i thought the third line was hidden instead of given to him in that moment because of the way the headmaster speaks of Rayne being "the youngest to ever acquire three lines". I suppose he had it for a while. Like he can only activate it at certain times for a specific duration? I thought lines...
Thanks for the chapter! For some reason I feel he's cheating on her. Mod seemed to be hinting at something going on with him. I wonder if he thought fah wasn't interested in him anymore because she was always pushing him away
@tailor3145 I took it as Tsukamoto's self esteem is so low, he believed the students only cared about him because he's on the winning team and nobody would support him without ulterior motives. Kazuma is popular and was praised as soon as he walked in, and the girls were complimenting ubukata...
@thunderbuggs I think that's why the hacker woman from the last chapter said Ah-Yeon will end up like them, or at least join the other hackers. She may end up becoming disillusioned with the system (I mean, look at the way Sunbae treats her) and ends up with the hacker group once she loses faith...
Thanks for translating this. Happy New year to your team and everyone in the comments. Does that last place imply he's going to commit suicide? Being on the other end of the moon?