After the two figures disappeared, two other people began whispering to each other at the main entrance.

"Did you see those two going in?"

"This is a department store, right? Although I haven't been in much myself, what do you think those two are doing inside?"

Facing Seto Shiwo's inquiry, Toshimori Rinne nodded.

"Yeah, even skipping class, what are they doing inside? And why are we here?"

"Of course, we're here to find out what those two are up to."

Seto Shiwo replied firmly.

"But you're the class leader, right? Why are you here too? Shouldn't you be at the class meeting?"

Seto Shiwo hurriedly pointed the finger at Toshimori Rinne. Hearing this, the usually calm Toshimori Rinne...

"Sigh... I... of course, I'm just getting to know the situation of our classmates because I'm the class leader."

Somehow, she suddenly started stuttering.

"Well, I'm here for the same reason."

After some intense internal struggle, the two of them managed to come up with a reason for being there.

"So, what should we do? Although we're not sure what's going on, it feels like things could end up badly if we just leave it be."

"Yeah, we need to do something."

Seto Shiwo also agreed.

"But for now, we can only quietly follow them. After all... and we need to stop that guy before he makes a mistake."

"Yeah, you're right."

The two's opinions inexplicably reached a consensus.

What is it exactly, that mistake?

Just as the two were preparing to take action, suddenly...

"Isn't that Seto and Higashiyama?"

A familiar voice came from behind the two.

Somehow, it felt like being caught stealing.

So, the two trembled at the same time and slowly turned around.

"You're Tsuchimikado, right?"

"And that person, isn't she that guy's sister?"

Finally, the two saw who came.

"What the hell are you doing? That idiot brother of yours, he even skipped the class meeting."

Asuka completely ignored the others and cursed angrily.

"Amagi, judging by the time, you probably haven't been to the class meeting either."

Toshimori Rinne calmly retorted.

"... It's all because of that idiot brother. Who could concentrate on classes after seeing that?!"

"Simply put, you're here because you're worried about your brother, right?"

Upon hearing that, Asuka's angry expression immediately disappeared, replaced by...

"N-No! I'm just... if that idiot brother causes trouble again, I'll have to clean up the mess, that's it. I'm just trying to prevent future troubles, that's all."

Slightly flustered expression.

"I see, in other words, you just don't want to admit it."

Toshimori Rinne nodded, reaching that conclusion.

"Ah... why would you come to that kind of conclusion?!"

Asuka's voice dragged on for so long that it became pitchy.

"I've already said it, I just came here simply to prevent things from going in a bad direction."

However, that reason ultimately didn't work on Toshimori Rinne, as Rinne shifted their gaze onto another person.

"What about Tsuchimikado?"

"I'm not quite sure, but just like Miss Asuka, I simply felt that things would go bad if we continued like this, so I came to stop it."

"In other words, everyone here who skipped class has the same goal."

Rinne summed it up like this.

"Since we have the same goal, let's form a temporary alliance."

And so, an alliance formed with inexplicable purposes.