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The night passed without incident.
The next day.
Kitahara Makoto opened his eyes, raised a hand to touch his swollen and painful lips, his expression subtle.
"Mai-senpai's expression must be quite something right now…"
In the Dream World last night, after taking the anniversary photo with Mai, Kitahara Makoto, according to their previous agreement, secretly hid by himself to research other ways to develop the Dream World.
Who knew Mai's dream was full of self-destructive tendencies.
Not long after he left, the cruise ship hit an iceberg, then, like the Titanic, broke in the middle and sank.
When disaster struck, the entire cruise ship was in chaos. Kitahara Makoto naturally couldn't continue his research quietly and could only return to Mai-senpai's side—normally, injuries in a dream would not affect reality, but now that he had entered the Dream World, it was hard to say whether injuries in the dream would affect Mai in reality.
Although the possibility was small, Kitahara Makoto didn't want to gamble.
So the entire dream was incredibly tough. The cruise ship sank, seawater poured in, escaping from the cabin, deep-sea whirlpools, surviving the icy ocean… Kitahara Makoto, carrying his baggage of a senior, went through immense hardships and finally found a lifeboat.
Mai in the Dream World was already the Mai after one year of dating. After surviving the disaster, she tearfully hugged him, wanting a kiss.
Could Kitahara Makoto agree?
Of course not.
After waking up from the ice and snow apocalypse dream last time, Kitahara Makoto had promised that if he entered a dream again, he definitely wouldn't take advantage and would try to avoid physical contact.
Then Mai got angry.
"Do you have someone else outside?"
"I don't…"
"If not, why are you hiding?"
"I…"
Then Kitahara Makoto was bitten.
Buzz buzz.
His phone by the pillow suddenly vibrated.
Kitahara Makoto picked up his phone, and sure enough, it was a message from Mai:
"It is recommended that you commit seppuku as soon as possible."
Kitahara Makoto: "Thank you for the meal."
"…"
Now that he was awake, Kitahara Makoto didn't plan to continue sleeping. He got up and washed up, ready to welcome a new day.
"First, let's check today's daily tasks…"
Kitahara Makoto opened the System while washing his face and brushing his teeth.
Daily Task One: Two Thousand Squats
Task Description: Omitted
Daily Task Two: Ten Kilometers Cycling
Task Description: Omitted
Daily Task Three: band Time
Task Description: Please participate in and complete a band activity.
Daily Task Four: Monday Lunch
Task Description: How can you eat lunch alone on Monday? Please have lunch with any member of the opposite sex during lunch break.
"Not bad, all standard tasks… Too bad I don't need Monday's warmth today."
After washing up.
Kitahara Makoto ate some bread, then left for school. While walking, he sent a message to Little Miss Anxiety:
"Hitori-chan, want to go to school together?"
Gotō Hitori: "S-sorry, I haven't gotten up yet. I'll be very late to school today. Kitahara-kun, you go first…"
As expected, he was rejected by Little Miss Anxiety. Kitahara Makoto didn't mind and boarded the train alone, heading to school.
After the unexpected transformation into a cat that night, the subsequent developments had clearly exceeded Little Miss Anxiety's shame threshold. She probably wouldn't dare to see anyone for a while.
The journey was uneventful.
Kitahara Makoto arrived at the school gate and happened to encounter a girl with short gray hair, carrying her school bag in both hands, an animal-like girl.
"Tomori-chan, good morning."
Kitahara Makoto smiled and greeted her.
"Makoto-kun, good morning."
Takamatsu Tomori stopped, tilted her small face slightly, and showed a faint smile.
If it were before, she definitely wouldn't have smiled, but for some reason, after just seeing Kitahara Makoto, she naturally smiled.
Kitahara Makoto smiled and said:
"Tomori-chan, do you have any band activities today?"
"Yes." Takamatsu Tomori said calmly, "I'm on duty today, so I'll go clean the classroom first. Makoto-kun, wait for me in the activity room."
"Got it."
"…"
At the same time.
A girl with beautiful blue hair and amber eyes stood in a corner, secretly observing the two talking.
"Strange…" Togawa Sakiko lightly bit her pink lips, her eyes filled with doubt, "That child Tomori-chan… is actually smiling?"
Because of what happened last night, Togawa Sakiko was too embarrassed to talk to Kitahara Makoto, so when she saw him, she stopped and hid in the corner. Then she saw Kitahara Makoto and Takamatsu Tomori walk together.
Looking at the smile on Takamatsu Tomori's face, Togawa Sakiko's feelings were incredibly subtle and complex.
She knew Takamatsu Tomori very well. Tomori-chan seemed indifferent, but in reality, her heart was sensitive and delicate. A single word would make her overthink. When the band hadn't disbanded, Tomori-chan rarely showed such a bright smile. Now she was actually smiling at Kitahara-kun…
Togawa Sakiko suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Could it be that Tomori-chan is also like him…?"
"…"
"Then it's settled. I'll go to the club room and wait for you. See you later."
Kitahara Makoto waved his hand and walked towards the club room first.
Before leaving, he glanced at Togawa Sakiko's hiding place again.
He had actually noticed Togawa-san in the corner, but since Togawa-san chose to hide, he naturally wouldn't go over to talk, otherwise it would be awkward.
Twenty minutes later.
Astronomical Club room.
The door was gently pushed open, and two figures walked in one after another, it was Chihaya Anon and Takamatsu Tomori.
"Anon-san, good morning…"
Kitahara Makoto finished his greeting and quickly realized something was wrong.
Chihaya Anon secretly winked at him, seemingly wanting to convey information.
Takamatsu Tomori, on the other hand, had her head lowered, and a suffocating gravitational field quickly enveloped the entire club room.
"…Did you two have a conflict?"
Kitahara Makoto couldn't help but ask.
The gravity radar had already sounded an alarm, reminding Kitahara Makoto to stay away quickly, but the task of the problematic club activity had not been completed, so he certainly couldn't leave.
"Kitahara-kun, good morning~" Chihaya Anon had two faint dark circles under her eyes. Hearing this, her expression was a bit awkward. She leaned closer and whispered, "Um… Tomori-chan just saw my phone."
Kitahara Makoto was puzzled: "And then?"
"And then…" Chihaya Anon's pretty face flushed slightly, and her gaze drifted, "And then I forgot to change my wallpaper."
What kind of wallpaper was so powerful that it could make the gravity radar sound an alarm?
"Wait." Kitahara Makoto suddenly realized, "…Was it the photo taken together on Saturday?"
That Saturday, it was the day Kitahara Makoto pretended to be her boyfriend. After changing their outfits and hairstyles, the two took a photo together at a cold drink shop, and at Chihaya Anon's request, one of the photos was set as her phone wallpaper.
Kitahara Makoto remembered very clearly that Anon had even instructed him not to show the photo to others and to protect the secret. After leaving the KTV that day, Kitahara Makoto changed his phone wallpaper on the train to avoid being seen and causing misunderstandings.
Good heavens, you told others to be careful not to expose it, but you yourself forgot to change the wallpaper!
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