You Don't Understand

　　"I don't want to talk about gossip like 'you are here' and 'I am here'."

　　Shinichi put his feet up on the chair, and there were two convenience store lunches on the stone table in front of him.

　　"After eating, it's time to see you off."

　　His gaze swept across Fuutarou indifferently.

　　Fuutarou pressed his thumb against his temple.

　　"You really like acting, how come I've never seen you guest at the drama club?"

　　"I've studied it, but that doesn't mean I like it."

　　Shinichi threw a can of drink, Fuutarou caught it, and at the same time took out three 100 yen coins and put them on the table.

　　Shinichi raised his eyebrows: "You..."

　　"I didn't bring any money last time. I don't like being treated all the time." Fuutarou pulled the lid on the drink can, "Take it, even though it might not be enough, but it's the most I can spend for lunch for a day."

　　Shinichi nodded, pocketed the money, and answered.

　　"That's not enough."

　　"Don't be so honest…" After taking a sip of his drink, Fuutarou looked at the packaging, "What is this? Matcha soda? It tastes great, and the name is as weird as zero calories."

　　"This is a drink I've been liking to drink more and more lately." Shinichi also took a sip of his matcha soda, tasted the pleasure of the bitter bubbles bursting in his mouth, then took chopsticks.

　　"Let's eat. It's been a long time since I've eaten bento from the convenience store. Really nostalgic."

　　"Don't you usually bring your own bento? Why did you suddenly change the taste?"

　　"Because I don't want to eat red bean rice." Thinking of the red bean rice lying in the rice cooker last night and almost being his lunch today, Shinichi lost his appetite, so he quickly took a bite of the hamburger steak.

　　Fuutarou looked at him suspiciously, said nothing, then started to eat some rice.

　　The silent eating only lasted about ten seconds, and Shinichi spoke.

　　"Hey, Fuutarou, what do you think..."

　　This familiar opening...

　　Fuutarou's mouth twitched, he knew that this sentence was the sound of the horn for the second round of the fight between the two.

　　In order to ensure that the work can be carried out smoothly, the first step is to start after winning a complete victory here!

　　As for the doubts in the past, after seeing Shinichi's acting ability just now and knowing that he was fooled, his doubts completely disappeared.

　　This man has never felt uncomfortable at all!

　　Since this was the case, it was only right for him to use his full strength to refute it without any weight.

　　Let him know that Uesugi Fuutarou is not easy to persuade, let him witness his dark will, even if he becomes a criminal...

　　Wait, that doesn't sound too serious. This is not Chuunibyou. High school students have their own method.

　　Fuutarou waited for Shinichi to say the second half of his sentence, ready to leave.

　　"You think... I'm a good person?"

　　"😐"

　　Fuutarou gritted his teeth.

　　"Whether you are a good person or not is none of my business! Why are you asking this if you didn't do anything!"

　　"Opening statements are a very important part of a debate, to show the basis of your argument." Shinichi wiped his mouth gracefully, and put his eggplant into Fuutarou's bento, "Like this, I give you eggplant, which means I don't like eggplant because they are soft and rotten."

　　"You understand?

　　 Fuutarou was completely speechless.

　　Now he forgot what he was going to say.

　　Could it be that Shinichi doesn't want to talk to himself about the quintuplets at all, but just casual friends having lunch together? While this is understandable, can't it be done normally?

　　——However, this is also Shinichi's strategy.

　　[Natural cute acting]

　　[In serious conversations, I'm most afraid of meeting people with boring personalities! Her unpredictable reactions and the channel's unique way of thinking always catches people off guard. They often jump from one topic to another, and end up drawing conclusions that are completely irrelevant to the topic. This can be described as an atmosphere killer!]

　　Although Shinichi's character is stiff and conservative, it will be difficult to emulate that, but he only plans to use this trick to disrupt Fuutarou's rhythm and thinking, and seize the dominant position in this "Word War".

Seeing that Fuutarou was indeed affected, Shinichi continued.

