After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

She really thought a lot, even thought about how she should show off in front of Eriri, showing off her loyal boyfriend to that golden-haired loser, and showing their love in front of her with practical actions, telling that golden-haired loser that she had no chance at all and could only be a loser.

Of course, if she behaved better, she could also send her some private photos of her juniors as a side dish...

So she really, really thought about it a lot, and even thought that it would be good to continue like this. The method of getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later was indeed too despicable, but it was really useful at certain times! And then the regrettable parts that were lacking would be made up for by the younger generation in the future.

Thinking of this, she even began to look forward to it, until she heard louder and louder noises coming from all around her.

"..."

So why is it so noisy? Even the worst soundproofing in a hotel wouldn't be this bad, right? And the sounds coming from it are completely different. If you listen carefully, you can hear a sentence or two: "What a pity, I didn't get it again." "Wow, I finally got this capsule toy!" "Now, instant prison shadow killing array!"

"...?"

She had a bad feeling in her heart, so she finally raised her head bravely and began to look around.

Not far in front, there is a row of brand new claw machines. Many couples or groups of lesbians are fighting with the machines. The gashapon machines on the other side are also very popular. There are groups of three or five people gathered in front of each gashapon machine. Some of them would occasionally exclaim "Oh wow, I won!", attracting envious glances from the otakus nearby.

However, these were still small scenes. The most lively scene was the rows of brand-new game consoles in front of him. Almost every seat was occupied. In the even more lively battle area, many spectators simply stood behind the players and frequently cast astonished glances at the screen. From time to time, they would excitedly raise their hands and shout, "YA??DA??ZE??! Just win the game in one go!"

"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was silent and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

On the contrary, Xia Chuan Zou beside him became extremely interested.

"I heard about this arcade a long time ago. It seems to have just opened recently. All the equipment is brand new, but all the old games are available. I came here today to see it and it's true. I also heard that the owner of this store is an ultimate arcade fan. After his business became prosperous, he returned to his hometown and found that the arcade he remembered had been closed for a long time. So he paid out of his own pocket to customize a batch of brand new equipment. In order to attract young people of this era, he also specially customized a batch of "very easy to ship" claw machines and gashapon machines. So now this place is usually full of people..."

"Sure enough, this kind of atmosphere makes the game feel better."

When introducing these, Natsukawa Zou's eyes were filled with unstoppable passion, and he couldn't wait to join in like this group of people.

His original plan was to come here and experience it after buying various comics and new publications, but he was pestered by his senior. But now it seems like it’s a good choice to bring her here to see it for herself?

At least the senior student looked very shocked at this moment.

——At least that's what he saw.

However, in reality, the low-pressure aura emanating from Kasumigaoka Utaha was almost solidified. Her legs couldn't stop trembling, and she wanted to step on something. Her eyes seemed to be covered with layer after layer of haze, and she whispered in a low voice that no one around her could understand: "Haha... I knew it... It's really like this... Haha... Unforgivable... Haha..."

Her anger built up layer by layer until it finally broke through the limit.

So she looked at the man next to her, Xia Chuan Kanade, who was holding a lot of game coins and thinking about what to play first, and whispered to him: "You are really worthy of it, scumbag. The ways you play with innocent girls are always unexpected."

"Hey hey hey? Why? What did I do again?" Xia Chuan Zou was puzzled. Why did the way he addressed her suddenly escalate in a vicious direction?

"Bringing a girl to a place like this is terrible! It's really terrible!"

"Ah? No, you were the one who said you could go anywhere, right?" Xia Chuan Zou was a little angry. It was the other party who said it was OK, but after taking her to the place he wanted to go, he said he was bad? That's too unreasonable, isn't it?!

"How did I know you would bring me here? I thought you were going to take me to that kind of place..." Kasumigaoka Utaha said angrily. She did say she would accompany him, but could you at least tell her where you were going? She really thought they were going to a hotel!

"Ah? Where to?" Xia Chuanzou was also confused. He felt that the other party had something else in his words, but was unwilling to tell him directly.

"..." However, the senior student just pursed her lips and said nothing.

After all, I had imagined so many things, how could I possibly say them out loud? Especially after I realized that the place I came to was actually such an "all-ages" place, it was even more impossible for me to say those "dirty" thoughts I had originally.

She still has to have some dignity.

However, now that I'm here, I can only transform my grief and anger into strength.

"Tsk... I'm going to catch dolls." Kasumigaoka Utaha said expressionlessly.

She wasn't one of those people who liked dolls or stuffed animals, but in a place like this, these were the only things that could pique her interest.

"Eh? But I want to go play for a while first..."

"Catch the doll." She repeated it expressionlessly.

