My love game with them that will lead to certain death

Ming Hai looked around Shimokitazawa shrouded in the night, and his gaze returned to the gate - the opened door was leaning against the wall, and the three large white characters "Open" on the LED sign above his head were particularly eye-catching.

There was a noisy sound coming from inside the door, as if some activity was about to take place. Ming Hai thought for a moment and then walked towards the room.

If the starting point of this simulation is at the entrance of the livehouse, it proves that the original "Numikai Toru" originally intended to go in - perhaps an important person related to this simulation will also appear here.

After passing through the dimly lit corridor and turning the corner according to the route he remembered, Ming Hai Toru saw the familiar stage layout and front desk of the venue. The only difference was that since it was already business hours, there were many audiences waiting for the performance around the stage. The noise he heard outside the door just now must have been made by them.

"Great, this place is exactly as I remembered. But in that case, maybe..."

Ming Hai rolled his eyes and began to desperately search for a familiar figure among the surging heads -

Finally, a golden figure at the front desk cast her eyes towards him first, and Ming Hai turned his head to meet her gaze.

Standing at the front desk and welcoming guests is the owner of this place, Ichichi Hoshika.

"what."

Ming Hai boy shook his shoulders subconsciously. Having worked here for a long time, he always had the illusion that he was being caught slacking off at work when he saw the boss completing his work.

What's more, the boss's eyes don't seem very friendly now.

"No way... Is it possible that the "me" in this future is not only still working here, but also won't even slack off during work?"

"Hey, you're here just now, what do you mean?"

Ijichi Hoshige walked quickly forward with a serious expression, put his arm around Ming Hai's shoulders and was about to carry him towards the front desk.

Ming Hai, who had not yet come to his senses, was still in a completely dazed state. Just like the first simulation, he gradually recalled the past after getting into Yukinoshita Haruno's car. This time, he also needed some time to read the disk.

This setting is too inhumane... Can it be improved in the future?

However, the system was just like the relevant departments that pretended to be dead when encountering problems, and there was no response.

"Do you know how long we have been waiting for you? Where did you go by yourself?"

"Uh, Boss, this..."

Just as Ming Hai was stuttering in response to Ichichi Hoshika's questioning, and thought that she would just take him back to the front desk to start working -

Ijichi Hoshige put her arm around his shoulders and passed by the front desk reception.

"……oh?"

He then carried him and strode towards the aisle deeper into the venue.

"What the hell...Isn't it true that I don't have a part-time job here in this future?"

Ming Hai looked back in confusion and saw a boy he had never seen before who had just returned from the bathroom. He rummaged through his clothes and then stood at the front desk to start working.

That should have been his part-time job.

"So what is the purpose of my appearing at the entrance of the livehouse venue...?"

With a not-so-good answer in his mind gradually taking shape as his memories gradually awakened, Ming Hai followed Ijichi to the door of the room at the end of the corridor and walked in towards the warm yellow light in the room -

There were three teenagers of similar age gathered in the middle of the room, each with a corresponding instrument in hand that they were practicing.

But the moment Ijichi brought Ming Hai into the room, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at the curly-haired boy who was still a little confused.

"Ah, here it comes! Tetsu-kun~!"

The short-haired boy sitting in front of the drum set put down the small wooden stick in his hand and waved at him with a smile. With his slender figure and fair skin, he looked as adorable as a girl - and Minghai felt as if he had seen him somewhere before.

"Here we are. There is still some time before the performance. Let's rehearse together."

The boy with golden curly hair who had just stopped operating the electronic keyboard narrowed his eyes and smiled gently at him. The calm and handsome manner in his words and actions also made Minghai feel particularly familiar.

"You're being too arrogant to keep us waiting."

The guitarist put down the pick in his hand with a cold tone and a little impatience, and stared at Ming Hai who was standing there in a daze with a pair of sharp dead fish eyes——

This time he was sure that he had seen this pair of dead fish eyes before.

"What are you standing there for? If you don't rehearse with your band members, it won't be me who makes a fool of myself on stage later."

Ijichi left coldly after saying this, leaving Minghai, whose eyes kept wandering between the three people, somewhat stunned.

His band members—how come they are Totsuka Ayaka, Hayama Hayato and Hikigaya Hachiman?

Is it a mix-up?

