This is not the date I wanted.

"Shidou-san. Take this."

"Huh? What is this?"

After taking the cloth handed over by Kurumi, Shidou found that it was still a little warm, and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"The fat guy I just replaced."

Kurumi replied with a smile.

"——!?"

Hearing this overly explosive news, Shidao's body stiffened and he was completely stunned.

"There is a flaw~"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kurumi deftly reached into Shidao's school uniform pocket and took out the cell phone inside.

"Kuang, Kuang San?!"

"Fufu~ Excuse me Mr. Shidou, I thought you had some kind of amulet in here."

Seeing Shidao's flustered look, Kuang San apologized with a smile, and at the same time, she slid her fingers across the screen a few times to unlock the screensaver of Shidao's phone.

"Why do you know the password to my phone?!"

"I saw it 'accidentally' when Mr. Shidou was using his phone at school."

When she opened the photo album on her phone and saw the photos inside, Kuang San was stunned at first, then she smiled meaningfully.

"Hehe~ I see. No wonder Mr. Shidao was so proactive when it came to dates. It turns out that he received such a precious 'Valentine's Day gift' from Miss Mengyue."

"That, that..."

Hearing what Kurumi said, Shidao couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

"No, Mr. Shidou, you said you want me to think about you, but you think about other women when you are dating me. This is very bad. So--"

Sighing with pretended regret, Kuang San said in a somewhat cold tone.

"……so?"

“I’m going to delete all these photos.”

“…………………………………………”

"Pfft-hahaha!"

Seeing Shidao's desperate expression as if he saw the end of the world, Kurumi couldn't maintain her indifferent expression for a moment, and laughed out loud while holding her stomach.

"You must be joking! You must be joking! I want to capture Mr. Shidao, how could I do such an annoying thing? Here, return the item to its original owner."

After taking the phone back from Kurumi and confirming that the photos inside were safe, Shidou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, Kurumi."

"Don't worry about it, Mr. Shidou. I was the one who looked at Shidou's phone without permission."

Kuang San smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't mind.

Seeing Kurumi's tolerant attitude, Shidao couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Um... aren't you angry?"

Hearing Shidou's words, Kurumi said with a wry smile.

"Well, if Mr. Shidou had someone else's photo in his phone, I might be a little angry. But seeing Mr. Shidou holding Miss Mengyue's photo, to be honest... I'm very happy."

(After all, I owe her too many favors.)

"Eh? Why is that?"

"Well, Mr. Shidou, guess it yourself."

Looking at Shidou who looked confused, Kurumi stuck out her tongue and replied maliciously.

33 Progress

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Fifteen thousand meters above the ground, the aerial ship "Fraxinus".

While monitoring the progress of Shidou and Kurumi's date, Kotori Itsuka moved the Kabejia lollipop in her mouth up and down.

On the main screen of the bridge, Kurumi and Shidou have already left the lingerie shop. They are holding hands and heading towards their next destination side by side.

According to the favorability detection of Mariya and Maruna, Kurumi's value is also much higher than before.

"Hmph...it went better than expected."

Kotori said with some surprise.

When Kuang San found the photo of Meng Yuejie in Shidao's phone, she thought that Kuang San's favorability towards Shidao would decrease, or she might use this as an opportunity to embarrass Shidao and make some unreasonable demands. However, surprisingly, Kuang San not only did not care, but also glossed over the matter.

To be honest, she had already started thinking of lines to save the situation for Shidou.

(But... what kind of photo of Meng Yuejie is hidden in Shidao's panic reaction?)

Kotori couldn't help but feel a little curious, but considering the priorities of things, she decided to confirm it later.

"How should I put it... things are suddenly going smoothly now, which makes me feel a little uneasy."

At this time, "President" Kanmoto said with a subtle look on his face.

"In a store, when these women who are good at teasing men suddenly become friendly, it's usually not a good thing."

In this regard, Minowa expressed his own views on the "protective observation punishment".

"Will it? I think it was Shidao-kun's persistent and sincere attitude that finally moved Kurumi. Isn't it said that 'sincerity can move mountains and open rocks'? I believe that as long as you never give up, your feelings will definitely be rewarded."

"No, Shidou's situation is completely different from yours..."

Gan Ben complained speechlessly.

"Well, although it's a blessing to have things go smoothly, the opponent is Kurumi after all, so it's better not to take it lightly."

In response to the doubts raised by her subordinates, Kotori thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Maria, please retrieve all the data on the favorability and emotional values ​​of Kurumi and Shidou during the days they were dating."

【Understood. Already sorted.】

Soon, Ju Ya's cheerful response was heard from the speakers.

"This is really..."

