The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri.

Eriri furrowed her brows slightly, feeling as if something had slipped out of her control.

"...Should I ask Kiyono about this tomorrow?"

Eriri hesitated and bit her lower lip.

Just then, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was at the end of the corridor, happened to turn around and look over.

Eyes facing each other.

Kasumigaoka Utaha showed no sign of panic or guilt on her pretty face. Instead, she revealed a playful smile, and then, under Eriri's gaze, she reached out her right hand and gently took the hem of Kiyono Makoto's clothes.

"what?!"

"What is that fat woman in black stockings doing?"

"It was clearly intentional!"

Eriri suddenly clenched her fist, her little tiger teeth gleaming coldly at the corner of her mouth.

I can't stand it! I can't tolerate it!

If I swallow my anger, I'll definitely be too angry to sleep tonight!

"No, we have to go and find out right now!"

Eriri took a deep breath and jogged forward.

Kiyono is my chosen teammate, I absolutely cannot let him hang out with someone I hate.

Hearing the approaching footsteps behind him, Kiyono Makoto turned around and saw a blonde girl with twin ponytails running towards him. The girl's skirt and ponytails fluttered gently as she ran, but her expression was somewhat fierce.

"Eri-san?"

"Qingye!"

Eriri slammed on the brakes and stood in front of Kiyono Makoto, hands on her hips, tilting her head up:

Why didn't you come to school yesterday?

"And why do you know this woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha?"

"The day before yesterday in the multimedia classroom, you were still strangers to each other, right?"

Kiyono Makoto whispered:

"This is a long story..."

Eriri: "Then let's get straight to the point."

"Tsk~"

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms and said slowly:

"The secret between me and my junior doesn't need to be reported to some useless young lady, does it?"

"Huh? Who are you calling a loser?"

"Whoever takes it personally is the one being talked about."

"Damn it! That fat woman in black stockings!"

"A flat-chested, arrogant girl!"

"..."

Watching the two girls start arguing at the drop of a hat, Kiyono Makoto felt incredibly frustrated. Noticing that some classmates were starting to peek around, he decisively stepped between the two girls:

"That's enough, stop arguing and let's leave the school first."

"I made plans to go shopping with my friends..."

Eriri hesitated for a moment.

Kiyono Makoto whispered:

"My senior is a gamer too."

"……ha?!"

Twenty minutes later.

In a coffee shop on a commercial street.

"What? Kasumigaoka Utaha is a player too?"

Eriri crossed her arms over her chest, her little fangs peeking out from the corners of her mouth, her face full of disdain.

"What happened to the promise that players rarely meet in real life?"

"Why is it that we can find them so easily, like cabbages?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha slowly stirred her coffee, her voice languid: "If you want others to hear you, Sawamura-kun, you can speak a little louder."

"Humph."

Eriri gave a soft snort, turning to look at Kiyono Makoto beside her, her golden twin tails tracing dazzling arcs in the air:

"You didn't come to school yesterday... Could it be that you were with Kasumigaoka Utaha?"

"That's right. Last night in the park, I happened to run into a female senior who was jogging, and that triggered a real-life scenario."

Kiyono spoke the truth; there was no need to hide anything.

"Huh, a real-world copy?"

Eriri sat up straight nervously, unable to resist looking Kiyono Makoto up and down:

No wonder you didn't come to school yesterday... Are you alright?

“There was almost a disaster.” Kiyono Makoto picked up his coffee cup. “The dungeon is a two-player versus mode.”

"Huh?"

Eriri was startled by what she heard.

According to player experience posts on the forum, fighting in dungeons is basically a life-or-death struggle.

Although she didn't like the plump woman in black stockings in front of her, she didn't want to see Kasumigaoka Utaha in danger.

Eriri asked curiously, "If it was a combat instance, how come you were all unharmed?"

"I teamed up with my senior." Kiyono Makoto took a sip of coffee and said honestly, "After officially forming a team, teammates can't hurt each other, so the park changed the main quest."

"That's good……"

Eriri secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly realized what was going on:

"Is it that captain's contract?"

"Yes."

"What...?"

Eriri bit her lower lip lightly, a feeling of unease quietly welling up inside her.

I was the first to go, whether it was the first time we teamed up or when we cooperated to complete the game, I was always the first to go. Now this fat woman in black stockings has beaten me to it. It's infuriating and makes me furious.

"I remember that if you wanted to team up, you had to use that kind of nickname, right?"

Eriri crossed her arms and squinted at Kasumigaoka Utaha:

"I never expected someone would actually abandon their dignity."

Kasumigaoka Utaha propped her chin on her right hand and decisively counterattacked:

"The team-up requirements are indeed terrible, so surely that useless young lady wouldn't abandon her dignity to join a team, right?"

"Of course..."

Eriri instinctively wanted to agree in a haughty manner, but she swallowed the words back down.

The more posts you read on the forum, the more you understand the dangers of the amusement park.

If she's alone... she probably can't last long, right?

"Oh."

Seeing Eriri bite her lower lip and remain silent, Kasumigaoka Utaha's lips curved into a pleased smile as she began her pursuit:

"It seems that the dignity of this useless young lady is nothing more than this."

"Kasumigaoka Utaha!"

"Sawamura Eriri, who always likes to call people by their full names, please don't disturb the other guests' dining."

"……hateful!"

Completely suppressed verbally, Eriri couldn't help but kick him.

Kasumigaoka Utaha remained calm as she retaliated under the table.

Bang bang bang.

Suddenly, there was a series of thumping sounds from under the table.

Seeing this, Kiyono Makoto couldn't resist the urge to make a sarcastic remark:

Are you two three-year-old children?

"Shut up!"

"So verbose!"

"..."

Kiyono Makoto sighed and pressed his temples, then quietly changed the subject:

"There's something very important I'd like to ask for your opinions on."

"Huh?"

"what's up?"

Eriri and her senior finally stopped.

"It's related to team skills..."