A fun day out had not yet come to a halt. Kanon dragged Seiji to a few bookstores and craft shops in Tokyo, where she had heard about in the a world before, not in the Clamp universe. But in here, it was even more amazing. There was a whole street dedicated to selling various crafting materials and each store even had completely different items.

"Senpai, look at this, they design and make everything themselves," Kanon exclaimed.

Seiji's face remained serious expression, maintaining a vigilant and defensive stance. Perhaps it was because of the incident on the Tokyo Tower earlier that he didn't want to let his guard down even for a moment.

"Do you want to buy something for your mother, sister, or... girlfriend?" Kanon continued browsing, casually asking to make conversation. Suddenly, she felt a chill down her spine and turned to see Seiji's face growing darker. She quickly corrected herself, "If... If your mother doesn't like it, or if you don't have a sister or girlfriend... you can buy something for your father, brother, or... boyfriend."

Why did his face become even darker like that? Did she ask something wrong?

"Oh, you can buy something for anyone, there's so much interesting items here, ha ha ha ha!" Kanon laughed and spoke, trying to diffuse the situation then fell silent, realizing that it was time to be quiet.

After selecting a whole bunch of books in various genres, Kanon used her card to pay and provided her address for the store owner, who was delighted to finally get rid of those old books that no one had bought for so long. He offered to deliver them to her house for free. Both sides thought "What a great deal!"

On Monday morning, Kanon happily skipped to school as usual. Within half a day, the used bookstore in Tokyo had delivered the books to her home. Yesterday, she had spent the entire day organizing the pile of old books, which contained a wealth of valuable resources for her creative work.

"There's nothing happier than this..."

"What could make you happy like that, K-a-n-o-n-c-h-a-n-n-n?"

"Eeeek!"

Anyone would jump in surprise upon hearing a voice of complaint coming from behind them. Kanon regained her composure and realized it was just the charming and dashing student council president who had a habit of lurking and surprising people.

"Kaichou, could you please appear in a more normal and non-threatening manner? I don't want to have heart disease while still young.

"But it's not my fault!"

Nokoru replied with a sulky expression. Kanon didn't misunderstand, it was clearly an unhidden sulking, and she knew the reason, but why should she feel guilty for that sulking? And so, Kanon, with her icy heart, turned away, leaving a statement that made anyone furious:

"Well, I wish you find someone to blame soon!"

But just as she was about to turn and leave, Kanon's shoulder was grabbed and Nokoru's voice arose:

"Kanon-chan, you need to answer some questions from the Student Council!"

And so, Kanon - the unfortunate passerby - was dragged into the student council room.

"This is illegal, I don't accept it. Kaichou, you don't have the right to arrest someone like this."

But her protest was completely useless. And that cold-faced bodyguard, where was he when his lady needed his protection?

In Kanon's angry complaint, Nokoru dragged her all the way to the grand sofa in the council office. After placing a fragrant cup of milk tea in front of her, the handsome and talented student council president maintained a serious and decisive expression, the kind of "I can do anything and I will" attitude that he always displayed when helping the women. And he still kept his hands clasped together under his chin, staring intently at Kanon, our pitiful little character. Seeing no movement from the other party, Kanon also dared not make a fuss.

Finally, for the first time since arriving here, little character Kanon gave up running away and spoke up:

"Kaichou... Kaichou, what do you want to say? Please speak up, don't just stay silent like that, it's really scary."

And as if to make sure that the genius student council president, the ruler of this world, understood her intentions clearly, she even admitted her own fault:

"I know I didn't accept the invitation to go to Tokyo with the Student Council and decided to go alone, but that's my personal freedom, right? What I mean is, I don't necessarily have to seek your approval for everything I want to do."

Afterwards, as if to show him her innocence, Kanon confidently picked up her tea cup and took a sip before clearing her throat to continue speaking. However, before she could say anything, Nokoru smiled a radiant smile that was brighter than the morning sun, but sent shivers down Kanon's spine. Then, he spoke in his sweet and deadly voice:

"I just wanted to ask you about the lady you met on the Tokyo Tower."

Kanon was surprised, clearly remembering that when the old lady were crying next to the tower glass windows, she only saw the hot air balloons of the Student Council flying by, but she didn't see the three members of the council gliding around the tower. It seemed she truly underestimated Nokoru's ability. Perhaps all this time, he had only shown his puppy face to deceive her, causing her to let her guard down. Kanon regained her composure, determined to maintain her spirit and fighting will. If the club president wanted to play games, then she would play along.

"Well then, please go ahead and ask, Kaichou!"

"Do you know that lady?"

"No, she was just a visitor to the tower. I happened to be there too, but we didn't have a chance to talk."

"But you were there, so at least you must know what happened to her before, right? Why was she so sad?"

As Nokoru spoke, he became melancholic, which affected Kanon to some extent. Indeed, since being rejected by Suoh, or rather, avoiding him, she had never seen him like this before. Therefore, she decided to provide him with some limited information:

"Before that, there were a group of people in black suits surrounding her and then a man in a white suit who seemed to be the leader mentioned something about dividing assets. She refused, and those people even had intentions of harming her. Ichikawa-senpai and I witnessed it, but they didn't know we were there, so Ichikawa-senpai discreetly went to call the security staff."

As she continued to narrate, Nokoru's elegant eyebrows furrowed tightly, until his face became terrifyingly serious. He was clearly angry. After a while, Nokoru finally spoke up:

"Do you have any idea?" he asked.

Kanon blinked, taken aback by such a sudden and open-ended question.

"What do you mean?" she replied.

"I mean, is there anything special about those people attacking the lady? Who were they ordered by, or is there any clearer lead?" Nokoru clarified.

Kanon startled, realizing that in the anime, Nokoru would go talk to Suoh and Akira and investigate the information about those people together. With the vast and unparalleled resources of the Clamp School and the abilities of the Student Council members, there was no need for her involvement. Despite thinking so, Kanon still cautiously responded to Nokoru:

"From what I've heard, the man in the white suit has a blood relation to that lady's husband, who seems to have passed away. Naturally, when a husband passes away, the wife inherits the assets. My hypothesis is that among those inherited assets, there is something that the white suit man desires, possibly a land. As for why he wants it, there could be various reasons. It could be due to his own financial difficulties, considering he has a gang like that, indicating he might be involved in some kind of business. And when his business encounters problems, he uses the excuse of being related to the lady's husband and wants to reclaim the assets to serve his own purposes."

After finishing her speculations, Kanon quickly poured herself another cup of tea and sipped it leisurely. However, she became uneasy when she noticed the peculiar gaze of a Nokoru fixed on her. Setting down her cup of tea, she nervously asked:

"I've only had my second cup, is there something wrong?"

"Kanon-chan. Join my detective team!" Nokoru replied.

Fffftttt!

That was the sound of Kanon spitting out all the tea she had in her mouth before swallowing it.

Boom!

And that was the sound of Suoh and Akira, who had been eavesdropping outside the council room, pushing open the door and rushing inside.

And the story continues.