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"Is this where Asakura-kun wanted to come? It feels a bit… hmm, full of historical atmosphere."
Looking at the dormitory in front of them, Yanami racked her brains to choose a more tactful way of speaking.
"Just say it's dilapidated."
Asakura, on the other hand, mercilessly corrected her: "Even the residents of this student dormitory wouldn't deny that."
Tokyo Metropolitan Suimei Art University Affiliated High School Student Dormitory, or Sakurasou for short, is a building said to have existed since the Taisho era. Now, it is so mottled and dilapidated that just looking at it from the outside makes one worry about the safety of its residents.
He took out his phone and saw that the previous message he sent had received no response.
So he started sending spam messages.
'I'm in Tokyo.'
'I'm in Suimei City.'
'I'm in Sakurasou.'
'I'm downstairs.'
'I'm right outside your door—'
[Are you Miss Mei O?]
The other side finally couldn't help but reply.
"Ryunosuke, come down and play~"
Asakura stood downstairs, waving and shouting towards the window of his room.
[No way, idiot!]
The other side's message arrived in an instant.
"I've brought the things, you know~"
[Just leave it at the door.]
"Someone will take it!"
[I have surveillance, so it's fine.]
"What do you take other people's privacy for? I'm shaking with anger!"
[Ryunosuke has gone offline. Maid-chan will now take over communication with Asakura-kun~]
Tsk, didn't he say this thing wasn't fixed yet? He's so easily provoked.
Asakura put down his phone.
"Is that the person Asakura-kun came specifically to find?"
Yanami looked at the window, feeling as if a figure had indeed flashed by, but it was unclear due to the reflection, let alone distinguishing if the person was male or female.
"That's right. Ah, I forgot to introduce him. His name is Ryunosuke, and he has a great affinity with Caster. His hobby is…",
"What nonsense are you introducing?!"
The door of Sakurasou was forcefully opened, and then a beautiful woman with long black straight hair stormed out from inside.
"I just wanted to share Ryunosuke's charm with others…"
"You're only sharing strange things!"
Ryunosuke glanced at Yanami beside Asakura: "Besides, I'm not interested in women. If there's nothing, hurry back."
"Ryunosuke…-kun? -chan?"
Yanami looked at him. From his appearance, he looked like a Japanese-style beauty, but from his name and tone, he didn't seem to be a girl.
She had just boasted about her confidence in distinguishing between men and women, but when facing Ryunosuke, Yanami was completely bewildered.
"What are you talking about? Ryunosuke's gender is Ryunosuke!"
Asakura said loudly.
"Huh? Could it be… Sorry, I was too careless."
Yanami didn't know what she thought of, but besides being shocked, she looked at Ryunosuke with a hint of pity: "It's okay, I don't discriminate against such people."
This made a vein throb on the latter's forehead.
"You and this big-breasted airhead, hurry back!"
"No, Ryunosuke."
Asakura gazed at him seriously, his tone grave.
"What's wrong?"
Ryunosuke looked at Asakura in confusion.
Asakura rested his chin on his hands, looking as calm and serious as a commander, and said in a solemn voice,
"It's probably because the Azur Lane you play and the Azur Lane I play are not the same game, which caused you to misjudge. In short, this child, Yanami... does not have a large chest."
"Who cares about you!"
"Who wants to know that!"
Yanami and Ryunosuke shouted at Asakura in unison.
"By the way, the stuff is here."
As if he hadn't heard their complaints, Asakura naturally picked up an opaque white plastic bag beside him and handed it to Ryunosuke.
The latter reluctantly took the plastic bag, but as soon as the plastic bag was in his hand, Ryunosuke's eyebrows furrowed: "Is this too light..."
"The Super Invincible Sea View Room Sora-chan figurine (detachable) has been delivered."
"Who wants this kind of junk!"
Ryunosuke was so angry that he threw the bag directly onto the ground.
