I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Therefore, Yuu Tenkuji will not hold back.

Even if it's just this once, he wants to leave a deep impression on Yukino Yukinoshita's heart, so that he's not just a simple toy that can be discarded when she gets tired of him.

Otherwise, why would the system give him skills for no reason?

Of course, it's all about acquiring a skill, changing the target's perception of you, and making mining easier in the future!

Soon, the ten shots were over.

The two men put down their air guns almost simultaneously and took the last target paper into their hands.

"call……"

To show Tenkuji Yu the consequences of boasting, Yukino Yukinoshita focused solely on shooting from beginning to end, without paying attention to how well the person next to her was shooting with a pistol, only knowing that he was probably not a novice.

However, after calculating the total score of the ten target papers in his hand, it didn't matter whether this guy was a beginner or not.

Perhaps because she was unusually focused on winning, she was in exceptionally good form today, even breaking her usual record—

Ten targets, a total of eighty-nine rings!

Three shots to eight rings, five shots to nine rings, and two shots to ten rings!

Even her shooting coach couldn't consistently perform at this level.

If I can maintain the same level, I could easily participate in professional shooting competitions.

Of course, Yukinoshita Haruno has no interest in becoming a professional gamer.

She can quickly master anything she learns or plays, and even without serious study, she can easily achieve the results of others' hard work.

That's why she's called the "genius of the Yukinoshita family".

That's why Emodo, who is both foolish and lovable, can never catch up with himself.

"Well, we've got this in the bag."

With a smile on her lips, Yukinoshita Haruno walked towards Tenkuji Yuu, holding the stack of target papers.

No matter how boastful he had been, she didn't think she would lose to an ordinary high school student—a toy boy who was just there to kill time and have some fun with her.

Yukino Yukinoshita's confidence stems from her long history of victories.

"Little Yuu, let's compare scores~" Yukinoshita Haruno stood calmly in front of Tenkuji Yuu and smiled with her eyes narrowed.

"If it's too low, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yuu Tenkuji gave a wry smile, typical of a captain, and sighed softly at the target paper in his hand:

"What? My aim is pretty good."

"???"

Yukino gave him a strange look, then shifted her gaze to the target paper in his hand.

Then his pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively snatched the stack of target papers, flipping through them incredulously.

"This……"

If there's nothing wrong with her eyes...

On these ten target papers, only the very center has a bullet hole, and the error between each hole is no more than one centimeter?!

It's almost like stacking up target paper and then piercing it all through with an awl—that level of neatness.

—Honestly, no one could possibly do something like that in a 10-meter air pistol competition, right?

Even Olympic champions won't do!

He took a deep breath to calm his inner turmoil and uncertainty.

Yukinoshita Haruno held the target paper upright in front of her, looked at him through the hole in the middle of the ring, and spoke with an unusually serious tone.

"...You fired all of these shots? With that air pistol?"

Tenkuji Yu shrugged, his tone carrying a hint of confidence.

"No doubt about it. If you don't believe me, you can verify it. You can check the surveillance footage or whatever, it's up to you."

Enjoying Yukinoshita's gaze, which seemed to look at him like he was a alien, he turned his arm, which had stiffened slightly after putting down his pistol and his skill had disappeared, and said with a sense of relief:

"On another note, it's a good thing you don't hate me, Haruno 'older sister'."

A smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

While speaking in a sarcastic tone, the last two words were emphasized, as a response to her previous remarks.

There is only one meaning to it—

So, who is actually the one making the boastful claims?

That's right, what Tenkuji Yu wanted to see was her expression of no longer being at ease and reflecting on her arrogance.

"..."

As expected, the female college student in front of him fell silent.

Through the holes connected by ten rings, Yukinoshita Haruno stared intently at him for a long time with her large, clear black and white eyes, as if she were peeking through a peephole at a visitor outside the door whose figure was obscured by a cloak.

Suddenly, he asked, "Are you a professional shooter?"

"No, I'm just a male high school student who happened to be passing by."

