The plan was set. Time to perform.
According to the plan, Kotegawa Yui and Kushida Kikyou flanked Kanzaki Saku, appearing at the ground floor exit of the old school building in a posture that seemed supportive but was, in reality, dependent.
Yukino, who had been closely watching the old school building, immediately noticed the trio appearing in their compromising arrangement.
"Yukinoshita Yukino! Look who this is!" With a single sentence, Kotegawa instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
The immense pressure made her legs weak, and a certain part of her body, which had been subjected to intense activity, throbbed with a numb ache, threatening to betray the evidence of their recent encounter.
But a strong will to survive drove her; she had to see this act through!
"The kidnapping of Kanzaki-san was the work of radicals in the legion, done behind Boss Megumi's back! Kikyou and I couldn't stand by and watch, so we secretly rescued him. Now, we're returning him to you! We hope that next time, we can have a fair and square decisive battle!"
This speech, combined with their battle-damaged clothes and righteous demeanor, was quite convincing.
A wave of whispers went through the Service Club's ranks, and many faces showed a mixture of belief and doubt.
After all, regardless of whether there were two factions engaged in internal conflict within the Kato Legion, the fact that Kanzaki Saku was standing here, completely unharmed, was more persuasive than anything else.
On the Service Club's side, seeing Kanzaki Saku appear safe and sound, Yukino's worried heart was finally put mostly at ease.
"Saku!" She couldn't wait to rush over and protect her childhood friend.
"Wait, Boss Yukino!" Yuigahama Yui reached out to stop her. "Don't go! This must be a treacherous plot by Megumi Kato! Look at how disheveled the two of them are! Who knows what they did to our brother-in-law?!"
At this moment, the most anxious person on the scene wasn't Kotegawa, who was on the verge of leaking, but Yuigahama Yui, who wanted to backstab Boss Yukino.
If the other side simply returned Kanzaki Saku now, a fight wouldn't break out. How then could she seize Kanzaki Saku in the chaos, use him to control Yukino, and ascend to the top of the Service Club?!
Moreover, after this incident, Yukino's protection over Kanzaki Saku would surely become even stricter. There might never be another opportunity like today.
Yuigahama Yui had to consider if this was the only chance she would ever get in her life.
Therefore, to make the two sides fight, she was willing to say anything.
However, the words Yuigahama intentionally said to provoke Yukino just so happened to hit the nail on the head.
Hearing Yuigahama's words, Yukino stopped and carefully observed Kotegawa and Kushida, especially their overly revealing torn clothes and the lingering flush on their faces.
That's right. With Saku's looks, how could this pack of wolf-like delinquents possibly restrain themselves after having him in their hands for so long?
Yukino's gaze involuntarily swept over Kotegawa's ample assets, which were hard to conceal due to her torn clothes, and Kushida's equally impressive figure, before comparing them to her own flat chest.
A bitter mix of jealousy, inferiority, and anger surged in Yukino's heart.
As her distorted sense of inferiority emerged, Yukino's nerves, already taut with worry, became even more fragile and irritable.
She could almost see an image of Kanzaki Saku being trapped between this pair of "cows," forced to submit to them. Her heart ached, and she could barely breathe.
Seeing Yukino waver, Yuigahama was secretly pleased and continued to fan the flames. She turned to Kotegawa Yui, her tone filled with provocation.
"Kotegawa, quite the actress, aren't you? Rescued him? I'd say you let him go only after you were done playing with him! Speak! What did you do to our brother-in-law?! Was he defiled by you two shameless women?!"
"Yuigahama! What nonsense are you spouting?!" Kotegawa Yui was both shocked and furious. She hadn't expected Yuigahama to be so perceptive and expose them so directly. Panicking slightly, she could only stubbornly repeat her previous lines.
"The Kato Legion acts with integrity! We despise dirty tactics like kidnapping! And we would never do anything to defile Kanzaki-san! Stop twisting the facts!"
"With integrity?" Yuigahama pointed at their disheveled clothes. "You two look like you just rolled out of bed, and you call that integrity? Boss Yukino, you can't fall for this!"
"You!" Kotegawa Yui trembled with anger but couldn't think of a retort, because on some level, what Yuigahama said was true! She and Kushida had indeed "devoured" Kanzaki Saku—although they were the ones who ended up being devoured.
Kushida Kikyou kept her head down the entire time, not daring to look anyone in the eye, afraid her act would be seen through.
Kanzaki Saku hadn't intended to speak, but seeing Yuigahama's outstanding ability to stir up trouble and the situation about to spiral out of control, he had no choice but to intervene.
"Yukino, don't listen to her nonsense. It was really Kotegawa-san and Kushida-san who saved me. They're good people..."
However, would Yuigahama let him clarify so easily? She immediately cut him off, her tone tragic as she went into full-on acting mode.
"Boss Yukino, he's definitely being threatened! He's trying to tell you in a subtle way how much he's suffered and been humiliated! But he doesn't dare say it outright! He's afraid of implicating you, afraid those women will hurt him again!"
She turned to Yukino, her tone tragic, her expression one of empathy, her voice cracking with a sob.
"Boss Yukino! Can you still tolerate this?! They not only kidnapped our brother-in-law, but they also did unforgivable things to him! Think of the psychological trauma this will leave him with! He's such a pure person..."
"If we don't avenge this, how can the Service Club hold its head high in Shuchiin?! We must fight! We must get justice for our brother-in-law! We'll use their blood to wash away his shame!"
Yukino's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water. The annoyance of potentially being cheated on, the inferiority complex from her assets not measuring up to theirs, and the heartache of Kanzaki Saku being bullied all mixed together, robbing her of her reason.
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