Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

Meanwhile, driven by her possessiveness, she decided to be more proactive than before, making sure to date Takami every day outside of school hours, and never giving Fujiwara Chika any more opportunities to get close to Takami, determined to firmly maintain control of the situation.

Even if I can't have Haijun all to myself, I'll still take the most of his time!

The proud young girl made her decision very seriously at this moment.

Interlude 2-10: The Tired Maid and the Flashbang at School

The process of applying for the security guard job went even more smoothly than Gao Hai had expected.

The school's interviews were essentially just simple physical and tactical tests to ensure that the recruited security guards were capable enough to protect students and were reliable enough not to harm them. Gao Hai easily passed the test by simply demonstrating his superhuman physical abilities, while Gao Hai had recommendation letters from both the Fujiwara and Shijo families, allowing him to pass the assessment with ease.

"Our school's security personnel work in four shifts with multiple groups rotating. You will need to work six hours a day, four days a week and three days off. The patrol area is relatively fixed, but you must be available at any time in case of an emergency. As for the salary, this is the amount for now, is that alright?"

After confirming Gao Hai's abilities, the interviewer spoke to him very solemnly, clearly regarding him as a special forces soldier being trained by some high-ranking officials.

"No problem at all, I can start work anytime."

Gao Hai nodded very seriously in his answer, and then said goodbye to the interviewer.

Shijo Maki had already gone to class, so she simply left a message telling Takahashi to get used to the job first. If he couldn't adapt, he could just leave. After all, she and Chika had only found Takahashi a suitable identity to appear at school. Takahashi himself didn't need to fulfill this responsibility at all, and he could still get paid even without fulfilling his responsibilities. It was extremely easy for him.

Oh no, why am I starting to feel like I'm becoming a gigolo?

Gao Hai, realizing this, felt something was amiss. He was a player who had cleared the game with two S-rank achievements, a being on the path to becoming a powerful figure thanks to multiple blessings and physical enhancements. Yet, in the real world, he was being kept by two 17-year-old girls. Was this acceptable? Was it reasonable? Was it right?

We have to do something, Gao Hai! We can't just let ourselves sink like this!

Thinking this, Gao Hai took out his phone and found that a new episode of Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village had been released. So he sat down in the air-conditioned security room, connected to the school's Wi-Fi, and comfortably started watching the anime. Only after he finished watching did he realize that it was lunchtime for the students, and Maki was standing outside the security room window, looking at him with annoyance.

"Even if I told you you don't need to perform your duties, don't slack off in the security room. It's easy for the other security guards to get upset. Since you're being treated specially, it's better to keep a low profile."

After Gao Hai came out of the security room, a somewhat dissatisfied Zhen Fei reached out and tapped his chest, speaking to him casually.

"Yes, yes, Miss Maki is right. But is it alright for you to talk to me like that? Won't people gossip if students and security guards get this close?"

Gao Hai spoke casually as well, then vaguely recalled that Shuchiin in the original work seemed to be a school where gossip spread extremely quickly, so he couldn't help but remind Maki. The way she was acting and behaving at the moment was exactly how the two of them usually did on a date, and Gao Hai felt that it would be somewhat inappropriate if a student discovered it, took a picture, and uploaded it to the school network.

“That kind of thing doesn’t matter, and you even dare to say it. It’s because of the time you ran into the school and hugged me in public last month that the whole school thinks I was deceived by some outsider. I spent a long time explaining to my parents before I could barely come up with a plausible reason to appease them.”

Maki completely dismissed Takami's concerns. However, the girl's cheeks flushed slightly as she recalled something, and her gaze towards Takami carried a hint of resentment.

Although that hug was indeed very satisfying and made me feel comfortable.

However, she simply couldn't handle this kind of enthusiastic expression that didn't consider the occasion.

Can't you take it slow? This guy is always so impatient, always trying to touch me inappropriately, he's practically a pervert.

However, he's the kind of pervert you can really rely on.

"did you eat lunch?"

Consort Zhen thought for a moment and then asked.

"not yet."

Gao Hai answered honestly.

"Then come with me. Hmm, let's find a quiet place. I specially asked the chef to prepare an extra bento box today."

Having made preparations in advance and planning to have lunch with Gao Hai, Zhenfei blinked and said, reaching out to grab Gao Hai's sleeve, and without further ado, she led him forward.

This unabashed attitude naturally attracted the attention of many passing students, but since Maki herself didn't care, Gao Hai didn't say anything.