Yang Nai completely ignored his joke: "Or are you saying you really did go to Hawaii to practice shooting?"

"If I had that kind of money, why would I be a rented boyfriend?" Yuu Tenkuji rolled her eyes.

"That……"

Please explain how you managed to achieve such a terrible score.

Before she could even ask, Yukino Shino shut her mouth again, wrinkled her nose and pondered for a moment before letting out a helpless sigh.

“…Okay, I admit I underestimated you before.”

She returned the target paper with ten bullseyes to Yuu, as if she had accepted the result calmly, and said to him with a bright smile:

"Although I don't know why you're so strong and haven't participated in the Olympics yet, I did lose this match."

"Congratulations on overwhelmingly passing the first 'trial,' little Yoyo!"

"...Uh, thank you."

Looking at her in surprise, Yuu Tenkuji nodded, but she sensed that something was very wrong with her mood.

However, before he could observe it closely, Yukino Shino flicked her ponytail, casually tossed the target paper with the 89 rings into the nearby trash can, stretched and walked out while letting out a lazy and lewd moan.

"Hmm—you're really surprising. You seem like an honest kid with no particular talents, but your marksmanship is so good."

"Did the honest kid do something wrong to you?"

Speechless, Yuu Tenkuji was about to follow when a system notification suddenly popped up, causing him to pause. His eyes darted from left to right, and his expression gradually turned strange.

Unaware of the movement behind her, Yukino Yukinoshita continued walking slowly, a smile on her face as always, seemingly unconcerned about her defeat.

The nonchalant look in his slightly narrowed, dark eyes had vanished.

His seemingly solid, icy gaze stared straight ahead, devoid of any hint of a smile.

Looking towards the counter of a certain competitive sport not far away, she made a decision in a lighthearted tone, seemingly without thinking:

"Okay, let's go compete in that next!"

Regardless of any adult demeanor, or whether he still had any hidden cards up his sleeve, he even forgot about the "Twelve Trials" that he had only mentioned to tease him and had no intention of taking seriously.

Yukino Yukinoshita is not the kind of honest person who can swallow her anger after being slapped in the face.

It was indeed because she was overconfident and put her face right up to be shot. Yukino Yukinoshita admitted her mistake and also admired Tenkuji Yuuna's monstrous marksmanship.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't intend to get revenge—she still has many opportunities to make this "rental boyfriend" admit defeat.

It's impossible that he has thugs for everything he does... and that level of shooting skill is extremely high, right?

"Well, just in case, let's prepare for both possibilities..."

In order to avoid losing to men the same age as her sister, Yukino Yukinoshita fell into deep thought, calculating the equation leading to victory.

△

"Congratulations, host, you have received a reward of 20000 yen."

"Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: one RAP (Proficient Level) session."

"Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: Billiards (Master Level)."

"Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: a slight increase in physical strength (recovery ability)."

Chapter Twenty-Three: I Only Understand a Little Bit

Yuu Tenkuji discovered something interesting.

This system seems to be giving rewards purposefully, as if it were targeting Yukino Yukinoshita—or rather, targeting the 'trial' she initiated on a whim today.

For example, after winning a shooting competition, the system gave him the "Billiards (Master Level)" skill.

Then, not long after, Miss Yukinoshita pointed to the billiards area and said confidently:

"Next up is that!"

"..."

Is this a case of walking into a trap, or is it simply a matter of fate?

Tenkuji Yu didn't understand, and he was also searching for the answer.

They walked one after the other, and the originally leisurely atmosphere had somehow become solemn, like stepping onto a battlefield.

They didn't say much to each other, nor did they look at each other's expressions; they were both secretly thinking about things related to the upcoming 'trial'.

Yukinoshita was thinking about how she could win this game perfectly.

Yuuki Tenkuji wondered, what was the purpose of the system helping him cheat like this?

First shooting, then billiards... Could it be that every time he wins against Yukinoshita Haruno, he gains a permanent skill for the next match?

If he weren't here to defeat Yukino Hiyono Rokuji, the mission wouldn't be completed, which is why the system provides this level of assistance.