Chapter 264 262. Sakuraba Miki: Teacher, what do you want to do?

Unlike Sakura Kujo and Miki Sakuraba, Nao Yanagihara is not without a personal maid, but she is used to being alone. Similar to Haruka Hoshimi, she does not want anyone to have such close contact with her for a long time.

Moreover, the courtyard where she brought Watanabe Tetsuya to was a private residence that could be rented out or sold to the outside world. Nao Yanagihara ordered people to look for it, but did not take any additional security measures.

Even Sakuraba had to sigh at Yanagihara's high skill and courage. He was innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. Such a long time had passed, and he was still so careless when he was alone with Watanabe.

That is, Saotome is far away in Yokohama "working in the wild" and cannot return for the time being, the other women in Kyoto have not been able to come to Tokyo for some reason, and Hoshimi Haruka and Kunomiya Sakura are still somewhat honest.

Thanks to all the coincidences mentioned above, Princess Sakuraba had the opportunity to take advantage of it...

Watanabe walked on the wooden corridor hung with wind chimes, hearing the crisp ringing of bells. He looked up and saw that the sunny sky had long been replaced by low air pressure, dark sky, and gathering rain clouds, brewing a storm.

The typhoon is coming.

Watanabe Tetsuya glanced at his phone. According to the weather forecast, the typhoon will probably land in Fukushima Prefecture, passing through Chiba City and Mito City, and brushing the edge of Tokyo. The Tokyo area is expected to have precipitation from 9 pm tonight to 5 am tomorrow, with heavy to torrential rain at 2 am, with the heaviest precipitation.

But the weather forecast is just like that, it can only give an approximate prediction. If you don't believe it, you might suffer a big loss, and often when you firmly believe it, you will always be stabbed in the back... In general, it is better to believe it.

When Mr. Tetsuya Watanabe walked into the next Japanese-style room, he saw Ms. Sakuraba Miki wearing the student uniform of Yu High School.

She wore a clichéd white shirt with the school emblem embroidered on the left chest and two pink stripes on the right sleeve, representing that she was a sophomore female student. This was a unique design of Yougao.

Unlike the strong female students in the school who would change their bow ties into neckties, Sakuraba always wears a light blue bow tie. After all, it is specially designed to enhance the curves of the girl's uniform and make her look more cute.

What made Toru Watanabe feel even more adorable was that her face was 30% similar to Naoko Watanabe's. Although it might look ordinary to outsiders, it made Watanabe feel as if he had seen Naoko's high school days.

One point that needs to be specially mentioned is that Sakuraba Miki, who is still a high school girl, is 30% similar to Watanabe Naoko who is about 30 years old, because that is the Watanabe Naoko that Watanabe Tetsuya is most familiar with.

If we take Naoko, who is also a high school girl, Watanabe had seen some photos of her and she was at least 70% similar to Sakuraba Miki.

Whenever he sees Sakuraba, Watanabe feels dazed and wonders what day it is.
Watanabe Toru could also understand the fact that Sakuraba Miki was wearing a school uniform. Today was Thursday, and she should have taken a day off like Kujo Sakura and Yanagihara Nao.

Noticing the man's distraction, Sakuraba Miki did not interrupt him, but allowed Watanabe Tetsuya to admire her for a while before reminding him to return to reality:

"Does the teacher always look at other women in this way?"

'No wonder he attracts so many women.'

Of course, Sakuraba Miki would never say the latter sentence to let Watanabe Toru hear it. She would just keep it in her heart and complain silently.

"...? Sorry... I'm sorry for offending Sakuraba-san."

After Watanabe Tetsuya apologized sincerely, he did not stop, but walked to the girl with a clear purpose.

A man and a woman with a significant height difference stood by the window. Although there was a clear age gap and the difference in appearance was visible to the naked eye, they were so close to each other and the atmosphere was so harmonious that others could not help but guess that they were a couple.

Unfortunately, there were no outsiders in this courtyard or this Japanese-style room. Even though the only remaining maid, Kobayashi Iori, felt a pang of pain in her heart, she had to suppress it. As long as the fourth young lady felt happy, it was enough...

The crisp sound of the wind chimes added a touch of harmony to the atmosphere between the two, but also disturbed the harmony of their silent coexistence.

"Teacher, the typhoon is coming..."

"The weather forecast says..." Watanabe Toruya told Sakuraba Miki about the weather conditions he had just seen.

