The Public Press Conference

I don't know much about what people call a worldwide simultaneous livestream, but at the very least, the public talked about nothing else for an entire day.

'Four S-Rankers to Hold an Unprecedented Joint Press Conference'

'Authenticity of the "Night Crow" Official Account: Agency Says "No Comment"'

'The Announcement Is Only One Line—"We're Going to Tell You About Our Teacher"'

I looked over the three headlines and turned my terminal facedown. I washed the rice. As I washed it, I thought about tonight, stopped, and then started again. Once again, I failed to wash the rice twice today.

The government envelope was on my desk. Eight days remained until the deadline for my reply.

A message from Hina-chan.

'Teacher. Tonight, at eight. You absolutely, absolutely have to watch, okay?'

I was going to watch even without her telling me. Still, what kind of teacher did that make me, if my students had made me prepare for their livestream two days in a row?

Five minutes before eight that night, I resettled myself on the cushion and wrote three lines on a sheet of paper...