The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

[What were those inappropriate and offensive words?]

"...Then it's settled. I'll go look at apartments this afternoon, and you'll move out with me tomorrow." Tachibana Hibiki turned around, her aura dropping even lower. She stared at Kobayashi Chiho, who was still completely oblivious, and said, "The rent...still has to be paid."

From a house where she lives alone to an apartment that can accommodate three people, she doesn't plan to pay the rent alone every month.

"By the way, putting this big oaf aside for now, I hope your face won't attract a bunch of police cars and block the apartment as soon as you step out the door?" Tachibana Hibiki's headache grew as she thought about it.

Jun Furuhashi is now almost unrecognizable, and his original form has been declared dead. Even if someone sees him, they wouldn't recognize him, so it's alright.

But Kobayashi Chiho is still a missing Special Class, and the second young lady of the Kobayashi Group. Kobayashi Ryo is still sending people to search for her.

If these troubles immediately ruin her plans to live alone as soon as she leaves the Silver Garden, Hibiki Tachibana will be genuinely unhappy.

The thought of the troubles that might follow made her feel uneasy.

I don't know what's wrong with the leader, but he insists on leading them himself.

Upon hearing this, Chiho Kobayashi blinked under her blindfold, her entire body almost entirely wrapped in bandages: "I think... even my sister might not recognize me looking like this."

That makes sense.

P.S.: Today is the last day for the bounty. I'll tally the number of chapters owed after midnight tonight. Thank you all for your support!

61. You wouldn't have done this before.

"Listen carefully, your first task is—"

On the first day of moving into their new home, Hibiki Tachibana and the bandaged young lady who couldn't lift a finger sat together in the living room, which was piled with several cardboard boxes, and said seriously.

She paused slightly, then read aloud the task Kita Kirihara had assigned to Kobayashi Chiho, who was still wearing an eye patch and therefore showed no signs of nervousness:

"—Find a way to resolve fusion syndrome cases."

As she spoke, her ears turned red, and her eyes involuntarily darted to the right.

...Why did the leader ask Chiho Kobayashi to help him?

As a character card, its status can be reset regardless of its condition, and it can even maintain the critical point of the fusion syndrome indefinitely, so it will never die.

A weapon as useful as myself is best used by constantly sharpening it to its most acute state. Even if I were to die at any moment, under Kita Kirihara's control, I could actually maintain this state of being worse than dead indefinitely.

But Kita Kirihara did not choose to do so.

She even asked Chiho Kobayashi for help in resolving her current situation.

After all, the other party has considerable capabilities and can come up with the fastest and most convenient solution.

At the same time, it was also to test Kobayashi Chiho's abilities and see just how far she could go.

After all, fusion syndrome is a disease that has never appeared in this world before, and it is impossible for Kobayashi Chiho to know the treatment plan with her current level of knowledge and ability.

Of course, if it can be done, it would be a good thing for both Tachibana Hibiki and Kita Kirihara.

after all--

—If Tachibana Hibiki's status were reset again, Kita Kirihara had no idea what would happen.

She obtained the character card of Hibiki Tachibana after Hibiki had completely lost her human identity due to the fusion syndrome.

It took a lot of effort to finally wake the other person up from that inhuman state, and to trace back their body and erase some of their memories.

Even though it looks humanoid now, it is actually a non-human inside that has lost some of its memories and will instinctively reject noise.

Although the situation is relatively stable, there is still a risk of it getting out of control.

This is not a long-term solution.

If this continues, Hibiki Tachibana will die from the fusion syndrome, completely losing her human side.

Kita Kirihara will lose a very valuable high-stat character card.

Out of his deep affection for his collection, Kita Kirihara decided to use his ability to see the future to find a solution, which is why he paired Tachibana Hibiki with the two of them.

Of course, she wasn't without a backup plan.

Carol, the alchemist, is researching the power system of this world while also investigating the fusion syndrome.

Even if futurism can't solve the problem, Carol will still come up with a solution.

I hope it can be done as soon as possible...

Thinking this, Kita Kirihara, who was tidying up the storage room in his home, suddenly paused.

Her gaze fell on the disc in front of her.

These mountain of movie discs were carefully stacked on the shelves in the storage room, covered with a thin layer of dust. Next to them were some old notebooks that Kita Kirihara recognized very well, as well as many yellowed papers.