"That's really unfortunate. If tonight is the date we agreed to, jumping into the river together in the storm would be my ideal way of committing suicide."

Mr. Watanabe couldn't tell whether it was romantic or not, he just thought that Sakuraba was quite literary.

"The weather forecast is not that accurate. It might rain heavily tomorrow night as well." Watanabe comforted her.

"I hope so. It's a rare opportunity. I just hope nothing goes wrong..." When Sakuraba Miki said this, her mood instantly fell to the bottom of the abyss:
"Well, Mr. Watanabe may not know that everything I want, whether it's people or things, including the things I want to do, always goes wrong inexplicably or at the most critical point, so that I fail..."

“Is the probability high?”

"... Yeah, surprisingly high." Sakuraba Miki put her hair behind her ears. She really didn't want Watanabe Tetsuya to see her embarrassed look at such a funny and embarrassing thing, so she just smiled and said, "Probably 60 to 70 percent...

“If there is such a thing as a ‘god’, it seems like it is specifically targeting me.

"I feel helpless and honored..."

"It's fine."

"Ok?"

Mr. Watanabe assured her firmly, "There will be no surprises about what I promised Sakuraba-san."

Matsumoto Hitomi is dead, he said, no one can stop him!

At the same time, Toru Watanabe will also end his own life, ending everything after tomorrow night, preventing the evil and distortion from continuing and implicating more innocent people.

"Okay! I believe in Mr. Watanabe."

Sakuraba Miki smiled faintly, and her smile was even more similar, which made Watanabe Toru stunned for a moment again.

"Do I really look that much like the teacher's adopted mother?"

Watanabe Toru didn't know what to say exactly, so he could only nod truthfully.

"I don't know whether this is an honor or an offense... But I am still quite happy. After all, I have been treated differently by Mr. Watanabe. This is what Kujo-san and Yanagihara-san have always dreamed of, right? Even though it is for this reason..."

Realizing the other meaning in the girl's words, Watanabe Toru turned to ask: "By the way, what was the look in my eyes when I looked at Sakuraba-san?"

"Lewd... well, and obscene."

"Is it really that bad?"

"Of course not." Sakuraba Miki dragged out the syllables and finally denied it, turning around with her hands behind her back. Her slender red plaid uniform skirt swayed, and her white and tender legs could be vaguely seen with a halo flowing under the skirt.

Tired of standing, the girl sat down on the edge of the tatami, stretched out her hands to support herself, raised her head to let her long black hair fall, and glanced sideways at the window where she had been sitting before, looking at Watanabe Tetsuya:

"Teacher, do you look at other women in the same way?"

"Of course not." Watanabe Toru, who was also walking over, denied it directly: "How is it possible?

"Except that Sakuraba-san was an accident. If it is an exaggerated lewd look as Sakuraba-san said, then I have only seen one person like that."

"Is it my fiancée, Ms. Shimizu Noriko?"

Watanabe nodded: "Yes." "Oh~~" Seeing that the teacher was sitting next to her, a little far away, Sakuraba Miki no longer turned her head to look at Watanabe Tetsuya.

Teacher Watanabe also felt good about it. Sakuraba's posture of looking up was not bold or revealing, but at least she no longer had the dignified look she had before.

It's just not like her at all.

It's pretty good now.

Then, Sakuraba Miki's question forced Watanabe Toru to be speechless.

"What about Watanabe-sensei's adoptive mother? Can't she be considered the second one?"

Watanabe Tetsuya: "..."

Glancing at the girl who was covering her mouth, trembling slightly, and looking straight at him, Teacher Watanabe said, "Sakuraba-san, let's talk about tomorrow's preparations..."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else."

Lying on the tatami with her eyes closed, the girl no longer had her usual anxiety and felt a rare peace.

"Tomorrow... Sakuraba-san, can you cover up for me like you did today, before and after I end Matsumoto Hitomi's life?"

"We are all in the same boat, and there are only two of us. How can I refuse?"

"Okay, thank you." Watanabe said, "I will go home to celebrate my wife's birthday at six o'clock tomorrow night. I will go out on time at nine o'clock under the pretext of a night run and meet on the bridge where we first met. How about that?"

"Okay, I'll prepare some medicine in advance... Otherwise, if I just jump into the river to commit suicide, I won't die immediately, and if I'm found and rescued by Jiugongying and Xingjianyao, it will be ridiculous."

"Sakuraba-san is really thoughtful..."

