Finding one person in a whole school is really hard. To find Natsumi faster, Yutsuki and Shido split up from Kaguya and Yuzuru to search.
They also told Kotori that Natsumi was disguised as Shido. Although Kotori couldn't help directly, she said she could use the airship's micro-caras to check every corner of the school and watch where Yutsuki and the others were going, just in case Natsumi turned into them.
Yutsuki and Shido ran down the school hallways, asking students they t if they'd seen Natsumi.
Maybe because Yutsuki wearing a boys' uniform was so famous in the school, her changing into girls' clothes imdiately drew a lot of stares. While they were asking around, many people tried to hit on Yutsuki.
Of course, Yutsuki didn't have ti for this right now. She didn't even turn her head and just walked around them.
Seeing those students turn pale with shock, Shido couldn't help but feel a little sorry for them.
"Geez, this is why I didn't want to wear girls' clothes. I can't stand this kind of stuff."
Yutsuki complained, looking annoyed. For so girls, being popular with guys is a happy thing, but for Yutsuki, who used to be a guy in her past life, getting hit on by n just gave her the creeps.
"Well, it can't be helped. You really look cute in that outfit, Yutsuki."
Shido smiled bitterly. After all, Yutsuki was on the sa level of beauty as Tohka and the others. When she wore the boys' uniform, she looked more handso than beautiful. Now that she was wearing the girls' uniform, her natural beauty was fully showing, so Shido could sowhat understand the students' reactions.
"Tch... saying that at a ti like this is unfair."
Yutsuki turned her head and mumbled quietly.
"Hm? Did you say sothing, Yutsuki?"
"Nothing. Besides, it seed like a lot of people were also coming after my cute Shiori-chan, weren't they?"
Yutsuki rolled her eyes and said with a mischievous smile. Actually, quite a few people were coming after Shido in his girls' clothes just now.
"Ah... don't remind ."
Shido smiled awkwardly and stopped the conversation.
By the way, on the way, Yutsuki and Shido ran into a lot of students from Yutsuki's class, blushing and heading back the way they ca. After all, when everyone chased Natsumi out of the pool in anger, they were all still wearing their swimsuits. Being stared at weirdly by other students and hit by the cold autumn wind made them calm down and run back to change. Because of this, the rumor of Shido sexually assaulting Shiori and Yutsuki hadn't spread yet.
But on the way, Shido also ran into the Ai, Mai, Mii trio, who were furious; Tonomachi, looking pale and begging Shido to explain that he was just joking and that he's straight; and Tama-chan sensei, with a scary look in her eyes, muttering about eting the parents and planning a wedding reception.
Able to guess what they must have gone through, Shido's mouth twitched.
"Let's properly apologize and explain it to them later. I'll go with you."
Yutsuki patted Shido on the shoulder in sympathy.
"...Thank you so much."
Shido nodded heavily.
"Shiori."
Right in the middle of the hallway, Origami suddenly appeared in front of Shido.
"Yo, what's wrong, Origami?"
While greeting Origami, Shido secretly gave Yutsuki a questioning look.
(Yutsuki, does Origami know Natsumi snuck into the school disguised as ?)
(Of course not. Even if I told her, do you think Origami would seriously listen to anything a Spirit says?)
Yutsuki answered with a helpless look.
That makes sense... Watching Origami get closer, Shido felt a bad feeling welling up inside him.
Origami walked up to Shido with her usual emotionless, doll-like expression and, without a word, kabedonned him against the wall.
"...Eh, eh, eh?!"
Why is this happening again!? Shido thought, wanting to cry.
"What are you doing? Let go of Shiori right now!"
Yutsuki hurriedly pulled Origami off Shido.
Origami's expression changed so little that even Yutsuki couldn't predict her actions right away, and ended up being caught off guard.
"Ryougi Yutsuki, stay out of my way."
Origami frowned and warned Yutsuki in an annoyed voice. Yutsuki glared right back without fear.
"Hmph! Normally I can pretend not to see what you do to Shido. But when it cos to Shiori, I will never back down."
Are you kidding? Dressing as shiori to fool Natsumi was the main reason but giving her so eye candy was on the reason list too, but she hadn't even made a move yet, so how could she let soone else kabedon Shiori?
Crack, crackle—
Their glares clashed in the air. Shido didn't know if it was his imagination, but he seed to see a kind of hostility between them, like two of a kind rejecting each other.
"Origami, what are you trying to do?"
Hearing Shido, Origami nodded and answered:
"I heard a rumor from Princess Bamboo in the next class. They said Shido suddenly ran to the pool, kabedonned his cousin, then touched the Yamai's chests, and teased Ryougi Yutsuki until she collapsed on the floor."
Pfft—Yutsuki and Shido both spat out blood (figuratively) at the sa ti.
I definitely have to seal Princess Bamboo's mouth later. Yutsuki firmly decided in her heart.
Origami's expression didn't change at all, but her eyes held a strangely determined look as she continued.
"I originally planned to find Shido and have him do all those things to . But since Shido is dressed as Shiori now. Then..."
"Then?"
Shido asked, following Origami's words, feeling a bit scared.
"Then let do all those things to Shiori."
Origami said decisively. Then she opened her arms and slowly approached Shido with a terrifying aura.
"That's a huge leap in logic!"
