You call this a love game?

Hearing the noise behind him, Bai Yu patted the chair next to him, gesturing for Sakura Kyoko to sit down.

Sakura Kyoko tossed her still-dripping red hair and slowly moved to sit down on the recliner.

Bai Yu lazily opened one eye and casually took a can of soda from the small refrigerator next to him and threw it over.

"then."

Sakura Kyoko hurriedly caught it, the cold can making her gasp. She glanced at Shiraha and saw that he was staring at her legs, so she immediately pulled her feet back.

"Look, what are you looking at!"

“There’s a hole in your sock,” Bai Yu pointed to her calf.

"Ah!" Sakura Kyoko hurriedly checked and found that Shiraha was lying to her.

She had already taken off her stockings, and wearing only denim shorts, her pair of bare, white thighs were on full display.

Her socks did have a hole, but it was hidden under her sneakers and couldn't possibly be seen.

And even if her socks were found out, couldn't you have at least tried to be a more gentlemanly way to remind her? It's absolutely outrageous!

She angrily pulled the tab on her soda, only to have foam spray all over her face.

Bai Yu laughed without any politeness: "Idiot."

"It's all your fault!" Sakura Kyoko wiped her face, soda dripping down her fair chin onto her collar and soaking into the striped T-shirt on her chest.

She took a big gulp in a fit of pique, only to choke and cough.

Bai Yu shook his head, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and tossed it out, "Wipe yourself off."

Sakura Kyoko took the handkerchief, wiped her face haphazardly a couple of times, and couldn't help but ask, "Does Father slack off like this every day?"

As far as she knew, in addition to being responsible for the daily Mass, priests would regularly conduct personal prayers and read daily prayers to maintain their spiritual life. Some would also work part-time as wedding officiants or baptize newborns in order to earn more extra money.

But here, not only do I not have to go out and do chores, the other party doesn't even do daily prayers. Is this really a proper church? How come it's completely different from what I knew?

"What do you know? This is called balancing work and rest." Bai Yu stretched. "I'll take you to a nice place later."

"Could it be some kind of strange witch's barrier again?" Sakura Kyoko hugged her arms warily. "Just so you know, I'm not wearing that nun's habit this time."

"Tch, I'm not that bad. I wouldn't exploit my employees." He curled his lip in disdain and continued, "It's a much more interesting place."

Sakura Kyoko immediately became interested, as long as it wasn't about fighting something disgusting.

"What's even more interesting...? What place is that?"

Bai Yu winked mysteriously, "You'll find out when you get there."

Since they hadn't had lunch yet, the two went to a nearby ramen shop and each ordered a large bowl of ramen. Bai Yu generously served them both the deluxe version, with meat piled almost to the brim of the bowls, making Sakura Kyoko's face glow with delight.

After filling her stomach, Sakura Kyoko, clutching her swollen belly, followed Shiraha with great satisfaction.

After eating and drinking her fill, she suddenly felt that if Bai Yu asked her to wear that outfit again, she probably wouldn't refuse. After all, eating is about enjoying yourself. If she could eat this much and have such delicious food every day, what's the big deal about wearing clothes? It's not like she's going to die.

She was feeling drowsy and listless after eating so much.

However, when Bai Yu actually took her to the interesting place he had mentioned, she instantly perked up from her previous listlessness.

"It's an arcade!"

Sakura Kyoko stood in front of the flashing arcade machine, craning her neck excitedly to look around.

She had never been to such a place before, but in the past, when she went to the mall with her mother to buy daily necessities, she often passed by here and saw the endless stream of people inside. She was very envious of them being able to play in such a place.

Every machine inside was a novelty to her. Just watching others play with them made her very happy. She couldn't even imagine how much fun it would be to play them herself.

Her eyes were fixed on the dance machine in front of her, and her feet unconsciously tapped to the rhythm.

"Want to play?" Bai Yu had already exchanged the game currency.

"N-No way!" Sakura Kyoko turned her face away, but couldn't help stealing a glance. "That kind of childish stuff..."

However, she was not naive; she had seen many beautiful older women playing there.

"Then I'm going to play." Bai Yu made a move to leave.

"Wait!" Sakura Kyoko grabbed his sleeve, her voice barely a whisper, "I'm sorry, I wanted to play too..."

Looking at the girl who was clearly arrogant yet unable to control her desires, Bai Yu smiled and pushed her shoulder to the dance machine.

"Come and have some fun. Just treat it as a break after work in the morning. Relax and have some fun."