“……”So Xiachuan Zou had no choice but to admit defeat and compromise.

"Then we'll play the arcade later..."

Looking at the little mushroom-headed kids who were obviously elementary school students fighting happily not far ahead, he had already begun to feel itchy to try his luck. However, since they were all here to play together, he couldn't possibly suggest something like "Senior, you go catch the dolls while I play the arcade games", right?

I always feel like I'll be scolded even more harshly.

200. The Greedy Junior

Kasumigaoka Utaha is a literary girl, so her interests and hobbies are naturally in this direction. She likes reading and can even hold a book for an entire afternoon. She also particularly loves romantic literary works, so she inevitably becomes a person who yearns for them.

Generally speaking, she rarely shows up in public, but in order to enrich her works, she will occasionally try things that can improve her experience, such as experiencing this claw machine.

After all, what she wrote was light novels, not traditional literature, so she had to get in touch with these activities that were popular among young people and also very popular among couples.

However, she was not actually good at this, and had only experienced it once before, but at least she had the basic knowledge.

Insert coins - operate the joystick - grab, all in one go.

Then, as expected, it failed.

And it wasn't just once or twice, it happened several times.

"Aren't these claw machines said to be easier to catch? Why can't we catch them? They are still cheating people out of money, right?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little annoyed.

She wasn't that angry at first, but she felt like things were going wrong recently. Just now she even felt like she was being teased by someone. Although she could realize that it was all due to her overthinking, she was still angry and she always wanted to vent.

"Come on, scumbag, but if you can't catch anything... there's no need to stay in this shop run by a profiteer."

"There's no need to be so extreme..." Xia Chuan Zou was a little helpless, so he reminded the senior sister at the beginning, knowing that she definitely didn't like this kind of place, but he didn't expect that she was already a little impatient after just a while, "And I have to remind you, these tokens cannot be returned, okay?"

"It doesn't matter." Senior Kasumigaoka just crossed her arms and said casually, "It's not my money anyway."

"Isn't this even more excessive!" Xia Chuan Zou protested. He knew that things would not go so smoothly.

However, he still walked forward slowly and put the token in his hand without much hesitation.

He really didn't have much confidence that he would succeed, after all, he only heard those rumors, and maybe the "easier claw machine" was just a marketing strategy of the merchant. Therefore, he was completely prepared to give up at this moment. Fortunately, he could save these tokens if he couldn't use them up, and take them out when he came back. He just didn't know when he would have the chance to come here again after today.

"Which doll do you want, senior?" Natsukawa Kanade turned around and looked at the other party.

Since Senior Sister Kasumigaoka took the initiative to come over here and put in the coins, there must be something she wants in this machine, so he might as well give her a little help.

"You said it as if I could catch him if I told you..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was not convinced, but she still told him the truth, "The one from Panda, a little inside, with a funny expression on his face."

So Xiachuan Zou looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw a unique Panda doll hiding among the brothers and being very well protected.

"I was right, you girls really like Panda..." Xiachuan Zou murmured.

After all, it is a special creature, and the key is that it is really cute. However, almost all pandas come from a big country in the East, and the rest are given out on loan or as a gift. Because it is a rare creature that is extremely difficult to reproduce, naturally not many can be given abroad. Although there are indeed a few pandas in Tokyo, and one of them is a big star among pandas, not many people can actually visit it.

Because it is so popular, if you want to visit it you basically have to rely on luck. If there are too many people on the day, you may only be able to enter by lottery. In order to meet the needs of the people, various Panda peripherals have begun to emerge one after another, and they are all selling very well. Therefore, it is completely normal to say that it is the most favorite animal of the people.

However, compared to her favorite cute creatures, most of Kasumigaoka Utaha's attention is still focused on more important people.

"You guys?" She frowned.

Is there anyone else who likes Panda? Or should I say… is there anyone else who has had any connection with the younger generation?

She was curious.

However, Natsukawa Kanade was completely self-absorbed and started working for her senior.

He looked around first, and after confirming again and again, he nodded and started to work.

Push the rod, control the rod, and carefully find the correct position. After confirming that it is correct, press the grab button.

He acted like he didn't care that much, but Kasumigaoka Utaha behind him became interested.

She watched the machine silently, watching the grappling hook easily cross the dangerous terrain and all the Panda dolls, and finally hit the bottom.

“……”It’s clear that nothing was caught!

She had thought Xia Chuanzou was very strong because he was so confident and said, "You can pick any one you want." But he turned out to be weaker than her. He didn't even touch Panda's hair!

So Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately put on a look of disgust, wanting to say something sarcastic to him, but the next second she saw the retracting hook actually hung a tag when it rose up, and the tag was firmly hung on the hook, and the whole doll was lifted up with it, and finally, as the hook moved and released, the whole doll rolled out of the hole smoothly.

Kasumigaoka: "..."

Is this possible? She felt that the other party was playing a new game.

But she refused to obey, so she shouted again: "This, this is a coincidence, right? How could it be possible to do this..."

"The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things." Xia Chuan Zou just shrugged.

This was nothing for him. After all, he had practiced it hundreds of times. In order to become a "love expert", he tried his best to do everything. It was just a mere catching dolls, but the time he spent practicing was not even half as much as the time he spent reading the other person's book.

"I don't believe it! Unless you try again and catch another one using the same method as before!"

"Well...but as for Panda, there are not many who have such conditions." Xiachuan Zou hesitated.

This method is not always effective. It requires the tag to be positioned well enough. The other Panda dolls are in a situation where this is not possible.

"Then let's change to another doll..." Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head decisively. Just when she was about to say "Catch any one you want", she saw a golden retriever with a funny expression, and she immediately had an idea in her mind, "That one, that golden retriever is fine, I want it!"

So Xiachuan Zou looked in the direction the other party pointed again, and suddenly a subtle feeling surged in his heart.

This golden retriever... well, it’s hard to say.

It's hard to say.

So he simply pretended that he knew nothing and started working directly.

As expected, because the position was good, it didn't take much effort to pick them out at once. Then Natsukawa Kanade simply gave both of them to Kasumigaoka Utaha beside him.

"Now you can finally believe it, right?" He didn't feel any sense of relief. After all, he was facing Kasumigaoka Utaha and he no longer expected her recognition. However, he still felt somewhat happy that his skills were displayed.

"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was somewhat happy after receiving the doll, but when she thought about the fact that the other party had never shown such a strong doll-catching skill in front of her before, her mood immediately became bad, "Tsk, worthy of being called a scumbag, the ability to tease girls is quite strong."

No matter how talented a person is, it is impossible for him to become a master immediately at something he has just learned.

Someone like her junior had obviously tried many times - that is, he had dated other girls countless times before he was able to develop this skill. Even if the truth was not like that, at least there was no way he could escape the fact that his junior was practicing for someone. And now she was very concerned about who the "she" that her junior was practicing for was!

She could more or less rule out that golden-haired loser. After all, he wasn't someone who liked this kind of thing. Who would like this kind of thing and go out on a date with a junior?

It was a thieving cat that she didn’t know!

Because she had been so focused on her hostility towards Eriri, she almost forgot that besides that golden-haired loser, there were many potential enemies! Like the "black-haired female passerby" she met that day. Although she had flat breasts, she was already a serious threat just in terms of her appearance...

Damn it, how come her junior is so good at attracting girls?

Isn't it enough that she is the only one who likes him?

201. It’s already old

After receiving the two dolls from her junior, Kasumigaoka Utaha's face did look better, so Natsukawa Kanade decided to strike while the iron was hot and suggest trying the arcade machine.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had no interest in this, but seeing that her junior was so interested, she accompanied him. However, when Natsukawa Kanade invited her to join in, she still shook her head and refused, saying that she was only willing to watch him play from the side.

Seeing this, Xia Chuan Zou didn't say anything else. After choosing the game he wanted to play, he decisively put the coins into the machine and immediately immersed himself in the game - he chose the "King of Fighters" game, and it was the most classic "97" version.

This is a world-famous fighting game with a vast world view and character settings. It has also produced many series of animations, comics, and peripheral products. It is very popular. Although it has been overshadowed by another equally popular fighting game in recent years, its loyal fans still exist.

At least as for Kanade Natsukawa, she has purchased every series of works and has always been actively participating in the "qualifying competition". Occasionally, when she is in the mood, she will play one or two games as a reward for herself.

However, he was used to using the console's controller mode, which was different from playing in the arcade, so he was somewhat uncomfortable with it now.

The specific manifestation is that he is not very good at playing the game, and was beaten badly by the computer at the highest difficulty level in front of girls.

Xia Chuan Zou: “…”

It can be said to be very embarrassing.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that every time there is a girl watching him play, his strength cannot be fully exerted. Last time it was Mahiru, and this time it was the senior.

"Although I don't quite understand it, but junior-kun... you seem to be dying soon?" Kasumigaoka Utaha said with interest.

Normally, boys at this time should be encouraged more. However, for Kasumigaoka Utaha, it is rare to see her junior being humiliated. Especially since he just sat down with a confident look on his face and now he immediately starts to get angry.

It's so cute~

"No, no! It's obvious that the computer can't hold on any longer!" Xia Chuanzou said stubbornly.