Chapter 810: Asada-san, You Devil!

"Not yet... Nino told her last night that we would have lunch together. Maybe she's delayed due to something else?" Miku felt a bit worried.

Ichika pursed her lips and said somewhat helplessly, "We just discussed this issue. Besides, lunchtime is limited, so we can only eat first and save a portion for Yotsuba."

"If she minds, just give her a tougher lesson. What's the use of disappearing if nothing happens... Well, that's what Nino said."

Ichika sighed. "I really hope she's not pushing herself. After all, counting the days, if nothing happens, everyone has to..."

Before she finished speaking, Miku lowered the call volume to the lowest level, then lifted her phone, looking at Ichika on the screen with a slightly red face.

"No need to say things like that!"

"Ahahaha, true~" Ichika laughed awkwardly.

Shinichi didn't care about what they were hiding; he just focused his mind on Yotsuba's issue.

Yotsuba said to trust her, but now she couldn't be reached, making everyone worried; she said not to underestimate her, but now she wasn't even visible, and he didn't know what was bothering her.

If she could really handle it, why didn't she answer her family's calls? Why has no one seen her since then?

Shinichi decided to get up and make a call.

"You guys go ahead and eat. I'll ask the athletic club president. Maybe Yotsuba is there to help. She's so busy that she didn't read messages."

Others who were chatting unconsciously looked at him when he stood up. His parents were confused and didn't say anything. Fumino reacted quickly, and as she was about to speak, Nino's somewhat thick voice was heard first.

"Okay, I'll leave that kid to you. If she tries to act meaningless again, I'll give you the right to hit her hard!"

"...I don't know how to fight," Shinichi replied with a silent expression.

Don't say such things in front of them.

"Okay, just kidding!"

Nino smiled, showing her neatly white teeth, and smiled very beautifully.

"Hurry back. I'll be waiting for you to come back for lunch."

"Um."

Shinichi waved his hand, turned, and left.

Stepping out of the shade under the tree, Nino's voice explaining to the others slowly faded away.

"Ah, it's okay if Nino and Fumino can hold off Mom and Dad. I just said I wanted to have lunch with their sisters. Now that one of them is missing, it's a bit..."

Shinichi sighed.

If he hadn't brought his parents here, Nino might not have opened her lunch box now but would have waited for Yotsuba to come back before everyone could enjoy it together.

The importance of family to Nino was self-evident.

"Now, where did this foolish rabbit go..."

Shinichi flipped through the address book, saying that cunning rabbits have three burrows. Although Yotsuba was not cunning at all, in this school, there were more than three places where she could hide.

The athletic club was one of them; judging from how she helped the athletic section bring bubble milk tea in the morning, maybe she went there to work as a helper after the competition.

Walking towards the athletic club office, Shinichi took out the club president's number and prepared to call.

However, at this moment, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the red rabbit earband passing through the crowd.

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"Yotsuba, thank you for your help... I shouldn't have bothered you?"

"No, no, it's just a warm-up for the afternoon match!" Yotsuba placed the box in her hands on the table and wiped her sweat while smiling.

A female classmate staying in the medical post sighed happily, "Luckily, you're here; otherwise, this box of water would have to wait until the guy comes back to move it..."

"Yes, return it to me if you have any questions!"

Yotsuba bid farewell to the others and quickly called a passing athletic club member.

"Asahina-san, do you know where the president is now?"

Asahina, a short-haired classmate with blue hair, looked at her doubtfully. "The president? I don't know, but you can call and ask... Do you have any business with her?"

Yotsuba giggled shyly. "Didn't she talk about massage techniques to reduce sports fatigue in the last club meeting? I kind of forgot about it, and I want to ask her again... Ah, Asahina-san, do you remember?"

Asahina shook her head. "I forgot; you better ask her directly."

"Is that so..." Yotsuba scratched her head and reached into her pocket to take out her phone. However, she suddenly stiffened and her eyes widened. She pulled out an empty pocket and put it back slowly.

Then, she patted her whole body, where her phone couldn't possibly be hidden, but found nothing.

After a long pause, Yotsuba felt like crying but couldn't shed tears, and her shoulders slumped with a pale face.

"The phone is in my school bag, and I didn't take it out..."

Seeing her strange and funny behavior, Asahina couldn't help but laugh and took out her phone.

"Here, I'll give it to you. Don't be too busy. I've seen you running since morning. Haven't you rested at all? Your face is pale."

Yotsuba happily reached out to take the other person's phone.

"Thank you, Asahina-san! But it's okay, I'm full of energy—"

"In that case, do you still need a massage technique to reduce fatigue during exercise? Please make a draft before lying down, Yotsuba-san."

Before she finished speaking, a deep male voice was heard beside her.

Yotsuba's movements froze in the air, and even her smile froze. Only in her trembling blue eyes did a terrible fear appear.

"You have three sins. One is that you uttered harsh words but failed to fulfill them."

"The second is running without a phone."

"The third is continuing to boast and make excuses."

"My beloved Sports Committee President, tell me, how should I punish you?"

Shinichi raised his glasses, and a cold grin appeared at the corner of his mouth as a deadly light penetrated his lenses.

"By the way, Nino seems to have given me the right to hit you."

As these words came out, Yotsuba came out of her frozen state, instinctively covering her buttocks and moving slowly.

Shinichi patted her shoulder, like a trapped rabbit. Yotsuba froze in her place, not daring to move.

"But I certainly won't do that. Don't worry."

After he finished speaking, Shinichi smiled slightly at Asahina, who was looking at the two of them in surprise.

"Sorry, all the student council members are looking for her, so I'll take her away now."

Asahina shook her head, looked back and forth between them, and smiled slightly.

"It's okay, just find her! Well then, I won't be a light bulb, see you~"

After giving a spirited look to Yotsuba, the blue-haired girl ran away quickly, completely ignoring Yotsuba's eyes filled with warning signals.

"Stop searching." Like a devil's whisper, that magnetic voice clung to Yotsuba's white ear, and Shinichi spoke softly beside her ear.

"Look again; I'll tell Ichika and the others that 'Even though I'm not a genius, don't underestimate me.'"

"And repeat it with the most confident and enthusiastic tone from Yotsuba-chan."

"..."

Yotsuba completely surrendered, like a small animal caught by a raptor, with the rabbit earband hanging in front of her eyes, and she made a sound of sighing sadness.

"Asada-san, you devil..."