Being moved is a very strange existence. Many people may feel like this: they can obviously cry for the affection between family members on TV, but they cannot express it to their parents when they experience the same thing.

Touched enough; I can obviously be moved to tears by the twists and turns of the virtual relationship between men and women, but I always complain that my feelings lack something heart-warming.

Is this because virtuality is more exciting than reality? I don’t think so. I think it’s because we are too familiar and too close to each other in reality, so we become paralyzed. For example, on the same date, after the date,

In the next few days, we may not be too excited, but when we recall the wonderful time after a long time, we will cherish every detail we remember.

Things that rely on media and distance are more likely to move people. However, after reacting, what we need to understand is reality.

Of course boys can be animals with low emotional intelligence, and of course boys can be idiots who cannot understand what girls are thinking. However, there is only one thing that all boys will not make wrong, and that is girls' good impressions of themselves. For most adolescents,

For stupid boys, a girl's slightest attention to them will be mistaken for a good impression of them. Then, when a girl's true affection is revealed, it is impossible for them to be unconscious.

Failure to realize does not mean that they have not considered this possibility, but that they have used other principled judgments in their minds to deny this possibility. However, since the possibility exists, there is also the possibility of misjudgment.

Iroha is one of the girls I have ever seen who is best at concealing her feelings. She is good at using her words and facial expressions to make boys have unrealistic fantasies. At the same time, she uses her light attitude to give people a good impression.

It feels mysterious and unpredictable. To be honest, from a neutral perspective, this attitude is really a bit bad.

However, as every party involved in contact with Isshiki, they may not be aware of this. They will believe that she is sincere to them, and they will believe that they are the "special one" who understands Isshiki's true side. This includes me.

, even though I know that Isshiki may be hiding something from me, subconsciously, I still believe that I am a "special one", and I judge this point more strongly than others.

However, it is precisely because I believe there is something hidden that I can more easily detect anomalies.

Yes, vaguely, I can feel that Isshiki's behavior is cheating.

As she said, she did too many things that could help me, but I didn't wait until she asked for something in return: the farce of the student council president election was, after all, an unrealistic promise.

Matsushita's reward for helping me was even more ridiculous. After excluding all the profit-seeking reasons for her helping me, I found that I couldn't find an appropriate reason to help me with my time and emotions with the goal of maximizing profits.

If you invest in other things, you can achieve better results.

My mind was bound by the fixed impression of Isshiki who was a profit maximizer before. I also gave up thinking because of my mistake of having to find someone to rely on because of my vulnerability. Therefore, I easily accepted Isshiki's appeal for interests.

explanation, but when I reviewed it again, I could clearly realize that this ratio of investment and return is unbalanced.

When I saw those emails that moved people to the point where they gave up thinking for a while, maybe at a certain moment, I was about to fall into the trap of numbing myself and accepting her gentleness with a cynical attitude. No matter what was behind this tenderness,

Whatever the reason, no matter what the purpose of my use of this tenderness was. However, it was only a momentary thing.

This is a kind of irresponsibility, irresponsible for one's own feelings, and also irresponsible for the feelings of the other person.

At this time, I think I have a clear understanding. Perhaps, many of the lies I once believed to be Iiroha's are actually just a vague expression of emotion.

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When I first met Isshiki, she was a girl who was so confident that it made people feel a little headache. Although it was different from Yukinoshita's self-confidence that believed she could solve all problems, she was the kind of girl who could make everyone think of herself.

Her obsessive confidence in herself is her most obvious sign.

Isshiki is changing, she has become more like to think about problems by herself, and has become more mature in thinking about problems. However, the initial arrogance of trying to play with others is no longer there.

I can't tell whether this is good or bad, but I suddenly feel that it might be a better thing for her if she is still the girl who can easily hide her feelings in front of me.

Unlike her current appearance, Ishiroha's singing skills are really beyond praise. However, when she sang seriously, I realized that she is indeed a very cute girl.

This is not to say that I didn’t think Isshiki was cute before, but that before, my perception of Isshiki’s “cuteness” came from external impressions. Other people thought Isshiki was cute, so I also thought Isshiki was cute, but in essence

Above, I have not made any judgment based on my own aesthetic standards.

However, she is indeed a beautiful girl. Her brown eyes move carefully along with the subtitles on the screen, her cherry-colored lips reveal crisp lyrics with poor pitch, and her whole body twists gently, trying hard.

, but she is somewhat powerless. This is her real and lovely side.

"I have to say, your singing skills are worse than I thought!"

Seeing the look she cast towards me, I commented like this.

"Evaluating me based on Kazuya's level, are you sure you don't have any pressure?"

"But you should be the kind of person who often goes out to sing with boys and girls. Your voice is very nice, but when I listen to you sing, I feel like every song you sing is very forced, teetering on the edge of being out of tune or not. Are you sure you

Have your other friends complained about your singing?"

"Because karaoke is not a professional place to begin with. The important thing is to have fun singing, not to find fault with everyone!"

