The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

It doesn't matter what Hero shouts, right?

Coco even called me a cuckold fetishist, but in the end, she turned into a good cat who was willing to forgive me.

Compared to these...

...What exactly was she trying to say?

Yukishiro, on the other hand, started to get a little curious.

Although Nikaido Hiro always looks so smug and self-satisfied, there must be some explanation for why she can stand so straight, right?

Seeing that Yukishiro seemed to have truly shut up, Hiro Nikaido nodded in satisfaction.

"Do you think that the punishment Hoshino mentioned is just something you have to watch and endure?"

Yukishiro was puzzled by the question posed by Nikaido Hiro:

"Isn't that so?"

Isn't that how it is?

“What’s the point of repeating what you’ve been doing all along?” Nikaido Hiro sighed. “If this is considered punishment, you should have already suffered enough from the two rewinds.”

What she saw during those two rewinds is essentially no different from what Tsukishiro Yuki is seeing now.

It's simply a matter of one person doing it and the other not finishing it.

"Oh right, so I don't need to be punished anymore?"

Tsukishiro Yuki suddenly realized.

Nikaido Hiro: "..."

"You're really good at playing the fool."

Especially in the episode where she played Tachibana Sherry, she didn't learn the essence of Tachibana Sherry at all; instead, she perfectly imitated the pretentious foolishness.

“Punishment has many purposes. Some are simply acts of revenge to make people feel the same pain, while others are to make the punished person realize something.”

"The key to punishment is to understand and empathize with the pain he has suffered, and to reflect on or understand the necessity of his punishment."

At this point, Nikaido Hiro couldn't help but glance at Tsukishiro Yuki, but then shook his head repeatedly.

"But look at yourself now, you don't reflect on yourself at all."

He still had that same mischievous look on his face, as if he really had some kind of cuckold fetish.

ill.

"Can--"

"I'm not listening to your explanation." Nikaido Hiro interrupted Tsukishiro Yuki's rebuttal, raising his hand: "You just need to listen to me."

"Your perspective is too high."

"You're glued to that lousy projector all day long. Are you watching Hoshino fall in love or watching porn? Do you even know what the punishment for making you watch this means?"

"Tomorrow, come with me to follow Hoshino on his date. You need to understand how you should 'see things'."

As Hoshino said, Tsukishiro Yuki has indeed been watching and enduring.

But that's not right.

All she did was use a screen to monitor Hoshino's life through a camera.

In a sense, it's no different from watching a movie.

No matter how clear the picture or how clear the sound.

That's also separated by a layer of gauze.

What is not truly seen with the naked eye and heard with the ears will always be shrouded in a veil of mist.

If it's unclear and ambiguous, the feeling will be very vague.

Therefore, it will not have the effect of punishment.

What Yuki Tsukishiro had to do was follow behind and peek, make a hole in the wall and peek through it, hide in the closet and stare through the cracks, and hide under the bed to listen to and feel the vibrations.

Now that's what punishment should be!

As for whether doing these things will actually cause Yukishiro to develop any special fetishes...

She doesn't care.

How else could I make her experience that heart-wrenching feeling?

Nikaido Hiro has had enough of people who livestream for a whole day and then pretend to be in great pain.

......

At the agreed time and place, Nikaido Hiro handed the equipment to Tsukishiro Yuki.

Sun hat, face mask, mirror...

"No magic allowed, no fussing, and no revealing your location."

Nikaido Hiro's repeated admonitions were accepted by Tsukishiro Yuki.

She wanted to see what perspective Hiro wanted her to take.

Can't magic achieve any perspective? What difference does it make whether you get close in person or not?

She found out very quickly.

They lived in the same house, but they left home at different times.

Fishnet stockings, a strapless mini skirt, a pendant, and long, flowing hair.

The girl, dressed in her finest attire, put on a coat to completely cover her figure, then went out with her phone in hand.

