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Asuna Yuuki nodded, recalling the scene just now, and said with lingering fear.
"Indeed, your burst of speed just now was too fast. My eyesight and reaction speed couldn't keep up. With your enhanced strength and defense, you should be able to easily kill your opponent."
"Now let's wait and see what the so-called 'weakened state' looks like after the five-minute enhancement period ends."
……
five minutes later.
"call……"
Feeling a wave of weakness wash over him, as if all his strength had been drained from his body, making even breathing a struggle, Asagiri frowned slightly. Noticing his change in expression, Yuuki Asuna quickly helped him sit down on a beach chair, then knelt down beside him, her delicate face filled with worry.
"Are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?"
Asagiri gently patted the back of Yuuki Asuna's hand, smiling reassuringly.
"Hmm, it's fine. Standing and walking are no problem, but running might be a bit more strenuous. Sure enough, that level of instantaneous enhancement comes with a significant degree of weakness. Let's see how long it takes to recover."
Asuna Yuuki tucked her long, flaxen hair behind her ear and nodded obediently.
"Then I'll go cook first, and I'll call you when it's done."
"it is good."
After Asuna Yuuki left, Asagiri lay on a beach chair, feeling the cool evening breeze, and let out a long sigh.
"Now that I'm all alone, it's quiet and peaceful..."
Just as Asagiri finished speaking, a cool touch brushed against his cheek. He turned around and saw Kato Megumi standing there, wearing lounge shorts and a vest, holding a can of ice-cold Coca-Cola with water droplets in her hand. The cool touch he felt was from Kato Megumi pressing the surface of the Coca-Cola can against his cheek.
At this moment, Kato Megumi made that cute expression of slight displeasure and annoyance, and complained in a soft tone.
"I'm still here."
"Sorry, I really didn't notice this time."
Asagiri reached out to take the Coca-Cola from Kato Megumi, but she suddenly pulled her hand back, unzipped the can, and then squatted down to hold it to Asagiri's lips with a faint smile.
"You don't need to get up, I'll feed you."
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Chapter 102 Kaguya Shinomiya's Bet.
"I'm just feeling weak, it's not like I've lost a hand or a leg."
Although Asagiri said this, she still followed Kato Megumi's instructions and let the other party feed her a small sip of iced cola.
"Mmm, it tastes great. It really has to be ice-cold Coca-Cola. There aren't any convenience stores around here. Where did you buy it?"
"Kotoko had already had everything bought and placed in the villa, including groceries. I checked it, and the bed sheets and pillowcases in the room were just changed. In short, everything is arranged."
After Kato Megumi finished explaining, she added in a gentle tone.
"Kotoko is in charge of arranging these things, Asuna is in charge of cooking, and as for me... I don't have anything I'm particularly good at, so I came to keep you company."
Upon hearing this, Asagiri laughed and teased.
"We're not in a dungeon right now, so there's no need for everyone to have to contribute, right?"
Kato Megumi placed the cola in the drink tray next to the beach chair, squatted down, rested her cheeks in her hands, looked directly at Asagiri's face, and said in a slightly playful and gentle tone.
"Doesn't this count as my KDA as a team member?"
"Of course we can't count it."
"That……"
Kato Megumi suddenly leaned closer, her fair feet stepping on the golden sand, and her soft, pink lips gently pressed a kiss onto Asagiri's cheek.
"what about this?"
"Well..."
Faced with Kato Megumi's sudden direct attack, Asagiri simply turned her head and smiled slightly.
"Should this count as my KDA?"
"How could this be? That's too cunning... um."
Before Kato Megumi could finish speaking, Asagiri leaned in and kissed her, then smiled and said...
"This can be considered your KDA."
"That's too cunning..."
A blush rose on Kato Megumi's fair cheeks. She instinctively reached for her hair to cover her shyness, but forgot that she had tied it into a ponytail today. When she raised her hand, she missed.
"That……"
Kato Megumi leaned forward, resting her chin gently on Asagiri's arm. Her eyes seemed calm, but her voice carried a hint of shyness and tenderness.
"It should be about half an hour before Asuna finishes cooking dinner... Should we... help her get more KDA?"
……
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, at the home of Chika Fujiwara.
Fujiwara Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Hayasaka Ai, who have already volunteered to enter the instance tomorrow, are currently in Fujiwara Chika's bedroom. Although it is called a bedroom, its area is almost the size of the living room of an ordinary house. After all, Fujiwara Chika is a veritable heiress of a wealthy family. Although her house is not as extravagant as Shinomiya Kaguya's and Iwanaga Kotoko's houses, it is still an undeniably luxurious mansion.
"Kaguya~"
Fujiwara Chika lay on the bed, her fair and fleshy legs swinging, her hands supporting her chin, and turned to look at Shinomiya Kaguya sitting on the sofa, asking curiously.
"What did you talk about in Ashikaga-sensei's office today? Could it be... that you asked Ashikaga-sensei to act as a matchmaker for you and Utsunomiya-kun?"
"Please keep those strange ideas to yourself and don't make such bizarre and illogical guesses in front of me."
Kaguya Shinomiya first gave a curt reply, then glanced at Ai Hayasaka who was sitting there scrolling through her phone. She didn't respond to Chika Fujiwara's question, but after hesitating for a moment, she finally asked.
"Love, can you teach me... how to take pictures with my phone?"
"Hmm? Want to take a picture?"
Hayasaka Ai looked up, a hint of surprise on her delicate face.