It's quite old, but still very well preserved and looks like it's been taken for very long.

She stopped tidying up the storage room.

During this time, Kita Kirihara stayed at home doing nothing, except doing housework and occasionally using the internet to learn about the world.

Then, today I suddenly remembered that the storage room hadn't been cleaned yet. I plan to take advantage of the good weather and the fact that it's garbage disposal day to thoroughly clean every corner of the house and do some decluttering.

She wiped every flat surface she could reach. Kita Kirihara's height allowed her to easily clean the raised platform. Then she washed the accumulated clothes and hung them out to dry while the weather was nice.

I'm gathering up all the clutter that's piled up at home, preparing to throw it away. I'm folding up the cardboard boxes and storing them away for future use.

Then, they finally managed to tidy up the storage room, which was piled high with clutter.

Kita Kirihara found these things at the very back of the storage room.

……This is?

She couldn't find any connection to these things in her memory, but she was certain that they weren't Saki's.

Is it mine?

I don't remember at all.

These objects from Kita Kirihara, though seemingly nothing special, exude an irresistible presence that compels one to touch them.

She admitted that she had forgotten a lot of things.

Because there are so many more important things in this world, she had to give up the less important parts.

Just like these things in front of her, things she once carefully recorded and studied.

Countless classic movie DVDs, meticulously written viewing notes and script analyses, hand-drawn movie storyboards...

There are also many books that I bought and studied so much that they are almost falling apart.

Script, filming, actors, camera language...

The Kita Kirihara of the past seemed to really enjoy these things, devoting a great deal of precious energy to them.

"...Are these things...mine?" Kita Kirihara flipped through these things, seeing his own handwriting, both familiar and unfamiliar, but he couldn't remember anything.

My mind is completely blank.

There was no love, no nostalgia, no turmoil, and not even disgust.

It was just a bland feeling, like, "Ah, what did I see?"

So, was this the kind of thing I used to like?

Thinking about it, it seems that I did make good use of my acting and screenwriting skills in the very beginning of the world, and then these skills were integrated into my body and became instinctive.

In order to make room for more important things, she deliberately gave up these things after experiencing many worlds.

"A Yuan."

Koizumi Saki's voice came from behind her. Kita Kirihara was looking through these things when he belatedly realized that Saki had returned home at some point and was standing at the door of the storage room.

She instinctively turned around and saw Koizumi Saki staring at her, her shadow stretching long and trailing over her.

Saki Koizumi asked with great concern, "What's wrong with you?"

"Me? I'm fine." Kita Kirihara blinked in confusion.

She seemed perfectly fine; her eyes didn't even redden, and she still had her usual smile on her face.

But Saki Koizumi felt that she was somewhat unfamiliar.

She said, "You wouldn't have called them 'these things' before."

Kita Kirihara remained silent, put down the collection she had poured countless hours of effort into, and gave Koizumi Saki a slightly apologetic smile.

"I'm just too tired, Saki."

PS: Kita Kiri's original life ambition was: [?]

62. Does this mean you don't need me anymore?

"I'm just too tired, Saki." Kita Kirihara stood in the shadows of the storage room, her smile tinged with a hint of helplessness.

Your unusual behavior will definitely be noticed by the comments.

There's something off about the atmosphere.

A-Yuan's expression is strange.

I feel like crying.

Then, Kita Kirihara's face revealed a desolation that he tried hard to hide but could still see: "After I came back, I felt that many things had changed."

Both the world and ourselves are changing.

Having lost the passion for love, Kita Kirihara standing here is nothing but an empty shell.

Saki Koizumi looked into her eyes, those eyes that shone with the most gentle and beautiful color in the world, now filled with emotions she could not fathom.

Is this the price of returning from the crack in time...?

The lonely old dog is truly heartbreaking.

[Actually, I also find it a bit strange. After A-Yuan came back, she just stayed at home and didn't show any personal characteristics at all. She seemed like a general, gentle character. Apart from being tall and pretty, she didn't have any memorable features.]

She's too one-sided; she's like an empty shell.

But it shouldn't be like this. A seventeen-year-old girl who has just confirmed her relationship with her boyfriend shouldn't be so lifeless.

"Lifeless"...that's certainly an apt word.