Her astounding talent in this regard could only be briefly expressed with the word "incredible."
"Anyway, I don't have a manuscript deadline coming up, and I have nothing else to do, so I'm just waiting to go to Antarctica." Eriri's voice carried an irrepressible lilt at the end of her sentence. Remembering that Kasumigaoka Utaha's new work had been delayed for quite some time, she asked in a hushed tone, "Do you still have no clue about your new work?"
"Sort of. But my editor has given me plenty of time. After all, my accumulated popularity is there; I can't just churn out crude trash to maintain the hype."
"You're actually pretty good when it comes to being responsible for your own work." Eriri considered this the only merit of this scheming woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, that she could praise openly and honestly.
"That's only natural. However..." Kasumigaoka Utaha paused, shifting her gaze from Jhin's direction back to Eriri. "It's really a wonder your family agreed to this trip to Antarctica."
"They said it would be good for me to go out and clear my mind. I really don't know what Jhin and the principal told them, but they signed the consent form the moment I got back. What about your family?"
"Same situation." Kasumigaoka Utaha shrugged. She was genuinely curious about how the school had explained things to the parents, actually allowing Jhin to drag along so many people—even girls from other schools.
Jhin had just posted the photo to the Kessoku Band group chat when he looked up and saw Gabriel walking over. A smile rose on his face. "You're here just in time!"
Hmph, so he was planning to send me a copy after all. For the sake of his initiative, I won't hold this against him.
Gabriel's tiger-like, aggressive strides slowed down, and her anger gauge depleted significantly. She transformed from a hissing golden cat into a lazy, big orange cat.
However, Jhin's gaze bypassed Gabriel entirely. He shouted to Satania, who had just caught up at the very back, "Satania, come here quick! I remember you bought Kessoku Band's album too. Come say hello to Nijika and the others."
Cr-crack.
Satania passed by Gabriel, who had frozen into a stone statue. The breeze she stirred up brushed against the gray-white surface of the sculpture like a hammer blow. Instantly, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the stone statue before it shattered into a pile of rubble on the ground.
"Hehe, Gab got happy for nothing."
Raphiel closed her eyes and took a deep breath of the fragrance of amusement permeating the air. Gabriel's self-indulgent fantasy had been ruthlessly shattered by Jhin; this was simply too delightful.
"Stop making snide remarks over there and come help me put Gab back together." Vignette urged Raphiel as she hurriedly ran to the debris, attempting to repair the shattered Gabriel.
Jhin introduced Satania to the members of Kessoku Band. "This is Satania. You guys probably saw her during your first concert, and she seems to have come to watch the Culture Festival performance last time too. You could say she's a veteran fan of yours. That other band uniform I asked Nijika for previously was one she wanted to buy."
"Thank you for your continued support!" Nijika excitedly stepped forward, grasping Satania's hands with both of hers and shaking them up and down vigorously.
"No need for this, you're making me embarrassed." It was Satania's first time being thanked so solemnly. She wasn't used to it, but she couldn't bring herself to avoid someone's gratitude.
"Um, Satania-chan, would you like to take a group photo with us?" Kita Ikuyo hadn't expected to meet a band fan during the safety training camp. Since she didn't have any suitable small gifts on hand, she decided to use a photo as a substitute.
"Sure."
Satania accepted readily, letting Jhin serve as the photographer to take a commemorative photo of her with the four members of Kessoku Band.
Jhin had just returned the phone to Satania after taking the picture when he was tackled to the ground by a golden flash pouncing at him.
"Jhin! Why didn't you send the photo to me voluntarily?"
Gabriel sat aggressively on Jhin's lower abdomen, flames of rage burning in her pupils. It looked as if she would add a few cat-scratch wounds to his face if she didn't get the answer she wanted.
Nijika stared wide-eyed in shock.
What is the relationship between this blonde girl and Jhin?
Just as the doubt surfaced in her mind, she suddenly remembered she was blonde too. She'd better change the description.
What is the relationship between this girl radiating the aura of a useless bum and Jhin?
Jhin caught Gabriel's hands to stop her and repeated himself, "Stop making a fuss, I'll give it to you."
"It's not that I want it, it's that you gave it to me yourself!"
"Right, right, right, everything you say is correct."
"Tsk, my hand is full of your saliva. So dirty." Gabriel wiped her fingers on Jhin's body with a look of disgust before finally getting off him. She didn't forget to add a supplement: "If you forget your best friend again next time, the punishment won't be just this little bit."
"Understood, understood."
Gabriel let out a light hmph and flew away quickly.
"Bocchi-chan..." Nijika walked over to Hitori Gotoh and asked in a low voice, "Do you really not think Tenma-san's behavior toward Jhin is too intimate?"
"Eh? But didn't she say she and Jhin are best friends?"
"Can best friends do that?!" Nijika couldn't understand Hitori Gotoh's thought process.
Ryo leaned in and gave a thumbs up. "That's just how best friends are. Don't mind other people's views, Bocchi-chan."
As someone secretly intimate with Jhin, she had to give Hitori Gotoh, the official girlfriend, plenty of 'vaccinations'—though judging by Hitori's attitude, it seemed completely unnecessary.
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