Chapter 68: That a♂vi…
Chapter 68: That a♂vi…
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“Stop playing!”
Was this stupid game so much fun?
Angrily, Eriri kicked Himekoji away from the computer.
She had been standing right there, waiting foolishly with her eyes shut for thirty minutes—a full half hour!
This idiot, didn’t he know he should do something?
“Playing games, just playing games, I’ll teach you to play games!”
The girl was flustered and furious. Gnashing her teeth, she wildly shook her little head. Her two perfectly crafted golden Twin Tails immediately transformed into whips, lashing fiercely at Himekoji from left and right.
It’s here, it’s here!
The correct usage of Twin Tails—
Eriri’s exclusive special move · Golden Twin Tails Whirling Wind Slash Frenzy!
“Hey hey hey, stop it! This is too dangerous! This is definitely going to trigger an option choice!”
“You idiot! I can’t understand a word you’re saying. Talk properly!”
Eriri, enjoying the lashing, completely ignored the warning. She stubbornly insisted on carrying out the Whirling Wind Slash to its end.
It’s over…
Himekoji thought inwardly. The System definitely wouldn’t let her off.
However, one minute, two minutes, three minutes…
Five minutes passed!
Unbelievably, this time—
Not until Eriri’s neck grew sore from shaking, her head dizzy, her anger mostly vented, and she finally put away her amazing skill, the “Twin Tails Whirling Wind Slash,” satisfied… did the System actually not make a single peep!
But wait, this isn’t logical!
How strange! Himekoji Akito couldn’t help but recall all the moments he’d spent with Eriri over the past year since awakening the System…
Huh?!
He seemed to suddenly realize something shocking.
Come to think of it, System, it had never triggered an option choice for Eriri!
Nani? Why? Why didn’t it trigger choices for Eriri?! Was this stupid System looking down on her?
Himekoji Akito was very angry.
His childhood friend, his former best friend… was actually rejected by the System…
What was the meaning of that!
Wait, wait, no… Why did I instinctively think the System looked down on her? It might also be possible that Eriri was naturally immune to choices! Yes, clearly that explanation made much more sense!
After finding a more reasonable explanation, Himekoji Akito felt much more comfortable inside.
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Not wanting Himekoji to keep playing games, Eriri simply took over the entire computer desk.
“Don’t you need to write your manuscript?”
Seeing Himekoji lying on the bed flipping through manga restlessly, the girl finally asked, looking at him sideways.
“Oh, it’s already done.”
Himekoji rolled over, changing his manga-reading posture as he answered casually.
After a while, as if suddenly realizing something, Himekoji Akito lifted his head slightly in surprise.
“Huh? Eriri, you’re still here?”
“None of your business!”
The girl propped her cheek on one hand, idly clicking the mouse with the other.
“Where’s the manuscript? Let me see it first, so I can draw the illustrations.”
“Oh, it’s in the email inbox. The revised version I sorted out earlier to send to the editors for review.”
Himekoji Akito’s email account was already logged in. Eriri casually clicked to open it.
“Risque Jokes” Volume Eight, “Risque Jokes” Volume Nine, Miura_Forced_Kiss_on_Himekoji.a♂vi…
Huh? Wait!
Seeing something, Eriri’s eyes suddenly widened.
That… amidst the documents, something strange seemed to have slipped in!
Miura_Forced_Kiss_on_Himekoji.a♂vi?
Eriri stole a glance at Himekoji on the bed and, seeing he wasn’t paying any attention to this side, immediately sneakily moved the mouse. With a click, she opened the video.
So, the next moment, the speakers on the computer desk gave an excited vibration!
“Sexy dealers, online dealing, here to get you wild! Giving you an extraordinary, exciting experience…”
“Hey! Eriri! What on earth are you doing?!”
Classmate Himekoji, lying on the bed shaking his leg while reading manga, was startled stiff by the sound the moment it played. He leaped nimbly to his feet after swiftly turning over.
