The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

From the moment Noah Kinosaki expressed some hostility, Hiro Nikaido quieted down.

As she watched the conversation between Hoshino Utsunomiya and Noah Kinosaki, she couldn't help but think about it.

If it were me, could I solve the problem?

She quickly arrived at her answer.

can.

I would do something similar.

While it wouldn't warrant confiscating the child's spray paint can, the thought of not being able to leave the child unattended still prompted her to take the initiative to find a place where Noah Kinosaki could freely unleash his artistic inspiration.

From this perspective, her thinking tends to overlap to some extent with that of Hoshino Utsunomiya.

It's a perfect match.

This level of compatibility feels surprisingly good, doesn't it?

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Seeing that Hoshino Utsunomiya and Noah Kinosaki had reached an agreement, Nikaido Hiro was about to say something when he heard frequent coughing behind him.

Turning my head, I saw a gloomy girl, so striking that she almost seemed unreal, walking slowly down the stairs.

Her brows and eyes, hidden by long bangs, were furrowed. Her raised hand held a sketchbook almost the size of her chest, and her drooping sleeves concealed her lips and teeth.

She coughed as she approached.

She stopped and opened her sketchbook only after getting close enough to get to a certain distance.

"Swish swish..."

What's that smell? It's awful!

As soon as she displayed it, she seemed to remember something and quickly wrote another paragraph.

Forget it, it has nothing to do with us.

With clear words and a distant attitude, Natsume Anan turned and went into her cell.

"—It's a sketchbook..." As if only then noticing, watching Natsume An'an's sketchbook disappear into the cell, Noah Kinosaki murmured.

She turned her head and gave Hoshino Utsunomiya a clear look.

“Noah can also draw in a sketchbook,” she said.

The implied message gave the two of them another option.

It's fine if we don't look for a new place; just get the sketchbook for Noah Kinosaki, and she'll settle down.

But it is quite obvious.

"Don't stare at other people's things. You can ask them if they'd like to lend them to you, but don't try to take them from them."

With a swift motion, Hoshino Utsunomiya lightly tapped Noah Kinosaki's head with a chop.

"Alright, it's time for your confinement. Go back to your cells." After reprimanding them, he said this as he got up and left Noah Kinosaki's cell.

Before leaving, he turned around and said goodbye to Nikaido Hiro:

"Hiro, see you in two hours."

"Ah, see you in two hours," Nikaido Hiro replied softly.

The remaining three returned to their cells one by one, and with a click, the electronic locks on the cells locked, while the tall guards patrolled the corridor.

The lockdown has begun.

......

"..."

Four hours have passed since the time it took to rewind and awaken.

Hoshino Utsunomiya planned to briefly summarize the current situation.

There's no need to revisit the previous situation; what's important is the current changes.

The rules were changed to a point deduction system, and the time limit was changed to seven days.

I took the initiative to offer my opinion to Hero, and Emma, ​​feeling wronged, took the initiative to confess her feelings when I chose to have a heart-to-heart talk.

So now I have two trainee girlfriends, and my goal has become to date them in turn over these seven days and fall in love with one of them.

Yeah, that's about it.

So, what should we be thinking about now?

A problem that was overlooked and neglected.

'Witch'

In the first two retrospectives, Hoshino Utsunomiya scanned and detected three witches in total: twice by Meruru Hikami and once by Sherry Tachibana.

The results showed that all three of them were witches.

Although Meluru died once on the ice, she is still considered a witch according to the system's detection.

To be honest, although he didn't pay attention at the time, when he thought about it later, a guess popped into Utsunomiya Hoshino's mind.

...Don't tell me your broken system tells me everyone is a witch no matter who it scans.

Of course, the probability of this conjecture is relatively low.

After all, he had scanned many people outside the prison, and Emma and Heero were clearly not witches.

However, just in case.

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt it was necessary for him to scan the girls again to make sure they were not witches.

But this scan is a bit troublesome.

"Unity."

【I am here】

"It's too much trouble to tell you your name privately beforehand and have you scan the witch's body."

"We need to improve our scanning process."

[Host, please speak]

"In this way, from now on, whenever I whisper someone's full name to them, you can help me verify their identity."

【receive】

Perhaps because of the two consecutive failures and subsequent questioning, the system spoke much less and became much more docile.

Hoshino Utsunomiya had no objection to this.

"Of course, I've already decided on the scans for today and tomorrow: scan Hero first, then Emma."

"Purge the sherry for me the day after tomorrow."

Those who have already been confirmed not to be witches need to be confirmed again.

Even those who have already been confirmed as witches still need to be confirmed.

【roger that】

With the scanning matter settled, Hoshino Utsunomiya felt she could finally focus her attention back on her date.

Hiro Nikaido.

Sakura Emma.

The two girls were friends, and probably still are.

Two girls with different styles, but both equally charming.

One of them had only met a handful of times before entering the prison and had almost no conversation with anyone.

One of them is just a friend, and there's nothing about her that's attractive or sexy.

It seems I've set myself up for a very difficult task.

Today's date arrangements were entirely left to Hiro, which felt somewhat like an irresponsible, hands-off approach.

But it seemed that Hiro himself was quite satisfied with the proposal to 'execute justice,' and he didn't have much of an objection.

After all, Nikaido Hiro is probably the type of girl who likes to take the lead, right?

Relatively strong.

Patrols are one thing, but considering the situation of the other five people, there isn't really much need for them to patrol.

The most a patrol can do is to stop some of Tachibana Sherry's whimsical ideas and control Noah Kinosaki's painting impulses.

As for the others...

Emma wouldn't do anything reckless, Tono Hannah seemed to be fairly well-behaved, and Natsume Anan didn't say a word at all.

Well, how should I put it, they used the excuse of deducting points to stop the witch from doing things...

Does it really matter?

I feel like I'll get a lot of points deducted by Tachibana Sherry.

So after all that, it seems like the only thing we can really manage is Noah.

I just happened to get a task to 'find an art studio' today.

Even though working together as a team doesn't really create any romantic feeling...

But as long as Hero is satisfied.

However, if one wants to find that spark of attraction in a young girl...

After a brief recollection, Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that it might not be as effective as the physical contact that Hero had taken over during the time travel.

Long, jet-black hair, the scent of shampoo emanating from it, those scarlet eyes, and the face beneath them.

Recalling the events of those four hours, Hoshino Utsunomiya was trying to increase her affection for Hiro Nikaido by looking at the photos.

Is Hero good-looking or not?

good looking.