Yamano Yuta's face turned red, and he quickly shook his head and said:
"Of, of course not."
Nanao Akane saw through him at a glance and chuckled:
"Oh? Really? I don't believe it..."
"Re, really! I'm going to work hard in Tokyo in the future, so I don't have time for romance. Besides, my future girlfriend definitely has to be a trendy hot girl from a big city..."
Yamano Yuta said angrily. Unwilling to confess to Nanao Akane, he quickly steered the conversation towards Hayato: "Kobayashi-chan, let me introduce you. After this gas station is Yaso Inaba's 'commercial street.' The town's only bookstore and various shops are all located here. But if you want to buy department store goods or eat, I still recommend you go to 'Junis.' It's a shopping mall that opened less than two years ago. Although it's still a very boring place, the variety of goods is much better than this dilapidated commercial street."
"It's good that Junis could open, but this old commercial street is truly dilapidated..." Nanao Akane looked at the few people on the street and sighed sincerely.
"Compared to Tokyo, even Junis is not worth mentioning," Yamano Yuta said.
"What's that?"
Hayato asked, looking at the groups of boys and girls not far away, about their age, wearing summer uniforms.
As soon as he finished speaking, the bus stopped.
The commercial street was an important stop.
"Oh, they're students from Hachijojima High School, the only high school in Yaso Inaba. I also study there."
Yamano Yuta said with a smile, "Kobayashi-chan, didn't I just tell you? I didn't go to class because I was sick, but other students have to study until the twenty-first of this month. At this time...they should have just finished school. Hachijojima High School is very close to the commercial street, and Yaso Inaba is pitifully small, unlike Tokyo, so there aren't two separate bus stops."
Hayato nodded.
"Ah, isn't that Shinomiya?" Nanao Akane pointed to the most striking girl in the crowd.
The most striking feature of the girl was her silky, waist-length black hair, like satin, with a purple four-leaf clover hairpin clipped to her right bang.
She seemed quite popular, the soul of her small group.
Girls her age chattered around her.
"It is Natsuka nee-san," Yamano Yuta said. "They should be getting on this bus too, right?"
At this, he seemed to shyly lower his gaze and chuckled.
And as soon as Yamano Yuta finished speaking.
The girls also noticed that the bus had stopped at the platform and quickened their steps to jog over.
But halfway through their jog.
They were stopped.
Since her back was to the bus, Nanao Akane could only see the back of the person blocking their way.
He was also wearing the Hachijojima High School uniform—but it was a white shirt and pants combination. He was a boy.
He had bright yellow hair, and round earrings dangled from both ears.
They looked like iron, glinting with an inexpensive shine.
But he was quite tall, and his shoulders were wider than an ordinary boy's...at least much wider than Yamano Yuta's. He seemed to have deliberately worked out.
As soon as he blocked the way.
The previously cheerful and laughing group of girls instantly lost their mood.
The girls all looked with annoyed expressions at the soul of their group.
Shinomiya smiled softly at them and said, "You go ahead."
The girls nodded their heads, quite fearful.
Then they lowered their heads and walked over to the bus on their own.
"Oshika Masaru, what exactly do you want to do?"
Then the remaining two confronted each other.
The loud voice of the yellow-haired boy was so clear that Nanao Akane, sitting on the bus, could hear it distinctly.
"Shinomiya, I haven't seen that follower of yours around these past few days. Did he dump you? Haha, then why don't you come and have some fun with me?"
"Wow, hitting on her? Who is this guy?" Nanao Akane asked.
"Oshika Masaru, he's an annoying little hooligan..." Yamano Yuta said, his eyes darkening.
"Hooligan? Oh no, isn't Shinomiya in danger then?" Nanao Akane was a bit worried.
At this, Yamano Yuta, on the contrary, started to laugh:
"Don't worry, Akane, Natsuka nee-san has studied Aikido. A small hooligan like Oshika Masaru won't get the better of her. Just watch."
But Nanao Akane was still uneasy.
The slender Shizunomiya Natsuki was only robust in her chest and behind. (Translator's note: This is a direct translation of a slightly crude description of a woman's figure in Chinese web novels.)
Compared to Oshika Masaru, the difference was still too great, and Oshika Masaru was also much taller than her.
"Kobayashi-chan..." Nanao Akane wanted to ask Hayato for his opinion.
But,
"...Huh?"
"Wow..."
"?!"
The few girls who had just escaped Oshika Masaru and approached the bus let out exclamations.
Because they saw the white-shirted boy inside the bus step onto the window ledge and then leap out.
"...Kobayashi-chan?"
Nanao Akane called out.
She did want to ask Mr. Hayashi for help, but she didn't expect him to… rush over so directly.
Then the girl, Nanao Akane, and Yamano Yuta.
And Shizunomiya Natsuki, who was facing Oshika Masaru and could see the person behind him, watched with wide eyes.
Mr. Hayashi launched a flying kick, and the tip of his shoe landed in…
Oshika Masaru's groin.
"...Awoooooo!!!"
Oshika Masaru wasn't kicked flying, but he still stumbled onto the somewhat hot asphalt road, clutching his crotch in pain.
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