In this crossover anime, I've been bound to two systems.

Eriri Sawamura gets angry just looking at Utaha Kasumigaoka, but she can't win a verbal argument with her, so she can only vent her anger on Tomoya Aki.

Because of my dream last night, I don't know why I was holding in a lot of anger, so I just let it all out.

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Chapter 42 You were dreaming too, weren't you?

Before Aki Tomoya could react, Kasumigaoka Utaha turned to him and spoke.

"You should go back to the club first. I have something to say to Sawamura alone."

Although he was puzzled, seeing her serious expression, Aki Tomoya obediently did as she said and turned away.

"Hey, what do you mean? I don't have anything to say to you."

Despite Eriri Sawamura's imposing words, Kasumigaoka Utaha maintained the same expression as before, except her gaze shifted towards the back door of the classroom.

"If you really don't care if the image you've painstakingly built is ruined, then it's okay if we continue our conversation here."

Eriri Sawamura paused upon hearing this. She had been too emotional to think things through. She slowly turned her head, and out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that many people in the class were casting curious glances at her.

"what do you want to say?"

Eriri Sawamura suppressed her temper.

"follow me."

With a graceful and decisive turn, Kasumigaoka Utaha headed upstairs.

Eriri Sawamura watched her retreating figure, somewhat reluctantly, but still took steps to follow.

She was genuinely curious about what this guy, with whom she usually didn't get along, wanted to talk to her about.

Is it going to be another case of adding new characters to the game and then adding character illustrations of new characters to the game as well?

If that's the case, then we'll have to let this arrogant guy taste the iron fist of a beautiful girl. Does she think that designing a new character illustration is such a simple thing?

Having made up her mind, Eriri Sawamura followed Utaha Kasumigaoka to the rooftop.

The weather has gotten warmer recently, and there are noticeably fewer people on the rooftop during lunch break.

Having found a shady spot, Kasumigaoka Utaha naturally sat down on a bench.

She looked up at Eriri Sawamura, and was about to invite her to sit down when her gaze slowly shifted to Eriri's legs.

"Your legs are... shaking?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha found it incredible.

It's just a few steps, not a long-distance run that's tested once a year. Is this blond idiot's physical fitness really that weak?

"I...I wasn't shaking!"

Eriri Sawamura snorted and immediately sat down on the bench.

She put the lunchbox aside and pressed her hands tightly against her thighs, but she still couldn't relieve the natural reaction her body was making.

I'm going to die! It's been almost half a day, and the aftereffects of last night's dream still haven't completely disappeared!

"You, as a doujinshi artist, have finally awakened some terrible fetish because you've drawn so many humiliation-themed doujinshi, and started putting strange props under your clothes?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha brushed aside the strands of hair that had been blown about by the wind, her face displaying a shocked expression as if she had learned a startling truth.

"...!!!"

Eriri Sawamura didn't bother to answer her, and just glared at her fiercely to cover up her lapse in composure.

Fortunately, her efforts to suppress the urge worked, and her thighs gradually calmed down, which relieved her.

"I see, so this is the situation where the switch is turned off, right?"

"Kasumigaoka Shiu!"

"Don't call out someone's name so suddenly and loudly, it's very impolite."

"Just tell me what's wrong. I'm busy and don't have time to waste here with you!"

“That’s true, then I’ll just be direct.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha rested her arms on either side of her legs, tilted her head back, and squinted at the blue sky.

"Yesterday after school, you clearly went to a family restaurant with me and the other club members. We discussed games until almost 9 p.m. Why did you make up such a lie to your classmate?"

Eriri Sawamura looked displeased.

"You were eavesdropping on me?"

“You were talking very close to the back door of the classroom. I was just standing outside waiting for you. It was your conversation that got into my ears on its own. This doesn’t count as eavesdropping.”

"When did you ever have the time or inclination to concern yourself with my affairs?"

"It's not that I'm interested in your business. I just find it strange that you would go to the trouble of making up such a lie. Does it satisfy my curiosity?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha turned her head to look at her. The playful look in her eyes was gone, replaced by a more serious and earnest expression.

Eriri Sawamura had known her for so long, and this was the first time she had ever seen her give her such an expression.

This instinctively made her wary.

"Just out of curiosity?"

"It's not just curiosity; I also want to verify some things."

Eriri Sawamura's heart tightened.

"What's going on?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head.

"I was the one who asked you the question first."

"So that means that after I answer your question, you will answer my questions in order?"

"That depends on your answer."

"That's such a cunning argument!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled, neither confirming nor denying.

"Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. That's why I was so kind and obedient in doing as you asked, just to satisfy your curiosity."

Eriri Sawamura picked up her lunchbox, stood up, and walked towards the rooftop door without looking back.

You had a dream!

Facing the direction she left, Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly broke away from her usual indifferent and calm demeanor and loudly uttered those words.

Upon hearing this, Eriri Sawamura immediately stood still. She mechanically turned her body, her beautiful eyes wide open, and her astonished expression clearly conveyed the meaning of "How did you know?!"

He wears his heart on his sleeve; this guy is so easy to understand.

The situation suddenly reversed.

Kasumigaoka Utaha got the answer she wanted and was no longer in a hurry.

She sat calmly on the bench, looking up at the sky again, as if there was something floating there that she cared about deeply.

On the other hand, Eriri Sawamura, whose secret had been exposed, immediately gave a positive response, which was quite embarrassing. She knew that it could not be hidden from Utaha Kasumigaoka, so she awkwardly sat back down on the bench.

"Why...how did you know?"

"Want to know?"

"……kindness."

"Then answer my question first: what was your purpose, and why did you tell such a lie?"

"...!"

Eriri Sawamura was still hesitant, struggling internally, because if she were to explain clearly, she would definitely have to talk about her shameful and restricted dream from last night.

This is the one thing she doesn't want anyone to know.

"I only want to know the simple cause and effect, so you can omit the process as appropriate."

Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke again at this moment.

Eriri Sawamura glanced up at her after hearing her words.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's cheeks were unusually flushed with a peachy pink, and her bright eyes seemed to shimmer with water, making her alluring and captivating.

She immediately pinpointed the truth of my dream from last night, and considering her demeanor, could it be that...

Eriri Sawamura tentatively opened her mouth.

"You had a dream too... an extraordinary... incredibly realistic dream, didn't you?"

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Chapter 43 The Consensus of the Victims

Kasumigaoka Utaha did not answer, but this reaction only made Sawamura Eriri more certain that her guess was definitely correct!

She felt a sense of peace for no reason.

This sense of peace came strangely, yet felt exceptionally real.

It turns out I'm not the only one who's encountered this.

Because of these thoughts, Eriri Sawamura even developed a very subtle sense of companionship towards this extremely disliked woman in front of her.

This would have been absolutely impossible before, but now, under these circumstances, it has indeed happened.

"I'm telling you, you wouldn't happen to be one of them too..."

"What is that too?"

"So you mean...one night...seven...seven...never mind! It's nothing!"

Eriri Sawamura covered her face; she simply couldn't bring herself to say something so shameful.

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at her with a disgusted expression.

"Don't waste time, you arrogant young lady. If you keep watching your performance, your lunch break will be over."