The next morning, there were no classes, so Saiki Kusuo met Kushida Kikyo early.
Although he was accompanying Sakura Airi to rest the camera, Kushida Kikyo made an appointment with Saiki Kusuo in advance.
"Good morning, Saiki!"
Kushida Kikyo greeted Saiki Kusuo very warmly, and the latter responded out of politeness.
"By the way, Saiki! I discovered something yesterday..."
While Kushida Kikyo was talking, she handed her mobile phone to Saiki Kusuo, and there was a photo of a graceful girl on it.
Sakura Airi, or the internet idol 'Shizuku'.
In the photo, Sakura Airi does not wear glasses, and her beauty is revealed without any cover. She has twin tails and looks like an energetic girl, which is completely different from Sakura Airi's usual gloomy appearance.
Kushida Kikyo was able to find Sakura Airi's blog, and Saiki Kusuo had to admit how awesome she was.
"Do you recognize who this is?"
"Who is this?"
Of course Saiki Kusuo knew this person's identity, but he still pretended not to know.
"Hey? Haven't you heard of the internet idol Shizuku?"
"Sorry, I haven't heard of it."
Saiki Kusuo shook his head. If he said he knew, he might be misunderstood by Kushida Kikyo or others. The people who are interested in this kind of Internet idol should be guys like Kanji Ike.
"Really...forget it, she is a very famous idol on the Internet!"
"I see."
"Don't you think she looks like someone in our class?"
"Who?"
"That's Sakura! Look at the background... isn't it the door to our dormitory!"
"It seems to be true."
Saiki Kusuo replied. After saying these words, he realized that he should have answered with a more surprised tone and expression, but fortunately Kushida Kikyo didn't pay too much attention.
"Shizuku hasn't responded to comments recently, exactly three months ago - Sakura is the idol Shizuku... Although it feels very different, this may be the reason why she doesn't like to communicate with others. ."
This school has regulations prohibiting communication with the outside world, but it does not prohibit things like surfing the Internet, so even if she comes to the school, Sakura Airi can still log in to her account and see comments, but she cannot reply. .
"Probably, but I think it's better not to mention this aspect later and pretend not to know."
"Um."
After a brief exchange, the two went to the school's Cyber City together - here, there are all kinds of electronic products, and as long as you have enough points, there is nothing you can't buy.
And Sakura Airi has been waiting at the gate of Digital City for a long time.
"Sorry to make you wait, Sakura-san, I am really sorry for yesterday!"
After Kushida Kikyo saw Sakura Airi, she immediately showed an embarrassed expression and told the other party, seemingly without any flaws.
"W-Well...well..I was careless...and I also asked you to come with me. I'm very sorry."
Sakura Airi glanced at the two of them, but her timid eyes quickly moved away, and could only stare at the bricks on the ground.
Even with someone like Kushida Kikyo who can basically chat with anyone, Sakura Airi is a little at a loss, but there is no other way. In order to repair her camera, she can only agree to Kushida Kikyo's invitation to come together. Digital City.
If it weren't for this reason...Sakura Airi would basically not come here, and this is not just for social reasons.
[Fortunately... I have Kushida-san accompanying me this time... and this... classmate...]
'Don't you even know what my name is? '
[The way Kushida-san looked at me earlier changed... Could it be that they already know... about me...]
'What a keen intuition. '
Saiki Kusuo sighed in his heart that Sakura Airi was the most intuitive person he had ever seen. Perhaps this came from her experience as an idol, so she was sensitive to subtle changes that were indescribable to others.
[If they weren't here... I wouldn't dare to go... to that location. ]
'Such a situation would be a nightmare for someone like Sakura. '
[Especially...that clerk...]
'Shop clerk? I seemed to have heard from Sakura yesterday that she was very concerned about a certain clerk in the digital store. Is it because of some reason? '
Saiki Kusuo became a little confused. Sakura Airi's mood seemed to be a little fearful, but the reason should be found out later.
"Then let's go! Sakura-san!"
Kushida Kikyo smiled at Sakura Airi and led the way into the Digital City.
There is a dazzling array of products inside, including laptops, game consoles, cameras... and all kinds of electronic equipment. It is hard to imagine that this is a store that can appear inside a high school.
Although each student's dormitory will be equipped with a computer, it can only provide the most basic Internet functions. If you want to play games or do other things, the Cyber City has more advanced computers to choose from.
Saiki Kusuo also didn't like such an occasion. Although there were not many students, there were a lot of shopping mall staff here, so he had to hear more noise. '
"The pit area is over there!"
Kushida Kikyo saw the location of the maintenance area at a glance, pointed her finger in that direction, and walked over quickly.
Saiki Kusuo and Sakura Airi followed Kushida Kikyo - and Sakura Airi seemed to notice something, and she started to feel a little embarrassed.
[It's that person...he's still there...]
Following Sakura Airi's gaze, Saiki Kusuo noticed a man with a wretched face standing at the front desk of the maintenance area. He was the maintenance staff member of the Cyber City.
And what was even more wretched than his face was his voice.
[It's Shizuku, it's Shizuku! ]
[What a blessing. I never thought that Shizuku-chan would come to this school! I'm leaving you messages every day! Shizuku-chan! ]
[Shizuku-chan! Shizuku-chan!, Shizuku-chan Shizuku-chan, Shizuku-chan! I want to be with you! Are you coming to buy anything again this time? ]
And all his thoughts were clearly heard by Saiki Kusuo.
'Yeah, yeah, that's it. '
Saiki Kusuo narrowed his eyes slightly.