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"Eh…?" Kita Ikuyo was dumbfounded, suspecting she was hallucinating, "What did Kitahara-kun just say?"
Even Bocchi-chan, who was shyly curled up, now raised her small face, her peach-blossom eyes peeking through her thick bangs, secretly looking over, also doubting her ears.
(Did Kitahara-kun just say "date together"?)
(I must have misheard, right?)
(It must be that my brain overheated and overloaded, which is why I'm hallucinating…)
"You didn't mishear." Kitahara Makoto said emphatically again, "Since you all took my purity, you must take responsibility… Date me!"
"…"
This time, everyone heard it clearly.
After confirming it wasn't a hallucination, Kita Ikuyo's eyes immediately widened, and she instantly puffed up like a pufferfish:
"Kitahara-kun must be possessed by a monster, which is why he's talking nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm very clear-headed right now." Kitahara Makoto's expression was serious. "When Kita took my purity, she was destined to take responsibility."
Kita Ikuyo: "…"
You're actually asking a girl to take responsibility for your purity?
How can you even say that?!
Kita Ikuyo, flushed with shame, clenched her small fists: "That was just artificial respiration!"
Kitahara Makoto said righteously: "Artificial respiration also requires responsibility."
"Wait, wait a minute." Kita Ikuyo quickly reacted, "The first person to kiss you was Nijika-senpai, so if anyone needs to take responsibility, it should be Nijika-senpai… Eh, what's going on?"
Kita Ikuyo turned to look at Nijika, suddenly realizing something was wrong.
It was one thing for Bocchi-chan to not speak, but why were Nijika and Yamada Ryo also silent?
They should definitely be angry after hearing Kitahara propose that they all date him, right?
Yamada Ryo said expressionlessly:
"Well, Kitahara-kun said two days ago that he wanted me and Nijika to join his harem."
"Ha… Harem?!"
Kita's eyes widened, and she said incredulously: "Did you two agree?"
Ijichi Nijika quickly said:
"Ryo and I would never agree to such a thing. Kitahara-kun is just talking to himself."
"It's not talking to myself, it's a life goal." Kitahara Makoto intertwined his fingers, shamelessly saying, "I used to be lost, but now I have a new life goal, and that is to make you all willingly date me!"
"Don't say strange things." Ijichi Nijika reached out her small hand and pinched Kitahara Makoto's waist. "Kitahara-kun, hurry up and open the door. Let's go back to the real world first; who knows what else might happen if we stay on the subway."
Kitahara Makoto nodded, looked at the Beast Eared Girl, and instructed:
"Hana-chan, open the door."
He definitely couldn't start a harem right now; leaving quickly was the priority.
Receiving the command, the Beast Eared Girl took small steps to the sliding door between the train cars and pressed her small hand on the door.
Illusory and real flowers quickly grew, rapidly covering the entire partition door.
"Eh, what is this?"
The blonde glasses girl, who had not held out much hope, suddenly widened her eyes in astonishment.
Ijichi Nijika softly explained: "Hana-chan can open a door to the real world. By passing through this door, we can return to the real world… Cousin, let's go in."
"…"
"We're back, we're back."
"So tired, I need a shower."
"It's midnight, so it looks like we'll have to stay over."
"...Rabbit…"
Passing through the door, Kitahara Makoto and the girls successfully returned to the second-floor bedroom.
Nijika and the others had already seen and experienced it, so they were calm and composed. The blonde glasses girl, experiencing the Anywhere Door for the first time, was dumbfounded, her face filled with existential doubt.
"Is this really the real world?"
"We just passed through a door and came back so easily?"
Blonde glasses girl's tone was suspicious, and she nervously looked around, trying to find evidence of falsehood.
"Cousin, don't worry, this really is the real world." Ijichi Nijika took out her phone and handed it over. "My phone can connect to the internet now. The Otherworld definitely wouldn't have a signal, right?"
Blonde glasses girl took the phone and checked it carefully, finding that it could indeed connect to the internet and even search for information online, but she still felt uneasy:
"…Could this be a hallucination before I die?"
"How could a hallucination be so real?" Ijichi Nijika raised a hand to her forehead, saying helplessly, "Cousin, don't be so suspicious. Get a good night's sleep, and tomorrow you can go home. You've been missing for so long without a word, Auntie must be worried sick. And the police station will need an explanation…"
Nijika turned her head and looked at Yamada Ryo and the others, saying softly:
"Ryo-senpai, you guys go shower first. You can rest after you're done."
It was already past midnight. Everyone had been going back and forth in the subway tunnel for so long that they were exhausted, both mentally and physically, and indeed wanted to shower and rest.
"Whew…"
Kita Ikuyo raised a hand to cover her mouth and yawned: "Then we'll go shower first."
"Go ahead." Ijichi Nijika nodded slightly. "Cousin and I will talk a bit longer."
Kitahara Makoto walked to the refrigerator and asked:
"Kita, do you want a glass of milk before bed after your shower?"
"Hmph." Kita Ikuyo turned her small face away. "I can't drink a single drop."
To actually want to be in a relationship with everyone… greedy!
Too greedy!
Kitahara Makoto didn't mind. Since he suggested being in a relationship with everyone, Kita, despite her disgusted expression, was still willing to talk, which was quite good.
"Hitori, do you want milk?"
Kitahara Makoto then looked at Bocchi-chan.
Little Miss Anxiety quickly shook her head, indicating she didn't need any.
Kitahara Makoto sighed: "Then I'll just have to drink it myself."
Yamada Ryo said expressionlessly: "Kitahara-kun, why didn't you ask me?"
"Hmm?" Kitahara Makoto looked over. "Ryo-senpai, do you want milk?"
Yamada Ryo: "No."
"…"
If you don't want to drink it, why did you say anything?!
At the same time.
Nijika and blonde glasses girl were asking and answering, understanding each other's situations.
"The reason I was able to find cousin was all thanks to Kitahara-kun…"
"Eh, an exorcist?"
Blonde glasses girl looked at Kitahara Makoto in surprise, clearly half-believing, half-doubting Kitahara Makoto's identity.
"Wait, that child is actually an existence from the Otherworld?!"
After learning Hana-chan's true identity, blonde glasses girl's eyes widened even further, her face full of disbelief. She carefully touched Hana-chan's ears, and after confirming they were indeed beast ears, cousin was still in a daze.
"All in all, that's how it happened." Ijichi Nijika took a sip of juice. "Thank goodness, we finally succeeded in finding cousin."
"Thank you, Nijika…"
After calming down, blonde glasses girl began to talk about her own situation.
"I have a friend, she brought me into the Otherworld, and one day she suddenly disappeared…"
"…"
Kitahara Makoto, sitting beside her, was instantly speechless.
Good heavens, it's like Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, isn't it?
It just never ends!
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