Chapter 124: Yukinoshita, Your Day Has Come
Chapter 124: Yukinoshita, Your Day Has Come
On the great voyage route to the toilet, Himekoji and Yukinoshita chased each other…
Of course, “chased each other” was just a nicer way to put it. In reality, Himekoji overtook the latter in just a few moves, effortlessly and without breaking a sweat.
Even though Yukinoshita had started first.
The way girls ran with their thighs pressed together had too many drawbacks: small steps, slow pace, utterly useless besides looking kind of cute.
But this cute, reserved, slightly shy way of running definitely didn’t suit a woman like Yukinoshita.
When Himekoji overtook her from the outer lane, he even got the wicked urge to kick her over—
What’s wrong with her? Running this slow and blocking the way—so annoying!
That was roughly the feeling, one he barely managed to force back.
By the time Himekoji sprinted all the way to the toilet, Yukinoshita hadn’t even made it past the corner. Meaning, the latter couldn’t even see Himekoji Akito’s back anymore.
…
The destination was in sight—deliverance was imminent!
Himekoji breathed a small sigh of relief.
Gotta say, the Toilet Commuter skill of the Holy Grail really lived up to its name. The power was phenomenal, strong and outright dominating.
Himekoji felt the urge to pee rising fiercely, crashing down like a mighty wave. It was like he’d been holding it all day—a full, sour, tingly sensation spreading madly in his belly.
He’d only meant to use it against Yukinoshita. Who knew he’d end up afflicted too? Himekoji couldn’t help feeling innocent and frustrated.
[Ding!]
[Quest triggered!]
Just as Himekoji stepped one foot into the Men’s Restroom, the System’s familiar alert tone chimed once more…
Damn it, this really picked the worst time!
Please! Can’t you see I’m in a huge hurry here?
[Choose now!]
[Choice A: Sneak into the Women’s Restroom and ambush Yukinoshita!]
[Choice B: Swap the Men’s and Women’s restroom signs. Stay under the tree and wait for rabbits—ambush her when Yukinoshita mistakes the Men’s Restroom for the Women’s!]
[Quest Completed reward: 1,000 2D Points and one-time Absolute Command.]
[Quest Failed penalty: Become a Women’s Restroom.]
Wait, what was this quest again?
Just sneak into the Women’s Restroom or switch the signs once, and there’s such a fat reward?
1,000 2D Points?
Honestly, since the System upgraded, inflation has been insane!
If every quest from now on has 1,000+ 2D Point payouts, then the 10,000-Point debt I owe? Piece of cake!
Himekoji could pay it off in minutes!
Looking back to the past, he only got 100 Points for blowing up a bathroom—now he was getting hundreds or thousands? The gap was way too huge!
Hmm, hang on.
Himekoji needed to fix a small error above—that was…
The reward for blowing up just a single toilet wasn’t actually 100, only 50.
Himekoji got 100 last time only because he went all out and blew up both Men’s and Women’s restrooms.
Wonder if anyone still remembered that quest from way back—
Option A: Blow up the Men’s Restroom.
Option B: Blow up the Women’s Restroom.
Yup, back then Himekoji picked A+B…
But as the saying goes, heroes don’t boast about past glories. Better pull the focus back to the matter at hand.
More than the 1,000 2D Points, the other quest reward made Himekoji even itchier.
“One-time Absolute Command”—sounded like something similar to the “Obey-Me Potion”…
Eh? Wait, what was an “Obey-Me Potion” again?
Sorry, Himekoji was rambling nonsense.
Anyway, plainly speaking, it meant that after using Absolute Command, whatever Himekoji said, Yukinoshita would do, right?
No need to doubt if Absolute Command was actually that overpowered.
Because when it came to that, stuff from the System was absolutely reliable!
The pity was he’d only get one chance.
Seemed he needed to really think hard about what to command Yukinoshita to do.
Write his homework?
Nah, Himekoji never turned in homework. So the whole “writing homework” thing didn’t exist.
He only wrote self-reflection essays!
Then…make Yukinoshita write his essays? Subcontract all future self-reflection essays to her?
Yes! Make her his full-time essay writer!
Writing essays—writing essays! Make “writing essays for Himekoji” the only purpose in Yukinoshita’s life!