Such a huge reaction couldn’t be helped. It was entirely because that familiar opening music and dialogue were simply too high-impact!
After all, on countless snow-cold lonely nights, it was precisely these sounds that had accompanied Himekoji Akito through bouts of loneliness again and again…
Ahem, I digress. I digress.
No! Might I have revealed too much there?
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“The audio and video seem out of sync…”
Eriri, who had opened the video, also seemed startled. However, what scared her wasn’t the opening music and spiel that men all understood, but the high-definition, uncensored frame-by-frame images playing on the screen.
“It… it was her who kissed you first!”
Discovering the truth, Eriri abruptly jumped up from her chair. Pointing at the screen, she shouted at Himekoji.
And what about Himekoji?
Oh, he just breathed a sigh of relief.
Whew—too close, too close.
He thought Eriri had found those little videos in his encrypted hidden folder…
What a relief. What a relief that wasn’t the case.
Wait… hold on… that’s not right! Where did this video Eriri opened come from?
Miura_Forced_Kiss_on_Himekoji.a♂vi?
It felt somewhat familiar!
Holy sht! Isn’t this the lousy prize I got from that ten-draw reward ages ago?
It took Himekoji Akito quite a while to finally remember. So this was another one of the System’s little schemes…
No wonder, with such ambiguous and suggestive opening music at the start of the video that invited misunderstandings—this bad taste, only the System could come up with it!
Bastard, you almost made me accidentally take off my pants!
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“You, you two… you were kissing for so long!!”
“Cough, this progress bar is fake.”
Himekoji Akito didn’t care if his made-up lame excuse was believed, so he stepped forward and snatched the mouse.
He clicked the close button, deleted it, and emptied the trash bin.
He had said he would take the blame, so he meant to take it all.
Himekoji kept his word.
Just destroy all the evidence.
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“But isn’t it you who forced a kiss on her? In the video, it wasn’t like that at all! It was her who kissed you!”
“The video was edited; it was fake, fake!”
“You’re lying! Why did you delete the video?”
Himekoji didn’t want to argue about it, so he changed the topic and said, “Eriri, isn’t it too late? Are you really okay going back now?”
“None of your business; answer my question first!”
“Why would I lie to you? Anyway, it’s gone, so it’s gone. Would I keep it like a treasure?”
Himekoji forced a smile and talked evasively.
But Eriri wouldn’t back down. She lifted her head and stared hard at Himekoji Akito.
“But you clearly lied to me! Since starting high school, you’ve been hiding so many things from me. Even… even doing lots of outrageous and silly stuff! Why? Why act like this… like a Pervert?!”
Her eyes turned red, and she gritted her teeth. Suddenly, Eriri lost control of her feelings.
Himekoji instinctively reached out to pat her head for comfort, but his hand, halfway there, was coldly slapped away by her with a sharp noise.
“Why?”
The questioning voice was sharp and chilly.
Himekoji opened his mouth, but in the end, he had nothing to say.
“Hmm… I’m sorry.”
Unable to do more than apologize, he gave a bitter smile to himself.
Why? Yeah, why?
To be honest, he wanted to know that, why?
“You didn’t force a kiss on her! How could you do that? You wouldn’t force a kiss on her! Even if you’re called a Pervert, even if you’ve become one, even if you are one… But! Anyway, Himekoji couldn’t do such a thing!”
Before finishing her words, Eriri covered her eyes with her hands and rushed out.
The girl was finally willing to go home.
Alone, Himekoji lay on the bed, stunned.
His heart felt empty; he just lay there, spacing out.
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You could say it was indeed so—Eriri didn’t get him at all.
He was a Pervert; what couldn’t a Pervert do?
He forced a kiss on Miura; he certainly forced a kiss on Miura; he had just forced a kiss on Miura a few days before.
And it wasn’t because of any options.
“Sigh…”
Eriri really hadn’t changed at all.
But he had.