Source
https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093085137406727/episodes/16818093087124466321
The barbecue is over and night has fallen.
It seems that a recreational event is about to take place, and the entire school year is assembling.
Apparently, a kind of mystery-solving escape game will be held at the campsite.
“The contents of the game are as I just explained. By the way, there are other students from other schools using this campground right now, so please be careful not to cause any trouble !”
The one standing in front of the entire first-year students and speaking about the contents of the recreation was Hirai Soudai, 1st year 2nd class male student in the class next to Kosuke.
He was the kind of student that gives off the vibe of a cheery person.
“We are now going to divide into groups. The groups will be a mixture of all classes, six to seven students at random. Everyone, look at the last page of the pamphlet you are holding ! The number listed there is your group !”
Kosuke opens the last page of the pamphlet handed out by Ajima on the bus in the morning. Then, casually written at the bottom was the number 7.
(I see, everyone has a different number on the pamphlet. That’s pretty elaborate.)
Then, suddenly, he felt a tug on the hem of his clothes.
“What number are you, Kou san?”
Mio, sitting next to him on the floor, peeked at Kosuke’s pamphlet.
“I was number seven.”
“Ugh……..”
Mio, who was apparently in a different group, nuzzled her face into her knees. Kosuke patted her dejected shoulder gently.
“I’m in a different group too,……it’s a shame.”
“So am I……ah~ I’m in a different group with Mio and Rena too……”
It seems that Rena and Akanae are also in a different group. By the way, Takumi and Kiyotaka were also in different groups.
“Then, if you are ready, please move to the area where the flag with your number is standing ! Once everyone gathers, the game will begin !”
Hirai’s call signaled Kosuke to start moving as well.
(Number 7…..there.)
When Kosuke reaches his group’s area, several students have already gathered.
There was one blonde female student and three boys with a dull atmosphere.
The three boys were all looking at the blonde female student, whispering to each other and mumbling to themselves. Things like she’s beautiful, her breasts are big, and her thighs are erotic.
Whether she can hear them or not, the blonde girl is sitting cross-legged on a chair, looking unhappy.
(Hey, I think I saw this girl at the barbecue.)
Kosuke recalls feeling a gaze during the barbecue.
“Uh, is this the right place for number 7?”
Kosuke asks the students in this area.
The three boys, who looked like they were in the shadows, kept their eyes down and didn’t answer him. However, a blonde female student who had not tried to speak to anyone earlier stood up and approached Kosuke. Her wavy medium hair sways.
“It is. Hey, what’s your name?”
“Oh, I’m Arazaki Kosuke……nice to meet you.”
“……! ! Hmm, Kosuke ku ……fufu, can I call you Kou?”
The girl’s eyes were twinkling, and then for some reason she said that and smiled at me.
“Eh ! O-okay……”
“Fufu, yay. I’m Hoshikawa Mirai, nice to meet you !”
Then, for some reason, Mirai kept talking to Kosuke about various things.
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(Kukukuku…..how was my perfect speech? I’m sure that Mirai will fall in love with me too !)
As the students began to move toward their respective groups, Hirai Soudai, who had just stood in front of the entire grade level to explain the event, was gloating.
This mystery-solving escape game is billed as an event to deepen the friendship of new students, but the truth is that it was all created to satisfy the approval needs of the organizer, Hirai Soudai, and to make Hoshikawa Mirai, who is in the same class as Hirai Soudai but is always so cynical that she never flirts with him, fall in love with him.
(The pamphlet with the same number 7 as mine on it is now made up only of Mirai and some shady people who don’t seem to stand out in any way. I pressured that Ajima to hand out the pamphlet and it was a piece of cake, man.)
Today morning, Ajima arrived late to the bus, but was actually used by Soudai to hand out pamphlets for other classes as well. Soudai had arranged for the number 7 pamphlet to be distributed to the students who were in the shadows and would be a draw for him.
(And I know the answer to the riddle, too, because I stole all the answers. I’m the only good-looking and cool guy among all the shady characters ! I can’t stop laughing just thinking about it~)
However, he couldn’t let anyone see his true nature, even a little bit. Soudai stifle his laughter as he made his way to his group’s area.
Then he was stunned by a sight he had not expected at all.
“Huh? Why…….”
When Soudai arrived at the area, he found Mirai, who is always moody, chatting happily with one of the boys already in the area.
Unbeknownst to Soudai, the boy was, of course, Arazaki Kosuke.
And Hoshikawa Mirai is actually Tsukimiya Mira, the illustrator in charge for Kousuke’s novel.
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(Arazaki kun……no, Kiritani Kou. I’m sorry I’ve left you in charge even in a place like this. But I believe in you. I am sure that you will never lose to Hirai Soudai. That’s why I gave you the number 7 !)
After the students had made their respective moves, Ajima Yoshio, who got played by Soudai, looked at Kosuke’s back and muttered something like that in his mind.