CH 53

One With the Name Of God Appearing At The Back Gate

Then after school, I was currently waiting for Amane near the back gate of the school.

...... If it were true, it would have been better to meet up after leaving the school, but based on the culprit's behavior that I saw in my premonition, I could not follow the procedure of leaving the school building.

Right now, Konoha-chan is following the "Saito Taku" in question, but she can only move to a certain distance from Amane, with whom she has a temporary contract.

Specifically, if Amane is inside the school building, then she can move if she's inside the school building.

If the target leaves the building, she's supposed to report back to me, so I'm guessing he's still inside the building now that there's no contact with me.

"I wish I had a clear timeline for foresight dream......"

That's the weakness of this dream that I think about every time.

Even at the time of the previous Amane crisis, I had information that the surroundings were "evening" and "the stairs of the main entrance", but I could not find the "exact time" ...... This foresight dream is even more vague with less information.

In any case, the dream was "probably on a four-lane boulevard near a school" where there were no signs or buildings in the surrounding landscape, and the sky was blue, so I could predict the time of "daytime" even more precisely than before.

And on top of that, we don't even know who the key victim is.

The only thing that helps is that we know who the culprit is ...... otherwise we would have had to patrol the featureless sidewalks of the main street endlessly.

To begin with, that premonition is not necessarily going to happen today......

I let out a sigh alone behind a tree plant at the back gate.

And ...... As I was waiting "in hiding," which was not very appropriate for a waiting meeting, I saw a suspicious figure approaching me, bending down as if to hide even more.

"S-Sorry to keep you waiting ...... Did you wait for me? Yumeji-kun"

The figure's voice whispered ...... and called me with Amane's voice.

"O-Oh ...... Not really......"

"Haha ...... It took me a li~ttle while to shake off my friends...... "

Amane's face is so red that I can see it even in the shade of a tree ...... What her friends were asking about and why it was necessary to scatter them, and why it was necessary to have such a hidden meeting place to meet up with me ...... That alone makes me guess.

And when I think about the reason ...... My face is getting hot too.

"I have a lot of questions, but ...... I'll just check one thing now."

"Uih ...... what is it?"

"How much did they get out of you today?"

"Uwh......"

Amane was stuck in words at my question.

...... Aaaah ~~~~ It's embarrassing to hear!! I myself was being pursued by my friends all day today, so I can't imagine what it must have been like for Amane to be in the middle of all the girls who were swarming around her asking about love stories.

Amane scratched her cheeks ...... and with a subtle smile.

"Ahhh ...... In case you're wondering, it's at least about the pictures taken on that mountain. It had been a while since we had been to the local mountains together, and it was a nice sunny day and I got a little sleepy, and it was a little cold, so we ended up like that~~~ ...... "

"U ...... mu, I guess you have no choice but to say that ...... "

Indeed, as long as we can't explain "Dream Book" or "Dream Pillow" we will have no choice but to explain such things.

In fact, I said something like that to my friends to dodge their questions ...... or so I think.

"...... And what did your friends say?"

"............ They were very excited ...... "Were you two warming up to each other~?" Or something like that ...... "

"............ Is that so ............ I think I told them something like that, too, but they said, 'Of course there was a further development, wasn't there?' and they were asking me a lot of dirty questions......"

"............Is that so?"

The conversation stopped...... and we were both standing behind a plant at the back gate, steam coming off our heads.

U~~~Ah~~~...... What's going on here?

I can only be baffled by what I never expected to happen in my entire school life!!

I'm pretty sure we're the ones with "idiot" in our initials at school right now ...... As expected, even I, a wimp, can imagine that......

When I glance next to her, my eyes meet Amane's, whose face is bright red, and both of us look away at the same time in haste ...... W-What is this? What is this really!?

"Ah~~, well, if this happens, we have no choice, yes, yes. Nothing more is going to leak out unless we speak up!"

"R-Right ...... You're right! Everybody knows that we are childhood friends!"

"Yes, yes! It's just a picture of us being especially getting along........."

"Yeah, yeah, it's a well-known fact that our house is next to each other ...... "

"............Hold on, Amane-san?"

I thought she had just said something that was subtle and light, but it's something that can't be allowed to pass......

"What did you just say?"

"Eh? So they asked me a lot of questions, and I told them that we've known each other since childhood, that we've lived next door to each other, and that we can see the other room from our window......"

"......Why do you ...... throw out unnecessary bait?"

I can't help but hold my head up and groan...... Basically, Amane is supposed to be perceptive, but why does she show some airhead at this time?

"Eh? B-But that much, not really ...... "

Amane, who still doesn't seem to realize how careless her statement was, puzzled at my complaint...... Indeed, if they pick up only the literal information, it may not be a problem.

That is information that, as I said, can be found by looking it up.

But ...... The fact that the "person" spoke that information is very important.

If someone with some degree of predictability actually heard the information, one would assume that it is information that the individual would have no problem disclosing...... And.

"He~e~ ...... I knew there was "more" to that story~"

The sudden voice made us stiffen, our bodies shaking.

This is the place we chose to meet to avoid being seen, but who is behind us......

I turned around in fear and there she was, Kagura, one of Amane's best friends, with long, fluffy brown hair, looking at us with a smirk.

She suddenly puts her hands on Amane's shoulders and makes an evil face.

"You blatantly scatter us and I wonder where you are going...... this bad girl."

"He? Ah no ...... It's not like I was trying to scatter them or anything...... "

"Be-si-des, the way Amane just said it, if you don't mind if the information about "the room next door" is revealed ~~ I think there's something beyond that shouldn't be revealed ~~ right? "

"" !!? ""

"So that something that shouldn't be found out is ...... what is it?"

We were both speechless.

Look ...... Like this, a person with excellent imagination and insight will surely reach the truth ......

But there is only Kagura-san here...... Does it mean that she was suspicious of Amane's behavior and followed her alone?

But as I was shuddering at her, Kagura-san suddenly pivoted away from Amane and began to laugh with an honest, unmade expression on her face.

"Ahahaha! Sorry, I made fun of you a little too much. Don't be so mad, Ama-cchi!"

"Mu ~~~~ !!"

When I looked, Amane was teary-eyed and angry.

...... Such a gesture seems a little cute, though.

"I'm sorry. I'll tell you the pile for the next test later."

When Kagura-san said this to an indignant Amane with a smirk, Amane looked lost for a moment and then muttered, "......2 subjects for sure."

Surprisingly from the outside, the three close friends Kanzaki, Kagura, and Kamui basically have good grades, but in fact, the one with the best grades is Kagura-san, who looks like a gal.

So much so that she has consistently been in the top ten of the grade rankings every time I've heard......

As I was thinking about this, Kagura-san tapped me on the shoulder.

"Well, I'm interested, but I don't want to interfere ...... I leave the delicate details to you, her childhood friend, Amachi Yumeji-kun."

"U, Uisu......"

...... How should I say it, I felt like I was under a lot of pressure there right now.

She didn't put it into words, but I felt like she was asking me if I was ready for the "If you make her cry, you will be dead" kind of attitude that is often seen in dramas and such.

And Kagura-san starts to walk out of the back gate.

"What are you going to do today?"

"Hmm~, the tests is coming soon, right? Maybe I'll stop by the library on the way home~, like always...... Then, see you later, you two."

Kagura-san waved one hand in a flutter as she left, lightly replying to Amane.

As I watched her back, I was somehow convinced.

I see ...... that is indeed one of Amane's best friends......