My Strange Tale Love Strategy Simulator

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【personal information】

[Dating Strategy Simulator]

[Encounter Handbook (New)]

[Dating Handbook]

Lover's Handbook

Seeing the new words marked after the manual on the simulator panel, Zhang Ying helplessly covered his cheek.

He had never heard of this strange tale that existed within his school. The fact that it was recorded in the encounter logbook could only mean one thing: the music box was a romanceable character.

He used his mind to control the mouse and clicked on the Encounter Handbook. The Encounter Handbook unfolded, displaying a series of information.

[The first romanceable ghost story already recorded: The School Dancer]

Every night, the music box would play from the dismantled music room. According to the security guards on night patrol, whenever they heard the music box, they would see a shadowy figure in a ballet costume throughout the school.

The illusory figure, posing like a swan, twirled to the song, and everyone who saw it was inexplicably drawn into the dance.

[Mission: Solve the ghost stories on campus alone]

[Time Limit: 30 days]

[Success Reward: Physical Fitness +0.3]

[Punishment for failure: To be wiped out from this world forever]

"Is this ghost story called 'School Dancer'? Logically, something so eerie should be widely known in schools, so why haven't we heard a single word about it?"

"I know neither Taoist magic nor do I believe in Jesus or Buddha. It seems that the only way to survive and conquer the ghost stories is to rely on this dating simulator."

Zhang Ying sat up straight and moved the mouse to the dating simulation game.

After successfully escaping the initial encounter and receiving the reward, his sanity reached 12 points. The prompt indicated that he only needed to keep his sanity above 5. Each simulation consumed two sanity points, meaning he could perform three simulations.

Even if the ghost stories don't come looking for him within these 30 days, he'll still have to go looking for them. He can't afford the punishment for failing the mission.

A dating simulation game where you can easily navigate through your partner's life.

The panel screen slowly turned black, and then a line of text was displayed on the panel one after another.

[Currently available simulated encounter: School dancer]

[Inevitable Fate 1: A Naïve First Encounter on Campus]

[Date: April 24, 2026]

[Would you like to consume two sanity points to conduct a simulation?]

"June 24, 2026, isn't that four days from now? Does that mean I'll face certain death in four days?" Zhang Ying shuddered.

The mission required him to solve the strange tale alone, which meant he couldn't use Wang Fangshe's yellow talismans anymore. His joints were still aching; without the talisman string, another encounter would surely leave his limbs shattered!

Simulation! Simulation is necessary!

[Rationality - 2]

Current sanity: 10

The panel screen went black again, and when it lit up, colors gradually appeared on the screen.

Although the colors were somewhat dim, Zhang Ying could still tell that the scene seemed to be a text-based interactive game.

[Note: All characters are adults.]

Bright sunlight streamed into the corridors of Okura No. 1 High School. In this crucial final year of high school, even Saturday mornings were inevitably filled with studying.

As one of the top students at No. 1 High School, you are never short of female students who flirt with you.

Zhang Ying stared at the description on the panel, his eyelids twitching. He'd been single for 18 years; if he were really that popular, would he be staying up all night playing Galaga?

It seems there are some artistic embellishments in this simulation.

Today, as the student on duty, you are responsible for cleaning the vocal music room. Although many female classmates want to help you clean the room, you, being upright, refuse them all.

You took your cleaning supplies and walked alone into the vocal studio.

[In the vocal studio, a female student stood there. You only glanced at her, and for the first time in your life, your heart, which had never beat for anyone, felt a flutter of excitement!]

As the narration ended, the screen gradually displayed an image of a vocal music room that was no different from the one in the school.

A figure in a school uniform with long hair slowly turned around in the hazy sunlight. Her long, black hair flowed, and you could almost smell the lingering scent of fresh orange shampoo.

【who?】

When the girl turned her head, Zhang Ying, who was watching from the side, shuddered and choked on his own saliva. He almost couldn't catch his breath and was directly "killed" by the saliva!

"What's wrong with you? Xiaoying, have you caught a cold?" Zhang's mother's voice came from outside the door.

Once she recovered, Zhang Ying quickly replied, "It's nothing, Mom. I just choked because I drank the water too fast."

Zhang Ying looked back at the panel and was truly "moved" in the literal sense.

The lower half of the female student's body was undoubtedly human, but what she was wearing around her neck was a music box!

Above the music box still stood a doll dressed in a ballet costume, its long black hair somehow floating up and connecting with the doll, looking particularly eerie.

The music box seemed somewhat surprised by Zhang Ying's intrusion, with only a brief "Who" appearing in the dialogue box below.

Zhang Ying manipulated the mouse to click the dialog box.

[I'm on duty in the vocal room today. Who are you? And why are you here?]

After a moment of contemplation, the music box, dressed in a school uniform, placed one hand on her chest and adopted a shy expression.

【Sorry to bother you. I practice dance here by myself when the vocal room is empty. Since you're on duty, I won't bother you.】

After saying that, the music box prepared to leave. Zhang Ying in the simulator seemed to be completely captivated by the music box, believing that this was his only chance in his life.

No, don't go!

Just as Zhang Ying was anticipating the unfolding plot, the mouse stopped clicking, and three options appeared on the screen:

Option 1: Run away from her.

Option 2: Kiss her.

Option 3: Praise her.

"Finally, we've reached a familiar part? As a master of strategy guides who's played hundreds of dating sims, when it comes to branching choices, I'm second to none except for Lao Wang!"

Zhang Ying looked at the three options with confidence. Although he didn't know why the plot simulated by this dating simulation was so cliché, as long as he could find a way to escape the inevitable death, it would be worth it!

Choices that are crucial to the development of the plot generally require a connection to the context and an understanding of the options.

Zhang Ying analyzed the three options step by step.

Choosing "avoid her" is a no-go; this option, which clearly indicates a single-minded approach, is almost obviously the wrong answer.

Between options two and three, choosing the third option seems like the safest bet. However, these kinds of slightly melodramatic romance games usually have unexpected plot twists, so choosing to kiss her might just be the surprising right answer!

Zhang Ying took a deep breath, believing he had found the right answer, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Although kissing a girl with a music box on her head is really a bit embarrassing, what does a mere kiss matter when it comes to your own life?

He moved the mouse to option two and clicked without hesitation!