Whose youth romance story begins with a witch's trial?!

Then, in the small studio on the second floor—

"Hey, Chang Rong, you're here too!"

"Uh... Leia-sama?"

Something strange, unplanned, has appeared.

"Haha, you look so surprised! Actually, Chang Rong, you don't need to be too surprised in a place like this. After all, we're all prisoners in a jail, and bumping into each other is quite common, isn't it? Get used to it sooner rather than later. Although... hmph, although this sense of anticipation and surprise might never be something you, Chang Rong, can get used to, right?"

"Yes, yes, Rhea-sama."

—What the hell? I'm not surprised you're here... no, I'm really surprised you're here! But I'm not surprised by you... damn it, what's going on?!

Chang Rong stared blankly at the dashing blond prince, Renjian Leia, for a few seconds before shifting her gaze to Nikaido Hiro beside Leia.

"Where's Noah? Didn't she say she was going to hold an art exhibition? Although I think we should focus on exploring and understanding the nature of this prison right now, occasional entertainment is also good. How about you go and let Arisa beat you up again?"

"If you hadn't taken sides, I would have won—wait, uh, did you receive the message too, Nikaido-kun?"

Chang Rong, who originally wanted to give a serious rebuttal to Nikaido Hiro, suddenly remembered her mission for the day, so she quickly asked what the other party was up to and why she had brought Rhea along.

"Yeah, but I didn't expect you, you rabbit, to come here. Didn't you go play detective games with Shirley?"

"The detective agency doesn't have work every day."

Chang Rong could easily brush aside Hiro's breath, and casually took out his phone as he responded.

There are two messages on the screen: Yin & Lin are five nines (nine fathers).

First private message:

【Cute Little Balloon (Noah)】: Noah Noah messed up...!

Did you mess up? What did you mess up?

Second group message:

[Noah Kinosaki (All): Can we come to the art studio? Noah has some paintings he'd like to show.]

"..."

Although Chang Rong had considered that this battle plan might not be as effective as it was in theory, he was still somewhat surprised by Noah Kinosaki's perfect mistake in the first step.

Noah Kinosaki, abandon your title of 'balloon artist' and start practicing your skills from the junior high school girls' dormitory group again: private chat, group chat, using alternate accounts to insult each other, block each other, and praise each other in large groups!

What was supposed to be a private, one-on-one chat turned into a mass text message by Noah.

[Nikaido Hiro]: Received.

[Ryota Hasumi]: Oh, of course, no problem! If you don't mind, I can be a model too?

[Sakura Emma]: Noah-chan's drawing? I really want to see it! But I need to find something to iron Hannah-chan's clothes first...

[Hanna Tono]: So busy! The quality of the cleaning done by the guards has been getting worse and worse lately! I really want to complain!

[Sherry Tachibana]: Oh dear, this kind of subjective and emotional stuff isn't really suitable for the cute, charming, and brilliant detective Sherry-chan, is it?

—To be honest, only 'Dynasty Warriors' fits the bill.

[Kurobe Nanoka]: Training alone, please do not disturb.

[Arisa Wisteria]: Ugh...!

[Ze Du Ke Ke]: Haha, compared to what I recommend, this kind of thing is completely pointless to watch!!

[Chang Rong]: Coco, please share your location, meow~

【Zedu Cocoa】: Oh no, my phone is dead!

In the end, everyone found out about Noah's 'art exhibition'. However, whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, everyone had their own lives to live. In the end, it was actually the original target, Hero, and the goddess-like blonde lady, Hasumi Rhea, who came instead.

It was supposed to be an 'art exhibition,' but the studio was filled with all sorts of messy sketches, and the manager, Noah, was nowhere to be found.

So...should we continue with the original plan? With Rhea around, should we continue to try to induce a conversation so that Nikaido will take the initiative to apologize to Noah?

Chang Rong glanced uncertainly at Nikaido Hiro and Hasumi Rhea. Although the prisoners in this room could form an unbreakable "three-person chatterbox" during the Witch Trial, precisely because of this, Chang Rong wasn't sure where her topic would go after Hasumi Rhea forwarded and processed it—left? right? somewhere in the middle?

