Ichika, who was initially spacing out to who knows where, was suddenly startled by Ryunosuke's action of cutely pinching her small nose. She immediately cupped her nose while continually stepping backward.
"What are you doing?!"
She even forgot to attach a respectful title like "Senior," because she was so panicked and unprepared to face such treatment.
Ryunosuke did not reply to her sentence; he merely waved his hand to signal the girl to return to class immediately since the situation was already safe. After all, there was still important business he had to discuss with the Principal.
Ichika felt this was a bit strange, but for some reason, she actually nodded obediently to comply with the order with a face flushed deep red.
Narumori, who stood by the side witnessing the entire interaction from beginning to end, suddenly threw out a sentence that pierced home perfectly.
"You already have Arisu, you know. Even though I personally do not mind if you look for other women out there, you must ask Arisu about that matter first, whether she permits it or not."
"Cough!"
Ryunosuke instantly stumbled and almost fell weakly forward. He knew very well what the hidden meaning of the man in front of him was; his future father-in-law intended to allow him to have offspring as a successor.
In any case, Arisu could not give birth, and his future father-in-law did not want Ryunosuke's lineage to be cut off just like that. Therefore, he chose to turn a blind eye.
Ryunosuke suddenly felt incredibly awkward and bewildered about how to respond. Was he supposed to be honest that he already had 17 girlfriends out there?
If that were spoken aloud, he would certainly be beaten to death on the spot.
Narumori picked his ear which wasn't itchy at all, then pretended to give a hidden signal. "Remember, don't play too far beyond the limit out there. Know your boundaries and don't end up making another girl's belly grow big, understand? The rest of the business I can arrange by turning a blind eye."
Did he really think he knew nothing at all?
He was only deliberately pretending to be blind.
At his increasingly advanced age, deliberately acting a bit foolish and pretending to be deaf was the wisest way to behave as an adult.
Even if Ryunosuke indeed wanted a child, the process had to be carried out outside the school environment or after they graduated later. He would absolutely not permit such a taboo thing to happen inside the academy environment, because his position here was as the Chairman of the Board as well as the highest Principal.
Even though he knew Ryunosuke had other women out there, he had absolutely never expected that the number reached 17 people.....
Even a demon wouldn't know Ryunosuke was that rich in the matter of women; to even imagine it Narumori wouldn't dare.
Because of feeling guilty, having his reputation collapse, coupled with a sense of panic and awkwardness because his small secret was suddenly sniffed out, Ryunosuke could only nod submissively like a chicken pecking at rice in front of Narumori while replying, "I understand." He truly wanted to kick his feet out of this room right this second!
Because at this moment, his back was already soaked through with cold sweat.
That was the body's natural response resulting from an immense sense of guilt.
Narumori merely waved his hand casually, not intending to make things difficult for his future son-in-law any further, and then permitted him to leave.
Before stepping out, Ryunosuke did not forget to close the room door very quietly and neatly, trying to project an image of himself as an obedient and sweet child.
What else could be done; in front of one's own father-in-law, one had to be clever at stealing attention and building a good impression. If not, what if later he had a fight with his wife and his father-in-law instead defended the child one-sidedly?
Two fists clearly wouldn't be able to fight four hands...
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Dismissal time arrived quickly.
Ryunosuke slung his school bag over his shoulder, then walked back toward his dormitory.
Inside that dorm room, currently there was still one more person staying over, namely Ayanokouji.
At this moment, Ayanokouji was sitting cross-legged upon the wooden floor with both hands holding a game controller, focused on staring toward the television screen.
Seeing Ryunosuke had returned, he stopped the movement of his hands and turned around. Like a kept wife full of an aura of resentment who was waiting for her husband to return home, he spoke incredibly shamelessly.
"I'm hungry, Akasaka~"
Green veins instantly bulged on Ryunosuke's temples. Without further ado, straight from the direction of the entrance, he launched his school bag right toward the man's face while shouting loudly.
"You still have the face to ask for food, huh! You bastard! Already freeloading on food and living for free in my house, yet still acting up."
Ryunosuke did not give a good face to Ayanokouji at all. In any case, the bastard in front of him had caused him to suffer a massive financial loss worth 140 million.
As a Ryunosuke who loved money half to death, how could he possibly let that go just like that?
Actually, Ayanokouji's status currently had completely become a free human. In the eyes of his own father, his status currently was as a missing person. As long as he hid his real name, with all the supernatural capabilities he possessed, even if he had to live becoming a primitive human inside the forest, he would certainly be able to live incredibly relaxed and free.
However, the problem was, he still owed 140 million to him. Before the entirety of that debt was paid off, Ryunosuke had absolutely no intention of letting him go.
