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"Then let's go take a look together. Of course, it's my treat. After we finish, it'll be dinner time, and we can call it a day after dinner. What do you think?"

3 "..."

Shopping, dining, watching movies... or even eating lunch and dinner together.

This has really turned into a one-day date; all that's missing is going to a hotel room for fun after dinner.

Seeing the hopeful expression on Makoto's face next to Akira Kuroba, Makoto Hikawa twitched her lips, and finally, holding her forehead, she reluctantly agreed.

"Ha... whatever you want..."

"Great!"

After receiving permission, Kuroba Akira said with a smile, "See, just as I said? She'll definitely go if you go," while extending his palm to Saionji Machi, indicating that he should clap.

Saionji Machi then realized what was happening and raised her voice to pat Kuroba Akira's palm.

"Hmm... Yay!"

After clapping, Kuroba Akira went to listen to other music. If he liked it, he planned to buy a few copies. Anyway, now that he had money, he could buy whatever he wanted.

Meanwhile, Saionji Machi stood there blankly, looking at her palms, which ached slightly from exerting too much force... and then clenched them into fists as if trying to hold onto something.

She suddenly understood why Hitomi, who was all-powerful but had abandoned her friends, and Makoto, who had decided to abandon the past and choose to be alone, were both willing to make friends with someone like Akira Kuroba again.

So it turned into a situation where I had to watch a movie with my twin sisters.

Afterwards, Akira Kuroba bought three albums that Makoto Hikawa liked, and then the three of them went to a coin locker at a nearby station to store their things, and then went to the nearest movie theater to buy tickets.

Because it has been showing for a while, there weren't many people coming to see it, but it still had nearly a third of the seats occupied, which is quite impressive.

I chose the middle three seats in the third-to-last row, which offered a good view.

Akira Kuroba originally wanted to sit on the side so that the two sisters could sit close together, but Makoto Hikawa took her seat first, and then Makoto Saionji made a gesture for Akira Kuroba to go in first, so Akira Kuroba ended up sitting in the middle.

But it didn't matter, because Akira Kuroba really came to see the movie; inviting the sisters was just a side thing, and he didn't have any ulterior motives.

However, just because he has no ideas doesn't mean that the people around him don't.

During the movie, Akira Kuroba felt someone touch the back of his hand.

One of the sisters was the first to make a move against him.

Chapter 296 The Sisterly Aura Explodes

And Kuroba Akira's reaction to having his hand touched was...

Turn your right hand over so that your palm is facing up, and then grasp the other person's hand, or even interlock your fingers.

These were not actions taken after careful consideration by Kuroba Akira, but rather conditioned reflexes cultivated by the two women, Shiro and Akira.

For example, Ziyin particularly likes to interlock her fingers, and she holds both hands together. She says that this provides more support and allows her to move up and down more easily when sitting.

Moreover, even if it's not his hands, Kuroba Akira will still choose to 'use his hands' because his hands are used very frequently in terms of touching, stroking, kneading, and pinching. For example, Shion's black silk stockings and small feet, or the class president's ample breasts... are all soft objects that are easy to handle.

Furthermore, because his ability is activated through his hands, Kuroba Akira's current reaction to someone extending a hand is always to shake it first.

In short, no matter how you look at it, Kuroba Akira's reaction was definitely not as 'naive' as the other party thought.

"...!"

The perpetrator and victim, Saionji Maju, tried to pull her hand back as if she had been electrocuted, but because Kuroba Akira grabbed her hand tightly, she was unable to pull it away, and the muscles in her forearm even twitched.

She glanced at Kuroba Akira with a stiff expression, only to find that his gaze was still fixed on the big screen, his expression unwavering.

Forget about being moved, I had absolutely no reaction.

If it were an innocent young man, he might feel shy about such a touch, wanting to take it further but not daring to, which is full of the flavor of youth.

Unfortunately, Akira Kuroba's heart is neither that of a boy nor is he innocent now.

If someone acts rudely towards him, he will choose to retaliate.

Ultimately, he wasn't a high school girl in a short skirt, and what was being touched wasn't his butt but his hand, so there was absolutely no reason for him to panic.

Moreover, both sides of him were sitting with beautiful girls. Since the other party took the initiative to touch him, why should he refuse?

A positive response is all that's needed.

This still adheres to the previously established flexible bottom line of "accepting all comers".

Therefore, Saionji Masato's act of reaching out his hand to probe was practically a lamb willingly walking into the tiger's den.

Moreover, simply holding hands wasn't enough; Kuroba Akira wanted to savor the moment, so he began to play with Saionji Makoto's left hand.

The way the hand caressed her, as if trying to warm every inch of her skin, made Saionji Machi's body tremble.

Saionji Mato is a truly innocent girl.

Kuroba Akira naturally noticed Saionji Machi's shy reaction and felt a surge of secret pleasure.

It's really fun to tease shy girls. The class monitor and Ziyin are so skilled at it that they've lost their shyness.

The two sisters' reactions when they were shy were exactly the same, except that Saionji Machi didn't frown or click her tongue, but instead lowered her head and shrank her shoulders, which suggests that she is actually timid.

Saionji Mato is now terrified that Kuroba Akira will take advantage of her and extend his arm diagonally upwards, touching her body...

So, he was sitting in the back row to watch the movie just to do something shady... What should I do...? Should I force my way out? Or should I dig my nails into the flesh of his hand so he'll hurt and let go...?

No, in the end, did I really have the right to let go first? I was the one who touched it first…

It's all my fault for being blinded by greed...

