Anime: Desolate Darkness

"Don't get me wrong! Sakurajima-senpai and I are innocent! It's not at all what you think!" Seeing that her friends' eyes were becoming increasingly suspicious, Ryune realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly explained.

But while explaining, she did not let go of the hands that were holding Sakurajima Mai.

Following her friends' questioning gazes, she finally reacted and quickly let go and took two steps back.

"..."

Realizing that the way her friends looked at her had not changed, Ryune immediately turned her gaze to Kimura Takumi, begging him to help her!

Understanding the meaning in Ryūin's eyes, Kimura Takumi would naturally not sit idly by and stay out of the matter.

"You really misunderstood. The farce between Ryune-san and Sakurajima-san was arranged by me."

Kimura Takumi put the review on the table and looked at Kitagawa and the other two standing at the door.

But after hearing his words, Kitagawa and the other two became even more confused.

Why did the teacher do this? What's the point of doing this?

So, they all turned their attention to the other person involved, Sakurajima Mai.

In response, Mai Sakurajima had no choice but to repeat her situation to them again.

After all, the three people on the other side are Liuyin's good friends. In order not to affect the relationship between the four of them, she must explain everything clearly.

But after listening to what Sakurajima Mai said, Kitagawa Umi and the others were just like Ryune, their heads were buzzing and they couldn't understand anything.

What is youth syndrome? Why can't others see me?

"Sakurajima-senpai, even if you have to find an excuse, you should at least find a normal one." Dakong was the first to raise doubts. In her opinion, how could such a strange symptom exist in the world?

There is absolutely no scientific basis for this.

Kitagawa Umi and Sugaya Noha on the side also nodded repeatedly to make their positions clear.

"Don't you believe it?" Liuyin asked helplessly.

She didn't really care about being mistaken for a lesbian by other teachers and students since she wasn't familiar with them anyway.

But if her friends misunderstood her, she was worried that she would not be able to play with them as usual.

But Ryune was actually overthinking it. Kitagawa and the other two would not distance themselves from her just because of whether she was a lesbian or not. What they were questioning now was just the issue of adolescent syndrome.

"It would be strange if you believed it, right?" Dakong answered without hesitation.

Unlike Ryune, these three people did not see Sakurajima Mai suddenly appear in their sight with their own eyes, so even after hearing the explanation, they could not agree with this statement.

"No matter what, there shouldn't be such unreasonable things in the world, right?" Sugaya Noha continued to ask, "If someone gets sick and then other people lose their memory of this person, that's too outrageous, isn't it?"

"Besides, I've always had information about Sakurajima-senpai in my mind, how come I don't know when I forgot it?"

She is a hot girl just like Kitagawa Umi, so how could she not like reading fashion magazines?

She vaguely remembered that she had been learning fashion style from Mai Sakurajima some time ago.

The five women's theories came to a deadlock and the atmosphere became strange.

Kimura Takumi was not affected. He calmly raised a supernatural phenomenon that everyone was aware of and could not deny.

"What do you think about the appearance of monsters and giants half a month ago?" Kimura Takumi said calmly, "That kind of thing doesn't make sense, does it? If monsters can be understood as mutations, then are giants also mutations?"

"this and that......"

Sugaya Noha stammered and couldn't explain clearly.

Ozora and Kitagawa Umi fell into deep thought.

It seems to make some sense.

Since monster invasions have already happened, it seems not impossible that there will be more other supernatural phenomena in the world.

Furthermore, if the facts were not as Sakurajima Mai said, then they really couldn't think of any other reason that could make Ryune suddenly confess her feelings to someone she had never mentioned to them, and in public.

Ozora and Kitagawa gradually accepted it, but Sugaya Noha found it difficult to accept it.

"No! My head hurts so much, I feel like something is about to come out!" She held her head and put on a mask of pain on her face.

"If you can't figure it out, forget it." Kimura Takumi tapped the table with two fingers to attract everyone's attention: "You just need to know that Ryune's confession is just a show."

After a lot of trouble, Kitagawa, Umi and other three finally left the office.

……

"Ryūin, are you really not a lesbian?" Walking on the campus, Sugaya Noha tugged at Ryūin's sleeve with a smirk on her face.

Even though she believed what Kimura Takumi said, she still wanted to use it to tease him.

