Tentacle Monster Conquest Manual

It seems so.

"But I don't have those feelings for Feng Yi anymore. But Xiao Xiao, you really won't be snatched away by Senior Ruo Mu, will you?"

Under the girl's cautious gaze, Mu Xiaoxiao sighed, "Xia Hai, what do you think is the biggest difference between me and that Matsubara Hōichi?"

The biggest difference?

Mu Xiaoxiao grinned, "The biggest difference is that I dare to have a harem, but he doesn't."

Xia Hai: "..."

"So, someone like me who wants it all, even if I become interested in Ruomu and something happens, I won't abandon you all... Xia Hai?"

Sakura Natsumi pinched him hard, "You really did have ulterior motives towards my senior!"

"I was just saying, there's no need... Waaah!"

Before he could speak, the girl's cherry lips silenced him. Her soft, pink lips pressed tightly against his, and her soft tongue slipped in, clumsily intertwining with his. Mu Xiaoxiao's pupils contracted.

Looking at the girl who seemed very nervous with her eyes tightly closed, Mu Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, captured her delicate tongue, and began to respond to the girl's bold yet shy kiss.

They kissed for what seemed like an eternity before Xia Hai finally released him, her face flushed and her beauty breathtaking. "Xiao Xiao, this is my first kiss~"

He used to be a tentacle monster and didn't have the chance, but now that he's become human, he can kiss! This is great news. Sakura Natsumi's heart was racing during their first kiss, and her jealousy and excitement from before had gradually subsided under the kiss.

"Unfortunately, my first kiss was taken by Zero."

"Ugh."

He poked the girl's puffed-up cheek with his finger. "Are you angry again?"

“…No, I was just too excited. I’ve figured it out now,” Sakura Natsumi said, pulling Mu Xiaoxiao to sit down on the lawn under the tree. She then magically produced a bento box from behind the tree.

"Xiaoxiao, let's eat together."

"You haven't had lunch yet?"

“Well, how can I eat without you here? And… I also want to eat with you,” she said, unwrapping the cloth from the lunchbox, spreading it on the lawn, and opening the bento box.

The food inside was quite plentiful, including plum rice balls, sushi, fried shrimp, and more, but the portions were a bit small. Mu Xiaoxiao sat down next to her and said, "Sharing this between two people? Won't you go hungry?"

"It's okay, it's just lunch, Xiaoxiao, ah~~"

Looking at the fried shrimp being offered to her, Mu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, deciding to be careful, but instead of swallowing it, she brought it closer to Xia Hai's mouth and gave her a meaningful look.

The girl's cheeks flushed. At such close range and with such intimate behavior, her eyes were melting. She slowly opened her red lips and bit the other side of the shrimp. The fried shrimp was thus intimately shared between the two.

Aside from being shy, I was also very happy.

"Do you remember the first time we met? I think I fed you like this too, right?" Sakura Natsumi was lost in memories. For Ruomu and the others, those dark and terrifying memories had become a shadow in their hearts, but Natsumi was different.

Because of Mu Xiaoxiao's appearance, although Xia Hai was saddened by the tragedy, he was not left with any psychological trauma.

"Oh, you mean that? I was actually quite confused myself back then. Suddenly I turned into a tentacle monster, and there were zombie monsters all around me," Mu Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and continued to accept the girl's food.

"Xia Hai, you are the first person I have ever met."

“Hehe,” Sakura Natsumi squinted her eyes happily, “I was so scared back then, I thought you were going to kill me, or…”

"By what? By me playing with you?"

"Ugh."

"But I still managed to outmaneuver her later, hehe."

"Idiot, that's different, okay..."

The two were deeply in love when they were interrupted by an uninvited guest.

"How sweet, Tentacle-kun, and Natsumi-kun."

"Dong Hua?" Matsubara Dong Hua came from behind. Sakura Natsumi frowned, a little unhappy that her private time had been interrupted. "What are you doing here? Is there something you need?"

"Of course I'm here to see Tentacle-kun," Matsubara Touka said, a dangerous glint in his eyes. "I didn't want to bother you, but seeing how intimate you two are, I couldn't help but come out. Natsumi, you don't mind, do you?"

“…I mind!” Sakura Natsumi said with displeasure. “Besides, Dong Hua, you’re not even a student at this school, are you? Outsiders are not allowed to barge in. You’d better not stay here.”

“But Tentacle-kun isn’t a student here, is he?” Matsubara Touka walked up with a smile. “How about I leave now and go with Tentacle-kun?”

"...What exactly are you here for?"

Sakura Natsumi had a headache and angrily questioned him.

"Xia Hai, you're so dense. Can't you see that I'm here to steal your sweetheart away?"

What?

Songyuan Donghua grabbed Mu Xiaoxiao's arm. "I know this isn't fair to you, Xia Hai, and I wasn't here first, but... I can't help it, I... couldn't hold back anymore."

She saw Mu Xiaoxiao and Ying Shangxiahai snuggling together and feeding each other, and she could no longer control her jealousy.

"Little one, I want a kiss~"

After saying that, he leaned forward and kissed Mu Xiaoxiao's lips hard in front of Sakura Natsumi.

"!!!"

Standing to the side, at such close range, watching the boy he liked being forcibly kissed by Songyuan Donghua, Xia Hai was dumbfounded.

"you--"

Chapter 098 Matsubara Hōichi Breaks Through the Great Defense

Matsubara Hōichi's life has been terrible lately.

