The goal of life is to break up all couples

It would be fine if she was just a marginal member of the small group, but Miura Yumiko is the leader of the small group... Once she quits, Ebina Hina and Yuigahama Yui will follow her no matter what, and by then the small group will be basically falling apart.

Hayato Hayama couldn't help but feel a little headache. Fortunately, it seemed that with Matsueda Azusa's personality, they would not develop a romantic relationship in a short period of time, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with.

"Hey, you seem to be thinking about something really rude."

At this moment, Matsueda Azusa suddenly turned around and spoke to Hayama Hayato.

Hayato Hayama came back to his senses instantly, with a gentle and somewhat awkward smile on his face: "I'm sorry, I was just daydreaming. Matsueda-san, you misunderstood."

"Really? I thought you were thinking about how to stop me from destroying the little group you've been thinking about so much?"

Matsueda Azusa asked back with an innocent look on her face.

Hayato Hayama's expression froze for a moment.

Matsueda Azusa reached out and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, I have absolutely no interest in your house games. Why would I bother to tear you apart? Don't overthink it."

No, no, no, generally speaking, people who say this are definitely already planning how to do this thing!

After hearing this, even Hayato Hayama couldn't hold back his expression and revealed a momentary look of doubt.

"I know you don't believe it."

Matsueda Azusa crossed his legs and said, "If you don't believe me, ask Miura. We accepted the commission. As an honest merchant—bah—honest society, we wouldn't intentionally do anything that would cause the commission to fail."

Hayato Hayama curled the corners of his mouth. Although he didn't know what the commission was, what Matsueda Azusa said made him even more worried!

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Chapter 220 It’s just dodder.

The Shinkansen departs from Tokyo and arrives in Kyoto in about two hours.

According to today's itinerary, the first attraction to visit seems to be a place called Kiyomizu-dera Temple.

To be honest, Matsueda Azusa had never heard of this place.

But the only good thing is that now I don’t have to take the subway by myself. Sobu High School has arranged buses for each class in Kyoto.

As mentioned before, Matsueda Azusa has absolutely no interest in traveling or sightseeing.

So he kept his attention on Tobe and Ebina along the way.

Although Yumiko Miura had been secretly complaining about why he always followed their small group, it was just talk.

Matsueda Azusa followed the person in front of him closely, thinking secretly.

Tobe is exactly what he appears to be: a brainless, frivolous guy who stirs up the group and stirs up the atmosphere. However, he can be a bit too rash, and his thoughtless, overly radical comments can often put others in awkward situations, forcing Hayato Hayama to intervene and resolve conflicts. However, he can also put Hayato Hayama in a difficult position.

As for Himena Ebina...

Honestly, Matsueda Azusa thought this girl was a bit scary. She hadn't paid much attention to this follower of Miura Yumiko before, so she didn't have much feeling about her. She just thought of her as a weirdo who used the appearance of a fujoshi to hide her true identity and deliberately fit in with the small group.

But now it seems...it seems to be much more than that.

Matsueda Azusa had been observing Ebina since she got off the bus and entered the scenic area. She had been smiling the entire time—if that were all, it would have been fine—but her smile hadn't changed at all, from the beginning until now, even when she was taking the photo. It was like she was wearing a mask, and this was especially obvious in the photo.

It made Azusa Matsueda feel like she was in the uncanny valley. Seriously, if you can't laugh, then don't laugh. Fake smiles are scary.

So, what exactly does this person want? If she truly has a genuine attachment to this group, then why doesn't she give it her all, instead pretending to be so? But if it's all just a false pretense, then why is she defending this group at all? Is there some other motive...

No, after all, it's just a campus group, not a gang or a spy organization. There are no so many inexplicable reasons.

So...was it because he was afraid that revealing his true self would mean he would no longer be accepted by the group? Was it an unconscious disguise, or was it a deliberate one?

If you put it that way, it actually feels a bit like Nagasaki Suyo.

It's highly likely that the Tobe group, or even Miura Yumiko, didn't realize this, but...did Hayato Hayama actually notice it? If he did, did he do anything, or did he take no action at all?

Come to think of it, this small group is full of troubled teenagers. Jing is still too bad at judging people. The one who should be shoved into the Service Club for personality remediation is probably Ebina Hime.

But that would also possibly lead Yukinoshita Yukino astray. But she's already been led astray anyway...

"Wow, it's a love fortune-telling stone!"

At this moment, Ebina Hina pointed to a place not far away and spoke with her smile and voice that seemed to never change.

Matsueda Azusa came to his senses and glanced in the direction he was pointing.