Seeing the report submitted by Maria, the corner of Qin Li's eye twitched slightly.

If you only look at a certain point in time, Kurumi's values ​​are still normal, but if you integrate the values ​​for the whole day into a line data, it becomes very strange.

Between ten and fifty times a day, Kurumi's anger-related readings would suddenly soar without warning, then quickly calm down in less than a minute.

As the number of occurrences continues to increase, the range of changes in Kurumi's anger value is shrinking, while the pressure value is gradually increasing.

"What does this mean? Was she only offended by Shidou so many times when she was dating him?"

Qin Li couldn't help but frown.

To be honest, it was a bit awkward for her to say this. In her opinion, although Shidou's performance was not satisfactory, it was not enough to make her angry, and during the date, Kurumi herself did not show similar emotions.

"Kotori... this time period is a little different..."

At this moment, Ling Yin's voice suddenly attracted everyone's attention. She adjusted the time point of the data to yesterday morning and explained.

"After this period of time, Kuang San's stress level suddenly dropped a lot... Although it has exceeded the normal value, it is very stable, and the previous phenomenon of instantaneous peak of emotions has also disappeared..."

"This time period... is just before the time we met Kurumi."

Kotori said. If I remember correctly, they met Kurumi at the chocolate purchasing market yesterday and made chocolate together. In her opinion, Kurumi was no different from usual.

"Lingyin, what does this change mean?"

"...To be honest, I'm not too sure...If I have to say, the problem hasn't been solved, but a certain kind of confusion has disappeared..."

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Yin answered uncertainly.

(Ah… I don’t understand at all.)

Why did Kurumi's emotions fluctuate so many times? And why did she suddenly calm down yesterday? In the end, why did Kurumi take the initiative to ask Shidou out on a date?

After thinking it over and over without coming to any conclusion, Kotori could only let out a long sigh of frustration and pressed the communication button on Shidou's headset.

"...Shidou, can you hear me? I have an additional piece of information..."

If we judge based on Kotori's own opinion, we would probably attribute this phenomenon to the fact that Kurumi has some kind of mental illness, but this is obviously not the answer.

Perhaps, the only ones who can understand what is behind Kurumi's strange mood changes are Shidou and Mengyue.

————————————————I am the dividing line for shifting perspectives——————————————

Time goes on, and as the sun moves, the clear blue sky turns golden, then turns gray and black, and finally becomes a deep night.

Just as Shidou had said at the beginning, he took Kurumi along the path they took on their first date, walked the route they took on their first date, went to the restaurant they had dinner at on their first date - and finally, stopped at the park where the date ended.

"Ah, it makes me miss it so much."

Walking on the empty sidewalk, letting the cold light fall on her face and looking at the park at night, Kuang San couldn't help but smile.

Suddenly, Kuang San crossed the fence and walked to a meadow in the woods.

"Mr. Shidou, do you still remember this place?"

"Ah... I still remember. I really don't want to recall it if I can."

Shidou sighed helplessly.

That day, due to various force majeure reasons, Shidou had a triple date with Tohka and Origami at the same time as he was dating Kurumi.

Because of this relationship, he often leaves Kurumi during dates for various reasons.

It was here that Kurumi, who was alone, encountered a group of people who were abusing cats and killed them all.

Afterwards, "Kyouzo" herself was dismembered by Mana who arrived.

Although now this place has been cleaned up to the point where no traces can be seen, the tragic scene that Shidao saw at that time can be described as hell on earth.

“But it’s really impressive.”

To be honest, even now, Shidou still occasionally recalls it in nightmares.

"Humph."

In response to Shidao's reaction, Kurumi smiled but said nothing.

Looking at these past memories, Kuang San gently closed her eyes and fell into a brief silence.

"...Kyousan?"

Shidou read out the other person's name in confusion. But soon, Kurumi opened her eyes and her usual smile returned to her face.

"Okay, let's continue our date, Mr. Shidou."

Seriously, Kurumi took the initiative to hold Shidou's hand and pulled him back to the sidewalk.

(Just now Kuang San...)

Shidou couldn't help but feel concerned about Kurumi's silence just now.

"Mr. Shidou."

At this moment, Kurumi suddenly stopped and turned to face Shidou.

"Happy Valentine's Day. Please accept this little token of my appreciation."

As she spoke, Kurumi took out a small and exquisite gift box from her bag and handed it to Shidao.

"Oh? Thank you..."

Shidou didn't expect that Kurumi would give him chocolate at this time. He was a little flustered, but still accepted the chocolate with gratitude.

"Can I open it?"

"of course."

After getting Kurumi's permission, Shidao carefully opened the package, which contained many cat-shaped chocolates of different colors and shapes.

"It's so cute."