Maruto-sensei: Here's the update for chapter 26.... or rather, chapter 25.5. As for why I made this an interlude, it's because the storyline is different between the manga version and the novel version, so there's no cannon to base this on. FYI, the reason why the storyline's different is because one of them... is but Yami-senpai's fantasy.
This shit is the biggest copout i have ever seen, not even Takeda Super or Murata's rewrites of their manga can compare to the shameful backpedaling this mangaka is doing.
Most writers either double down on their narrative decisions, or quietly listen to the feedback of their fans and subtly change certain aspects of their manga.
Maruto meanwhile is completely retconning the story and overtly telling the fans "yeah i screwed up, this was a bad direction to take it in, my bad y'all"