Chapter 68 – Second Scenario (3)
A few more days passed.
During that time, I focused on getting close to the protagonist of this game.
I needed to befriend him first to get involved in this incident.
To get close to him, I didn’t do any crazy stunts… I just used a very simple method.
“Hello!”
“Oh, hi, you’re the guy Taro was talking about.”
I used my connections.
By the way, the Taro I mentioned here was the kid who became my fan when I was on a losing streak in mini-games during the vacation.
I ran into him on the street, and he said he knew Hiro, so I asked him to introduce us.
It was clear how society was formed through connections.
After getting acquainted with Hiro, I brought up topics he would like.
I cycled through games, soccer, and girls.
“Dude! You know what’s up!”
“Haha! You’re pretty good yourself, man!”
“I know, right!”
We became friends instantly.
This wasn’t so much about connections as it was about my skills.
‘I’ve met so many people in the military.’
With my experience, it wasn’t hard to befriend a high schooler.
After becoming friends, I tried to meet Haru right away, but…
“Oh, right. When can I meet the person you like?”
“Ahaha. Haru seems to be having a hard time lately. It might be difficult to introduce you.”
He gave me a weird reason and hesitated to introduce Haru.
Seriously. What’s with saying she’s having a hard time without even asking her and refusing to introduce us?
Even if it wasn’t for that reason, I could tell from Hiro’s eyes. He seemed reluctant to introduce Haru to me.
Thanks to that, I failed to get introduced to Haru in the end.
‘Tsk, this is troublesome.’
My original plan was to befriend both of them, then keep the corrupt teacher in check while twisting the NTR event as much as possible to create an event that would connect Hiro and Haru.
So, getting acquainted with both of them was important.
That’s why I tried to get an introduction…
‘Damn, it’s not like I said I was going to NTR, why is he being so difficult?’
Seriously. If I had suddenly said I wanted to meet Haru, I could understand.
Hiro was the one who first brought up Haru as a love consultation, and I even gave him advice, yet he was acting like this.
And even during the consultation, he was frustrating.
“In that case, you should just pounce on her!”
“No. Wouldn’t she hate that?”
“She’ll usually reject you once, and after that, it’s really a no-go. So be careful…”
“That’s not it. Is it okay to do that to a girl?”
“Huh?”
“No. That’s a crime.”
As expected of a pushover, he had some Confucian boy mindset.
Besides that.
“Why can’t we go to a gyudon place for a date?”
“Hey, if she says she’s going out with a friend, shouldn’t you just let her go?”
“Well, it’s possible to train with a coach until late at night.”
I was in despair that this guy was the protagonist.
Seriously. I don’t care about the other things, but where is there a female coach who gives private training until late at night? You idiot.
‘Rather than giving her to that guy, should I just take her myself?’
Maybe that’s why, as the consultation was ending, I couldn’t help but think that while grinding my teeth.
Of course, I had to drop that thought, considering the reward from Miyuki.
Also, I realized that being the protagonist of an NTR game wasn’t for just anyone. In many ways.
So, I decided to slightly modify my plan.
‘Instead of the male protagonist, I’ll target the heroine first.’
To do that.
I looked at the TIP the screen was giving me.
[TIP 1. Something good might happen if you go under a bridge on a rainy day?]
I had no choice but to wait for a rainy day.
I waited for the rain for a few days. It finally rained about two weeks later.
-Swoosh!
The sky was pouring rain with huge thunderclaps.
You might think it was a typhoon, but surprisingly, it was just rain.
I was looking at the rainy scenery outside the window when I turned my gaze to the screen.
【Status】
[Haru]
[Corruption: 15%]
[Lust: 0%]
[Development Area▼]
[Capture Progress: 20%]
[Salvation Progress: 0%]
[Scenario Progress: 10%]
Haru’s corruption had increased significantly over the past two weeks.
That probably meant the situation wasn’t good.
Thinking that, I decided I had to find Haru today.
“Takuya. Mom said she’s picking us up today. You too…”
“Ah, sorry, I have something to do today.”
