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"You're awake?"
Kamiyama Rikuo looked at the familiar ceiling and the familiar Sakiko-sensei beside the hospital bed.
"Will I recover quickly?"
Rikuo blurted out. Even the kami who gave us a new world was bewildered.
"Huh?"
Sakiko made Taki's voice. Of course, this clearly wasn't Sakiko's problem. When Sakiko made this sound, it was clearly the fault of the culprit who made her make it.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just thought of an anime plot," Rikuo explained.
Anyway, his heart had been taken by Blade, and perhaps he would never feel joy or sorrow again in this life. How could he be embarrassed by such trivial matters?
"It's good that you're fine. The first day you saved me, and the second night you immediately saved my father. Mr. Hero is truly eager to help, so why would he get into a fight with hooligans? Someone like my father, you could just leave him aside and ask the Officer for help, wouldn't that be a better way? Mr. Hero, do you have anything to say?" (Togawa Kiyotsugu: Children, I have no opinion)
Sakiko looked at Rikuo with a smile as warm as a spring breeze, but unfortunately, there was still no joy in that smile.
Speaking of which, all the beautiful girls in anime really do have their own scents. Soyo is lavender, while Sakiko has a faint fruity scent. Although not as rich as Soyo's, it's refreshing. (Soyo's scent is strong, no need for much marinating)
'It seems Togawa-jisan hasn't had time to explain his situation clearly to Sakiko yet? Sakiko still has this attitude towards him. But he still helped me gloss over the Kamen Rider incident. It seems Togawa-jisan said I got into a conflict with some hooligans who were bothering him. Hmm, it's barely a normal reason. But I don't even have any wounds.'
"Father said they all hit with their fists, specifically targeting your face, and you only fainted after two whole hours of being hit. He also said that when you wake up, he wants me to accompany you to see a psychiatrist, saying things like 'it's normal to be stressed, don't give up on treatment,' which I don't quite understand. Are you really okay?"
Sakiko's small face turned serious, and she looked into Rikuo's eyes with concern.
'Although Sakiko is very beautiful, I'd rather not have her look at me like a rare animal. Speaking of which, Togawa Kiyotsugu, why would you say such nonsensical things? Who would believe that I, a Kamen Rider, was hit in the face for two hours!?'
"It's not that serious, Togawa-san. Your father must be joking with you. Togawa-san, could you give me a mirror so I can see how I look now?"
'Although there's no need to doubt the handsomeness of my face, as a man of the new century, one must learn to appreciate beauty. Of course, if I could see Sakiko-sensei every day, and if she would marry me and let me inherit the Togawa conglomerate, I'd be willing!'
Sakiko gently pulled out her phone from her skirt, opened the camera, flipped it into selfie mode, and handed it to Rikuo.
"Mr. Hero, you should prepare yourself."
Sakiko's face showed a serious expression. But it was clear that she was trying her best to hold it in.
Rikuo took Sakiko's phone.
'Sakiko's personal phone, 99% new. Do you have a phone like this?'
"What's the big deal, it's just looking at my face, my... Togawa-san, did you turn on green light mode on your phone?"
"I apologize, Mr. Hero, my phone doesn't have that mode."
"Hehe, Togawa-san, playing jokes isn't a good habit. How could a normal person's face be so green? If you apologize, we can still talk nicely."
Sakiko could no longer hold back at this moment, shedding the stubbornness of a small hedgehog and the pride of a young lady. She burst into hearty laughter, a genuine smile, no longer a social courtesy smile, nor a 'life is getting sweeter' smile, but the simplest, purest laugh. It didn't look like Togawa Sakiko, but perhaps this was the real Togawa Sakiko.
'Could Sakiko-sensei actually laugh like this? Well, perhaps she can open up more in front of an outsider like me. I hope Light Saki lives forever.'
Rikuo couldn't say anything either; at this moment, the girl's smile was greater than everything. The commander of the famous destroyer Ayanami once said, a smile is enough.
'Speaking of which, my face is so green. On the way to the old apartment, I saw many officers who came to inquire. I thought it was because Togawa-jisan and I didn't look like father and son, and the officer was suspicious. So, I turned into the Hulk? Togawa-jisan was right, a normal person's face wouldn't turn this green without being hit for two hours... But that old man still has to pay the price for using that reason.'
Rikuo could only divert his attention to relax his clenched fists.
'Old man, you're in danger, I'm telling you. I'm going to marry your daughter, and you can spend the rest of your life with your beer bottles.'
Sure enough, Rikuo still couldn't hold back. Looking at the cute Sakiko in front of him, and then thinking of the hateful old man, he made a lifelong vow. (Of course, I'm talking about the old man and the beer bottle, what were you thinking?)
"Saki, is laughing?"
Mutsumi, watching the two from the hospital room door, chose not to enter. She felt that every time she appeared, she would mess things up. Sakiko had only shown this smile once in the past month.
'Can Saki show such a smile when she's with Kamiyama-san? Perhaps if I'm not around, Saki can live better?'
"Saki-chan's voice?"
In the next hospital room, Takamatsu Tomori asked this question.
"Tomori, what are you talking about? How could that girl be here?"
Shiina Taki heard the name she least wanted to hear, NO.1. Although Tomori brought it up, she couldn't help but get a little agitated.
'That girl left the band without explaining anything, and even said that Tomori, who was the most diligent and wanted her to come back, was the one who needed the most practice? What a joke?'
Because it was Tomori in front of her, Taki didn't say what was on her mind. But she still felt indignant in her heart.
"Saki-chan must have a reason for saying that. Maybe it's because I'm not working hard enough?"
Tomori still hadn't moved on from the day Sakiko left the team. Seeing Tomori's downcast expression, Taki clenched her fists.
'Is that girl still affecting Tomori?'
The culprit behind all this, everyone might have guessed, is of course our legendary special agent, Miss Nagasaki Soyo.
Tomori accidentally fell and got injured at school. Although she put on a bandage, the wound was still relatively large. Because she didn't have any classmates she could really talk to, and Tomori's personality made it difficult for her to communicate well, she happened to meet Soyo on the way (definitely not because she heard Sakiko was at Haneoka and was staking her out). Soyo then suggested taking Tomori to Tokyo Medical University Hospital for a check-up.
It was also by coincidence that Taki saw Tomori injured while passing by RiNG, so she took leave to accompany Tomori to the hospital. (Definitely not because Soyo knew Taki's shift schedule).
And so, Crychic, assemble!
Togawa Sakiko: Present!
Takamatsu Tomori: Present!
Nagasaki Soyo: Present!
Shiina Taki: Present!
Wakaba Mutsumi: Present!
Kamiyama Rikuo: Present!
Shiina Taki: "Huh! No, who are you?"