"If you can't answer this question, try the simplest one."

Matsueda Azusa glanced at the silent Kato Megumi and then spoke, "Do you believe, or do you know, that Sawamura-san and Kasumigaoka-san have feelings for you? If you don't believe or know, then what makes you think they're willing to help you complete this fantasy project for free?"

Tomoya Aki looked at Azusa Matsueda with a pale face.

At this moment, Miura Yumiko suddenly clenched her right fist and smashed it into the palm of her left hand, revealing a look of sudden enlightenment: "I get it, I get it! I was wondering why this strong sense of déjà vu... Isn't this just a melodramatic eight o'clock drama about overbearing CEOs? The two overbearing male supporting characters are obsessed with the idea that 'she's different from other girls,' and the innocent heroine contentedly accepts all kinds of help from them, pretending not to notice that they like her, and only saying 'No way, I just think of them as brothers'. She even uses their power to flirt with the hero - it's exactly like that!"

Hearing such an abstract analysis, Aki Tomoya finally broke down and said, "That's not the case at all! What on earth can you outsiders understand?"

"After all, I've already rejected Kasumigaoka-senpai long ago. I simply treated her as my favorite writer, Kasumi Shiko! She herself didn't want to be satisfied with the relationship between reader and author. Is that my fault? She was the one who insisted on playing ambiguity with me. When I asked her to help me with this game project, I never promised her that if she helped me, I would do this and that, right? In the final analysis, isn't it just her wishful thinking?"

"Not to mention Eriri! If Kasumigaoka-san is okay, then Eriri owes me! I've never forgiven her. Besides, she did that to me, and now she's still brazenly saying she likes me. Isn't that ridiculous? And after all, didn't she even tell me she liked me? If she thinks I should forgive her and fall in love with her just by doing this, isn't that too condescending?! In order to serve this 'painter', I have to pretend that what happened in the past never happened. That's already enough of a favor, okay?"

Aki Tomoya spoke excitedly, panting heavily: "I don't have any improper thoughts about them at all, and I absolutely don't like them. What does it have to do with them? What gives you the right to say that to me?!"

After listening to him recount such a lengthy account of his inner journey, Matsueda Azusa pointed out the problem: "Since you have absolutely no improper feelings towards them, and consider their harassment of you to be their own problem, and even harbor resistance towards one of them...then why don't you just ask them to help you create this game project? Why don't you clearly and logically warn them about your intentions from the outset?"

"From what Kato-kun said just now, it doesn't seem like they rushed to you wanting to join the project the moment they heard about it. It seems like you were the one who approached them and begged for help, right? How come it's now their fault for helping you?"

Miura Yumiko frowned and added, "You're trying to use them for your own benefit, yet you feel like they're either doing it willingly or they owe you something, and that they deserve it. And yet you completely exclude yourself, acting like you're a pure, innocent beauty... Isn't that a bit disgusting? What are you pretending for? Do you really think anyone can't see what's going on?"

Aki Tomoya staggered back a step and fell on the table behind him. He seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't find the words to refute.

"Even though I was resisting, I had no choice but to 'commit' to them in order to make this game. I had to rely on their help to improve and supplement it, or even take over the production of this project..."

Matsueda Azusa rubbed his chin and looked Aki Tomoya up and down: "Should I call you a scumbag who plays with people's feelings, or a profiteer who selfishly exploits others?"

"Ah, according to you, you endured the discomfort, exploiting someone's one-sided feelings for you from beginning to end to fulfill your own fantasies and satisfy your own interests, giving nothing in return and greedily exploiting their labor... From this point of view, you're a complete and authentic capitalist! What a profit-oriented, self-centered emotional liar."

Miura Yumiko's eyes lit up when she heard that, and she pretended to be kind and reminded him, "Do you need a rope? There are still street lights in the school."