Ryunosuke stepped in front of Ayanokouji, forcibly snatched the game controller from his hands, and then occupied that spot to start playing himself while continually grumbling.
"Go to the fridge, pick and clean the celery. Don't forget to wash clean the tomatoes along with the napa cabbage. Thinly slice the green onions and cloves of garlic; later let me be the one to cook it."
"Oh~" Ayanokouji rose to his feet toward the kitchen and executed all those instructions incredibly dextrously. In any case, because currently the two of them lived under one roof, a division of tasks where he prepared the food ingredients and the opposing party did the cooking was a highly fair and rational thing.
It did not take a long time for Ayanokouji to finish the food ingredient preparation. He then walked back to Ryunosuke's side, with a gaze of his eyes that seemed to imply: "Hurry up and cook there! I'm already hungry~"
Ryunosuke ignored him and stated that he wanted to finish one more round of the game, only after that would he go cook.
Having no other choice, Ayanokouji was forced to sit beside him to keep him company. The two of them then sat together facing the television screen, moving the game controllers after activating the 2-player mode.
In the middle of the game, Ryunosuke finally spoke up: "Your father came to the school earlier."
Ayanokouji did not show a surprised or panicked response at all; he merely replied shortly, "I know."
In any case, his father certainly came not to look for him, considering his status currently was as a missing population.....
While continually pressing the game controller buttons, Ryunosuke recounted the entire chronology of events that occurred in the principal's office this afternoon to Ayanokouji.
Hearing that account, Ayanokouji felt it was highly logical and in line with predictions.
Because, his father had lost him who was the best masterpiece of the White Room along with Yagami. Meanwhile, the second-ranked specimen, Eiichiro, was already dead, and the third-ranked specimen, Yuki, currently her condition was still crazy.
Atsuomi now had truly run out of valuable assets that could be used, thus being forced to lower his standards and choosing Ichika who happened to still be in this school.
Don't ever think that the people inside the White Room only received physical and brain training without performing any work at all.
The reality was, they did everything.
Call it infiltration actions, planned assassinations, up to various types of dirty and dark work that must not be touched by light; all of them were executed by the White Room party. They basically were equivalent to death warriors who were deliberately bred by Atsuomi.
Different from the secret agent unit belonging to Nishikigi Chisato under the umbrella of Lycoris, the White Room was an illegal organization that was personal and privately owned.
While focusing on helping Ryunosuke win the game, Ayanokouji took the opportunity to give one important piece of advice.
"You must be highly careful toward that bastard father of mine. Because he failed to hijack you to work with him, he certainly won't let you go just like that."
Ryunosuke did not show a panicked expression on his face at all; he remained focused on staring at the screen while replying casually.
"At worst, I'll just bleed it out and never leave the environment of this school, and the business is done."
"My own biological father has long been deported to Africa to plant potatoes; until now I don't even know if he's still alive or already dead."
"My biological mother has also divorced and built a new family again."
"I don't have any assets or wealth whatsoever in the outside world; my condition is already exactly like an orphan. What exactly can he do to threaten me?"
"That's true....." Ayanokouji began to digest that argument.
The opposing party indeed lacked any emotional attachment or weaknesses whatsoever in the outside world, so his father would certainly face difficulty finding a loophole that could be used as an enforcement tool.
Actually, that was all merely a facade. On the surface Ryunosuke appeared not to care, but in the depths of his heart he was actually panicked half to death.
In the outside world out there, he actually still possessed one figure he highly cared about. His biological mother; he cared about that woman's safety to death!
Even though in the eyes of the law of the outside world they considered the marriage relationship to have foundered and a child no longer possessed a maintenance obligation, to Ryunosuke, that woman was the only person who had ever treated him with sincerity and kindness in the past. Although the memory inside his brain was already highly blurred, to the point he could no longer even remember clearly what the shape of his mother's face was.
Ryunosuke had firmed his heart; he had to find a proper opportunity to go out of school and visit his mother, for the sake of ensuring whether that woman was targeted by Atsuomi as well or not.
If she were truly threatened, he would straight away bring his mother into the environment of Advanced Nurturing High School for the sake of guaranteeing her security and safety thoroughly.
As for the business of his mother's new husband, to hell with wherever he wanted to die, it was completely none of Ryunosuke's business; after all he wasn't his biological father.
"Achoo!" Ryunosuke suddenly sneezed without a clear reason.
"Hmm? What's this?"
Ryunosuke cast his gaze toward the left and right with full suspicion, guessing that certainly at this moment there was someone who was badmouthing his name behind his back.