Even with chuunibyou, let's learn together!

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Shigure... is unpredictable and beautiful, and so is this game. It doesn't have fixed characters, plots, or choices. Instead, players design the main characters and supporting characters, and input all the choices and content themselves. Ultimately, all the images and backgrounds are simulated by AI. So, rather than calling it a visual novel, it's more accurate to say that it's an experience that allows players to personally design and create the game process, to create their own perfect love story, completely different from traditional games.

It's worth mentioning, however, that since the background images are ultimately created by AI, and AI creation is rather rudimentary by today's standards, people who frequently play visual novels are likely to easily spot something amiss. But Hayakawa is different; he had never played any games before, let alone visual novels, and he never read manga or anime. He was completely unable to distinguish the AI ​​art style, so he naturally fell into the trap.

Its unique feature lies in its process of creating character designs, selecting character illustrations, writing scripts, designing options and plot, and ultimately leading to the ending. When Umaru first enters the game, her series of actions in front of the computer are actually aimed at entering a save file she designed earlier, intending to make Hayakawa fall silently into her trap. This save file obviously cannot be created in a short time, so this event has nothing to do with coincidence. It is clearly a trap carefully designed by Umaru based on Hayakawa's weakness of "not understanding AI art style," and she has been planning it for at least several days. Her intentions are simply despicable!

"you…"

Hayakawa noticed Umaru's pale face and asked, "Why did you scheme against me?"

"Scheming is such an unpleasant word; it was just a joke."

Umaru smiled and clasped her hands together, revealing an innocent smile: "Isn't this game interesting?"

"interesting?"

Hayakawa glanced at the screen and thought to himself, "I got hacked to death in the end. What's the point of this game?"

Seeing Hayakawa's reaction, Umaru puffed out her cheeks and said, "This is a game I designed specifically for you over several days. I put a lot of thought into it, so you should at least express some gratitude."

"..."

It sounds reasonable. After all, what I just played with was a kind of craft in a sense. Umaru materialized a part of her time into an object and gave it to me as a gift. Normally, I should express my gratitude, and I should be even happier than if I received an ordinary gift.

But seeing this ending where she's locked in the basement, I always felt that she had no feelings when she made the gift; instead, it was full of malice.

"never mind."

After thinking for a moment, Hayakawa decided not to worry about such a small matter. He looked at the screen and suddenly thought of something, saying, "It's fine to joke with me, but you should be careful with Furuhashi and Ogata. It's not good to offend them with this kind of game. Jokes should be in moderation."

"It's okay, it's okay," Umaru waved her hand and said with a smile, "I get along very well with them, they won't be angry."

When exactly did your relationship improve? I had no idea.

Hayakawa's face darkened, while Umaru sat next to him. After a while, she suddenly said, "Hayakawa, I have something I want to ask you."

"Ah, what's the matter?"

Hayakawa casually replied, "Borrowing my computer is out of the question. What exactly do you and Mimi-senpai want from my computer to satisfy you?"

"No, no, it's not about that."

Umaru's pretty face instantly turned red, and she shook her head in embarrassment: "There's a game expo in a few days, and I want you to come with me to buy the new games that will be released that day."

Chapter 410 The Unforgivable Hamster Burial

"Buy games,"

Hayakawa nodded in realization: "Oh, it's just a small matter."

"Yes Yes."

Upon hearing this, Umaru's eyes lit up, and even her hamster ears on the back of her head popped open with joy: "It's just a small thing like accompanying me to buy a game. I can just spare an afternoon during my break!"

"I see, I see,"

Hayakawa smiled and nodded, then, seeing Umaru's expectant gaze, said with a smile, "I won't."

Doma Umaru looked puzzled. "Why don't you just tell me you're not going?"

"Why?"

Umaru pouted her pink lips, her whole face scrunched up: "It's just an afternoon, and you're not even willing to spend time with me? Don't you like the game I made especially for you?"

How dare you mention that damn game!

Upon hearing this, Hayakawa's face darkened immediately, and he said irritably, "Let your brother go with you."

"My older brother isn't good at it,"

Upon hearing this, Xiaomai shook her head repeatedly, her voice tinged with embarrassment: "I already spent money on games during my vacation this month. If he finds out I bought games now, he'll definitely be unhappy. If he throws a tantrum, he might cut off my allowance next month!"

