My love game with them that will lead to certain death

Although he did not fall asleep until the early hours of the morning, he slept very soundly. When the young man met Zhou Gong again in his dream, it was in a room on the other side of the same city.

In the dim bedroom, only the glaring light from the computer screen can barely illuminate a corner of the room. A pink-haired girl curled up in front of the computer and slid the mouse, exuding the gloomy aura of a stay-at-home person.

A comic series she had been following about high school girls forming a band had reached its final chapter. The emptiness she felt after her favorite work ended made her start browsing other comics aimlessly.

Finally, the mouse arrow that had been moving around the web page stopped on the cover of Ms. Eri Kashiwagi's new work.

"...?"

The girl was not familiar with the author but was attracted by the exquisite painting style. After hesitating for a moment, she clicked on the cover of the comic that she would have ignored at first.

Almost ten minutes passed in this look.

"...!"

After exiting the work webpage, the pink-haired girl sat there in silence for a long time. She seemed to be trying to control her emotions and not let her body tremble, then stood up from her seat——

Picked up the guitar hanging in the corner.

Chapter 12: Meeting on a narrow road, now full of victory

Ming Hai Toru, who is in high spirits in his creative career, has actually been living an exceptionally comfortable life recently. After all, if there is hope in life, positive emotions will lead people to become more active.

However, the campus life that seems like a year is another matter.

Unlike Xianzhong who is a social butterfly with connections everywhere, and unlike the members of the Going Home Club who go home on time after school to reduce unnecessary socializing, Minghai is actually in an inconspicuous middle layer in the entire campus pyramid.

He is not a problem student who is a thorn in the eyes of his peers, but at the same time he has nothing to do with words like popular or a popular contestant. He is just an ordinary student who maintains a decent relationship with his teachers and classmates.

It's not difficult to get along well with those big shots in school, but it's troublesome.

Similarly, it is not difficult to completely cut off interpersonal relationships with others and be a loner, but it will be very troublesome afterwards.

Therefore, what Toru Narumi chose in his campus life was actually the relatively stable path of moderation.

Do not become a core member of any small group, maintain friendly relationships with surrounding teachers and classmates in the most energy-efficient way, do not be excluded by others and do not become the center of conversation.

This time-saving and labor-saving social model has only brought him benefits, and so far there have been no disadvantages. But it is precisely because of this that he is somewhat puzzled -

Why would Hayato Hayama, the man who is at the top of the pyramid among the current students of Sobu High School, appear at the door of his class, as if waiting for him to come out for an appointment?

"Hey, Narumi Toru-kun... that's your name, right?"

The handsome boy with slightly permed short golden hair ignored the concerned looks from his classmates and only showed a refreshing smile to the curly-haired boy sitting in his seat.

"I'm a little troubled and may need your help...I wonder if it's convenient for you now? If you have something else to do, we can make an appointment another day."

"Help... it's a request, right?"

I was so scared. I thought this guy was the one who retained the simulated memory.

Ming Hai raised his eyebrows. In fact, the service agency had received quite a few door-to-door commissions during this period.

For example, Yuigahama Yui wanted to express her gratitude to an important person with handmade cookies.

In the end, although Yuigahama's cooking skills improved under Yukino's guidance, she did not seem to have the courage to express her feelings to that person until the end of the commission.

Another example is Yoshiki Zaimokuza's request, where he hopes that everyone in the Servant Club will read the light novel he wrote and give feedback.

Despite receiving Yukino's sharp comment that "this person is not a popular writer in any way except for his tone", and Hikigaya Hachiman's negative but true comment that "it's fine as long as the illustrations are pretty", Zaimokuza still cheered up and continued to work hard after listening to Narumi's brief suggestion of "keeping the story interesting while designing a good beginning, development, turning point and ending". After all, they are in the same industry, so he would help in any way he could.

Another example is Ayaka Totsuka's request to serve the club and help the tennis club improve its tennis skills.

Even though he had a "friendly" competition with the socialites, and won in the end with Hikigaya Hachiman's self-taught skills, this game also made Ming Hai, who was only B in strength, endurance and agility, suffer a lot - novelists who sit for a long time are most likely to have physical problems, so it seems like it's time to exercise.

To sum up, the Servant Society has actually solved several incidents, big and small, and it is normal for new clients to come to it in the future.

However, there was one thing that Toru Narumi found difficult to understand.

