Looking at the girl with short hair in front of me, I almost exclaimed, "Chiba Ri?!"
"Did you just realize it's me?" She smiled and pulled my arm, then chose a chair from the empty spaces on my left and right, and sat down.
"Wait, you just said that you just realized... you also retained the memories of that world?"
Facing the questioning expression I had anticipated, Chiba Ri gave me a half-knowing, half-confused look, instantly dispelling the remaining hope in my heart.
"Um, sorry! I said something strange, please don't mind!"
"Yeah, it's okay, I don't mind at all. I will keep your secret for you." Chiba Ri playfully stuck out her tongue, as if she had caught something about me.
"No, it's not..."
Wait a minute, I suddenly realized, could she be...
"Cough, everyone, quiet down! Just because the physics teacher is sick doesn't mean we can't have class!" The homeroom teacher angrily took out his cane... and slammed it on the podium, trying to grab our attention.
"Um, teacher, that's not a..."
"Huh?"
There was a male student sitting in the front row of the silent classroom who dared to expose the teacher's secret. After being fiercely glared at by the teacher, he was immediately dragged out of the classroom by three other students.
"Alright, does everyone have no objections?"
Everyone had a black line on their faces, and I couldn't help but think that if Miss Himo, our homeroom teacher, wasn't the daughter of the chairman, I would really doubt how she managed to get into this school.
"Well, since the physics teacher is out of commission, let's first introduce the new transfer student."
Transfer student? Could it be...
"Come on! Let's give her a warm welcome!!"
Under the enthusiastic encouragement of the teacher, everyone clapped their hands. It was only at this moment that the transfer student outside the door slowly made her way in.
It was unexpected. With her black stockings and charming, elegant features, her watery blue eyes and cherry-like lips, she should have elicited howls of excitement from everyone.
But in the next second, a cold wind blew into everyone's collars, even Himo, who was always composed, shivered and brushed off her sleeves.
From the moment Yuuka entered the classroom, she wore a cold expression that kept everyone at a distance, as if everyone in the room was no more than ants in her eyes, with no presence at all.
"Wow, what a stunning girl. Her figure and face are both top-notch!" "That's right! But it's a pity her personality is..."
Most of the male students couldn't resist the temptation of her exquisite appearance, but they didn't dare to speak up.
"Um... Yuuka, let's get along well with everyone!"
However, she seemed to disregard the teacher's words, and sat directly in the seat next to the window on the last row, to the left side of me.
In addition to the pressure from Himo and Yuuka, I also received the intimidation from all the boys in class. It was finally the end of the day, and my head was throbbing.
"Come with me for a moment."
Without waiting for her to explain, I held Yuuka's hand and escaped from the classroom under the angry gazes of the male students.
"What are you doing?!"
"Come to our club, I'll explain a few things to you!"
We ran all the way to the three-story high building in front of the school. The elliptical dome we walked out of was the academic building, and there was another building adjacent to the north wall. It was our gymnasium, relatively smaller in scale. The medium-sized European-style building in the middle was our target -- the activity room.
"Wow, I never thought a poor school like Yunhai would have such a large building?"
When she mentioned our school, her tone was meaningful, and she didn't use any honorifics in her sentences."We're here," I said.
"...," she remained silent.
I didn't give her a chance to say anything, I pressed her against the corner of the wall, with a hint of anger creeping up to her face.
"What are you doing, you idiot?!" I exclaimed.
"No, there's no one monitoring us now. I think it's time we talked about this assassination conspiracy," I said determinedly.
I made up my mind to expose everything that damn secretary had done, while Yukari was still acting like a child throwing a tantrum. I needed to calm her down.
"What are you talking about? And assassination...," she questioned.
"I'm not making this up!"
"Are you joking with me? I know my joke last night was childish..." She still seemed confused by what I was saying, continuously apologizing and denying.
"Enough, shut up!"
At my loud reprimand, Yukari trembled in fear, slowly sliding down the wall, crouching on the ground.
I bent down, speaking with a tone of certainty and anger: "Your father's secretary gave me a lot of money to order me to shoot and kill you in the name of terrorists. Do you understand?"