Tomoya Aki could no longer bear the repeated attacks from Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura. If they were just criticisms of his two-dimensional fantasy, he would feel nothing after he gave up on himself and revealed his true face. This was the confidence behind his being a pure otaku, but if he focused on this point now, he really had no reason to refute it.

Not to mention that Kato Megumi didn't speak for him, she just watched quietly from the side with a thoughtful look. If he hadn't paid special attention, he would have thought she didn't exist there at all!

Megumi! Why are you just watching? Are you betraying me too?!

Aki Tomoya jumped up from his chair in despair, rushed towards the door of the activity room regardless of anything, and pulled the classroom door open with force, as if he was ready to escape.

But suddenly, two unexpected figures appeared behind the opened door - Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka.

Both of them looked very ugly. Obviously, they had heard everything that Tomoya Aki said to them just now.

Songzhi Zi couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim in praise: "What a godsend opportunity!"

He didn't call these two people here, and Songzhi Zi didn't have their contact information, nor did he set up a special plan to lure them here.

All I can say is that the timing of these two people's participation in the club activities was just a coincidence, and they just happened to catch up with the opportunity for Aki Tomoya to give them sharp comments.

For a moment, the three of them looked at each other with pale faces.

Kasumigaoka Utaha stared at the flustered Aki Tomoya, her tone icy: "So this is how you see me, Logic-kun? I'm such a slut who keeps clinging to you no matter how I'm rejected. I'm really sorry. So, in your eyes, I'm just a troublesome, cheap, and meaningless guy."

Compared to Kasumigaoka Utaha's anger, Eriri seems completely different.

She put her hand over her mouth, as if trying hard to hold back the tears. After a while, she trembled and asked in a forced, angry tone, "Ren Ye, you've never forgiven me... What do you mean?!"

"..."

Aki Tomoya gritted his teeth. With the two men blocking the door, he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

In desperation, as if giving up on himself, he clenched his fists and shouted back at Eriri: "What else could it mean? Eriri, what do you think it could mean? What right do you have to question me about this? Weren't you the one who abandoned me in the first place?!"

126

Chapter 126: The poet of Quandu tribe.

"Eight years ago, you pretended to leave your home and make new friends, but you also acted like you didn't even know me, and gave me that disgusted look. Weren't you the one who abandoned me?!"

Aki Tomoya emotionally accused Eriri: "Do you understand how important you were to me back then? I became an enemy of almost everyone for you! I was willing to pay such a price and do my best to protect our home. Have I ever done anything to let you down?! Back then, you were the only one I cared about and could rely on!"

"So... you did something like this, but you're acting like nothing happened. You're so self-conscious that I'll definitely forgive you and that this matter is insignificant... Isn't this kind of thinking ridiculous?!"

Matsueda Azusa was surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected such a hidden story to unfold... Sure enough, his earlier assumption was correct. In this whole situation, it wasn't just Aki Tomoya who had problems. While his unscrupulous exploitation of others was shameful, the others weren't perfect victims either. The problem with one of them had immediately surfaced.

Eriri hadn't expected Akitomo to suddenly explode at this moment. She subconsciously showed a panic expression and took a step back in confusion, but she quickly retorted angrily: "K- ...

"How could you say such a thing?!"

Aki Tomoya clenched his fists. He obviously didn't expect Eriri to say such words to shirk responsibility under such circumstances. He was already on the verge of collapse and finally couldn't bear it anymore. "You guy! Apologize to me! Shouldn't this be the time for you to apologize to me?! This was your fault in the first place, right? Why does it seem like it's my problem? I'm the one who was betrayed! Apologize to me!"

The moment these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene plummeted to a freezing point. The already tense atmosphere was instantly ignited, and the tit-for-tat exchange between Aki Tomoya and Eriri erupted in flames. Even Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had been planning to question Aki Tomoya, was unable to get a word in at this moment.

Matsueda Azusa and Miura Yumiko looked at each other and tactfully said nothing. Miura Yumiko even took out a bag of melon seeds from somewhere and handed it to Matsueda Azusa.

