"Y-you… didn't keep your word—"
Before she could finish, the blonde was knocked flat to the ground by a single punch.
One minute later…
"Um… she's already like this, maybe we should—"
Looking at the blonde, several teeth already knocked out, Chihaya Anon couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy.
"Put away your kindness. People like this won't stop unless you scare them for real. Otherwise, she'll just come after you again."
With that, Asai Yu continued applying force.
Only after five full minutes—when the other party was basically beaten half to death—did he finally use her phone to call an ambulance, then leave the scene.
After all, causing an actual death would be troublesome.
Yu-yu was terrifying… but thank goodness he was on her side.
Hehe. Maybe meeting Yu was the luckiest thing to ever happen to her.
[Mission Complete: Resolve the bullying against Chihaya Anon]
[Mission Reward Granted: Bonus Gacha Card ×1]
With the mission cleared, the system's reward arrived right on cue.
"Um… thanks for this. Do you need anything in return?"
Chihaya Anon suddenly spoke up. "No matter what it is, I'll do it!"
"You successfully adapting to your study-abroad life is the best reward I could ask for," Asai Yu replied.
Hearing that, Chihaya Anon pouted slightly. "Why do you always talk like my mom, Yu-Yu? We're basically the same age, aren't we?"
Then her tone softened all of a sudden.
"But I know you're saying this for my sake, Yu-Yu. You're really gentle—"
"Yasashii?" Asai Yu frowned slightly.
"Yeah, Yu-yu is super yasashii," Chihaya Anon said without hesitation.
"No—don't describe me like that," Asai Yu cut in immediately.
Chihaya Anon looked confused. "Eh? Why?"
"Yasashii basically means useless. Did I look like someone 'yasashii' when I was using violence just now?"
Asai Yu shot the question back at her.
Yu-Yu thinks yasashii means useless?!
Chihaya Anon thought for a moment, then immediately answered,
"No! Yu-Yu is just a little short of it—you still need to become even gentler!"
Hearing that answer, Asai Yu was… reasonably satisfied.
"Let's stop here for today. Things are basically settled. You can arrange the rest of the plan yourself. I'll head out now," Asai Yu said.
"So fast!"
Chihaya Anon sounded reluctant. "Then… bye-bye, Yu-Yu."
As soon as her words fell, Asai Yu closed and opened his eyes—and found himself back in his own body.
It was exactly midnight.
He'd spent half the day over at Anon's side and hadn't practiced guitar at all.
That thought suddenly crossed Asai Yu's mind.
Come to think of it, he hadn't gone to check on Togawa Sakiko for over a week now. Should he go see her?
…Nah. That would waste experience uses. He'd check in during entrance exams instead.
Anon's situation was stable now anyway. He didn't need to go over for a while.
With that thought, Asai Yu slept peacefully until the next day.
He woke up right on time—seven in the morning.
He opened the system screen.
"Use Life Experience Target Card."
[Life Experience Target Card used]
[Selectable targets updated]
[1. Togawa Sakiko]
[2. Chihaya Anon]
[3. Unknown Random (Selectable)]
Asai Yu chose the third option without hesitation.
Darkness engulfed his vision.
The next second, he realized he was standing in an open space.
Under his feet was a red-and-black carpet. Darkness stretched endlessly around him.
Only a single spotlight shone down on him, allowing him to see about five meters in every direction.
…Wait, where the hell did this dump him?
Is this even still in Japan?
Asai Yu was genuinely confused.
At that moment, the system's voice suddenly rang out.
[Ding]
[Heavyweight bug detected. Emergency repair in progress]
[1%]
[2%]
[3%]
[...]
[Host may explore freely for now. No life-threatening danger present]
A bug?
What kind of nonsense is this now?
Asai Yu felt helpless.
Still, if the system said there was no danger to life, then he might as well take a look around.
He first lowered his head and looked at his hands.
Soft. Smooth. Small.
Obviously a woman's hands.
No deviation from what he had expected.
He then began exploring the surroundings.
After only a few steps, he noticed something strange—within the darkness ahead, there seemed to be piles of humanoid shapes.
Mannequins?
Or was he seeing things?
…Don't tell me those are actual corpses?!
That couldn't be, right?
After hesitating for a moment, Asai Yu still walked forward.
In the next second—bang, bang, bang—lights all around snapped on, instantly dispelling the darkness.
Asai Yu realized he was standing on a massive theater stage.
And those piled-up humanoid shapes in front of him were a group of young girls' corpses—girls who had already lost all signs of life.
Light green hair. Pale golden eyes. Doll-like bodies.
There was no mistaking it.
They were all Wakaba Mutsumi.
…So he'd been dumped straight into Wakaba Mutsumi's "god space," huh?
Asai Yu immediately understood the situation.
Looking at the chaotic pile of Wakaba Mutsumi corpses before him, his scalp tingled faintly.
Suddenly, every single corpse turned its gaze toward him at once, staring straight at him.
Asai Yu's heartbeat skipped—but he stayed calm, not panicking.
At that moment, a mirror suddenly appeared to his left.
Asai Yu turned to look.
Reflected in the mirror was his current form.
Fair skin. Emerald-green hair. A blank, unreadable expression.
And atop his head—a white beret.
It was another form of Wakaba Mutsumi.
Don't tell me… he'd become one of Wakaba Mutsumi's multiple personalities?
System, isn't this bug a bit too severe?!
[Please remain calm, Host. Emergency repairs are underway. Compensation rewards will be issued afterward]
[50%]
[51%]
[...]
If there was compensation, then fine.
But this kind of thing really didn't need to happen again.
At that moment, Asai Yu noticed that his reflection in the mirror began to change.
The beret turned red.
The expression on the girl's face shifted from blank to a crazed, distorted grin.
Someone else might have been terrified.
But Asai Yu felt nothing at all.
Because he knew exactly who the girl in the mirror was.
One of Wakaba Mutsumi's only two personalities—
Mortis.
"Eh? Did I scare you dumb?"
Seeing that the other party showed no reaction whatsoever, Mortis felt a bit puzzled and stepped out of the mirror.
Wearing a slightly eerie smile, she began circling Asai Yu slowly, occasionally leaning in close to examine him at point-blank range.
After a long while, seeing that this newly appeared personality still showed no reaction, Mortis grew even more confused.
"Umm… you're clearly a new personality. So why aren't you scared at all?"
She finally asked aloud.
"You think this is enough to scare me, Mortis?"
Asai Yu replied—in Wakaba Mutsumi's exact voice.
Mortis's eyes widened in shock. She staggered several steps backward, her voice rising.
"H-How do you know my name is Mortis?!"