The love fortune-telling stones are two stones about ten meters apart. It is said that if you can walk from one side to the other with your eyes closed, your love will blossom and bear fruit.

To be honest, this is not called a "divination" stone at all. The divination element in it is not as high as picking flower petals to predict whether the other person likes you.

But now the challenger up there looks so familiar...

Ah, speaking of Cao Cao, here comes Cao Cao, it turns out to be Xiao Jing.

This girl was working so hard to get through the game, even being blindfolded didn't slow her down at all, she was just speedrunning. How badly did she want to find a boyfriend...

Although it is said that those who successfully pass the level will be able to find a partner, Matsueda Azusa feels that Shizuka Hiratsuka, who passed the level at such a terrifying speed, will probably find her partner as well.

"Oh! Then I'm next!"

Tobe glanced cautiously at Himena Ebina, then jumped in excitedly, waving his hands. "I'm sure I'll clear it in one try!"

Looking at the other people who were gathered together, making noise and having fun, Ebina Hina, who had kept her eyes on them and maintained a smile, finally revealed an inexplicable obscure look, and seemed a little lonely, but only for a moment.

Of course, this was also caught by Matsueda Azusa, because he had been observing the human world.

"It won't last long."

Matsueda Azusa stood beside her, crossed his arms and whispered.

"?"

Saki Kawasaki, who was standing next to him, heard Matsueda Azusa say something inexplicably incoherent, glanced at him with some confusion, and found that he was actually talking to Ebina Hina.

Although she thought it would be more polite for her not to eavesdrop on such whispers, gossip was human nature. So, she quietly took a step closer.

Ebina Hime didn't turn around, but just replied softly: "There's nothing we can do about it. It's as long as it takes."

Matsueda Azusa stroked his chin. "It doesn't matter if what they accept isn't the real you, right?"

Apparently, since the rest of the group wasn't around, Ebina Hina no longer felt the need to maintain a facade—or rather, no need to pretend in front of Matsueda Azusa—so she countered, "How can I not be myself when I'm wearing a mask? There's no such thing as real or fake. Ultimately, there's only 'me.'"

"That's true."

These words were very similar to what Yamada Ryo said to Matsueda Azusa before. Matsueda Azusa felt that there was some truth in them and did not want to refute them. "But that would be very hard."

"If not...either it will be hard for them to accept me back, or it will be even harder for me to leave them."

Ebina Hime smiled at Matsueda Azusa and said, "So this isn't really hard work at all."

"You're much stronger than me, Ebina."

Matsueda Azusa sighed: "If I were like you, the band probably wouldn't have disbanded at all."

Hiding her gaze behind her glasses, Ebina Hina said, "After all, we are all just dodders that can't live without each other."

"No, maybe that way the band wouldn't break up, but I'd be the only one suffering. I can't stand that."

Songzhi Zi shook his head. "Isn't it nice to live a little selfishly like me sometimes?"

Ebina Hime shook her head in denial: "I live like this because I'm selfish."

"Huh... It feels like I'm debating with myself."

Songzhi Zi scratched the back of his head. "But look, you're talking to me like this, and nothing bad has happened, right?"

Ebina Himena smiled and replied, "That's why we're not friends, Matsueda-san."

"You're just like Azusa Matsueda in the IF line!"

Songzhi Zi couldn't help but complain: "I got goose bumps. Fortunately, I didn't become like you!"

Ebina Hime turned back and said, "Then just look at me like this and take it as a warning. Ebina from the IF line."

"Eh, don't say that, it sounds disgusting."

Songzhi Zi waved his hand: "You wear a mask in front of them, but you don't wear a mask in front of me? I don't believe it. At best, you are just changing the mask."

He looked away, gazing at Hubu, who was blindfolded and jumping around on the love fortune-telling stone not far away. "Perhaps you're the one with the most terrifying gravity in this small group... Honestly, I really don't want to deal with someone like you. Anyway, just give Hubu that idea away, okay?"

Ebina Hime didn't answer, because Miura Yumiko, who was not far away, rushed back: "You started to act secretly just when I wasn't paying attention? And you actually went to Shanghai Laoming... Are you actually planning to deal with the client directly?! This won't do!"

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Chapter 221 The truth behind the challenge.

Why should the client be dealt with? Even the client himself is not in a hurry.

Azusa Matsueda actually understood that Hina Ebina had commissioned the matter to the Supervisory Department most likely just to give Yumiko Miura an excuse to challenge Azusa Matsueda.