“Really? Okay. Then, Momiji, let’s go together.”
“Nana, is it, is it okay if I go with you?”
“Of course! And there’s something else I want to talk about…”
I abandoned my plans with my friends, put on a raincoat, and searched the neighborhood like a madman to find Haru.
To be precise, I only searched under bridges, but there were over 10 bridges near this neighborhood, and half of them were fine to be under unless there was a typhoon, so it took even longer.
‘I don’t think I searched this much even when I was on a search mission in the military.’
How long had I been searching under bridges with that thought?
“Haa…haa…I finally found her.”
I could see a blue-haired beauty crouching under a bridge in the distance, looking utterly depressed.
Seeing her, I wondered how to approach her, and then I got a hint from my sweat-soaked clothes.
I immediately took off my raincoat, stuffed it into my bag, soaked my clothes and body in the rain, and started running towards the bridge as if I was in a hurry.
“Huff! Huff! Ah, of all days to forget my umbrella… Oh? Someone’s already here.”
Then, I acted like a student who had run in a hurry because of the heavy rain.
“Ah, yeah. Hi?”
Haru looked very surprised to see me suddenly come under the bridge.
Well, I could understand. If I was in a depressed mood and someone suddenly came, I would be surprised too.
“Hey. Hello. Whew, the water… haha. It’s raining a lot today, isn’t it?”
Of course, I acted like I didn’t know anything.
As I wrung out the water from my soaked clothes, she nodded and said.
“Ah, it is.”
Looking at her nodding while looking around, it seemed like she hadn’t been paying attention to her surroundings until just now.
I casually sat next to her and said.
“Then, I’ll just join you for a bit until the rain stops.”
“It’s not mine anyway. Do whatever you want.”
At those words, I laughed and said.
“Haha. Thank you, sis.”
“Sis?”
“Ah, aren’t you a high schooler? Then you’re my sis.”
“Well… okay…”
Haru nodded as if she didn’t care at my words.
Seeing that, I smiled inwardly and thought.
‘Okay… now, what kind of story should I use to get close to her?’
How should I talk to this wounded cat-like person to get close to her?
***
Haru wasn’t in a good mood today. Or rather, for the past three days.
“Hoo… Haru. Your performance in this tournament wasn’t very good.”
“I’m sorry…”
“Haa… it’s okay. Let’s do better next time.”
“Yes…”
It was natural. She hadn’t performed well in the tournament she was selected for.
Because of that, there was a lot of talk behind her back and in front of her, and at the same time, her period started, making her mood go up and down like a roller coaster, causing her a lot of stress.
No. It would have been okay if it was just because of that.
“Hey, Haru, are you okay? You don’t look good.”
I was already annoyed. Seeing that clueless face made me even more annoyed.
He was clearly showing that he liked me, but this dense guy didn’t notice and kept treating me like a friend.
And that made Haru very annoyed.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about it.”
“Just say something…”
“Ah! I said don’t worry about it!”
“No. Why are you saying that…”
Thanks to that, Haru had a big fight with Hiro on the way home from school today.
After the big fight, she calmed down a bit on the way home, and when she was able to think rationally, Haru realized what she had done.
She didn’t understand Hiro’s feelings of trying to comfort her, and she just complained and got angry.
And that made Haru feel self-loathing.
She clearly didn’t want to do that…
‘Haa… why am I really like this…’
She knew the reason.
The seniors who talked behind her back, the clueless childhood friend, the parents who kept telling her to get good grades, even the perverted gym teacher who kept looking at her.
All of this was stressful for Haru.
No. To be precise, all of this stress had been piling up and then exploded.
She knew it. She needed a break right now.
But for her, a break had always been playing games with Hiro or watching manga at his house.
In the current situation where she had fought with Hiro, it was a place she couldn’t go.
So, to take a break, she was falling into self-loathing under this bridge, which was a place with memories of playing with him.
[Huff! Huff! Ah, of all days to forget my umbrella… Oh? Someone’s already here.]
That’s when a man wearing clothes that didn’t fit his age came under the bridge.