I feel like Maki is being much more proactive than usual today. Is it because Chika provoked her?

That said, after being provoked by Chika several times last night, I finally couldn't resist and pushed her down. Looking back now, I feel a little bad for Maki. I guess I can't bring myself to say this for now.

I wonder if Qianhua is still sleeping at home. She said her family is quite strict with her upbringing. I wonder if there will be any problems if she skips school for a whole morning like this.

Many thoughts and ideas flashed through Gao Hai's mind.

At the same time that he was following Zhenfei, a girl was silently observing the two of them from behind the curtains in a nearby school building.

This is a girl with long blonde hair, who deliberately tied her school uniform jacket around her waist, dressed very casually. She is Hayasaka Ai, the maid of the Shinomiya family.

Her gaze was fixed on Gao Hai himself, who was dressed in a security guard uniform.

"It seems that the young lady of the Shijo family has grown so fond of him that she no longer wants to hide it."

Hayasaka frowned slightly.

She is here to observe Gao Hai for two reasons.

One reason is that she serves Lady Kaguya, and that Kaguya proposes a strategic plan to make men fall in love with her.

In other words, the plan was aimed at making a man named Takami fall in love with Kaguya Shinomiya and be conquered by her charm. Although there was no effective solution to it at all, it was a bizarre strategy that made Hayasaka want to resign just by hearing about it. She didn't know how to describe it.

The young lady wasn't this idiotic before...

Why have there been such big changes in the past two months?

It seems that the young lady started to change after Gao Hai became active.

At first, after the young lady's clothes inexplicably became tattered, she began to change her original aloof and solitary approach, and started to have frequent contact with the young lady of the Shijou family. Then the young lady began to often fall into deep thought, not knowing what she was thinking about, and began to collect all sorts of strange information, some of which Hayasaka couldn't recall.

Her attention to this man named Gao Hai was also increasing, and it seemed that no matter what she was doing or when, she would think about this man.

This is really strange. These two people clearly had no prior contact or social circles. It's as if Kaguya suddenly got to know him and has an unusual level of trust in this man. Furthermore, the main family's attitude towards him is quite ambiguous, leaving Hayasaka completely confused.

However, a servant is still a servant. Although her mind was full of questions and her heart was filled with doubts, she wouldn't care too much about the matter unless ordered to do so. At most, she would worry that Lady Kaguya might have been deceived by a bad man. But now, Lady Kaguya had made a clear request: she was to follow Takami, analyze all his personality traits, behaviors, preferences, and so on, and devise a plan to make Takami completely infatuated with Kaguya.

Miss, although I am your servant, I am not here for you to use like this. I am just a 17-year-old girl with no dating experience. How could I possibly be qualified to devise such a plan...?

Hayasaka really wanted to complain to her master like this.

But Kaguya at that moment simply grabbed Hayasaka's hand with unusual firmness and called out to her, "Hayasaka, help me!" She clearly had no intention of considering Hayasaka's feelings at all.

"Based on the intelligence we've gathered so far, a little over a month ago, this man was an invisible person who almost never left his house and showed no interest in anything other than gaming. But in the month since then, Gao Hai has left his house a total of 14 times."

"Five of these were gatherings with Kaguya-sama and Shijou-san, and the other nine were dates with Shijou-san. Across all these dates, Takami kissed Shijou-san's lips a total of 78 times, all of which were initiated by Takami. 71 of these kisses ended with Shijou-san struggling and running away, and 7 of these kisses nearly caused Shijou-san to faint. He also groped Shijou-san's body 47 times, and on 19 of these occasions, he didn't stop after being warned but instead increased the intensity. Finally, he pinned Shijou-san to the bed, forcibly kissed her, and tried to push her down, but she resisted, kicked him away, and ran away—once."

Hayasaka carefully reviewed the intelligence he had gathered and quickly drew his own conclusion.

To make this man infatuated, all you need to do is sleep with him once.

In every sense, this guy is too much of a carnivore. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that he was dating Ms. Shijou, but some other girl from Shuchiin, Hayasaka thinks that either the two of them would have already completed their ascension to godhood, or Takami himself would have already been sent to prison.

This guy is really scary. If I could, I really wouldn't want to have any direct contact with him, but I can't avoid it...

The second reason he was here was related to the main branch of the Shinomiya family and Kaguya's older brother, Shinomiya Hikari. After observing Takami through Hayasaka for a month, this man finally decided to try to contact Takami. So he sent Hayasaka to find Takami and convey his message, asking him to arrange a time for his people to meet with Takami, probably wanting Takami to do something for him.

