Report 173

Plot
Arata calls Ryō asking to borrow his wiretap device in order to spy on Kazuomi and Rena's date, as he is anxious about how it works out because Kazuomi was influenced by his advice to tell Rena everything about his family's situation. While Ryō cannot do it, he suggests Arata tail Kazuomi and Rena together with Chizuru, as he knows she is also interested based on the fact that she is at the very same moment phoning An with the same request as Arata.

Arata and Chizuru meet in the shopping mall for what Ryō teasingly called a spying date. Receiving advice from An, Chizuru has dressed and wears her hair differently from usual in a way to make herself less recognizable to Kazuomi and Rena, and is happy as Arata tells her she looks cute. Her disguise included borrowing An's glasses, which she lends to Arata to make up for his lack of preparation, and Arata blushes as she softly puts the glasses on him.

Ryō and An have been for their part spying on Arata and Chizuru from a coffee shop above them, and Ryō notes that he thinks Chizuru looks like she is having fun, likely in part because An has been able to support her in ways that he himself could not. Then Kazuomi and Rena arrive, and the two tailing operations begin.