I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Tenkuji Yu didn't speak up for Haruno either; he didn't think that the pleasure-seeking monster would care about such a trivial matter.

"Shall I begin to explain the purpose of our visit?"

Natsukawa Masaki nodded.

Tenkuji Yu then continued, "Before this, you should have felt it too—you have a very familiar feeling about me, like a friend whose name you haven't seen in a long time and have forgotten, or an old CD. It's like you've seen me somewhere before, but you can't remember any details about me at all."

The lines were so familiar that Natsukawa Masaki was momentarily stunned, only managing a nod after a long pause: "...That's true. Not just your voice, but your scent is also very familiar. Have we met before?"

“It’s not as simple as just having seen it.” Yuu Tenkuji thought for a moment and decided to explain in a way that was easier for her to understand. “You can think of it as me having a Stand ability that puts me and you—you, and Haruno and the others—into a world that keeps getting stuck in a loop and rewrites your memories.”

"I came here in this way to get rid of the effects of the Stand ability, restore everyone's memories, and leave this world."

After he finished speaking, Tenkuji Yu thought she needed some time to digest and absorb these two simple yet information-rich sentences, and it was even possible that she would directly question whether he had a problem with his brain.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Natsukawa Masuzu excitedly leaned forward, her long eyelashes, beautifully shaped lips, and soft, fragrant breath all rushing towards him.

"Stand abilities really exist in this world?! Is Araki really a perfect being?! How did you acquire your Stand ability? What's its name?!"

Tenkuji Yu leaned back slightly, a wry smile tugging at the corners of his mouth—he underestimated the excitement JoJo fans felt upon hearing such a metaphor.

For JoJo fans, what could be more exciting than the fact that the possibility of awakening a Stand is right before their eyes?

"Calm down, I was just using an analogy... But then again, are you really going to believe what I say so easily? Is it that feeling of familiarity that's getting to you?"

Natsukawa Masuzu pulled back from her leaning posture, glanced at the black cat beside her whose eyes seemed a little dangerous, and regained her usual composure: "That's just why I'm willing to sit down and listen to you properly, otherwise I would have called security over long ago."

She took her phone out of her pocket and waved it, showing him the security room number that hadn't been dialed, before putting the phone back.

"Most importantly, what you said to me gave me a very familiar, disgusting feeling, as if I had been manipulated by someone in the same way."

"It's so cold, stop."

Even now, those words still echo in Natsukawa Masaki's heart, making her chest feel hot, her heart race, and a tingling sense of happiness surge up like an electric current. She desperately tried to suppress this aroused feeling.

I don't know why, but a single sentence was like a spark on a bomb fuse, causing me to react so strongly.

—But it was precisely because of this that she remembered that feeling.

Someone else once used this voice, with a different tone and content, to say something very important to me.

It's just forgotten, like a treasure buried deep underground in the sand, forgotten no matter how hard you dig.

His voice may have a unique magic, or it may really be the effect of the Stand ability.

But in any case, this feeling and excitement that arises spontaneously is something that belongs only to me and that I can never forget.

Therefore, Natsukawa Masaki was willing to believe in this handsome young man whom she had only met less than ten minutes ago.

"Can you tell me why I feel this way?"

The girl put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, and his face was clearly reflected in her eyes.

A gentle breeze blows, and her almost transparent, silver-blue hair ripples like water on a lake, creating a beauty that is unforgettable.

A black miniskirt swept across her snow-white skin, while white over-the-knee stockings clung tightly to the soft flesh of her thighs.

She pursed her lips slightly, seemingly relaxed and carefree, yet even the senior high school students about to take the exam were not as serious and nervous as she was.

Because she had a premonition that it would completely destroy "her current self" and turn her back into another Natsukawa Masuzu.

"...I'm sorry, this should be the first time I've used a 'Truth Bullet' on you."

Tenkuji Yu shook his head, denying the expectation in her eyes: "We did talk yesterday, but I don't think that's the answer you want to know."

"Perhaps I will be able to answer your question once I have fully regained my memories."

After a long silence, Natsukawa Masaki suddenly relaxed his tense muscles, and sighed helplessly, "Alright, it seems the situation is more complicated than I thought."

