Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

Nozomi Sasaki led them on a tour of the second floor.

Actually, there's nothing particularly interesting about it; it's just an ordinary living room.

When we finished our tour and went downstairs, the food was already prepared.

Sasaki's mother invited them to sit down, serving them food while explaining that the business would reopen the next day.

Shimada Sho sat at the table, eating a plate of home-style dishes that didn't look particularly appealing but tasted good, his gaze inadvertently sweeping towards the armor at the end of the corridor.

Kiryu Ichiyo stood near the door, not taking a seat, maintaining her silent demeanor.

The armor seemed to hold some important meaning in her eyes, but she had no intention of explaining it.

Shimada Sho looked away and continued eating.

After finishing their meal, Shimada Sho and Kamishiro Yukine got up to say goodbye.

The Sasaki family saw them off at the door. Sasaki's mother held Yukine Kamishiro's hand and said several times, "Come often in the future." Sasaki Yoshino patted Shimada Sho's shoulder forcefully.

"Shimada-kun, if there's anything you need in the future, just let me know!"

"Okay, thank you, Uncle."

Nozomi Sasaki stood at the door with her hands behind her back, looking at Sho Shimada's profile. Her lips moved, but she only said one sentence: "Shimada-kun, be careful on your way."

"Mm." Shimada Sho nodded.

The car drove away from Sasaki's house, and the streets quieted down in the night.

The streetlights swept across the car windows, casting alternating shadows of light and shadow inside the carriage.

Shimada Sho leaned back in his seat, his mind still replaying the armor and Kiryu Ichiyo's reaction.

He didn't ask Yukine Kamishiro, because since she didn't bring it up herself, it meant she didn't think it was necessary for him to know.

After parting ways with the young lady in 3-chome, Shimada Sho returned to his residence alone.

After taking a shower and lying in bed, he opened the system again.

I can still log in to Ayase Yuki's account today.

He opened the system panel and his gaze fell on Yuki Ayase's character profile.

Yuki Ayase

Age: 16

[Tags: sharp-tongued, germaphobe, severe dream girl, voyeur, obsessive, secret, flexible bottom line]

[Development Progress: 0%]

[Connection Cooling: Reset]

This woman's development progress has not increased at all since the beginning.

The label has remained unchanged.

It's like a temporary login.

Shimada Sho also didn't know why this was happening.

It's probably related to the logged-in character.

The other person dislikes me very much.

Even after repeated attempts to communicate, she probably still doesn't have a good impression of the possessing spirit.

Should we try to get closer to each other?

This can't go on forever, Shimada Sho thought to himself as he pressed the connect button.

[Should we add the character "Yuki Ayase"?]

"Yes."

[Do you want to enable "Smart Hosting"?]

"no."

The moment the choice was made, a familiar sense of detachment occurred.

Darkness enveloped everything.

When the lights came on again, Shimada Sho was already sitting at the desk in Ayase Yuki's room.

The room was the same as before, with warm yellow light shining down from above and a faint jasmine fragrance filling the air.

An open textbook lay on the desk in front of her, with a pen beside it; she appeared to be doing her homework.

Shimada Sho looked up and his gaze fell on the opposite wall, where all the photos had been taken down.

This is now just an ordinary girl's bedroom.

"You're like a persistent ghost, Mr. Spy." Ayase Yuki's voice echoed in my mind, filled with undisguised disgust.

Shimada Sho replied calmly, "Do you like it?"

“Disgusting,” Yuki Ayase replied coldly.

Shimada Sho wasn't angry at all, and even went out of his way to explain, "I just came up to see you."

Why are you looking at me?

"Let's see if you've been bullied by that drama queen sister."

Yuki Ayase replied indifferently, "You're being nosy."

"It's alright." Shimada Sho nodded casually.

As he spoke, his gaze returned to the table.

Next to the textbooks were several white test papers, covering various subjects. Unlike the ones used in exams, the questions were all unfamiliar.

