Tentacle Monster Conquest Manual

"What should we do? This is all we have..."

"Let's skip it today, Yuuji-kun. Let's go to the cafeteria tomorrow. I heard they have a deluxe set meal. I want to try that."

"……it is good."

Yuna Tsubaki kept her head down and didn't say a word. She ate her white rice in small bites. She had made this bento box. Hearing the woman's disdain and hearing that Yuji didn't speak up for her, she felt sad.

Yuna Tsubakihara had a very uncomfortable lunch break.

"What's wrong with that woman? Where did she come from, some rich girl? It's not like I made this especially for her, and she still looks disgusted," Tsubakihara Nina said indignantly as they returned to the classroom, looking at her sister with concern. "And Yuuji, what's going on between them... Sister, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Nina."

"Don't listen to her, sister, your bento is delicious."

"Hmm, it's okay, I don't mind, he's just an outsider..."

Nina knew that her older sister didn't care about Kawakami Tomie, but she did care about Yuji. Thinking of Yuji's behavior at noon, Tsubakihara Nina was immediately furious and thought that she would have a good talk with him when she got home.

But before she could even get home, another accident happened. Yuna had left for school early in the morning and hadn't brought an umbrella. By the time school ended in the afternoon, the rain hadn't stopped but had instead gotten heavier. Yuna could only stand at the entrance of the school building, lost in thought.

"Yuna? What are you doing here?" Yuna's eyes lit up when she saw Tsubakihara Yuji come out, but the next second she realized that Tomie was also following behind him, and her eyes dimmed again.

"Waiting for the rain to stop."

"You didn't bring an umbrella?" Tsubakihara Yuuji only then noticed this. "Luckily, I did bring one..."

“Yuji-kun,” Kawakami Tomie interrupted him at just the right moment, “I don’t have an umbrella either, have you forgotten?”

"Ah..." Tsubakihara Yuuji looked at Tomie, then at his childhood friend, and made a decision, "Tomie-san, you can borrow the umbrella. Yuna and I will wait here for a while."

Although Tsubakihara Yuuji's will was not very firm, he was not a fickle scumbag. Hearing his words, Yuna's expression finally softened a bit, but before she could be happy, Kawakami Tomie pulled Tsubakihara Yuuji back.

"How could I do that? Yuuji-kun kindly lent me his umbrella, how could I leave you behind?" She put on a pitiful expression. "If Yuuji-kun doesn't mind, let's share the umbrella."

"Eh? This..."

“I do mind,” Kawakami Tomie deliberately moved closer to him, her fragrant scent filling the air. Combined with the black-haired girl’s perfect face, her alluring expression, and her friendly demeanor, everything about her made Tsubakihara Yuuji’s heart flutter.

Gollum—

Swallowing hard, at this moment, Tomie Kawakami's charm captivated Yuji Tsubakihara, leaving him completely mesmerized. At this moment, he had long forgotten about his childhood friend. "I understand, let's be together."

Yuji Tsubakihara is certainly not a scumbag, but he is ultimately a person with an unstable will. It is not surprising that he so quickly fell at Tomie's feet.

Tomie Kawakami grinned, but her smile concealed endless malice—malice towards Yuna Tsubakihara. She turned around and met Yuna's eyes, which had lost their luster, and grinned at her.

"..."

Yuna Tsubaki's heart clenched violently, as if gripped by an invisible hand, suffocating her. She watched the two people disappear into the rain under one umbrella, her eyes devoid of light, half her face shrouded in shadow.

At this moment, a mix of negative emotions was swirling within Yuna Tsubakihara, tormenting her heart.

Tsubakihara Nina, who had somehow appeared behind her sister, felt a strange sense of fear. She had a feeling that her sister had changed in some way, a change she was unaware of.

That evening, Yuna didn't say a word to Yuuji. She went home alone in the rain. The girl who always had a smile on her face at home, this introverted, shy, and cute girl, seemed to have become a different person.

The smile disappeared from his face.

Mila wasn't home either, otherwise she would have noticed her daughter's unusual behavior.

The next day at noon, Yuuji did exactly as Tomie had said, and went to the cafeteria with her without waiting for the Tsubakihara sisters. Even though they had only known each other for less than two days, they were already very close, practically inseparable.

Yuna climbed the stairs alone, a bleak smile on her lips.

"Oh, isn't this Yuna-san?" Kawakami Tomie appeared behind her at some point. The black-haired beauty with a beauty mark seemed to appear and disappear mysteriously, walking silently. "Has Yuna-san eaten her bento yet?"

