I have bound two systems.

"Hey, that sounds interesting. Do you want to raise fish, Yukino?"

Yukinoshita gently pressed her chin with the index finger joint of her left hand.

"I don't have such plans. I won't wait until I get to the exhibition. If I see something that I like, maybe I will place an order."

"You should think about it more. After all, your living room is so big, Yukino, and there's a lot of empty space. You could buy some goldfish and keep them there. When you're free and have nothing to do, watching them lazily swim around would be pretty healing."

Yuigahama Yui suddenly clapped her hands, as if she had come up with a good idea.

"That's right. Just consider it as a gift in return for Xueno's care for me during this period. If you don't mind, I will go to the exhibition hall with you tomorrow. If there is any ornamental fish that Xueno likes, I will buy it for you!"

After hearing Yuigahama Yui say this, Isshiki Iroha instinctively felt something was wrong.

As expected, before Yukinoshita Yukino could say anything about this arrangement, the next moment this energetic and big-breasted senior came over and spoke to her with great enthusiasm and expectation.

"Isseki, it's boring to stay at home studying all the time. We just finished the exam and we need to relax. Let's take this opportunity to go out and play together!"

"Ah...this..."

Isshi Iroha blinked, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Not to mention that she was not interested in marine life, the most important thing was that her original plan was to have a deeper communication with Kasumigaoka Utaha tomorrow. It would be best if she could learn from her what happened between Sawamura Eriri and Suzumiya Chisato, so that she could think about her future plans.

Therefore, she chose to refuse, but in a very tactful way.

"Um, Yuigahama-senpai, Yukinoshita-senpai seems to be a little troubled about this matter."

"Eh?"

When Yuigahama Yui heard this, she turned to look at Yukinoshita and found that she was indeed frowning and looking embarrassed.

She hurriedly tried to make amends and smooth things over.

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry, if you're bothered by this, just pretend I never said anything."

Yukinoshita was silent for a moment, then shook her head slightly.

"No, if Yuigahama-san and Isshiki-san can come along, it would be a great help in a sense."

Such a statement made both of them stunned, unable to understand what she meant.

Yukinoshita didn't waste any time, she took the remote control and switched to the TV station while speaking.

"Have you been paying attention to domestic news recently?"

Yuigahama and Isshiki looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

Such a reaction is enough to show that they don't pay much attention to this matter.

Most girls are like this. They know all kinds of information about celebrities and idols and understand all kinds of trendy brand combinations, but they are not very interested in the news and lack attention.

Seeing this, Yukinoshita Yukino explained,

“In fact, the opening of this marine life exhibition is funded by environmentalists and people working in the marine industry. In addition to letting people know the beauty and loveliness of marine life, it also aims to collect signatures from the public to protest against the Japanese government.”

"Protest? Why are we protesting? What's going on..."

Yuigahama did not ask any further questions because her question had already been answered by the news broadcast on TV.

The words "The government has decided to discharge nuclear waste into the ocean" at the bottom of the TV screen say it all.

Yuigahama Yui and Isshi Iroha seldom pay attention to national news, but even so, they realized in an instant that discharging sewage contaminated with something as terrible as "nuclear" into the ocean is absolutely wrong and extremely dangerous.

Is our country crazy?

If this happens, how will the creatures in the ocean survive in the future?

The marine ecology will become a mess, right?

What should those people who make a living from the sea do?

"This is basically the situation. As a citizen, there is little I can do, but even so, I still want to do my part."

Yukinoshita looked at the two people beside her very seriously.

"So, I'd think it would be a big help if you guys could come along, too."

"I'll go! Yukino-chan!"

"Add me too!"

After knowing the reason, they both raised their hands without hesitation and expressed their desire to go together.

The time and place for the three of them to meet tomorrow were also decided during the subsequent conversation.

----

After seeing off Isshiki Caiyu, Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed lightly.

She sat on the sofa, rubbed her head with her hands, sorted out the messy messages, and after a short rest, she dialed Ying Lili's number.

"Issui Isamu is gone?"

Eriri guessed the current situation in the apartment in an instant.

Kasumigaoka said "hmm" softly.

Eriri laughed softly from the other end of the line, but it was just a casual personal habit, not meant to be mocking.

"From your tone, it seems that the plan you just mentioned is not going well."

"Whether it goes smoothly or not is secondary. The current situation is quite complicated."

"How to say?"

"It's hard to describe in words..."

Kasumigaoka spent some time describing in as much detail as possible the conversation she had just had with Isshi Iroha, as well as her own personal speculations.

Ying Lili knew that this matter was also very important, so she stopped asking questions halfway through. Instead, she buried the doubts that arose in her heart and waited for the other party to finish speaking before asking all the questions together.

"…That's roughly it. I think that Isshiki Caiyu seemed to have had some extremely bad things done to her by Qianli in the dream she experienced. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why she said those words to me.

In the end, I exchanged contact information with her, and before she left, she specifically repeated her thoughts, saying that as long as I wanted, she would be willing to help me get away from Qianli at any time. "

At the end, Kasumigaoka herself couldn't help laughing.