Then, I waited by the station.

With a hint of anxiety, she kept glancing up at her phone, checking the time every now and then, her slender fingers gripping it tightly.

She shouldn't be anxious, she doesn't need to be anxious, but at times like this, anxiety might actually be more like...

Yes, it's interesting.

It's a typical date dynamic: the one waiting is anxious, and then the other, who seems to be late but is actually on time, arrives and flashes a smile before saying...

"Ah, I just arrived too."

Although she had arrived early and was full of anticipation, she pretended to have just arrived, raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her earlobe, and then, subtly and secretly, took his hand.

"Scheming woman!" Tsukishiro Yuki took it all in. "How can this woman be so calculating?"

She was flipping her hair and secretly holding hands, and not only that, she was practically trying to push Hoshino aside, this woman kept moving closer to Hoshino!

Can't you just walk your own path?

She seemed to have completely forgotten how she left when she first asked Hoshino Utsunomiya out on a date.

Trams still run, and people still ride together, their legs pressed tightly together.

Hidden among the sparse crowd, Yuki Tsukishiro wanted to bite her sleeve, but couldn't bring herself to do it because of the mask on her face.

...I feel this thing is less effective at concealing things than an iron bucket.

If Nikaido Hiro knew what she was thinking right now, he probably wouldn't have the heart to refute her; he would just nod repeatedly in agreement, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, burying your head in the sand is the most effective way to deceive yourself."

The dating routine was simple: the most common couple routine of holding hands, shopping, trying on clothes, looking around, but not buying anything.

Oh, I think this looks good on you, it suits you so well, I want to wear it for you.

Beautiful clothes, different styles—does dating feel more like a fashion show?

Yukishiro wants to use magic.

The current tracking angle only allows you to see the side profile! You can't see the whole thing at all!

I want to see Hoshino change clothes, I want to see Hoshino go into the dressing room and take off her old clothes to put on a new outfit, I want to see Hoshino, I want to see Hoshino, I want to see Hoshino—

"You know why we're here today, right?"

Nikaido Hiro grabbed Tsukishiro Yuki's collar from behind.

Although I couldn't lift her up completely like Hoshino Utsunomiya did, the feeling of her clothes being pulled tight was enough to remind someone.

"Well......"

Tsukishiro Yuki remained silent.

From this perspective, at this angle, if we're talking about what Hero wanted her to see...

She probably had a hunch about what Nikaido Hiro was planning to show her.

Human vision is limited. Unlike magical perspectives that can be adjusted at will, it takes time to see things clearly and completely.

She has to move around.

You can get closer to see things more clearly, but the sense of distance will also increase with each step you take.

My heart rate will actually increase, and I'll feel nervous.

Even though Hoshino probably wouldn't pursue the matter if they were discovered, the thought of being discovered itself would certainly make one feel nervous.

This balance between distance and information is perhaps what Nikaido Hiro wanted her to understand.

“No, that’s not it.” Nikaido Hiro said expressionlessly, “I’m saying that the victim should be aware of their own victimhood. Staring at the camera every day and fantasizing that no matter how they are treated, their lover’s heart will still be theirs in the end is not a punishment at all.”

“I’m here to make sure you put on your hat properly, to be aware of anything unusual, to feel that ‘Hoshino has been acting a little strange lately,’ and then to secretly follow and track Hoshino’s movements and find out that he’s dating someone else.”

“Watching his reactions and expressions when he was on dates with other people, and comparing them with when he was with her, she gradually realized that not only his body, but also his heart was slowly drifting away from her.”

"Wanting to get back what you can't, but being unable to get it back—that's the most painful, heart-wrenching feeling, that's your punishment."

Nikaido Hiro said coldly.

Tsukishiro Yuki: "...?"

What does it mean.

Chapter 231 Reference Points

Utsunomiya Hoshino had no idea what Yuki Tsukishiro and Hiro were up to.

He's just dating.