My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 88: The Butterfly’s Wings

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: The Butterfly’s Wings

Shirakawa Sawahei stood frozen on the spot.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand what Hayakawa Kashi’s move was for.

Inviting him to the school festival? What’s the point of that? Could it be that she’s trying to make me a target of public criticism to exact revenge?

Shirakawa Sawahei immediately began to sinisterly speculate on Miss Kaori’s actions.

You can’t really blame him. Hayakawa Kashi is someone who acts willfully and freely. She’s dark-humored and holds grudges. She does things purely based on her interest, and if she’s not interested, no matter what you do, you can’t get her attention.

But such a proud and willful lady actually invited him to the school festival? Isn’t that a potential danger signal?

Hayakawa Kashi seemed to read Shirakawa Sawahei’s mind and said lightly: "I just want to visit the school festival, and you owe me a favor, coincidentally."

"Didn’t we agree on having a meal together?" he said in frustration.

"You can choose to treat me for a meal as well."

Shirakawa Sawahei glimpsed the dangerous glint in Hayakawa Kashi’s eyes, hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"Fine, let’s visit the festival."

...

As campus celebrities, Shirakawa Sawahei and Hayakawa Kashi naturally became the center of attention the moment they appeared. Everyone automatically turned their gaze upon them as if witnessing the most inconceivable thing.

"??? Isn’t that Hayakawa? How come she’s walking with Shirakawa!"

"OMG, is there something wrong with my eyes? At the opening ceremony, Shirakawa was so mean to Hayakawa..."

"You’re too out of the loop; there were already rumors that Shirakawa approached Hayakawa several times, probably captivated by her beauty and went to apologize in shame~"

"Really, did Shirakawa actively pursue Lord Kaori? How come we in the Kaori Guard Team didn’t hear about this!"

"Damn it! I just saw him coming out of the haunted house, hugging another super cute girl! Hayakawa must have been deceived by him!"

"Brothers, that Shirakawa Sawahei, we must take him down! Who will join me to rise up?"

The girl beside him seemed quite calm, as if she hadn’t noticed the surrounding people, and naturally, Shirakawa Sawahei wasn’t about to overthink it.

The two walked side by side, parting the curious crowd like Moses splitting the Red Sea. Hayakawa Kashi frowned slightly and whispered, "Shall we change places?"

"Okay."

That signaled Hayakawa Kashi’s desire to explore the freshman area. Too many people in their grade recognized them, and being surrounded like watching a circus show made it understandable why Miss Kaori was displeased.

The situation was significantly better on the freshman side. Hayakawa Kashi chose a noodle stand run by a class where she and Shirakawa Sawahei sat down.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Seafood noodles," Hayakawa Kashi said, pointing to a name on the menu above the stall.

Shirakawa Sawahei was quite pleased with Hayakawa Kashi’s behavior. Unlike some girls who pretend to be demure by saying "anything" for a meal and then silently complain about the boy not understanding them after the order is placed.

What you want to eat is what you eat, straightforward and uncomplicated.

After placing the order, Shirakawa Sawahei sat down and started a conversation: "Hayakawa, have you never attended a school festival before?"

"I happened to be sick last year, so I took leave."

"Is that so." Shirakawa Sawahei was momentarily stunned; during his freshman year, he paid no attention to these events, let alone whether the news of Hayakawa Kashi’s absence reached his ears.

"Didn’t you also not attend, Shirakawa?"

"Hmm, I had something last year."

"Oh?" Hayakawa Kashi asked casually while flipping through a booklet in the store: "Was it important?"

"Not really important, just studying."

Hayakawa Kashi looked at him with a bit of amusement: "It seems that Shirakawa put in a lot of effort to become top of the class."

Indeed, success is said to be three-part fate, seven-part hard work. The remaining ninety percent is being a genius with the power of money.

Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t have the power of money, but that didn’t stop him from being a genius.

As the two continued leisurely eating their noodles, on the other side, the gossip quickly reached the ears of the student council president, Mita Takuma.

In the conference room, Mita Takuma sat with a sullen face, surveying a group of silent aides.

"You all just heard what happened, right?"

"What are everyone’s thoughts?"

The strategist, glasses-wearing Tanemura, sighed: "We can’t afford to let our guard down. I’ve always said we need to keep a close eye on Shirakawa junior."

"Even if we ignore the Child of the Plane issue, just his interactions with Hayakawa is the ultimate coy tactic from a shoujo manga!"

Mita Takuma tightly furrowed his brows and said in shock: "That’s impossible... Reality isn’t a manga; what girl would like a guy who contradicts himself?"

"There’s something wrong with this guy!"

"None of this matters now. The urgent task is to quickly confirm if Hayakawa is already involved with Shirakawa Sawahei."

"If not, Takuma, your grand confession could become a laughingstock!"

"Yes! Quickly contact people from the Kaori Guard Team! See if they can give us any insight!"

The aides rushed to reach out to their contacts. Finally, one aide, full of excitement, said: "Not yet! People from the Guard Team said they haven’t noticed any signs of Hayakawa dating!"

"Great!"

"Hooray!"

The conference room erupted in laughter, and Mita Takuma let out a long sigh of relief, slumping back into his chair.

The strategist waved a feather fan out of nowhere with a mystifying smile on his face: "Celebrating now is a bit premature. The true victory of our plan will be at the finals!"

"What’s your plan, Tanemura?"

"Heaven’s secret... Ouch, Takuma, why did you hit me?"

"Stop pretending. I know your idol is Kong Ming, but now’s not the time for your fanboying!"

Tanemura spoke seriously: "First, let everyone check their assignments to prevent any errors later on."

"You’re right. Questionnaire group? Are they here?"

"Here! The questions have been uploaded to the school’s USB drive."

"Host! Is the host the person we arranged for?"

"We’ve got it covered! They’ll execute our plan without any reactions no matter what happens!"

"Good, make sure to switch the screen’s music on time during the final event. Battles without background music are easily lost!"

"Yes, President, do you want the ’Wedding March’ or the theme song from ’Tokyo Love Story’?"

"’Tokyo Love Story’... It’s a bit old but seems to match my sincere feelings, so let’s go with that!"

"Got it!" Aide number one shouted energetically. But right after the shout, he suddenly felt a bit unwell.

It must have been something bad from last night’s seafood.

He decided to endure it. It won’t be long before it’s over anyway, he thought.

The butterfly’s wings began to flap quietly once again...

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