After all, things have progressed to this point, which does seem somewhat magical.

After listening to what she said, Eriri sorted out her thoughts before speaking.

"Are you sure Isshiki Caiyu isn't lying to you with ulterior motives?"

"I am sure."

Kasumigaoka clearly remembered Isshi Iroha's tone and expression when she said those words. That kind of reaction could not be faked.

"Then things will become more and more complicated."

"There's nothing to worry about. Now I know most of what she's thinking. I have the upper hand. I can take advantage of her misunderstanding and turn the current situation to my advantage."

"That's what I worry about, when you add extra ideas and implement them to a complicated situation, it always feels unsettling."

"You think I'm going to screw up?"

"..."

Ying Lili didn't say anything. Silence was the best answer.

Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly felt unhappy and frowned slightly.

"The worst case scenario is that she sees through me. Apart from that, there won't be any other losses."

“That’s just the most optimistic scenario you can imagine.”

"..."

call--

Kasumigaoka closed her eyes and pinched her brows.

She did not answer immediately, but deliberately opened a gap for thinking and analysis.

"…So, what should I do if Isshiki Iroha contacts me again?"

Kasumigaoka recalled the things that had happened between her, Eriri, and Suzumiya Chisato before, and for the first time she suppressed her temper and stopped thinking.

Eriri was very surprised, because it was the first time she saw Kasumigaoka Utaha showing such weakness.

After she said that bluntly, she thought the other party would be very dissatisfied and retort to her as usual, and then the two of them would have a debate and quarrel that seemed extremely heated but was actually meaningless.

Now that these are missing...why do I always feel a little uncomfortable?

This guy has finally grown up...

"Well, my idea is quite simple. Before that, tell Qianli what you just experienced truthfully. If everything goes well, you can use this opportunity to let Qianli tell you about what he and Isshi Iroha experienced in his dream. That's when you will have the real advantage."

After Eriri finished speaking, Kasumigaoka hesitated for a long time before responding,

"That's easy for you to say. Qianli really wanted to tell us something and she confessed it directly to us that day."

"So, now is the turn for your astringent body to come into play. Maybe it will be easy to make Qianli change his mind and open up the situation?"

"...I don't have time to make dirty jokes with you here."

"I'm not kidding. You don't even know how to use your best weapon as a woman. I don't know what you're thinking."

"……Bye."

"Hey, wait a minute! I haven't finished yet..."

Ignoring Eriri who was talking, Kasumigaoka simply hung up the phone.

“…The best weapon for women.”

She leaned back on the couch, her head slightly raised, looking at the ceiling.

She knew what Eriri said. There were many nights when she had made up her mind to take the initiative to cross that level of relationship with Suzumiya Chisato.

But when the time came, she felt like something was stuck in her throat and she felt very uncomfortable when she thought about Touma Kazusa and Goto Ichiri being with him, and she lost interest in an instant.

After all, there is still a lack of awareness.

Maybe it has something to do with my personality.

If she could face her own heart calmly like Eriri, instead of being easily controlled by sudden emotions, then the situation in the first dream would definitely be different.

The reality may be like this...

"Really... even I feel like I'm quite troublesome..."

Chisato, he should have met that guy Touma Kazusa by now...

I hope it will rain today and tomorrow, preferably with strong winds and heavy rain, so that their date will not be enjoyable, let alone romantic.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is looking forward to it so sincerely.

----

What Kasumigaoka Utaha expected did not happen, and the weather conditions will not change because of one person's sincere prayers.

When Chisato Suzumiya arrived at Touma's residence, Kazusa was lazily staying in the living room, enjoying the cool air from the air conditioner and eating a large package of potato chips.

It is worth mentioning that the flavor marked on the potato chips package in her hand is licorice honey flavor, and it is covered with light yellow icing. In order to show intimacy, Hesha took the initiative to stuff a piece of potato chips into her boyfriend's mouth.

Chisato Suzumiya was instantly overwhelmed by the sweetness, but facing Kazusa's eyes that were waiting for comments and full of expectation, she couldn't help but give a thumbs up and give an excellent evaluation.

But what he was thinking at the moment was that he had to find a way to get this unusual sweet tooth to reduce her sugar intake, otherwise he felt that her risk of developing diabetes would greatly increase when she got older.

"Is it about time for us to set off?"

Suzumiya Chisato glanced at the time. It was a little past noon. If they set out now, excluding the time wasted on the road, they would arrive at the target beach around two or three o'clock.

At that time, they would first go to the booked hotel to put their luggage, then go shopping in the nearby business district, and then finish dinner as early as possible and rest early so as to be energetic to welcome the arrival of tomorrow.

He had already planned out the next itinerary in his mind.

It was just a small accident.

"Oh."

Touma and Sa obediently picked up the uneaten potato chips with a clip and threw them on the coffee table.

She stood up and stretched, pushing up her light blue shirt, revealing her fair abdominal skin and cute belly button.

She noticed the unnatural turn of Suzumiya Chisato's eyes, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she felt shy but secretly proud.

"Did you eat?"