The girl stopped hesitating and boldly stepped onto the machine. The two of them each took a machine, inserted coins, and prepared to start.

However, what followed was nothing short of a disaster.

Sakura Kyoko followed the arrows and stepped on the pedals in a clumsy manner, almost tripping herself. Shiraha laughed so hard that he shook, and didn't forget to take a picture to commemorate the moment.

"Delete it! Delete it now!" Sakura Kyoko lunged at him, snatching the phone, her face as red as a boiled shrimp.

"Beg me!"

"Damn it!" Sakura Kyoko angrily pulled out two game coins. "I want to play King of Fighters with you!"

“Sure, let’s have a match.” Bai Yu accepted the challenge without hesitation.

Just kidding. Back in the day, he was the best gamer in the whole town. He was proficient in almost all kinds of games in the arcade, especially fighting games. He beat Sakura Kyoko without even needing to drink water.

The outcome was predictable: Sakura Kyoko was utterly humiliated. After two rounds, she collapsed to the ground, her eyes vacant, muttering, "This isn't fair..."

Bai Yu squatted down, ruffled her hair, and said with a smile, "The more you cook, the better."

As a reward for winning, Sakura Kyoko insisted on making a bet with him, having already wagered her freedom of dress for the next week. In other words, even if he wanted Sakura Kyoko to wear only a bikini, she would have to comply.

Of course, he would never go that far, and besides, if the outfit was too embarrassing, the girl had the right to refuse.

"One more round!" Sakura Kyoko suddenly jumped up. "This time I'm going to choose the hidden character!"

"Okay, then I'll choose Zhen Yuanzhai."

As we all know, while the hidden character may not be the strongest, they are definitely stronger than the character the player chooses.

Chin Gentsai is a character with short arms and legs, and his punching and kicking abilities are even inferior to Shingo's. He has almost no defensive capabilities, and if he is pinned to the edge of the screen, you can basically just release the joystick. Because his offensive methods are extremely limited, in actual combat, opponents only need to focus on one pattern to defend against, and they can easily deal with him.

But Sakura Kyoko, who is both bad at the game and loves to play, is different. Even so, she still had a very difficult time playing.

The arcade machine's colorful lights reflected on their faces. Sakura Kyoko stared intently at the screen, unconsciously biting her lower lip. Shiraha turned his head to look at her. The girl's eyelashes cast fine shadows under the light, and tiny beads of sweat clung to the tip of her nose. She even occasionally reached out to wipe the sweat from her forehead, showing how much pressure she was under.

Although the character's performance was weak, Bai Yu still managed to unleash tremendous power in its hands.

After Sakura Kyoko's combo was interrupted, Shiroyu caught her in the recovery animation and incorporated a heavy rising dragon into his combo, unleashing a burst of high damage that instantly took down the girl whose health bar was already low.

However, despite his best efforts to drag the battle into a decisive third game, he was still unable to break through the girl's tight defensive style.

The opponent only needs to use either top or bottom defense to basically block all his moves. Even if he deliberately creates openings, the girl will never fall for it. She plays a turtle-style fighting style and eventually defeats him by sheer force. Because she has more health left, she ultimately wins by using this shameless method.

"Yay! We won!" Sakura Kyoko jumped up with joy, almost bumping into Shiraha's chin. "See that! I've improved!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Bai Yu chuckled and ruffled the girl's hair. "Let's go play something else."

"Okay~"

For the rest of the afternoon, Shiraha and Sakura Kyoko spent their time in the arcade.

Fortunately, he was wealthy, so no one would say anything if he misappropriated church funds. He simply enjoyed all the facilities here.

Of course, his favorite game was the coin pusher. The thrill of winning big with a small investment was an experience that no other game could provide. If he succeeded, he would get a huge stack of coins, but if he failed, he would lose everything.

But this time, fortune seemed to be against him, and he soon lost all the coins he had earned.

"Damn it! Next time I'm going to win everything!"

He slapped the control panel in frustration, staring at the coin tower inside, which was clearly on the verge of collapse but remained motionless. The coin tower was like this when he arrived, and it was still like this after he lost all his game coins. He seriously suspected that the owner had been sticking glue to the bottom from time to time, otherwise how could it not fall down even in this state!

Glancing at his phone, Bai Yu saw that it was almost time, so he got up to look for Sakura Kyoko.

Since pushing coins was too boring for her, she simply took a handful of game coins from Bai Yu and wandered around aimlessly.

When Bai Yu found her, she was shouting and yelling in front of a racing game, playing happily with a group of elementary school students after school, completely lacking the reserve one would expect from a girl.

