Suspicious Figure Following Rizu

Time passed, and the day was already late afternoon.

After finishing tutoring for Asumi and having lunch, Ren continued to go out and stroll as usual.

However, because of having to practice making meat buns and learning to make board games from Chika, his late afternoon hangout time had been shortened lately.

But for him, it was enjoyable to have time for strolling.

It didn't matter if his time was shortened.

"Where should I go see today?"

Since Yotsuba's gift hadn't been decided yet, Ren needed to go to some places that Yotsuba might like to find inspiration.

But he also didn't know what Yotsuba liked.

It was only then that he realized that he seemed to know nothing about Yotsuba.

They clearly knew each other for a long time, but now he didn't even know what she liked.

There was no way to prepare a gift like the ones given to Fumino and Itsuki.

Therefore, Ren walked aimlessly on the street, hoping to find a suitable gift.

At the same time, the Nakano family.

"Kamikawa-san will come to our house tomorrow."

Seeing Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki sitting on the sofa while watching TV, Nino, who had just come out of the kitchen, said this.

In an instant, the three of them looked at Nino.

"Is Ren really coming?"

"Nino, how do you know he's coming?"

"Is Ren coming to our house to play?"

Both of their voices sounded simultaneously, asking their own questions.

"Can you ask me one by one?" Nino responded helplessly, "How do you want me to answer?"

"Also, I forgot to mention earlier, Fumino, Rizu, and Kominami-senpai will also come, not just Kamikawa-san."

"Isn't this the celebration we agreed on before?"

Itsuki remembered something and asked her to confirm.

"Yes, so you don't have to look forward to Kamikawa-san's meeting too much." Nino nodded, "Anyway, our main goal tomorrow is for the celebration."

"Is the celebration held at our house?" Yotsuba asked dumbfoundedly.

"Yes, if we go outside, there will be a lot of people and it won't be comfortable." Nino said, "It's better to celebrate at home. At least it can be more relaxed."

Yotsuba asked with concern: "Won't it be very difficult for you to do this?"

Because this was a celebration, they had to eat something delicious, and as Nino who was in charge of cooking at home, she needed to cook food for nine people.

"It's more difficult, but it's okay. It just takes longer..." Nino didn't care about it.

This time their five sisters entered the top 50 of Shuchi'in Academy.

Now she just needed to work harder and cook more food to thank Ren and celebrate. This was something extraordinary.

"I can help too."

Miku, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said seriously.

"No, I still don't need your help."

Although she taught Miku a lot of cooking skills, Miku's cooking skills were still poor, so Nino couldn't accept if Miku helped her.

"I'll just make one croquette." Miku emphasized, "I'm still confident with this dish."

"...Well, let's agree beforehand that you can only cook one dish."

Regarding the croquette that Miku trained, Nino was relatively relieved.

'I'm sure I'll do well this time.'

Miku clenched her fists and made a decision.

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"None at all."

Ren, who had been wandering for a long time, didn't find any inspiration and still didn't find anything.

However, he was prepared to spend a long time thinking about a suitable gift, so he could still accept today's results.

"Ogata Rizu?"

Just as he was about to walk in another direction, Ren suddenly spotted Rizu holding a piece of paper in her hand and walking not far ahead of him.

'Go say hi.'

After thinking for a moment, Ren planned to go and talk to Rizu.

However, as he approached her, he saw a suspicious figure wearing a white coat, sunglasses, a mask, and a camera in her hand. She was hiding in the corner and staring at Rizu. She stopped, and from time to time, she directed the camera at Rizu.

Was this secretly shooting Rizu?

So, Ren slightly changed his mind and walked towards the suspicious figure.

"Sorry to bother you, what are you doing?"

When he was behind the suspicious figure, he found that the other party didn't realize he was behind them at all, so Ren had no choice but to remind them.

"Ahhhh!"

The suspicious figure was clearly startled by her voice and couldn't help but scream.

"Are you Kamikawa Ren?"

Turning around hurriedly, the suspicious figure saw Ren emerging in front of her and called his name.

"Do you know me?"

Seeing the unrecognizable girl, Ren asked puzzled.

"Of course, I know you. Moreover, you live with Ogata Rizu all day! And you come back with her every day!" The suspicious figure said jealously.

"In that case, you?"

Ren didn't remember ever knowing a girl like her.

"I'm Sawako Sekijo from Class C first year. I rank second after Ogata Rizu in terms of science grades. Like Ogata Rizu, I am a special admission student at Shuchi'in Academy. I am now a member of the Chemistry Club."

After taking off her sunglasses and mask, she introduced herself in great detail.

"I'm Kamikawa Ren from Class B first year, and I'm Ogata's classmate."

After he introduced himself in the same way as her, he then asked: "What were you just doing? Following Ogata?"

"I wasn't following Ogata Rizu." She defended herself, "I just happened to be here for a walk."

"Then what's the camera in your hand for?" Ren continued to ask.

Hearing that, Sawako glanced at the camera in her hand and hid the camera behind her.

"It's for taking landscape photos."

"...I don't quite believe it."

Although not knowing much about common sense, but Sawako's appearance and actions just now clearly didn't mean she was here for a walk and taking pictures of landscapes like she said.

"Just forget it if you don't believe it. In short, I definitely wasn't following Ogata Rizu!"

Seeing his disbelief, Sawako couldn't think of another explanation, so she emphasized it again.

"What are you doing?"

Just as Ren was about to say something, Rizu suddenly appeared next to the two of them and asked in confusion.