I really don't want to be reborn.

The only person who could help him refused his request, and Kyosuke Kosaka, troubled, went back into the bookstore to see if there were any books that could inspire him.

Before that, he saw Ruri Gokou again.

I noticed her slacking off a little at work.

The petite girl, who looked like a middle school student, lowered her head slightly, her neat bangs swaying gently like leaves on a grape trellis. She was concentrating on drawing, and judging from her hairstyle and angular features, she was clearly a male character from an anime.

Kyosuke glanced at the counter discreetly for a while, then knocked on the counter: "Good evening."

Wu was like a cat that had been pricked by a needle, so frightened that he almost jumped up.

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Chapter Thirty-Five: Hello, I am Meruru

Ruri Gokou, a young girl.

To be precise, she is a young girl who is not very good at interpersonal communication, so she is not very popular.

First of all, Kyosuke already knew that she was gloomy.

Secondly, she was very sharp-tongued, something Kyosuke was prepared for. He had been subtly teased by her several times while buying things before, but now, this evening, he truly experienced the power of her sharp tongue.

Just after he selected the books, Gokou Ruri took over the shift. The petite girl followed behind him, intently organizing the books that didn't need organizing at all, blatantly slacking off.

"Peeping tom!"

"You scared me!"

"People who randomly strike up conversations are so annoying..."

She kept brooding over the time Kyosuke had spied on her while she was drawing, and she was particularly bothered by it, constantly nagging behind her like a cat that had been bullied by its owner and was now cowering in a corner, baring its teeth and claws.

Gurgle, gurgle, so cute, this little guy.

He had little expression; no matter what the guy was saying, he didn't show much emotion. To put it cutely, it was like a GIF talking incessantly to a JPG.

He thought to himself, “Ruri Gokou will definitely be a talkative old woman in the future,” and felt a little amused.

Kyosuke didn't care much about the girl's sharp tongue. Compared to the likes of Kasumigaoka, Gokou's was nothing. He cared about something else.

"Speaking of Miss Gokou, I have a question I'd like to ask."

"I'm sorry, I have no comment."

Liuli took out a copy of Kafka's "A Country Doctor," touched it, and then roughly shoved it back in. Her face was frosty, and her expression was as gloomy as the protagonist who turned into an insect in another of Kafka's novels.

"Excuse me, would you like to ride a non-human horse and wander around?"

Wu Geng looked up in surprise, staring at him blankly as if he were an idiot: "What are you talking about? Suddenly you feel ashamed of your lines. You're the kind of guy who always likes to say weird things, aren't you?"

He innocently pointed to her hand, which had just left the bookshelf: "As a librarian, I thought you should know the most brilliant line in every book."

"Ugh...what kind of librarian would be so bored?!"

Kyosuke slowly smiled: "Yes, compared to painting, memorizing those things is indeed not very interesting. I'm curious who you were drawing just now; they look subtly familiar."

Ruri Gokou's eyes lit up as she thought of a possibility: "Could it be that you..."

His smile grew increasingly enthusiastic; it was his standard expression for getting information out of people. If Kirino saw such a smile, she would most likely immediately shut her mouth tightly.

Responding to the boy's eagerness, Gokou Ruri couldn't help but blurt out, "Oh my, do you also like darkness? Wow, I never thought I'd find a kindred spirit in this filthy world..."

"..."

His smile remained unchanged.

what?

What is pitch black?

What exactly is she saying?

What is the slang term for finding one's own kind in the human world?

Although he didn't know, Mr. Kosaka's extensive social experience allowed him to maintain a polite smile, and he even nodded slightly: "Yes, umm, I think that's it..."

"...Is that so?"

She regretted it as soon as she blurted it out, especially the extremely embarrassing sentence that followed. Her face almost burned after she said it, but thankfully Kyosuke still smiled.

Even so, she was so ashamed that she almost fainted.

"So you were drawing him. I knew he looked familiar, but I haven't seen him often."

Kyosuke Kosaka suddenly had an idea, but he didn't know if it was a good idea or a bad idea. Maybe he could find a breakthrough here for the problem that had been bothering him for a long time.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, I think their dialogue is very good and their movements are very smooth, but because I didn't watch the whole thing, my understanding of the characters is not deep enough."

