Chapter 887: Starting to Gather Intelligence
The Next Day.
"Thank you for your help. The rare card has been placed in the agreed location, ensuring it won't be found by anyone."
"Well, that's good. As expected from the student council president, you've given it enough consideration..." The old man with gray hair nodded, stroking his beard with a calm expression.
"You praise me too much. Well then, I'll take my leave."
Bowing to the old man in front of him, who looked very pleased but still pretended to be quiet, Shinichi closed the office door and walked towards the stairs.
After promising to help Itsuki, Shinichi made a comprehensive plan that night. The first step was to start with this old man, the headmaster of Shuchi'in Academy.
This old man has recently become obsessed with a physical card board game similar to Yu☆King. Some rare cards allow him to tell all the patterned underwear he wore last week. It can be said that there's nothing wrong with his integrity.
Coincidentally, he is the leader of this school whose power is only below the Board of Directors and VIPs of Shuchi'in Academy. He knows and can do a lot of things. Asking him to help with some things is not too much.
Shinichi is one of them. He obtained some rare cards through his own channels and exchanged information with the headmaster about the school where Mafuyu used to teach.
"A year and a half ago, after completing her internship at a certain city high school, she was invited by her previous mentor to teach at Shuchi'in Academy..."
Looking at the information in his hands, Shinichi seemed to be thinking: "According to the instructor, Kirisu Mafuyu's temperament was very different from the past, to the point where she almost couldn't recognize her... So, did her change happen before teaching? Is this related to her internship..."
Moreover, it's only been a day, and Shinichi doesn't have enough information, so he can only leave a question mark here and direct the spearhead elsewhere.
Taking advantage of his lunch break, he sat in a secluded corner of the park and had lunch alone.
Itsuki helped him get rid of the others, and Shinichi rarely enjoys school time without beautiful girls around. Of course, he still has to do business.
Using his phone's speakerphone, he put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment, and said:
"So, Kirisu-sensei at school is not at all an 'ice beauty,' but a slightly confused but very serious good girl?"
The woman on the other end sighed and seemed to be blowing smoke: "That's right, Mafuyu-chan... Okay, don't tell her that I called her Mafuyu-chan personally, or she'll call me again."
The other party clicked their tongue a few times and said emotionally: "The gender-bending aspect of the kid hasn't changed... Well, that's good. If she's more honest, I guess any random scoundrel can't fool her with just a few words?"
"Why do you think so?" Shinichi asked hesitantly.
Mafuyu may be a bit confused at times, but she is still a strong woman who thinks calmly and acts decisively. She's never naive about anything that happens.
"Because I've done something like this before." The other party laughed heartily and gave Shinichi information. "Yes, I feel so nostalgic thinking about it now~ I dressed like a man and then imitated a shoujo manga plot to talk to her. Something like that, Mafuyu-chan's reaction at the time was so funny that it almost made me bend over..."
"But I never expected there to be someone who had graduated and still was so naive. It took a lot of effort to convince her that shoujo manga is all lies..."
The chat box opened, and Hiratsuka Shizuka talked about the past with great interest, like an old man who always likes to talk about his bravery in the past as he gets older.
Although he was very interested in Mafuyu's dark history, Shinichi still took a short lunch break, so he redirected the topic back to its course.
"Hiratsuka-sensei, can you tell me more about Kirisu-sensei's teaching internship?"
"Okay, okay, that's why you called me, right?" Hiratsuka pursed her lips, blew smoke, and fell silent for a moment, as if searching for memories.
"When I met her at University, Mafuyu-chan had a great passion for teaching."
"I still remember after she found out which school she would intern at, she couldn't sleep well for several days. She worried whether she would be disliked by the students or worried she wouldn't teach well and would disappoint the students. She kept dragging me back and forth and asking questions, which made me really uncomfortable and very nervous."
With a smile, Hiratsuka said nostalgically: "At that time, I thought she would definitely be a good teacher. She liked this job more than me, and she fully regarded teaching and educating people as her dream. She was passionate about it..."
"During her internship, I went abroad for a while, and when I returned home, I was always busy with work and didn't contact her. When I was finally free and remembered that I still had this cute junior, I heard the news about her going to teach at Shuchi'in Academy."
Hiratsuka sighed softly: "When I saw her at the exchange meeting, I was really surprised... The girl who was passionate about teaching and always smiled turned into the 'Ice Queen,' the 'Cold-faced Teacher.' This is no longer just a change in appearance, but a completely different person."
She shouted reasonably: "As scary as a sudden change from a shoujo manga style to a shounen manga style! Hey, as a guy, you can understand, right?"
(I may understand, but I don't want to be considered the same as you)
Hiding this complaint in his heart, Shinichi laughed a few times.
"So, you don't know what happened?"
"Yeah, I've been curious to ask my acquaintance from the high school before, but I didn't get any useful information." Hiratsuka's tone returned to seriousness, and she seemed to sigh again, "But something happened that made Mafuyu-chan's personality change drastically is true. If you really care about this issue, I'll ask my acquaintance, maybe he can remember something."
"Then I apologize for bothering you."
After thanking her, Shinichi was about to end the call when he heard Hiratsuka suddenly say:
"Wait a minute, suddenly I remember a name, which may have something to do with Mafuyu-chan..."
Shinichi put down his chopsticks and frowned slowly.
"Hino-san?"
After Hiratsuka finished speaking, Shinichi sent another thank you message to Hikigaya Hachiman. He was the one who provided Hiratsuka's contact information.
The mystery gradually became clearer, and the clues became clearer. Shinichi checked the information in his hands again. Later that afternoon, he also asked Itsuki to help divert attention elsewhere and went to have a secret meeting with a lone girl.
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