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Some seconds later, a cell phone ringing broke the silence.

It was Hisashi's cell phone.

He slowly took out his cell phone, but paused in surprise when he saw who the caller was on his caller ID.

His ringtone, which was Honey Candy Girl's newest ending song, continued without stop.

Hisashi didn't pick up the call, nor did he reject it. He simply waited in a daze for the ringing to stop.

Then, Seiji's cell phone began to ring.

The caller was Kaede Juumonji.

Seiji looked at his cell phone for several seconds and chose to accept the call.

"Good evening, Harano-kun."

"Good evening, Juumonji-sensei."

"I apologize for suddenly calling you like this so late at night… I just felt… like something was off," Kaede said in a light voice.

Seiji remained silent.

"Harano-kun… what's the matter?" Kaede sharply perceived that something was the matter on his side.

Seiji looked towards Hisashi.