Chapter 105: Choice Rewind!

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Damn you, Hayama! How dare you try to take off “my” pants?!

Himekoji rushed forward, throwing a punch, followed immediately by a kick. He directly knocked the unprepared Hayama to the ground.

So, don’t look down on one who’s only a meter and a half tall!

Himekoji exploded with unthinkable, enormous power from within his “petite” body.

“Uh, classmate?”

Hayama, lying on the ground clutching his kicked knee, frowned in confusion as he looked at Himekoji.

What was this guy’s deal?

For no reason, he just charged over and started beating him?

Himekoji ignored the blond guy completely, turning instead to look at Takanashi Rikka lying on the bed.

Her underwear hadn’t been pulled off. Whew, good…

Huh? Wait a second, this underwear?!

He’d thought it looked familiar when the system pulled it out last time, but back then, he couldn’t pin down why that sense of deja vu felt so familiar.

But now, seeing Hayama suddenly made him think of a super, super, super, super, super awful possibility!

“Holy crap! That underwear you gave me is the same as Hayama’s?!”

Himekoji was practically going insane. How could he hold back? Without another word, he mentally yelled curses at the system.

[Respected user, please calm down.]

[This system absolutely does not sell second-hand goods. This underwear simply happens to be the same model as Hayama’s. Guaranteed brand new. Please rest assured while wearing it~]

[Additionally, happy shopping~]

“Happy your head!”

Himekoji knew the one he was wearing was new, alright? After all, he’d unwrapped the packaging himself.

But the problem was, he knew, but Hayama didn’t!

If he got mistaken for someone with super disgusting, perverted hobbies, how would he ever be able to explain it clearly?!

Huh? Wait, maybe the scenario didn’t require the word “if” anymore…

Damn it, the misunderstanding was already happening!

Hayama, sent sprawling by Himekoji, stood back up. He completely ignored confronting Himekoji, his eyes instead fixed in a daze on the identical underwear.

His gaze didn’t waver for an instant, his expression complicated and hard to read.

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[Ding!]

[Choice Result Notification–]

[Regarding the previous choice, the random result from one of the “Five Whites” is–]

“Wait!”

Himekoji suddenly had a terrible premonition, goosebumps erupting all over his body. He felt awful!

“Don’t tell me the random result is–”

[Hayama!]

“Hayama?!”

The system and Himekoji practically shouted the answer in unison.

[Congratulations, you’re right!]

“How is this a time for congratulations?!”

Himekoji was truly going mad!

“I do not want to be liked by a guy!”

[Saika.]

Huh? Saika?

Fuming, Himekoji suddenly froze. It took him two seconds to react before hastily retorting,

“What’s this got to do with Saika?! Saika’s gender is just Saika!”

Damn it, this system was definitely toxic!

Seriously, could someone install some antivirus software for him?

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“Sigh.”

While Himekoji was still busy arguing with the system, a furious back-and-forth raging on unceasingly, a quiet sigh suddenly came from beside them – from Hayama.

“Are you Himekoji-kun’s friend?”

Hayama’s gaze slowly shifted away from the “fake Himekoji” and settled onto the “real Himekoji”.

He asked softly.

Himekoji ignored him.

Hayama smiled faintly, then continued speaking on his own.

“Yeah, Mihara-kun has friends too… that… puts me at ease.”

“Please look after him.”

Pausing for a moment, Hayama then shifted his gaze into the distance, his eyes distant and despondent,

“It seems… I can finally understand his actions now. I can understand why he did those perverted things… Himekoji, really is…”

He stopped halfway through his sentence, closed his mouth, shook his head, and walked away.

Huh? The last part… he said his name right?

But that wasn’t the point! The point was, Hayama said he understood him?

Understand my foot!

Don’t go understanding things randomly! The truth couldn’t possibly be what you’re imagining!

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“Hey! Is there any way to cancel that choice?”

Himekoji couldn’t take it anymore. The idea of Hayama acting gay was terrifying!

A model student, peak normie, winner at life… Hayama had a future bright with promise, yet somehow he’d gone off the rails, turning gay, falling for a pervert…

Damn it, even this pervert thought that was way too perverted!

If things really turned out like that, wouldn’t Hayama’s life be ruined? And it would be all his fault?

That crime was way too heavy! Himekoji couldn’t bear it!

“Cancel that choice! Cancel it! No matter what!”

Himekoji was a pervert, sure, but even he had his own limits.

A wrong and twisted life… him going through it alone was enough.

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[No matter what?]

“No matter what!”

[Choice Rewind costs 5000 2D Points.]

“What?! 5000? You might as well rob me!”

He’d used all his savings to buy the scroll. Right now, Himekoji was truly, utterly broke. How could he come up with 5000?

[Respected user, this system is currently offering you a special nude loan service.]

“Nude loan?”

[As the name suggests, just provide us with a naked ♂ photo, and we’ll release the loan immediately.]

“Whoa! Isn’t that the same crappy thing always popping up in the news?”

Himekoji was stunned.

[Please choose!]

[A: Loan.]

[B: No loan.]

“Loan loan loan loan!”

Himekoji snapped.

It was just a naked ♂ photo? It wasn’t like he’d never taken one before.

[Considering the user’s excellent credit rating, we have decided to release the 5000 2D Points immediately.]

[The user must, on the day after their bodies are swapped back, produce the required volume and quantity of nude ♂ photos as per our guidelines.]

Huh? He had to wait until after swapping back into his own body?

Couldn’t he just take them using Rikka’s body?

Cough… okay, Himekoji was just joking.

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[Spend 5000 2D Points to rewind the choice?]

“Yes.”

[Congratulations! Choice successfully rewound!]

[Please select again!]

[A: Let one of the “Five Shadows” like “getting on” you.]

[B: Let one of the “Five Whites” like “getting on” you.]

“Wait, this “one” in the [one of them]… it’s still random?”

[Yes.]

Whoa! What if he randomly picked another guy? That would be absurd!

[Respected user, if that’s your only worry, why not try option A. Among the “Five Shadows”, you are the only male. You can relax.]

“Okay, I’ll trust you once!”

Himekoji gritted his teeth and chose!

“A!”