I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

It can't be that exaggerated, right?

"If it is, call out once; if it isn't, call out twice..."

"Chirp!"

"Damn it, it really is..."

Yuu Tenkuji sighed and rubbed his forehead. Why did he encounter such a strange thing just because he went out for a morning run?

Is it a script deliberately arranged by the system, or are half of the animals in this city actually humans?

"Alright, let's talk when we get back."

Abandoning his deep contemplation of the details, Tenkuji, with the canary slung over his shoulder, continued walking towards home.

But after taking only a few steps, the canary suddenly took flight in a panic, disappearing from his shoulder at top speed and vanishing into the skyscrapers in an instant.

"what happened?"

Feeling a gaze upon him, Yuu Tenkuji looked up in confusion.

The white-haired girl was holding up a sign on the tenth floor of a luxury apartment building; probably only her monstrous eyesight could see what was written on it.

"Report: Breakfast is ready. Please return to the table within five minutes, or you will miss out on the best flavor."

Yuu Tenkuji gave a perfunctory OK sign, and the girl put away the sign and turned to go into the kitchen connected to the balcony.

Downstairs, he was still watching her retreating figure thoughtfully.

"Is it that the animals are all afraid of her, or is there some other reason...?"

Yuu Tenkuji couldn't be sure. This android girl was hiding too many secrets, and trying to understand them all would only disrupt her own pace.

He put his doubts aside for the time being and returned to his residence as if nothing had happened, enjoying the only delicious breakfast with the android girl.

After confirming that she didn't need to go to school, Tenkuji Yuuya left her at home without worry and went to Toyonosaki Academy on his own.

Chapter 90: Attempting to Anger Senior Kasumigaoka (37/55)

The curriculum at Toyonosaki High School is no different from that at Soubu High School.

Or, to put it another way, someone who has already mastered all the high school curriculum to such an exaggerated degree that he can get full marks no matter where he studies, makes no difference.

Not to mention, he just graduated from high school not long ago. Now, repeating his junior year is like an adult going back to kindergarten, where he gets praised for answering a question like "What is four plus five?" correctly...

After the first get out of class on the second day, Yuu Tenkuji felt impatient and decided to make some changes to her boring school life, within a cautious framework.

He applied to his homeroom teacher for permission to study on his own.

The information shows that any student who is confident in their grades and has a good reason can apply for self-study, regardless of grade. As long as they pass, they can attend classes whenever they want, sleep whenever they want, and leave early whenever they want. At most, they just need to meet the minimum attendance hours. Otherwise, going to school is as free as going to the convenience store near their home.

Of course, high authority means high difficulty. Currently, out of several hundred students across three academic years, only one student has applied for and successfully obtained a self-study permit, which shows how difficult it is.

After spending half a day writing a perfect score on the national mock exam paper given by the teacher and upgrading the school's broken and laggy system, Yuu Tenkuji successfully obtained the license and declined subsequent maintenance requests.

A life of extraordinary success is often so dull and boring.

For lunch, they just grabbed something at the convenience store. Although the android girl had said she would make him a lunchbox, Yuu Tenkuji refused, citing that he didn't have time to eat.

That's basically how he treated her: he remained polite and friendly, but never let her interfere in his life.

After all, he wasn't stupid. The system had suddenly assigned him a maid, and a white-haired loli at that. It was obvious that the system intended to use her beauty to corrupt his ambition and eventually make him sink into this world.

Unfortunately, even if they lived under the same roof, Yuu Tenkuji wouldn't do as the system wished—besides, he wasn't a lolicon!

It would be better to arrange for a giant cat-like older sister, like the school nurse, so he wouldn't have the confidence to say he wouldn't waver...

all in all.

Yuu Tenkuji didn't plan to attend his afternoon classes. Between searching the entire campus for the cat and going to the library to find someone, he chose the latter.

After all, people are easier to find than cats. You can find out their location by asking a few questions, unlike that little black cat that broke its promise. It's still nowhere to be found, and it seems even harder to catch than a legendary Pokémon.

As for why he went to the library to find someone, it was because while looking for information about his self-study permit, he happened to see a very familiar name—

Kasumigaoka Utaha.

The third-year senior who appeared many times in Qiong's videos, who clearly had feelings for her in many timelines, but never got to meet her, and was even killed by her love rival once.

Meanwhile, the paper butterfly that brought her here also seemed to have been delivered by her, bypassing Qiong's blockade; according to Qiong at the time, this person had also made contact with "the guys outside," and was shrouded in many mysteries...

Now, she is the only student besides herself who has obtained permission to study on her own.

Both logically and emotionally, Yuu Tenkuji planned to contact her as soon as possible, hoping to obtain crucial information from her.

With Kasumigaoka Utaha as her target, and thanks to information from several kind-hearted people, Tenkuji Yu quickly located her floor and, like a ghost, infiltrated a corner of the third floor of the library.

His perfect "learning" allowed him to successfully analyze the android girl's silent movement method, but the threshold for using it was quite high, requiring the ability to perfectly control the muscles in one's body like a machine.

Coincidentally, he happens to have "muscle control," making it easy for him to imitate, and with slight modifications, he can even surpass the original.

For example, right now, Tenkuji Yu quietly walked around behind her, confirmed the book she was currently reading, then went back to the bookshelf, took the same book, and deliberately made noise as she walked to her seat.

During class time, the already quiet library was now so quiet you could hear a pin drop. And since there were only the two of them in this corner seat, any movement or getting up would cause a noticeable disturbance.

Wearing a white headband, her long, straight black hair cascading smoothly over her shoulders, the dignified and beautiful quiet girl looked up at him.

Then he lowered his head in disinterest, as if the action was merely a bodily reflex.

