My love index is at its maximum.

Tazaki Tsukasa opened the system panel, and a very glaring red color appeared on the originally light blue interface.

Remaining funds: -70050

With a starting debt of 7, it's easy to foresee how difficult the stock market will be this month.

Clicking into the trading market, I saw five exchange options that were updated this month.

Handcuffs: 500

【100% Sunny Girl: 1000】

Fishing (Mastery): 50000

Archery Skill (Master): 100000

[Stamina: 100000]

Tazaki Tsukasa opened the descriptions of each product one by one in order.

Uh... let's skip the handcuffs.

And as for fishing, Murakami Mizusaki is ecstatic about, but there's no need to look into that either.

【100% Sunny Girl: A one-time use item that instantly clears the sky.】

A disposable girl...it feels weird.

Archery: An active skill that, once redeemed, grants mastery of various firearms, bows, crossbows, and other weapons.

Tsukasa Tazaki felt that as an ordinary Japanese high school student, he had to master archery.

Besides, surely there aren't any boys who don't like shooting guns and shooting arrows?

Stamina is, of course, an option that must be redeemed.

There is a funding gap of 27.

Tazaki sighed with a headache, opened the secondary trading market, and found that in addition to one exchange for real money and one loan product, the other two exchange items had also been refreshed.

【Affinity (Passive Skill): 100000】

[Lucky Pendant: 100000]

Click on the product details page in order.

【Affinity (Passive Skill): After redemption, it increases your own charm value by 1 point, and also allows all creatures to experience unique emotions when they are with you. Depending on the individual personality of the creatures, the emotions that can be generated include, but are not limited to, the following: love, dependence, trust, pleasure, possessiveness, etc.】

That's a terrifying skill.

My current charm level is 9. If I were to exchange for this passive ability, wouldn't that mean my charm would reach the limit that humans can achieve?

Furthermore, it has a unique attraction to all kinds of creatures, not just humans, but also cats, dogs, and so on...

Let's not mince words; Tazaki Tsukasa is greedy for this passive situation.

A month ago, he might have felt that this passivity would only lead to him being entangled with women, which would be very troublesome. But now it's different; he can't miss any opportunity that could make Hoshino Hanami like him more.

[Lucky Pendant: Increases a character's luck stat when worn. (Note: The item's shape may change once upon first use, depending on the user's intention.)]

Tsukasa Tazaki pulled out his phone and sent a message to his darling.

[Tazaki: When is the teacher's birthday?]

[Hanami: July 7th. Why are you asking this in the middle of the night? I wouldn't have been able to reply to your message if I hadn't been hungry and just woken up to find something to eat.]

[Tazaki: I'm going to prepare in advance so I can give you an amazing birthday present.]

[Hanami: It's good that you have the intention; don't waste too much energy. To me, the best birthday gift is for you to grow into a great adult as soon as possible.]

[Hanami: Of course, I loved you just as much before you became an adult! A delicate little boy...hehe...it was just so wonderful! I wanted to pin you against the wall and kiss you until your legs went weak, then grab your chin and shout, "Is it good? If not, I'll kiss you until you are!"]

[Tazaki: This... shouldn't this be my line?]

[Hanami: No, no, no, that's a line from a strong person. Don't steal the spotlight, you little brat.]

[Tazaki: You just wait, we'll see who kisses whom until their legs go weak.]

[Hanami: Let's have a showdown at the horse farm this weekend!]

[Tazaki: Does a showdown mean two people nurture their love together?]

[Hanami: What kind of irrigation?]

[Tazaki: Love is like a flower; if it isn't watered regularly, it will wither.]

[Hana: How dare you tell dirty jokes to the teacher! You'll be standing in the corner as punishment in class tomorrow! (Fist smashing a dog.jpg)]

[Tazaki: Teacher is so cute, I want to hug her.]

[Hanami: How cute is she?]

[Tazaki: For me, a teacher's cuteness represents attraction, comfort, and joy; it's an unconscious desire to communicate with you, a feeling of always wanting to share interesting things with you as soon as possible.]

[Hanami: Get lost! You're making my cheeks burn. If you keep flirting with me like this, I'm going to have insomnia tonight. So you'd better go to sleep right now.]

Tsukasa Tazaki rolled around on the bed a few times with a smile, feeling incredibly happy.

The more you get to know Hoshino Hanami, the more you discover her unique, incredibly adorable side, a side that belongs only to her.

Just as he was about to turn off his phone screen, he saw that Murakami Mizuiro had posted an update.

[Sigh, insomnia. My dad said he found me a fiancé tonight. The thought of my free spirit being bound by a woman from now on makes me want to play a few more visual novels.]

