Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

But it's different now.

Although she still had that aloof and taciturn demeanor, Shimada Sho could sense that she was trying hard to fit in, and doing quite well at it.

He leaned back on the sofa, his tone unconsciously softening: "Xueyin."

"Ok?"

"I'm happy to see that you're doing well, that you can attend classes diligently, that you have your own social life, and that you can make friends with classmates you can get along with normally."

Even Shimada Sho was stunned when he said it.

This was not the line he had prepared beforehand, nor was it the tone that Mr. Thug should have used.

But he didn't make any amends, because every word was true.

During the time he was in the young lady's body, she gradually came to understand him, and so did he.

Shimada Sho had seen her being deceived by fake friends, watched her bored at the shrine doing nothing but homework, and sat listlessly by the window, completely out of place with everything around her.

To put it nicely, it's like being isolated from the world.

To put it bluntly, they have no friends and are unpopular.

Now that she's transferred schools, it's a new beginning for her.

He can have normal classmates around him, and he can attend classes and leave classes like a normal high school student, surrounded by girls sharing snacks.

Although it wasn't Shimada Sho who pushed for it.

But for the young lady, this is what high school life should be like.

He sees these changes and thinks they're a good thing.

Therefore, he didn't make any roguish jokes or make any feigned fierce threats.

The words I uttered were simply expressions of my happiness for her.

Yukine Kamishiro clearly took it to heart.

She remained silent for a long while without responding.

Shimada Sho thought she was asleep.

"Thank you."

When the voice in my mind rang out again, it carried a subtle, almost imperceptible satisfaction, light and airy.

He suddenly felt that logging in like this, not for tasks or rewards, but simply to sit with her for a while and chat about what happened at school, seemed pretty good.

After a moment of silence, Yukine Kamishiro's voice rang out again: "Mr. Thug."

"Ok?"

"Can you go online at noon tomorrow?"

The soothing and calming voice immediately shattered Shimada Sho's sense of relief.

"She still hasn't completely let go."

Shimada Sho understood.

Even after he said those things, the young lady still didn't completely dispel her doubts.

Tomorrow at noon, during lunch break, everyone will be in Class A's classroom.

If Mr. Thug goes online, Shimada Sho's body will inevitably experience abnormalities.

Lying on the table in a daze, or in a standby state like a puppet.

This was the most direct way of verification she could think of.

She wanted to see for herself whether the boy named Shimada Sho in front of her and Mr. Thug had that connection she had been searching for.

She needs that final 1% confirmation to truly complete this detective game.

But in fact, Shimada Sho had long been prepared for her to appear online.

Even his confidence in clearing himself of suspicion stemmed from this.

The young lady was unaware that he had smart hosting.

"Okay," Shimada Sho readily agreed. "I'll be online by noon tomorrow."

"...Really?" The voice in my head was clearly stunned for a moment, as if it didn't expect him to agree so readily.

"When have I ever gone back on my word?"

"Hmm." Yukine Kamishiro stopped talking.

When Shimada Sho checked the time, he realized that he had unknowingly reached the target for completing the mission.

It's time to go offline.

"See you tomorrow."

He bid farewell to the young lady and logged out voluntarily.

The young lady's voice came softly: "See you tomorrow."

The world went dark.

When he opened his eyes again, Shimada Sho saw the familiar ceiling.

The smart assistant helped him finish his work for the day.

It's already very late.

Shimada Sho picked up his phone and glanced at it as usual, then decided to go to sleep.

Then I found another message on Line.

[It's my idol: I can't sleep/I'm bored.]

The message came a few minutes ago.

"This girl isn't asleep yet?" Shimada Sho was somewhat surprised.

I glanced at the time; it was almost eleven o'clock.

Normally, considering that she would be resting, Shimada Sho wouldn't log on at this time.

But thinking about the video he received at work today, he felt it was still necessary to log in.

Then, in the name of the system, formally warn her.

