Principal's wife

Upon hearing your choice, Inoue took out a small tablet and entered something on it before handing it to you. "Her name is Yudzuru Saeko , before this, Yamaguchi Saeko ,"

You look at the tablet. "So, she adopts his family name as per the usual practice."

"She was very much in love with him, even though Yudzuru Yuki was trying to get into the pant of another student at the same time."

The lack of 'san' suffix attached to Yudzuru Yuki meant Inoue didn't have a shred of respect for the man. "You didn't like the man,"

"We have standards, after all. While we're not hung up on predominantly Western values, and is against the adult age to be arbitrarily decided, there are some universal values that we appreciate, such as fighting against misuse of power and manipulation using one's power."

You recalled that in the Edo period, boys were considered adults at 15 years old, and girls at 13. However, in 1876, the Meiji government set the legal age to 20 years old for both genders; it remained in **** until 2022, where the legal age was revised to 18 years old. It seemed that Inoue seem to be leaning toward maturity to be determined by biology. Just like a woman was considered as an adult when she had period. Interesting. "Manipulation, you say?"

"You shouldn't care about such things, Doe-sama."

"Oh, and you're digging up the whole thing even though you told me not to care?"

"Because it's part of intel gathering. We are outsiders, and will remain so. You on the other hand, will be an insider, and with some luck, inside her." Inoue pointed toward the tablet. "Inside there is a scenario that we created based on what we understand about her."

"A scenario, you said," you say as you browsed through the said scenario. "Pretty detailed with step by step instruction, with rationale detailed out, even with that manipulation you mentioned." Yudzuru Yuki was Saeko's homeroom teacher during the time she fell in love with him. He helped her a lot, at the expense of ignoring other students. There was also an unconfirmed rumor he paid off some ruffians to harass her and then played the part of a hero to save her. You tapped the tablet. "Are you kidding me? This is corny as heck! How could she be so gullible?"

"Because you see these plots in shows, mangas and animes now. But our period was more 'wholesome' compared to yours. Besides, there's also the element of the suspension bridge effect,"

People in crisis would feel their heartbeats speeding up in a flight-or-fight response and mistake them with the act of being attracted to the person they were with. You read further. "This is one of his modus operandi? Paying a gang to disturb a girl and then save her? I'm impressed, in a bad kind of way,"

"As I said earlier, you shouldn't care, Akuma-sama, excuse me, Doe-sama, "

"Now you're referring me as a demon."

"If you go through with the scenario, you will be no different compared to him. Even more vicious, I dare say."

"Even though you're the one who prepared it." you said as you read the scenario one more time.