Chapter 360 323 – Utaha-senpai

Seeing Takumi's reading speed, which could practically be called quantum reading, Shizuka Yoshimoto's eyes went wide.

He casually took the book from Shizuka's hands as well, skimmed through it roughly, then returned it to her.

"Page thirty-seven, second line. Page forty-six, third line, second sentence…"

Takumi casually listed several page numbers, line numbers, and sentences, and Shizuka subconsciously began flipping through the memories in her mind.

Before long, one sentence after another pieced itself together.

"My memory is very good. I'm not just flipping through them randomly, so don't mind me."

"Ah… ngh…"

Shizuka immediately widened her eyes, looking at Takumi with both shock and excitement.

She was shocked because Takumi's memorization speed simply wasn't human.

As for her excitement, it was because this way of interacting just now had made her feel very comfortable.

Because her voice was quiet and she was bad at communicating with people, ever since she was little, she had been used to letting books speak in her place.

But until she entered high school, not a single person had ever tried to understand this way of hers.

Even her mother, who had raised her alone, would try to force her to speak.

That only made Shizuka herself even more afraid, and the more afraid she became, the harder it was for her to open her mouth.

But Takumi, who had met her this time, not only did not dislike this way of communicating, but had even responded to her in the same way just now. This made Shizuka very happy.

Like a little rabbit, Shizuka could not help growing curious. She opened the book and communicated with Takumi again.

"May I know your name?"

"I'm Takumi. We're classmates, you know. Yoshimoto-san, you not knowing me hurts me quite a bit."

As Takumi flipped through the book, he deliberately replied with a wounded look.

Shizuka immediately panicked, hopping around as she opened the book.

"I'm sorry… I don't pay much attention to outside information… Please forgive me."

"You don't need to apologize. That kind of personality is nice too."

Takumi reached out and rubbed Shizuka's little head. His gentle smile made her bloom into a smile as well.

Watching this beautiful scene from the side like an audience member, Megumi Kato suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

She silently squeezed over and stood beside Takumi.

Her gaze swept over the books related to romance, and the corners of Megumi's mouth lifted slightly.

She felt that Takumi was probably reading these books now to prepare for the light novel he was going to write about her.

If possible, Megumi also wanted to offer some help.

Unfortunately, when she looked at that pile of books, Megumi silently retreated half a step.

Her grades were ordinary too, always somewhere in the middle. There was simply no way she could read this many books.

At this point, she might as well just play on her phone.

Megumi quietly took out her phone and started scrolling.

At that moment, a tall black-haired girl was walking in front of the bookshelves.

"They're gone? Why are they all gone?"

She muttered to herself, then looked toward Takumi's position.

The table over there was piled full of books. Clearly, all the books she wanted to read had been taken over there.

Seeing Takumi's quantum reading method, the girl frowned slightly, displeasure appearing on her face.

Was he deliberately hogging all those books just to play around?

Thinking this, Utaha Kasumigaoka immediately walked over in dissatisfaction.

And when she approached, Takumi also turned his gaze toward her.

Utaha's refined face was more than enough to rank among the top beauties in school.

Her elegant features and fair, flawless skin elevated that beauty even further.

Her outfit was Kuoh Academy's uniform, no different from the other girls.

But her full, voluptuous curves pushed up the fitted uniform.

Her upright peaks, slender hourglass waist, and round, perky curves.

Her perfect S-shaped figure could only be described as flawless!

Beneath the swaying hem of her skirt, those long, fair legs were even more of a focal point.

Covered in matte black stockings, they looked even more even, slender, and beautiful, perfectly supporting her sexy, curvaceous figure.

Although she was probably only one or two years older than him, the mature, big-sister beauty she exuded from head to toe was irresistible.

Utaha had originally come over with an icy air, ready to confront him and question why he was being so selfish by taking so many books for himself.

But the instant her eyes met Takumi's, ripples spread through her heart.

While marveling at how handsome he was, the anger on Utaha's face could not help fading away.

It was just like when a man saw a beautiful woman doing something bad and instinctively came up with excited thoughts like, She must have some reason for it.

And at this moment, Utaha also recognized Takumi.

"So you're the only male new student in the entire school right now. I didn't expect you to be this handsome."

Utaha showed a surprised expression, her tone quiet and refined.

Takumi invited her to sit, a gentle smile on his face as well.

"Hello, Kasumigaoka-senpai."

Takumi cut straight to the point, calling out her name at once.

This made Utaha pause slightly, and a faint, teasing smile appeared on her face.

"Eh? You actually know me? I remember not being that famous.

"Could it be that you have improper thoughts about me, kouhai-kun? Have you been paying special attention to me?"

Utaha's tone carried a bit of teasing, without much malice.

Although both her grades and appearance were first-rate, because her aura toward outsiders practically screamed, "Do not approach," she really did not have many friends.

She often wondered whether things had ended up like this because of her personality.

When Takumi called out her name and sweetly called her senpai, Utaha felt secretly delighted.

But faced with Utaha's teasing, Takumi instead followed along with her topic and said, "That's right. I have been paying special attention to you, Kasumigaoka-senpai."

This instantly left Utaha at a loss.

Her expression froze awkwardly, and she did not know what to say.

Seeing Utaha's "idiot" expression, Takumi could not help laughing.

"Hahaha~ Utaha-senpai, that expression of yours is really cute. You're just as cute as Yoshimoto-san."

As Takumi spoke, he rubbed Shizuka's head beside him, drawing Utaha's attention over as well.

Because Shizuka was small and had been standing at Takumi's side, Utaha had not noticed her for a moment.

Utaha glanced at Shizuka, but did not pay too much attention to her.

She was a little girl she did not know, and instinctively, Utaha did not want to interact with her too much.

Utaha then puffed up her cheeks slightly and said in dissatisfaction, "Teasing your senpai like this does not make you a good kouhai."

"Oh? Then what are the standards for a good kouhai? Calling his senpai Mommy?"

"What are you even talking about? It's respect!"

Listening to Takumi's completely off-the-wall words, Utaha truly found it hard to keep a straight face.

And seeing her flustered and exasperated appearance, the smile on Takumi's face grew even wider.

In Takumi's impression, Utaha was mostly black-bellied and sharp-tongued.

But after actually interacting with her, he realized that wasn't really the case.

She was clearly a very cute girl.

She couldn't outtalk him at all.

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