"Shedding off the extra layers that block us, seeing each other honestly, taking away Shiori's pure maidenhood, and sprinkling the seed of life on my body."
"Even though you just said exactly what I was thinking, knock it off, you R-18 machine!"
Yutsuki smacked Origami on the head with a paper fan without hesitation.
Um... Yutsuki, you seed to say sothing incredible before you hit her. Shido sweatdropped.
"Yutsuki, we're supposed to be looking for Natsumi right now..."
Watching Yutsuki sohow getting into a contest with Origami, Shido reminded her quietly. Yutsuki nodded to show she knew.
"Don't worry, I'll finish this fast."
Saying that, Yutsuki reached into her pocket, pulled sothing out, and flashed it in front of Origami.
"!!"
Although it was too fast for Shido to see what it was, Origami's trained dynamic vision seed to have clearly seen the object. Her eyes instantly sharpened.
"Hand that over, Ryougi Yutsuki!"
"You want it? Hehe~"
Under Shido's confused gaze, Yutsuki gave a smug smile. With a quick step, she threw the object out the window with the form of a baseball player.
"Go fetch!"
Then, to Shido's shock, Origami, like a dog going after a thrown frisbee, jumped out the broken window without hesitation.
Wait!? This is the third floor!
"Is Origami okay!?"
Shido frantically stuck his head out the window and yelled. However, he saw Origami had landed safely using a perfect five-point landing, and was now rubbing her face against and licking... what looked like a photo.
"Don't worry. Although that girl is a pervert, she's a trained soldier. This height is nothing to her. This should stall her for a bit."
Yutsuki patted Shido's shoulder. She sighed in her heart, thinking that the picture she secretly took of Shiori changing into her undershirt while hiding in the locker, showing half of her bare shoulder, truly was her masterpiece.
"Uh... can I ask what you just threw out the window, Yutsuki?"
"...It's a secret."
Yutsuki turned her head and brushed it off. Seeing her attitude, Shido actually felt even more curious.
Suddenly, a voice ca through the earpiece. Kotori's voice from the airship ca through the wireless earpiece.
[Shido! Yutsuki! We just caught Natsumi on the caras.]
"Where is she?"
Shido hurriedly asked.
[On the school roof. She's been staying there and hasn't moved.]
Hearing Kotori's words, Shido and Yutsuki looked at each other. If Natsumi wanted to escape now, she could have just flown away. The reason she was standing still was probably because she had so other trick waiting for Shido. Either way, this was a chance for Shido to talk to Natsumi properly.
"Let's go, Shido."
"Yeah."
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Arriving at the Roof
"You finally here?"
After getting to the roof, Shido and Yutsuki saw a boy with the exact sa face as Shido, standing in front of them like a Demon King waiting for the heroes to arrive.
Honestly, looking at it closely, Shido had to admit. Natsumi's disguised Shido was exactly like looking in a mirror. There was no difference at all.
"So you really are Natsumi."
"Correct. You cross-dressing pervert."
Pfft—! Shido felt like an arrow had pierced his heart. Today, Shido finally understood that the saying "words can be like knives" was not an exaggeration.
"Well, if we didn't do this, we wouldn't have known where you were, Natsumi."
Taking over for Shido, who had taken an arrow to the knee, Yutsuki shrugged and explained.
Hearing this, Natsumi looked at Yutsuki and raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I see. I was wondering why my disguise was perfect, but I felt sothing was slightly off ever since I entered this school. So you guessed I would do sothing like this from the start?"
Yutsuki shrugged, not denying it.
Natsumi chuckled and asked Shido.
"So, Itsuka Shido, what do you think my goal is for doing all this?"
"To completely ruin socially?"
"Hmph~ I'll give you a 60 out of 100."
"Eh?"
"That's right. Since you saw my secret, I won't let you off so easily. Just like you thought, not just in this school, I'm going to make you infamous in society, so you have nowhere to go!"
Natsumi pointed at Shido and said in a fierce tone.
"Wait! Natsumi, listen to . I didn't see you at all that day..."
Hearing Natsumi's words, Shido confird Yutsuki's guess and stepped forward to try and reason with her.
"Wait! Shido, don't go over there."
Yutsuki saw Shido suddenly step forward and said anxiously.
"Too late!"
A successful smile appeared on Natsumi's lips, and she grabbed Shido's arm. A broom-shaped Angel—Haniel, appeared out of nowhere in her other hand. It let out a blinding light, forcing Yutsuki to close her eyes.
After the light faded, Yutsuki opened her eyes, looked at the scene in front of her, and sighed helplessly.
"This is exactly why I told you to stop..."
Standing in front of Yutsuki were two identical girls—Itsuka Shiori.
"Yutsuki! Listen to , that one is—"
One Shiori yelled.
"This guy is a fake. I am the real Shido. This is the guy who did all those bad things looking like earlier!"
The other Shiori also yelled.
Whether it was voice, tone, or movents, there was absolutely no difference between the two. He had specifically worn these unfamiliar girls' clothes today to prevent this exact situation, but Shido never expected her to mimic even this appearance so perfectly.
"Yutsuki, I'm the real Shido."
"Yutsuki, that guy is Natsumi in disguise. I am the real Shido."
"...Hm? Does it matter who is real and who is fake?"
Hearing them, Yutsuki tilted her head in confusion and asked.
"Can't I just take both of you ho with ?"
Natsumi & Shido: "..."
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