Under so many favorable conditions, it naturally wasn't surprising that one of the three gyarus in Nogami Izumi's trio was successfully guided into redemption.
Although Sanada Minako's current behavior was also a bit strange, calling him Master every time she opened her mouth, and looking a bit fanatical.
But to correct a wrong, you must sometimes overcorrect. Pulling her back from the evil gyaru faction first and educating her slowly later wasn't a bad idea either.
On the other side, after hearing Sanada Minako's words 'acknowledging a thief as her master' towards Hikari, Nogami Izumi was completely dumbfounded, her face written all over with an expression of sheer disbelief.
She raised her hand and pointed at Sanada Minako, a thousand words in her heart.
She wanted to curse, to scold, to question, but when the words reached her lips, she stuttered and couldn't spit them out.
She could only repeat a single word, "You... you... you...!"
Nogami Izumi was truly so angry she couldn't speak at this moment.
Even going through something as bizarre as being hypnotized by Hikari and having her common sense and cognition altered hadn't shocked her this much.
Because she really couldn't imagine that Sanada Minako, who should have been her most loyal companion and right-hand woman, just like Hinata Sae, would actually choose to betray her.
Barely suppressing the resentment filling her chest back down into her heart, Nogami Izumi finally couldn't help but yell at Sanada Minako, "Have you lost your mind, Minako?"
"You haven't really been tamed by this stinking man named Hikari, have you?"
"Didn't we agree long ago that we would be sisters for life, and ruthlessly torture these humans who are inferior to us?"
"Trash like him is nothing more than a lowly man meant to be trampled under our feet!"
"Wake up, Minako!"
At the end of her speech, Nogami Izumi let out a roar.
"The one who needs to wake up is you, Izumi-chan!", Sanada Minako yelled back at Nogami Izumi.
"What part of what Hikari-kun said is wrong?"
"In the past, you led us to constantly oppress our friends and bully our classmates, forcing who knows how many girls to transfer schools and fall into depression. Do you really think all those things were right?"
"They are people too, each and every one a living, breathing human being!"
"Izumi-chan, do you still refuse to admit your mistakes and reflect on your sins even now?!", Sanada Minako reprimanded her former boss Nogami Izumi without backing down, every word hitting the mark.
"You're crazy... you're absolutely crazy!", Nogami Izumi shook her head in disbelief, looking at Sanada Minako who was openly opposing her.
She never dreamed that there would be a day when her most trusted companion would completely turn her back on her.
"I get it. You were already completely conquered by that guy Hikari while you were hypnotized," Nogami Izumi looked dazedly at Sanada Minako, unable to help but mutter to herself.
"You've already fallen. Your brain is probably already stuffed full of his disgusting thoughts..."
"I remember now. I remember very clearly. Every time we humiliated him, you were the most proactive one, Minako. You were the most eager..."
"No wonder. No wonder you would say that, you damn traitor!"
Nogami Izumi pointed at Sanada Minako's nose and cursed loudly, her face brimming with the anger of betrayal.
Hearing Nogami Izumi's accusations, Sanada Minako didn't immediately retort this time; instead, a slight blush flashed across her face.
Because what Nogami Izumi said really wasn't completely unreasonable.
Her 'betrayal', or rather, turning over a new leaf, aside from receiving Hikari's personal teachings and being gradually guided to truly recognize her past mistakes, Hikari's various unusual forms of education had actually played a very large role as well.
After all, even before being hypnotized and having her cognition altered, she had held quite a bit of affection for Hikari.
And after being hypnotized, harboring affection, she had indeed been much more proactive in pulling Hikari along to play games together.
And the experience of playing duo ranked games with Hikari had been so intoxicating that she never wanted it to end, filling her heart with sweetness.
Towards that unforgettable feeling and her dependence on Hikari, Sanada Minako felt she would probably never be able to quit it in this lifetime.
So, for her willingness to turn over a new leaf, completely betray Nogami Izumi, and join Hikari's faction, it truly couldn't be said that it lacked factors in that regard.
The reason she was willing to acknowledge Hikari as her Master the moment her consciousness recovered, a large part of the reason was indeed because she had witnessed Hikari's formidable strength.
But at this very moment, still in the middle of an argument, Minako naturally wouldn't admit to Nogami Izumi's accusations herself.
She chose to change the subject, then scolded Nogami Izumi, "You have the nerve to talk about me, Izumi-chan? Speaking of the previous humiliation incidents, you definitely did it the most times, alright!"
"Out of the three of us, your count is way ahead!"
"Probably more than me and Sae-chan combined."
"At school, in the classroom, at Hikari-kun's house..."
"You're simply like a nympho! Who could compare to you!"
Sanada Minako sneered.
"How is that the same?!", Hearing this, Nogami Izumi's face flushed red.
Half from shame, and half from anger.
She was trembling all over with anger, her chest heaving violently. Only after taking several deep breaths did she clench her teeth and yell angrily at Sanada Minako, "My cognition was altered back then! I was acting out of a desire to bully this guy, which is why I humiliated him so many times!"
"I'm not like you, doing such things so shamelessly and lowly just for base animal instincts!"
"I'm different from you, understand?"
Because she had subjected Hikari to the ultimate bullying way too many times recently. And every time left a deep impression.
So bringing it up now, even if Nogami Izumi didn't proactively try to recall it carefully, many of her actions of instinctively bullying and humiliating Hikari involuntarily sprang up in her mind.