Chapter 39: Rin Matsuoka is very disappointed
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"Why haven't you heard any news yet?"
Chabashira Sae glanced down at her phone. She had already reached out to a friend outside the school, asking them to obtain the junior high school graduation examination papers.
But now it was already three in the afternoon. The students had finished their afternoon classes and left the school, yet her friend still hadn't sent the test paper file to her phone.
At that moment, Rin Matsuoka, sipping from a straw, blinked with an expression that suggested he'd just spotted an easy target.
Rin noticed a group of students getting into a conflict near a store across the street. This could be a perfect opportunity for him to blackmail... ahem, earn some personal points.
Slurp~
Rin took a deep sip, finishing his milkshake, then tossed the empty cup into a nearby trash can and hurried toward his target.
Sudo Ken felt like his luck was terrible today.
First, after the entrance ceremony, he'd had a sudden stomachache and rushed to the toilet. Since he hadn't brought any toilet paper and there was none in the stall, he had to solve the hygiene problem in a way he would rather never recall.
After scrubbing his hands a hundred times, Ken Sudo returned to the Grade 1-D classroom, looking utterly miserable. He found only a few students left in the class, and the assembly the homeroom teacher had mentioned had long since ended!
Would he now have to go to the class teacher to get his student ID and phone?
What terrible luck!
...
Rin arrived at the store. He wasn't the only one watching the scene; another student who laughed particularly loudly was also there.
"Hey, I saw your desk name tag. Your name is Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, right?"
"Yes, hello, Matsuoka-san." Ayanokouji Kiyotaka nodded to Rin as he approached.
Rin pointed at Sudo Ken and the two seniors. "What's going on here? It looks like they want to fight."
Was it just Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's imagination, or could he hear a hint of anticipation and excitement in Rin's voice?
Does he have a peculiar personality that enjoys watching fights?
"It's a long story. That's Sudo Ken, a student from our class. I think you remember him, Matsuoka-san."
"Yes, of course. He's the delinquent who looks like an orangutan. He was also the only one absent when Chabashira-sensei handed out the student IDs and phones."
"Yes," Ayanokouji Kiyotaka nodded. "Later, about half an hour after that, he came back to the classroom and got his student ID and phone from Hirata-san."
"No way, Hirata waited for him in the classroom? What a nice guy," Rin said, stroking his chin.
"Yes, but Sudo-san didn't appreciate it and even scolded Hirata-san for meddling in his affairs."
"Wow, not only did he fail to show any gratitude, but he also scolded him for being too helpful. He really doesn't know how to appreciate people," Rin said, raising an eyebrow as he looked at Sudo Ken, who was arguing with the two seniors.
"You're wasting your time on this Sudo Ken, who doesn't value kindness," Rin continued. "Hirata-san must regret it."
"No, Hirata-san didn't mind Sudo-san's scolding and even apologized to him," Ayanokouji Kiyotaka added.
"Hirata Yosuke has such a good temper..." Rin smirked, then looked at Ayanokouji Kiyotaka in confusion. "By the way, how do you know all of this?"
"I was sitting in the classroom the whole time and saw it all."
This guy is even more idle than Hirata Yosuke...
At least Hirata Yosuke stayed in the classroom in order to give his student ID and cell phone to Sudo Ken.
"After receiving his student ID and cell phone, Sudo left the classroom."
"Sudo-san is arguing with these two seniors because this is where the seniors often eat instant noodles. The seniors think that Sudo-san, who also eats instant noodles here, is taking their place."
Rin Matsuoka looked at Ayanokouji Kiyotaka subtly after he said this.
This person knows everything so clearly and in so much detail, so he... Could he have been following this guy Sudo Ken all the way?
It is understandable to follow a beautiful girl, Rin thought, but following a red-haired bad gangster?
Bro, your preferences are really strange!
"Assholes, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you come in numbers!" Sudo Ken's unruly and angry voice echoed over.
Rin looked over and found that Sudo seemed to be furious, and had even grabbed the collar of a senior student.
Seeing this, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka frowned slightly and said to Rin, "Matsuoka-san, Sudo-san and those two seniors seem to be fighting. Let's go and stop them."
"I'm not going. If you want to go, go by yourself," Rin refused without hesitation.
Rin said disdainfully, "Go up and help? Let's forget about this."
"If Sudo Ken, who is as irritable as an orangutan, thinks I'm looking for trouble, I won't be able to help but beat him up."
Originally, Rin wanted to go up and help because Sudo Ken was his classmate, after all.
However, after Rin found out that Sudo Ken not only did not thank Hirata Yosuke but instead scolded him for meddling in other people's business, Rin's thoughts about helping changed.
Rin Matsuoka is not the good guy Hirata Yosuke.
"Besides, it would be better if they fight. I would be worried if they don't fight," Rin whispered to himself with a smile.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka glanced at Rin calmly. He was now more and more certain that Rin Matsuoka had an extremely bad character and was a person who enjoyed watching others fight.
In the end, the fight that Rin was expecting did not occur.
It wasn't that Sudo Ken, who looked like a bad boy, backed down, but the two seniors left after throwing a few harsh words in frustration.
It's okay to fight with first-year high school students, but it has to be done after a month.
This was the advice and order given to them by their boss, Miyuki Nagumo.
"Ah, it ends like this?" Rin looked at the two seniors' backs as they left angrily with disappointment. He thought that since they argued so fiercely, they would definitely fight fiercely.
After the two seniors 'backed down', Sudo Ken first mocked them loudly and unruly, then turned around and walked away.
When Sudo Ken walked past Rin and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, he glared at both of them fiercely.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had a blank expression on his face, while Rin raised an eyebrow.
"Look, Ayanokouji-kun, he's already upset that we're watching the show. If we go up to help, he'll probably beat us up."
"…"
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was silent for a while, and then he said faintly, "Maybe it's because we were just watching the show and didn't go up to help, so Sudo-san is upset with us."
"Hey, that sounds reasonable," Rin smiled.