Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

When the screen lit up, I saw a message notification.

It was a message from someone on Line.

"Who is it?" Shimada Sho asked, somewhat puzzled.

He has very few close friends. Apart from his younger sister Hoshino Yuzuki and the shop manager Takikawa Rena, he only has idol and Ayase Yuki.

The person sending the message in the middle of the night is probably not the store manager.

My younger sister doesn't have this habit either.

Shimada Sho opened Line with a slight headache, wondering if he should pretend he didn't see it if it was Ayase Yuki.

The result was somewhat unexpected; the message came from the idol.

It was posted a minute ago, and only the word "[Image]" is displayed.

Why post pictures in the middle of the night?

Shimada Sho felt completely bewildered.

He rarely takes the initiative to contact his friends.

The idol probably knows he doesn't have a habit of chatting, so she rarely bothers him.

She wouldn't send messages unless there was something important to say.

So you've encountered some difficulties?

Worried about her safety, Shimada Sho immediately checked the message.

What I saw was a selfie.

Shimada Sho glanced at the message and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming it wasn't a distress message.

But then, his eyes suddenly widened.

He realized that this was not a simple selfie.

In the photo, Chizuru Amami stands at the entrance of the "Singer's Peak" stage, with her back to the stage, taking a selfie with the camera in her hand.

She was wearing an ice-blue short skirt, which revealed her fair neck.

Perhaps because she was going on stage, her makeup was very exquisite, with long eyelashes and bright lipstick.

She is a dazzling little idol, fully dressed up.

Of course, this is on the premise that we ignore her obviously abnormal complexion and the content of the lower half of the photo.

In the video, Chizuru Amami's delicate cheeks are flushed with embarrassment.

Look further down...

She held her phone camera up to her body with one hand, and lifted the front of her pleated skirt with the other.

The front of her soft short skirt was lifted up, revealing her fair thighs.

Under the dim stage lights, it gleamed with a faint glow.

Following the leg upwards...

Shimada Sho's gaze involuntarily stopped.

A light pink fabric, edged with lace and tiny bows, clung to her skin, outlining her full curves.

Appearing and disappearing, seemingly close yet distant.

Even though it's just a photo, it's as if you can feel the warmth of the girl's skin at that moment through the screen.

Below the photo, there is a line of text:

[It's my idol: Today she's wearing light pink/shy.]

To be honest, Shimada Sho was stunned.

He never imagined that Tenkai Chizuru would send something like this without warning.

The dim, ambiguous lighting, the idol's delicate and alluring body, and that mysterious area that evokes all sorts of fantasies...

"Om-"

My phone vibrated; another message popped up.

[It’s an idol: ごMaster様, ご覧ください]

Master.

Owner.

Please enjoy.

Shimada Sho stared at the screen, his mind unable to process what was happening.

What's going on?

When did he become the master?

And why do you need to tell me what color you're wearing?!

Shimada Sho felt as if he had seen a ghost.

He stared at the latest message, his finger hovering over the top of the screen, completely unsure how to reply.

And at that very moment—

【Ding! 】

[First round of Bond Quests complete!]

This is a high-level task; rewards can be assigned based on player needs.

[Detected current player needs: violence, money, sexual repression...]

[Comprehensive assessment, task reward issued: cash]

Congratulations on winning 500000 yen in cash!

The reward has been sent to the player's account, please check!

A series of system notifications abruptly interrupted Shimada Sho's thoughts.

When he looked at the instructions and rewards again, his expression became complicated.

Five hundred thousand yen.

Rewards for Bond Quests.

So this is the task that was pre-set by Tenkai Chizuru and the system?

How could she send such a photo to a "shop assistant" and call him "master"?

Shimada Sho was completely bewildered.

He stared at the photo in the chat box and the line of text "ご主人様、ご覧ください", his mind a jumbled mess.

He had absolutely no idea what mission the photograph was intended to serve.

Now, however, she has received a devastating blow from her idol.

If I send a message now, I should be able to get an answer, right?

But if you ask, what reason should you give?

Asking directly would be very awkward, as there's simply no suitable reason.

This task was generated by the Bond Camera.

From their own perspective, they were completely unaware.

Chizuru Amami was unaware of the existence of the Bond Camera.

It was simply fulfilling the camera's task spontaneously.

If I ask, will it disrupt the task process?

Shimada Sho looked at the panel and saw that the first round of tasks was completed, along with the prompts below indicating that advanced tasks could be matched with player needs and rewards could be distributed.

The first round indicates that there will be several more rounds to come.

Each round can trigger rewards, and they can also be matched with your current needs.

This one time alone, it's 500,000, and I don't have to do anything...

Forget it.

Let's just pretend we didn't see it.

Anyway... it's just a harmless little pleasure.

Shimada Sho comforted himself inwardly and raised his hand to save the photo to a password-protected hidden album on his phone.

"This is to confirm the mission's completion status... um."

……

The next day.

Shimada Sho slept until 10 a.m.

That photo of the young idol was incredibly damaging.

His mind was in a mess, and it took him a long time to fall asleep.

Thankfully, because yesterday's quiz went on for too long, we got a half-day off today.

Otherwise, he would already be late.

After waking up, Shimada Sho lay in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

I don't need to go to school until the afternoon, so I'm free right now.

When I picked up my phone, I saw that Tianhai Qianhe's chat box was still showing the two messages from last night.

He didn't know how to reply, so he simply pretended not to see it.

The idol hasn't sent any new messages.

But this kind of thing certainly can't stay unclear forever.

After thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and opened the system panel.

【Tenkai Chizuru】

[Development Progress: 48%]

[Connection Cooling Down: Reset (Connectable)]

Let's go up and take a look.

Let's pretend we don't know about yesterday's events.

Anyway, she sent it to "Mr. Shop Assistant", so what does it have to do with "Master System"?

[Should we add the character "Tenkai Chizuru"?]

"Yes."

[Do you want to enable the "Smart Hosting Mode" for the main game?]

"Yes."

Consciousness slipped away again.

After a brief moment of disorientation, my thoughts resumed.

Shimada Sho opened his eyes and found himself sitting in front of a dressing table.

The face of Tenkai Chizuru was reflected in the mirror.

She was wearing a loose white nightgown, her hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and her face was bare of makeup, as clean and natural as a peeled egg.

She was holding a phone in her hand, and the screen was lit up.

Shimada Sho looked down and found himself on the LINE chat interface.

The contact name displayed above is "Mr. Shop Assistant".

The chat box below contains two messages from last night.