บท 1972: Unexpected Situation

Ultimately, Akane left with Machida to guide her to her destination. With an exuberant motive in mind, she left me no window to dissuade her.

Nevertheless, it’s not like she’s going to push Machida to be more conscious of me or vice versa. Her reason for deciding to be her guide was to test the waters. To figure out Machida’s personality more.

Since their conversation only went around our encounter today, Akane believed it was insufficient to reach a conclusion. It wasn’t enough to get a proper read on her. Who knows? She might still be hiding a lot more than she let on.

Even though that should only be the second time we’ve encountered each other ever since graduating from middle school, Machida was strangely too updated about me. With her group being one of those at the top of the hierarchy, shouldn’t dabbling in rumors be pointless to them?

Well, it’s difficult to figure that out properly considering I hadn’t observed them enough and I lacked the interest to do so.