"Eat my exhaust fumes, you little devils!"

Watching Sakura Kyoko laughing and mocking her opponent next to her, Shiraha couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead.

You even abuse elementary school students, are you even human?

Although he had also tormented Sakura Kyoko, who had dropped out of junior high school, before saying this, that was another matter.

"Apricot, it's about time to go back."

Bai Yu came to the girl's side and gently patted her head, interrupting her rapid flight.

"Huh? So early?" Sakura Kyoko was clearly still a little reluctant to leave.

"It's getting late, almost six o'clock. You should go home, or your mother will worry."

"Ah! It's six o'clock!"

Seeing the time displayed on Bai Yu's phone, Sakura Kyoko was surprised to realize that she had been playing for so long, even though it felt like only a short while had passed.

Indeed, happy times are always fleeting.

"Then let's hurry back." Sakura Kyoko quickly got off the racing car model, took Shiraha's hand, and started to walk out.

"Wait." Bai Yu stopped her.

"Is there anything else?" Sakura Kyoko asked, tilting her head.

"Aren't you going to take care of your gang of underlings?" Bai Yu looked at the group of kids eyeing him menacingly beside the racing game with a half-smile.

About five or six little boys, all with buzz cuts, their bald heads huddled together, cast curious glances their way.

"Little brother?" Sakura Kyoko finally came to her senses and looked at the few little brats she had just brutally beaten behind her.

The children realized what was happening and stepped forward, shouting in voices trembling with tears, "Big Sister, don't you want us anymore?"

One of the boys, who was about the same height as Sakura Kyoko, stepped forward. "We are deeply impressed by your skills, Big Sister! Please don't abandon us! We want to learn your superb gaming techniques!"

The child's words did not make Sakura Kyoko proud; instead, they made her even more shy.

She knew nothing about games; this was her first time playing one, let alone possessing any advanced gaming skills.

Her so-called gaming skills were nothing more than a few smatterings that Sakura Kyoko had stolen from Shiraha when they fought each other, but even those smatterings were enough to completely crush these bad but playful elementary school kids.

They would often come to the nearest arcade as soon as they got out of school, and then use the money their parents gave them for breakfast and the money left over from their cheap lunch to spend a little money there.

According to the timeline, they should have run out of coins to continue playing by now, but they encountered this kind older sister who challenged them to a few duels and then forcibly dragged them into several more battles, paying for all the game coins they spent in between.

When they ran out of game coins, she would take them to the nearby 'lassoing' or 'horse racing' machines to collect their winnings.

That's right, it's a withdrawal.

As long as she makes a move, she almost always hits the mark, winning big with just two game coins. This cycle continues, and what was originally just one game coin is now a whole basketful of coins she's won.

Compared to Bai Yu, who lost all his coins, the two were in completely different situations.

But Sakura Kyoko only attributed it to good luck, that it was all just luck. And that's why she felt so ashamed when Shiraha found out about her ruthless abuse of elementary school students.

She's such a grown-up, yet she's bullying a primary school student. She has no sense of responsibility as an older sister at all.

"Who, who's your boss?!" Sakura Kyoko's face flushed red at the smile on Bai Yu's face. "I was just playing around!"

The elementary school students bowed in unison, saying, "Please accept us as your apprentices!"

Bai Yu was trying so hard not to laugh that his shoulders were shaking. Sakura Kyoko glared at him and turned to run away, but Bai Yu stopped her by the shoulder.

He strained his voice, mimicking the tone of those elementary school students, and said, "Is the boss going to start something and then abandon it?"

"Ugh..." The girl covered her blushing face and squatted on the ground, speechless.

Bai Yu's words only made her feel more ashamed, especially when she met the innocent eyes of the child she had deceived.

She actually used the guise of teaching to bully them with techniques she had stolen from others; she's gone bad.

"Big Sister!" The boy in the lead exclaimed, his eyes sparkling. "Can you come and teach us again tomorrow?"

"I...I still need to work..." Sakura Kyoko stammered, looking at Shiraha for help.

Bai Yu cleared his throat and stopped teasing the girl.

He pulled out a few remaining game tokens from his pocket. "Here, these are for you, and the rest of the game tokens over there are also for you. But don't play for too long and worry your family, okay?"

"Yes!" the children shouted in unison, happily accepting the game tokens.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sakura Kyoko grabbed Shiraha's sleeve and ran out. She only breathed a sigh of relief after they left the arcade.

"I was so scared..."