Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

*

The hot air surged in the classroom.

The cicadas outside the window kept chirping, making people feel upset and distracted, and there was no way to calm down.

A small group of girls were chatting near the window in the classroom.

"Did you know? Hoshino Ai was photographed visiting the fireworks display with other boys yesterday."

"Dating an idol is a big no-no. They have to shave their heads, right?"

"That's from the old idols. What era is it now?"

"By the way, who is she dating?"

"It's a mysterious silver-haired man. Here are some secretly taken photos."

A girl found a paparazzi and took a photo, then handed it to everyone.

"Hey, why does this reminder sound so much like Kitahara-san?"

"It's really similar."

"It's unlikely to be Kitahara-kun. If it was Kitahara-kun, Li Yi would have skinned him alive."

At this point, the girls all laughed meaninglessly.

"That's great! I want a boyfriend too...ah, look!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the finger and saw two boys standing under the scorching midday sun on a baseball field where girls would never go.

A boy stood on the pitcher's mound, swinging his arms and throwing the ball again and again, while another boy stood nearby and measured the ball's speed.

The scorching sun shone on the pitcher, and sweat soaked his white shirt. The clothes stuck to his body, vaguely revealing the smooth muscles and heaving chest underneath.

As the girls watched, they felt a little breathless for some reason.

"I'm going to wash my hands."

A girl was the first to come to her senses. She blushed, squeezed her legs together, and walked quickly to the bathroom in small steps.

The other girls reacted and lowered their eyes shyly.

"Kitahara-kun is so handsome!"

"Hey, you don't like him, do you? Believe it or not, the Shuchiin ladies have issued a Tokyo hunting order for you."

"There's no such thing. I'm just lustful."

"How dare you say that!"

"I'm a good girl. I don't smoke, drink, or mess around. I'm just a little bit naughty, so what?"

"If Kitahara confesses to me, I'll be willing even if it's three times a day."

"You little bitch, you're eating and taking things at the same time, right?"

The girls started laughing and playing.

The lunch break passed quickly, and Kitahara Takashi and Tanaka Kouta were sweating all over.

The two of them were now covered in sweat and were too embarrassed to go back to the classroom, so they simply sat in the shade of the corridor, enjoying the cool air while drinking iced soda bought from the vending machine.

"Zun, why are you suddenly interested in baseball?"

Tanaka Kouta asked while sitting on the steps.

Kitahara Takashi rolled the cold bottle of noodles on his face.

"I plan to become the starting pitcher for the baseball team within a week and replace Shota in Koshien."

"..."

Tanaka Kota was silent after hearing this. After a while, he said, "Give up. You can't do it."

Although Kitahara Takashi is very talented in baseball, his fastest pitching speed can reach 139km/H.

If placed in a weak team, there would be no problem for Kitahara Takashi to become the starting pitcher.

But if he were to be placed in a strong team, especially a strong team in Koshien, Kitahara Takashi's pitching speed wouldn't even allow him to make the second team.

Almost all those who can enter Koshien are geniuses from each prefecture (prefecture > city in Japan).

Maybe you are a piece of gold, but there are people everywhere in Koshien.

"What if the current ball speed is not my limit?"

Kitahara Takashi is very smart and knows that he can't do it alone.

So he decided to open a small business.

System, add some points!

Let me see your limits!

167

Chapter 167 Are you planning to go into the sea?

"No, are you serious?"

Sitting by the window of a newly opened dessert shop in Shibuya, Tokyo, Takashi Kitahara first looked down at the stack of money placed in front of him, then looked up at the "cold" girl, Shoko Komi, who was sitting opposite him.

This location and combination, combined with the scene at this moment, doesn't look like a date at all, but more like a sponsorship.

And the woman is supporting the man.

Both Kitahara Takashi and Furumi Shoko were quite conspicuous in the crowd. From the moment they entered the store, people looked at them intentionally or unintentionally.

As soon as Jian Gu Jian Gaozi sat down, she took out a wad of money, and the female high school students around her gave her strange looks.

"Ah."

Komi Nozomi's expression grew even colder.

People who don’t know her might think that this cold beauty is angry.

In fact, Komi Shoko just frowned because she started to get nervous because people around her were looking at her.

"I remember your family isn't very wealthy."

Kitahara Takashi did not take the money immediately.

He may be greedy for money, but like luxury goods, he only cheats the rich and not the poor.