As a result, it was Hasumi Ryouya who first sensed the strange atmosphere and tried to find a topic to talk about.

"By the way, Chang Rong, you seem to care a lot about that basement from before?" Renmi Rieya slammed her right fist into her left palm, striking a textbook 'speaking of which' pose.

"Well, after talking with the dear president and Miss Tono, I feel it's necessary to check out the underground freezer."

"Oh dear... I actually went there when I had some free time, but although I found the hidden staircase leading to the basement, I was immediately blocked by an elevator after going down. No matter how I tried, it kept showing 'overweight'... Hey Chang Rong, am I really that fat? Am I some kind of super fat sow...? Is it because I haven't been able to perform on stage for so long that my body has started to degenerate into a twisted tumor!?"

"No, no, no turning into a witch because of something like this!? By the way—Rhea-sama is so cool, elegant, and slim and dashing! I absolutely adore Rhea-sama!!!"

Seeing that Ryota Hasumi started to emit black energy as she spoke, Chang Rong was so frightened that she immediately started flattering her without thinking twice.

"Yes, is that right? Haha, after all, how could this body, honed by years of stage experience, be so easily defeated by this level of imprisonment? Right, Hiro!"

Wow, as expected of Rhea-sama, she recovered so quickly. She's become so narcissistic it's admirable. Even if she became a witch, she'd probably still manage to become cool again.

Chang Rong admired Lian Jian Leia more and more. If someone can truly believe that they are a perfect idol, then they are probably not far from becoming a perfect idol themselves.

As for Nikaido Hiro, who was suddenly thrown into the conversation—

"Talking about stupid topics with idiots will make you become an idiot yourself. I have no interest in participating in idiots' stand-up comedy."

"Sigh... Hero was clearly my number two fan in the Knights of Fame." Hasumi Rhea looked disappointed and shocked.

"So I say don't arbitrarily stuff people into those eerie organizations that make you cry when you hear the bell and act as their second-in-command...! Tsk, Noah Shirosaki... extended an invitation and then stood them up, that's undeniably [incorrect]!"

Whether it was to escape or because he was genuinely angry and wanted to fix the balloon, Nikaido Hiro simply got up and left the studio. He left so quickly that Chang Rong Lei Ya didn't even have a chance to grab his arm and say, "Uncle, Watashi!" to stop him.

Ugh……

Chang Rong felt somewhat helpless upon seeing this. The original intention of this event was for Noah to reconcile with Shiro, but judging from the current developments, Noah has instead angered Shiro again.

Volume 1: Chapter 57. Rhea's Gaze (6K)

Thinking about it carefully, perhaps it was because Nikaido Hiro also wanted to say something to Noah that he rushed over so quickly.

Everyone else had their own things to do, and Chang Rong didn't believe that Xi Luo, who usually stood at the cafeteria entrance checking attendance, would be idle.

She probably dropped out of her work to come over, only to be stood up by Noah... Sigh, what a pair of unfortunate souls.

In the end, it's all Hannah's fault... no, it's all that 'An'an's' fault!

What a piece of garbage script you wrote! You've ruined Noah's life! Even though Noah revised the entire script, sent the wrong text message, and pretended to be dead and stood her up after everything went wrong, it's still all Natsume An'an's fault!

Chang Rong bombarded 'Xia Mu An An' with a barrage of accusations, and then decided to find a way to bring the two of them back together.

—Speaking of the witch trial, when Hosho Mag disguised himself as Hikami Tachibana Fukufuku, he seemed to have used the excuse of 'holding a tea party'. If it's a tea party... it sounds quite feasible—provided we can find a way to improve the food first.

If you were to use those strange, asphalt-like foods from the restaurant as a mysterious snack, even Miss Tono Hannah might not be able to maintain her elegance.

The food... Come to think of it, didn't I smell the scent of 'wheat flour' on the bedding that Kurobe Nanoha brought back before? Maybe it's related to the 'warehouse' she mentioned. I'll have to ask her next time.

