Nino's footsteps stopped in place, and turned her head angrily.
"...What do you mean?"
"If you can understand Japanese, you will know what I mean." Slightly lifting his chin, Shinichi said without rushing, "Who do you think you are? Faculty members? Student Council administrator? The principal's illegitimate daughter? Do whatever you want, can it be done? If you want to threaten anyone, people have to obey?"
He shook his head and sneered.
"It is so arrogant that it makes people want to laugh."
Nino clenched her fists, and visible anger, but she instead raised an even brighter smile, and said with that smiling face.
"You better tell me clearly, otherwise…"
Shinichi still didn't care, and left the wall where he was leaning against.
"I will say it directly."
"Among the quintuplets, you are the most stupid! You are arrogant, selfish, with a bad brain but pretending to be smart, what skills do you have to make decisions for them here? What right do you have to disturb my mind?"
"You..." Nino took a step back, and then seemed to realize that she had inadvertently shown fear, and faced back forcefully.
"You obviously don't know anything about us, so don't talk to yourself there!"
"Heh..." Shinichi sneered, and stepped forward again, bringing the pressure closer to the girl in front of him, "Don't worry, the real self-talk starts now."
"Do you think quintuplets are rare? Do you think I really can't find anyone? Do you think I really need your help?!"
"If it weren't for being too lazy to work hard, believe it or not, I could run Forest School better than I did before? I need to find a transfer student who is about to repeat a grade to hold me back?"
His tone gradually became disdainful.
"I told you clearly, Nakano Nino, you are nothing! I'm not taking you seriously at all!" Shinichi scoffed.
"I will save some morals and not say a word, but you don't understand what kind of ability is worthy of what kind of title."
Shinichi put his hands in his pockets, leaned back, and looked down at Nino.
"Come on, instead of talking to yourself, do you have anything to argue with?"
Veins popping up on the surface of the fist, Nino was like the calm before the storm.
Denial?... People like you don't deserve me to say a few more words.
She lifted her steps, and was about to leave with an oncoming violent emotion.
Shinichi sighed softly, raised his fist and tapped his chest silently, and couldn't help but show a helpless smile.
——Really, if possible, I hope you can get angry here.
After all, I'm just an idiot, and I don't know how to do it other than this method.
——However, hurting other people's feelings and hurting one's own feelings is really annoying.
"You didn't say it, I said it."
"You quintuplets, Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, Itsuki—"
"It's all mud that can't support the wall!"
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded, and even before the echo, Nino had appeared in front of Shinichi, then punched him in the stomach.
Damn it!
Even though Shinichi was grinding his teeth in preparation, there was still a scream of pain between his teeth. He staggered backwards, leaned against the wall, and tried to numb the pain by taking deep breaths.
However, Nino didn't give him any leeway to recover, and immediately stepped forward, grabbed Shinichi by the collar and pulled him towards him.
"You are not allowed to insult my sister."
After saying these words, her expression was covered in anger.
"Quickly apologize!"
"...Huh." Ignoring the pain in his stomach, Shinichi said provocatively, "I just said so much... You weren't angry... But I just said one thing about your sister, and then hit them directly... What a touching brotherhood. "
"You apologize?" Nino just repeated the question.
Shinichi looked at her with downcast eyes: "If you want me to apologize, you apologize first!"
The fingers pinching the collar suddenly stopped, then pressed harder against his throat: "I apologize, why?!"
"Wrong…" Shinichi said to Nino with a mocking smile even though he was grinding his teeth, and let out a sound even though he was short of breath.
"Apologize not to me, but to your sister! Apologize loudly, you idiot!"
Before Nino could react, Shinichi's voice echoed across the stairs.
"Who insulted whom now? Who looks down on whom? Who looks down on your sister?! If you don't even know this, what do you call it there, and who are you mad at?!"
"Do you think they are all like you, how good it is to think about sister not changing all the time? You didn't grow up at all but complained that your sister who was trying to grow up betrayed you. You really think that the whole world should get used to you, and the earth surrounds you?"
"And..." Facing Nino who was stunned on the spot, Shinichi said in a loud volume.
"Have you ever seen Miku being bothered by English questions she didn't understand?"
"Have you ever seen the appearance of Itsuki putting knowledge into her head even though she is grinding her teeth?"
"Have you ever seen Yotsuba smiling and encouraging others even though she doesn't understand anything?"
"Have you seen how they suffer, are sad, and laugh while studying? Have you seen how they struggle to move forward to develop themselves, make themselves better than before, and not let the world look down on them?!"
"You don't see as much as an outsider like me. As a member of their family, you don't trust them like I do!"
"Tell me, Nakano Nino!"
Shinichi raised his hand, grabbed Nino by the collar, and leaned his face towards her and said loudly.
"What are you afraid of? Obviously, your family is waiting for you in front, why don't you catch up?"
"What are you hesitating about? Is this hardship difficult for them? They worked really hard, but you think they are still the same as before and can't do anything about it?"
"—Tell me, who's going to apologize now!"
The hand on the collar slowly loosened, and the corner of Nino's mouth twitched slightly, a complicated and uncomfortable ripple appeared on her face, her eyes were bloodshot, and some tears swirled in them.
"You... What do you know... You obviously don't understand anything..."
"Don't repeat this sentence to me again, I really don't understand anything." Shinichi's voice also suddenly slowed down, his expression calm, and he stared indifferently, "But even so, being arrogant and full of prejudice, this senior also wants to tell you—"
"Trust your family, believe your sister, if you can't even do that, you will always be the one left behind."
Shinichi let go of her collar and walked towards the corridor entrance nonchalantly.
"You can cancel the registration, I believe I can handle it myself, goodbye."