Intentional Advantage?

"Buy everything!"

After a moment of silence, the five of them made a decision quietly.

"Right now, we're being so understanding." Asumi continued to complain.

Seeing the five of them debating on what to buy first, Fumino took the initiative to suggest: "By the way, why don't we look for Ricchan first? Her family also has a stall here today."

"In that case, let's find Rizu first. On the way to finding her, buy whatever you come across first."

They all looked at each other and quickly reached an agreement.

Of course, Ren and Asumi didn't mind this.

"Come with me, Ricchan told me where her stall is."

After saying this, Fumino led the way.

And they followed her, observing if there were any stalls they wanted to eat from, and if there were, they would stop and buy some.

"Ren-san, do you want some fried chicken nuggets? Try them, they're still good."

"The beef skewers are good too. I'll give you one, Kamikawa-kun."

"Ren, do you want to try Taiyaki?"

"There's takoyaki ahead, Ren-kun, do you want to have some?"

Before he walked far, Ren's hands were already filled with various snacks.

Slowly taking a piece of fried chicken nugget from her own box, Asumi joked, "Kouhai-kun, you're really working hard."

"It's not difficult."

With the small amount, Ren could still eat it all.

"Today is the fireworks show, so it's okay if you eat as much as you want."

Fumino found a reason like that for herself and handled the beef skewers she had just bought without hesitation.

Right now, Ichika was comforting Itsuki: "Don't be angry."

"It's still hard to accept when I think about it." Itsuki said discontentedly, "The takoyaki shop owner praised you for your cuteness and then gave you more, but he didn't say anything to me."

"That's outrageous. We clearly look exactly the same."

Ichika gave her some of her takoyaki: "Alright, eat this and cheer up."

Miku next to her commented quietly, "The complicated thoughts of the quintuplets."

"Can't you two walk faster?" Nino urged, "We can hardly keep up with Fumino and the others."

Yotsuba beside her pointed to a stall not far ahead and reminded specifically, "That seems to be Rizu's stall over there. I see Rizu."

"In that case, let's hurry over there at once!"

Arriving at Ogata Rizu's stall, and seeing the long queue, Nino could only sigh, "There are too many people here."

It's clearly not the busiest time of the festival, but the momentum now is much higher compared to other stalls.

"I want three portions of fried udon!"

"I want four!"

People in line loudly voiced their needs.

"Ricchan, we're here to find you."

Fumino greeted Rizu, who was busy packing up, then Ogata's father, who was busy making udon, greeted, "Good evening, uncle."

"Good evening, uncle."

As his greeting fell, everyone else greeted him one by one.

"Hello, everyone."

Because it's the fireworks show, Ogata's father, who has never liked Ren, didn't give him any "special treatment" at the moment.

Rizu wore a yukata with a flower pattern but also wore an additional apron, raised her head, looked towards them who came to see her, and answered softly, "Everyone, good evening."

"Don't block the way here."

After glancing at the slowly gathering crowd, Nino suggested.

With so many of them standing together, it takes up a lot of space.

So, a group of them went behind Rizu's stall and started chatting here.

"I also want to eat fried udon."

Smelling the aroma of udon, Itsuki's mouth felt watery.

"In that case, let's wait here for a moment. If there are fewer people, we'll buy udon." Ichika said, "I just ate a lot, so I'll take this opportunity to digest."

"Sure."

There was no comment from Itsuki.

"There are so many people now, so Rizu can't go to the fireworks show with us." Nino analyzed the current situation.

"It seems so." Fumino said somewhat depressed.

She still wanted to stroll around the festival with Rizu.

"When the fireworks start, I should be able to relax." Rizu replied, "We can still watch the fireworks together."

"Do you need my help?"

Yotsuba had been observing the packing process for some time and felt she had learned it, asking hesitantly.

"No, I can do it myself."

Rizu declined her offer to help.

Yotsuba didn't say much after being rejected.

After all, she only watched for a moment before offering help. If she really helped, she might actually inconvenience Rizu.

But, at this moment.

A figure quietly approached Ren, who was browsing the stalls around him.

"Hehehehe~ guess who I am?"

As these words were spoken, two soft balls stuck to Ren's back. At the same time, his glasses were obstructed by a pair of small hands.

Asumi noticed something unusual here. After seeing the true face of the figure behind him, she not only didn't say anything, but she looked at her with great interest.

"Fujiwara-san."

Ren answered without hesitation.

In fact, he had already sensed it when Chika approached him.

Just because of his identity as an ordinary person, he pretended not to know anything.

"No. Keep guessing!"

Hearing Ren directly guess that it was her, Chika refused to admit that his guess was correct.

"It's Fujiwara Chika."

Such a clear answer belonged to her. Ren really couldn't guess anyone else.

"That's not Fujiwara Chika, that's someone else! If you guess wrong next time, don't ever think of letting me go tonight."

Chika reluctantly used a little more force with her hands covering his glasses.

In this way, Ren could feel the gentle touch on his back more clearly.

Miku was intrigued by Chika's voice, immediately realizing the ambiguity between their postures: "Fujiwara-san, are you and Ren too close?"

"Hm?"

Chika instinctively looked down.

After hesitating for a moment, she quickly removed her hand covering Ren's glasses and took a few steps back.

Covering her chest with her hand, Chika accused him with a slightly red face: "That's outrageous. You're deliberately taking advantage of me."