Chapter 333: Chapter 331: Grade 1 Matched with Grade 2
When he and Miss Kaori left the hospital room one after the other, the Little Arrogant finally turned back and asked with great interest, "Shirakawa, you’ve been doing quite well recently."
"What’s well?"
"In every sense." She gave Shirakawa Sawahei a half-smile glance and said softly, "I’ve seen the video."
Somehow, Shirakawa Sawahei could sense a hint of danger from the Little Arrogant’s seemingly plain words. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Which video?"
"Of course, it’s the one where you’re holding Yuki." Hayakawa Kashi raised her eyebrows slightly, "Shirakawa, are you planning to play innocent?"
"..."
He certainly wasn’t planning to brush it off... what he actually wanted to ask was... which girl’s promotional video did Miss Kaori actually see him act in...
They had shot it three times in total. Once was a failure due to the Little Transparent chickening out at the last minute, and the other two times were with Tsukimi and the Black Hearted Lolita— Ise Yu, serving as the director, put herself at the end. But unexpectedly, the Little Lolita had a filming accident and had to be sent for recovery, abandoning the subsequent shooting plans.
Strangely enough, this promotional video event was something the few of them in the Calligraphy Club had casually put together for fun. They hadn’t even had time to discuss it with the planning group for the sports festival... so how did Miss Kaori end up seeing the scene where I collided headfirst with the Black Hearted Little Lolita with rocket force?
There’s a mole! Halt the operation!
But fortunately... Hayakawa Kashi did not see the scene where I’m holding the Crybaby Monster... that was one of the few successful shots...
Shirakawa Sawahei felt inexplicably guilty as he nodded, "Yeah, I’m planning to brush it off."
"Well, except for the fact that Shirakawa’s movements when holding Yuki were just a little bit practiced... as her elder sister, there’s not much else I can say." The Little Arrogant sighed lightly, "After all, she is that age now, already at an age where she can apply for marriage, there’s not much I can control..."
???
"I’m not practiced in this matter." Shirakawa Sawahei quickly denied, "Hayakawa, you should have evidence when you speak."
"Hmm? Don’t want to admit it?" The Evil Little Arrogant nodded understandingly, "Then I’ll just treat this as a secret."
"A secret just between the two of us? Hayakawa, you do occasionally have a girlish side, huh?"
Miss Kaori sneered with a blank expression.
"That’s not what I meant at all."
"Got it. Understood."
"You seem not to believe me."
"No, compared to others, I’ve always trusted you, Hayakawa."
"..."
The Evil Little Arrogant turned her head, no longer looking him in the eye. The two of them walked slowly for a while, and the girl suddenly asked, "Did Shirakawa go looking for that organization?"
Miss Kaori’s abrupt change of topic left Shirakawa Sawahei dumbfounded for a moment. He pondered over the Tsukimi Yamadori and suddenly felt hesitation in his heart.
Currently... though it’s just suspicion... asking Hayakawa Kashi to help would undoubtedly save a lot of effort and time...
"There’s a suspect..."
The Little Arrogant let out a light, "Oh?" and quietly watched Shirakawa Sawahei, only retracting her gaze after he responded with a not-yet-needed.
"This weekend I’m planning to meet with her... then you can help me check it out."
"Mhm. Then I wish you all the best in your weekend’s action, Shirakawa."
"Thanks for your kind words."
...
While Shirakawa Sawahei was still leisurely chatting in the hospital with the Little Arrogant, on the other side at Akihisa High School’s student council room, Tsukimi Sakurazawa and a few others were sitting around a table, formally discussing the feasibility of filming a promotional video for the sports festival.
"I agree with Tsukimi’s point of view. Currently, students’ enthusiasm for the sports festival is far less than that for the cultural festival. The root cause is because the projects in the sports festival are too clichéd, lacking in novelty. There’s absolutely no problem with being a bit more innovative."
"I agree too."
"I have no objections here either."
After a few people spoke briefly, they quickly passed the proposal initially conceived by the Calligraphy Club to film a promotional video. Seeing this, the Crybaby Monster was overjoyed and continued, "Then let’s discuss the candidates for the filming."
"I propose... let’s have Shirakawa, the top of the year, do the filming... how about it?"
The filming by the Calligraphy Club was largely for fun, but to actually film, professional equipment would be needed. Tsukimi sakurazawa had calculated it well: as long as Shirakawa Sawahei was chosen as the male lead, many girls would definitely feel shy and refuse to take part... then when that time comes...
Hehehe... I can freeload Shirakawa once more, and it would be a blast.
"Shirakawa is indeed great; being the top of the year, he not only has excellent grades and wide recognition but also embodies the sportsmanship spirit of the festival... Even the studious genius is getting involved in sports, so ordinary people will likely be motivated to join as well."
"Absolutely right, Shirakawa is the perfect choice for the male lead... it just might be difficult to ask him to help... I’ve heard he’s somewhat aloof and doesn’t talk much to others."
"That’s no problem! I can handle this!"
The Crybaby Monster patted their chest confidently, "Leave it to me!"
"With Tsukimi’s assurance, we can rest easy."
"Next, we need to discuss the choice of a female lead..."
For some reason, after Tsukimi sakurazawa spoke these words, she felt the atmosphere in the meeting room turn instantly hostile.
An intense battle... about to erupt!
Members of the Little Angel Holy Temple Team exchanged glances and took the lead in attack: "I think, since he’s the top student, naturally only someone like Hayakawa, who’s second, can match up to Shirakawa."
The Crybaby Monster: "Huh?"
"Isn’t that easily understandable? Shirakawa is renowned, and so is Hayakawa. If it’s for promotional effects, obviously, you’d pick such a high-profile pairing..."
The Crybaby Monster: "???"
The Hayakawa Guard Team also exchanged glances, and with their long-standing tacit understanding, quickly abandoned their previous strategy of pushing Ise Yu Yuzhijin, and countered the attack from the Little Angel Holy Temple Team.
"Regarding the second-highest, Asano has also been the second once. Being classmates, they must be more in sync than if Hayakawa, who’s in a different class, was involved..."
"Not, not, not, you’re overthinking it! I’ve had the fortune to witness a four-hand piano performance by Shirakawa and Hayakawa before... such synergy, it’s practically soul-level resonance, an ordinary person simply couldn’t match their harmony..."
"But filming a promo isn’t a piano competition; it’s really about fit... Asano’s cute image is perfect for being a cheerleader in the promo, though."
"That’s not it at all, Hayakawa’s tall and perfect physique would surely distract half the male student body from participating if she were the cheerleader..."
"No, Asano is cuter."
"No! Hayakawa is prettier!"
"Cute is justice, haven’t you heard of this saying?"
"That’s nonsense, Hayakawa’s looks are more important than justice."
"..."
Watching the clash between the two factions, Tsukimi sakurazawa slowly put a question mark on her face.
What the heck? What about me?
Won’t you let me have a say... after all, it was my suggestion...