　　"I don't think I'm a kind person, I don't help people when I see trouble, and I don't bother to say nice words to comfort people who are sad. The most common thing I do is stand on the sidelines."

　　"So I will speak directly to you."

　　With a smile on his face, Shinichi supported his face with one hand, and calmly said a few words to Fuutarou.

　　"You lose this job, it's none of my business. If you can't let them study actively, that's your lack of ability, and it's none of my business."

　　"It doesn't matter if you don't like me, if you say that I make your students not study hard, or if you say that I don't do what an 'educator' should do—"

Shinichi kept talking.

　　"That has nothing to do with me!"

　　"Next work, please continue to work hard, I will not say anything good to them for you!"

　　——First, he made a resolution to become a villain.

　　"... Huh." Fuutarou smiled instead of being angry, and let out a mocking smile, "Have you finally shown your true nature? Well, it's none of your business, then let's talk about them."

　　"What do they have to do with you?"

　　Shinichi interrupted his words directly, and added, "That's none of your business. What they want to do is their freedom. We're both outsiders, thinking about their future? Our arrogance must have a limit."

　　These words made sense, and Fuutarou's expression was ugly, searching for excuses in his mind and trying to resist.

　　Of course, Shinichi would not let go of this silence.

　　"For you and me, studying is very important, but that's just your opinion."

　　"They have more important things to pursue, and they have the necessary reasons to give up their studies. In that case, what qualifications do we have to make such irresponsible remarks?"

　　Just like Furuhashi Fumino and Ogata Rizu, facing those who voluntarily go down a dangerous path, sympathy and pity were simply an insult to their resolve.

　　From Shinichi's point of view, there was only one thing he could do, whether it was studying or forest school business.

　　Namely support as a listener, partner, friend, boss (unpaid), to bless and help them in their current endeavors.

　　——Secondly, he made an awareness to recognize his position.

　　"...Sounds very good, but do you really understand it?" Fuutarou didn't back down, and quickly thought of a way to refute, "Their grades are so bad that there's no way to save. At Shuchi'in Academy, family background and grades are everything, so what is a mere forest school?"

　　"In other people's eyes… No, in their father's eyes, they have worked really hard to transfer to this school, but their grades haven't risen at all, and instead waste time on such things, what do you think he would think?"

　　With a serious look, Fuutarou said to Shinichi word by word.

　　"If I don't do your job properly, I won't be able to enjoy that salary with peace of mind!"

　　"Students use grades as a standard of effort. Even if special achievements can overshadow grades, what have they accomplished? The competition will only be held after the midterms, and the forest school will be held a month. Then even if it does take place, what about after that? Do you have to entrust them to run the forest school all the time? Or do you want to form a club to be the group in charge of the forest school?"

　　"Don't you feel stupid?" Fuutarou sneered, "If the quintuplets give up on studying, there's really no cure—"

　　"They never give up learning, it's just that you can't see it."

　　Shinichi stood and looked at him.

　　"Too bad, Uesugi Fuutarou. As the 'chairman', I understand this better than you, the 'educator'."

　　A faint smile appeared at the corner of Shinichi's mouth, and the faces of the quintuplets flashed before his eyes one by one, and the words in the notebook gradually appeared in his mind, which made him confident enough to support these words.

　　——Thirdly, they gave him the awareness to stand here and say these words.

　　"You don't understand Ichika's tenacity, Nino's pride, Miku's gentleness, Yotsuba's hard work, and Itsuki's seriousness."

　　"Even though I've only been with them for a week or two, I can sure tell you."

　　He picked up the empty bento box, looked at the stunned Fuutarou, and showed a smug but friendly smile.

　　"You don't understand, the quintuplets are more dazzling than anyone to me."

　　"No matter what means you have, just use them. Anyway, I'm still ahead of them."

　　Putting down the folded white paper, turned around and walked towards the door.

　　"This is the contact information of the next of kin who are currently recruiting tutors. It's up to you if you want, and I'll give it to you. It's just that the bad guys will be dealt with to the end."

　　"Thank you for your teaching so far, Fuutarou Sensei."