"Yes, that's the reason."

Hayakawa avoided her pitiful gaze and said coldly, "Even your brother won't let you buy games anymore, so what's with you asking me to go with you to buy them? Are you overstepping your bounds?"

"Uh…"

Umaru felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had been struck by a blow.

"Besides, you already said you bought games this month,"

Hayakawa continued, "But now we need to buy it again after only a few days. What's going on? Is it true that games are necessities that will cause problems if you don't buy them often?"

Xiaomai felt another pang in her heart and reached out to cover it.

Hayakawa slowly shook his head: "The most important thing is that it's such a precious afternoon off, which is the time for studying. Why should I go out with you, especially to buy the most meaningless game? So I refused."

"..."

Umaru's heart will never hurt again; she has lost all emotions and become an empty puppet.

"give up."

Hayakawa patted her shoulder, seemingly to comfort her but actually to add insult to injury, saying, "You can go by yourself, or you can have Misaki-senpai go with you."

"whispering sound"

Umaru shook off Hayakawa's hand like an angry hamster, and made a face at him: "You lewd guy, don't just put your hands on girls like that, you're trying to take advantage of them, aren't you!"

"Hehe, say whatever you want."

Hayakawa sneered, completely ignoring Umaru's verbal retort.

It's nothing more than the lament of the weak.

"you…"

Seeing Hayakawa's reaction, Umaru became even angrier. Gritting her teeth, she couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "All you ever do is study, study, study. I haven't seen you get any good grades..."

"..."

In an instant, the entire space fell into a deathly silence, as if all the air in the house had been sucked out. The atmosphere changed from that of a beautiful girl's room to "emptiness." The environment, devoid of any sound, contained an unimaginable eeriness, as if it concealed endless malice, with countless insidious beings hiding in the corners of the world, whispering to the person in the light.

The everyday world has become a supernatural world, a world of horror, as if Sadako is about to crawl out of the TV at any moment, or as if an eight-foot-tall adult is about to peek out from the ceiling at any instant.

Familiar family members stand outside the door, their elongated necks protruding from the door frame and the glass like snakes, smiling gently at you; a kappa grins in the pool; a slit-mouthed woman stands in the entryway outside the house; rustling footsteps can be heard at the foot of the bed, and knocking on the window never stops.

All of this was a manifestation of the darkness within Hayakawa's heart.

"What did you say?"

Hayakawa even questioned his own ears for a moment. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could such blasphemous words exist in this world?

The moment he fully understood and grasped the meaning of those words, a surge of anger erupted within him, shattering all reason like a volcanic eruption.

Angry! ...

How dare you offend me like this, offend the most distinguished person in the entire Ichinose High School...

Unforgivable!

Hayakawa's heart ached violently, a pain that even made him forget the pain in his leg. Despite his injury, he stood up resolutely, his staggering figure like that of a vampire progenitor who had been silent for thousands of years in a coffin in an ancient castle—decayed yet powerful.

What are you doing?!

The hamster girl was clearly unaware of the enormity of her actions, nor did she understand the powerful beings she had provoked. She continued to teeter on the edge of life and death.

Even if she escaped the planet by rocket immediately, there was no guarantee of safety. However, the girl simply took a step back in a defensive posture and then did nothing else.

Hayakawa ignored all of this. He simply moved forward slowly, reaching out a hand towards Umaru, intending to crush the girl like an ant on the spot.

However, Hayakawa had only taken two steps forward when he accidentally stepped on the empty Coke bottle that Umaru had previously thrown on the ground. His body jerked, and the next moment, a sharp pain in his knee caused him to lose his balance. He groaned and fell onto the bed.

"..."

Doma looked at Hayakawa, who was in pain, with a blank expression, and fell into deep thought.

Is it only to this extent?

That's reality. Hayakawa's will was as hard as iron, yet even such a person was caught off guard by a leg injury and lost his balance, ending up on the bed in a sorry state.

So-called "breakout success" is an extremely rare occurrence, something that can only be encountered by chance. More often than not, no matter how passionate or hard-working you are, it's difficult to influence objective reality. What truly matters is rational analysis and the right direction—in other words, choice is more important than effort.