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Chapter 19 Youthful Spirit

When the reading time ended, the memories of himself in this "future" began to gradually flow into Ming Hai Toru's brain.

Born in a family of three, he never felt the healthy and sufficient love from his parents. His father, who got married at a young age without thinking, complained every day that his wife and son dragged down his promising life. He spent all day drinking wine and never had a good face for his son, who was still in his cradle. Finally, one day, he took most of the family's money and disappeared.

The mother is a typical East Asian mother who works hard for the family but neglects the spiritual needs of her children. However, since the family's financial income is basically entirely shouldered by her, even though her son has many complaints about his mother, he has never really blamed this single mother.

But it is obvious that it is difficult to raise a child who is healthy and positive in both body and mind in such a family environment.

After receiving the memories after this, Ming Hai frowned. His life trajectory in this "future" was very different from before.

His father was absent for many years, and his mother was not open to him. The depressing family atmosphere made Ming Hai sensitive, suspicious and eccentric during adolescence. In addition, he was rebellious at that age, so he often did things that might be dangerous without considering the consequences - such as leaving home late at night to go to the red light district to find out what was going on, and driving a motorcycle without a license without caring even if he was stopped by the traffic police.

As expected, this poor kid who didn't care much about studying dropped out of high school not long after finishing high school. He had a high self-esteem and couldn't stand his mother crying and complaining about not raising her well, so he took the living expenses he had saved and moved out.

Music may be the only salvation for Toru Narumi in this "future". Only when he plucks the bass strings can he escape from reality and gain a moment of peace.

Ming Hai, who grew up learning guitar and bass out of interest, turned this skill into a means of livelihood. After forming a band with his high school classmates, he smoked, drank, and hung out in Internet cafes, and performed various large and small performances. From an unknown person who could not get any commercial performances at the beginning and had to tighten his belt and eat a bowl of instant noodles a day, he gradually became able to support himself and send some money home - the originally ignorant little brat may also be trying to grow up.

A third-rate bassist who is obsessed with music but not gifted, and can only make up for it by practicing day and night, is lost and decadent in his youth but also desperately wants to prove himself and seek recognition. It seems that this is the self in this "future".

It is obvious that he is a teenage kid with very obvious defects.

On the one hand, he longed to become better and make his father regret running away, and wanted to make his mother proud; on the other hand, he neglected his studies and became self-willed, unable to control himself and got involved in things that teenagers should not touch, such as smoking and drinking.

Although there are a lot of things I want to complain about, after all, Ming Hai did not experience these memories personally, and it seems a bit too condescending to shamelessly accuse himself in this world.

In the final analysis, it doesn't really matter. This kind of starting background is like a debuff that comes with the game at the very beginning. Although it will make the subsequent process a little troublesome, it is not so serious that you can't continue playing.

Ming Hai, who accepted all these memories, actually had another point in mind.

"Why are all my band members familiar to me? It's really easy for people to get mixed up."

[Instead of creating a group of band members you don't know in real life and making you lose your sense of immersion, this system thoughtfully selects characters that you can feel more familiar with for extraction and simulation. This also saves the time of creating different appearances and personalities. How can the cost-effectiveness not be high? 】

“It’s just laziness! I remember that their original character settings didn’t include being able to play a musical instrument? Where is the questionnaire for your system? I want to complain!”

[Sorry, this service has not been opened yet. The right of interpretation belongs to this system. ]

It’s fine if they force the customer to buy or sell, but why don’t they allow the customer to give feedback? It’s so infuriating.

[Well, you and your band members need a great sense of security and friendship to maintain it anyway, and you will feel more at ease with the addition of acquaintances. Of course, they are not the same people in reality, so you can just treat them as the "band version" of Hikigaya and others who made different choices in a parallel world. Anyway, adding such a setting for them is just a matter of adding a string of code.]

That’s true… but it still feels weird to see acquaintances doing things that don’t fit their image.

[That’s all. I wish you a pleasant simulation experience. I will appear again when you discover the surprise Easter eggs I prepared for you. Please enjoy this completely different life.]

"You're not saying you're enjoying it... You're more like sending me here to be tortured."

After the conversation with the system ended, Ming Hai's attention shifted back to the present. He took the bass thrown to him by his companion and strummed the strings lightly with some depression.