There's nothing wrong with this comment.

For example—this is a novel with a wonderful plot and many twists and turns.

For example—this is a student who excels in both character and academics and is highly motivated.

Ambiguous answers naturally wouldn't cause any problems, and after dealing with the situation, he didn't forget to ask, "Do you really like this?"

Ruri Gokou tossed her hair, her gradually disappointed expression instantly turning into one of radiance: "Hmph! It's really your loss that you didn't finish reading it. When you get back, please make sure you finish 'Maschera ~The Lament of the Fallen Beasts~'! Just like with EVA!"

So this is the anime that Kirino belittled to the point of being worthless...

That's truly a coincidence.

Kyosuke, knowing EVA, suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Everyone turn into orange juice and make up a bottle of orange juice with pulp!"

Liuli was caught off guard by this lame joke: "..."

He laughed again: "I was just kidding, don't take it to heart. By the way, have you ever seen Meruru?"

The girl looked disgusted, as if the toilet had been blown up while she was eating. She wrinkled her nose and waved her little hand, saying, "What kind of garbage is that..."

it is good!

What a coincidence!

He had already anticipated his sister's meeting with this person, and his expression was quite pleased: "However, my sister seems to really enjoy watching those kinds of anime. Oh, and she also has unique insights into Fallen Beasts. So next time I bring her to visit you, please don't refuse."

The girl was bewildered by his smiling face and nodded unconsciously. When she came to her senses, she regretted it very much.

…………

Dusk spread across the sky.

On his way home, Kyosuke encountered his younger sister near his house, at a T-junction, where he met a group of middle school girls.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, Kirino was surrounded by a group of girls and unexpectedly ran into him across the street.

"Forehead……"

He saw his younger sister from afar. She stood out from the crowd in both appearance and temperament. The girls talking to her were also quite remarkable, each with their own unique charm.

The group of girls, each dressed in a sailor uniform, reminded him of some popular boy band. As the chattering voices of the girls grew closer, Kyosuke Kosaka and the others turned the corner at the same time.

He was on this side of the road, and his sister was on the other side.

What exactly did Yu Guangzhong say...?

As the girl chatted and laughed with her classmates, a familiar figure flashed past in her peripheral vision. She squinted at the figure and paused slightly.

"..."

Kyousuke?

When Kirino saw her brother, the wild beast trapped in the iron cage in her heart seemed to see its prey, or perhaps its keeper, and her usually restrained heart began to beat faster.

It trembled slightly, exhaled, and rose and fell, rose and fell.

She slowly clutched her chest. It was just her brother's back, but she felt that his back was so solid that she should buy several pounds of oranges, the oranges plump and heavy, filling her heart.

It felt a bit like being stuffed.

When you like someone, you probably want to see them every moment. When you do see them, you're so satisfied that you can't eat.

She desperately wants her brother to turn around and see her, and she longs for him to come over and carry her home expressionlessly, like he would carry a cat, just like he did a few years ago.

Kirino slowed her pace slightly; her steps were not heavy, but rather extremely light.

The anticipation in his eyes seemed to be a longing for a spring outing from his childhood.

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Sigh, oranges have gone up in price recently too.

Chapter Thirty-Six: I misspoke, I'm actually Jose.

It seems that as April arrives, the weather gradually becomes clearer, and there are fewer cloudy and overcast days, so the moon is very beautiful at night.

more than!

The clouds are also beautiful.

Beautiful clouds and a beautiful moon come together to form beautiful feathers, lightly fluttering and adorning the sky.

Too beautiful.

Kyosuke Kosaka stood by the window and sighed. Looking at the clouds, he thought of many things, including the most special one of his many rebirths, the one in which he made love to a girl.

A virgin's first time is not worth commemorating, especially since it was with an inexperienced virgin. Apart from the release and venting of emotions, it seems to have no positive meaning.

That girl...

Kasumigaoka Utaha resembles a female leopard.

Yes, Kyosuke Kosaka always thought so, his gaze drifting far away through the window.

I miss it a little.