“Yuji-kun and I have already eaten. It’s a real shame we didn’t invite you to join us,” Tomie Kawakami said with a smile.

Yuna Tsubaki turned around and, as expected, saw the woman's wicked smile. "You're here to laugh at me?"

"Laugh at? Yes, I'm here to laugh at you. How pathetic that the man you like was so easily snatched away by me," Kawakami Tomie said proudly, raising her head and letting out a triumphant laugh. "That Tsubakihara Yuji is really useless. He fell for my charm in just two days."

"To be honest, I don't even think much of him. I just treat him as a joke. Only an ordinary woman like you would like him. It's just a pity that he prefers a beautiful woman like me to an ordinary woman like you."

"Yuna-kun, you're no match for me at all."

The rain outside the window grew louder, seemingly accompanied by a booming sound, making it difficult for Yuna to distinguish whether it was thunder or Tomie's voice. Why were there such wicked women in the world? Kawakami Tomie's blatant mockery caused Tsubakihara Yuna's blood pressure to rise.

At that moment, the negative emotions in his heart swelled and surged. Looking at the smug woman in front of him, listening to her arrogant remarks, and seeing the contemptuous look in her eyes, he realized that she was looking down on him and mocking him.

In an instant, Yuna Tsubakihara raised her head, and her usually shy face, which was now somewhat distorted, appeared in the shadows as she placed her hand on Tomie Kawakami's shoulder.

"Yes, I'm no match for Tomie-kun, so you might as well just die!"

boom----

Startled, Kawakami Tomie was pushed down by Tsubakihara Yuna, fell onto the stairs, and then rolled down like a rag doll.

"ah--------!"

Seeing Kawakami Tomie's astonished expression, watching her fall to the ground in pain and despair, and hearing her pitiful cries, Tsubakihara Yuna felt an immense sense of satisfaction, as all the pain she had endured over the past two days had been released.

Ha, huh? You think you're so arrogant? Go to hell!

"Tomie-san!!"

The sudden noise startled Yuna from her reverie of revenge. She looked up abruptly and met Yuji's astonished gaze. "Yuna? You—what are you doing?! Why are you doing this to Tomie-san?!"

Not only Yuuji, but also a number of students gathered around, exclaiming in surprise.

"what happened?!"

"Tomie-san... Go call an ambulance!"

"Was it done by Tsubakihara-san? How could she do such a thing?"

"I really couldn't tell..."

The various discussions, whispers, and strange looks from the students, including Yuuji's angry gaze, jolted Tsubakihara Yuna from her vengeful reverie. She knew she had become the target of everyone's ire and was about to be isolated by everyone.

She didn't care, because even she herself couldn't believe she would do such a thing... It was like standing in the center of a whirlpool, looking at her own hands, her face pale and her eyes filled with fear.

"I feel like I've become abnormal."

Chapter 313 Yuna became a shut-in.

In the classroom, students gathered in small groups, chatting about the major incident that had occurred at school at noon that day. The ambulance had arrived at the school and taken the injured Tomie away. From the students' words, it was clear that they all felt sympathy for Tomie.

And his dislike for Yuna Tsubakihara.

Tsubakihara Nina sat in her seat, sighing repeatedly. She glanced at her sister's empty seat with a strange expression. Many people had seen it; it was her sister who pushed Tomie down. Nina couldn't believe her sister would do such a thing.

Come to think of it, I felt something was off about her yesterday, but I never expected... Rina felt there must be some reason behind it. No one knew her sister better than she did, there must be some reason.

"I hope Mom can help Yuna..." At this point, she could only ask her mother for help. As for Yuji, Tsubakihara Nina sighed inwardly. No one expected things to turn out this way, but in the end, it was Yuji who caused it.

"Oh, why did it turn out like this?"

When Tsubakihara Mira came out of the chairman's office with her daughter, her face was ashen. This charming and elegant single mother was clearly in a heavy mood. As for Tsubakihara Yuna who was with her mother...

Mira's face was still ashen, with a hint of unease and fear. She stared at her daughter for a few moments, and only after they left the building did she slowly speak, "Yuna, why did you do that kind of thing?"

After Tsubakihara Mira finished speaking, she paused for a moment, "Mom isn't blaming you, she's just a little hard to believe..."

She couldn't believe it. She knew her child; Yuna wasn't the kind of girl who would do that kind of thing, like pushing someone down the stairs... When Mira received the call from the school, she simply couldn't believe that Yuna could have done such a thing.