Kato Megumi was still watching from the side without any sense of presence, and seemed to have no intention of interfering, but her expression, which could almost be called calm, made it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

"S-Stop talking nonsense! I'm not going to apologize!"

Facing everyone's gaze, Eriri's pale face instantly flushed, appearing to warm up. She refused without hesitation, "No matter what, I will never apologize to you! Lunya only knows how to blame me, doesn't he even know how long I've been crying over this?"

“Huh?” ×3.

As soon as these words were spoken, Matsueda Azusa, Miura Yumiko and the extremely angry Aki Tomoya could not help but ask confused and questioning questions.

Wait, what kind of divine logic is this?

No, huh? — "Even though I was the one who broke up with you, don't you know how long I cried? So it's your fault, I won't apologize!" — Is this what a human being would say?

Forget about what other people think, even Matsueda Azusa thinks that Eriri deserves to be treated like this by Aki Tomoya after doing such a thing. It's obvious that both people in this relationship are bad people, so why bother to choose who is better?

However, Eriri didn't realize the shock others felt at her words. Instead, she continued to talk to herself, "Ever since Tomoya broke up with me, we can't talk anymore, whether at school or in private. We have to ignore each other... Tomoya has no idea how sad, unwilling, and painful I am, and how many tears I have shed! I should be more devastated than Tomoya! It's Tomoya who should apologize to me!"

Oh my god, this is amazing! Akitomo is also a genius, and this Eriri is even more of a genius!

Matsueda Azusa held her forehead helplessly. So there were so many non-humans in the school? The plan to clean up the fake people was still a long way to go.

He couldn't help but warn Miura Yumiko earnestly, "Don't become such a clueless person... Otherwise, I'll be forced to kill my own relatives for the sake of justice."

Miura Yumiko, who lives in Bengbu, rolled her eyes at Matsueda Azusa. "What nonsense! No sane person would have such logic and thinking, okay? It was clearly their own fault, yet they're saying they're in pain too, shifting the blame onto the other person... What kind of rotten person would do such a thing?"

Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura didn't intentionally lower their voices, so their words reached Eriri's ears clearly.

Her already flushed face became even redder, and Matsueda Azusa could even hear the background sound of "Alarm! Alarm!"

Matsueda Azusa crossed her arms and offered a blunt, blunt assessment: "You can tell she's both arrogant and self-centered. She abandoned others without hesitation when they needed her most. She clearly didn't fight for anything, and she hasn't taken any steps to make amends, yet she still expects others to choose her. She's truly selfish and condescending."

"If you've chosen to betray someone and resolutely refuse to apologize, then the most important thing you should do is acknowledge the fact that you're a rotten person. Then, stop imagining that they still have any illusions about you and honestly walk away. Even if you try to piece together a broken relationship, it will leave a bloody wound. Let alone not even trying to piece it together, simply leaving the wound to bleed unstoppably... Who on earth would still dream of a chance after doing something like this?"

Miura Yumiko retreated strategically and gave Matsueda Azusa a thumbs-up: "Correct."

With Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura fanning the flames, Tomoya Aki couldn't help but clench his fists. "It was you who chose to break up with me. You were the one who abandoned me! Just because you said something, whether true or not, that made you sad and you cried for a long time, does that mean all the hurt you've caused me can be wiped out?"

"Besides, do you think I don't know? When you were with your friends, you mocked me, a nerd, a lot, didn't you? Not only did you backstab me, but even when I was being treated badly, mocked, and bullied, you didn't stand up and say a word. You just ignored me. You're actually their accomplice!"

"..."

Eriri was so rebuked that tears welled up in her eyes, but she still pretended not to think it was her fault. She asked back, feeling both sad and angry: "If that's the case... If you've never forgiven me, and you just find me disgusting when you're around you... then why did you invite me to work on this game project? Why did you ask me to be the artist? Were all those things you did when we were together, Tomoya, just fake?"

