After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back Chapter 17 Battle Against the Ex-Front

Ayakoji Chiyoko glanced at him sideways, then turned and walked away, "I didn't expect soone like you to joke."

"A person without a sense of humor can't live long, he will be killed by his own boredom," Kagura Hikaru stepped and followed.

"Philosophy, huh? I don't like it."

"Why?"

"I think it's a study with no practical use."

"Science belongs to the universe, religion to the deities, only philosophy is truly the power of man."

"Only those with weak hearts need such a thing."

"That's quite arrogant."

Ayakoji Chiyoko admitted to herself that she had misjudged Kagura Hikaru.

This person wasn't just a rock, on the contrary, there was also a fierce side to his heart, otherwise, he wouldn't be playing tal music.

And he had guts, daring to talk back to her face-to-face.

"...Let's end the small talk here," Ayakoji Chiyoko's voice turned colder by several degrees, "The reason I sought you out today is for one thing, I want you to take charge of the public opinion campaign against Kiryu Hina."

"You an the campus rumors?"

"Not just that."

Ayakoji Chiyoko turned to look at him.

"The News Departnt at school is controlled by the Student Council, and I am forming a club that can counter it, tentatively nad 'Society Discussion eting.' This club will publish a school newspaper like the News Departnt, and when the ti cos, it will compete with the News Departnt to shake Kiryu Hina's prestige."

"You want to take charge of this 'Society Discussion eting'?"

"That's right. This departnt will pass the review and be established tomorrow. Afterwards, submit an application to join. Officially, you'll be a mber, but if you have any ideas, speak to the club president; she will listen to you. Your main task is to provide Kiryu Hina's private interpersonal relationships and her past deeds.

The Society Discussion eting will use these as material to fabricate rumors and taint her."

Whether to call it openness or arrogance, these words that seed like they might only be spoken by a villain ca out of Ayakoji Chiyoko's mouth with no sense of dissonance at all.

However, to have him take charge of a club right off the bat like that, it seed that Kiryu Hina's previous drastic asures to distance herself from him had an effect, and Ayakoji Chiyoko started treating him like a subordinate.

Unfortunately for her, he had no intention to agree, for the sa reasons he had refused to join the Disciplinary Committee.

Being Ayakoji Chiyoko's subordinate might seem to bring them closer, but in Kagura Hikaru's view, it actually put more distance between them because their relationship changed from equals to superiors and subordinates.

He couldn't accept terms where the costs and benefits were not equitably distributed.

Let alone the fact that he was expected to participate personally in blackening Kiryu Hina's na.

Therefore, Kagura Hikaru decisively shook his head and said, "Sorry, such actions of plotting against others behind their backs are against my principles."

The subtext, of course, was a refusal.

Regardless of how tactfully it was put, a refusal was still a refusal. Ayakoji Chiyoko might have anticipated this outco, as she did not seem overly surprised, but her mood could not possibly brighten.

Her expression darkened, she said coldly, "If you can't create value for , then what use are you?"

"That's quite harsh."

Even when attacked so directly, Kagura Hikaru didn't seem to get angry, instead he considerately reminded her, "I understand Kiryu Hina more than you do, if she lets such rumors spread within the school, she must have counterasures in place. Be careful not to play with fire and get burned."

Let alone the fact that she was the one who had initiated the campus rumors in the first place, so it wasn't the impulsive act Ayakoji Chiyoko thought it was.

However, Ayakoji Chiyoko clearly wasn't soone easily swayed, her expression unshaken, with no plans to change her mind.

"You have your moral standards; I have my thods of doing things. Don't try to lecture ."

Then she abruptly brought up a second matter, "Ai Cheng Hua Lian, do you know this person well?"

Huh?

Kagura Hikaru was taken aback, not expecting to hear that na at this mont.

Was he suspected because he had hit a wall with Ai Cheng Hua Lian and they thought he was the informant who had silenced her?

Even though that was indeed the case.

So, should he deny it?... No, it felt like a trap...

