My love game with them that will lead to certain death

"Well, for example, Narumi at the front desk."

"Hey... I'm a part-time front desk worker, not a guitarist..."

"What does it matter? Just throw him a guitar. He has hands and a guitar."

"No, no, no, it doesn't matter. If someone has never played the guitar and has no performance experience, then he is just here to work and study. Please leave him alone. And don't tell jokes."

"What's the big deal? I'll teach him."

"We are looking for partners to perform with, not apprentices."

The girl with a ponytail seemed to be used to her friend's out-of-touch nature. She just waved her hand in annoyance and stopped arguing with her.

"Forget it, forget it. I'll just go find a guitarist myself. There are so many people my age who can play guitar in school. I'll go check it out in a few days."

"it is good."

The blue-haired girl agreed and said no more, playing the bass in her hand expressionlessly. After fiddling with it for a while, she put it back in its original place.

When she walked out of the rehearsal room with her belongings, she subconsciously glanced at the empty front desk of the livehouse.

The time the teenager worked here does not include today.

"Liang, let's go."

The blonde girl with a backpack patted her on the shoulder and walked out of the underground performance venue with her.

"By the way, Ryo, do you know that Narumi-kun at the front desk? How did you get to know him?"

"Well... don't tell Hong Xia."

"Eh~?"

The happy blue-haired girl took a step forward, humming the prelude of Nirvana's "Love Buzz".

This is a point that only that person can understand, but Yamada Ryo does not intend to explain it clearly.

Chapter 1: Love Brain War!

As the saying goes, being alone in a room with the most beautiful girl in school is bound to make you distracted.

But at this moment, Toru Narumi, who was sitting next to the school's recognized beauty Yukinoshita Yukino, was not like this. He was now lying on the table, staring at the flowing clouds outside the window in a daze.

Today is the first day that Yukinoshita Yukino and Narumi Toru are alone together.

Yukinoshita Yukino sat in her seat gracefully and elegantly. She took a sip of her tea and occasionally glanced at the curly-haired boy sitting opposite her, leaving only her a side profile.

She was very curious about what the boy next to her was thinking, but out of modesty and pride she was unwilling to take the initiative to talk - after all, she had scared Shizuka Hiratsuka when she suddenly burst into tears on the day they first met.

"Yukinoshita-san, if this boy dares to bully you, just come and tell me. I will definitely help you deal with him!"

Thinking that they had some conflict before, Shizuka Hiratsuka was very worried and kept reminding her like this, which made Miss Yukino want to dig three feet into the ground and bury herself.

How can I explain that it was just an uncontrollable physiological reaction after meeting the person I wanted to see the most?

Putting aside the embarrassment, the person next to her had the exact same appearance and name as the special person in the simulation - the only difference might be that the boy looked younger, which was probably why she couldn't find him in the list of graduating students or in the group photo.

Is he the one, or is this just coincidence, a bad joke played by the Simulation on her?

The person she had been thinking about day and night finally appeared beside her, but she found herself unable to speak to him/her and could only pretend to be cold and distant.

If only I could know what Toru Narumi, who was standing beside me silently, was thinking.

Of course, if she knew, she would probably regret having this idea.

"Shit... that cloud looks like the loose poop you get from eating too many enoki mushrooms."

Toru Narumi, who had been lost in thought, rubbed his eyes and turned his head when he noticed the gaze of Yukinoshita Yukino.

The dark-haired girl pretended not to be shaken at all, as if trying to see through his still stern gaze.

Ming Hai was not much behind. He blinked and then stared at her intently.

"…What's the matter?"

Finally, it was Yukinoshita Yukino who couldn't wait any longer and spoke first.

"Hey, isn't it Yukinoshita-san who's been staring at me? You're the one staring at me. What's the matter?"

Ming Hai threw the question back as if it was a matter of course.

"I'm just a little curious. You seem to be doing nothing and look like a lazy student who has just had a day off. What made Mr. Hiratsuka ask you to come to my service club for help... or rather, to join my club?"

I clearly wanted to ask something like "Have we met before?" or "Do you remember me?", but my words turned out to be such uncompromising innuendos.

Yukinoshita Yukino was also at a loss as to what to do about her own awkwardness.

"How can you assume that I really have nothing to do? What if I was really thinking about something important just now?"

"Oh? Then what is it?"

"Yukinoshita-san is so smart, I'm sure she can guess it with her intelligence. The clue is the enoki mushrooms."

"...?"

"Forget it, forget it. Don't really think about it."

Ming Hai waved his hand, feeling that his previous fantasy was not very suitable for the conversation atmosphere. In any case, Yukinoshita's words made him sit up straight despite his originally listless state.

Of course, he wasn't just thinking about meaningless things.

Shortly after escaping from the simulation and returning to real life, I met Yukinoshita Yukino.

Is she the same person as Yukinoshita Yukino in the simulation? Or did the system just create a person using Yukinoshita as a sample and put it into the simulation? If it is the same person... will she have the memories of the simulation period?

Disorganized problems are like complicated and messy balls of yarn that make people clueless, not to mention that Minghai is the kind of person who doesn't like to get stuck in a rut - it's like no matter how tempting the ball of yarn is, it's useless when it's pushed in front of a lazy cat.

"How troublesome...? Can the system come out and help me explain what's going on right now?"

Sure enough, this time the voice did not sound in my head.

"Tsk, those who slack off will have their wages deducted."

"You're actually a little special, Narumi-san."

It seemed that Ming Hai's successive actions were somewhat beyond Yukinoshita Yukino's expectations. She closed the paperback book next to the cup of black tea and raised her eyebrows at the boy with interest.

