Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

Under his threat, Nozomi Sasaki spilled the truth.

Shimada Sho learned that her father had been tricked into investing in a shell company, and his savings had been completely wiped out.

Upon hearing the news, the mother suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. To raise money for her medical expenses, the father borrowed money from the underworld.

The amount was exactly two million yen, neither too much nor too little.

It's exactly the same as the one the original owner borrowed.

Coincidentally, even the creditor was the same person.

"Two million, how interesting..."

Shimada Sho recalled the details of borrowing money from his memory and carefully compared them with Sasaki Nozomi's account, guessing that this might be a sophisticated money-scamming process.

At that moment, Yukine Kamishiro's voice echoed in my mind, "What did you say?"

"It's nothing." Shimada Sho shook his head.

After a brief silence, Yukine Kamishiro asked hesitantly, "Is Mr. Thug leaving?"

“Yes.” Shimada Sho did not deny it.

There were only ten seconds left on the countdown in front of him.

After thinking for a moment, he instructed, "I will come tomorrow as well, so please don't force Sasaki to eat anything."

After he finished speaking, he received no response.

"Yukine?" Shimada Sho asked.

Yukine Kamishiro responded somewhat somberly, "I understand."

"Mm." He nodded in response, and the countdown in front of him just reached zero.

Shimada Sho felt a sudden dizziness, and then everything went black.

Students gradually returned to the classroom.

No one noticed that the young lady's expression momentarily faltered.

My body felt like it was about to collapse at any moment.

After a few breaths, she moved her head slightly, then sat down again.

She raised her hand and placed it on her delicate cheek. "Mr. Thug..."

Her voice was both longing and resentful, and her whole face seemed to want to be buried in her palms.

She didn't put her hands down until the school bell rang, and then she took a deep sniff of her palm before reluctantly putting them down.

"Class, let's begin."

The rigid history teacher entered the classroom carrying textbooks.

After the start of class was announced, all the students took out their notebooks.

Kamishiro Yukine is no exception.

She pulled out a small notebook with a combination lock from the bottom of her desk.

Twisting the tiny lock to open the notebook revealed not classroom notes, but a jumble of strange, incomprehensible words.

[Exciting battles.]

[Mr. Thug is a handsome possessing spirit.]

[If I hide my phone again and deliberately get caught, will Mr. Thug show up?]

[He's disappeared too many times and is being monitored by the butler...]

……

Below these words were several cute cartoon portraits of little people.

There was a girl in a plaid skirt striking a fighting pose, with a handsome boy floating above her head, and vicious thugs surrounding her.

There are also butlers who are serious and old-fashioned, dressed in suits and appearing as elderly gentlemen.

Each one is incredibly lifelike, with an exceptionally gorgeous style.

Turn to the second page, and new text appears.

[Mr. Thug is kind; he helps Yukine shoo away the flies buzzing around her...]

[The ferocity was indeed just a facade...]

Before that, let's work out first.

This page also features many beautifully drawn little figures.

This corresponds to the events that happened yesterday.

At the very end, a line of text was written in pink:

[…Try being Mr. Thug first!]

Yukine Kamishiro calmly scanned the lines of text on the book pages.

In the teacher's eyes, it's a good student diligently reviewing their notes.

She was originally a good student.

He always gets the highest score in his grade, and I heard he has already finished the second-year courses ahead of schedule.

Teachers naturally have no shortage of patience for such good students.

Even though she turned to another page and started writing and drawing in her notebook, the teacher didn't care at all.

The new page is blank.

As Yukine Kamishiro began to write, the words gradually appeared.

[The thug called me by my first name.]

[I was harshly reprimanded... but I still want to hear more...]

[The thug who helped pick out a gift.]

[The shy thug was teased by a shop assistant after buying a cute gift for a girl.]

……

Yukine Kamishiro would switch between different watercolor pens from time to time.

Occasionally, a serene smile would appear on her lips.

His bright eyes showed no trace of the emptiness and confusion that Shimada Sho believed he possessed.

Before long, many new cartoon characters appeared on this page.

The difference is that there are far fewer other characters on this page.

It was a group of boys with all sorts of personalities: shy, angry, conflicted...

Each time she drew one, Yukine would close her eyes and recall it, a faint smile appearing beneath her dimples.

For some unknown reason, her ears turned pink, and her body shifted restlessly.

But after a moment, she regained her composure.

She closed the notebook with her delicate hand, turned it over lightly, and opened it again.

On the back of the page, the cute cartoon illustrations are gone, replaced by dense text.

[Possessed by a spirit?]

[It must be a person; Mr. Thug seems quite familiar with Tokyo.]

I was surprised when I heard about Sasaki-kun... (likely referring to a type of bread paper)

[I'm very familiar with the school...]

[They might deliberately use violent behavior to hide their goodwill... violence... scratch that.]

[The arrival time is not fixed... to be confirmed.]

The series of records were all based on observations.

Yukine Kamishiro silently reviewed her notes, and finally picked up a black pen to write something new at the back:

[12:00-1:30, student? Or maybe office worker, male escort... scratch that.]

[She's paying extra attention to Sasaki-kun, and is very concerned about the loan...]

[Two million, does this number have special significance?]

[Next time, let's start with his career... and Sasaki's loan too...]

……

Yukine Kamishiro wrote with divine speed, quickly jotting down one investigation record after another.

Just as we finished, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class.

She deftly closed the notebook, scrambled the password, and placed it at the bottom of her desk.

When he looked up again, his expression had returned to its usual calm.

She got up from her seat and walked straight to Nozomi Sasaki.

"Kamishiro-kun?" Sasaki Nozomi looked at the young lady who had suddenly come to the table and felt inexplicably nervous.

Then the person in front of him said coldly, "Tell me about your family."

"Huh? Didn't you already hear that once, Kamishiro-kun?" Nozomi Sasaki asked, puzzled.

"I want to hear more details."

……

Chapter Twenty-Five: Character Attribute Viewer – It's her again!

【Ding! 】

[Since you failed to complete Yukine Kamishiro's limited-time wish quest—The Young Lady's Worries, there will be no reward for this connection.]

【Ding! 】

[A major change in the character 'Kamishiro Yukine's' mentality has been detected; character development progress is being updated...]

【Kamidai Yukiyin】

Age: 16

[Tags: Lack of common sense, fanatic, speedrunner from a Tokyo delinquent group, Ellie Benli, copycat fanatic]

Current progress: 21% (+10%)

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

After logging out of his character, Shimada Sho returned to reality.

The prompt in my mind appeared on the light screen in front of me.

Unlike the previous two times, there was no reward given immediately upon completion.

The new task requires logging in for three consecutive days to meet the requirement.

Shimada Sho glanced at the interface.

Apart from the fact that the label on the young lady's name has changed from "copycat thug" to "fanatical copycat" for some reason, there are no other changes.

"Damn it!"

Shimada Sho felt disappointed, but also a bit annoyed.

These tasks, which require logging in for a certain number of days to complete, are similar to daily check-ins in games.

If you don't remove them, those little red dots will always be there and annoy you.

The problem is that even though it was completed, the reward was only a tiny bit.

Who knows what the random reward for this task might be?

If it turns out to be some useless piece of fashionable junk, then his three days would have been wasted.

The only benefit might be an increase in the level of goodwill it generates.