Without asking for details about the Truth Bullet, she opened her palm, letting him continue talking about Stand abilities: "Your Silver Chariot Requiem went berserk, didn't it? And then what?"

“A good analogy.” Tenkuji Yu smiled, looking into her beautiful and charming blue eyes, her clear voice carried into the forest on the wind, “Including Yukino who was turned into a cat, you are all my girlfriends. You entered this world together to save me from the out-of-control ‘Stand’ power, but you also lost your memories of the real world, just like me.”

"Sounds like a classic, action-packed storyline..." Natsukawa Masuzu nodded, then suddenly realized something was wrong. "Wait, what did you say? I'm your girlfriend?"

“That’s right.” Yuu Tenkuji nodded, not pointing out that she had omitted the word “also.”

"Impossible!" Natsukawa Masaki said decisively and resolutely.

"Why?" Tenkuji Yu frowned in confusion. "Leaving aside others, in the last time loop, you, who retained your memories, told me this yourself. I think it shouldn't be wrong."

"Did I say that myself?" Natsukawa Masuzu's eyes widened, her wavering pupils showing hesitation, before she abruptly shook her head away. "I said it's impossible, and that's final! Unless our relationship is fake, the thought of dating or being in a relationship with someone... it's disgusting!"

For the first time ever, she seemed to be spitting something disgusting out of her throat, uttering strong words with utter revulsion.

That wasn't directed at Yuu Tenkuji in front of her, but rather at someone questioning her long-held beliefs, and it was a sharp, thorny attitude erected to protect her fragile self.

"Love is the original sin, just a virus coated in sugar. Why should I deal with that kind of thing? Let those who want to get infected and die go ahead! No matter how tragic the ending is, it's their own fault. Anyway, I'm not interested at all. Just thinking about becoming someone's girlfriend, talking about love and being inseparable from him every day, and having my body manipulated by his strong lust every night makes me so disgusted that I feel like throwing up my dinner from last year!"

"Your girlfriend? Sorry, that's absolutely impossible."

His fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white unnaturally, and the trembling intensified as the sharp words he uttered became more and more intense.

"Because I hate love, because I would never truly fall in love with anyone, let alone risk my life for them... Yes, absolutely not. Given what happened in the past, for no reason at all, how could I possibly betray the 'anti-love faction' and become one of those crazy, love-crazed idiots..."

In the end, as if trying to convince herself, Natsukawa Masuzu kept muttering to herself.

Her brows furrowed as if she were enduring some pain, and her teeth clenched as if resisting some impulse within her. Her breathing was heavy, and the uneasy light in her eyes grew stronger, yet she stubbornly refused to close her eyes and collapse.

Because she didn't know what would happen to the original Natsukawa Masuzu if she fell.

Because of the lack of knowledge, there is fear and dread—yet one cannot simply laugh it off, and can only struggle in the vortex of self and emotions, caught in a dilemma.

Until the light in his eyes disappeared, his pale and dry lips moved slightly, and the chaotic and repetitive words were blurred into the wind, and no one could hear them clearly.

"..."

Seeing her like that, Yukino frowned as she watched quietly. She seemed to want to get up and say a few words to comfort her, but then she remembered that she couldn't do anything but meow, so she could only cast a reproachful look at Tenkuji Yu.

—Although I hate to admit it, Natsukawa Masuzu was your girlfriend after all, right?

Tenkuji-kun, are you just going to stand by and watch her gradually deteriorate?

"..."

Unfortunately, Yuu Tenkuji didn't notice her gaze.

He was staring intently at Natsukawa Masuzu, remaining silent for a long time, perhaps because he didn't know what to say to break her sudden wave of self-doubt.

His intuition told him that he shouldn't say anything rash at this moment, nor should he advise her to escape for the time being—he wasn't sure what the consequences would be, but it was definitely not the best choice.

In that instant, Yuu Tenkuji suddenly remembered the scene that had happened not long ago.

—Inside the library, Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to have had a similar reaction when confronting herself.

Although she managed to calm herself down on her own halfway through, her performance in struggling with her memories and self was somewhat similar to that of Natsukawa Masuzu in front of her.

Is this the only way for them to regain their memories? After their emotions are stimulated in a certain way, they will fall into a dilemma and need a greater push to restore their memories?

