As the relaxing and pleasant time came to an end, how to bypass the security guard at the school gate and return home normally became a problem that Reina needed to think about and worry over.
She stood by the window, her gaze piercing through the night, landing on the guardroom at the school gate, which was lit with a warm white light.
From such a distance, the security guard's figure was naturally invisible, but that small point of light itself was enough to constitute a form of invisible deterrence.
"Rin."
Rin was folding up the folding chair; hearing the call, her movements stopped instantly, and she turned her head to look at her.
"What's wrong?"
"That..." Reina raised her hand, pointing toward the school gate, "The security guard... is it no longer allowing entry or exit?"
She remembered that the student handbook distributed at enrollment stated that club activities should, in principle, end before 6:00 PM, and special circumstances required prior application.
And at this moment, the time on her phone screen had already passed seven o'clock.
Rin glanced in the direction her finger was pointing.
"Mm." She nodded, "At this time, the main gate should be locked."
"Eh——?!"
Reina's tone involuntarily rose a pitch; realizing this might attract attention, she quickly covered her mouth and lowered her voice.
"Then how are we supposed to get out? We can't... we can't climb over the wall, right?"
Some rather ominous images were already starting to appear in her mind.
Sneaking over the wall, only to be caught on the spot by the security guard, raising her hands while being asked for her class, followed by reporting to the homeroom teacher, notifying parents, and receiving a disciplinary record...
Her school life was already chaotic enough; she didn't need to add such a "glorious" deed to it.
Rin looked at her face, which was gradually losing color from excessive overthinking, and remained silent for two seconds.
"...Why not?"
"If caught, it's staying at school after hours without reason, but as long as we aren't caught, we are just leaving school normally."
"Isn't that right?"
...It sounded like it made a lot of sense.
And... hearing Rin's confident tone... why did it feel like she had done this kind of thing more than once...
[If it fails, it's a rebellion; if it succeeds, it's a revolution!]
[Is Fujimori Girls Academy also going to hold an unrestricted fighting tournament?]
[Loyalty! Loyalty!]
[Friends, what do I do? I think I'm really starting to ship Reina × Rin more and more... Even though not long ago I was still a member of the Aizawa faction.]
[Rin: Haha, so that's what fans were like for you guys? It's completely different over here~]
[Wow, there's even NTR.]
After struggling with her thoughts for a while, the conflicted expression on Reina's face gradually faded.
...It really was that kind of logic.
"Then, what should we do?"
Rin blinked, a look of satisfaction appearing on her face like "the child is teachable."
"Actually, this matter is not as difficult and complicated as you imagine."
"The wall is right behind the old school building we are in. Under normal circumstances, the security guard basically won't patrol there."
"There is a short tree near the wall that isn't very tall; we just need to climb that tree, then slowly move to the wall and climb over..."
"..."
Watching Rin speak so articulately, Reina's attention couldn't help but drift.
At this very moment, a sentence was gradually emerging in her mind:
...She really is a repeat offender.
However, this was within expectations.
After all, Rin is that kind of person.
Mysterious, special, and always unconventional.
"...Reina, did you understand?"
"Eh?"
By the time Reina came back to her senses, the girl in front of her had finished explaining at some point and was now looking at her calmly.
"I understood."
Uh... behind the old school building, wall, climb tree, then climb over.
That should be it, right?
I don't feel like I remember it very clearly... but it doesn't matter, I'll just follow Rin when the time comes.