I really can't believe it.

"I don't know, I really don't know," Tsubakihara Yuna said, her face pale, even her lips were white, and her eyes had lost their previous liveliness, filled with a haggard and pale look that was heartbreaking to see.

“I didn’t want to do that kind of thing either, but I don’t know why, I… I feel like I can’t control myself,” Yuna said, her eyes widening with fear. “I’m sorry, Mom, I… I don’t know why either.”

Tsubakihara Mira's heart tightened; it was the first time she had ever seen her daughter so distraught. "Yuna, Mom isn't blaming you... Let's go, let's go to the hospital to visit that student first."

Mira didn't know what to say.

"Visit? No... I won't go! I can't go. I might lose control again. Mom, I want to go home. I don't want to go—"

Even though Yuna was the perpetrator, she now finds that Yuna's trauma, or rather, her psychological trauma, is far more severe. Why is that? Yuna pushed that girl down the stairs—is there some hidden story behind this?

Mira instinctively felt that things weren't so simple, but she didn't have time to think about it now. "Then let's not go, Yuna. Mom will take you home. You can rest well at home. Mom will go to the hospital alone."

Regardless, as Yuna's mother, she had to go to the hospital to visit the injured girl and to find out what had happened. There were definitely some inside stories that she didn't know.

Yuna Tsubakihara nodded and followed her mother home.

All she wanted to do was go home; she didn't want to go anywhere else. A strong sense of unease and guilt tormented her, yet Yuna also felt a strange sense of satisfaction. That's how Kawakami Tomie should be treated…

What am I thinking? Why would Haohao have such a thought?

Yuna Tsubaki was left alone at the Tsubakihara house; her mother had gone out. Even though it was a familiar house, Yuna felt inexplicably cold and quickly went back to her room, got into bed, and snuggled under the thick blankets.

It seems that this is how you can escape everything.

However, the image of herself pushing Kawakami Tomie off the building kept replaying in her mind, making it impossible for Tsubakihara Yuna to forget. She could even clearly remember her emotions, her heartbeat, and her expression at that moment...

Looking back now, I realize that I was really abnormal back then. I was actually smiling, and my emotions were overwhelmed by some kind of madness. Now that Yuna Tsubakihara has returned to normal, she immediately realizes how abnormal she was back then.

It was as if that person wasn't me.

"Why……"

An indescribable fear arose in the girl's heart. Tsubakihara Yuna closed her eyes, trembling as she wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, as if only in this way could she feel safe and block out the gazes from the outside world.

The students looked at her with disdain, ridicule, and as if she were a monster. Even Yuuji was no exception. The shocked and angry looks in their eyes were something Yuna couldn't let go of and couldn't forget. Undoubtedly, the fact that the person she liked looked at her like that was the biggest blow to her.

But she did something that was impossible to explain, so she could only silently endure it.

Like an injured kitten licking its wounds alone at home, she didn't know how much time had passed before her mother returned home. Tsubakihara Yuna was much more sensitive than before. She heard footsteps, but still didn't go out and remained wrapped in the blanket, motionless.

"Yuna? Yuna? Are you in there?"

Footsteps approached, followed by a knock on the door, which rang out along with her mother's words. Yuna Tsubakihara's eyes were dull, her face was pale, and she looked haggard. She moved her lips, but ultimately said nothing.

"Mom just went to see that girl, the one named Tomie Kawakami. Her personality is really awful," said Tsubakihara Mira, who had never met a girl like that before. She was indeed very pretty, but her personality was extremely nasty.

Mira didn't argue because she thought her daughter had hurt her. However, it was strange that Tomie didn't have any relatives visiting her, which puzzled Mira. But worried about her daughter's condition, she didn't stay long and quickly went home.

There was still no movement in the room. Tsubakihara Mira sighed and turned the handle. Sure enough, the door was locked from the inside. She knew her daughter was inside. "Yuna, don't think too much. Get some rest."

Not long after, Tsubakihara Nina returned. As soon as she got back, she asked about her sister's condition. However, Tsubakihara Yuji was nowhere to be seen. Mira asked him and found out that he had also gone to the hospital to visit Kawakami Tomie.

"Yuji, oh..."

Mira naturally understood that all this was caused by the jealousy and rivalry among young girls. She couldn't help but think of Mu Xiaoxiao, who was even more outrageous, openly building a harem. If everyone were like that, they would have been killed long ago.

Well, it's a miracle he's still alive.