"So what!"

Aki Tomoya gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and took a sudden step forward, pushing Eriri away from where he was standing in front of him. "Don't act like I'm kneeling on the ground begging for your help! Even without you, my game project can still be successfully completed!"

After saying that, he didn't give Eriri any chance to explain herself and fled along the corridor in a hurry. His back soon disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Eriri stared blankly at Tomoya Aki's back as he left, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably as she cried very sadly.

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't get a word in. Although she was very angry, there was nothing she could do at the moment.

"Ah, what a sweet wailing sound!"

Songzhi Zi opened his arms, raised his head and closed his eyes, assuming an intoxicated posture: "The sound of the fake thing breaking is so intoxicating!"

127

Chapter 127: You brought shame upon yourself.

The activity room was in chaos at this time.

Some were crying, some were watching, some were laughing, and some were eating melon seeds.

Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned and sighed deeply, barely suppressing her displeasure. She looked at Matsueda Azusa and Miura Yumiko and asked, "Excuse me...what exactly are you two doing here? It seems our club's internal affairs have nothing to do with you, do they?"

Miura Yumiko stopped eating melon seeds and looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha with pity.

Although Yumiko Miura could understand that Kasumigaoka Utaha wanted to resolve the current chaos as soon as possible, and that she needed to first stabilize the external situation and drive these two outsiders away, she made the biggest mistake - she had to force Matsueda Azusa to scold her when he was happiest.

At this time, the smarter one would be like Kato Megumi, who would stay by his side and wait for Matsueda Azusa to have enough fun and then leave on his own. After all, Matsueda Azusa's ability to find fun is seven times that of a normal human, and he has the characteristic of leaving on his own even if he is not happy.

Huh? But...

Thinking of this, Miura Yumiko couldn't help but wonder why Kato Megumi hadn't reacted at all to what had just happened? She was clearly the heroine chosen by Aki Tomoya, yet she remained silent during his and the invited artist's complete falling out... Was she indifferent, or was this exactly what she wanted?

What is the relationship between Kato Megumi and Aki Tomoya? It can be seen that Aki Tomoya has a certain affection for Kato Megumi. Although it is a projection of the affection from the virtual world onto the three-dimensional character, it may not be impossible to transform it into real affection. But what about Kato Megumi?

Yumiko Miura had even ignored the existence of such a person in the club before. Even when she was torturing Tomoya Aki just now, Kato Megumi's presence was very low. Judging from her few reactions, Yumiko Miura could not tell what her attitude towards Tomoya Aki was at all.

Just as Miura Yumiko was thinking to herself, Matsueda Azusa finally stopped smiling under the questioning of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

He glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Although I never like to repeat myself, it seems necessary for me to reiterate it again in order to deepen your impression - as the head of the Improper Relationship Supervision Department, my power is unlimited! Act first and report later, with Sobu's special permission! What a mess the relationships between men and women in your club have become! Is it not also immoral to have an affair within the club? Regardless of whether you are inside or outside the club, I have the power to supervise you. What, if you don't agree, go to the student union and complain to me?"

"you!……"

Utaha Kasumigaoka didn't expect that Matsueda Azusa would be so shameless and blunt to say such words.

"What do you mean by 'I'? What do you mean by 'you'? If you have the guts, why don't you ask Amami's kind teacher to find a reason to abolish our Inspection Committee, just like she did to get him out of the Discipline Committee? Do you think she has the ability to do that?"

Songzhi Zi put on an extremely arrogant look: "If you can't do it, then just obey us. Look at you guys, you are so young and don't learn your lesson. All you know how to do is get involved in these love triangles and love quadrilaterals, mixing them up all the time. Is this acceptable?"

After hearing this, Yumiko Miura couldn't help but cover her face in embarrassment.

No, why does Matsueda Azusa look more and more like a vicious villain who's about to get slapped in the face? He's the perfect example of a villain who succeeds. If he were to act in a movie, he might win Best Supporting Actor, because he's clearly playing himself.

