The sun is producing too much heat and shining in the sky like it is dominating the whole sky.
Just like the sun dominating here, in the football match, Shiranogi High School is dominating against Velmont High School.
THE SCORE IS -
5-1
Kiyoshi tries his best to motivate the team until the final second -
"Hey, don't get down - don't get down!"
"We still have time!" Kiyoshi shouted and clapped to cheer his own team.
The whole stadium was shouting -
SHIRANOGI - SHIRANOGI - SHIRANOGI
Meanwhile -
Meiyu also took out her phone to check notifications. When she saw the message, she thought -
"OMG!!!"
Meiyu was shocked -
"What-what?"
"What is this?"
"Who did this?"
"Why did they do this?"
"How-How?"
Reikou was shocked by seeing the message because the message in YOYO TEAM revealed his whole plan -
"Wait!"
"So, this is why he is here?"
Meiyu whispered with no expression. Now she was 100% sure that he is Reikou.
"What the hell?"
"It means..."
"Meiyu also—"
Reikou thought and slightly turned his face to see Meiyu's reaction. But when he looked, Meiyu was not there—
"H-huh?!"
"Where is she?" Reikou whispered.
Meiyu was not in her seat. Reikou tried to search for her, turning his head left and right—
"Where did she go?!"
"Her book is here, but where is she?!"
Reikou thought to himself.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind him—
"REIKOU!"
"Huh?!"
Reikou slowly—slowly turned his face back.
He was shocked. Suddenly, he felt like all the water from his body was draining out because the person standing in front of him was—
MEIYU.
Reikou froze. His legs couldn't move. He wanted to move but couldn't—
"Me—Me—Meiyu..." Reikou couldn't even talk properly.
"So, this is your plan, huh?"
Meiyu asked, her arms crossed, her expression serious and bold.
Meiyu stared at Reikou as if she was absorbing him with her eyes—
"I thought you were dumb..."
"But you're smarter than I thought."
"You foolish."
Meiyu whispered—
"Now, tell me, what exactly did you plan?"
Meanwhile—
"Ryuuto, you are such a—"
"Troublemaker"
Shiori whispered while shaking her head.
"See, both Meiyu and Reikou saw this message."
Shiori showed her phone.
"Hmm... yeah."
"Sorry," Ryuuto whispered while looking at the ground.
"I just wanted to help..."
"But I messed up."
Ryuuto said.
"Okay, just leave it."
"Now, what's next?"
"Kiyoshi and Yueko aren't here."
"Only the two of us."
Shiori sat on her seat, crossed her arms, and leaned back—
"Ahhh..."
"Where are Reikou and Meiyu?" Shiori said.
"I don't know."
"But in this situation, it's better that—"
"We don't do anything."
"We don't know where they are—"
"The time we waste searching for them might be too late."
"Let them handle themselves."
Ryuuto explained the situation with disappointment, looking down at the ground, slightly bent forward, his hands on his knees.
"Yeah! You're right!"
"If we try to do something—"
"Meiyu is smart enough to understand our intentions."
Shiori said with an expression similar to Ryuuto.
Both Shiori and Ryuuto started arranging the seats.
Meanwhile—
Meiyu and Reikou sat face-to-face in the library. The atmosphere felt like a battlefield—one side had fallen, the opponent was knocked down—
"So, tell me now," Meiyu asked in a serious and angry tone.
"Hm... okay!"
"I planned that..."
"Actually, this plan is not a plan—"
"I mean, this is just a probability. I tried to figure out your plan."
Reikou said.
"Just tell me clearly."
"I can't understand what you're saying."
Meiyu said, staring into Reikou's eyes with a bold and cold gaze.
"Ah!"
"I thought to—"
"Keep an eye on you and your every movement."
"I wanted to analyze your behavior."
"I noticed every single detail about you."
"How you behave, how you react—"
"From that, I could figure out what you're avoiding doing because of your rules."
"I took notes on what others were doing that you weren't."
"If you weren't doing something, that meant it was against your rules, right?"
Reikou explained his whole thought process.
On the other side, Meiyu showed no expression while listening, but inside, she thought—
"What?"
"He—he almost trapped me in his plan."
"And I didn't even feel it... How could I? Because my behavior is just a part of my daily routine."
"I didn't even imagine he could trap me like this."
"He looks foolish, but he's not."
Meiyu thought all this in her mind.
"So, what did you learn about me?"
Meiyu whispered.
"To be honest..."
"I didn't learn anything about you."
"Every time I noted something, you did it the next second."
"Because of that, I didn't figure out anything."
Reikou replied in disappointment.
"Show me that paper."
Meiyu asked.
Reikou hesitantly gave her the paper.
When Meiyu read it, she noticed one point was actually a correct guess—
And for the first time, she felt something different—
"Heh..."
"He guessed this point correctly."
The point he guessed correctly was—
Meanwhile—
Football Match -
Velmont High School vs. Shiranogi High School was over.
The referee blew the final whistle.
Game over.
Score - 6-1
Shiranogi High School won against Velmont High School.
The whole stadium was cheering loudly—
But this cheering felt like a negative sound to Kiyoshi and his team—
Because the whole stadium was chanting—
SHIRANOGI - SHIRANOGI
The Shiranogi team players were jumping in celebration—
But in the middle of them stood Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi, in the middle of their celebration, couldn't express his feelings—his thoughts.
He put one hand on his face and whispered—
"I-I-I lost..."
"All my hard work..."
"All my hours of training..."
"Turned into defeat."
Kiyoshi whispered. He stood alone, and a tear flowed from his eye.
"Football is over for me."
Kiyoshi thought.
Meanwhile—
Yueko was running toward the stadium to cheer for Kiyoshi—
"Kiyosh—"
"I'm coming!"
Yueko whispered to herself.
"Huff... Huff..."
Her breath was heavy, but she kept running—
But she didn't know that time was already up.
Meanwhile—
On the other side, Shiori and Ryuuto finished arranging the seats and sat down.
"Huff... Phew..."
"I hope..."
"Reikou handles this."
Ryuuto thought to himself.
The point Reikou guessed correctly was—
"No, that's not possible."
"He tricked me."
"No, if I tell him, he's going to win."
"But actually... he wins."
"What do I do? What do I do?"
Meiyu whispered in her mind. She was confused inside, but still, she maintained her cold and bold expression on the outside.
Reikou had guessed one point correctly, and he tried once again to read Meiyu's expression and reaction.
But this time, Meiyu showed no reaction, no expression on her face. She was looking at the paper like a normal person reading a newspaper.
"I definitely know... one point is correct."
"Am I passing or failing?" Reikou whispered in his mind, looking at Meiyu closely.
"Wait—what do I do?"
"If I don't respond soon, then he might figure out that this point is correct."
Meiyu thought to herself... After a moment, she finally responded—
"I appreciate you," Meiyu said.
"You foolish man, you guessed one point correctly."
That is—