Great Mangaka

"Aha, well..."

Shiori touched her head, turned around, and said, "By the way, Takumi, I'll buy you a milk tea!"

He walked to the school gate without saying a word. Takumi followed her and asked her questions. Shiori couldn't hide it, so she retold the story.

Her roommate told her that Takumi had shown up. Shiori later found him in the music classroom and eavesdropped on his piano practice for two weeks.

Not far from Osaka High School No. 1, they walked into a milk tea shop called "Tea Fragrance and Milk Flavor."

"Boss, give me a cup of milk with a double skin." Shiori opened her small pink purse and looked at Takumi: "What do you want?"

"Just like you," Takumi replied nonchalantly. He looked around. There weren't many people in the shop, but all eyes were on Shiori.

"Isn't it Shiori?"

"Why are you with a guy?"

The sound of the argument reached Takumi's ears. It wasn't until Shiori paid and invited him to sit down that he whispered, "You have a great reputation."

"Huh?" Shiori cocked her head and looked around: "You mean the people here? Now that the school is on vacation, everyone who comes to this store is a boarding student. In fact, I'm very famous among boarding students."

In fact, she is also very famous at school. In the last midterm exam, Shiori came first in the course. In addition, he gave a speech in front of all the teachers and students of the school, which caused a stir. She is now the school's star and academic bully at Osaka No. 1 High School.

'Although it is a good star, there are also many flies.'

"Shiori, who is it?"

someone asked right away.

Shiori looked up and saw that it was a normal-looking boy and a few companions: "Senior Wu Hao, are you here too?"

It seemed too ordinary for her to notice at the time, but Shiori wouldn't tell.

He stood up and introduced him: "Senior, this is my friend Takumi." Then he introduced him: "This is Wu Hao, a second-year high school student. He is the secretary of the student union."

Takumi looked up.

"Hello."

"Hello to you too."

Wu Hao's face didn't have a good face at all. He looked at Takumi fiercely. 'Who was this guy? Actually, I was with Shiori.'

'Shiori is the dream lover of many teenagers. He has never had scandals. So when Wu Hao saw Takumi and Shiori appear together, he was immediately unhappy.'

He lowered his head and looked at Takumi: "Companion, are you Shiori's partner?"

"No, I'm in tenth grade,"

Takumi replied lightly.

"Tenth grade?" Wu Hao's gaze lit up with disdain. 'Isn't the tenth grade a normal class? No wonder I hadn't seen it before. It turns out that this guy is an ordinary student. How did you become friends with Shiori? And the relationship seems very close.'

'This kind of slut is not worthy of the goddess at all. He needs to be pressured and go off on his own.'

Wu Hao was thinking about it, when suddenly a fellow man pulled his clothes and said nervously, "Wu Hao, I know him..."

"What?"

"I met him once, he's the genius of the music classroom..."

"Music room?"

Wu Hao was stunned. He recalled the recent rumor at school: that there was a musical genius in the senior year.

This genius had personal mentorship from special teacher Hirano-sensei, and all the principals of the school had high expectations placed on him. Because of him, school-wide music classes couldn't be scheduled on Wednesdays, just so as not to disrupt the genius's piano practice.

Dammit! 'Is this the guy?'

Wu Hao was afraid. He wasn't afraid of normal students, but this special student was different.

 Osaka No. 1 High School is a key preparatory school for higher education. There are many academic teachers, but the results in art and music in recent years have not been very good. The school has worked hard to recruit such special students from outside. These people are the heads of the school.

Wu Hao calmed down. He wasn't stupid enough to provoke someone the school valued.

"Shiori, you can chat for a while." He took two steps back and said, "We won't bother you anymore."

Wu Hao turned around and left. Shiori was a little puzzled, and Takumi didn't pay any attention to her. He had his gaze fixed on his phone.

On the way to the milk tea shop, Takumi texted Alice to ask why she hadn't told him about Detective Conan's thank you party.

Alice looked very busy and only replied, "Don't you want to reveal your identity? I don't think you're interested in this type of event. I wanted to tell you next week. And now that someone is looking into your information, I suggest you don't go. By the way, are you still in school? Do you want me to pick you up?"

Takumi immediately wrote, "Yes."

'If you can choose not to take the bus, of course you choose not to. Alice drives beautifully.'

After putting the phone away, Takumi asked Shiori, "What is the Detective Conan thank you  party you mentioned?"

"Well... as the name suggests, it is an event organized by Hinotori Publishing to thank readers for their support of Detective Conan." The employee brought the skimmed milk, and Shiori took the spoon and said, "This event allows us to organize performances. Many groups will participate, and ours also has many artists."

"Takumi, try it, the double-skinned milk here is delicious!"

Shiori ate happily.

"Our group..."

Takumi picked up the spoon and suddenly remembered that his group was the Elder Sister's Favorite Shota Alliance.

"Aren't you asking me to perform with you?" asked Takumi, surprised, and quickly refused: "Hey, hey, don't forget my gender."

It wasn't the first time she had made a statement, but Shiori didn't care this time, just like the previous one.

"Don't worry, it's okay, the sisters said you can bring a male escort."

"Male companion?" he asked.

"Like a brother, a younger brother, a boyfriend or something. By the way, you're my boyfriend, don't say it when the time comes,"

Shiori warned, and that explosive content came out of her mouth unambiguously.

Neither of them knew that, at that time, Wu Hao and his friends hadn't left the milk tea shop, but were hiding in the bathroom to eavesdrop.

"I can't hear him well, older, I only heard boyfriend or something..."

"What, boyfriend!" she asked.

Wu Hao's eyes were about to redden with anger. 'Was that stinky boy confessing to Shiori? He couldn't help but want to run out and interrupt, but he didn't muster up the courage and only felt worried.'

In the store, Takumi sighed, "Why did you choose me to go with you?"

"Because I recorded your piano music and all the sisters said it was good." Shiori said proudly, "You play the piano and I sing, we are a golden couple."

'Golden couple...'

Takumi reflected, and another question occurred to him.

"He and Alice would certainly be suspicious if they went to Detective Conan's thank you party, but it wouldn't be the case if he went with Shiori. Going as a fan and acting a little bit might reduce the suspicions of others.'

"Okay."

Takumi promised Shiori, and he couldn't go back on his word: "But I don't want to choose the album. How about I bring you some songs so you can learn to sing tomorrow?"

You can start composing now, and it's the perfect time.

"Okay."

Shiori nodded happily. I didn't know Takumi wanted to write songs. But he thought it was great that he agreed to participate in the event. 'Isn't it easy to learn some songs?'

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