Perhaps because he was tired of standing and sitting, or perhaps because the stuffy air was uncomfortable, Watanabe Toru also lay down on the tatami.

He was not too close to Sakuraba Miki, not even on the same side, but was lying on the other side of the tatami.

The two of them lay cross-legged, and if they looked down slightly they could see each other. If they were face to face, as long as they breathed a little heavier, they might be able to communicate and feel each other's breath.

If one of them took the initiative to move a little closer, raised their head and leaned forward slightly, the dry lips would be moistened by the other's.

But none of them did that.

Strictly speaking, Watanabe and Sakuraba rarely communicated with each other, and their relationship was not very close. The so-called ending their lives together and jumping into the river to "commit suicide for love" were all invitations and acceptances made under momentary impulse, which led to the current situation.

Looking at all the men and women who committed suicide for love or ended their lives together, which one was not a lover? At the very least, they had in-depth communication and discussion physically.

But tomorrow night they will do it for real. With their current unclear relationship, will there really be no accidents when the battle comes, just like what Sakuraba Miki worries about?

Still unknown.

So whether it was Watanabe Tetsuya or Sakuraba Mihime, no matter whether they were reluctant but had to do it or were willing to do it, they all realized that they had to get closer to each other as soon as possible.

Although there has been no opportunity and there is not much time now, it is better to cram at the last minute than to do nothing.

I don't know who took the initiative to break the deadlock first, the subtle difference is really hard to tell, anyway, Watanabe-sensei and Sakuraba-san turned sideways at the same time, breathing face to face, surrounded by each other's breath.

When their eyes met, what followed was not a charming atmosphere, but silence, a silence with only the sound of shallow breathing.

"Teacher Watanabe, don't you have anything to ask me?" "Sakuraba-san, don't you have anything to say to me?"

They spoke in unison again, Watanabe Toru pursed his lips, but it was Sakuraba Miki who smiled.

"It seems that the teacher and I are talking about the same thing... Then let me explain it."

Watanabe nodded in agreement.

"Teacher, you want to ask me why I don't want to live, right?
"Well... there are many reasons.

"One of the points is very obvious. Does Mr. Watanabe think I'm cute? Does my appearance qualify as a beautiful girl? If we put aside the fact that we're old friends."

Sakuraba Miki imposed restrictions, but Watanabe Tetsuya's answer was regardless of her restrictions: "But I can't let go."

"So in the teacher's eyes and heart, I am a very cute and beautiful girl?"

"Yes."

"I'm really happy... Although there was some hypocrisy in it, and it wasn't sincere to me, but it really made me very happy when Mr. Watanabe looked at my face and said that!"

However, the joy in Princess Sakuraba's eyes soon dimmed: "The women of the Sakuraba family, at a glance, are all extremely outstanding beauties...

“But none of them are as famous as me.”

At this point, Sakuraba Miki chuckled: "Because I am the only exception, my appearance is ordinary, and I can only be considered a beautiful girl after putting on makeup. But becoming beautiful in this way, what is 'restoring beauty', isn't it just deceiving yourself? I think it's ridiculous.

"Compared with the other girls in the Sakuraba family, there is really a world of difference..."

Watanabe Toru didn't agree with what she said, but at least he liked her looks very much and thought she was very cute and beautiful.

However, they all knew the specific reason. Telling it out loud would only stab Sakuraba Miki deeper into trouble. Watanabe chose to keep silent and continue listening to her.

"Besides her looks, there's no need to say much about her personality. I think I'm okay, but the women of the Sakuraba family have always had good personalities, unlike the Jiugong family...

“The key is talent.

"I don't have any talent at all. At least I have tried many things over the years, such as playing musical instruments, calligraphy, painting, archery, writing... but none of them worked. The only thing I could do was dance. No matter how hard I tried to learn the other things, I didn't make much progress.

“As for studying… I’m always at that half-baked level. Even if I put in a lot of effort and time, I can’t compare to those students who are extremely talented and smart but hardly study.

"I can no longer find the way forward, nor can I see my future... Rather than wasting my time and making myself suffer, it is better to end it all once and for all and free myself completely..."

Watanabe felt the same way as Sakuraba-san said. He couldn't refute her, nor did he have the qualifications or position to comfort her.

And Sakuraba Miki didn't need his consolation. She stared at Watanabe Tetsuya, and at this moment, she seemed to have made up her mind and said seriously:

"Teacher, what do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)