"Huh, could it be that you want this model of the ultimate life form Kars (detachable) with an over-the-top design? Ryunosuke, your taste is a bit heavy..."
"No way! Besides, you bought that, right?! Who has heavy taste?!"
"But look, if you put a muscle-bound model like this next to a magical girl figurine, and pose it like this... right?"
"Right your head! Why are you asking for my approval?! Don't treat me like your kind! Damn it, I feel like I haven't complained as much all year as I have today."
Ryunosuke scratched his head and asked impatiently, "Don't tell me you didn't get that at all?"
"Here, Yanagimori Shrine's IBN5100."
This time, Asakura finally handed the bag containing the antique computer to Ryunosuke.
As a result, it was too heavy, and the latter couldn't hold it steady. If Asakura hadn't reacted quickly, the IBN5100 might have fallen to the ground.
"How long has it been since you exercised, Ryunosuke?"
"I exercise my cardiopulmonary function well every day."
"Just simple heartbeats and breathing don't count as exercise, you know."
Asakura said, picking up the bag containing the Sora-chan figurine next to him.
"Don't give me that, I'm not interested."
Ryunosuke said, picking up the bag with the IBN5100 with difficulty, while looking at Asakura coldly.
"No, I remember you like to eat tomatoes, right?"
Asakura said, pulling out a bottle of tomato juice from the bag and throwing it to Ryunosuke.
Although the latter mumbled, 'Tch, a prisoner of industrial products,' he still gladly accepted the gift Asakura gave him.
Just as Asakura watched Ryunosuke return to the dilapidated student dormitory and was about to leave with Yanami, Ryunosuke opened the room window and said to Asakura, "The thing you said you wanted a while ago has been sent to your phone."
"Huh, Ryunosuke, didn't you say at first that you weren't planning to help me get it?"
"Hmph, I just wanted to verify my own skills. Don't flatter yourself."
Ryunosuke finished speaking and slammed the window shut.
"Wow,"
Yanami clapped softly, "What a textbook tsundere remark."
As soon as she finished speaking, the window opened again.
Yanami thought she had been caught talking behind his back about him being tsundere, so she quickly raised her hands in a gesture of surrender, showing an innocent expression.
But Ryunosuke didn't even look at her, only saying to Asakura again, "By the way, although there's also a mobile version of that, I recommend you run the main program on a computer. Otherwise, I can't guarantee how long it will take or the accuracy of the final result."
After he finished speaking, he slammed the window shut again.
Yanami wanted to say something when she saw this, but she was afraid that Ryunosuke would stick his head out again. Although he looked very handsome, his aura was too strong, making Yanami a little afraid of him.
After much thought, the girl still asked Asakura, who was looking at something on his phone, "What is that thing that Ryunosuke-kun mentioned?"
"A small program."
Asakura replied, "It can collect information from the internet and, after a certain degree of AI model calculation, produce 'highly realistic urban legends' and list the relevant data. In addition, after setting up a server, it can also facilitate private communication through a client. Although Ryunosuke said he just made it for fun, the completion is actually quite high. If you were to sell it, you might be able to get tens to hundreds of thousands of yen."
Yanami chuckled dryly, "Um, Asakura-kun must just be collecting these urban legends for the club's publication, right?"
"Of course not."
Asakura said without hesitation, "Once I confirm some interesting urban legends, I'll take everyone to investigate. We can just treat it like a test of courage."
"Wake up, Asakura-kun! Ninety percent of the tragedies in horror stories start with a 'test of courage'!"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Asakura stated emphatically, "Is it possible that there are really wizards or something in this world?"
"Even if you say so..."
The girl's expression was complicated.
Actually, Asakura was just joking. If he really found a highly credible urban legend, even if he didn't go alone, he definitely wouldn't bring Yanami, a Muggle, with him.
After all, the new quest that popped up on his system, [Quest: Kill or Contain an Evil Creature], didn't look like something that could be completed by bringing Muggles on a spring outing.
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