Cote : I Just Want to Grant Your Wish!

"With Class A acting as our inside help and Class C charging ahead, I think victory is all but assured."

On their way back, Tonokawa felt the plan carried minimal risk and was highly likely to succeed.

"Hmph, don't believe a word that girl says." Nagumo dismissed the idea. "At the start of the term, she used her innocent face to completely fool a bunch of upperclassmen. The board game club, in particular, was completely drained of their Personal Points."

Sakayanagi Arisu was exceptionally skilled at chess and the board game club stood no chance against her, allowing her to effortlessly win a considerable amount of Personal Points and information.

As the student council vice president and the backbone of the second-year students, Nagumo Miyabi caught wind of this and immediately confronted Sakayanagi Arisu.

Thinking he could corner her through gambling, he was instead met with her demand to decisively eliminate everyone at once, violently dismantling his offensive.

Nagumo's gaze darkened.

This year's freshmen were indeed not to be underestimated—exceptionally strong-willed, with abilities clearly surpassing some of the upperclassmen.

No, it wasn't just that.

He suspected the school had made adjustments among the freshmen in response to the issues within his own year.

"Are we not going to use her intel?" Tonokawa asked.

Nagumo shook his head. "The information she provided is likely true, but we need to be cautious. Against someone that cunning, this alone isn't enough."

Tonokawa looked puzzled.

With Sakayanagi as their inside help, Class A was practically doomed—he couldn't see any chance for them to turn things around.

Nagumo didn't answer his confusion, as only he and Kaoru knew Ichinose Honami's secret.

Though he hadn't planned to use this weapon so soon, leaving such leverage unused would be idiotic.

Besides, he wasn't asking Ichinose Honami to do anything extreme this time—just to help deal with Class 1-A.

Since her Class B was also targeting Class 1-A, they were natural allies.

At that moment, Nagumo Miyabi suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He saw Asahina Nazuna waving goodbye to a few people, standing motionless as he watched her smiling face.

Not only were the teaching floors separate, but the dormitories for different grades were also in different buildings.

Thus, he clearly saw the group heading toward the first-year dormitory.

"I'll head back first." Tonokawa tactfully stepped away from Nagumo Miyabi's side.

Nagumo Miyabi's expression darkened as he strode toward Asahina Nazuna—starting slow, then gradually speeding up, until he was practically storming forward.

Just as Asahina Nazuna was about to leave, he grabbed her shoulder, startling her.

"Wah! You scared me! What's with suddenly grabbing someone's shoulder?" Asahina Nazuna jumped in fright, only calming down when she saw it was Nagumo Miyabi.

Nagumo ignored her words and asked bluntly, "What were you doing just now?"

"Nothing much. I was just about to head back to the dorm," Asahina replied nonchalantly.

Nagumo glanced at her.

She had already changed out of her gym clothes and was now wearing her school uniform, likely having changed before leaving the school building.

"I should have told you before, right?" Nagumo suppressed his rising anger.

"I might not care about others, but you—you shouldn't get too close to Mitoma."

Asahina raised an eyebrow. "Are you suspecting me of having an improper relationship with some boy again?"

"I'm not suspecting anything. That guy is cunning and deceitful, and he definitely has an ulterior motive for getting close to you." Nagumo was in a terrible mood.

As a playboy himself, he knew all too well what Kaoru was thinking.

The questions Kaoru had raised in the office back then still left him deeply unsettled.

"Maybe. But today, it wasn't him approaching me. I saw him in the storage room and just helped them with a small favor," Asahina said with a grin.

Nagumo let out a cold laugh. "That's even worse. Why did you go near him in the first place?"

Her indifference only fueled his fury. "You didn't do anything in the storage room, did you?"

Asahina's expression darkened instantly.

"What are you implying?"

"Don't forget—didn't he touch your foot before?" The mere thought of it made Nagumo seethe.

"Something even I haven't touched, and you let some random guy lay a hand on it?"

"I don't want to argue about this again. Back then, Mitoma was just helping me to the infirmary. And if we're going there, the doctor also touched my foot—are you going to get mad about that too?" Asahina brushed off his hand from her shoulder and stared at him coolly.

"That's completely different! The doctor is a woman, and he's a man. You're my childhood friend—the woman I'm closest to!" Nagumo admitted he was jealous, and it was a deeply twisted kind of jealousy.

"Oh really?" Asahina smirked. "When you're fooling around with women all the time, have I ever said anything to you?"

"I was just playing around with them. I don't have any real feelings for them—I only like you!" Nagumo didn't think he had done anything wrong.

After all, Asahina Nazuna had refused to date him, so what was the harm in finding a few women to ease his loneliness?

But the moment he said those words, Asahina felt nothing but disgust.

"Enough. Stop saying things like that. Come back when you've actually changed."

With that, she turned to leave.

"Nazuna, what exactly do you want from me?" Nagumo refused to give up and chased after her.

"You were the one who rejected me in the first place. Are you blaming me now?"

He grabbed Asahina's wrist, yanking her to a stop.

"Haven't I shown you enough affection? For you, I can cut off all those other women. You've seen it yourself—I haven't been interested in them lately. Right now, you're the only one in my eyes!"

Though he knew he was lying, Nagumo couldn't help but feel a surge of frustration.

They had known each other for nearly ten years—why wouldn't she just say yes?

He had always assumed she was his, that even if she refused to date him, he could patiently wear her down over time.

But then, out of nowhere, a rival had appeared!

All these years, the most he had ever done was hold Nazuna's hand—yet Kaoru had already caressed her feet!

The difference was painfully clear.

Nagumo felt utterly humiliated, as if his favorite toy had been snatched away and played with right in front of him while he could only watch helplessly.

"I admit you've improved lately, but you're too emotional right now. Let's both cool off today." Asahina pushed his hand away.

"Mitoma-kun and I haven't done anything, and I don't plan to in the future. That's the truth."

They had only met two or three times.

Asahina truly didn't believe anything would happen between her and Kaoru Mitoma.

Nagumo's face darkened as he watched her walk away, his fists clenched so tightly his nails nearly pierced his skin.

After a moment, he slowly relaxed his grip and pulled out his phone, sending a message to Tonokawa: from now on, his men were to keep a close watch on Asahina Nazuna.

What was his would always bear his mark.

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