She had changed into an arm-baring, hip-hugging short skirt that was somehow even more risqué than her previous combat attire.
The only thing that remained the same... was the delicate black tights that hugged her body all the way to her collar, leaving only her arms and sides exposed.
However~~~ based on Su Yuzu's rich combat experience.
The tights had probably been changed, too.
Their thickness was clearly different.
The black tights Kujou Katora wore as she re-emerged from her room were much thinner and more breathable than before.
You could even faintly see a hint of her skin tone through them.
"Sorry for the wait." The afterglow of embarrassment still lingered faintly on Kujou Katora's face.
The softness in Kujou Katora's voice was enough to make the entire Fourth Action Division's jaws drop.
When had they ever seen their boss with such a girlishly shy expression?
"I didn't wait long at all." Feeling no guilt whatsoever for being the culprit, Su Yuzu, who had been waiting quietly at Kujou Katora's door, offered a smile.
She carefully looked Kujou Katora up and down, scrutinizing her outfit.
Being scrutinized so earnestly by the girl made even Kujou Katora... feel a sense of being invaded.
It was as if she were standing before the girl completely naked.
A feeling of awkwardness welled up, and the fingertips of the hand behind her back nervously fidgeted with the hem of her overly short skirt.
But... she couldn't say anything.
What her body truly yearned for was the girl's affirmative judgment.
Standing in the sunlight, the girl bashfully... lifted her chin just a little, like a proud black swan.
"It looks really good."
As the girl's voice fell, the shame in her heart seemed to vanish in an instant.
It was like a warm spring breeze in March, sweeping away all the tension and embarrassment from her heart.
"It's just..."
The girl's next words instantly sent Kujou Katora tumbling from the warmth of March back into the cold of October.
The girl's scarlet eyes stared nervously at Su Yuzu.
Putting on a self-deprecating air, Su Yuzu tugged at the hem of her sailor-style school uniform skirt. "I don't think I match Kujou-senpai at all."
"That's not—" Her body had already answered subconsciously before her brain could even process it.
"Soga-kouhai... you look very good." We're both Ms. Unohana's students, so it should be fine for me to call Soga Yuzu 'kouhai', right?
Su Yuzu's eyes curved into a lovely crescent shape as she watched Kujou Katora's impulsive reply.
The girl's smile was wicked yet light, filled with a sinful, almost fraudulent allure.
A pathological girl like Kujou Katora.
She certainly possessed some very troublesome traits.
But... looking on the bright side.
As long as one didn't betray Kujou Katora and treated her with sincerity.
Kujou Katora might just be more reassuring than most people in this world.
"Kujou-senpai, you can just call me Su Yuzu."
Smiling gently, the forbidden tiger seemed to have turned into a cat whose paw pads were easy to squeeze.
Su Yuzu led Kujou Katora downstairs.
"Soga..."
"I'm not very fond of it."
"Of course~" Su Yuzu's voice lilted upwards as she lightly hopped down two stairs. "Kujou-senpai, you can also just call me Yuzu."
"Yu..."
"Yuzu."
[Ding—]
[By Name: Kujou Katora Favorability +1.]
[Favorability Increase Reward Acquired: Sharp High Heels.]
[...]
「I don't like people—」
「I like dogs.」
「Miss Yuzu...」
「is an exception.」
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The meeting spot with Saotome Yukina was, as usual, the crêpe shop on the commercial street.
This time... the little rabbit was already there waiting early.
Her pretty, aqua-blue eyes stared nervously at Kujou Katora. Saotome Yukina had always felt this person was far too dangerous.
In every sense of the word.
As someone also born into a prestigious family, Saotome Yukina's impression of the Fourth Action Division wasn't very good either.
"Senpai!!!" The little rabbit's cowlick was swaying back and forth in the wind.
Damn it—
Why were the Healing Department dorms and the Assault Department dorms so far apart?
If Keigunen Private Academy wasn't such an extraordinary school, Saotome Yukina would have even considered using her Cash-Powered ability to get herself a room in the Assault Department dorms.
「I have to protect Senpai.」
Su Yuzu reached out and pinched the little rabbit's soft cheeks.
