I have a life simulator.

“It’s different everywhere, but in the context of this special exam, it will definitely have an impact, though I don’t know for sure whether it’s good or bad.”

Seeing that Kitagawa Ryo was still listening attentively to what she was saying, which might seem completely nonsensical to others, Tsubaki Sakurako finished explaining her thoughts:

"But if it's just to be a partner with you, senior... it just makes me wonder if you two have been arguing lately."

"why?"

"Because I think couples in love wouldn't deliberately look for a coincidence as an opportunity to be alone together. If they really want to meet, chat, or go on a date, they don't need any special reason, or rather, reasons should be everywhere."

After listening to Tsubaki Sakura's words, Kitagawa Ryo chuckled softly and walked back to sit down in front of her.

"It seems you know your sister very well."

"I don't know my sister."

The girl immediately shook her head in denial, then lowered her head again.

"Just like she doesn't understand me."

Undoubtedly, Tsubaki Sakurako harbored some resentment towards Yuki's decision to team her up with Sakayanagi Arisu without saying a word, though she didn't show it outwardly.

"So what kind of snow do you know?"

Kitagawa Ryo asked Tsubaki Sakurako with great interest.

"A pitiful and contradictory person who is always afraid of something and running away from something."

Perhaps it was because she had been looking for the answer she had been searching for for years from Kitagawa Ryo, or perhaps it was simply because he exuded an atmosphere that made her want to confide in him. Little by little, Tsubaki Sakura told Kitagawa Ryo about her chaotic thoughts.

"Anyone can see that the White Room project she was involved in wasn't a good place. But whether it's my sister or the other White Room rejects I've specifically met over the years, they all seem to both fear and yearn to return there."

"Because that place used to be their whole world."

"They're already out, aren't they?"

"Yes, Mingming is already out now."

After these two rounds of conversation, Tsubaki Sakura suddenly looked up at Kitagawa Ryo and abruptly asked:

"You were also a member of the White Room back then, right?"

"Yes."

Kitagawa Ryo readily admitted it:

"Would you like to hear about Xue's past?"

"Is my senior really willing to tell me?"

"Why not? You are Xue's younger sister, and I need your help. I can tell that you really want to help Xue, even by taking the initiative to approach me."

As he spoke, Kitagawa Ryo took the initiative to reach out and remove the script that was separating the two of them, placing it on the table next to him and forcefully making the other person meet his gaze.

"I hope you remember that I have never been indifferent to what happened to Xue, nor will I take it for granted that the person she is today, shaped by those past events, is normal. But these changes cannot be achieved by Xue and me alone, which is why I have waited until today, until she enrolls as a freshman."

"Does 'senpai' refer to Sakayanagi-senpai and Amazawa-senpai?"

"It was true before, but now, you're still there."

"I?"

"Yes, that's you."

Kitagawa Ryo took a deep breath and then tried to explain in words the other person could understand:

"In fact, every test subject in the White Room had the best reason to be indifferent or even hateful to their parents, because it was their own biological parents who sent them there. So even if they tried every means to make amends afterward, like your father did, it was unlikely to leave any more mark on their already formed beliefs."

In the last simulation he experienced, it goes without saying that Tianze Yixia, who was conceived through in vitro fertilization, treated her biological father in a certain way. However, Xue was the same way. After the White Room plan collapsed and she was taken home by her parents, the first thing she did was to put on a show in front of her biological father by taking advantage of her psychological problems.

For her, her first thought at the time was whether she could use this seemingly powerful "adult" who called himself her "father" to achieve her inner desires.

But no one has the right to criticize such extreme self-centered thinking.

"However, I still think that a person cannot have only one anchor point to live healthily in this world, because the more you have only one, the more you will naturally exaggerate it, turning it from a specific person or a specific emotion into an abstract symbol and concept, and then be bound by it for life."

The reason why Kitagawa Ryo always felt that Karuizawa Megumi was the most mentally healthy among the girls around him was because she had never given up on anything else during the long ten years she had been with him.

While pursuing love, she is also pursuing her own value, whether it is her current achievements and future plans in her career, or her longing for friendship shown in her interactions with Shiina Hiyori and Sakura Airi.

The idea of ​​wanting to live in a world just for the two of us is always a touching statement, but it's also something that's absolutely unrealistic.

Of course, one can live for love, but one absolutely cannot live solely for love. Even if it's possible in certain situations, problems will inevitably arise if it continues for too long.

"What does the senior mean?"

"Yes, I think Sakura can become Yuki's second anchor."

To be honest, this was probably a spur-of-the-moment idea that Kitagawa Ryo had only had in the last few days, and it originated from the things that Hotaru brought him in with Yuki.

