"Mizuo, it's time to go to school!"
In the early morning, Yuki shouted loudly from beneath Mizuo's house. Yuki wasn't good at speaking loudly, so her face turned red after just this one shout.
"Alright, watch me go down the stairs in style!"
In response to Yuki's voice, Mizuo bounced out of the room, one hand holding a backpack and the other holding the keys. Running all the way, halfway through, the loose panties slipped down with a swoosh. But agile Mizuo didn't trip, and effortlessly discarded the keys, freeing up a hand to do a splendid front flip, fixing the panties mid-air.
Of course, in real life, the panties don't make a swooshing sound when they slip down (laughs).
"Good morning, Yuki. Let's go to school."
Mizuo grabbed Yuki's hand and happily started to walk.
"Mizuo, where are your keys? Did you lock the door?"
Calm Yuki made a perfect remark.
Then Mizuo had to go back dejectedly to pick up the keys and lock the door.
It has been two weeks since Mizuo decided to face the upcoming life with strength.
The Uesugi family warmly invited Mizuo to live with them, but Mizuo insisted on staying in the house where she lived with her mother. She bought bread and milk at the convenience store for breakfast, ate lunch at the school cafeteria, and had dinner with Yuki at the Uesugi family. After dinner, she finished her homework and was sent back home by Chongzong.
After Koga Murasaki's death, she left a considerable amount of insurance for Mizuo. The Uesugi couple has applied to become Mizuo's guardians, helping her manage and use the inheritance together.
At this point, the turmoil caused by investigating the mastermind has temporarily come to an end.
Yes, temporarily.
Chongzong promised Mizuo that after she successfully entered middle school and finished her studies, he would fully assist her in bringing the mastermind to justice, ending the chain of evil and revenge.
On the other hand, Chongzong, Uesugi Yui, and the dispensable Eiji Hayamizu were also busy with their entrance exams from junior high to high school.
For Chongzong, there wasn't much pressure. Just treating it as a regular exam would be enough to achieve satisfactory results.
Uesugi Yui, who was heavily slanted towards certain subjects, couldn't say she was completely at ease, but her chosen path was somewhat special, so the slant didn't matter much.
As for Eiji Hayamizu...
There's probably no hope for him, right?
Eiji Hayamizu, facing a crisis in his entrance exams, was still desperately memorizing vocabulary words in the library, even though it had been three hours past the end of school.
Sitting across from him, Chongzong casually flipped through a nature magazine.
"I can't memorize them, Uesugi-kun!"
Every once in a while, Eiji Hayamizu would start complaining.
"If you can't memorize them, don't force yourself. Just go home, there are other paths even if you can't go to high school."
Chongzong teased Eiji Hayamizu with indifference.
And then, Eiji Hayamizu obediently closed his mouth and continued studying.
Chongzong was quite adept at using the technique of giving someone a taste of what they desire, which he applied to Hayamizu.
One of the reasons Chongzong helped Hayamizu study was his friendship with him (although that aspect was negligible), and the other reason was to repay Hayamizu's favor, as they had previously agreed.
The woman who was captured at Mizuo's house is currently being entrusted to Suisui for confinement. Only Chongzong and Suisui know about this woman, and Chongzong even keeps it a secret from the Uesugi family. Chongzong is well aware that this woman will be a crucial clue to capture the mastermind behind the scenes in the future.
