My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

Since last month, my sense of self-worth seems to be gradually disappearing.

It started with her accidentally falling down after being bumped by someone, but later even when she was buying things, the shop assistants ignored her.

Her agency, her own mother, and even her classmates and teachers—everyone seemed to have forgotten her.

At first, Mai Sakurajima thought it was just a prank that people played because they didn't like her.

But Mai Sakurajima soon realized that this was not a prank at all, but some kind of supernatural phenomenon.

Now, even if Mai Sakurajima just grabs something randomly in the supermarket, no one will pay attention to her. Similarly, if she tries to buy something, the shop assistants won't bother with her either.

At first, Mai Sakurajima enjoyed this life. After all, in the beginning, Mai Sakurajima was trying to rebel against her mother and did not want to continue being a big star.

Mai Sakurajima was fed up with being constantly pointed at and talked about at school, and wanted to live a peaceful life.

But after she was no longer remembered or seen by anyone, Mai Sakurajima began to change.

She desperately wanted people to know she existed, but even if she stood in front of the station and made a scene, no one would pay any attention to her.

She clearly wanted everyone to forget her status as a big star, but now she finds herself having to make everyone remember her again.

So much so that now she wears a bunny girl outfit every day in order to get noticed.

Fortunately, it was effective; for example, a certain Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai noticed Mai Sakurajima's existence.

"Why can you see me?"

"We'd also like to know the answer to that, senior."

In response to Mai's question, Sakuta glanced at Naoto and said...

Naoto, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought.

If you were to ask who knows best about the occurrence of this supernatural phenomenon, it would probably be Nanzi.

However, Nanzi didn't seem to be affected at all.

As a result, I also seemed to be protected to some extent.

But what's wrong with Sakuta?

Naoto was a little confused. Sakuta seemed pretty ordinary from any angle, so why did he remember Mai Sakurajima?

Is there something special about Sakuta?

"Naoto, what do you think about this kind of thing? As a top manga artist, shouldn't there be scenes like this in your manga?"

"No, you can bring your comics into reality? How am I supposed to know how to do that?"

Naoto severely criticized Sakuta's attempt to shift blame.

Although he knew the best course of action now was to go find Nanzi.

However, Nanzi may not want to reveal her superpowers to ordinary people.

He couldn't possibly risk his girlfriend for a female senior he just met today, could he?

"You are, Yamashita-kun, a first-year student?"

Upon hearing Sakuta's address, Mai Sakurajima seemed to remember something and asked Naoto with a puzzled look.

Mai Sakurajima had heard of this junior who was extremely popular last semester.

Mai Sakurajima doesn't know much about manga.

However, when Mai Sakurajima heard that Naoto was currently JUMP's ace manga artist and a rising star in the world of oil painting, she knew that this person was very talented and a genius no less than herself.

However, Mai Sakurajima doesn't really care about such things.

After all, Mai Sakurajima is not the kind of person who cares about fame at all.

So I didn't pay much attention to this matter.

It wasn't until now that Mai Sakurajima remembered there was such a person in this school.

"Oh, yes."

Naoto nodded, indicating that he was indeed Naoto Yamashita.

To be honest, things were a bit strange today, and it seems that Sakuta is quite concerned about Mai Sakurajima.

Although Naoto didn't know exactly what had happened, he believed that Sakuta must have had a reason for helping Mai Sakurajima.

(So, how about I have her come over here?)

Just then, Nanko's voice suddenly entered Naoto's mind.

This sudden turn of events left Naoto somewhat bewildered.

(Kusunako? Are you alright? If Sakurajima-senpai comes over, won't you be exposed?)

(Don't worry, this matter has started to involve supernatural events, and I'm only being asked to handle it out of necessity.)

Naoto also agreed with Nanko's statement.

In fact, there are many supernatural events in the original work. And Kusuo doesn't deliberately hide his identity from others who also possess superpowers.

Although this matter could very well expose Nanzi's identity, given Nanzi's personality, it's somewhat unrealistic for her to distance herself from the outside world.

"That's good. Knowing that someone still remembers me makes me very happy today. Goodbye then."

After giving a sassy laugh, Mai Sakurajima turned to leave.

Sakuta watched Mai Sakurajima prepare to leave, and for some reason felt a tightness in his chest.

