"Shee actually really wore it, Yuu! My life belongs to you now!"
By the beach, looking at the cute one-piece swimsuit on Shiori-chan, Imamura Kouhei was so touched that he knelt down trembling, two lines of bloody tears slowly flowing from his eyes.
He had originally just made a joke; he wouldn't dare to wish for the beautiful sight of a swimsuit beauty, which usually only existed in elementary school. Honestly, he would have no complaints even if he died right now!
"Kouhei is exaggerating too much… but she really does look exactly like someone who stepped out of an anime!"
"I know, right, I remember Chisa also had this swimsuit!"
Clapping her hands, Kotegawa Nanaka's face was full of reminiscence; Chisa when she was in elementary school was much more cheerful and cute than she is now!
And she could easily be tricked into a room with just a ghost story, no different from a delicious little snack!
"Hmm…"
While organizing the diving equipment, Kotegawa Chisa inexplicably shivered, feeling as if she was being stared at by a predator.
However, her gaze swept over Aina and Nanaka-nee, who were frantically petting Shiori-chan, and the seniors were only watching intently from the side. In the end, she could only questioningly attribute it to her being overly sensitive.
"Everyone, all the equipment is ready, please check your gear and prepare to get in the water!"
"Yes!"
Walking over to Miyazawa Yuu with a dark expression, Kitahara Iori patted the former's shoulder in a friendly yet serious manner: "Yuu, I'll take care of checking the oxygen tank valves, which tank do you think is suitable?"
"You absolute want to twist the valve of my oxygen tank shut, don't you?"
With his arms crossed, Miyazawa Yuu didn't spare Iori even half a glance; after all, a sight like a primary school swimsuit isn't something one gets to see all the time.
Many schools in Tokyo had long canceled swimming classes due to various issues, and luckily, the junior high and high school he attended were among them!
"Besides…"
Taking out his OWD license from his underwear, he snorted lightly in disdain: "The first round is for special training for you guys who failed, I don't need to participate, you know! Underachiever!"
"Damn it!"
Seeing that he couldn't successfully lure this guy, who tricked his sister into wearing a one-piece swimsuit, into the sea to kill him, Iori huffed and raised his middle finger, following the main group down to the beach.
"Nanaka-nee, I'll leave Rin-chan to you~"
"No problem! Shiori-chan, aren't you getting in the water?"
"I'll wait for the next round, actually, I'd rather admire my older brother's heroic figure!"
Waving her hand and refusing with a smile, Kitahara Shiori only let out a long breath once Nanaka-nee entered the water, and her expression instantly became indignant.
"Yuu Onii-chan, are you satisfied now?"
"Mhm, I'm satisfied, especially being able to see Shiori-chan's genuinely angry face, it's truly gratifying~"
"Ugh…"
Kitahara Shiori's cheeks instantly puffed up, not out of anger, but out of embarrassment and a sense of being in the wrong.
After all, revealing her true self after acting as a good sister for so long would be difficult for anyone to accept, but Yuu Onii-chan should be fine, right?
No matter what, she had witnessed the reconciliation of the Miyazawa siblings, and although her sense of involvement was low, in a way, she was half an insider?
Cautiously glancing at Yuu, who looked pleased by her genuine self-disclosure, she involuntarily relaxed her entire body, and her tone carried a hint of playfulness.
"In any case, if Yuu Onii-chan goes back on his word, I'll be truly angry!"
"Don't worry, no one understands deflecting responsibility better than me."
Affectionately placing his hand on Shiori-chan's head, Miyazawa Yuu gazed into the vast blue sea, an evil smile curling his lips, "And Iori is very easy to deal with, you know!"
"Really?"
Kitahara Shiori was skeptical of the statement that her older brother was easy to deal with, after all, she had tried for so long and hadn't found a single weakness in him.
She felt that since coming to Izu, her good older brother had not only become more abstract but also made a group of sufficiently abstract friends.
With their help and tolerance, Onii-chan had completely become an invincible person with no weaknesses!
"Of course, now I have as many as three ways to get Iori back home, which one would Shiori-chan like to try first?"
"The fastest one!"
The girl's firm voice sounded seamlessly in his ear without any pause, to which Miyazawa Yuu nodded as expected and gave a thumbs-up: "Yosh! I understand, then let's get Iori back home within today!"
"Oh!"
"Iori's Homecoming Great Campaign!"
"Ganbatte!"
"Chotto matte…"
Three minutes later, standing at the doorway and unwilling to enter, looking at the dark warehouse piled with equipment, Kitahara Shiori took half a step back in fear and frantically shook her head: "Th-this isn't right, is it?"
"Eh? Didn't Shiori-chan want the fastest way to get your older brother back?"