"Because you are Xue's younger sister, and you are her relative who bears no responsibility for what happened back then, that is enough. Moreover, I can feel the brotherly affection you have for her."

"...But I don't think I'm qualified."

Tsubaki Sakura hesitated for a moment, but finally uttered those two words:

"This is a very arrogant and self-important idea."

"Moreover, my sister may not necessarily value the so-called family ties between us, just like this time."

"Also, can you guarantee that when my sister sees me, she won't think, 'If only I had been the one who went to the white room back then?'"

Looking at Tsubaki Sakura, who had unknowingly revealed all her innermost thoughts, Kitagawa Ryo felt somewhat helpless:

"That's just your opinion, and I can absolutely guarantee that Xue has never had such a thought in her mind. Because you two are sisters with different personalities, neither of you is a substitute for the other, and there is no need to take the liberty of considering the other as your substitute, or to feel that she has gained or lost something for you."

"Never test or doubt the feelings that have already taken root in your heart, because no feeling can withstand endless testing and suspicion. Even if it is real at the beginning, after too many tests, it will naturally feel that it is not sincere or pure enough. Just like I can feel that you want to help Yuki, that's enough."

"It doesn't matter if you feel sorry for her, sympathize with her, condescendingly want to redeem her, or presumptuously feel that she has taken on something for you, or that you have taken away her life."

Having experienced countless battles in The Sims and encountered all sorts of psychological issues, Kitagawa Ryo easily discerned all the inner turmoil of Tsubaki Sakurako after just over a week of getting to know her.

"You can't replace snow, and snow can't replace you."

Seemingly wanting to give an example, or perhaps simply reminiscing about the past, Kitagawa Ryo casually recounted something from back then:

"Actually, the reason Xue interacted with me in the white room was because she was the only child there who could naturally show a smile that made people feel warm and gentle from the bottom of their hearts."

"...Are you saying I'm not good at smiling?"

Why is this the point you're concerned about?

"I didn't pay much attention to it."

Tsubaki Sakura looked away. She was clearly quite satisfied with her deep conversation with Kitagawa Ryo today, both regarding him as a person and matters related to her sister.

"If possible, I would prefer that my sister and Sakayanagi-senpai team up for this special exam, and that my senior doesn't interfere. That would be the fairest way to compete."

"Putting aside whether they can agree, even if they do agree, it's unlikely that Xue would be willing to let me partner with other first-year students."

Just as Kitagawa Ryo finished speaking, a very soft syllable was heard.

"I."

I don't know when, but Tsubaki Sakura picked up that anthology again, and this time she blocked it even more thoroughly than before, so that you couldn't see a single eye of it.

"...I've been given a free spot."

章推

Summary: Nakano Yuu travels through a world where strength is paramount and becomes a highly nurtured freshman.

Good news: It’s an animation I’ve seen, and the character is a rich second-generation, and he has an ex-girlfriend named Arisu Sakayanagi.

Bad news: He has five step-sisters at home, but his father raised him in poverty and required him to make a name for himself in high school!

Being assigned to Class D? And it’s already the end of the first month, and the class evaluation score is 0!

There are a lot of guys in the class who are lagging behind.

So why bother trying? Just lie down!

Anyway, you know the plot, just save up 2000 million and run away!

just.

Arisu Sakayanagi: Oh, it turns out he is also in this school. Then campus life is worth looking forward to.

Ichinose Honami: Nakano-san seems to have forgotten about me, but I will try my best!

Kushida Kikyo: You said I would be fingerprinted by a guy named Nakano Yuu? And I would be expelled from school by him? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!

Amasawa Kazuka: It's true, Kushida-senpai, just accept your fate!

Horikita: It's so unfair. As soon as the school started, a classmate named Nakano Yuu cheated me of all my points.

Long Yuan: The above retracted, let me say. Nakano Yu, give me back 30 million! 30 million!

Chapter Fifteen: Strange Tales of the Drama Club Rules

"Well then, Karuizawa-senpai, Ichinose-senpai, Sakura-senpai, Amasawa-senpai, and Kitagawa-senpai, I'll head back now!"

After finishing today's drama club activities, the newly joined club member, Nanase Tsubasa, waved goodbye to the other senior members of the club. However, after leaving the club building, she immediately took out a small notebook and pen from her shirt pocket, opened a page, and began to hesitate.

As a girl with no story who dreamed of enjoying an ordinary yet fulfilling high school life at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School before entering the school, Nanase Tsubasa naturally had some rather unrealistic fantasies about the drama club's life from the very beginning.

