After Saeko left yesterday, she called her father and asked about the Musashino Dojo and the matter of self-taught swordsmanship.
But according to her father's words, there was no such thing as self-taught swordsmanship at all. Instead, Musashino Giken of the Musashino Dojo, due to an injury, could no longer wield a sword. The Musashino Dojo would most likely soon become a third-rate dojo.
Saeko did not tell her father about Shin-chan's situation, he had her own plan in mind.
As soon as class ended at noon, she came over, wanting to have lunch with Shin-chan and thank him for his help yesterday.
A long-standing problem that troubled Saeko was easily solved by Shin-chan. As long as she practiced swordsmanship with Shin-chan every once in a while, she wouldn't have to worry at all about the increasingly intense violent desire within her.
She could be like ordinary people, no longer needing to fear that she would turn into a "monster."
'Another formidable rival. The young lady of the Busujima family, huh...'
Ai-chan tightened her hold around Shin-chan's arm. She only went abroad to study for a few years, and suddenly there were so many beautiful girls around him?
"Ai-chan, is there enough space over at the student council side?"
"Of course, please follow me."
Ai-chan released Shin-chan, the confidence of the main heroine showing without a doubt. 'Who dares claim invincibility, who dares declare undefeated? Only I, Suotome Ai!'
Four beautiful girls of differing styles each had their own charm, even their hair colors were all different. Kazama and Bo followed distantly behind them, afraid of getting caught in this smoke-free battlefield.
"Shin-chan is way too much, huh?"
Kazama looked at Shin-chan, who didn't seem nervous at all while surrounded by beautiful girls, and couldn't help but complain.
But in his tone, there was a faint, nearly undetectable sourness.
Clearly he came first. He had asked his mother to prepare two lunchboxes, one of them was for Shin-chan. But with this current situation, where would Shin-chan even have a chance to eat his lunchbox!
'This guy is just too enviable!',
Suotome, Sawamura, Busujima, any one of those surnames is a famous name in Japan. Even if he worked hard to get into Tokyo University and found a good job, so what? Shin-chan only had to pick one, and he could easily live a happy life.
"After all, he's Shin-chan. That's just how he is." Bo didn't think it was a big deal. This was Shin-chan's usual style.
Bo never bad-mouthed Shin-chan. He was also the one who understood Shin-chan the most. Even if Shin-chan wanted to play some childish games, Bo would play along with him. Shin-chan treated Bo well too. Though their personalities were different, they were a tacit pair of good friends.
Compared to Kazama and Shin-chan, they were more like a bickering duo. The tsundere Kazama was always easily handled by Shin-chan.
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After a whole morning of classes, Hiratsuka Shizuka was actually more tired than the students. She had just put her teaching materials in the office and was planning to casually grab lunch at the staff cafeteria when she ran into Shin-chan and his group.
On Shin-chan's right was Ai-chan, on the left was Eriri, and behind him were Saeko and a girl whom Shizuka didn't really recognize. But on closer look, she was also a beautiful girl.
Kazama and Bo were following from a distance behind, and were completely ignored by Shizuka.
'This kid! Is he actually just like I thought? He already has so many beautiful girls around him?'
'Didn't he say he only liked mature, sexy, gentle women? How does Eriri match any of those descriptions?'
'Suotome Ai and Saeko did have great figures, but they aren't that mature either, right? If this trend keeps up, won't Shin-chan definitely get knifed?'
'Or is this kid just daring enough to try and start a harem in Shuchiin? Is he really not afraid that the families behind these girls will come for him?'
"Shin-chan! Come to my office after school!"
Stopping him now definitely wasn't appropriate. Let him come find her after school, then think of a way to educate this brat.
Coincidentally, Yukinoshita Yukino had just approached her, wanting to form a club. Maybe Yukinoshita could help discipline him and fix his bad habits.
With Yukino's cold personality, she probably wouldn't be conquered by Shin-chan, right? Besides, Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't even Shin-chan's type, she wasn't gentle, wasn't mature, and her figure was as flat as a board.
"Alright, Miss Shizuka."
Seeing Shin-chan agree, Hiratsuka Shizuka turned around and left. Out of sight, out of mind, seeing Shin-chan surrounded by beautiful girls made her angry. It felt like something of hers had been picked up by someone else, an indescribable frustration.
Ai-chan glanced at Hiratsuka Shizuka and didn't feel much. Although Shin-chan was surrounded by so many beautiful girls, she was still very confident.
She had liked him since she was young. Being liked by many people was just something completely normal.
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In the student council activity room, Shinomiya Kaguya was thinking about her own battle plan, how to make Shin-chan fall madly in love with her.
Because of the shift in worldlines and the school merger, the relationship between Hayasaka Ai and Shinomiya Kaguya wasn't hidden. Even though she still dressed like a gyaru in school, she always stayed by Shinomiya Kaguya's side. Everyone also knew her relationship with Shinomiya Kaguya wasn't simple.
"Ai-chan, I'll have to trouble you with this. Try to dig up some useful intel for me!"
"Kaguya-chan, what exactly do you want to investigate?" Beside her, Fujiwara Chika became interested and immediately leaned over to Shinomiya Kaguya.
"This is a secret plan. It's the key to defeating that woman Ai-chan."
Shinomiya Kaguya's expression was mysterious, and she was very confident in herself, just like when Ai-chan first arrived at Futaba Kindergarten.
Just after transferring, she became vice president. Yesterday, after saying goodbye to Shin-chan, she came over to the student council to give Shinomiya Kaguya a show of dominance. That's why Shinomiya Kaguya held such hostility toward her.
"Kaguya-chan, do you really want to go against that terrifying woman?" Fujiwara Chika patted her ample chest, looking quite frightened.
From any angle, Ai-chan, this woman who was about to inherit the Suotome family, was a difficult opponent.
Shinomiya Kaguya's only advantage might be that they were all still students, Shinomiya Kaguya was still the student council president and also Ai-chan's upperclassman.
Besides that, Shinomiya Kaguya didn't seem to have any aspect where she could beat Ai-chan completely.
Even in terms of family background, the Suotome family was a notch above the Shinomiya family. Ai-chan's father wasn't bedridden with illness like Shinomiya Gan'an, but in his prime, just over forty years old.
The Suotome family's businesses were spread all over the world, covering finance, real estate, mining, and various high-tech companies.
Ai-chan had already been confirmed as the sole heir of the Suotome family, unlike Shinomiya Kaguya, who still had several older brothers, and no chance at all to inherit.
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