If handled poorly, the trust that had been built could completely collapse.

When uncertain, Kagura Hikaru habitually chose to read minds.

[I saw you walking together with my own eyes, don't lie to , or our cooperation is over.]

[A person who can betray at any ti is too dangerous.]

[You have gained from mind-reading: Acting 2]

[Acting lv4 (78/100)]

So, she had seen us, huh...

She hoped she hadn't discovered that they had gone to the Student Council together, otherwise the private communication with Kiryu Hina would be exposed.

"Acquainted."

Kagura Hikaru faced forward calmly, nodding slightly, "She ca to look for during the break after the first class today."

"What did you two talk about," Ayakoji Chiyoko's gaze sharpened.

During the break after the first class, she went to look for Ai Cheng Hua Lian in the second year classroom but didn't find her.

It seed that it was during that ti so slip-up occurred.

Kagura Hikaru didn't avoid the question and frankly admitted: "She is the second eyewitness besides myself, she ca to seek my opinion, and I asked her to help keep it a secret."

Even Ayakoji Chiyoko hadn't expected him to be so honest, to admit it outright.

Was it trust... huh, what an ironic situation.

"Indeed, she did not admit it," Ayakoji Chiyoko's mood soured, staring intently at Kagura Hikaru like a she-wolf, "There probably aren't many who can keep a secret for you, are you friends?"

"Not really."

"Then is she belongs to Kiryu Hina?"

"No."

"Good."

The rage in Ayakoji Chiyoko's eyes subsided slightly, "Let's leave it at that, but there won't be a next ti."

"If the sa situation arises next ti, I would do the sa," Kagura Hikaru cut her off.

The atmosphere beca tense once again.

Both stopped in unison, standing at the center of the bustling street, locking eyes with each other.

Both were expressionless, their eyes filled with coldness and resolve, neither backing down half a step.

Ayakoji Chiyoko let out a cold laugh: "Ex-boyfriend, realize your place."

"Wasn't it you who ca to first," Kagura Hikaru said coldly.

"Heh, so I should accommodate you?"

"There's no accommodating anybody, our relationship is purely based on mutual use."

Hearing this wolf-and-tiger talk, passersby thought 'what the hell', are the young people of this new generation all so sophisticated?

Ayakoji Chiyoko, completely unaware that they were being seen as a couple in the middle of a Shura Field, furrowed her brows deeply, "Mutual use, what do you want to gain from ?"

If it was about use, there must be a price to pay.

Last ti, Ayakoji Chiyoko had traded the grudge between herself and Kiryu Hina for information, it seed Kagura Hikaru was not completely satisfied.

Indeed, such a small offer wouldn't even satisfy a mouse.

If it was to crush that person and obtain the truth she sought, paying a little price was acceptable.

"Do you want money? Or do you want to use the power of the Disciplinary Committee to benefit you," Ayakoji Chiyoko spat sharply.

If Kagura Hikaru really proposed such terms, she would probably accept them too, as she wasn't exactly a paragon of virtue.

But for so reason, Ayakoji Chiyoko did not want to hear such an answer from Kagura Hikaru.

Was she harboring so kind of expectation for him?

Ridiculous.

"A re student's authority and possessions hold no attraction for ."

Before Ayakoji Chiyoko had ti to analyze her own feelings, Kagura Hikaru spoke out, "I know you're not just after revenge on Kiryu Hina, there must be deeper reasons."

"...Oh?"

"I can help you achieve your goals, in return, you'll need to agree to a condition of mine."

Ayakoji Chiyoko was surprised by his insight.

She found that this man always managed to do things beyond her expectations.

Truly... it's becoming more and more interesting.

Ayakoji Chiyoko showed interest: "What do you want?"

She had thought that she could guess his condition, probably sothing like helping him reunite with Kiryu Hina.

However, she could never have expected that Kagura Hikaru would say sothing like this—

"What I want is simple," his gaze flickered, "in the next Student Council election, ensure that Kiryu Hina loses!"