As was tradition, Su Yuzu ordered two strawberry cream crêpes. She fed one to the little rabbit, and the other... she slid in front of Kujou Katora.
The little rabbit looked like she was about to shoot daggers from her eyes.
Although... the little rabbit's fiercely pouty look was also quite cute.
Ever since Ms. Unohana, the little rabbit had begun to feel a strange sense of crisis.
But... she didn't quite understand why.
Su Yuzu glanced at her phone.
Feeding Kujou Katora didn't increase her favorability by even a single point, but... the double return mechanic was still active.
She had gained another ATM.
In the game, the little rabbit's favorite favorability gift was a strawberry cream crêpe.
As for Kujou Katora, it was a pair of tickets to a late-night movie.
When she got the chance, she'd find an excuse to take Kujou Katora to the movies.
She wanted to see if, after favorability reached 'Dependence', giving a girl her favorite thing or doing her favorite activity could still directly increase favorability by 1 point.
Kujou Katora was the perfect test subject.
With that in mind, Su Yuzu suddenly clasped her hands together and looked at Kujou Katora. "Kujou-senpai..."
"Hm?" Kujou Katora, who had been amusing herself by staring back at the wide-eyed little rabbit, immediately softened her fierce expression.
"Could I ask you to help me teach Saotome-san mixed martial arts?"
As a Senior Superintendent of the Fourth Action Division, Kujou Katora might be surprisingly suited for this job.
"What!"
"Eh!"
A scene where only Su Yuzu profited had emerged.
But before that, Su Yuzu still had to go to the supply department to pick up some items.
For example... the bottle of body wash she had crushed last night.
The supply department—
"..."
"You don't have any citrus-scented body wash?" Su Yuzu frowned at the unfamiliar senpai, a new part-timer at the supply department.
"I'm very sorry!" The girl bowed to Su Yuzu. "But we really don't have the kind of body wash you're describing."
The body wash Su Yuzu always liked was a brand that was only available at the supply department and couldn't be found in any outside supermarkets.
But... she had always bought it at the school's supply department.
Just then, the teacher Su Yuzu knew from the supply department hurried over. "My apologies, Su-san..."
"She's a new student and isn't very familiar with the supplies here yet."
The middle-aged female teacher brought out the brand of body wash Su Yuzu was familiar with from the storeroom.
But—
Su Yuzu looked at the middle-aged female teacher before her.
Suddenly, she smelled something fishy.
It was the same sense of wrongness she'd had ever since discovering a certain someone's favorability towards her was 99.
She liked the fresh, sweet-and-sour scent of citrus fruits, which was why she always purchased her supplies from the supply department.
Coincidentally—
the materials at the school's supply department always happened to suit her tastes perfectly.
"Sensei, do you know where this body wash..."
"...and the shampoo, laundry pods... that I often buy... where are they procured from?" Su Yuzu asked, feigning carelessness.
"Eh?" The middle-aged female teacher's eyes suddenly went vacant.
It was a vacancy that Su Yuzu was all too familiar with, one she had seen many, many, many times before.
[Mind Control].
She then made another connection.
Su Yuzu turned to Kujou Katora beside her. "By the way."
"Kujou-senpai, in your room... do you have a night light?"
"Pinkish-blue, or maybe another color."
"A floating jellyfish-style night light."
Although she didn't quite understand why Su Yuzu was suddenly asking such a question, Kujou Katora still shook her head firmly. "No."
Su Yuzu's hand, holding the bag of supplies, tightened.
Why?
Over a year ago, when she told that person... that she'd been accepted into Keigunen Private Academy.
That person couldn't even be bothered to reply, simply slamming the door and shutting her out.
And yet... she had been taking care of her behind the scenes with almost meticulous attention to detail.
What kind of person does that?
Honestly.
Her eyes suddenly started to sting.
"What's wrong, Senpai...?" the little rabbit asked with concern, grabbing Su Yuzu's hand.
"What's wrong, Yuzu...?" Kujou Katora helped Su Yuzu by taking the bag.
Boing—
Saotome Yukina's cowlick shot straight up.
Wh-wh-what gives her the right!
The girl's eyes welled with tears. She hadn't even called her senpai by her first name yet.
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