Judging from the content, it should be from the second year of high school, probably a past exam paper.

Even with the system's support, Shimada Sho still doesn't like studying.

Seeing these exam papers makes me instinctively feel bored.

He glanced at it only once before looking away.

But then, Ayase Yuki's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Since Mr. Peeping Tom is so concerned about me, why don't you help me finish these papers?"

Shimada Sho frowned as he looked at the papers and refused without hesitation, "I'm not doing them."

"What?" Ayase Yuki's voice carried a hint of mockery. "Did Mr. Peeping Tom never go to school?"

"I've taken classes, but I don't like doing problems, especially helping struggling students with their problems."

"So what do you like to do? Spy?"

"..."

Just as Shimada Sho was about to retort, a screen of light suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Ding! Temporary quest triggered—The Girl's Trial!]

[Task Description: Ayase Yuki is testing your patience and sincerity. Fulfill her requests in whatever way you can, and let her see your worth.]

[Mission Rewards: 50000 yen, 1 random item]

[Task Requirements: Complete the three test papers in front of you with an accuracy rate of at least 60%.]

Shimada Sho looked at the light screen in front of him with a helpless expression.

This stupid system just loves to give him things to do.

"So you choose to play dead because you can't do it?" Ayase Yuki's voice carried a hint of amusement. "Is Mr. Peeping Tom some kid who hasn't even reached the first year of high school yet?"

“…I’ll do it.” Shimada Sho decided to stop listening to her and do it himself.

Anyway, the task still has a reward, although it's not much money, every little bit helps.

Seeing him pick up his pen and open the first test paper, Ayase Yuki's voice became somewhat subtle, "You're really going to do it?"

"Otherwise what? Should I let you keep being sarcastic and unfriendly?"

Shimada Sho flipped to the first test paper and looked down at it.

It's a math exam paper.

The questions weren't difficult, but they weren't the kind of easy questions where the answer was immediately obvious either.

He flipped through it and found that most of the content was about functions and geometry, with some statistics and probability questions as well.

"What year's exam paper is this?" he asked casually.

"Last year's first-year high school exam paper," Ayase Yuki said in her usual lazy tone.

Shimada Sho asked in surprise, "Aren't you a second-year high school student? Why are you doing a first-year high school exam?"

"Hobby."

"..."

Okay, I can understand if top students have this kind of quirk.

He said no more and lowered his head to answer the questions.

The first question was a multiple choice, and after looking at it for a while, he chose B.

“Wrong.” Ayase Yuki’s voice rang out immediately.

Shimada Sho was taken aback. "Where did I go wrong?"

He felt that he had done a good job.

The answer is C.

Shimada Sho glanced at the question, then looked at the options again, and silently crossed out B and changed it to C.

"It seems there's a reason why Mr. Voyeur is so vulgar and disrespectful of privacy."

Ayase Yuki's voice rang out again, with a hint of realization, "I'll forgive you for now, you uneducated savage."

"..."

Shimada Sho gritted his teeth and continued working.

For the second question, he chose D.

"Wrong, choose A."

"..."

For the third question, he carefully calculated it and chose B.

"Wrong, the answer is D."

Shimada Sho put down his pen.

Are you deliberately picking a fight?

“I’m explaining it to you,” Ayase Yuki said matter-of-factly. “Mr. Peeping Tom got the question wrong, I’m correcting it, is there a problem?”

"You corrected it way too quickly."

"Because your mistake is too obvious."

Shimada Sho took a deep breath and picked up his pen again.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth...

After he finished each question, Yuki Ayase would give her evaluation within two seconds.

Even if it's correct, she'll correct his chosen answer by saying it's not a solution from the first year of high school.

When he got to the seventh question, Shimada Sho simply closed his eyes and chose one.

"Wrong."

"..."

“Mr. Peeping Tom, if you really can’t do it, you don’t have to force yourself.”

Yuki Ayase's voice carried a condescending tolerance, "After all, first-year high school material is indeed too difficult for some people."