Like a pink-haired guitarist who accidentally stumbled into a mysterious gravity group and couldn't get out, Nanase Tsubasa started to actively summarize the strange things she saw in the small notebook in her hand ten days after joining the drama club.

But now, at first glance, it looks more like a rule-based ghost story, full of all sorts of boomerangs thrown back.

First and foremost, there were the kind and approachable seniors.

Nanase Tsubasa looked at the first few entries she had written down:

1. Ichinose Honami-senpai is not as easy to talk to as she seems, and her emotions have been somewhat unstable lately. It's best not to provoke her, and don't bring up Kitagawa-senpai's matter with her.

2. Senior Karuizawa Kei is very dedicated to drama, has high professional standards, and has high expectations for herself. However, it is forbidden to mention anything about acting in dramas with Senior Kitagawa in front of her, especially the issue of male and female leads.

3. Sakura Airi is very kind and was a famous idol in the past, but if you want to talk about related topics, it is best to start from Kitagawa's perspective, such as, "Kitagawa seems to often come to see your performances, senpai."

Additional note: Sakura Airi's desserts are also delicious.

4. Senior Tianze Yixia doesn't have any particular hobbies or forbidden topics, but be aware that she may tease you at any time, so please be extremely vigilant when interacting with her.

Next came the harmonious and warm club atmosphere that Nanase Tsubasa had envisioned beforehand.

5. Karuizawa Megumi and Ichinose Honami have a good relationship, at least on the surface, but remember not to delve into their past interactions.

Additional information: The two actors' performances during rehearsals of certain scenes together were quite frightening.

6. Ichinose Honami-senpai has recently been trying to talk to Amasawa Ichika-senpai, but the latter doesn't seem to be interested. The reason is currently under investigation.

7. Sakayanagi Arisu, a senior member of the student council, often comes to the drama club under the guise of inspecting club activities. She wears a ring on her left middle finger and is usually greeted by Ichinose Honami. When entertaining guests, she does not use the club's teacup but only her own water cup.

Additional information: A nameplate with Kitagawa's name on it is affixed to the top.

Further note: The tea leaves used in the club are usually provided by Shiina Hiyori, a senior member of the tea ceremony club, who also wears a ring on the middle finger of her left hand.

The remaining records all revolve around Kitagawa Ryo, and even have a separate page and numbering system.

1. Under no circumstances should you show any dissatisfaction with Director Kitagawa in the drama club.

2. Minister Kitagawa is safe most of the time. If you encounter difficulties or get involved in the problems of other seniors, you can safely ask him for help.

3. Besides desserts, Kitagawa's bento boxes are also delicious, but remember not to delve too deeply into related topics, as it will make the atmosphere awkward.

Additional information: According to the investigation, all of Kitagawa's meals have been pre-booked, but the specific list of people is currently unclear, and it is suspected that no member of the drama club is among them.

The following content concerns the first-year students:

4. Kitagawa is incredibly popular among the first-year students, but please do not agree to ask other classmates for autographs or personal items, even if they might agree, as it will anger the other seniors.

5. Minister Kitagawa is very familiar with Tsubaki Sakurako's older sister, but seems to know little about Tsubaki Sakurako herself. Their relationship is so-so, and they have not been seen to have any long conversations.

The fifth item was the latest content that Nanase Tsubasa had just written down yesterday, but after today's club activities ended, she added a sentence at the end with a thoughtful frown.

Additional information: The two appear to have made a breakthrough in their relationship, having secretly talked for a long time in the rehearsal room today, but the specific content of their conversation is unknown.

For some reason, she valued this message particularly highly, and Nanase Tsubasa, biting her nose, continued writing:

Further details: After the two finished their conversation, a copy of "Selected Works of Shakespeare" was found open on the table in the rehearsal room, and it was later confirmed that it belonged to Tsubaki Sakurako.

Further note: The page turned to contains the script of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act I, Scene I. A partial excerpt of the dialogue is as follows:

"Love sees with the heart, not with the eyes, and thus Cupid, with his wings, is often depicted as blind; moreover, the judgment of love is entirely irrational, and having wings but no eyes shows recklessness and impetuosity, so Cupid is said to be a child, because he often makes mistakes in his choices."

After carefully writing all of this down, Nanase Tsubasa put her notebook and pen back into her pocket, stretched lazily towards the setting sun, and naturally revealed her beautiful and delicate figure.

Although she had already learned a lot about the drama club through posts on the school forum before joining, when Nanase Tsubasa herself joined, she finally discovered that there were even more secrets inside than she had imagined. The various scenarios composed of complex relationships between people made her very interested in watching them, and at the same time, she wanted to learn more about them.