Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Morofushi Hiromitsu: "..."
Other police cadets and instructors: "..."
"By the way," Ichijō Mirai looks over to Matsuda Jinpei, "I didn't quite catch what you just said, Matsuda-san?"
Matsuda-san took ten seconds to give a friendly smile and clenched his teeth together, "I was saying that my dentures seem to be due for replacement, they're itchy,"
"When you go to sleep at night, don't close your eyes if you can!"
Ichijō Mirai nodded, "I see."
He didn't hesitate to look at Morofushi Hiromitsu on the other side, "How about it, Morofushi-san, promise me?"
Morofushi Hiromitsu sighed, "Mirai-san, you probably can't really close your eyes at night when you're resting, you'll have to take turns standing guard with both eyes,"
Otherwise, you'll be attacked by the curly-haired monster from the black abyss.
"You know the answer, to you, I will not refuse."
He replied, "I promise."
Speaking a bit strangely, Ichijō Mirai looked at Morofushi Hiromitsu a few more times and clarified himself righteously, "Please be careful what you say, I didn't just say, 'You wouldn't want your secret to be known by anyone else, would you, Morofushi-san?' or anything like that. I didn't say anything like 'You don't want your secret to be known by others, do you, Morofushi-san?'"
Then he continued, "For the second student, I'd like to invite,"
"Someone who seems to have some opinions about me, and isn't very friendly, but I'm sure he actually considers me a friend,"
"Who do you think it could be, Matsuda-san?"
Matsuda Jinpei smiled perfunctorily, "Haha."
"I'll answer that."
Ichijō Mirai snapped his fingers, "That's right, Furuya-san."
The world fell silent again.
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Furuya Rei: "..."
Onidzuka Hachizo: "..."
"Hey Furuya-san, you heard that," Ichijō Mirai greeted warmly, "Did you say yes to my invitation?"
Furuya Rei looked at the cheerful Ichijō Mirai, and then at Matsuda Jinpei, who was staring at Ichijō Mirai and looked like he was going to pounce on him in the next second, and struggled to organize his words, "Y-yes."
He wanted to say: Is it really okay, Mirai-san? I feel like you will be attacked before the night ends...
But the curly-haired monster was watching, and he swallowed all his objections.
Ichijō Mirai was as calm as if he hadn't noticed anything, and cheerfully invited a third teammate, "Then the third one."
"In 'Disguised Criminal', I'm actually very grateful to one of my classmates."
"Although he probably wasn't too happy about not inviting him in the first place, and he was a little angry, but I think he's a generous person who doesn't hold grudges, right?"
He didn't look at anyone, as if he was embarrassed, he looked to the empty space in front of his legs, scuffing the ground with the side of his shoe, "I was impressed with him, he assisted me, and to a large extent gave me some encouragement, and gave me the confidence to be able to lead all of my classmates through the level,"
"...Can you guess who he is, Matsuda-san?"
Matsuda Jinpei stared slyly at Ichijō Mirai, "Don't think that just because you say something nice now, I'll forgive you for deliberately teasing me twice!"
He clasped his arms and pressed his eyebrows down, saying in a nonchalant manner, "Never mind, I,"
"No! No!" Ichijō Mirai half-sat up, one hand on Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder to make himself stand up a little taller, and waved in greeting, "Date-san!"
"Thank you for what you did for everyone at the police station~ I appreciate it~ You were amazing~"
He waves cheerfully, like he's waving to his fans at a concert rather than to Date Wataru, who's only two people away.
Date Wataru: "..."
Date Wataru looks at the back of Matsuda Jinpei's head as it slowly drops, and silently sits a little further away, "...I'm honored that you invited me, Mirai-san,"
"Yes."
He was a little afraid that the great Messiah was going to get his ass kicked right there on the floor.
"The fourth person," Ichijō Mirai deliberately resumed his cross-legged seat, letting his four-fingered hand pass in front of Matsuda Jinpei's eyes, "is a kind-hearted student."