After thinking for a moment, Tsukasa Tazaki replied with a message below.

[I'm content. Having a fiancée at least lets me experience the process of making a baby beforehand, so it's not a bad deal.]

Put down your phone, turn off the lights, and lie in bed.

Tsukasa Tazaki summarized what he needed to buy this month.

Shooting Master, Stamina, Passive Affinity, and Lucky Pendant; these four items require a total of 40 in funds. Including the 7 owed, the funding gap is 47.

The pressure to make money suddenly became immense.

What should we do? High school girls shouldn't be allowed to manipulate stock prices; basic human decency shouldn't be compromised.

After thinking it over, the only solution I can think of is to ask Da Ke'ai and the boss lady.

Sigh, if only Shimamoto-sensei were divorced, having three older sisters would give her much more flexibility in her actions.

Well……

It seems there are indeed three older sisters.

Should we try spending some money on my aunt...?

I think Aunt Mancang's behavior is pretty good. If she has a conflict with Qichuan Wei in the future, she can threaten her: "We are all students in the same school and are also half relatives. You better be polite to me, or I will go and boost your mother's stock price!"

Thinking about all these random things, Tsukasa Tazaki gradually fell asleep.

"Beep beep beep... beep beep beep..."

The jarring alarm clock rang precisely on time the next morning. Tsukasa Tazaki, with his eyes closed, fumbled around for a while, the light from his phone screen faintly illuminating the room.

At six o'clock in the morning, a light rain was falling outside the window, and the air was filled with a damp smell. The pattering rain was accompanied by low rumbles of thunder, some near and some far.

A weather news notification popped up in my phone's notification bar.

[According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Kanto region officially entered the rainy season today, a week earlier than usual. The rainy season is expected to end in early July.]

Looking at his school uniform, which had been drying by the window for two days and was still damp to the touch, Tsukasa Tazaki helplessly grabbed a handful of his messy hair.

Sigh, I guess I'll be living with dampness and mold for the next month.

Chapter 116 I want to knock you unconscious, pack you into a suitcase, and carry you away from Tokyo overnight.

Yui Kawakawa has been feeling very irritable lately.

First, the arrival of the rainy season makes everything damp and annoying; second, the rumors circulating on campus have become increasingly outrageous, especially after the midterm exams, with many students believing they did poorly because they were dumped and their mental state collapsed.

To be honest, if you don't do well on a test, it's clearly because you're not in the right state of mind. What does it have to do with being dumped?

And when did I get dumped?

Nonsense!

What skills does Tsukasa Tazaki have that I...?

"Boom!"

A muffled clap of thunder pulled her back to reality, and she realized it was time for school to end.

Most of the students in the classroom had already left, except for Kuriyama Sakura, who was sitting at the front desk. From behind, one could see that her shoulders and neck were rather slender, and her long ponytail fell naturally down her back, revealing two beautifully shaped little ears.

"The Empress..."

Qichuan Wei silently recited it, recalling the image of the two of them dancing in each other's arms that night, and couldn't help but frown slightly. But only two seconds later, she relaxed her brows and gave a soft, noncommittal hum.

It's clearly fake, yet they refuse to clarify it; they have no shame!

Sighing indignantly, Yui Kichikawa left her seat and headed to the school's gymnasium.

Today is the day the Kendo Club from the neighboring Kamiyama High School is coming to exchange ideas. As the female captain who has never trained with the Kendo Club, she has an obligation to go and see them.

To be honest, I don't really like kendo, but since I've started practicing it, I naturally want to do my best. Whether it's kendo, golf, tennis, horseback riding, or any other knowledge or skill that I need to learn, whether I like it or not, I want to give it my all from the very beginning.

Even if you're alone, you should still strive for perfection.

As I walked to the classroom door, my phone vibrated slightly inside my pleated skirt.

She took out her phone to unlock the screen; it was an animated video sent by Kuriyama Sakura. Yui glanced back at the girl writing at the window with a puzzled look, then opened it.

A blonde, blue-eyed girl with twin ponytails stood at the door shouting loudly.

Did you ever like me?

Did you like me ten years ago?

Yui Kichikawa's gaze stiffened for a moment, her strikingly beautiful blue eyes fixed on Sakura Kuriyama. The latter merely shrugged slightly and continued writing.

The empty classroom felt a bit cold, like a layer of silent snow falling on a winter night.

"boring!"

Yui Kikawa cursed expressionlessly and turned to go down the stairs. At the corner of the stairs leading from the fifth to the fourth floor, she heard people talking in the fourth-floor corridor. Immediately afterward, the blonde girl's face darkened, and she stared blankly at the pair of students talking at the bottom of the stairs.