best friend.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and she was extremely anxious.

He looked around at the school gate, as if he wanted to ask someone for help.

When she saw Sugawara Ryoichi approaching, she didn't dare to be negligent for a moment.

He jogged and headed straight for Sugawara Ryoichi.

Before Sugawara Ryoichi could greet Sakagami Riko, he heard her speak in a choked voice.

"Sugawara-san, Yukiko has been taken away by Murakami Momono and the others."