Tokyo Soft Rice King.

If that's the case...

It wouldn't be a problem to separate out just a little bit...

Ziyin felt that Kuroba Akira would like this outcome, and would also like her more tolerant self.

In any case, as long as I am the one who ends up with a wise ruler, that's all that matters.

But what she didn't know was that Anri Hitomi was about to become the great demon king who would stop all the women.

She wanted to sever not only her own marriage, but also the marriage prospects of all other women.

To prove her feelings, she wanted to drag everyone down with her.

At this moment, she leaned close to Kuroba Akira's ear and whispered threats and inducements in his ear.

“Wise ruler, you can have many girlfriends, lovers, mistresses, and spouses... even local wives are fine.”

"Like I said before, you can hug them, kiss them, play with them, whatever you want... I don't mind."

"But no one can take the place of the wife."

Because the wife belongs to the family.

Kuroba Akira listened silently and then asked a question in return.

"For a lifetime?"

"I don't want to be so ruthless... Our previous agreement was that if we were both still single when we turned thirty, we would graduate for each other."

"Yes, but we've already graduated from virginity for each other."

"So let's get married instead. Mingjun, you must remain single until you turn thirty, okay?"

"..."

"Just like your past life... Bai Yumingjun."

Right now.

Listening to Ziyin's singing and the class monitor's breathing, Kuroba Akira realized...

His second life was severely interfered with by an extraordinary woman.

Chapter 247 The Starting Point of All Distortions

It felt like all the original plans had been disrupted.

Being prohibited from getting married before the age of thirty is undoubtedly a very strict restriction.

Although Kuroba Akira almost achieved this in his previous life, it cannot be compared with the current situation. After all, Kuroba Akira's luck with women exploded after he transmigrated.

There are a lot of bride candidates, but he can't choose his favorite one to build his own family. He feels embarrassed and can only watch but not touch. Even if Hei Yuming asked him to choose, he probably couldn't choose.

If they don't end up getting married, who will take responsibility?

Of course, Anri Hitomi will take charge. She is fully prepared to take complete responsibility for Kuroba Akira's life and is more than willing to do so.

Fifteen years later, if everything goes smoothly, Dad should be able to regain Grandpa's power. Once the conflict between the Anri family and the Kobayashi family is resolved, Mingjun will lose her halo as the heir, and then I can marry Mingjun with peace of mind.

And if it drags on until then, and the women who are currently clinging to Mingjun can't hold on and choose to give up halfway, then I will be the only one to take it all...

Outlast them! That's victory!

This is a love marathon measured by life itself.

Moreover, this cannot actually be considered a vicious agreement that would cut off their offspring, because Anri Hitomi did not restrict or prohibit Kuroba Akira from using her deoxyribonucleic acid launcher to invade their baby room.

She herself had already had a chance to taste it first, and even got to eat the precious first-stage concentrated essence.

Kuroba Akira can still date women, get them pregnant, and have them give birth to his children... none of this is considered a violation of the agreement.

But in the end, no one could get a formal status before the age of thirty, and no one was allowed to change the last name to Hei Yu, which made Hei Yu Ming and the other women who fell in love with him become "victims".

Anri Hitomi single-handedly interfered with (turned over) the lives of Kuroba Akira and the women around him.

But Akira Kuroba really had no right or position to complain, because he was also one of the 'perpetrators'.

He also interferes in other people's lives, especially Ziyin, who has completely deviated from a normal life trajectory under his interference.

This time, in addition to Kuroba Akira, Anri Hitomi also joined in, further expanding Shion's career path and causing her life's direction to change once again.

Saying they respect her personal ideas... that's all just high-sounding nonsense.

It seems like they're giving Ziyin a choice, but in reality, they're all trying to get her to make the choice she wants.

From Ziyin's perspective, Kuroba Akira and Anri Hitomi are undoubtedly a bunch of cunning and scheming people, and her life has been 'ruined' by these two.

Unfortunately, she didn't think so. Ziyin felt that Kuroba Akira had just been deceived by a bad woman and that she should try her best to make him change his mind.

As for Kuroba Akira, he invited the class monitor to board his pirate ship, but wasn't he himself also tricked by the class monitor into boarding the pirate ship?

He gave a wry smile, took out the silver necklace that the class monitor had given him, and looked at the pattern on it.

"So this necklace means a choker..."

"Mingjun, do you regret it?"

"There's nothing to regret. If you think this is fine, Hitomi, I can totally accept it. Besides, you even gave me a 'scumbag license,' so it would be ungrateful of me to complain now."

Kuroba knew perfectly well that the class monitor was doing all this for his own benefit, but the class monitor also got what he wanted in return, so it could be considered an exchange of interests.