She just wanted to try to recreate a scene from a shoujo manga where the male and female leads accidentally touch hands while watching a movie, and both blush and their hearts race.

One reason she wanted to give it a try was that Saionji Mato attended an all-girls school and lacked experience interacting with boys her own age, so she wanted to seize this opportunity to experience a youth she had never experienced before. Another reason was that she wanted to test her feelings for Kuroba Akira.

Or rather... with Makoto right there on the other side, what kind of feelings were in his heart when he took the initiative to touch Kuroba Akira's hand?

Whether it was guilt or pride... she couldn't figure out what she was really thinking, so she tried to test her feelings through her actions.

She wanted to know if she had truly achieved a 'change from the inside out'.

However, Kuroba Akira's reaction completely surprised her, which triggered the girl's excited and complicated feelings.

Saionji Machi felt her palms sweating, which made her whole body feel hot.

I had no interest in watching the movie at all, and because of the tension, I felt the urge to urinate and needed to go to the toilet.

But because Kuroba Akira was holding his hand and he couldn't move, and Kuroba Akira didn't seem to have any intention of letting go...

If you leak urine in a movie theater... it's not just a matter of image, it could ruin your life!

You have to hold back... You absolutely can't let it show here...!

Saionji Machi closed her eyes, concentrated, and tried her best to 'endure'.

Akira Kuroba, on the other hand, paid no attention to the people around him, focusing intently on the movie, his hands already moving like an automatic.

On the other hand, when Hikawa Makoto glanced at Saionji Makoto, she saw her and Kuroba Akira's hands clasped together.

First, she frowned, then seeing Saionji Machi lower her head and remain silent, she guessed what was going to happen.

It seems they've 'tested the waters and found out'.

Anyway, she must have been trying to be clever and test some kind of relationship, and then she got herself into trouble. Hikawa Makoto guessed pretty accurately.

And Kuroba Akira is truly unbeatable... He can so naturally manipulate a girl's hands and heart... Why is he so skilled at it?

What Hikawa Makoto didn't know was that Kuroba Akira was a repeat offender, having already been manipulating the girl's heart with his hands since their first meeting.

Touching hands isn't really that bad... Besides, Hikawa Makoto also wants to teach Makoto a lesson so she can personally experience the truth that you can't mess with scumbags, or you'll get burned.

Well... you got off easy, kid.

Hikawa Makoto gave a soft hum, then reached out and pinched a piece of flesh on the back of Kuroba Akira's left hand, pulling him out of his flow state and causing him to look to his left with a puzzled expression.

Well... it seems she found out about him secretly holding hands with his sister.

Actually, Kuroba Akira didn't feel like he had gained any advantage, because he was so focused on watching the movie that the sensations didn't even register in his brain.

It's like listening to music while reading a book; when you're engrossed in the book, you don't even hear the music anymore—that's what an immersive experience is.

Now that you've been discovered, you shouldn't keep clinging to the other person's sister.

However, when it was Kuroba Akira's turn to let go, he couldn't.

He tilted his head to look at Saionji Machi, whose expression was hidden by her downcast head, and assumed she was angry, so he leaned close to her ear and whispered an apology.

"Sorry, Makoto..."

Saionji Machi shrugged, then looked up and gave Kuroba Akira a familiar, class president-style smile.

"Why should I apologize? I took the initiative to hold Kuroba-kun's hand, and you responded with 'acceptance,' which made me very happy."

Kuroba Akira was stunned for a moment. He had originally wanted to say that it was just a joke, but now he couldn't say it.

Because the other person seemed serious, their words were quite ambiguous, and they no longer seemed shy, but rather smiled calmly, as if they had regained their confidence.

For some reason, Saionji Machi reverted to the way she was when they first met.

Akira Kuroba had no idea what had happened to Masato Saionji during those 'thirty minutes' of handshake.

Because Akira Kuroba held Makoto Saionji's left hand with his right hand, and the right hand holding the left hand is the process of 'eliminating talent'.

Before Kuroba Akira went on a date with Hikawa Makoto today, he had copied Shion's soul performance in his hand, so it didn't matter if it was erased.

However, what Akira Kuroba didn't know was that the ability to eliminate was a phenomenon that only occurred when the two people's hands 'separated'.

When the two people maintain a handshake, the talent that Kuroba Akira replicates in his hand will be 'shared' with the person holding his hand, or rather, it will be regarded as part of Kuroba Akira and covered by his talent.

Actually, when Kuroba Akira was in love with Shion while holding the class president's talent, and was enjoying the relationship with her, he also shared his academic A with Shion, which made her knowledge of sex and sex advance by leaps and bounds. It's just that Kuroba Akira didn't notice.

Therefore, Kuroba Akira unintentionally shared his talent for Soul Performance S, which was full of karma and had the risk of being devoured, with Saionji Mato.

Soul performance is essentially a talent for creating a 'performative personality'.

Specifically, it involves creating a character in one's mind and then exchanging that character with oneself on a specific occasion.

To put it bluntly, it's a situation-specific form of 'split personality'.

If controlled properly, this is the ultimate level of acting that all actors dream of: being able to play any role convincingly and mastering any character.

However, once it backfires, the self will be devoured by the personality it has created.

However, for those who are not acting, or whose acting skills are not very proficient, as long as they are not creating completely different characters in their minds, nothing will happen even if they share this talent. At most, it will just be like what Kuroba Akira did, where he can control his facial muscles better and has a more thorough analysis and understanding of the character.