No, no, who knows what she said this morning about wanting to prove to the company? What exactly did she mean by "prove to me"? It's not impossible that she'd show me her own brains flying out... I shouldn't sleep too soundly tonight.

Chang Rong's thoughts gradually drifted further and further away, until Leia coughed beside him, bringing him back to his senses—

"Huh? Why are you still here?"

In the cramped and messy art studio, Ryota Hasumi was sitting right next to him.

"Hehe, what kind of idol leaves before the fans have even left?"

As always, Ryota Hasumi tossed her short, golden hair, trying to use this non-magical method to keep Chang Rong's gaze firmly fixed.

"If the fans have already run away before the performance even starts, that should be called a train wreck, right? The idol's life is over."

"Well, what you said does seem to make sense...!"

—What on earth is this guy doing here?!

Ryota Hasumi's eccentric response, as always, made Chang Rong start to think about whether Hiro's "idiot assimilation theory" before leaving was really true.

I should make an excuse to slip away early. Maybe I can catch Hero scolding Noah. I need to make Hero shut up. The child is for her own good. No talking, no talking, nothing at all.

Realizing there was no point in staying any longer, Chang Rong prepared to leave. But just as he was about to get up, Renmi Ryoga spoke up again.

"Oh, to be honest, Chang Rong... actually, when I first learned during the investigation that Noah was the famous street artist [Balloon], I didn't even think about investigating evidence. Instead, I was thinking... thinking about how I could kill Noah Kinosaki without leaving a trace if I were the murderer."

"—"

Chang Rong, who had expected Hasumi Ryoya to make another prank as usual, was stunned.

Nikaido Hiro once told himself while in jail, "If you keep talking, I'll kill you."

When Arisa Fujito was in the cafeteria and had stirred up trouble herself, she said to herself, "I'll kill you, you bastard!"

Before his execution, Baosheng Mag said to himself, "If I had met you sooner, perhaps I could have killed you with my own hands."

When Kurobe Kisaki (Zeng Erjing) was in the reception hall and the study, she told herself, "You may be the mastermind, and I will consider killing you."

When I was randomly breathing on the keycaps of Zedu Coco, I told her, "If you keep messing around like this, you'll easily become someone's darling."

Shirley Tachibana punched herself.

The word "death" is not taboo on Prison Island; many people have said it to others for various reasons.

But there were only two instances where Chang Rong truly sensed a clear killing intent.

One instance was when Nikaido Hiro faced Sakura Emma, ​​and that brief, inexplicable killing intent.

Another instance is when Hasumi Ryota recalls the genuine murderous intent she harbored towards Kinosaki Noa while Chang Rong was happily operating the sewing machine with Shiro.

While it's hard to understand Heero's murderous intent towards Emma, ​​and neither of them really wants to talk about it, considering Heero's witch stock that was about to hit its daily limit, it's not entirely incomprehensible. Let's just assume that a witch possessed her.

But Renmi Ryoya's self-disclosure at this moment was indeed somewhat unexpected for Chang Rong.

“Chang Rong, you and Noah have a very close relationship. Just think of it as my dilemma between hypocrisy and sincerity... I always felt obligated to tell you about my murderous intent back then, and now this rare opportunity has come.”

Ryota Hasumi's tone was somewhat helpless, and it was rare for Chang Rong to hear her voice other than 'putting on airs' and 'acting like a fool'.

"Ah, but in the end I couldn't come up with the perfect way to kill him. All I could think of were all sorts of ridiculous, laughable methods... Maybe I just don't have the brain to carry out the perfect murder, hahaha... *stare*"

Ryouya Hasumi gave a wry smile, then noticed that Chang Rong wasn't trying to flatter her as usual. So she simply moved her chair and sat down in front of Chang Rong, using her sharp, golden eyes to gaze intently at the white-haired boy.

“No, that…” Chang Rong continued to look away.

"I've really got you under control—[eye contact control]!"

Ryota Hasumi simply used magic to fix Chang Rong's gaze directly on her.