The other three members of the unqualified quartet blinked.
They saw Oshika Masaru's fleeing figure.
Then they began to realize that Yamano Yuta probably wasn't exaggerating.
This Brother Hayato was truly a brother.
They looked at Hayato in shock.
Hayato, however, was calm. As if he had only done some minor work, he continued to focus on the topic on his desk.
"No, Brother."
The boy who had just been condescending towards Hayato now immediately sat opposite Hayato, bowing and scraping, even his address becoming ingratiating: "Why is Oshika Masaru so afraid of you, Mr. Hayashi?"
"He's got something wrong with his head," Hayato said casually.
He had no intention of answering.
It was just The male deer; how could he affect his pursuit of knowledge?
"But The male deer has a certain influence in our high school," the boy reminded him.
"I'm not from your high school," Hayato replied indifferently.
Well-reasoned and convincing.
The boy couldn't find a flaw in his words for a moment, and it took him a while to realize something was wrong.
"You're not from our high school, and you're not even a local. Aren't you afraid he'll retaliate?"
Upon hearing this, Hayato also looked up at the boy.
His gaze was kind and friendly.
This made the boy realize in an instant that, in Hayato's eyes, it wasn't just Oshika Masaru who was "crazy"; even he himself was now categorized in that group.
"Study hard, and stop thinking about such pointless things," Hayato said.
"…Alright," the boy said.
But Hayato realized that after forcing Oshika Masaru to retreat, not only did Yamano Yuta and his friends surprisingly start talking to him, but even other customers looked his way—after all, as the boy had said earlier, Oshika Masaru indeed had some influence at Hachijojima High School, and most of the customers sitting there were students who came to study for their exams.
If he wanted to, Hayato could still study as if no one else was there.
However, although the four guys around him didn't speak to him again, they were enjoying the attention from these people, and one of them even raised his hand and waved.
It was as if he was saying, "See that? That's my brother, even Oshika Masaru is intimidated by him!"
Hayato put down his pen.
If he stayed here, strange rumors might spread. Being new, he wasn't particularly afraid himself, but his relationship with Grandma Nanaki… that is, Nanakio, was currently like a small pudding popsicle taken out of the fridge for two minutes—half-frozen.
Moreover, Nanakio's old baby girlfriends would be quite curious and come to ask her about him, so it was better not to make Nanakio uncomfortable.
The current problem was, besides this family restaurant,
"Is there anywhere else I can study? Preferably somewhere quiet," he asked. It seemed there wasn't a library in this place.
He had asked Nanao Akane before, and she said the nearest library, the Yaso Inaba City Library, was in the neighboring town.
"School."
"The school library!"
"That's right, to accommodate for final exam revisions, the school library is open until late at night now."
Although the unqualified trio didn't study, they knew about places to study. The only minor flaw was,
"Have you considered that I'm not a student at your school?" Hayato said.
"No problem. The gatekeeper at Hachijojima High School has nearsightedness, presbyopia, and astigmatism, totaling over 1600 degrees," one of them said.
Whoa, what a disaster, Hayato sighed.
"So you just need to wear our school uniform to enter and exit freely," Yamano Yuta said.
"Brother, don't be shy, I'll lend you my school uniform," another person said.
His height was a bit shorter than Hayato's, but his width was twice Hayato's, so he always wore a large-sized school uniform.
Plus, the mornings in Yaso Inaba were indeed cool.
So he also brought his jacket.
Hayato put it on; it was a bit too big and didn't fit perfectly, but he could manage.
As for the pants, they were also black casual style, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't tell if they were school uniform or private clothes.
"Oh, thank you very much," Hayato said.
He began to pack up the things on the table.
"No, no need to be polite," the chubby boy said somewhat shyly. How to put it, doing something for this person gave him a sense of joy, like he had found a strong backer.
And, looking at Hayato's departing back, the chubby boy's cheeks were flushed.
"As expected of my clothes, they look so handsome when worn," he nodded repeatedly in affirmation.
"Is it possible it's because of the person?" Yamano Yuta scoffed.
After Hayato sent Nanao Akane a message that he might be home late today,
Ayaka-senpai's message came from the inbox.
> "—"
Hayato:?
Meaningless?
Just as he scrolled down, his phone vibrated again.
It was still from Kobayashi Ayaka, and it was the same message.
> "—"
Hayato: …
He decisively turned off his phone screen.
Hachijojima High School is very close to the shopping street, separated only by the Samegawa Riverbank.
At this time, those who should have left school had already left, and those who shouldn't had stayed inside, diligently studying.
There were only a few scattered students.
But Hayato still attracted their attention.
"From our school?"
"Nonsense, which class? Why don't I know? Oh, junior or senior? Can I… can I ask for your Line ID?"
"Hmph, this kid, his looks are not inferior to mine in my prime. Even I would have to retreat three paces upon seeing him now!"
"Alas, my dear subject, if you retreat, that's a lifetime of retreat!"
Hayato ignored them and walked into the school with his backpack.
The elderly, dim-sighted gatekeeper merely looked up at Hayato. Perhaps he felt that his overall color matched the school, so he showed no intention of stopping him.
The Hachijojima High School library wasn't large; it naturally couldn't compare to the city library, and it was about half the size of Baiqiu High School's. However, it was very quiet—presumably, those who chose to stay in the library were all diligent students.
As Hayato walked in, he saw a notice:
"Please do not eat snacks in the library."
"…" Hayato wondered if he would encounter tall, busty girls in this school as he looked at the notice.
Then he casually found an empty seat and sat down.
All he heard were the sounds of furious writing. Even if there was communication, it was very quiet and cautious, mostly about study-related topics.
Heaven.
After fully experiencing this atmosphere, Hayato came to the conclusion: "^".
Comrades, I've finally found the right organization.
Thinking this, he had just pulled out his textbook when the person next to him gave him a startled look.
Hayato felt it and looked back.
It really was a tall, black-haired girl with big breasts.
But it had absolutely nothing to do with Yamada ● Na.
The person looking at Hayato was Shizunomiya Natsuki.
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