Tenkuji Yu didn't mind. He was cautious and thoughtful by nature, and even if he had many questions he wanted to ask her, he wouldn't be foolish enough to just go up and be frank with her.

You should probe the other person like you would a flirt, and gather information like you would pursue a woman.

Holding the book, Yuu Tenkuji sat down at the next table, a spot where she could easily spot someone reading the same book as her.

Then, ignoring Kasumigaoka Utaha's matter, I began to seriously read this romance novel—

"Love Metronome? Why does this feel so familiar..."

Muttering to herself, Yuu Tenkuji turned to the first page.

The senior student opposite him was reading Volume 3, so he naturally had Volume 3 as well—even though he hadn't read the first two volumes, it didn't stop him from reading them quickly.

He had only intended to use this as an excuse to strike up a conversation later, but he didn't expect that this glance would make him subconsciously slow down his reading speed and start reading each line carefully.

—It's not that it's too good-looking, but rather that it's so ugly that it makes you doubt your own eyes.

Tenkuji Yu finished reading a third of it in ten minutes, and couldn't help but gasp, muttering to himself:

"The author is truly talented to turn a perfectly good romance novel into such a terrible mess."

I turned the book over, and the cover had the author's name printed on it—Xia Shizi.

Realizing what was happening, Tenkuji Yu's lips twitched slightly, and he fell into an awkward silence for a moment.

'Is it possible... that the "Kasumi" in Kasumi Utako's name is the same as the "Kasumi no Oka" name, and the "Utako's U ...

The pen name sounds nice, but she probably never intended to hide her identity as an author from her friends and family.

Tenkuji slowly exhaled, then quietly raised his gaze to look at the black-haired beauty at the next table.

Although the other person still appeared to be engrossed in reading, the fingers that hadn't turned a page in a long time, the slight, impatient trembling of their feet, and the growing sense of pressure emanating from their body were enough to prove that the other person had indeed heard him talking to himself.

...although doing it this way seems to be more effective.

Now that things have come to this, Yuu Tenkuji decides to abandon the old-fashioned approach to flirting and skip directly to the stage of getting to know each other and getting straight to arguing.

Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet still venturing into the tiger's den, that perfectly describes him.

So he lowered his head again, turned a few more pages, and couldn't help but shake his head and click his tongue, saying from the bottom of his heart:

"The plot is fragmented, overly sentimental, unclear, and weak in its message... Most importantly, the male lead hasn't appeared in several chapters! So many words have been padded out just by the girls talking. Is this author running a 'padding station'?"

I had only been halfway through my comment when a loud bang shattered the calm, quiet atmosphere with a thud.

Sure enough, some people got anxious.

Chapter 91 [Yukinoshita]

Feigning confusion, Tenkuji Yu looked up.

The girl propped herself up on the table, seemingly trying to maintain her composure. Her eyes were slightly closed, and her delicate face was expressionless. She gently tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear, appearing quite relaxed.

"call……"

The breath that comes from deep within the lungs is probably the clarion call to war.

The librarian was on the first floor, and there were only the two of them in the library during break time—as if suddenly realizing this, the girl completely broke free from the restriction of 'keeping quiet in the library,' her eyes snapped open, flames seemed to burn in them, and she glared at Tenkuji Yu across from her with an imposing aura.

"What's wrong?" Tenkuji Yu asked before she could fire at him.

If he gets into the mood, he might even play a cute junior student who gets scared by his senior, shrugging his shoulders and trembling as he looks at her.

But now, he simply sat motionless in his seat, making no attempt to conceal his intentions, raising an eyebrow and smiling as he met her gaze.

Just as she was about to take a step out, Kasumigaoka Utaha paused. She frowned and looked him up and down. Her impulsiveness and anger were suddenly extinguished as if doused with cold water, and a look of vigilance appeared instead.

After a long pause, she spoke coldly: "...Did you say that on purpose for me to hear?"

"Why would I do this?" Tenkuji Yu feigned ignorance.

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't answer, but instead bombarded her with questions: "You know I'm Kasumigaoka Utaha? A fan? A suitor? Forgive me for being blunt, but even a thug's flirting is hundreds of times better than yours."

“I’m sorry, neither of them.” Tenkuji Yu smiled politely, his attitude very kind. “And if I may be frank, neither you nor your book are of any interest to me.”

"Aha?"

Her voice was low and menacing, like a tigress's, and the veins on her forehead seemed to throb with a cross. Her quiet and gentle temperament was once again ignited by a raging inferno.

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms and unconsciously stomped her heels on the ground, as if to ensure her safety. She stood behind the chair at the next table, tilted her chin up, and looked down at him with the delicate curve of her jaw.

"You really dare to say that... You deliberately sat near me and spoke ill of my work in a voice I could hear. You weren't just here to argue with me, were you? You're begging for my attention, aren't you? You're behaving like an elementary school boy. Stubbornly denying it will only make you look more ridiculous. Why don't you just admit it honestly?"

Glancing at his tie, the girl chuckled dismissively: "Junior, if you sincerely apologize now and list ten advantages of 'Love Metronome' on the spot, I might give you an autograph since you skipped class to come see me."

If this guy hadn't come to pick a fight right when she was in the worst mood, Kasumigaoka Utaha wouldn't have bothered wasting her time on him—especially someone who thinks he can get her attention with a bad attitude; ignoring him is the best way to deal with him.

Does he really think that the scenario of "his attitude towards me is different from others, he doesn't fawn over me... oh, interesting man" will happen in reality?

Normally, she wouldn't even bother with such an idiot, but what could she do? He just happened to walk right into her trap.

If I don't give this junior a good scolding to show him what the authority of a senior is, and make him take back his previous comments, then I'm not Kasumigaoka Utaha!

"Okay, okay, I admit it."