Teacher Komoe squinted her eyes and looked earnestly at Chinatsu standing outside the door. Before Chinatsu could respond to her confusion, she suddenly reached up and tapped her head lightly, wearing an expression that said, "I remember now."
"You are Misaka... student, right? A Level 5 Esper from Tokiwadai. If you have something to discuss, come in... Uh, wait a moment, let me tidy up the room first!"
After saying this, Teacher Komoe stuck out her tongue playfully. Once she gently closed the door, a flurry of hurried noises echoed from inside the room as she began to tidy up.
Ashtrays overflowing with cigarette butts. Empty, crumpled beer cans. Books strewn about haphazardly, and bags tossed onto the floor. Teacher Komoe hurriedly cleaned up, yanking open the wardrobe to shove all the mess inside, sealing it away in an instant.
"Whew! Perfect!"
Teacher Komoe stood with her hands on her hips, looking at her room, which hadn't been this clean in a long time. She let out a long sigh of relief, a satisfied smile appearing on her face.
She then walked quickly to the door and opened it, smiling at Chinatsu outside and inviting her in to talk.
"Please, come in!"
"Then, excuse me."
Chinatsu nodded gently and walked inside slowly. The bags of gifts floating around her, controlled by gravity, settled steadily onto the table in the room.
Teacher Komoe cast a casual glance at the bags. As an expert in tobacco and alcohol, she immediately recognized that two of the bags contained cigarettes and beer—undoubtedly high-end products.
"Did you buy these?"
Teacher Komoe couldn't help but ask, because in this country, minors were strictly prohibited from purchasing tobacco and alcohol. With her loli-like appearance, if she were to go to an unfamiliar shop to buy such items, the shopkeeper would likely call the Security Team.
Chinatsu did not immediately answer Teacher Komoe's question, instead raising her hand to touch her school uniform, which symbolized her status as a Tokiwadai Young Lady.
If an ordinary minor went into a shop to buy tobacco and alcohol, they would certainly be refused, but if that minor were a Tokiwadai Young Lady, it would be a different story.
It wasn't about using wealth or status to pressure anyone; it was simply that they couldn't imagine a Tokiwadai Young Lady smoking or drinking. They firmly believed that Chinatsu was buying the tobacco and alcohol for someone else, not for her own consumption.
"Are you buying them for an elder?"
"Yes, I'm going to see a teacher."
The supermarket clerk had asked with a smile while ringing up Chinatsu's purchase. The entire process went so smoothly that Chinatsu couldn't help but feel conflicted, though she certainly hadn't seen a Tokiwadai Young Lady smoking or drinking before.
"I see, thank you very much... Wait, why are you giving me gifts? I don't recall having any connection with Tokiwadai..."
Teacher Komoe tilted her head in confusion. Chinatsu did not hide her intentions; much like Saten Ruiko apprenticing under Kongo Mitsuko, she launched a direct approach.
"Please, by all means, be my teacher!"
Chinatsu's eyes were full of sincerity. Although Teacher Komoe was startled, she possessed a very passionate fighting spirit when it came to teaching and nurturing students; whenever a student sought her guidance, she never ignored them.
At the final moment before agreeing to become Chinatsu's teacher, she leaned forward slightly, hands on her hips, and extended a single finger as she asked one final question.
"Tokiwadai has many excellent teachers. Why choose me? Is there a reason I don't know about?"
Facing Teacher Komoe's earnest inquiry, Chinatsu responded with an equally earnest attitude and a serious expression.
"Because you are super cute, Teacher!"
"..."
Tsukuyomi Komoe's cheeks flushed slightly. She smiled, raising her right hand to cover her right cheek, while her left hand waved back and forth quickly in front of Chinatsu, fanning herself.
"Teacher... I will do my best. You can come visit me often in the evenings. By the way, let's exchange contact information~"
Just like that, Tsukuyomi Komoe successfully became Chinatsu's teacher. The two exchanged names symbolically, and Teacher Komoe wasn't particularly surprised that the Misaka before her was Chinatsu.
She gathered one advanced academic book after another from here and there around the room, finally stacking them all together on the table.
"I'm not yet clear on your current level, so why don't we start with a test? I'll draft a temporary exam paper to see which areas of your knowledge are weak."
Teacher Komoe smiled and clasped her hands together. Chinatsu indicated she had no problem with that, while asking if there were any white ribbons in the room.
"Ribbons? I do have some..."
Although Teacher Komoe was a bit puzzled, she still took a ribbon from a cabinet. Besides that, she also had ribbons in various colors: pink, red, and blue.
These were all things she had bought when she was a cheerleader. Alongside the colorful ribbons were matching colorful pom-poms.
Chinatsu took the ribbon from Teacher Komoe's hand. She lowered her head slightly and tied the white ribbon around her forehead, looking exactly like Sogiita Gunha possessed.
Whether it was a psychological effect or a resonance with her constitution as a Gemstone, Chinatsu felt filled with guts and fighting spirit from head to toe after tying on the white ribbon.
"I am ready, Teacher!"
Chinatsu's eyes seemed to be burning with a raging fire. Teacher Komoe, watching this scene, felt infected and encouraged as well.
"Very good! Very spirited!"
With her blood boiling, Teacher Komoe raised her pen, preparing to draft an exam paper as quickly as possible. Before testing Chinatsu, she stepped onto the battlefield first.
Various basic and advanced theoretical knowledge points were written in a standard exam format on sheets of A4 paper. Every time she finished a page, Chinatsu would start moving her pen.
Outside, the sky gradually darkened. Kamijou Touma, sighing that he had survived another unfortunate day, walked home with heavy footsteps.
The instant noodles he had kept as emergency food were accidentally knocked over before he could eat them. While looking for his wallet, he accidentally stepped on his credit card and broke it. In the sweltering heat of summer, he also received a notice that he had to attend remedial classes due to poor grades.
Misfortune! Misfortune! Misfortune!
Kamijou Touma was a man plagued by such misfortune, to the point where he was even numb enough to accept it.
Upon returning home, he flopped onto his bed with a "thud!" To meet tomorrow's misfortune in better condition, he quickly drifted off to sleep.
When he awoke from his dream and thought about airing out his bedding in the bright sun outside, his pupils trembled, and his body froze in place while holding the bedding.
There, on the railing of his balcony, he found a white-haired girl unconscious, hanging in a suspended position. She was wearing a white nun's habit and was named Index.
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