81 Nakano Yotsuba is no ordinary fool

　　Shinichi saw her serious expression. After a while, he asked.

　　"Are you trying to say that I have heart disease? I'm just a little depressed because of certain things. How can there be mental illness? Is this too exaggerated?"

　　"Hmm... I can't explain it..." Yotsuba nodded her chin, "It's just a feeling! I felt that Asada-san was in a bad mood and his whole body was emitting embarrassment. This is different from the last time you had a fever…"

　　With the index fingers of both hands drawing circles on either side of the temples, Yotsuba thought painfully: "Ahhh——I don't know how to say it clearly! After all, Asada-san is sick!"

　　"Can you stop screaming so loudly? Embarrassing!"

　　Shinichi hastily stopped her, and looked around. Luckily school was over now, and none of the students around here were listening to them. So he is relieved.

　　Even though he sneered at her words, the other party really thought highly of him, even if he didn't accept her, he couldn't directly reject her with such a strong attitude.

　　So to end peacefully, he clutched his chest and staggered back a few steps, feigning pain, and said in a forced voice.

　　"Hearing what you said, I'm really uncomfortable... Well, I'll go find someone to help me now, don't worry about me, just go about your own business."

　　Yotsuba shook her head, spread her arms and said.

　　"Asada-san sure is a good liar… Look, if you tell such a clumsy lie, it's only going to make people think that you've been trying to be brave and need someone else's help? Asada-san isn't smart, but there's nothing you can do about that. You cannot survive in this cruel society."

　　The veins on Shinichi's forehead were twitching, Yotsuba's manner of speaking was really annoying, especially when she called him stupid.

　　With a plan in mind, he suddenly showed a friendly smile.

　　"Is it true? Then tell me a lie and let me take a look?"

　　Yotsuba propped her chin up with a pensive expression on her face.

　　"Lie... Even though I'm not good at it, but compared to Asada-san, maybe I really can do it..."

　　She thought for a moment, her face suddenly reddened and looked at Shinichi shyly.

　　"A-Asada-san... I..."

　　Shinichi understood, Yotsuba wanted to embarrass him with a false confession, and then used this to make him laugh...

　　Isn't that just a fake confession? He played this trick with Furuhashi back then, and this time he wouldn't be embarrassed.

　　Yotsuba suddenly lowered her head and said loudly.

　　"I... Actually am not a Kamen Rider!"

　　"Isn't this natural?!"

　　"I'm not a Pretty Cure either..."

　　"What else do you want to be?!"

　　"Ask why? Because here I am!"

　　"Wrong sentence! Don't think that the two things growing in your head can be symbols of peace!"

　　Yotsuba raised her head, and said in amazement: "Wow, I didn't expect Asada-san to know so much. I'm watching anime, tokusho and stuff! You want to go to a Kamen Rider movie together next time?"

　　"Isn't the time to talk about topics like this now?!" Shinichi realized that he almost forgot about his business because of the complaint.

　　"Lies..." Yotsuba slowly looked away, with an embarrassed expression on her face, "Very simple lies... Let me just say one..."

　　Her smile was very stiff, and her speech was also stuttering.

　　"I... My grades are actually really good... Maybe second place in school..."

　　Ranked second in the school right before your eyes!

　　Shinichi covered his face.

　　Why should he be serious with a fool?

　　"You are not qualified to teach me a lesson, and you are even better at lying than I am."

　　"Hmm... I can't argue..." Yotsuba lowered her head, her figure in the tracksuit was slightly distressed, but she calmed down very quickly in the next moment, "But it's fine, as long as you don't lie! Thinking about it carefully, I don't need to lie!"

　　"...That's right." After a moment of silence, Shinichi could only smile helplessly. If he really forced this simple and straightforward fool to lie, it would feel like committing a crime and make him feel guilty.

　　"Let's end the chat here. Apart from telling me that my heart hurts, is there anything else you should do? If you have nothing to do, I will go first."

　　Without further resistance, Shinichi looked straight at Yotsuba.

　　"Don't talk about meddling in other people's affairs. I have to solve my own problem. You don't like being chased to the bottom of your privacy, and then receiving meaningless encouragement, do you?"

　　"I said it last time, if the character of a good person is too exaggerated, it will be despised by others, right?"

Shinichi said this with a smile.

　　Yotsuba puffed out her cheeks, and stepped towards him at a fast pace.

　　"Asada-san!"

Yotsuba took a step back in surprise, but Shinichi immediately gripped her hand tightly.

Shinichi held both of her palms tightly, and then Yotsuba slapped hard. A loud slap resounded and the sound waves seemed to erode the astonishment on Shinichi's face.

　　"I only said what I wanted to say now!"

　　Yotsuba raised her head and looked straight at Shinichi.

　　"Everything will be fine!"

　　A cheerful voice sounded in Shinichi's ear, and Yotsuba smiled silly.

　　"This is not a push, I just want to tell you!"

　　Yotsuba let go of her hand, and took a few steps back, her face slightly red from the dusk.

　　With her hands behind her back, she giggled, and the ribbon on her head swayed happily.

　　"Then I'll go first~ If you're feeling better, let's see Kamen Rider together next time!"

　　After she finished speaking, without waiting for Shinichi to answer, she passed him and happily ran towards the dim field in the distance.

　　"Ahahaha, run with all your might—"

　　The sound of footsteps getting farther away, Shinichi saw the back of his hand which was red from being slapped, and didn't move for a long time.

　　The surroundings were so quiet that he could clearly hear his heartbeat beating with unprecedented peace of mind.

He suddenly raised his right hand and touched the back of his left hand, as if the touch of that gentle hand was still there.

　　After that, Shinichi slowly lowered his head and couldn't hold back his laughter.

　　"Ha ha ha..."

　　As if he was going to use all his strength to laugh, he folded his palms in front of his mouth.

　　"Hahahahaha... What is this..."

　　Tears escaped from the corner of his eyes, his cheeks were red from laughing, and he even coughed twice, but he couldn't help but smile.

　　"Hahahahaha—"

　　The laughter itself was soon swallowed up by the silent air, as if tired of laughing, Shinichi sat back on the bench, looking at the teaching building covered in clouds in the distance.

　　Even if he is immature, he must become stronger than others, until the last moment of his life, he will stand back up after falling several times, so as not to let a moment's fragility completely overturn him.

　　But today, Shinichi finds out.

　　He's like that, sometimes, still needing someone to hold his hand and tell him that everything will be okay.

　　And this invention, a fool who is not good at lying, can find it in an instant, and without even having time to react.

　　Thinking of this, he smiled helplessly.

　　"Really, I am indebted again…"

　　Let him put it another way.

　　Nakano Yotsuba is no ordinary fool, she is a fool who is smarter than anyone else.

　　——At least, Shinichi thought so