"Like being in the same room with me, but still acting like he has no interest in me."

Even though she was under the table and no one could see her, her legs, which were covered in black stockings, were closed together because of a slight nervousness.

Yukinoshita Yukino pretended to get along with someone she met for the first time and launched the first round of tests.

"Um...should I be interested in you?"

The curly-haired boy scratched his chin thoughtfully, not sure if he was pretending to be dumb or if he really didn't understand.

"It is normal to fantasize about pretty and cute people of the opposite sex during adolescence."

"Then it's normal to fantasize about pretty and cute people of the same sex during adolescence."

"...?"

Yukinoshita showed a somewhat subtle expression. She did not cover her cute (equivalent to non-existent) breasts. After all, the person in front of her might not be interested in this at all. Could it be that this person was not the "Toru Narumi" in the simulation? Even the sexual orientation was different?

"It's just a counterexample. I'd rather break than bend."

The curly-haired boy touched his nose. Even though he was smiling, his eyes looked at the black-haired girl without much emotion.

"Why should I be so nervous just because you, Yukinoshita-san, are around?"

"Because I'm cute."

The black-haired girl said this with certainty, as if it was an axiom recognized by the whole world and could not be questioned.

What's more, this is a fact that was once confirmed by Toru Narumi in the simulation.

"Oh, then I'm handsome, and I can be cute, too."

The boy made a victory gesture with his scissors hands. His delicate face and slightly curly black short hair did look cute.

"It's a win-win, meaning I win twice, yeah."

"…Childish ghost."

The girl who had just boasted that she was cute curled her lips and started to scold others for being childish.

But I have to say, if the curly-haired young man in my memory was the same age as me, he would indeed look like the boy in front of me... maybe, maybe, he is a little cute.

The boy's face gradually overlapped with the face of the young man in his memory. Both the identical smile and the glib teasing were so similar.

...is also so heart-warming.

Hidden beneath the seemingly indifferent and cold expression, Yukinoshita Yukino's heart was already filled with complex emotions.

Even if he doesn't remember every little detail about them, as long as his personality hasn't changed, no matter how many times it happens again - Yukinoshita Yukino will be attracted to him, this is an indisputable fact.

If I could be the same age as him, and no longer have that awkward relationship between me and Haruno, I could create more memories that belong only to the two of us... That seems like a good idea.

Yukinoshita Yukino closed the book, and the time that had been stagnant for her seemed to start passing only now.

If "Narumi Toru" is "Narumi Toru", then this time he cannot be allowed to disappear from my world no matter what.

This time, the path the two of them are heading towards will definitely not be a bad ending.

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Because I took structural issues into consideration, most of the subsequent real-life plots in the first chapter were not placed after the simulation ended, but before the start of the second volume, so some readers may feel that it is a bit anticlimactic. But don't worry at all, the details that should be written will definitely not be easily glossed over (*?I`*) The order of the simulation is not the order of the introduction. You can guess what the second simulation is ∠(? 」∠)_

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Chapter 2: Ming Hai Toru is unmoved

Of course, no matter how turbulent her heart was, Miss Yukinoshita Yukino still pretended to be calm and maintained a composed attitude.

"There is one thing I need to make clear in advance. If you are just treating the Servant Club as a joke, it would be better for you to tell Mr. Hiratsuka and quit as soon as possible."

This was a lie. Miss Yukino actually hoped to hear the exact opposite answer from the boy.

"Eh... I don't care whether you want to quit or not, but if your service club, Yukinoshita, is interesting, then it would be more interesting for me to stay here."

"Interesting... Do you think I want to accept other people's commissions just for fun, to help them fulfill their wishes and achieve self-transcendence?"

"Oh, isn't it?"

Ming Hai pouted, he weakly placed his hands on the table and propped up his cheeks with his palms.

"Trying to satisfy yourself by helping others is also self-satisfaction. Similarly, being able to gain happiness and fun when helping others is actually a disguised way of comforting yourself. There is nothing wrong with being altruistic while also achieving a self-interest, so there is no need to deny this."

"..."

After being slightly stunned by the boy's sudden seriousness, Yukinoshita turned her face away in silence.

"It would be easy to cover it up by telling a lie at this time, Yukinoshita-san."

Seeing her clumsy but sincere appearance, the smile on Ming Hai's face seemed refreshing - but this only made the complicated expression on Yukino's face deepen.

If it wasn't that person, it would be really cunning to say the same considerate words with such a similar expression.

The person in front of me...even the fact that he saw through me was exactly the same as in my memory.

It turns out to be the same person.

If it's not the same person, then it's just a bad joke of fate.

“…Maybe, but I can’t do it.”

Yukino was distracted for a moment before coming to her senses and shaking her head, her blue eyes filled with an emotion that represented adherence to principles.

"I don't deny that I opened this club to accept other people's commissions to help others, and part of the reason is to strengthen my personal beliefs and consciousness."

Feeling that the girl in front of him was about to start a very brain-intensive speech, Ming Hai curled his lips - her personality was no different from that of Yukinoshita Yukino whom he met in the simulation.

"I want to verify my ideas and practice what I think is right. If I can change the weak side of human beings little by little and find the standard that can measure "absolute justice", I can change the world."

What came out of her mouth were upright and correct words, but also a bit immature.

Of course, after experiencing her life in the simulation, she actually felt that her thoughts were a bit too immature - but she could never say such words out loud.

"Well said, but I have a question, how do you define 'absolute'?"

Ming Hai clapped his hands seriously, then asked his own question.