Seiji spoke in a serious tone. His words were so frightening that they seemed surreal.
"It can't be … like that, right? How could such a person exist? "The innocent Mika was the first to reflexively retort.
"That's how I was in the past." Seiji glanced at her.
"For the past me, everyone else was just a moving object, and they were only divided into two categories: valuable and worthless … you should have experienced this before."
Mika instantly recalled the dark and fat otaku from before, causing her body to tremble.
After hearing Seiji say this, she finally discovered that there was something else in the eyes of the fat otaku from before, apart from lewd desires.
"The current me has realized my mistakes. Everything in the world is different to me, and I can finally be called an ordinary person." Seiji smiled at Mika.
"But … they still haven't.
I can see through them because we were once the same species, but for others … it'll probably be difficult. After all, they're so beautiful and outstanding, and their actions don't seem to be too excessive.
That's why you can treat these words as my personal fantasies. It's up to you whether or not you want to believe me. "
"Senpai …" Hoshi grit his teeth and hesitated.
"You need to make your own judgment, Hoshi … Amami." Seiji looked at his junior and spoke his name.
"Perhaps this is a little cruel, but, Hoshi, you need to think about this for yourself. You need to recognize … who I am, what I say, and even more importantly … the things about your sisters that you intentionally or unintentionally didn't think about or recognize in the past."
Of course, avoiding the truth is also a way to deal with it. It's just that those who keep avoiding the truth will eventually be swallowed up by the truth.
I don't want to see you become such a … sacrificial victim. "
Hoshi remained silent.
Mika remained silent as well.
Chiaki was still thinking about it. Suddenly, she had an expression as if she understood something.
"I've thought about it as well … those two Senpais haven't shown their true feelings to anyone, have they?" she asked.
"They're incredibly skilled at pretending. As long as they're in front of others, they're basically acting!
No wonder I kept feeling like something was off ever since I saw them. "
"Chiaki …" Mika looked towards her friend.
"That's … amazing acting skills," Chiaki smiled with a hint of disdain in her eyes. "But … I look down on actors like that."
Seiji sighed.
"Forget it, let's stop here. If we continue, it'll just be like slandering others behind their backs."
"Senior …"
"Hoshi, you need to be careful of your sisters. This is the last thing I can tell you … before they realize their mistakes or reveal their true colors …"
Hoshi Amami lowered his head with a conflicted expression on his handsome face.
"I … can't accept this … Senior, you're saying this to me … I don't know what to do …"
Seiji looked at him and smiled faintly.
"Although I really don't want to say such a cliché, I can only say at this time: just do what you want."
"Believe me, ignore my words, or even cut off all ties with me, it's your choice."
Hoshi Amami revealed a pained expression.
On one side were his sisters whom he had known for more than ten years but lacked a sense of intimacy. On the other side was his Senpai whom he had only known for a few short days but whom he greatly admired … How should he choose between these two?
Then, the three of them finished their lunches in silence and didn't say anything else.
Chiaki looked at Seiji Mukai as he watched Hoshi Amami leave.
"Perhaps … he won't talk to you anymore."
Seiji continued to smile, but his smile contained a hint of loneliness.
After a while, he turned around and stopped looking at Hoshi's frail back.
'Sigh … I've only been admired by my juniors for a short time … It's rare for me to have an otaku friend.'
But he didn't load again.
No matter how many times he did it, he would still say those words out loud, because those were his true thoughts.
'There's something wrong with those twins.
But … this has nothing to do with me, right? '
Seiji felt that things would end like this … Hoshi Amami would no longer get close to him, and Rion and Kotomi Amami would no longer appear in front of him.
But reality was often different from what people expected.
…
During his afternoon class, Seiji checked the system's new [Gift] option.
Just as he expected, the [Gift] option gave him additional rewards that corresponded to items in real life … For example, the five love letters he received gave him three 1s and two 2s, for a total of seven points.
Although they were all love letters, the number of points he received was different. This meant that the "quality" of the items he received wasn't just limited to their material value, but also the feelings contained within.
The higher the "quality" of the item, the greater the reward.
On the other hand, Seiji could verbally say the name of the person he wanted to give a gift to. The system would then give him a gift information card, and he could exchange for the card to receive the corresponding information.
For example, if he said Mika Uehara's name, a whole list of gift information cards would appear, ranging from level 1 to level 9. The higher the level, the more points would be required to exchange for it, and the more important the gift information would be, and the more favorability it would increase.
And if he said Wakaba Chiaki Kagura's name, a list of gift information cards would appear as well, but the highest level was only level 7; there were no level 8 or 9 cards … From this, it could be seen that the level of the gift information was directly related to the target's favorability rating. The higher the favorability rating, the higher the card level.
Seiji wanted to exchange for a gift information card to take a look, but he didn't have any extra points — he needed to save up enough points to exchange for [Bullet Time] as soon as possible.
If he exchanged for a gift information card, he would be able to find out what the target wanted … wait a minute, wasn't this the same as "mind reading"? Seiji suddenly realized.
He didn't doubt his system's power at all. Since it even had a save and load function, it wouldn't be surprising for it to be able to read minds. In fact, it could be said that the existence of the favorability rating system was already a type of mind reading. It was just that there was now an additional form of "gifts".
Seiji wondered to what extent it would be able to "read minds" in the form of "gifts"?
Seiji thought about it and didn't think about it any further.
During his free time.
Mika and Chiaki went to the restroom together.
"Are you still thinking about what happened during lunch break?" Chiaki looked at her friend and asked.
Mika looked at Chiaki and nodded.
"I knew it — you must have received quite a huge shock. You suddenly saw such a strange side of the person you liked." Chiaki smiled. "That scene was indeed quite frightening. Just by standing next to him, I could feel his icy emotions … If I was the target of his insults, I might have peed my pants in fear."
Mika's expression froze over.
"What … what did you say!?" The pigtailed beauty's face flushed red when she heard her friend describe him in such a way.
"I'm just telling the truth. If it was you, would you have the confidence not to pee your pants?"
"I … I don't know! Don't talk about that anymore! "Mika glared at her with a reddened face.
It was supposed to be a serious topic, but the tomboy's dirty words ruined the atmosphere.
That was Chiaki's goal as well.
"Relax, don't think about it so seriously … Even if I advise you like this, you probably won't easily accept it. After all, that scene left too deep of an impression." Chiaki shrugged.
"But, I feel that Seigo … Haruta Seiji, is proof that he's a normal person.
Previously, he acted too well, to the point that I felt like … he was just an illusion.
And although he was a little scary when he did such a thing, in my opinion, he seemed more like a living person. "
"Chiaki …"
"Mika, people always have flaws, and so does the person you like. It's already quite amazing that he only revealed his flaw now." Chiaki giggled. "Besides, if you think about it more deeply, this flaw of his … might not even be a flaw."
"Eh?" Mika blinked in surprise.
"Think carefully about what he said … He said that the twins were similar to him in the past, so him angrily scolding them was probably just angrily scolding the useless version of himself in the past."
Chiaki looked at her friend with a deep expression.
"Just like what you did to him in the past."
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