Nagumo seemed to have just said hello and came back not too long after.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, let's go."
Invited by Nagumo, the group first went to have lunch, and then headed straight to karaoke. After reserving a large room, they all started singing their hearts out.
Calling it singing their hearts out might be too harsh, but if you compare them to professional singers, none of them could measure up to Kamuro.
The only exception was Nagumo. This guy seemed to be truly skilled at everything. He was academically strong, not bad at sports, and now he was even good at singing.
It was a pity, though, that his senior Asahina didn't seem very interested while he was singing. She just sat on the sofa, looking at her phone.
After an hour of this, Kamio Tatsuya finally received the news he had been waiting for.
He gestured to Nagumo, and Kamio Tatsuya left the room. Nagumo followed him out.
"What's up?"
"Just have something. I recently wrote something and submitted it, and I just got an email from the editor."
There was nothing to hide about this. Kamio Tatsuya directly showed Nagumo his phone.
"You wrote something?" Nagumo looked with interest. "I see. But there's still a while before the agreed time. Want to chat for a bit?"
"Sure."
Kamio Tatsuya put away his phone. Chatting with Nagumo was better than listening to those guys wailing inside.
Seeing Kamio Tatsuya so compliant, Nagumo sighed.
"Junior Kamio, you're making this very boring for me."
Nagumo's words left Kamio Tatsuya feeling a little confused.
"Did I do something?"
"No." Nagumo shook his head. "It's precisely because you didn't do anything that you're boring me."
Then, Nagumo sighed with feigned helplessness.
"Before you guys enrolled, the only person in this school I could call my rival was senior Horikita Manabu in the third year. But he's one year ahead of me, you know what that means, right?"
"Yeah… Senior Horikita Manabu would graduate before Senior Nagumo?"
"Exactly!" Nagumo suddenly got excited. "Every time I think about it, I can't sleep. I deeply regret that I wasn't born in the same year as Senior Horikita.
If we had entered this school in the same year, with him as the leader of Class A and me as the leader of Class B, what a wonderful beginning that would have been!"
As he spoke, a dreamy smile appeared on Nagumo's face, as if he was thinking about something.
In any case, Kamio Tatsuya found his obsessive attention quite disgusting.
But Kamio Tatsuya didn't show it at all. He just looked at Nagumo with a helpless expression.
"Even if you say so, there's nothing I can do."
"That's right." Nagumo sighed. "Senior Horikita Manabu, whom I considered a rival, is one year above me. And you and Ayanokouji, whom he favors, are first-years, one year below me.
Sometimes I also complain to the heavens why they are so unfair to me. There isn't a single strong person in the second year."
What do you mean there isn't a single strong person? Isn't that senior Kiryuin? Looking at her current carefree demeanor, it's clear you just don't want to provoke her, right? Even with her, if you pushed her hard enough, she would definitely fight back!
"Setting Ayanokouji aside, I never thought about going against Senior Nagumo," Kamio Tatsuya immediately stated his position.
Up to this point, Nagumo's actions had not harmed Kamio Tatsuya's interests. Since Nagumo hadn't provoked him and had even shared information at the beginning of the semester, Kamio Tatsuya had no reason to oppose Nagumo. He also didn't want to scheme with the other party; didn't he find it tiring?
"Oh? Can you tell me why?"
"Because it's too tiring, and Senior Nagumo and I aren't enemies, nor do we have any conflicting interests," Kamio Tatsuya said truthfully.
"Then what will you do if our interests clash one day?"
Facing the aggressive Nagumo, Kamio Tatsuya paused in silence for a moment before replying.
"Senior Nagumo, do you really want me to be your enemy?"
He didn't say anything about backing down, because neither of them would believe it. One concession, and then another? Kamio Tatsuya wasn't a Ninja Turtle.
"If not, won't I be bored next year?"
"In that case, I respectfully accept."
Kamio Tatsuya realized that this jerk Nagumo was doing this on purpose. If he didn't agree now, Nagumo would likely force him to act against him.
I was originally going to give you some face because you helped me at the start of the semester, but now, sorry.
From this, Kamio Tatsuya could directly tell that the guy had some screws loose. If Horikita Manabu were in Nagumo Miyabi's position right now, he wouldn't push Kamio Tatsuya to the opposition. Instead, he would help Kamio Tatsuya as much as possible, just like he did when he was in charge. When Kamio Tatsuya told him he wanted to learn how to fight, Horikita Manabu agreed without a second thought and taught him very diligently, with very effective results. But this Nagumo guy…
He was simply impossible to judge. But since he wanted to face a defeat, then he would give him a defeat as he wished.
"After the winter break, the school will arrange a special exam. This exam will involve all students. Show me your strength then."
A smile appeared on Nagumo's lips.
"Junior Kamio, please don't disappoint me."
"Before that, what do you think of Ayanokouji, Senior Nagumo? He's also one of the people Senior Horikita Manabu favors."
"You don't need to worry about that. Until he shows obvious noteworthy traits, I don't plan to pay too much attention to him."
"I understand."
Kamio Tatsuya wasn't disappointed. Then, he took out his phone and checked the time.
"I should be going soon."
"Okay, go ahead."
After leaving the karaoke place, Kamio Tatsuya clicked his tongue in annoyance. This jerk really knew how to stir up trouble. You can be bored, but I don't have time to play along with you! I need to think of a way. Senior Horikita Manabu in the third year still has about three months before graduation. If I can't deal with Nagumo within these three months, he'll definitely target me then. I'll just have to think of a plan during this time.
The special exam next month that he mentioned might be an opportunity, but Nagumo clearly already knew the details of this exam. Trying to do anything to Nagumo when the information was unequal would be incredibly difficult.
Never mind, it's useless to think about this now. I'll have to plan long-term.
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