This is why Hayakawa's grades were always inferior to those of the other players; the reality is that his efforts could not bridge the gap in talent.

At this moment, the genius named Doma Umaru stood in front of him, looking down at Hayakawa, who was half-lying on the bed and looked somewhat disheveled.

"Are you alright? Does your leg hurt a lot?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiaomai leaned down and asked with concern.

"I am fine."

Hayakawa looked up at Umaru and reached out her hand: "Help me up."

"Oh... okay."

Umaru was taken aback for a moment, then handed her hand to Hayakawa without any suspicion.

Soon she experienced what it meant to be the farmer and the snake. Hayakawa grabbed her hand without hesitation and pulled her onto the bed. Then, with a quick somersault, he pressed himself against Hamster Umaru.

“…Huh?!”

Before Umaru could react to what was happening, she was pinned down by Hayakawa in the next second, and she was instantly stunned.

Chapter 411 Demanding a Kiss

"Huh? Huh?!"

Umaru, pinned down by Hayakawa, looked completely bewildered and couldn't quite grasp what was happening for a moment. However, the next second, as soon as she came to her senses, it was as if lightning had struck her mind, and she screamed in surprise.

"What are you doing?!"

Umaru's face turned as red as a ripe tomato, her whole body heating up, her voice trembling with extreme shame: "Stop it..."

“Repeat it,”

Hayakawa's voice was cold, his gaze empty and sinister, as if leading to another world, a dark and unfathomable abyss: "Who are you saying has bad grades..."

"Is that the point?"

Upon hearing this, Umaru felt as if her blood was rushing to the top of her head, and she was about to faint from anger. She reached out and pressed her hand on Hayakawa's chest, trying to push him away, but she couldn't muster any strength.

The two bodies were so close, their upper bodies pressed together almost touching, and their four legs intertwined. Xiaomai could feel the heat from the person in front of her constantly flowing into her body, making her arms gradually weak and her whole body feel hotter and hotter.

Especially the area around her chest, where the already unremarkable xiaolongbao was completely controlled by Hayakawa, making it difficult for Umaru to even breathe.

"Get up right now..."

Umaru mustered her strength to suppress the trembling in her heart, wanting to adopt a stern attitude and order Hayakawa to stop his evil deeds and get off her. However, because she couldn't muster any strength, her body inexplicably weakened, and her voice became soft and weak. Not only did it have no effect on stopping him, but it also seemed like she was coaxing Hayakawa to get closer.

As soon as she said it, Umaru couldn't help but cover her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

What... what kind of tone is that? I actually said it?!

A tremendous sense of shame and guilt welled up from the depths of her heart. Her guilt prevented her from finding a reasonable explanation for her behavior, and she could only shrink back and turn her head away, unable to meet Hayakawa's eyes any longer.

Why am I like this?

Umaru tried to squeeze out some sadness from her heart. After all, as a girl, being treated like this would normally make her sad, right? But sadly, she didn't. Umaru didn't feel any sadness at all. And that was fine, but what was with that shyness, unease, and faint expectation?

That's enough, I'm done!

Umaru bit her pink lips angrily, choosing not to run away anymore.

She has always been a person with her own opinions, and once she makes a decision, even her closest brother can't stop her.

Umaru remained silent for a long time before turning her head back to look at Hayakawa in front of her. Her eyes sparkled with a mesmerizing light, as beautiful as a dreamlike scene from a crimson summer night.

"Ok?"

Hayakawa originally wanted to bully the hamster girl in front of him even more to teach her what respect and hierarchy meant, but he was stunned by her reaction.

What does that mean? Does it mean we're going to rebel?

Hayakawa was puzzled for a moment, then smiled coldly after figuring it out.

It was just in time. If Umaru hadn't moved an inch and hadn't resisted, Hayakawa wouldn't have had a good reason to punish her. After all, the laws of the world dictate that you can't bully idiots. But now Umaru has resisted.

Well, there's nothing I can do about it. Since you wanted to resort to violence, I can only teach you one lesson: In this world, there are some people you can bully at will... but there are some people you can't even say a harsh word to!

Hayakawa grinned maliciously, about to cruelly destroy the flower, but the next moment he saw Umaru lower her hand, slightly raise her rounded chin, and then…

She gently closed her eyes.

"..."

hmmmm?