Chapter 356: Pervert X2

Ah? Cough, cough!

Because he heard such an unexpected and shocking reply, Himekoji couldn’t help but choke.

He finally managed to recover.

“You’re drunk, Senpai…”

He tried to make her sober up a bit.

But it seemed futile.

“Isn’t it better after drinking? It’s something exciting, Gigi-kun, hurry up…”

It just had to be like that.

“Ah-choo! Huh, is it a bit cold?”

Kasumigaoka said, hugging her bare, sweet-smelling tender red shoulders.

It was an open-air bath, late at night, the air was slightly cool, and a thin bath towel clearly couldn’t give much warmth now.

After drinking, her body had even sweated a bit earlier; the sudden heat and cold might cause a cold, which would be bad.

“Don’t mess around, Kasumi Utako Sensei, quickly put on your clothes, let’s go back together.”

Himekoji kept on persuading, feeling a bit troubled.

“The one messing around is clearly you? How much longer will you dawdle? Hurry and help me bathe.”

“No way would I do such a thing at all!

Are you some spoiled princess? Needing someone to help with bathing?”

Himekoji really admired how natural Kasumigaoka looked saying that.

She was just drunk! That was all!

Only by telling himself this could he accept it a little.

“You truly won’t help?”

“That depends on what kind of help!”

“Men really are heartless.”

“Don’t make it sound like I’ve done something ungrateful!”

“Oh~~ Then I’ll ask one last time. Surely not helping me?

Not even with this small favor? Absolutely?”

“Absolutely!”

Himekoji declared firmly, without wavering.

Perhaps feeling it wasn’t proof enough, Himekoji added a tough line at the end——

“If I say no, it’s no! Never! Break my word and I’m a dog!”

The only thing Himekoji worried about was Kasumigaoka’s secondary system.

After all, he had just been controlled by it earlier.

But well, it was already this late, and the choice hadn’t triggered, so it seemed he had dodged trouble.

After all, if it was going to trigger, it should have happened sooner; by the system’s nature, no reason to delay this long.

Moreover, Kasumigaoka’s choice had just triggered once, most likely still in a cool-down period.

Hmm, right!

That must be it!

After calmly analyzing everything in his mind, Himekoji suddenly felt assured.

Then…

Hmm…

He heard a “ding” sound.

…

[Ding!]

[Please choose!]

[A: Serve Kasumigaoka with her bath!]

[B: Assassinate Kasumigaoka taking a bath!]

[Reward upon completion: Fifty thousand 2D Points.]

[Punishment for failure: Be assassinated.]

…

The moment Himekoji heard the system prompt sound, he was stunned.

After all his analysis and calculations, it seemed he had forgotten one thing…

That was——

He had only thought about Kasumigaoka’s system and forgotten about his own!

These are two systems, oh no!

He assumed his main system threw a “peeping” task earlier and would stay quiet, but surprisingly, it set a trap here for him.

…

“Ah, Gigi-kun, too bad. If you insist on not helping, then fine, I’ll bathe alone.”

Kasumigaoka shook her head, sighed like she meant it, and sat properly alone on the small bench in the open-air bath.

“Since you’re not helping, don’t peek either~~”

The girl turned sideways and winked at Himekoji.

Perhaps from the alcohol, Kasumigaoka’s voice sounded soft and flirty, like teasing.

After that, even if he didn’t want to peek, he kind of wanted to now!

But before peeking, an even more vital thing to do——

“Senpai, um… truth is, I was joking earlier. Since you asked for help, of course I’ll help?”

Just after saying “break my word and I’m a dog,” he broke it immediately…

Himekoji felt his cheeks burn hot.

“Huh? Really? You seemed totally serious just now?”

Kasumigaoka, turning on the shower to test the water, tilted her head, her surprise maybe real or fake.

“Didn’t you say breaking your word makes you that?”

Her eyes hid a laugh, with teasing faintly showing.

She clearly wanted to see him embarrassed.

Fine!

Watch if you want——

Anyway, Himekoji didn’t care about shame.

“Woof! Woof! Woof!”

He even used Voice Mimicry right here.

For Kamijō Himekoji, who always aimed for perfection, even sounding like a dog had to be just right.

Ha, after all, it was just some dog impressions.

To a bizarre person like Himekoji who’d braved storms, it was nothing special.

“Why do I suddenly feel like… something violated me…”

Instead, it was Kasumigaoka who flushed with awkwardness.

A few shadowy veins faintly pulsed on her smooth, pale forehead.

…

Just how should one serve a girl while she’s taking a bath?

Standing behind Kasumigaoka, Himekoji felt a bit stuck.

His eyes had nowhere safe to land.

Thankfully, the towel wrapped around her body was his last saving grace.

“Then… I’ll start.”

Empty your mind, Himekoji murmured inwardly as he took a deep breath.

“Hime-chan, be gentle with me~~”

“Senpai, please stop saying things that’ll distract me!”

“Will I distract you?”

“Shouldn’t I?!”

“Why would I distract you?”

“Stop pretending you don’t know!”

“I’m not sure what you mean…”

“Enough, stop! Please!”

…

Stuffing the girl’s smooth, ink-black locks into her wrapped towel before his mind wandered further, Himekoji pumped shampoo onto Kasumigaoka’s head.

Lathering brought forth bubbles as a lovely smell floated in the air.

“Mmm… Maybe you can handle the rest yourself?”

Things had probably gone far enough.

Himekoji quietly hoped he was right.

But no answer came from her.

“Huh?”

He wanted to confirm what she thought.

But then—

“Hey?! Wait!”

With Himekoji barely clinging to his sanity, Kasumigaoka pulled off her towel without warning!

Her bare back lay exposed—pale, flawless.

Bad move! Serious trouble!

Himekoji jerked his gaze away in a rush.

He used too much force, nearly hearing his neck bones crack as he turned.

Pain!

But this wasn’t the moment to care about that—

“Hey! Y-you! Warn me first before stripping!”

“Oh, okay, Hime-chan: I’m taking off the towel now.”

“Say it first, while it’s still on!”

…

To avoid more wandering thoughts, Himekoji forced his focus onto the task—

Scrubbing her back!

Her skin was so incredibly silky that it slid smoothly under the washcloth.

Perhaps ticklish, faint sounds escaped Kasumigaoka’s lips: “Haa…” “Ah…” “Mmh…”

Each broken gasp buzzed sharply in Himekoji’s ears.

His vision slowly tinted red.

Suddenly dizzy like floating amid the clouds, he felt strangely unsteady.

[Ding!]

[Pleasure Enhanced!]

[Ding!]

[Pleasure Enhanced!]

The first alert rang in Himekoji’s mind; the second echoed for Kasumigaoka.

…