After they left, Kitahara Satone kept crying. Unlike the slight excitement she felt when skipping school, this time it was as if her pent-up grievances had finally found an outlet, and she couldn't hold back her tears.

Seeing Kitahara Satone crying uncontrollably, Minami shook her head, inserted a needle, and Kitahara Satone fainted.

Getting angry harms the body, and dwelling on things for too long harms the mind. Kitahara Satone has made herself sick by holding it all in.

It's good to vent like this.

Nanju was picked up and placed in a guest room on the first floor. Grandma Kitahara would clean this room even when no one lived there, to prevent anyone from the Matsukata family from entering.

After giving Kitahara Satone a few acupuncture needles, Minami lit some medicinal incense and left.

She took the pastries to visit the Kitahara couple and told them that Kitahara Chie would be staying at their place that night.

Meanwhile, after the members of the Go club who had left came out, Konishi Hayami, because she was concerned about Minami's words, did not immediately try to smooth things over, while Kitahara Hoshino was preoccupied with the aggrieved look on her sister's face.

Even Ito Gen looked somber.

Seeing Ito Gen's reaction, no one else dared to speak.

Tanaka was getting a little irritated by the oppressive atmosphere: "Why are you all acting like this? What's the position of that Matsukata-senpai standing there lecturing everyone? And why did she take Kitahara-senpai away?"

To be honest, it's all Kitahara-senpai's fault. If she hadn't skipped class, we wouldn't have been looking for her everywhere, and as a result, we got yelled at!

After Tanaka finished speaking, Kitahara Hoshino suddenly said, "Senpai, the Kitahara you mentioned is my older sister."

Tanaka was momentarily speechless. He wanted to explain something to Kitahara Hoshino, but Kitahara Hoshino said, "President, I'm taking the day off. You guys go to training."

Ito Gen nodded: "Okay."

At this moment, Kitahara Hoshino's mind was filled not only with the image of her older sister crying in distress, but also with the words of Minami Kyū echoing in her ears.

At this moment, Kitahara Hoshino began to carefully recall his older sister.

He and his sister haven't seen each other for two years, except for holidays.

He remembered that his sister was happy every day back then. However, after he came to Qinglong Academy, he found that his memories of his sister were somewhat blurred.

No, I should say, my memory of my sister's smile is a bit blurry.

Kitahara Hoshino recalled the events in disbelief, a sadness welling up inside him. He remembered seeing his sister recently; it seemed that every time, she walked past him with her head down.

Or rather, it seems that her older sister is afraid to see her.

As Kitahara Hoshino combined what Minami had said, he subconsciously clenched his hands.

Did he really say anything that hurt his sister?

Not only that, my sister has never skipped class before, so why did she skip class this time?

This is also why Kitahara Hoshino was worried when she heard that her older sister hadn't been to class.

Thinking of something, Kitahara Hoshino quickly returned to school.

I happened to run into Gen Ito here.

Kitahara Hoshino found it a bit strange, but Ito Gendo said, "Everyone seems distracted, so let's all take a day off. This matter needs to be investigated thoroughly. I think you'll come back to investigate Kitahara-kun's truancy, so I'm waiting for you here."

Kitahara Hoshino, who had been feeling agitated, finally felt a little better: "Thank you, senpai."

Ito Yuan nodded.

Therefore, some things cannot withstand scrutiny. If they had paid a little more attention to Kitahara Satone's matter, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

With Ito Gen there, they quickly investigated and found out the whole story.

When Kitahara Hoshino heard that his sister had been bullied recently, he wanted nothing more than to find those people and kill them.

It was Ito Gen who stopped him: "What's the point of you doing all this now?"

Kitahara Hoshino looked at her club president in disbelief: "That's my sister. My sister was bullied."

Ito Gen, however, said, "Now that Kitahara has Matsukata-san, she won't be wronged anymore. Moreover, given Matsukata-san's personality just now, she will definitely teach Kitahara a lesson in fighting back."

Wouldn't it be more effective to have Kitahara fight back personally?

Besides, we're not innocent either, are we?

Kitahara Hoshino was utterly devastated upon hearing this. Yes, he had no right to lecture his sister as her younger brother, much less to avenge her in that capacity. Because he, too, was one of those who had hurt her.

Seeing Kitahara Hoshino's reaction, Ito Gen said, "Of course, we're not completely uninvolved either. At the very least, we need to investigate Kitahara-kun's background and what that rumor is all about."

This was the first time Ito Gen had heard these rumors, and he couldn't help but feel a little unsettled.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Hoshino immediately stood up: "Yes, the person who spread this story clearly has ulterior motives. If it weren't for this, my sister wouldn't have been bullied!"

Kitahara Satone had no idea that overnight, everything at the school had changed.

All she knew was that when she woke up, she felt incredibly relieved despite her aches and pains. Looking at her unfamiliar surroundings, Kitahara Tomoe realized she should still be at the Matsukata house.

She hurriedly got up and found her school uniform neatly folded and placed by the door.

Just as she was thinking about changing her school uniform, there was a knock on the door.

"Hi!"

"Come out now that you're awake. Didn't you say you wanted to learn martial arts? Let's start today. Don't change your clothes yet. You can change them after training and taking a shower."

Kitahara Tomoe quickly replied, "Okay!"

At first, Nanju didn't teach Kitahara Chion anything else, but instead taught her the Five Animal Frolics.

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