If the class monitor truly wanted nothing and wholeheartedly helped Kuroba Akira add all the women to his harem, then Kuroba Akira would find it strange because he couldn't understand it and feared that the class monitor had been hypnotized and brainwashed.

This was a mutually agreeable transaction.

"But... I'm afraid you'll regret it."

Kuroba Akira himself didn't think there was a problem, but often it's the person who proposes the solution who regrets it first.

"Mingjun, you underestimate my awareness. I will never regret it."

"It's not that I underestimate you now, but you are still very young now. When you have experienced a lot and look back at the present, you will have a different perspective and mentality... People will change."

Kuroba Akira scratched his head, casually touched the class monitor's hair on the side of his head, and continued speaking.

"If in the end you don't even approve of who you used to be, you'll feel terrible because of regret. This is my experience as someone who's been there."

"Based on experience..."

Anri Hitomi also remembered that when her mother talked to her, she said that it was just her own experience and that her experience did not apply to her situation.

Ultimately, everyone has different perspectives and insights about everything.

However, she really doesn't know how her future self will view her current actions... Perhaps her feelings will differ depending on the outcome.

It might be seen as an incredibly brilliant decision, or it might be seen as a huge, blundering mistake.

"In short, for me, it's just like going back to the beginning."

After all, Kuroba Akira came to this strange world all alone.

"And it's just that I can't start a new family, but I still have my original family. Although I'm not quite sure what kind of family I was born into, or whether my parents are still alive... the possibility of being an orphan is relatively small."

"After you awakened your memories of your past life, did you forget your memories of this life? Do those who awaken their innate wisdom forget the past?"

"Well... everyone in Kobayashi's family is different, so I really don't remember."

"I see... What a pity."

"So I still don't know what's going on at home, I don't even know where my hometown is... But if I have the chance in the future, I should go back and see them."

"At that time, may I go with you, Myeongjun, to see them?"

"Of course, I just don't know how to introduce you, class monitor, to my family... Maybe we can only say we're 'friends'."

The moment Kuroba Akira uttered those words with a sense of helplessness, Anri Hitomi felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Because Hitomi Anri is currently hugging Akira Kuroba from behind, Akira Kuroba cannot see her expression.

In reality, Anri Hitomi's smile had frozen on her face, and her eyes had completely lost their smile.

She had assumed that this plan was flawless, with no flaws whatsoever. In fact, it had progressed very smoothly, unfolding exactly as she had envisioned, and should have been a great success...

But to her utter surprise, it was her own heart that had the problem first.

It was just a tiny, insignificant, slightly uncomfortable feeling, but it was undoubtedly a 'crack'.

Because their relationship was kept secret, Anri Hitomi didn't even have the right to call herself her 'girlfriend,' and could only be described to outsiders as Kuroba Akira's friend.

Even if their relationship has completely transcended friendship, including physical intimacy, and they are capable of doing anything beyond friendship, they are still just 'friends'.

When Hitomi Anri put shackles on Akira Kuroba, wasn't she also putting handcuffs on herself?

"Wise ruler, if only we could all be a little more selfish..."

Hitomi Anri couldn't possess Akira Kuroba for her own sake, because she wanted to support Akira's dream and prove her own feelings.

Akira Kuroba is no longer just after money; he also wants to help them achieve their dreams, but he must refuse their advances (marriage proposals).

A gray relationship caught between white and black... that's his relationship with them.

"Yes, it's a pity that none of us are extreme egoists."

Just like pure capitalists who only think about how to make money, the final outcome is either making a fortune or being hanged. There are only two outcomes.

But it's different for 'capitalists with a conscience'. They may suffer inner torment from the backlash of their 'conscience', be scorned by others, and even have trouble sleeping at night.

"But if we were that kind of person, we probably wouldn't have become friends."

"...That's true."

Call it a shady deal or a shady scheme, the contract between the two is now in effect, and what needs to be done next is clear.

Kuroba Akira stood up first. By this time, the encore was over, and he was going to pick up Shion.

"I'm going to see Ziyin, class monitor, do you want to come with me?"

Anri Hitomi released Kuroba Akira's neck and instead took his arm, her stiff smile now softening.

“Let’s go together. Although she probably doesn’t really want to see me, I still have something to say to her.”

"Okay, let's go then."

After Kuroba Akira and Anri Hitomi left, Shirai Shiori emerged from the corner where she was hiding, accompanied by Aizono Moe.

The two of them came to the outer circle of the stage together before the performance started, and then they saw Kuroba Akira and the others enter the curtain.

They originally planned to wait for them to come out before meeting up with them, but they never did. Then, because Ziyin's singing was so amazing, the two of them stopped and listened to the end.