Isshiki said angrily, it seemed like she was a little dissatisfied with my comment, but it also showed that she was completely immersed in this state.

Then, next, we should set a trap for her.

Strictly speaking, whether this is a trap depends on Isshiki herself. If, as I hope to think, my judgment of her feelings is my misunderstanding, then this problem is not a trap, but if it is

,According to the state I created before, I believe she will jump in.

In fact, I don’t want to give up on someone who supports me unreservedly, if you really support me for the reasons you said.

"But you know, Isshiki, what I listen to the most in this karaoke is Ogi-senpai's singing, that karaoke queen, so there is such a contrasting gap."

"Ah la ah la, I just can't compare to Kogi-senpai. But Kazuya, can you call senior here?"

Feeling the silent atmosphere, I asked questions that I had already thought about.

"The specific situation is a bit complicated, but I can tell you the conclusion. I once again and firmly rejected the senior. I think there should be no problem from now on. The public opinion of deceiving everyone should be a certainty."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Isshiki's expression looked a little hesitant.

"Words like 'Thank you for your hard work', it feels like you are ordering me to work. This is my own behavior and my own choice!"

"Well, in short, I think it's quite hard for you to make this decision."

Your speaking breath has become unstable. At this time, show your usual alertness!

"But in order for Senior Xiaomu to give up completely, she needs a reason why I reject her."

"Reason?"

"In other words, she couldn't understand that if I didn't accept other people's favor, why should I reject her?"

"Ah, that's it. To be honest, I can't understand it either!"

Now, I'm getting nervous. I think I may realize the answer to the next question.

"So, I need to have a date now, even if it's just a disguise."

I looked at a colorful feather.

If your answer is to volunteer, I can only cut off your hope. However, I hope that your answer is to continue to discuss with me, so that this relationship between us, even if it is out of misunderstanding, even out of

Deception can continue.

"Since I have announced that I will be your backing, at this point, I can only help you to the end!"

This is her answer.

Although it is not very accurate, the expectation in her eyes represents her true mood.

It's annoying, but my judgment was correct.

Of course, I have seriously considered the necessary characteristics of a person who is pretending to be with me, and of course I am within the scope of consideration. However, there is one principle that cannot be wrong, that is, the person I am pretending to be with must not like me. For just

It is taboo for a girlfriend who is just a tool and destined to break up to be emotionally involved. Therefore, Isshiki, who proposed this plan proactively and pretended to be nonchalant, will be rejected here.

Maybe it was her feelings for me that were also rejected.

"Is that really the case?"

I stood up and rubbed her hair, helplessly, but somewhat dotingly.

I now know the hiding and disguise of your previous efforts, I now know your previous fear and caution, and I now know your persistence and your feelings.

"Isshiki, you are still too impatient!"

But, yes, you are still too impatient. If you can take a step back at this time, if you can show your maturity and your wit at this time as always, then I will believe that my own judgment is wrong and I will be convinced.

I believe that my judgment is wrong, because I am much weaker and more dependent on you than I show now.

So, if you are like yourself before and stop here, the result may be different.

However, you chose to confess here.

It must be very hard to maintain such a tired mask, right?

Maybe when we first met, you could still smile and hide your feelings until the end, but, as expected, Isshiki, you have changed a lot, whether this can be considered growth or not.

So, since you can be calm, I can no longer let myself escape.

All I can do is completely refuse.

sorry.

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Let me say a few more words here. In fact, when I first wrote this volume, I really didn’t realize that Xiaocaiyu would be the first person to officially leave the show (Koharu still owes an official card), but I wrote

This plot is almost logical. Iroha-chan in the rumored incident is actually like launching a final counterattack. If she doesn't succeed, she will die.

The transition from the previous chapter to here may feel a bit abrupt, and it feels as if I am forcing the plot. However, if you take a closer look at Kazuya's previous emotional tendency towards Iroha, you can clearly find that I have been emphasizing

, this is a kind of paralyzing dependence. Iroha’s exit method was set by me. When I wrote the 20th chapter of this volume, I realized that it should be this time. For a person like Kazuya,

He said that he could not accept his paralyzing dependence for a long time, so when he woke up, he would test it, and for Caiyu now, as long as she tests it, she will fall into the trap, and the final result

This is the current result, there is no other possibility.

So I have been saying that this plot seems to have a lot of if lines, but it is actually a single line. In the final analysis, the final development of this book is actually a single line, partly because of the author's great will, and partly because of the protagonist's

character.

There should be a few more chapters to follow up on this plot, but after this chapter is over, it should mean that Isshiki has completely withdrawn from the emotional line. I like all the female characters with emotional lines in this book, and I refuse.

I definitely felt much more uncomfortable than Kazuya, but I can only write like this. Kazuya couldn't pretend to be confused after Xiao Iroha clearly expressed his feelings, and Xiao Iroha couldn't continue with ease.
Chapter completed!