In reality, he was tone-deaf and even unfamiliar with the music score, but he tried to play a simpler chord - and sure enough, it was not as difficult as before, but it was much smoother.

It seems that this "future" self of yours is really practicing hard. You're pretty good.

“Haha, why do you look like you’re picking up a bass for the first time?”

Hayato Hayama smiled brightly. It seemed that his gentle personality in the simulation was no different from that in reality.

"Hurry up and practice, Toru-kun. I pushed back today's tennis practice to attend this performance. It will be our turn after the band's performance."

Totsuka Ayaka did not show any sense of oppression, and urged Ming Hai a little with a pitiful expression - that cute look made the curly-haired boy's heart suddenly tighten.

"What's going on... Why do I feel like boys are actually pretty cute?"

[Achievements achieved - understand Hikigaya Hachiman and become Hikigaya Hachiman. 】

Don't jump in such a weird place!

The curly-haired boy, touched by Ayaka's cuteness, could not suppress the blush on his face. He turned his head away awkwardly and cleared his throat, trying to make himself look less obvious - he realized belatedly that this was something he would never do in real life.

"What a tsundere! Will there be a gender-swapped version next time?"

In short, after urgently rehearsing the performance four or five times, it was time to go on stage.

Even though he had inherited the skills and memories of his own simulation, it was his first time to perform on stage. He leaned against the door and shook his legs while looking at the band still performing on stage.

Then he was stunned for a moment.

He knew two of the members of the "Ending Band" who were performing on the field.

The girl with blonde hair and a ponytail who was concentrating on playing the drums - Ijichi's boss's sister, Ijichi Kouka; and the girl with short blue hair, Yamada Ryo, who had a calm expression but did not stop playing at all.

The girl with long red hair standing in front of the microphone, playing the guitar and singing the lead song, looked like a completely unfamiliar face. Similarly, the carton of ripe mangoes next to the main venue was also something I had never seen before...

and many more.

Why are there mango cartons performing on the stage?

Chapter 20 The Best Time

Are there pink caterpillars hiding under the mango cartons?

If Ming Hai were to answer this question, he would probably give a positive answer.

After the band finished the performance, a pink-haired girl wearing a loose pink sportswear crawled out of the cardboard box with her back to the audience. Her body flexibility was as good as that of a cat.

The recall of his memories made his eyes somewhat vacant, and his spirit followed the experiences that awakened in his mind back to several years ago.

When I was a child, there was a timid little pink-haired girl in my neighbor's house. At that age when other naughty kids were showing their true colors and rolling around, she always hid at home and dared not go out. Even when she took a rare walk with her family, she always hid timidly behind her parents.

Ming Hai was a little boy who had not yet entered puberty at that time. Whether it was worries or likes, they came very easily. He looked forward to the rare leisure time after school every day.

When Ming Hai was invited to visit his neighbor's house by chance, he felt someone was watching him while enjoying tea in the living room. When he turned around, his eyes met with the pink-haired girl who opened the door a crack and looked at the guests.

This was the first meeting between Toru Narumi and Ichiri Goto.

As is the case with all the popular children's books, the fates of the lively and active little Ming Hai and the extremely shy little Yi Li are thus entangled.

"My name is Toru Narumi, and I live next door to yours. What's your name?"

"Ah... My name is Hou, Hou... Goto... Ichiri..."

"You are so cute, like a pink caterpillar."

"No, don't call me a caterpillar...!"

"The adults are playing together again. Do you want to go explore the streets with me? Let's lift up the skirts of the high school sisters. It's so fun!"

“No, no…”

"Don't be embarrassed, I'll play with you!"

In fact, what Goto Ichiri meant was "no".

"Oh my, we had such a great time today! Caterpillar, do you want to go home? You can't do it even after doing this? You're such a loser~"

"I want to go back..."

In fact, what Goto Ichiri meant was "I want to go back to my mother's belly."

"Okay, I'll take you back~!"

"No no no..."

"Don't be embarrassed!"

Someone please save Goto Ichiri…!

She ran away and he chased her, and neither of them could escape.

Days like this continued for a long time, until the time when he was about to enter junior high school, when Goto Ichiri and Ming Hai, who came to visit their home again, saw a live interview of a popular band on TV.

“Even a socially anxious person can shine in a band!”