I refuse to be a plagiarist

His voice was slightly elongated, and then the boy raised his hand and fired a shot, hitting the teddy bear's forehead with incredible accuracy.

However, compared to the weak power of the bullet, the pink-haired giant bear did not even move. Its silent posture at this moment seemed to be actively mocking the young man not far away.

"Tsk! I miscalculated."

However, compared to other games, this shooting sport is limited by the functions of weapons, and it seems that there is no way to continue the ruthless sweep as before.

Compared to Hasegawa Hide's regretful look, the boss next to him was rubbing his hands, with a face that looked seemingly honest but actually full of calculations as a cunning businessman.

[Young man, fight, keep fighting. ]

[I have already tampered with the props in advance. If you, a little kid, take it away, wouldn't it be a joke for everyone? ]

【Hehehe.......】

——I’m betting on the pride of the shooting stall for ten years. This time, I will never let you continue to be so arrogant!

As one of the vendors derived from the conference, he had just heard in his own circle that a gaming expert had appeared at the festival venue and swept through all the gaming stalls.

Although some stall owners also said that their business became more popular instantly due to the indirect publicity afterwards, as the owner of a shooting stall, this uncle also has his own persistence.

There is no need to make more money, nor do you need publicity from the other party.

What he has to do now is to use his "experience" to make this guy who has had smooth sailing all the way fail!

Morishita assured that he definitely did not want to take revenge because he felt jealous when he saw the man parading around town with a group of beautiful girls!

"Hehe... So, you finally encountered a problem, right?"

“It’s so annoying.

Yang Nai, stop teasing me all the time. Are you on my side or on that uncle's side?

I think if everyone fires together, there should be some chance."

The damn desire to win reached its peak at this moment. Then, under the surprised gaze of the stall owner, the deflated boy took out a few copies of Fukuzawa Yukichi from his pocket and handed most of the weapons on the field directly to the hands of the girls behind him.

When conventional cheating tactics failed to achieve victory, Hasegawa simply decided to transform into a krypton gold warrior and deal a heavy blow to the target!

However, compared to his completely intoxicated attitude, the friends around him felt uncomfortable all over after playing for a while.

There's no other reason, I just feel a little embarrassed to be watched by a group of people in such an occasion.

They were all high school students, but now they were competing fiercely with a shooting booth here in front of everyone like elementary school students who couldn't afford to play.

"Actually, I think... Senior, you could have used the money for something else instead of continuing to fight here."

"Agree."

"Me too......."

“…Okay, let’s retreat for now.

It’s just a pity that we got nothing this time.”

Seeing that the girls had lost interest, Hasegawa stopped indulging himself. After all, the best configuration of modern games is to have friends to play with. Although he likes to play, he can't put the cart before the horse and ignore the people around him.

But he didn't know if it was his illusion. When everyone left the stall, Hasegawa seemed to vaguely hear the uncle's extremely happy laughter, as if he was proving something to everyone.

"I guess he's very happy because he made a lot of money."

From a utilitarian point of view, he sharply criticized the other party's unscrupulous business behavior.

But Hasegawa didn't know that for the uncle, suppressing him, the challenger who caused a commotion at the festival, as a stall owner was also a memorable honor.

At least in the next three years, every time the summer festival begins, the uncle will recall this day of that year when he stepped on the "corpses" of countless fallen colleagues and defeated the arrogant gaming boy as a "savior."

But that's another story......

The evening bells rang and fireworks bloomed.

The splendor and roar in the sky brought a perfect end to the lively festival. Standing on the high platform of the temple on the top of the mountain, Hasegawa and his friends looked at the night sky filled with colorful lights and shadows, and couldn't help but smile.

The beautiful scenery in the distance, the friends around me, and the quiet night sky.

Compared to the initial anxiety about facing the Shura battlefield, Hasegawa felt that there was only one thought in his mind at this moment, and that was to be thankful.