Holy cow, just thinking about it made him feel weirdly hyped!
Himekoji hadn’t even finished the quest, yet there he was, holding his pee and daydreaming already…
[Choose now!]
Only when the System’s alert beeped a fourth time did Himekoji snap back to reality, clutching his suddenly aching head.
Having headaches countless times must’ve built up his resistance to that skull-splitting pain.
Option A or B? Holding onto his nearly burst “little brother,” he hesitated half a second.
“B!”
The second choice was definitely more reliable—just swapping the signs and he’d be done.
Whether Yukinoshita fell for it or not was none of his business—smooth and easy.
[Choice Confirmed—]
[You’ve selected B!]
[Friendly Reminder: If the “wait for rabbits” tactic fails, the quest fails! If the ambush fails, it’s quest failed too!]
Huh? Hold up!
What did “wait for rabbits fails” mean? What was the “ambush fails” part?
This Option B was supposed to be a freebie—just switch the signs and done!
Could it be that if Yukinoshita didn’t take the bait and got tricked into the Men’s Restroom, he’d get blamed?
And what’s ambush?
Himekoji didn’t even know what the System meant by ambush!
[Himekoji was already warned to understand the instructions on his own. The system takes no responsibility for any losses due to misunderstanding.]
[Also, the system holds the final rights of interpretation.]
“Crap! If you were gonna give a warning, why wait until after I chose?! You couldn’t do it earlier?!”
[Dear user, please hurry. Yukinoshita will reach the battlefield in twenty-three seconds.]
“Damn! I’ll deal with you later!”
Himekoji cursed angrily. Tight on time, he scrambled to get down to business.
Seriously, couldn’t someone help buy him a few extra seconds?!
In desperation, he started hoping for some mysterious power to step in.
…
Taking down the restroom signs took seventeen seconds. Swapping them back up? Thirteen more. A whole half-minute!
Seven seconds overtime!
Yet—either some mysterious power kicked in, or the System exaggerated the 23-second countdown—Himekoji somehow finished step one just before Yukinoshita arrived.
He immediately dashed into the men’s restroom.
Please, let Yukinoshita fall for it! His very manhood depended on this!
He did NOT want to become a women’s restroom. Absolutely not!
Freaking out, Himekoji unzipped his pants and whipped out his pride and joy. Time to unload that near-bursting bladder! But just then—pat pat pat—light, hurried footsteps echoed.
No time!
Clenching his teeth, Himekoji stuffed his buddy back inside.
“Sorry, pal. Hold it for two more minutes!”
Muttering to his bursting bladder, he took two big steps and hid behind the wall by the entrance corner.
[Ding!]
[The Gank’s Strategic Goal: Stall Yukinoshita Yukino for three minutes. Trap her inside the men’s restroom. During this time, prevent her from using the toilet AT ALL COSTS!]
With footsteps closing in, the follow-up plan for his choice finally appeared.
“Damn!”
Himekoji inwardly screamed.
This was basically telling him to take Yukinoshita down WITH him!
Stopping HER from peeing meant HE couldn’t go either!
He’d explode!
Of course, all of this hinged on one big IF:
IF Yukinoshita got fooled by the swapped signs and stepped into the men’s restroom.
Otherwise? Himekoji would become the girls’ toilet… and every girl in school would come to use it…
Oh god!
What kind of nightmare was this?!
…
So… would she come in?
Yukinoshita came in. She practically RUSHED in!
When you’re bursting for the toilet, who pays attention to signs?
Did the restroom symbols look weird? Was this stall not where she remembered? No time to wonder about that.
Especially when Himekoji had placed an “OUT OF ORDER” sign outside the other restroom. Without a second thought, Yukinoshita held her skirt and darted inside.
Oddly, she’d taken over thirty seconds longer than Himekoji for just two corridor lengths. Guess squeezing your legs together really slows you down…
“Huh?”
The second she stepped in, Yukinoshita froze.
Urinals? A whole row of them?
This… was NOT what the girls’ restroom looked like!
[Three-minute countdown begins!]
The instant the System dinged, Himekoji burst from his hiding spot.
“Yukinoshita! Shameless! Spying in the men’s room?!”
Okay, so he didn’t literally pounce. Too bold to actually tackle a girl (pity). It was more of a… dramatic entrance.
