Chapter 184 The Second Player

...The changes are really obvious.

Even though he had seen Hanayamain Haruna's current appearance more than once during this period, Saikai Haruto still couldn't help but sigh.

Of course, Hanayamain Haruna's changes are not just in her appearance. Although her appearance has changed a lot, the biggest changes are in her personality and temperament. There are also some things hidden at a deeper level... It is something that is difficult to describe in words.

To put it simply, Hanayamain Haruna would never have said something like this before.

And now... she has some doubts about this world, right? Otherwise, if it was just because of Tomie's buff, her change would not be so great.

It's not hard to understand. After all, the player has been in this world for two or three years, and the near death last year had a great impact on her.

But the problem is not that big. As long as the player does not commit suicide, it is not a particularly important problem for Saikai Haruto... and Saikai Haruto also knows that Hanayamain Haruna will not commit suicide.

In fact, among the several players that Xi Haiqing Dou met in the past, many of them would change their mentality as the time of traveling was long, and some of them doubted the world. Hanayamain Haruna was just one of them. Having seen so many, Xi Haiqing Dou would hardly have any special emotions about this - as long as it did not affect his "performance", he would not care even if they wanted to destroy the world in their hearts - anyway, his mission did not include "saving the world".

Moreover, as a worker who stands on the side of world consciousness and the system, it doesn't make any sense even if he has any special emotions, right?

To be honest, people like Asahina Kazuma who are so dull that their mentality and thoughts are still the same as when they first traveled through time three years ago, without any change... people with simple-minded and single-minded minds are the rarest and most incredible.

"No, I had a good sleep...Thank you Haruna for your coat."

Xi Haiqingdou shook his head, folded the coat in his hand carefully, hesitated for a moment, and sat next to Hanayamain Haruna not far away, and returned the coat.

"I should be the one to say sorry. I wonder if I have soiled your coat, Haruna."

"You're so polite, Yuuki."

Hanayama Haruna tilted her head and reached out to take back her coat. She still didn't look at Saikai Haruto. Her eyes followed the setting sun, as if the only thing she cared about was the setting sun. Her tone was very gentle: "We are classmates, aren't we?"

"Eh? Really?" Saikai Haruto showed a confused expression: "Of course I have always treated Haruna as my classmate."

"But I always feel that Yuuki seems to have a better relationship with other people? Is it Wu, Jie or Naoko? And I always feel that Yuuki seems to have been avoiding me recently? Why is that?" Hanayamain Haruna said: "I told you a long time ago that Yuuki can call me Haruna."

"That's because Haruna hasn't been back to high school for a long time." Said Haruto Nishimi.

"I don't know why, but I always feel that Haruna-san has changed a lot... So I feel that I have become a lot more distant from Haruna-san, so that's why I feel this way, right?"

His answer was unexpectedly candid. Sai Hai Haruto said honestly, "And calling Haruna by her name now... feels a bit awkward. I'm more used to calling her by her name as before."

"But I'm not avoiding you, Haruna. It's just that everyone has been very busy recently, so we can't see each other all the time. Plus, I haven't been sleeping well recently, which has caused me to be in a bad mood. I didn't mean to target you, Haruna. I didn't expect you to misunderstand me..."

Hanayamain Haruna nodded gently: "So that's how it is."

Her attention finally shifted from the setting sun to Saikai Haruto.

"I thought Yuki hated me. Turns out not to be the case." She smiled at Saikai Haruto, with a natural, touching charm in her smile.

The orange sunset shone on her body, making her fair, gorgeous, delicate face that looked like a human being look a little gentle. Her blue eyes were no longer as clear as before, but had a bit of obscurity and complexity that made them more mysterious and intriguing. The figure of Xi Haiqing Dou was reflected in her eyes, and she was so focused that it seemed as if she could only see him. The teardrop mole under her left eye made her look even more charming, as if she wanted to drown him in her eyes.

In just one year, she has become even more beautiful. It's not that Hanayama Haruna wasn't beautiful before, but although she was beautiful in the past, it was a gentle beauty that made people admire but not be obsessed. Now it seems that she has completely opened up. Every move seems ordinary, but every gesture carries a fatal attraction. There is an extra kind of dazzling and extremely charming charm that makes people look at her crazily. She can only be described as "dazzling"... It makes Xi Haiqingdou think of Vermouth.

I don’t know if it’s because Tomie’s buff is too powerful, or if it’s because of Haruna Hanayama herself, or maybe it’s both?

Nishimi Haruto thought that Hanayama Haruna looked different not only from when he first saw her, but also from last week... The butterfly effect was indeed very strong. To some extent, was this also the result of his actions?

If it was Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, or someone else sitting here at this moment, they might be confused by her gaze for a long time, even if she didn't necessarily mean it... But fortunately, there were only Hanayamain Haruna and Saimi Haruto here, so Saimi Haruto just gave her a surprised look in return.

"Of course not, why should I dislike Haruna?" he said.

"Yuuki, do you think I've changed a lot?" asked Hanayamain Haruna.

Saikai Haruto nodded.

"Is it my appearance? Many people say that I'm getting better and better looking. Do you think so too, Yuuki?"

"In terms of appearance? Yes, but I think there is not much difference between Haruna-san's appearance now and before. After all, we are all still growing, so it is normal for our appearance to change. After all, we are still Haruna-san."

Saikai Haruto crossed his hands behind his head and casually lay down on the grass again. He squinted his eyes and looked at the direction where the setting sun was about to fall, imitating Hanayama Haruna's previous behavior. "But I think that Haruna-san has also changed a lot in other aspects. In fact, when I saw Haruna-san before, I even felt that she was a bit strange for a moment... It's weird, isn't it? Everyone says that Haruna-san hasn't changed much from before."

He turned and smiled at Hanayamain Haruna, his smile as pure and clear as ever: "So I was thinking, maybe my intuition is wrong? I'm really sorry, I've been too careless recently and didn't notice that you, Haruna, misunderstood me."

"It's really strange. Everyone says that my appearance has changed a lot." Hanayamain Haruna looked at him with interest, her eyes fixed on him: "Maybe it's not your illusion?"

"I remember that your intuition was always right, Yuuki. Why do you doubt yourself?" She said, making a joke: "Maybe I just became another person, so you feel strange."

Xi Hai Qing Dou thought about it, then shook his head hesitantly but firmly.

"Haruna-san, it's always Haruna-san." He said, "After all, we are all growing up, so it's normal for some changes to happen, right?"

The expression on Hanayamain Haruna's face suddenly became somewhat dull, like a child who finally got bored with the toy in the opponent's hands.

"So that's what you think... Let me say, Yuuki, you're the one who's really a little weird. No, you're really weird."

Hanayama Haruna said, "Yuuki, you said that everyone is growing and changing... but I think that's not right. Although everyone else is changing, you, Yuuki, are exactly the same as before. You haven't changed at all."

"So Yuuki, you are the weirdest one after all."

Xi Haiqing Dou opened his mouth in confusion and uttered a meaningless puzzled sound: "Huh?"

He looked up at Hanayamain Haruna and pointed a finger at himself: "Am I weird?"

He didn't even say that Hanayamain Haruna was weird? But he was actually called "weird"?

Hanayamain Haruna nodded as if it was a matter of course.

"Yeah... Because Yuuki hasn't changed at all since the first time I saw you."

She said with a smile, her pronunciation clear, and there seemed to be some strange meaning in her words. She said each word seriously: "It's exactly the same as before. It really makes people feel happy just looking at it."

Now, even Xi Hai Qing Dou was a little unsure of what she was thinking.