[Ding! Uruka Minami has voluntarily admitted her ghoul identity. Hidden side quest completed ahead of schedule. Reward obtained: System Points ×5!]
As Uruka Minami confided more and more in Ihei Byakuya, the Hidden side quest was also completed ahead of time.
This was currently the highest number of system points Byakuya had obtained from a single instance.
At this moment, Uruka Minami was enjoying this sense of safety and peace, and Ihei Byakuya did not mind letting her lean against his shoulder.
However, it did not take long before the tranquility on the rooftop was broken.
"Ihei? Minami? What are you two still doing on the rooftop? Class is about to start."
A middle-aged man with thinning hair arrived on the rooftop, dressed in formal attire that made him look like a teacher at the school.
He was in fact the homeroom teacher of Ihei Byakuya and Uruka Minami's class, named Ogata.
"Huh? Ogata-sensei?"
Uruka Minami immediately sat up straight somewhat shyly, seeming embarrassed to maintain the previous posture in front of Ogata-sensei.
In this state, she looked no different from a normal human girl, or rather, ghouls themselves were simply humans with an extra Kakuhou.
Aside from times when she had no choice but to feed, Uruka Minami was usually just a normal human girl and was not deliberately acting.
She had no need to act in front of ordinary classmates and had always enjoyed the normal life at school.
"Although our school does not oppose free romance, you also cannot let flirting and dating affect your studies."
Ogata-sensei was, after all, a middle-aged man with a family. When he saw Uruka Minami leaning on Ihei Byakuya's shoulder just now, he immediately understood.
He then began to lecture Ihei Byakuya and Uruka Minami.
In Japan, there is no concept of "early romance", and schools generally do not oppose relationships.
Unless there is a relatively serious situation, such as a student's grades plummeting because of a relationship.
"I understand, Ogata-sensei."
"That's not it, we..."
Ihei Byakuya and Uruka Minami spoke almost at the same time.
Uruka Minami originally wanted to explain the misunderstanding to Ogata-sensei, but halfway through, she noticed that Ihei Byakuya did not seem to mind Ogata-sensei misunderstanding their relationship.
So she did not continue.
"Since you understand, hurry back to the classroom. Also, do not keep running up to the rooftop. This kind of place has safety hazards."
Ogata-sensei said.
In fact, Ogata-sensei usually had a bad temper, but Uruka Minami was the top student of the class with excellent grades, and Ihei Byakuya had also performed outstandingly since transferring in, so he was probably more patient with them because of that.
"Okay, Ogata-sensei, we'll go back now."
Uruka Minami stood up immediately.
After that, the two left the rooftop and returned to the classroom.
Ogata-sensei, meanwhile, went to return the key to someone.
Downstairs, he found a janitor wearing a hat and sweeping the floor. "Tanaka-san, thank you for lending me the key."
The commonly used rooftop doors were all locked and required a key to open, and Tanaka-san, being a janitor, had one.
Ogata-sensei had deliberately gone up to the rooftop through the locked entrance to conduct a surprise inspection. If he had caught delinquents, they would probably have been scolded severely.
"You're welcome."
The janitor named Tanaka replied.
"..."
As he left, Ogata-sensei cast a sideways glance at Tanaka-san's back.
Not long ago, he had witnessed a strange incident. A teacher on duty had been attacked near the school warehouse, leaving large and deep wounds on their hands.
At the time, he was relatively far away and it was night, so he did not see the attacker's appearance clearly. He only felt that the figure seemed somewhat similar to Tanaka-san just now.
He only thought it was a bit similar and was not very sure, and there was no evidence.
Moreover, he did not really believe that the usually honest, well-behaved, and easygoing Tanaka-san would do such a thing.
...
During afternoon classes,
there were also teachers reminding students not to stay at school too late, as there might be suspicious individuals on campus.
Regarding this matter, after class, Ihei Byakuya directly went to Uruka Minami's seat.
"Minami, regarding the suspicious individual the teacher mentioned just now, do you have any thoughts?"
Ihei Byakuya asked directly.
"Sit down first and let's talk slowly."
Uruka Minami moved half of her chair aside, signaling Byakuya to sit down.
Although it would be a bit cramped, Byakuya did not care about such a small matter at the moment.
He sat on the same chair with Uruka Minami.
At the same time, this scene became very eye-catching to their classmates.
Because Ihei Byakuya and Uruka Minami were both transfer students, and both had good looks.
Especially Uruka Minami, who was not only beautiful but also the top student of the class, and who was often confessed to by different boys, all of whom she rejected without exception.
This made many people think that Minami had very high standards or was solely focused on studying.
Yet today, she was actually making such an intimate move with Ihei.
This scene made Fura Taishi frown deeply, his face full of displeasure.
After that, Uruka Minami began to speak softly into Ihei Byakuya's ear. "That suspicious person, I roughly know who it is. It is also a ghoul who infiltrated this school..."
"Specifically which person?"
Ihei Byakuya also whispered into Uruka Minami's ear.
This kind of topic absolutely could not be heard by other students nearby.
Originally, it was fine when Uruka Minami spoke into Byakuya's ear, but when it was Byakuya's turn to speak into hers...
"..."
Uruka Minami's face immediately turned slightly red, as if her ears were a bit sensitive.
After a moment, she responded, "It's a janitor, Tanaka-san."
"Then let's deal with the ghoul in the school first."
Ihei Byakuya said calmly.
Although they were discussing an extremely serious topic, in the eyes of others, they were just intimately whispering to each other.
...
Ihei Byakuya and Uruka Minami decided to lie in wait near the warehouse tonight. If that Tanaka-san came out to attack someone again, they could capture him on the spot.
However, not long after school ended, Byakuya's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at it and saw that it was a call from his superior, Mado Kasuka.
Even though Uruka Minami was right beside him, he answered the call directly.
"Is this Associate Special-Class Mado?"
"Yes. Third-Class Ihei, I heard that you acted on your own last night and exterminated that A-rated ghoul [Barber]?"
Hearing Mado Kasuka's words, Ihei Byakuya immediately understood that the reason for the sudden call was his unauthorized battle.
"Yes."
Ihei Byakuya admitted frankly.
"Are you free right now? Let's set a place and meet in a bit."
Mado Kasuka asked.
Ihei Byakuya immediately glanced sideways at Uruka Minami. "You say..."
"Then ten minutes later, at.. we'll meet..."
After Mado Kasuka finished speaking, the call ended.
Uruka Minami, who was right beside him, could roughly hear the contents of the call. She then asked, "Is that also one of your CCG colleagues? Do I need to avoid them?"
"She's my superior. It doesn't matter whether you avoid her or not."
Ihei Byakuya said casually.
"Then I also want to go take a look with you."
Uruka Minami immediately stated.
In truth, it was mainly because the voice on the other end of the phone just now sounded like a young woman's, which naturally made her feel concerned.