After observing their reactions, Naoto finally decided to let them go and take a look. Whatever happened, it would depend on Nanko's own plans.

"Um, if possible, I think there's someone who can help you. Would you like to go and see them?"

After hearing Naoto's words, the two of them turned around and looked at him at the same time.

That look in his eyes, if you didn't know better, you'd think he was going to devour a straight person whole.

Chapter 73: Mai Sakurajima Gradually Being Forgotten

"Naoto, are you sure you can help with Nanko's situation?"

When Sakuta heard that Naoto actually wanted to take the two of them to find Kusuko, he had no idea what the point was.

After all, even though Nanzi has excellent grades, can she really help with something like this?

"Ahem, don't underestimate Nanzi. Although Nanzi isn't usually very flashy, her older sister is a super genius who went to Cambridge at the age of sixteen and already has a doctorate."

When Sakuta heard Naoto say that Kusuko wasn't very flashy, the image that immediately popped into his mind was Kusuko raising her fist and beating up all the delinquents in the school.

So this kind of thing is called not being flashy?

"Nanzi? Could it be that girl who beat up all the delinquents on campus and is known as the Valkyrie of the Academy?"

After hearing what the two said, Mai Sakurajima asked uncertainly.

According to unreliable information obtained by Mai Sakurajima, this girl, who is rumored to be Naoto's girlfriend, looks very frail, but is actually more terrifying than a gorilla.

In Mai Sakurajima's imagination, this person was roughly the same as Broly.

When Naoto arrived at the chemistry lab under Nanako's guidance, he was completely bewildered to find Nanako dressed in a lab coat, wrapped up tightly around herself. What was going on?

"Nan, Nanzi? Is that you, Nanzi?"

Look at this thing, it's almost like a mummy unearthed from Egypt. Is it really necessary to look like this?

"Don't worry, this is just a normal experiment. Come in."

Nanko noticed the strange looks from the others but didn't say anything. However, Naoto felt like the person in front of him wasn't Nanko anymore, but some kind of adorable goddess. Why did he have this feeling?

"Experiment? What experiment?!"

Seeing such a large-scale operation, Mai Sakurajima suddenly felt a little scared.

This was the first time she had ever seen something like this in real life. Was this person really reliable?

"You must be Mai Sakurajima, right? Come in, you do look quite serious."

At this moment, Nanko pretended to pick up something that looked like a magnifying glass, scanned it in front of Sakurajima Mai, and then said to Sakurajima Mai.

Upon seeing that Nanako could actually see her, three big question marks suddenly appeared above Sakurajima Mai's head.

No? Does that mean the current junior students can already see her?

Has my special condition been resolved?

Wait a minute, I almost got bumped into when I walked over earlier. Could it be that this person isn't really unreliable after all?

"Nanzi, what do you mean?"

Upon seeing that Nanko seemed to have figured something out, Naoto quickly asked his girlfriend.

How did this seemingly outrageous thing happen?

"To put it simply, the current situation is something that Sakurajima-senpai herself created."

"Myself?"

"That's right. Because you wanted to be forgotten so badly, you ended up with quantum entanglement. Now your presence is fading over time, and soon you'll probably be completely forgotten."

At this point, Nanzi launched into a long, incomprehensible speech, rambling from basic physics to advanced quantum mechanics.

After this conversation, whether others were confused or not, the straight people were definitely confused.

Not only was he confused, but Sakuta and Mai Sakurajima were also completely baffled as to what these words were saying.

Quantum mechanics, what a high-level term. No wonder she's the sister of a Cambridge PhD; her words are completely incomprehensible.

However, if they knew that Nanzi had just read these words from a book, this group of people would probably lose their composure.

After all, Nanzi can do everything herself with quantum mechanics, so why would she bother with that kind of stuff?

Let's just fool them for now.

"So, Saiki-kun, what would happen if I completely disappeared?"

After listening to Nanzi's long-winded explanation, Mai was indeed fooled.

What she cares about most now is what will happen if she is completely forgotten.

"I don't know either, but do you know Schrödinger's cat? A cat is only in a state of being dead or alive when it is being observed. If your observer is gone, it probably can no longer maintain the form of this world, which means..."