"Sure, but didn't you think girls who take pictures with their phone cameras are boring and lack manners? Why are you suddenly saying..."
Compared to Hayasaka Ai's confusion, Fujiwara Chika seemed to understand perfectly, covering her mouth and chuckling softly.
"Hehehe, if I'm not mistaken, you must want to take some pictures of Utsunomiya-san, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Kaguya Shinomiya replied in a flat tone.
"I just felt that after the election was over and I became the student council president, I would finally have some free time, and after that... there might be some moments that I want to preserve through photos, that's all."
"Miss Kaguya."
Hayasaka Ai put down her phone, looked at Shinomiya Kaguya sitting there with a calm expression, and said with a complicated expression.
"Aren't you... too trusting of Utsunomiya Asagiri? I'm not trying to discourage you, but he is indeed very capable and one of the strongest players at this stage. But why do you have such absolute trust in him, without ever having any doubts? Forgive my bluntness, but this is very dangerous."
"Why would I trust him...? He saved my life, that's one reason."
A complex look appeared in Kaguya Shinomiya's beautiful red eyes as she murmured.
"Most importantly, perhaps from the first time I met him, I already knew in my heart... 'This person will never disappoint and will never betray a promise.'"
Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly upon hearing this.
“But you completely disregard these possibilities and blindly trust me. This is not like the person I know at all. This is too dangerous.”
"I have made my decision."
"But……"
Seeing that Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka were about to start arguing, Chika Fujiwara quickly jumped out of bed, ran between the two, and tried to smooth things over with an awkward smile.
"Don't fight, don't fight~ We're all teammates, right? Since Kaguya, as the leader, has made a decision, we should just follow her arrangements. Besides, I think Utsunomiya and Asuna are trustworthy. After all, they're our saviors, and they didn't use that to threaten us after they found out we're also 'players.' Although we can't directly merge into a team because of our compatibility in terms of action styles, our team and Utsunomiya and the others are allies we can trust, so there's no need to doubt or speculate."
When Fujiwara Chika stepped in to smooth things over, Hayasaka Ai simply sighed softly and didn't say anything more.
Kaguya Shinomiya's red eyes flickered as she recalled the words Asagiri had spoken in Miwa Ashikaga's office earlier that day.
"I will kill Shinomiya Kōkō."
As the eldest son of the Shinomiya family, if Shinomiya Hiromitsu were to die, the Shinomiya Group would certainly spare no effort in investigating, and official agencies such as the Metropolitan Police Department might even set up a special investigation team, just to catch the murderer, give the Shinomiya Group an explanation, and try to eliminate the public opinion impact of this incident.
Once exposed, Asagiri Utsunomiya's situation will be very dangerous, as will Kaguya Shinomiya's, who provided him with intelligence. After all, Hikari Shinomiya is her nominal brother, and if the Shinomiya family finds out that she helped someone assassinate her own brother, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Even so, Kaguya Shinomiya still chose to offer her help.
She staked her future on Utsunomiya Asagiri, betting everything on him.
……
Later, at a detached villa in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
"I'm full, I'm full!"
Kotoko Iwanaga looked completely satisfied, lounging back in her chair. When Megumi Kato saw Asuna Yuuki starting to clear the dishes, she immediately stood up to help.
"I'll take care of washing the dishes."
"no, I'm fine."
Seeing Yuuki Asuna repeatedly waving her hands in refusal, Kato Megumi wanted to say something, but at that moment Asagiri stood up and started clearing the dishes as well, smiling as she spoke.
"No need to argue, the three of us will wash the dishes together, and that task will be yours, Kotoko."
Kotoko Iwanaga stood up, looking as if she understood perfectly.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
"What are you two planning to do now?"
Seeing Asuna Yuuki's wary expression, Asagiri smiled and said.
"It's just a surprise, nothing special."
"Really a surprise? I'm a little skeptical."
Asuna Yuuki knows Asagiri and Kotoko Iwanaga all too well.
These two, taken individually, are top-tier abstract masters that are difficult for ordinary people to handle. When they come together, it is even more abstract than abstraction itself.
What exactly is this so-called "surprise"?
If we follow Kotoko Iwanaga's abstract style, it might feel like some kind of quirky, mysterious little toy; if we follow Asagiri's abstract style...
It might be a bonfire party with kazoo accompaniment or something like that.
But what if these two abstract art styles were to merge and evolve...
Asuna Yuuki dared not even think about it.
……
After packing up, Asuna Yuuki and Megumi Kato followed Asagiri out of the villa and onto the beach. As soon as they stepped outside, they saw Mita with short hair placing several large boxes on the ground, while Kotoko Iwanaga was controlling two IBMs to help.
"That is……"
"fireworks."
"Phew...it was just fireworks..."
Hearing this simple and unpretentious answer, Asuna Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"It was just fireworks... very ordinary, very normal, but... that's great..."
"Why is it that when I'm summoned, I'm made to do this kind of hard labor?"
Hearing the short-haired Mita mutter a complaint, Chao Wu took two steps forward, patted her head, and chuckled.
"You won't have worked for nothing; you'll be able to set off fireworks with us too."
Upon hearing this, short-haired Mita's eyes first showed joy, but then she turned her face away and pretended to be strong.
"I'm not really interested in these kinds of childish things, but it's not a bad idea to relax once in a while."
Asuna Yuuki walked over, squatted down in front of a large box, and opened it. Inside, she saw all sorts of fireworks, some of which were lit and waved in her hand, and others that would rise into the air and explode.
"As expected, you have to set off fireworks when you go to the beach..."