NTR Kousuke

Chapter 70

The cultural festival is over, and it's the day after the substitute holiday.

Here at Hokusho High School, there's still a bit of the festive buzz from the cultural festival lingering.

Conversations among students include,

"The maid café was..."

"Miss Hokusho was..."

"But according to some rumors..."

"The yakisoba from the cultural festival is one of the seven mysteries of the school..."

There's a lot of talk about the cultural festival, but here,

There are guys who love girls more than the finished cultural festival or even three meals a day...

First-year building, hallway.

Yamamoto "Hey, Kuzu-kun?"

Kuzu "Hey! Yamamoto!"

These two are greeting each other, but in reality, they don't get along.

They both think the other is just a pretty-faced piece of trash.

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Yamamoto Masaki (Yamamoto Masaki)

First-year, Class 4, soccer club, his parents run a pretty large used car dealership.

A rich, brash, handsome guy. Favorite body part: feet.

As you know! The guy who stole Kousuke's ex-girlfriend, Mishima Satsuki.

In the same class as Kousuke.

His go-to flirting method is showing off a mature, stylish vibe at dart bars, night pools, or clubs—places that seem cool for high schoolers—acting dependable and winning girls over with expensive gifts.

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Kuzu Tatsuo (Kuzu Tatsuo)

First-year, Class 2, tennis club.

A gentle, prince-like handsome guy. Favorite body part: chest.

As you know! The guy who stole Yukari Tomonaga just before she started dating Kousuke.

Went to the same middle school as Tomonaga-san.

His go-to flirting method is getting close by acting sympathetic and listening to problems, then using various schemes to create dramatic moments or staged events to quickly win a girl over.

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Yamamoto "I heard! Congrats! You started dating Miss Hokusho, Tomonaga-san, right?"

(You got a girlfriend, so don't talk to other girls anymore, okay?

Isn't she that rumored bitch who got famous for her diet?)

Kuzu "Thanks! Miss Hokusho... amazing, right... I plan to support her by her side. Having a girlfriend doesn't change anything, you know?"

(My girlfriend is Miss Hokusho! She beat your girlfriend!

Doesn't matter, right? Even with a girlfriend, I'll still flirt.

And, by the way, Yukari-san has an amazing chest, you know?)

The scene of the two talking looks like a refreshing sight of handsome guys that girls would drool over, but...

Yamamoto "In front of such a crowd... that was pretty dramatic, wasn't it? Something like that actually happened?"

(You declared it in front of so many people, so just be satisfied with her.

Doesn't it feel staged? That's your usual trick, isn't it?)

Kuzu finally steps in to stop it,

Kuzu "Hey, Nagase-san? Could you stop with that simultaneous interpretation thing?"

Nagase "Oops, my true thoughts slipped out—! Wait, or did they?"

Ahaha! Nagase Aya laughs, and the atmosphere around her brightens as if flowers are blooming.

She was listening to Kuzu and Yamamoto's conversation and simultaneously interpreting it to her best friend, the class president, Takahashi-san, who was next to her.

Kuzu "Nagase-san! You're misunderstanding me!"

Yamamoto "Yeah! I'm not thinking anything like that either!"

Nagase "Sure, sure, both of you have girlfriends now, so don't invite me to hang out or anything, okay?"

Ahaha! She says it brightly, but Yamamoto and Kuzu feel a clear sense of rejection and look a bit troubled.

See ya!

Saying that, Nagase leaves with Takahashi-san.

Takahashi "Still, both of them are pretty handsome, huh? Aya, you've been hit on by both of them, right?"

Nagase "...Yeah, what a nuisance."

Nagase makes a face like, ugh!

Even that expression is charming, and Takahashi-san can't help but sigh.

Takahashi "Aya, you've got it good, being so popular."

Nagase "Being popular doesn't mean anything if it's with the wrong guys. More importantly, don't get close to those three!"

Is she referring to the two from earlier plus one more?

Why? Takahashi-san asks.

Nagase "Seriously, you might end up pregnant!"

Nagase Aya explains just how much those two, plus one other, are obsessed with picking up girls!

I've been hit on so many times, it's such a hassle!

Takahashi-san asks just to hear, what kind of things happened?

Nagase "Listen to this! Those two kept coming to hit on me one after the other, right? After complimenting me, they'd ask, 'Has that guy come around?' And both of them said the exact same thing: 'That guy only thinks about sleeping with girls, he's a total player and a jerk, so Nagase-san, you shouldn't give him the time of day!'"

Takahashi "Whoa, Aya? Calm down?"

Nagase "The same! It's the same! Their opinions of each other, their insults, their tastes! What is that? Are they brothers? Do they share the same ex-girlfriend and are actually brothers or something?"

Takahashi "Aya? Aya? Easy, easy."

Nagase "Seriously, aren't those guys gonna get stabbed someday for earning the resentment of so many girls?"

Takahashi "Aya? You shouldn't say things like that!"

Nagase "Okay! Ugh! The third guy! Am I gonna get hit on again...?!"

From the other side, Sahori-senpai comes waving his hand...

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Sahori Toshinobu (Sahori Toshinobu)

Third-year, former basketball club member.

A pushy, flashy handsome guy. Favorite body part: butt.

As you know! Airi Tendou's ex-boyfriend.

His go-to flirting method is persistently showing up, diligently following and contacting through LINE or SNS to break down walls, then rapidly closing the distance with dates or meals as an aggressive approach.

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—Sahori "Nagase-chan, huh? Got club activities today? How about hanging out with me? Huh?"

Nagase Aya grabs Takahashi-san and runs away!

She mutters quietly so Takahashi-san can't hear,

Nagase "With Kousuke-kun in that state... there's no way I can do anything that might cause a misunderstanding..."

Nagase Aya, rumored to be the most beautiful and talented girl in her grade, excels in both academics and sports, and is a member of the girls' basketball club and student council affairs.

Cheerful and friendly, people are always around her.

On top of being beautiful, her charming smile and healthy, unguarded allure make her the constant center of attention.

However, in the near future, Nagase Aya's nickname will be,

"Deadbeat Magnet"

(LOL)

A nickname given because all the guys who hit on her inevitably end up as deadbeats.

Being friendly and approachable, she at least listens to what they have to say.

Of course, she absolutely doesn't go on dates or anything.

Nagase Aya protests that it's as if she only attracts deadbeats! But all the guys who've hit on her have a reputation for being deadbeats...

Nagase Aya's best friend, Takahashi-san, says,

Takahashi "Yeah, the flashy guys who hit on Aya always end up suspended or getting in trouble with the authorities! If a decent guy asks her out for a date or meal, it's probably fine, but the rate of weird guys is abnormally high, and those guys just keep spiraling downward!"

Of course, Kuzu-kun was also one of the guys who persistently hit on Nagase Aya until recently.

Nagase "...Tomonaga-san and Kuzu-kun at the beauty contest... doing that to Kousuke-kun... I can't forgive them...!"

Nagase Aya appeals to the student council to have the Miss Hokusho title revoked.

All to bring down Yukari Tomonaga and Tatsuo Kuzu.

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This was a roundup of the deadbeat guys.