"So young?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was so angry that she laughed, but she couldn't find any other reason to refute, so she had to nitpick the details and say, "If I remember correctly, Matsueda-san, I am your senior, right?"

"What happened?"

Songzhi Zi spread his hands and said, "You're one year older than me. Does that mean you're mature when it comes to love? I don't think so. In the area I'm in charge of, what's wrong with calling you young? Do you think you know everything?"

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something. "Oh, right, I remember now. When I was investigating you guys, I heard you were a romance writer. That's even more true. No romance writer knows anything about love, especially those who write toilet paper light novels."

This was equivalent to pointing at Kasumigaoka Utaha's nose and scolding her. Her face instantly fell and became full of black lines.

Kasumigaoka Utaha gave a forced smile and asked through gritted teeth, "Oh? So, Matsueda-san actually knows a lot about love and is very mature in this area?"

"Who said that? I'm not mature at all in this regard. What good student knows how to fall in love? But so what? I don't understand love and I won't really fall in love. Even if I really fall in love, I won't get involved in a love triangle or a love quadrilateral."

Songzhi Zi spread his hands, activated his double standard magic, and said confidently: "Besides, if I say that the air conditioner is broken, do I have to cool it myself? Just because I don't understand love, does that mean I can't control you guys who are engaging in impure relationships?"

"..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was completely speechless.

Because Matsueda Azusa had the word "double standard" written all over her face. If she wanted to argue with someone, she should at least use some sense, right? When she encountered someone who had no sense at all and whose logic was self-contained, she really didn't know what to say.

Miura Yumiko couldn't help but nod in sympathy. She understood the feeling, as she was also a victim of the double standard divine power—but the good thing was that she was now an accomplice, so she could also use this trick.

That's fine.

Kasumigaoka Utaha took a deep breath and managed to calm herself down, her face icy. "Even so, Matsueda-san, there's no need for you to stay here any longer, right? Logically... no, didn't you force Amami-san to flee here? What's the point of you staying here any longer?"

"First of all, Amaki-san wasn't forced to run away by me. He left after a huge argument with this Sawamura-san. You should ask her what exactly happened."

Matsueda Azusa didn't care about Eriri crying so hard. She pointed at her, revealing her wounds once again. Then she looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha: "And... Kasumigaoka-senpai, are you saying that you're blaming all the mistakes in this messy relationship on Aki-san? So after he left, all the mistakes disappeared, right? So that's what you really think."

Upon hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha's face changed. She was about to explain herself, but Matsueda Azusa interrupted her: "Then you're completely mistaken! Amami-san is certainly largely responsible for the mistakes that led to this messy relationship, but who says you're all fine? You don't really think you can be invisible in this relationship, do you?"

He held up a finger. "Polyamory is completely different from school bullying. If someone told a bullied student that it takes two to tango, I'd definitely give them a slap and ask them if it made any difference. But when it comes to polyamory... well, it's like a fly won't bite an egg without a crack."

Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth. She was, of course, retorting without hesitation: What's wrong with liking someone, staying with them, and trying to woo them? After all, wasn't Tomoya Aki actually in a relationship with anyone? Why was this considered polyamory? If that's the case, then if the person you like is also liked by someone else, you might as well just give up! What else do you like?

But even though she thought so in her heart, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't open her mouth and say that she liked Aki Tomoya under the gaze of others. Although Kasumigaoka Utaha did like Aki Tomoya, what she wanted was that Aki Tomoya would be conquered by her charm and say that he liked her in person, instead of her having to bring it up herself.

However, Matsueda Azusa seemed to see through her inner thoughts. She tapped her lower lip with her index finger and tilted her head to ask, "You're not thinking... since Aki Tomoyuki hasn't really established a relationship, your current situation isn't considered a polyamorous relationship at all, right?"

128

Chapter 128 No one can be left behind!

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