A fist, accompanied by the sound of wind, grazed past his face. Masashi Yukimura turned his head, staggered a couple of steps, and then steadied himself, his expression indifferent as if he were unmoved.
A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, landing on the collar of his snow-white shirt, spreading a little red.
He looked up at the slightly out-of-control Kii Kanade across from him. Her disheveled hair seemed a bit irritating, making him close his eyes.
"Feel sorry."
He had already said those two words many times in the conversation just now.
Kii Kanade, however, let out a cold laugh.
"fraud."
"...I never made any promises about this matter."
Masashi Yukimura wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his katana appeared silently at his waist.
He gripped the hilt of the knife.
"Consider the punch you threw at me earlier as even."
"If you want to continue, I'd be happy to oblige."
"Yeah?"
Kii Kanade actually curled the corners of his mouth, the arc behind the fan kept expanding, and in the end he couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, completely different from his usual image.
After what seemed like an eternity, he finally stopped. He then lowered his brows and looked over with a gloomy expression.
"—Then let's give it a try."
He said in a deep voice.
As the words fell, the previously empty fan surface suddenly appeared with splashes of red ink, faintly radiating an ominous aura. Just staring at it made one feel dizzy and breathless.
Behind the folding fan, Kii Kanade's usually gentle and smiling peach blossom eyes turned cold.
His long eyelashes drooped down, and he closed his eyes slightly. When he opened them again, his eyes had turned into the color of rubies, a vivid red that was almost dripping with blood, making the beauty mark at the corner of his eye look somewhat bewitching.
...A god descended.
A demon that has been passed down for thousands of years has been given the title of a god by the world in twisted legends. All along, it has resided within the seemingly ordinary folding fan of Kii Kanade.
And today, He descends once more.
It seems that Kii Kanade really... wants to kill me.
Despite thinking this, Masashi Yukimura's expression remained completely unchanged, and he didn't even have a wavering thought.
He simply raised the katana in his hand, which could "cut" everything, gripped the hilt firmly, and then slowly pointed the tip of the blade at Kii Kanade.
As friends, as partners, and as rivals, they had sparred more than once in live-fire exercises and fought side by side against the enemy in missions, turning their backs to each other.
But those who survived this battle—
There is only one.
Inappropriately, Masashi Yukimura recalled the bet the three of them made when they were children.
What did he say back then?
"I will win."
A tense atmosphere filled the air; they were just waiting for the right moment to strike simultaneously.
However, at that very moment, light footsteps approached, and a familiar figure appeared within their line of sight.
Almost instantly, Kii Kanade and Yukimura Masashi simultaneously put away their weapons and turned to Vili with ordinary expressions.
"Vili, are you full?"
"Wei Li, what happened?"
"..."
Willy stopped in his tracks, his suspicious gaze shifting between the two of them, sensing that something was amiss.
“You haven’t come inside, so the village chief sent me to look for you…” he said slowly.
Seeing that the two remained silent and did not explain the strange atmosphere from earlier, Vili thought for a moment and looked at Kii Kanade.
I felt like his eyes changed color just now... was it just my imagination?
Aren't you going to have lunch?
"I've already eaten, and now I'm planning to wander around the neighborhood to kill some time."
Kii Kanade smiled gently and explained.
“…I’m not hungry.” After him, Yukimura Masashi spoke up, his tone somewhat stiff, “I’m going to check the restrictions at the site of the ghost story to prepare for tonight’s mission.”
"Vili/Weili, what about you?"
The two spoke at the same time and looked at the boy in the middle at the same time.
"..."
In an instant, Vili remembered encountering something called a "dating simulation game" in this world, and the current scene seemed somewhat similar to it...
[Plot Trigger]
You are a new transfer student at the Strange Tales Academy, always unremarkable and unassuming. However, during a mission, the gentle and noble young master, Kii Kanade, and the aloof student council president, Yukimura Masashi, both extend invitations to you at the same time!
[Options]
A. Spending time with Kanade Kii
B. Inspect the restrictions together with Masashi Yukimura
C. Invite the two of them to do something else together.
[System Prompt]
You beat up the system and decided not to choose any of them, but instead...
Vili looked left and right, and finally slowly took a step back.
"I'm going to ask the village chief for a room to rest!"
After saying that, he turned and ran, leaving the two of them with only his back as a tiny dot.
Mood Value
Kii Kanade's affection level towards you has increased by ▇▇ points.
Current favorability rating: +∞
Masashi Yukimura's favorability towards you has increased by ▇▇ points.
Current favorability rating: +∞
Kii Kanade chuckled softly and walked in different directions from Yukimura Masashi, neither of them looking back.
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"Knock knock knock".
A dull, short knock sounded, followed by a moment of silence, and then a soft, deep voice.
"Vili? Are you asleep?"
The sound was muffled by the door, and the speaker deliberately lowered their voice, so there was still no movement inside the room.
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