As for why Shinomiya Hikari refused to use his own people and instead used Hayasaka as a spy, it's probably because Takami now has connections with both the Shijo and Fujiwara families, and people from both sides have contact with Kaguya, so he doesn't want anything exposed. However, this will only make Hayasaka feel more disgusted, because this move means that she is, in a sense, something that can be discarded, and it doesn't matter if anything is exposed on her side.

Well, I'll find an opportunity to get to know this man a little. But judging from his attitude, he probably won't even bother with Shinomiya Hikari's invitation. That's fine too. That arrogant, incompetent idiot, he hasn't even truly inherited the Shinomiya family yet, but he acts like he's so great every day. Does he really think everyone will grovel before him?

Thinking this, Hayasaka Mitaka and Shijo had already left the passageway, so they quickly changed positions and quietly followed.

Meanwhile, Gao Hai and Zhen Fei leisurely walked to a bench in the woods and sat down.

"This one is for you."

Maki handed a bento box to Takahashi, opened her own without changing her expression, but her eyes were constantly watching Takahashi's movements.

What she didn't tell Gao Hai was that his bento box was actually made by Zhen Fei herself.

Originally, she planned to make a heart-shaped bento box or something, but Maki simply couldn't bring herself to draw a heart on the bento box, and she didn't have the courage to say to Takami, "This is what I made for you." In the end, she could only lie and say that she had asked the kitchen to make an extra one.

"Oh, thank you for the bento, Miss. I'll start eating now."

Gao Hai himself didn't seem to care too much, and started eating as soon as he opened the bento box.

Is the reaction really that lukewarm?

Seeing Gao Hai eating his bento with an unchanging expression, Maki felt a little disappointed and dissatisfied. However, she didn't express it, but simply opened her own bento box, picked up her chopsticks, and prepared to eat as well.

“Wu——?!”

Then, just as he opened his mouth, Gao Hai casually picked out a dish and fed it to him.

"Waaaaah, what are you doing?"

The wide-eyed girl was forced to swallow the sweet side dish, while Gao Hai himself lowered his head and ate the dish that Maki was holding with her chopsticks in one bite, chewing it twice before swallowing it.

"Don't you think this is more romantic? By the way, it tastes sweet, very nice. Come on, ah—"

Gao Hai gave Zhenfei a thumbs-up in praise, then picked up a plate of fresh fish slices and smiled at Zhenfei.

"You rascal, you've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve to bully me..."

Maki muttered softly, but finally opened her mouth and let Takahashi feed her the fish. Then she picked up the dishes from her lunchbox.

"Come on, be a good girl, ah—"

As Jin-bi deliberately adopted the attitude of someone who treats cats and dogs, she began to speak. As a result, Gao Hai ate the food that she picked up with her chopsticks without hesitation, which made Jin-bi's face turn even redder.

One bite for you, one bite for me.

One person was calm and composed, while the other looked away and appeared shy.

The two of them started playing a feeding game.

Hayasaka, who was forced to hide in the woods to keep watch in order to complete the plan and was starving, had unconsciously clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

I want to resign...

I really, really want to quit this job...

Interlude 2-11: An Invitation and Reflections on Players and Dungeons

After the feeding game between Gao Hai and Zhen Fei ended, the two stayed in the woods for a while longer, playing and joking around a bit more intimately. Then, Zhen Fei left first because she had to go back to class.

Gao Hai was slightly disappointed by this, as it was really unpleasant to have the conversation interrupted. However, this was a good thing for Zhen Fei, because just like on their previous dates, Gao Hai would start to get handsy while chatting with her, frequently trying to kiss her lips, touch her hands, touch her waist, touch her thighs, and so on.

Why is this guy always so sexually frustrated? Are men's desires really that strong?!

Maki, feeling quite dissatisfied and shy, complained inwardly, but at the same time, she also felt a faint sense of reluctance. There was a strange feeling that she actually hoped he could take things further, a feeling that was hard to describe.

Come to think of it, I find his actions today even more unacceptable.

Sitting in the classroom, Maki listened absentmindedly to the teacher's voice, her mind replaying some of Gao Hai's actions in the grove earlier, and she vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

When his hand touched his waist and gently brushed against his thigh, how should I put it? He often did this before, but today these actions were particularly uncomfortable, making my heart race and giving me an indescribable feeling of trembling all over.

Why did this change occur?