Even after transferring to a new school, he didn't make many new friends. The betrayal by his best friend and the estrangement from his childhood sweetheart hit him hard. Of course, Natsumi Sakuragami only maintained a normal friendship with him, but in Matsubara Hōichi's eyes, this was a kind of estrangement.

"Natsu Hai..."

Although he couldn't let go of his childhood friend, he knew very well from his interactions with Natsumi that his childhood friend was probably just a childhood friend, and that Natsumi Sakuragami... would never be able to go back to their previous relationship.

He knew it, but he was still unwilling to give up, which is why he persisted. He walked out of the busy corridor alone. Matsubara Hōichi hadn't had lunch yet. He was about to go to the cafeteria when he suddenly realized that there was no one to eat with.

He used to be very popular at school, but now he has become a recluse with no friends.

My life has changed dramatically since that incident.

"Eh? Natsumi?"

Matsubara Hō, who had been feeling rather miserable and sad, suddenly perked up. He saw Sakura Natsumi's figure and was about to go up and greet her, but his foot froze in mid-air. The unfamiliar boy next to his childhood friend left him stunned.

Xia Hai's radiant smile made him hesitate, a tenderness he would never show when he was with him, his eyes sparkling with intense love and happiness.

Matsubara Hōichi knew that Natsumi would never come back to him. Seeing the expression on his childhood friend's face, he understood that he had lost her forever.

The two of them sat together, eating their bento boxes in a sweet and ambiguous way, just like a couple. No, they were actually a couple, Matsubara Hōichi thought to himself, and suddenly paused.

Could that person be the tentacle monster from last time? Otherwise, how could Xia Hai... Just as Matsubara Hōichi was confused, another girl appeared and made him open his eyes wide.

"Dong Hua?"

What happened next was something he would never forget. His younger sister, Matsubara Touka, seemed to be saying something to them, and then she threw herself into the boy's arms, offering her cherry lips and kissing him forcefully and decisively.

"What...what are they doing?!"

His body trembled violently, his brain began to overload, and Matsubara Tomokazu was almost petrified on the spot, as if he had witnessed the end of the world. "Dong Hua, why would Dong Hua... that guy..."

Shock, astonishment, confusion, and pain filled him; his heart was bleeding. Although Dong Hua had become a monster and had done terrible things that Matsubara Hōichi couldn't accept or face, she was still his sister.

Why are they like Xia Hai? What are they doing?!

"Heh, Dong Hua, have you also developed feelings for that person, that monster? Heh..."

Matsubara Hōichi stared at the scene in horror, as if he had encountered something terrible. He didn't dare to go over and question it, but instead turned and ran away. His chest felt so tight that he almost suffocated, and he felt a heart-wrenching pain.

"Dong Hua, Xia Hai, you..."

Childhood sweetheart, younger sister... and my deceased best friend, without realizing it, everyone around me has left me, one by one. How could this be?

He couldn't accept it.

"Senior?"

Just then, Matsubara Hōichi suddenly saw a familiar figure, which gradually restored the light in his eyes, as if he had regained his spirits. "Oh right, there's my senior here too."

"Senior--"

"Hōichi?" Wakami was taken aback when she saw Matsubara Hōichi. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm going to the cafeteria for lunch, senior, want to come along?"

“Okay,” Ruomu accepted his invitation and nodded, but something seemed off about his expression. “I haven’t eaten either.”

"Thinking about it, we haven't really chatted much since we transferred to the new school," Ruomu said, sitting down opposite Matsubara Hōichi with a simple plate of curry rice. "Hōichi, you seem to be very busy every day."

"Senior, I..."

“I’m not complaining, but I’m actually quite busy every day,” Ruomu smiled. “After all, what happened makes it impossible to go back to the peaceful life we ​​had before.”

Matsubara Hōichi clearly didn't want to bring up that incident. "Is senpai busy with club matters? Speaking of which, I haven't joined a club yet. If it's alright..."

“I don’t have one either,” Ruomu said, eating her food in a very ladylike manner. “There’s already an archery club at school, and I don’t have time to participate in club activities right now.”

"That……"

"Feng Yi, are you still pursuing Xia Hai?"

Matsubara opened his mouth, his expression somber, "I've decided to give up."

Ruomu wasn't surprised by this statement at all. She knew very well that Xia Hai liked that person and no longer had the same feelings for his childhood friend Feng Yi. However, seeing the disappointed expression on Matsubara Feng Yi's face, she felt a little sorry for him.

Before Ruomu could speak, Matsubara Hōichi continued, "I've known all along that Natsumi has already... but I'm just unwilling to accept it, and I can't understand why Natsumi is so devoted to that monster. Did all the feelings we've had for each other over the years just disappear?"

"..."

If the curtain pauses.

“And it’s not just Xia Hai, even Dong Hua…” Matsubara Hōichi felt a pang of heartache as he thought of the scene of his sister forcibly kissing that person. “I really find it hard to believe.”

Ruomu remained silent.

Of course, she knew about the relationship between Songyuan Donghua and Mu Xiaoxiao. Before, she couldn't understand why Donghua, that terrible yandere brother-complex guy, would be interested in another boy... But after what happened this morning, she seemed to understand them both.

"Senior, did you know? That monster has already come to the school. Although we don't know why it has taken on a human form, that's what makes it even more terrifying. If this school also..."

“Feng Yi,” Ruo Mu interrupted him, “I came with him.”

"What?"