"He loves small animals and is very tolerant, although we don't have much contact or interaction with each other, and we haven't known each other for a long time."
"But, I think there's absolutely no doubt about our feelings for each other."
"-Animal lover, tolerant person, definitely my friend for life."
He called out in a low voice, "Matsuda-san?"
Matsuda Jinpei's fists were already clenched, looking up slyly, "You said it,"
Ichijō Mirai smiles brightly at him and waves his hand again, but after rushing towards Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder, "Say yes to my invitation, Kenji-san?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara: "..."
Matsuda, the animal doesn't mean the white foxhound? Rather, it means...
Ichijō Mirai swears, "You're very tolerant of black animals with short tempers!"
And then he asks, "I'm sure it's tolerable, isn't it?"
Again, he vowed, "As long as you can tolerate me, we'll be friends for life!"
This non-existent friendship depended on how long it took for Kenji Hagiwara to get so fed up with Ichijō Mirai that he just deleted his number and ran away.
He understood Ichijō Mirai's meaning, again: "..."
They were all sitting in the first row, and Kenji Hagiwara was sitting next to Matsuda Jinpei.
Because Matsuda Jinpei turned his head to face Ichijō Mirai, he could only see the back of a black curly-haired man.
But it was as if he saw a red 100% anger level.
Four times, and it was already at an all-time high.
"Uh," Kenji Hagiwara replied, grimly, "Yes."
Ichijō Mirai: "Thank you very much."
He was touched, "I didn't expect everyone to say yes... so kind... almost as kind as I am!"
"Ok, then we'll be the red group, I've already chosen us, Instructor Onidzuka,"
As he said that, Ichijō Mirai stood up and bounced in place twice with a lot of vigor, "When does the operation start?"
"Will the police specify the bank and the time of the robbery, or will I make the decision?"
"You're not just going to pick a bank, shut it down, clear it out, and put us in it, are you?"
He grumbled jokingly, "This isn't robbing a bank, it's catching a turtle in a jar."
"Instructor-"
No sooner had this cry of laughter and feigned complaint been fully uttered than Ichijō Mirai felt a sharp tug on his belt, and anticipating it, he shrugged his shoulders as if caught off guard by the sudden attack, and fell back towards the suddenly attacking abyssal black curly-haired monster.
Before he could fall, Matsuda Jinpei pounced on him and pushed him backwards again, "Aaaaaah!"
"I knew you guys couldn't get anything out of your mouth!!!!"
"Is! It! Fun!"
Morofushi Hiromitsu rushed to catch them both with open arms, "Hey!"
"Matsuda-san, what's wrong with you Matsuda-san!" Ichijō Mirai showed a shocked expression, "There's no need to sneak up on me if you don't want to promise me!"
He sighed sadly, "If I had known, I wouldn't have invited you in the first place."
Matsuda Jinpei's collar-pulling stopped, "What?"
"Huh, are you an idiot," Ichijō Mirai exclaimed even more, "that you didn't crack the code?"
"That's the oldest form of Morse code!"
"It's normal for everyone to be talking and not notice the tip of my shoe wiggling, but aren't you the most perceptive being in existence? Why didn't you notice it!"
'Alarmed' is so fake, it's like the perfect blood pressure device.
Ichijō Mirai showed even more false incredulity, asking with a meaningful dismay, "The most perceptive, intelligent, unforgiving, animal-loving Matsuda-san who helped me a lot in the 'Disguised Criminal' operation,"
"You really didn't realize, did you?"
"No, no, Matsuda-san, we can't be that unaware of each other, and you can't be that stupid, can you?"
"Stupid? You're an idiot? Ah, are you really an idiot?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Ichijō Mirai grabbed Matsuda Jinpei's hand and freed himself from the collar.
With a smooth roll, he tumbles out of Matsuda Jinpei's range of attack and Morofushi Hiromitsu's range of block, nodding his head in a serious manner, "Wait, I think I forgot to send a code word,"
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