I am glad that I did not desert the upcoming festival out of cowardice, and I am glad that I can feel the gentle evening breeze together with the girls under the gorgeous fireworks.

Although there were people who were unable to attend due to some reasons, and Shirogane was divided into two groups at the beginning and acted together with his friends from the Shuchiin Student Council, it was a bit regrettable that they could not have a happy ending.

But even so, the current situation is enough to make people feel satisfied.

Chapter 24: Still Too Honest

Just like the most brilliant fireworks in the night sky, summer festivals are certainly lively and exciting, but once they are over, they are over. For most busy people in the world, the hustle and bustle of that night gradually becomes a memorable part of their memories.

But for a certain guy, the impact that night had on him and his friends is not so easy to cover up.

Especially after school started, that feeling of being on pins and needles always lingered on Hasegawa Hide, making him feel like he was under a kind of soul-torture all the time.

——I have attracted so many girls without realizing it. I want to ask you if you are going too far?

[But I didn’t do it on purpose! ]

The weather in early autumn still has some of the summer temperature that has not completely dissipated, but the coolness that comes towards you makes people feel a little more comfortable compared to the time when they were sweating profusely.

The rooftop was one of Makoto's many campus battlefields in the past. Today, the young time traveler is leaning on the wire mesh alone, gazing at the azure sky above his head, sighing with melancholy for getting an advantage.

It is said that food, clothing, and lust are all important.

In Hasegawa Hide's opinion, after solving the problem of food and clothing, he had nothing to do with the word lust. At best, he suddenly had a lot more free time, and he and his friends would get together to play and sweat out the youth that is unique to middle school students.

The reason why it looks so strange and gives people a weird sense of déjà vu is ultimately because of the narrowness of my circle of friends, and...beautiful girls occupy a considerable proportion of them.

[Yes, that’s it! 】

[I am a gentleman. Even if I hang out with all kinds of girls every day, how could I have so many strange and unreasonable thoughts? At best, I just have a pair of eyes that are good at appreciating and discovering beauty.]

"If we really talk about the length of time, I obviously played with them on Silver Stone for a longer time!"

As if he wanted to convince himself, he muttered something quietly when he was about to leave, as if this additional explanation at the end could make his already weak back stand up straighter.

But coupled with the evasive look on his face, this statement seems to be an attempt to cover up something.

"I told you, I can't find you anywhere, sure enough..."

"?!"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded at the door. I looked up and saw that it was indeed that familiar pretty face.

Seeing Hasegawa's dazed expression, Yang No couldn't help but chuckle and quietly walked forward until she stopped beside him. She looked up at him from a perfect angle, as if she was looking at something interesting:

"I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel like you, Hasegawa, seem to be avoiding me recently, huh?"

Unlike many people, the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family is strong-willed.

Moreover, after spending such a long time together, she thought she had a good understanding of someone's character.

It was certainly annoying to bump into a group of girls on a festival date, but after that, Yang No was able to calm down and use her own methods to investigate the relationship between a certain person and the girls around him.

And the result that followed was enough to prove that the other party was just as she had imagined, a pure blockhead, and the relationships between him and the girls were as pure as they could not be, and even the relationship between him and herself was only slightly romantic.

——The advantage is mine!

One step ahead, every step ahead. After analyzing it, Miss Yang Nai instantly came to this conclusion in her mind.

Having received various types of education in a family environment since childhood, she has considerable confidence in her own conditions. Coupled with the unique advantage of being in the same school, she has a kind of arrogance of "as long as you have hands, you can do it".

As time went by, especially after school started, the foreign mixed-race girl who was originally regarded as a big enemy had long been placed in an inconspicuous corner by Yang Noi.

The problem she was facing now was that since the festival, someone seemed to have undergone some subtle changes in his attitude towards her.

This change is very strange. If I have to say it, it feels like...guilt?

[Huh~ What on earth am I thinking about? ]

Thinking of this, Yang Nai couldn't help but let out a breath, and was shocked by this sudden thought in his mind.