Tenkuji Yu's eyes flickered. Although she wasn't sure about the guess, with Kasumigaoka Utaha as a precedent, it was better than trying things blindly like a headless fly or letting her suffer like this.

Her gaze swept around, and she saw two other women still comparing sizes in the woods, while Yukino watched from the side—but it didn't matter, she was just a little kitten for now, and there was no need to worry too much.

Since that's the case, let's give it a try.

Although doing this without his memory goes against his beliefs, there's no need to doubt that Natsukawa Masuzu is his girlfriend—once his memory returns, she'll probably laugh at him for hesitating over such a trivial matter.

So Yuu Tenkuji stopped hesitating, stepped forward, cupped her cool and soft cheeks, and looked into her lifeless and bewildered eyes.

He spoke slowly and deliberately: "You're talking about the original you, not the you after you met me, right?"

"From my perspective, the Natsukawa Masuzu who liked me was undoubtedly much more charming than you are now—regardless of whether this is a bad thing for you or not, when she said, 'We'll wait for you, darling,' I didn't feel any regret or disgust."

"She genuinely likes me and believes that I can bring her the future she desires."

Natsukawa Masaki stared blankly, his mouth slightly agape. His soul seemed to be drawn into those undeniably obsidian eyes, which were wide open without blinking, and there was nothing else in his field of vision except him.

My thoughts, as tangled and chaotic as a tangled mess, seemed to be frozen by his stern gaze. My mind suddenly became unable to think, and my consciousness could only obediently follow his voice.

"I don't understand why you hate, despise, and reject love to this extent... But I think that if you can become the person I see you in, then something very important might have happened in our shared, forgotten past, that caused such a drastic shift in your mindset."

"So, aren't you curious about what those experiences were that completely changed Natsukawa Masuzu?"

Tenkuji Yu stared intently into her cloudy, dark sapphire eyes, and questioned her aggressively.

"..."

Natsukawa Masaki did not answer. After a long moment of stunned silence, as if her soul had returned to her body, her eyes gradually brightened, and her gaze, which had finally returned, looked straight into his eyes.

With that, Tenkuji Yu understood her choice, and a gentle smile curved her lips.

"What a coincidence, I also have some things I'd like to know... Well then, excuse me, it's so cold."

The words fell.

Before Natsukawa Masuzu could react, Tenkuji Yu lowered his head and took the silver-haired girl's soft, small lips, right before Yukino's astonished, wide-eyed eyes.

In the woods where the wind had stopped, the sounds of lips meeting were hidden in the quiet bushes, their breaths gradually growing more intense and unnoticed.

Chapter 158 Everyone Gathers!

Tenkuji Yu didn't kiss her for too long, nor did he touch her inappropriately like he did with Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Not to mention that this place is different from a library where there are no outsiders, there are also two women in the grove behind him, who may come out at any time to "appreciate" his bold actions.

The little black cat staring coldly at him from the side made Yuu Tenkuji subconsciously suppress his true nature, obediently kissing it for five or six seconds before obediently separating.

That serious, businesslike attitude seemed to have calmed Yukino down a bit, and her eyes were no longer so cold and sharp.

...While she was trapped in the cat's body, her boyfriend cheated on her right in front of her. Her feelings must have been very complicated.

Yuu Tenkuji silently apologized in his heart, then turned his attention to Masuzu Natsukawa in front of him and held her soft arms.

"Sorry I kissed you suddenly. Have you calmed down yet?"

His words of comfort seemed to have no effect on the girl.

From the moment she was kissed, she stared wide-eyed, her moist, pink lips slightly parted, her entire delicate and beautiful face frozen in a daze, standing there like a statue.

It wasn't until he gently shook her a few times that Xia Chuanzhen's dazed eyes regained their sparkle. A belated blush spread across her snow-white skin, and his reflection was mirrored in her violently trembling pupils, as if she found the events unfolding before her eyes utterly unbelievable.

"You, me..."

"How are you feeling?" Judging from her expression, she doesn't seem to have regained her memories.

Tenkuji Yu was somewhat disappointed, but he didn't show it and continued to pay attention to her reaction—he was prepared for Natsukawa Masuzu to slap him after she fully understood the situation.