…
Yukinoshita jumped. The scare nearly made her pee herself.
Well, to be fair, she was close anyway…
A thought shared Himekoji: Battling overwhelming pee was their current, mutual, biology problem.
“Th-the men’s room?” Yukinoshita blushed—rare for her. Accidentally walking into the boys’ restroom? And getting caught? Super embarrassing.
“The sign… It said women’s restroom, I swear…” Yukinoshita frowned, her voice rushed.
She spun around immediately to leave.
But Himekoji wouldn’t let her. Instinctively, he blocked her path.
“Stop right there! The men’s restroom isn’t your free-for-all!” With a full bladder raging inside, Himekoji spoke with forced dominance.
Finally, getting tough in front of her! Maybe this WAS how you handled someone like Yukinoshita. She’s strong? Be stronger! He felt powerful!
PONG!
A heavy sound!
Everything spun. The ceiling tiles swam above him…
He was knocked flat on his butt before he even finished his tough-guy mental pep talk. Yukinoshita had clearly reacted strongly… and effectively.
“Although I doubt you’d care for my expertise,” Yukinoshita began coolly, smoothing her skirt, “Aikido… is among my most proficient skills… Ugh~” A small discomfort flickered across her face.
At the end of her sentence, the girl suddenly couldn’t help shivering, letting out a muffled moan.
Her hands gripped the hem of her skirt tightly but without being obvious, and her calves showed slight trembling.
Aikido?
Whoa, was Yukinoshita planning to imitate Hiratsuka-sensei now?
Though he joked a bit to show respect, Himekoji really didn’t want to know the details, just as Yukinoshita said. What caught his attention more was her soft, breathy moan afterward.
Uh-oh, was she about to leak out?
As Himekoji knew, men and women were built differently. They weren’t equal at holding their pee.
Compared to women, men’s urethras were longer and narrower, with stronger sphincter muscles. So, men were naturally way better at controlling it.
The gap in “holding power” was said to be at least twice as big between men and women.
Now, under the Holy Grail’s magic, even Himekoji’s little brother felt like bursting. Yukinoshita must be way worse off, right?
…
With no effort at all, she took down careless Himekoji. Yukinoshita then lifted her leg, ready to step over him and leave quickly.
But the moment she raised her foot, Himekoji suddenly grabbed it from the floor.
“Damn it, so cold!”
Yukinoshita’s calf was ice-cold!
Just like the girl’s name, as cold as snow beneath the surface.
Wait, was Yukinoshita an angel with broken wings in her past life?
Oh no.
Some cringy memories from his edgy phase flooded back completely.
…
“L-let go!”
Yukinoshita tried to yank her foot away, but Himekoji clung tight. Angered and embarrassed, she snapped.
“No!”
Himekoji stayed firm and stubborn.
Damn it, if he let go now, his life was over!
“I said, let go!”
Yukinoshita strained, trying to wrestle out of his grip.
“I said no way!”
Himekoji dug his heels in.
With her struggling and him clinging, smooth, chilly skin rubbed against his warm palm again and again.
In a way, they were practically skin-to-skin.
Rubbing, rubbing, rubbing against that silky skin…
Until finally, Yukinoshita couldn’t take it anymore. Goosebumps exploded all over her!
An electric tingle shot up her ankle while heat surged violently in her stomach.
“Let go! Let go! Let go!”
Her knees bent slightly, clutching her skirt tightly. Her normally cool, calm face was frantic for the first time.
Was this even Yukinoshita?
Red-faced and furious, stomping her free foot nonstop—a total mess.
Wetting herself play?
Even if Himekoji was a pervert, seeing her like this made him feel a little bad.
He thought suddenly, If she just asked me nicely… Maybe I’d actually let go?
“Please… I’m begging you, okay?”
Whoa, she actually begged? Yukinoshita was begging him?!
“Sorry, nope…”
Himekoji shut it down fast.
Fine, Himekoji admitted—his guilt earlier was fake.
Compared to his life, wetting herself was nothing!
Even if they both ended up soaking their pants here today, he’d take it!
Himekoji looked up from the floor that moment—
He even glimpsed a flash of blinding pure white beneath her slightly parted skirt.
Just like snow beneath the surface.
But even snow…
Was beginning to melt.