After all, in her heart, the boy in front of her has always been a guy who moves straight towards his goal. Words like guilt, hesitation, and indecision are not suitable for him at all.

"You look so depressed, are you worried about something recently?"

He guided the confused boy to sit down slowly beside a stone platform. The school rooftop was a public place, but now it became the best place for their private meeting because there was no one around.

It was at this time that Hasegawa Hide, who had been led by the nose, came to his senses. He looked at the quirky, mysterious and charming girl in front of him, who was like a white fox, and nodded gently:

"Maybe I've been under a lot of pressure lately."

The seemingly plausible answer made it difficult to guess its truth. At least from Hasegawa's reaction, Haruno had no way of judging what kind of truth was hidden behind this answer.

However, looking at Hasegawa's eyes, she could keenly sense that this guy was not in a good state. He seemed to be troubled by something and could not be as carefree as usual.

"Come on, you're not the Hasegawa I know now."

"..."

Seeing the girl encouraging him, Hasegawa wanted to ask what kind of image he had in her mind.

But because of the festival, he found himself always feeling restrained and cowering in front of the other party, so much so that he just opened his mouth and finally listened in silence.

However, he never expected that his silence would make the girl in front of him shake her head and sigh:

“Sure enough, you are worried.

Under normal circumstances, Hasegawa, you would have already refuted or explained. "

"...Aren't you following the instructions from our Miss Yang No?"

He rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Now he realized that the girl in front of him seemed to have noticed something, so she came to tease him on purpose.

The cool autumn breeze blew through their hair.

With the ringing of the school bell and the tacit smile between the two, the restless vacation came to an end.

Chapter 25: Hasegawa: Actually, I am quite popular in school.

For students, the relatively boring study routine in school is always inferior to the free environment of like-minded people in clubs.

The club's recruitment of new members usually begins at the entrance ceremony of the new school year, but at the beginning of a new semester, the club presidents will receive various applications for withdrawal from the club, or welcome new members who want to join them.

But no matter how you put it, the existence of clubs is not very friendly to some students who are socially anxious or not good at dealing with others.

Moreover, for those individuals who are relatively introverted and tend to be passive in their social style, the "modern" groups that gather around clubs can easily make these people who are incompatible with them develop an inferiority complex.

“But what does this have to do with you, Hasegawa?

You don't want to suddenly tell me that you are actually a social phobic and you were just acting before, right? "

"Well... that's not the case. I was just simply thinking about the current situation on campus."

Faced with Miss Yangno's sudden anger, Hasegawa touched his head and a hint of unnaturalness appeared on his face.

In order to enlighten himself, the other party took him to the club's activity room and said that he should pick one to go in, get along with everyone and relax.

This intention is actually good, and as Yang No said, he himself does not belong to the socially anxious group. When communicating, he is always good at taking the initiative and quickly establishing connections with strangers.

but......

"Yang No, is it really necessary to join any club?

I think if you want to relax, it’s actually a good idea to go to a bookstore or a park for a walk.”

Although he is good at something, in terms of personality and habits, this guy is a quiet person. Compared to gathering with a group of people, he prefers to study the things he likes alone. At most, he will gather in small groups of three or five.

After all, when there are too many people, their minds become mixed and it’s hard for them to have fun together.

On the contrary, when there are fewer people around, especially when you are alone, it is easier to concentrate and reach the pinnacle.

"You are making a twisted argument!"

Facing Hasegawa's final resistance, Miss Yangno, as a campus star, naturally has a different opinion.

Compared to the passive communication of someone around her, she, with her outstanding conditions and family education, became a social expert in campus life at an early age and was the brightest star in the night sky.

In Yang Noi's value system, she does like the carefree feeling of being with someone, but she also enjoys the endless fun of fighting with others.

And in the process of getting to know and getting along with different people, the latter fun will be constantly magnified.

"So, this is why you like to tease your sister, Yukino-chan?

You deserve to be despised by others......"