"Although it is true that our club does accept this kind of commission...But Hayama-san, why didn't you go to see the president, Yukinoshita-san, or go directly to our activity room to meet everyone, instead of coming to me specifically."

Ming Hai walked out of the classroom and stood in front of Ye Shan, looking around. Ye Shan immediately noticed that the curly-haired boy was a little concerned about the gazes from people around him, so he took him to the relatively secluded vending machine at the corner of the stairs.

"Because I heard her talk about you... She said that you might be more reliable than Yukinoshita-san."

"she…?"

"Um... I mean Yukinoshita-san's sister."

Ming Hai didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Hayato Hayama, who always had a bright smile on his face, also had a little bitterness at the corner of his mouth.

"There aren't many people she can describe like that... So I'm actually curious about what kind of person you are, to call you out so abruptly to meet alone. I'm sorry if this bothers you."

"No, it's nothing..."

"That Haruno guy... definitely did it on purpose."

Ming Hai pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly. It seemed that Miss Yukinoshita Haruno was not only an unpredictable and cunning fox in the simulation, but also always gave him various surprises one after another even in reality.

Although Haruno didn't look like she still remembered him, it was a little hard to explain why she was so impressed by him after just meeting him once - unless the simulation actually had some "influence" on her, causing her to feel somewhat familiar with him, but that was all.

Well, if that's the case, then Hikigaya's previous strangeness can be explained.

"I was a little confused at first, what kind of person she would be interested in... Now that I see what Narumi-san looks like, I have a rough idea of ​​what she's like."

Although Ye Shan was still smiling, it seemed that there was not much smile on his face.

"It seems...she is more inclined to the type similar to me."

Why is there a sour smell in the air? Whose old vinegar was spilled?

"Hmm? Hayama-san...?"

"No, it's nothing. Just pretend you didn't hear what I just said."

Although Ming Hai pretended to be confused and did not directly respond to what Ye Shan just said, he actually knew it very well.

"As someone who has dated Haruno before, I can say that Haruno doesn't have a fixed type of crush on anyone. The reason for this is simply because she's not interested in you, Hayama-san."

However, stating such a cruel fact is a bit inconsistent with Ming Hai's current easy-going and insensitive personality, so let Ye Shan figure it out himself.

"How can I get out of this situation? I don't really want to keep talking about my ex-girlfriend with a handsome guy who obviously has a crush on her."

Just as Ming Hai, who was already tired of his current situation, was complaining in his heart, as if in response to his wish, a cold and elegant voice came from above the stairwell.

"You took my member away without saying a word, but kept talking to him about your sister. Are you here to ask for a favor or just to chat and reminisce, Hayama-kun?"

The person who walked down the stairs slowly, holding the handrail and came in front of the two people was Yukinoshita Yukino with an indifferent expression.

Chapter 13 Oh, you are blushing

The secret that Yukino Yukinoshita has never told anyone is that she always secretly observes a curly-haired boy during club activities.

Although the expression on her face always showed a cold and distant look as if to say "stay away", every time the curly-haired boy finished his classes for the day and opened the door of the activity room to greet her, Yukino found that her expression would always soften a little when she received his greeting.

Out of self-protection, she actually didn't like her subconscious softening of her attitude because of someone. But the heart is the most undeceiving organ, and the tense mood she gets whenever she sees him is not fake.

In order to find out whether the boy named Toru Narumi is the same person as Toru Narumi in the simulation, and also because his every move is very concerning - Miss Yukinoshita Yukino seriously started the "secret observation" action. Every time Narumi attends club activities, it is a good time for her to observe.

But today, she had been waiting in the Service Club's activity room for a long time, but there was no sign of Toru Narumi, who was usually never late - even a guy like Hachiman Hikigaya, who always arrived on time, had arrived.

Where is Che Jun? Where is Che Jun, who is as old as me?

Yukinoshita Yukino could not deny the feeling of uneasiness lingering in her heart. After all, she had already experienced losing someone once and didn't want to experience it a second time.

That's why, when she found out that it was Hayato Hayama who intercepted the curly-haired boy after school, preventing him from showing up at the Servant Club's activity room on time—

The expression on his face was far from friendly.

"If it's business, you can come to the activity room to discuss it with all of us. If you want to discuss something unrelated to the commission, please choose another free time and don't take up my members' precious time during club activities."

