Tokyo: After years of stagnation, the heiress of the yakuza arrives.

The footsteps outside the door had completely disappeared, but the air pollution left by what had just happened remained.

The two slowly separated from the middle of the sofa, one hugging a cushion and the other clutching a small blanket, their expressions very complicated.

Kaoru Amamiya spoke first.

"Little brat."

"teacher."

"Did you see that student clearly just now?"

Kuroba Shido paused for two seconds, then analyzed seriously, "Judging from his reaction, he probably not only saw it clearly, but may have even written an eight-hundred-word review in his mind."

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

It’s over.

This time, he died a complete death.

She sat stiffly on the sofa, her mind racing, trying to recall the keywords: infirmary, school doctor, male student, sofa, huddled together, horror movie, pillow, blanket... Individually, these keywords seemed ordinary, but when put together, they easily made her want to call the police.

Kuroba Shido was also thinking.

His reputation is already bad enough. He's been called a mysterious gigolo, a future son-in-law of the Jingu family, a suspected son-in-law of the Miyazaki family, and the number one target of the evil rice ball poll.

If we add a forbidden scandal in the infirmary now, we won't even need to create categories on the campus forum tomorrow; we can just create a separate section for Kuroba Shido's suffering.

The two fell silent at the same time.

The two of them started thinking at the same time.

Both of their brains simultaneously gave up.

Too much trouble.

Destroy it.

Amamiya Kaoru shoved the pillow into her arms, forcibly putting on a stubborn expression befitting a mature adult.

"Anyway, I have no interest in a brat like you."

Shido Kuroba nodded immediately, his expression as serious as if he were reading a medical certificate.

"I believe in my teacher."

Amamiya Kaoru paused slightly.

This answer is normal.

That's perfectly normal.

But Shido Kuroba answered so decisively that a slight, inexplicable displeasure flashed through her mind.

No, she just said it casually, but why does this brat seem to completely agree with it, without any doubt, and even think it's a matter of course?

Are teachers really that uncharismatic?

Amamiya Kaoru's eyes showed a brief moment of disappointment, but she quickly regained her composure and pretended nothing had happened.

Kuroba Shido was completely oblivious.

He was looking down at his phone, making sure there were no new unread messages, no Miyazaki Kiyoshi, no Onodera Tsuneo, no Jingu Aoko, and no unfamiliar numbers continuing to pop up and make their presence known.

well.

It's safe for now.

Just then, the long school bell rang outside.

Ding-dong-

School's out.

Upon hearing the bell, Shido Kuroba seemed to be injected with new life force, and he immediately sat up from the sofa.

Amamiya Kaoru looked at him. "Kid, what are you doing?"

"go home."

Shido Kuroba lifted the small blanket, picked up his cane, and moved with such agility that he didn't seem like an injured person.

"There's no way I'm going to club activities today, not even if you kill me. All I want to do right now is grab my bag, go home, lock the door, eat my rice balls... and then comfortably take a couple of naps in some corner for Mu or something."

Amamiya Kaoru looked at him suspiciously.

"Your leg doesn't hurt anymore?"

"Teacher, humans can perform miracles in order to return home."

Kuroba Shido spoke very seriously.

He had already decided that whoever wanted to stay at this lousy school could stay. He would let things cool down with Miyazaki Kiyoshi and Onodera Zannen for now, temporarily subdue the newspaper club, and as for Jingu Aoko, she was as if she didn't exist as long as he didn't look at his phone.

Once he gets home and closes the door, the world has nothing to do with him anymore.

then.

Kuroba Shido walked to the door, placed his hand on the doorknob, and suddenly stopped.

The infirmary fell silent for a moment.

Kaoru Amamiya blinked.

"Kid?"

Kuroba Shido did not move.

He suddenly remembered an extremely serious question.

His family is gone.

To be precise, that place was no longer a normal place to live.

Previously, I could rely on my willpower to hold on, but now that I'm involved in so many messy things, going back would be like walking into a dungeon respawn point.

Kuroba Shido remained silent.

Kuroba Shido pondered.

Kuroba Shido slowly turned around.

Under Amamiya Kaoru's increasingly wary gaze, he used his cane to reverse into the parking space, returned the way he came, and very naturally sat back down on the sofa.

He put the small blanket back over his stomach.

Amamiya Kaoru: "?"

"teacher."

Kuroba Shido spoke in a calm tone.

"I just thought about it."

Amamiya Kaoru's eyes grew increasingly wary. "What are you thinking?"

Kuroba Shido raised his head, his eyes clear.

"I'll stay at your place from now on."

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

The air was silent for three seconds.

The next second, Kaoru Amamiya's face turned bright red.