"Ah."

"Where does this money come from?"

Komi Glass lowered her head to type, then raised her phone: [New Year's money]

Now, Komi Shoko can communicate normally with Kitahara Takashi, but only within one word.

If it takes more than one word, Komi Shoko's language system will collapse.

"Did you know that it's expensive to date me?"

Kitahara Tsutomu picked up the stack of money and counted it. There was a total of 270,000 yuan. For a high school student, this was a considerable sum of money.

"With this money, you can only order from me twice at most. Even if I give you a discount and let you order three times, what will you do after the third time?"

Komi Shoko remained silent, but her expression became more serious and oppressive.

Kitahara Takashi picked up a stack of money and tapped it gently on the head of Komi Shoko.

"Be good, go back."

Kitahara Takashi placed the money in front of Komi Shoko, then put on his backpack and prepared to go to the baseball batting cage to practice swinging.

Komi Glass gently tugged at his clothes, took a deep breath, and lowered her head to type: [Then I'll go work and earn money.]

"Are you planning to work to support me?"

"Ah."

Komi Nozomi clenched her fists and looked determined as if she wanted to join the party.

Beiyuan Zun suddenly felt that he didn't have to rely on others for money.

At least he couldn't eat the soft rice that was Komi Nozomi.

"Don't...what are you going to do?"

Kitahara Takashi was about to refuse, but then he thought about how Komi Shoko's dream was to make a hundred friends, and thought that if he let her work part-time and make new friends, the other party would stop bothering him.

Kitahara Takashi now has too many female friends and he can’t chat with them all anymore, so he has to lay off some to control the number.

Komi Shoko is a kind-hearted girl from a family with neither good nor bad financial conditions. She is his first target for layoffs.

This girl is too naive, so naive that Beiyuan Zun would feel guilty for living off her.

[Before I left the subway station, a talent scout sent me a postcard.]

【You can earn 50,000 yen per photo! 】

Give a newcomer 50,000?

Is this a serious movie?

"Do you have a business card?"

"Have."

Komi Shoko took out the business card given by the scout from the pocket of her skirt.

"Hokuto Group Haneda Takumi."

After reading the business card, Kitahara Tsutomu rubbed his forehead with his fingertips, feeling a headache.

"Are you going into the sea?"

Furumi Glass: "?"

"Do you know what company this is?"

[Entertainment company?]

"That's Japan's largest adult video production group, and the company it founded, DMM, is also Japan's largest adult film sales website."

The company also operates record labels and develops software, but this does not change its nature as a record-selling group.

What is an adult video?

Kitahara Tsutomu looked at the clear yet foolish eyes of Komi Nozomi, and he knew that this girl might really not understand, and was not one of those girls who knew everything but insisted on not understanding.

"I'd like to state in advance that this was sent to my phone by my friend without my permission. I haven't read it yet and I put on my headphones in the end."

Kitahara Takashi decided to let her experience it herself, so he handed her the phone with earphones plugged in.

Komi Shoko took it and looked down. It was a series of videos, but the titles were all strange, like: "After the Graduation Ceremony - Kijima Airi", "Missed the Last Bus and Lived in a Junior's House - Kawakita Ayaka", "My Daughter's Fiance Turns Out to Be My Ex-Boyfriend - Mito Kana", "My Convenience Store Worker's Wife - Ito Mayuki", "Seductive Legs Exuding Pheromones - Akari Tsumugi"...

She put on her headphones and clicked on one of the videos, jumping directly to the place where Kitahara Tsutomu was watching last time.

The next moment, her face began to turn visibly red, and her wide-open eyes turned into a mess of wool.

This, this, this, this... Is this something a high school girl like her can see?

“This is what you’re going to shoot.”

Kitahara Takashi took off one of her headphones and tapped her head.

"Do you still want to go?"

Komi Nozomi's little head shook like a rattle, and she quickly returned the phone to Kitahara Takashi, as if the phone was some kind of monster.

"If you really want to work, I can introduce you to someone."

Kitahara Tsutomu felt that if he let this girl find a job, she would probably be cheated.

Let’s call someone to take care of her.

*

In a popular family in Nerima Ward, Tokyo.

Wearing a plain grey casual outfit, pigtails, and glasses, Chizuru Ichinose propped her face up with her hands as she listened to Kitahara Takashi finish: "So, you found me?"