This kind of game has to be nipped in the bud, otherwise, given Chizuru's resourcefulness, who knows what she might do next.

【Tenkai Chizuru】

[Development Progress: 48%]

[Connection Cooling Down: Reset (Connectable)]

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

"Yes."

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

"Yes."

Consciousness faded, and darkness enveloped everything.

The next second, his consciousness entered the world of his idol.

Shimada Sho first felt movement on his hand, and then he felt an indescribable tremor emanating from the depths of his body...

wrong!

Shimada Sho instantly became alert.

She was lying on her side on the bed in an extremely shameful position, holding her phone in one hand and her other hand had somehow reached down to her lower body.

As her fingers slowly twisted and touched a certain boundary, a suppressed, trembling gasp escaped from Tenkai Chizuru's throat.

In her other hand, the phone screen, which she was holding tightly, was still lit up.

The image above is a Line chat box with the shop assistant.

Shimada Sho heard that familiar voice repeating in his ears: "It's not a matter of whether you let me see it or not, you understand... You wear clothes like that and go out and mess around... I'm not ignoring you..."

Her finger hovered over the voice bar.

His voice, sometimes stern, sometimes gentle, carried a reprimand...

Shimada Sho was completely dumbfounded.

He never imagined that his stern warning would be played on repeat by Tenkai Chizuru as a side dish.

And judging from the looks of it, this isn't the first time this has happened; she's practically baked herself alive.

Suppressing the tremor in his body, he shouted in a deep voice, "Chizuru!!"

And so—

"System?! When did you log on...? No, wait, wasn't I...?! Aa ...

The scream exploded in his mind, making Shimada Sho's ears ring.

Ignoring the sound, Shimada Sho sat up in bed with a jolt and pulled his open collar tight.

"Stop yelling." He tried to make his voice sound as calm as usual.

But Tenkai Chizuru had completely fallen into an abyss of shame: "System, please let me explain! I'm not doing anything strange! I just... I just... I didn't know where to put my hands, really! You have to believe me!"

"...Do you think this system will believe that?"

"Waaah..."

Tenkai Chizuru let out a desperate sob.

If she could control her body, she would probably be burying her head in the pillow and acting like an ostrich right now; she has absolutely no way of explaining her behavior just now.

Then everything I was doing was seen by the system.

Shimada Sho sat on the edge of the bed, his feelings extremely complicated.

He went online to stop Tenkai Chizuru's behavior, but this is the scene he was greeted with. How can he even speak up now?

Reprimanding a young idol who is using their own voice as a substitute for meals—leave aside the impact, the reprimand itself seems to have a negative effect.

"System...do you think I'm strange?"

"This system does not have an emotion module."

"You're just trying to brush me off with that kind of talk again..." Her voice was muffled, but slightly better than the despair she had just conveyed. "But the system just happened to log on by chance. What if I end up with the shop assistant and the system suddenly appears..."

"...Don't let your imagination run wild!" Shimada Sho interrupted her with a dark expression.

silence.

Then, Chizuru Amami's voice rang out again, with a hint of determination: "We'll definitely be together."

Shimada Sho: "..."

Chapter 138 The Three of Us at Dawn, Ayase's Invitation

【Ding! 】

[There is no reward for this connection as you have not completed any tasks.]

【Ding! 】

[A slight change in the character "Tenkai Chizuru's" mentality has been detected; character progression is updating...]

【Tenkai Chizuru】

Age: 17

[Tags: Two-faced idol, coward, mild inferiority complex, chosen one (fake), perfect suffering master, dreamer, personal puppy, dream girl]

Current progress: 49% (+1%)

[Connection Cooldown: 11 hours 59 minutes 03 seconds (Reset)]

When his consciousness returned and he opened his eyes to see the light screen that popped up from the system, Shimada Sho's chest was still heaving slightly from the shock of what he had just witnessed.

Chizuru Amami has gained another label: "dream girl," and her inferiority complex has changed from extreme to mild.