It's not shyness.

It is shame and anger.

"ha?!"

She suddenly stood up, nearly throwing the cushion at Kuroba Shido's face.

"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Kuroba Shido raised his hand to signal her to calm down.

"Teacher, don't worry, this isn't cohabitation."

"You still dare to say you're living together!"

"This is temporary accommodation for the wounded."

"Go stay at a hotel!"

"I have no money."

Go back to your own home!

"That's all."

Kaoru Amamiya got stuck.

These two words are both too simple and too lethal.

Kuroba Shido sighed, his tone as weary as if he had just been chased and beaten by reality for three blocks.

"Teacher, look, I'm a poor, helpless student whose leg hasn't healed yet, and I have nowhere to go after school. If this gets out, it will be bad for the image of the school, the teachers, and the infirmary."

Amamiya Kaoru's forehead veins throbbed violently.

"Kid, don't try to use the school's moral authority on me!"

"Then let me put it another way."

Kuroba Shido looked up, his eyes sincere.

"Teacher, please take me in."

Amamiya Kaoru remained silent.

She looked at Kuroba Shido.

Kuroba Shido was also looking at her.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Amamiya Kaoru abruptly looked away, muttering curses as she picked up the keys.

"Go get your schoolbag first!"

Kuroba Shido's eyes lit up.

"Teacher, you agreed?"

"I didn't agree to anything!"

"I understand, the teacher is shy."

"Shut up, you brat!"

The two left the infirmary and walked towards the classroom.

There were still quite a few students in the hallway even though school had already let out.

Kuroba Shido carefully observed his surroundings, making sure that there was no Miyazaki Kiyoshi, no Onodera Tsuneo, no Jingu Aoko, and not even any remnants of the newspaper club, before leading Amamiya Kaoru to the door of his classroom.

Several students were still packing up their things in the classroom.

Upon seeing Shido Kuroba and Kaoru Amamiya appear together, the expressions on their faces changed subtly for a moment.

Kuroba Shido immediately became alert.

Amamiya Kaoru immediately became alert.

No way?

How could that student in the infirmary spread the virus so quickly?

Kuroba Shido forced himself to remain calm, walked to his seat, and reached for his schoolbag.

then.

The movement stopped.

Inside the backpack, Big Black lay on its back with its four paws in the air and its belly rising and falling slightly. The mouse was so hungry that its eyes were glazed over, as if it had just experienced a human catastrophe where no rice balls were served at a discount.

The Black Feather Warrior said, "..."

next second.

A sharp, explosive sound rang out in the classroom.

"Big Black!!!"

Several students trembled in fright.

Amamiya Kaoru was also startled.

Kuroba Shido clutched his schoolbag, his eyes filled with grief, as if he had seen his most reliable comrade fall before dawn.

Hang in there!

"Big Black, hang in there!"

"How could I live without you? You've been my only family since I was little..."

When Amamiya Kaoru walked over and saw it, her lips twitched on the spot.

"You brat, you actually brought a mouse to school?"

Shido Kuroba suddenly looked up.

"Teacher, please call it Big Black."

"Is that the main point?"

"certainly!"

Kuroba Shido carefully helped Daikoku up, took out some emergency snacks from the side pocket of his backpack, and put them to Daikoku's mouth.

Big Black took a weak bite.

I took another bite.

Kuroba Shido finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Still alive."

Amamiya Kaoru: "..."

She suddenly realized that taking in Kuroba Shido might be more troublesome than she had imagined.

Because she not only had to take in a brat, but also a rat.

The scene shifts.

School gate.

A shared bicycle wobbled as it drove out of the school.

Kaoru Amamiya sat in front, gripping the handlebars, her expression completely blank.

Shido Kuroba sat in the back, holding his schoolbag in his arms. His little head, which had regained some energy, peeked out from the schoolbag.

"Little brat."

"Um?"

"Don't you think this is reasonable?"

"Teacher, let's save energy, protect the environment, and travel in a low-carbon way."

"Of course you'd say that since you're sitting in the back!"

"Teacher, you've been riding all this way, you already have experience."

"I really will throw you down."

The shared bicycle swayed and wobbled in the setting sun, heading towards the Amamiya Kaoru apartment building.

In the distance, in an inconspicuous corner.

Onodera Zannen stood there quietly.

She watched Shido Kuroba and Kaoru Amamiya leave together, and watched Shido Kuroba sit in the back seat, holding his schoolbag in his arms, occasionally looking down and talking to something in the schoolbag.

She still had a gentle, faint smile on her face.

Just a slight tightening of the fingertips.

[Current Status: Jealousy, Malice...]