The reason is very simple. It is not only because Ebina Hina did not give Hubu any chance at all, but also because Hubu himself did not have the ability to create opportunities or seize opportunities.

This guy was too obedient to the atmosphere. Normally, this personality wasn't necessarily good or bad; sometimes, it was just what was needed to liven things up. But to put it bluntly, using Hikigaya Hachiman's words, he was a slave to the atmosphere.

It is precisely because of this personality that the relationship between him and Ebina has not progressed. Every different moment of the atmosphere will make Tobe react, and he will not be able to take appropriate action.

This guy is actually timid because of the small group. If no one pushes him from behind, he probably won't launch an attack on Ebina until the end of the school trip.

Ebina Hina herself should be well aware of this, right? That's why she doesn't seem anxious. It's just that the potential for trouble like this has given her a sense of crisis, a sense that her small group might be impacted.

But honestly, even Matsueda Azusa herself believed that if she didn't want the group to have problems, she shouldn't have entrusted him with the task. So, ultimately, this could only be Miura's bad idea—and she definitely wasn't aware of what Matsueda Azusa had in mind, otherwise she wouldn't have done such a thing.

Thinking of this, Matsueda Azusa shook his head and ignored Miura Yumiko. He just raised his middle finger at her familiarly, and then dodged her grasp with quick eyes and hands.

The same trick won’t work on Matsueda Azusa a second time!

Yumiko Miura stared at Matsueda Azusa with a vigilant look as if she was guarding against a thief, and pulled Ebina Hime away from there.

"that……"

At this moment, seeing that everyone around them had dispersed, Kawasaki Saki, who had been quietly enjoying the show nearby, couldn't help but say, "Matsueda-san, I think you mentioned... Tobe-san just now?"

"Huh? So Kawasaki-san has been eavesdropping this whole time?"

In fact, Matsueda Azusa had discovered it a long time ago, but she didn't expect Saki Kawasaki to bring it up on her own initiative.

Kawasaki Saki seemed to be somewhat bewildered. "No wonder you took the initiative to sit here on the train. Now it seems that the club activities you and Miura mentioned were to prevent Tobe and Ebina from becoming a couple?"

Matsueda Azusa raised an eyebrow. "That's almost true. But, have you heard that Tobu likes Ebina?"

Kawasaki Saki sighed helplessly. "Actually, I'm not particularly interested, but it's so obvious. Even if I were just a marginalized person who was dragged over by Ebina-san, it wouldn't be hard to tell what's going on. But... I think even if you didn't stop them, they probably wouldn't succeed, right?"

Seriously, even an outsider like Saki Kawasaki can see this.

In fact, the focus of this commission is not to prevent the confession, but how to protect the group. In fact, this is not the job of the Supervisory Department at all. It is all caused by Yumiko Miura.

Matsueda Azusa nodded and said, "That's right. If something is impossible to come true, it will never come true no matter how hard you try."

Kawasaki Saki didn't expect Matsueda Azusa to admit it, which made her a little confused: "Then why..."

"There's nothing we can do. This is all caused by that Miura guy."

Songzhi Zi shrugged: "It's rare that she's so interested, so I'll just play with her."

"..."

Kawasaki Saki glanced away and said, "You two have a really good relationship."

"Is there such a thing?"

Miura Yumiko's voice suddenly rang out from the side.

Azusa Matsueda and Saki Kawasaki turned around and saw that Miura had run back here at some point, while Ebina was playing with Hayama's group.

Unexpectedly, the private gossip was discovered by the person involved. Even Saki Kawasaki couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

However, Miura Yumiko didn't intend to do anything to her. She just pulled Matsueda Azusa aside and said, "Since you think we have such a good relationship, I'll borrow this thing for a while. Is that okay with you?"

Although she said so, she did not give Saki Kawasaki a chance to answer.

Matsueda Azusa waved at Kawasaki Saki, then was pulled aside by Miura Yumiko: "You're talking like I'm some kind of object. Why did you have to drag me over here? Are you really afraid that I'll attack the client directly?"

Miura Yumiko crossed her arms and turned away: "I just wanted to find an opportunity to talk to you."

Songzhi Zi was a little confused: "What are we talking about? Why do we have to go through so much trouble?"

"What else could it be? Of course it's about Ebina."

Miura Yumiko tugged at the ends of her hair in a troubled manner. "I know you're quite observant. After watching for most of the day, you've probably figured it all out, right?"

Songzhi Zi tilted his head: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you talking about riddles? If your IQ is not high enough, don't try to be a riddle teller. No one will think you are handsome, they will just think you are pretending."