Yukinoshita Yukino crossed her hands in front of her, and showed a sense of distance and even a little unhappiness towards Hayato Hayama, an "acquaintance" with whom she had known each other for several years.

"Why do I feel like Yukinoshita is angry? This can't be an illusion."

Ming Hai, who was very good at observing people's words and expressions, rolled his eyes. He could only attribute it to the rift between Yukino and Hayama caused by an unpleasant incident that happened between them in elementary school.

"And she kept dragging him to talk about things related to my sister..."

But of course, Yukinoshita Yukino's depressed mood at the moment was caused by other things - and the meaning of this emotion was actually not even realized by herself.

"Hmm... Yukinoshita-san, you're right. I didn't think it through."

Ye Shan scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, but also readily admitted that he had handled the matter improperly.

"If you really have a problem like you said, please move to the activity room."

The black-haired girl gracefully made a "please" gesture, and Ye Shan, after laughing twice, walked towards the service club according to her wishes.

"Boss, you're so fierce."

Ming Hai glanced at Hayama, whose back looked a little lonely, then looked at Yukino, who had a stern expression, and bluntly expressed his first feeling at the moment.

"Hmm? Narumi-kun, do you want to talk more about your sister with Hayama-kun?"

Yukino raised her long and beautiful eyebrows, but Minghai was keenly aware of the emotion behind it - the non-existent fox ears on his head stood up.

"No, no. After all, I'm not familiar with Yukinoshita-senpai at all."

Following the desire for survival that runs in human blood, he almost subconsciously cut off his relationship with Yang No.

Of course, this is a lie.

The time he had spent with Yukinoshita Haruno in the simulation had allowed him to know Haruno inside and out - he even remembered exactly where the moles on her body were.

However, Yono looked like she had completely forgotten every detail about him. This feeling of being the most familiar stranger made him not rule out the possibility of meeting Yono again in the future. Even if they were bickering like before, Minghai would still find it very interesting.

There's nothing you can do about it, sometimes people are just mean.

"Since Hayama-san has gone to the activity room, let's also... um?"

Intending to end the topic there, Ming Hai wanted to leave for the Service Club, but he found that Yukino standing in front of him had no intention of leaving.

She just looked at him with a stern and straightforward gaze, which made Minghai, who was used to lying, feel somewhat embarrassed.

"…It seems like you didn't notice anything was wrong at all, Narumi-kun."

Yukino was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed a little worriedly.

She lowered her head slightly under Ming Hai's confused gaze, reached for her collar with both hands, and unbuttoned the first button -

"?"

The curly-haired boy was slightly startled. The girl's action suddenly made his mind flash back to the image of a woman who looked somewhat similar to her undressing in the dim bedroom light - that was the memory of his time with Yukinoshita Haruno in the simulation.

However, unlike her memory, Yukino only unbuttoned the first button and stopped there. She put her hands behind her head.

He took off the pendant hanging around his neck.

Looking closely, it was something that Ming Hai Che was extremely familiar with.

"…My whistle?"

"Well, you left it on the kitchen counter when I was solving Yuigahama-san's request that day. It seems like you really didn't notice it at all."

Yukino handed it to Narumi in a calm tone.

"If this thing is not important to you, I can understand your carelessness."

"That's not unimportant. I used it for quite a long time."

Ming Hai took the whistle. The girl's body temperature was still on the metal shell and penetrated into his body through his palm.

"It's just that I feel like you don't have to give it back to me. You can keep it for yourself."

Anyway, Yukino has been holding this whistle in the simulation.

Even if she didn't remember everything they had experienced together, being able to preserve the keepsake of the two of them in the simulation would be a little comfort to Ming Hai.

"Why? Do you want me to hold it?"

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was somehow particularly sensitive about this point, changed the subject.

"Ah... it seems that considering our current relationship, it is not appropriate to give her something so intimate."

Next, she would definitely say something embarrassing like "Oh, I know I'm cute, but I have to decline such an intimate advance." After a brief thought, Ming Hai decided to take the initiative.

"Why, President Yukinoshita really wants to take it?"

The curly-haired boy who had turned the tables blinked his eyes that seemed to sparkle with innocence and began his attack.

"Hey~ It's not good to hold a boy's intimate things, right? And I saw you were hanging it on your chest, I thought you would be very resistant to touching strangers' things... Could it be that you have fallen in love with me a long time ago? This is not good, this is not good, I am too popular!"

Very good, a very annoying and classic performance of being a masochist is done!