"That's right, but what does that have to do with coming to an empty warehouse!"
Instantly fluffing up and hissing (with indignation), Kitahara Shiori's real personality after revealing herself was far from the quiet one she acted out. Instead, she yearned for freedom and carried a strong hint of haraguro (dark-heartedness).
As a teenage girl who was proficient in the internet and could assemble long-lasting, effective spy dolls herself, how could she not have seen strange websites!
This plot of a muscular older brother bringing an innocent girl into a dark room feels too familiar!
"Well, although I feel like I'm being mistaken for a weird old man…"
Pulling a supplementary light mirror out of the pile of miscellaneous items, Miyazawa Yuu calmly turned on the warehouse lights, then pointed to the illuminated area and said seriously: "Just stand here. Since we're recording, please make sure you manage your facial expressions!"
"That just proves you are a weird old man!"
"I already said I'm not. The line is only one sentence, 'I love Onii-chan the most!' or 'Onii-chan~ I love you~' You can choose the one you prefer."
"???"
Although very confused, seeing Miyazawa Yuu seriously taking out his phone to film, Kitahara Shiori cautiously stepped into the designated area.
"Onii-chan~ I love you~?"
"Excellent! Excellent!"
Giving her a thumbs-up and praising her repeatedly, he could only say that Shiori-chan was truly amazing; even with reservations, her skill at playing the brother-complex imouto was instant and impeccable!
Looking at the video on his phone, Miyazawa Yuu satisfactorily trimmed the beginning and end, leaving only the most essential part in the middle, and then sent it to the [Scum] group.
Caption: Iori's little sister is here! Super cute~
"Um, what does this have to do with getting older brother back home?"
Having watched Yuu's operation from behind the whole time, a huge question mark rose in Kitahara Shiori's smart little head.
Given the known situation that the seniors and Nanaka-nee could easily accept things like running around with doujinshi, what effect could a mere video have?
"Shiori-chan, there are some things you need to know, not all of Iori's friends are as handsome, handsome, and magnanimous as me!"
Placing his hands on Shiori-chan's shoulders, Miyazawa Yuu had no self-awareness of talking nonsense with his eyes wide open, but instead radiated confident brilliance.
"Mhm, so?"
"In short, someone should come and beat Iori into semi-paralysis soon, so Shiori-chan can immediately take Iori home and have him drop out of school!"
"No, you can't!"
Her eyes instantly widened to the maximum, Kitahara Shiori was completely distraught after hearing Miyazawa Yuu's explanation!
While she did want Onii-chan to go home, getting him beaten into semi-paralysis would make her feel bad… and Iori wouldn't be able to inherit the family business!
"Wait, this method won't work, let's try another one!"
"But this is indeed the fastest…"
"Please, absolutely not, let's switch!"
Clapping her hands together, Kitahara Shiori shook her head violently like a rattle, seeing her like this, Miyazawa Yuu could only indulge her helplessly: "There's really no helping you~ Then how about a method with a slightly longer cycle?"
"Yes! That's the one!"
Immediately changing from shaking her head to nodding, Shiori-chan breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that Yuu didn't insist on his so-called fastest method, otherwise, she wouldn't know how to explain it to her parents!
"By the way, asking in advance, the long-cycle method isn't slowly poisoning him, is it?"
"How is that possible…"
Waving his hand dismissively, Miyazawa Yuu held up a finger and introduced: "The long-cycle method is very simple, just get Iori to marry Chisa!"
"Marry?"
"That's right, anyway, Grand Blue is pretty much under my control now…"
The shadows on his face created an effect of being cunning and mean under the light, the corners of his mouth curving into a terrifying smile.
"As long as Iori marries Chisa, the pressure of life will inevitably increase sharply! If he can't inherit Grand Blue, the useless person with no social experience will have no choice but to take over the family inn, right!"
"Hiss…"
Gasping in a cold breath, although this method was as despicable as ever, Kitahara Shiori was shamelessly tempted!
That's right! As long as Onii-chan's life pressure increases, his willingness to resist inheriting the family estate will decrease proportionally!
From a long-term operational perspective, this was indeed a good idea!
The only difficulty was…
She secretly compared her older brother and Chisa-nee in her mind; setting aside all filters, it was completely a combination of a beast and a beauty!
Candidly speaking, could her older brother really get married to Chisa-nee?
"Um, is there a more reliable method?"
She couldn't bring herself to hold too much hope for her older brother, so Kitahara Shiori, out of caution, still wanted to hear the third method before deciding, but Miyazawa Yuu's next sentence made her freeze in place.
"The third method is simple, why doesn't Shiori-chan just talk to Iori herself~"