"I've told you so many times! That's acting." Seeing that Sugaya was not giving in, Ryune couldn't help but pull up his cheek and said indignantly: "I have normal sexual orientation and I already have someone I like, how can I be a lesbian?"

!

Kitagawa and Ozora immediately came over curiously about this unexpected discovery.

"What?! Ryune has someone he likes?"

"No way? When? Why didn't you tell us?"

Realizing that she had let the cat out of the bag, Liu Yin tried to fool him: "No! You heard it wrong!"

As she said that, she let go of Sugaya Noha's little face and shyly quickened her pace.

And her actions undoubtedly proved the truth of what she just said.

Noha Sugaya ignored the pain on her face and chased after Kitagawa and the other man.

"Liu Yin! Come on, we are good friends, share it!"

"That's right, how can good friends hide things from each other? I even know what color panties you're wearing~"

“No way~!”

Liuyin continued to speed up her pace, but with her weak physique, how could she possibly leave the others behind?

……

Over there in the office.

Mai Sakurajima was still sitting on the sofa and didn't seem to be leaving anytime soon.

"Sakurajima-san, aren't you leaving yet? I'll take care of the follow-up matters." Kimura Takumi wasn't sure why the other party stayed.

Mai Sakurajima hesitated for a moment, but still said that.

"Mr. Kimura, thank you very much for this matter."

Thinking about the bad things she had said in front of others in the morning, Sakurajima Mai couldn't help but lower her head in shame.

"Well, it's nothing, just a piece of cake." Kimura Takumi didn't care. The whole process had no impact on him anyway, so he just regarded it as helping others and accumulating merit.

Thinking of this, he picked up the letter of apology on his desk and planned to submit it to the Academic Affairs Office.

"Sakurajima-san, if you have nothing to do, please go home quickly. It's not safe outside." Kimura Takumi walked to the door, then turned his head and gave a kind reminder.

But to be honest, it’s not that safe at home. After all, monsters won’t knock on the door when they come.

This was the first time in Mai Sakurajima's life that she encountered a member of the opposite sex who disliked her so much. He just asked her to leave after just a few words.

But thinking about how much the other party had helped her today, she couldn't get angry.

Mai Sakurajima stood up slowly, her graceful body curves fully displayed at this moment. She patted the back of her skirt habitually, took out her mobile phone and handed it to Kimura Takumi.

"I hope the teacher can give me a contact method so that I can repay you in the future."

The other party has helped me so much, how can I just thank him verbally?

But at the moment she couldn't think of how to repay the other party, so she had to leave her contact information and think about it later.

Kimura Takumi thought about it and didn't refuse.

After the two phones were connected, Kimura Takumi shook the phone in his hand and joked:

"I hope that next time Sakurajima-san calls me, it will be about something like repaying me, rather than having a problem and needing my help."

Hearing this, Sakurajima Mai was stunned for a moment.

"What does this mean, teacher? Will I encounter a similar situation again?"

She was a little worried. After all, she was tired of living alone in the world like a ghost.

"literal meaning."

Kimura Takumi didn't say it explicitly.

It is true that the other party's problem has been solved, but the other party also has a younger sister, who will most likely suffer from youth syndrome, leading to the two of them exchanging bodies.

"Then, then..."

The two of them came outside the office and Kimura Takumi was about to say goodbye.

"Mr. Kimura, who are you?"

Mai Sakurajima suddenly asked.

Kimura Takumi knew about the problem of youth syndrome. She could just think that the other person was experienced and had seen a lot.

But why does the other party know so much about my living conditions?

This is nothing. The most important thing is that the other party can actually know the special thoughts in my mind.

Kimura Takumi didn't expect the other party to ask this. He was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and smiled faintly: "I'm just an ordinary teacher, that's all."

But how could Mai Sakurajima agree with this?

"Is that really all?"

"Yes, that's all."

After repeating it again, Kimura Takumi left without stopping.

Mai Sakurajima looked at the other person's back as he walked away, her eyes a little dazed. She felt that the teacher must be hiding some secret.

But no matter what, the other party helped her, this is a fact, and her curiosity about the other party's situation does not mean that she has forgotten the other party's kindness.

"Teacher! See you tomorrow!"

Thinking of this, she shouted to Kimura Takumi who had already walked to the corner.

Kimura Takumi heard it, but did not respond, just raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

……