He tried to save the fallen girls, but they came after him instead.

It was still a world of black, white, and gray, still a world of memories. Shirakawa looked at his hands, which were exactly the same as before, without any change.

Airi, this world, Ako's memories—everything is shrouded in mystery, and Shirakawa simply cannot sort out his thoughts.

ding dong~~~

Is it the school bell ringing for Sakura High School again?

Shirakawa ran towards the sound once again, and there was still Sakura High School, and the same group of students walking into the school.

Exactly the same, without the slightest difference.

Time has reversed? Back to the very beginning?

Shirakawa stood in front of the school gate, surrounded by first-year high school students who walked into the campus chatting and laughing.

However, this time, the little girl named Airi was not behind him.

"Hey, get out of the way!" A passerby shouted impatiently from behind Shirakawa and pushed him aside.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Shirakawa apologized repeatedly after being pushed away.

Wait a minute!

He...can he see me?

234. About Ellie

real world.

Secia sat in front of her laptop watching.

As a game character, Shirakawa can see everything that happens in that world.

Meanwhile, Cecilia's expression grew increasingly serious.

She discovered the true nature of that Ellie.

She is neither a ghost nor a god; she is more like a program in a book of love.

The Book of Love's power is to trap the user in a world of memories, causing the user to sink into another world and absorbing the user's life force.

In order to devour others, this program will wholeheartedly "love" them.

She will love every user deeply, whether they are men or women.

But the question is, why did she act as a guide for Shirakawa and help him during the first playthrough?

Logically speaking, this memory world is Ako's world now, and this program should be deeply in love with Ako.

After Ayako was rescued by Shirakawa, wouldn't she be unable to absorb Ayako's life force?

It's a bit unbelievable...

Unless, over countless years of evolution, this program developed its own consciousness.

She chose Shirakawa.

After rescuing Ako, let Shirakawa take Ako's place.

If that's the case, then Shirakawa's so-called actions to save Ako are pushing him step by step into the abyss.

Oops.

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Class A, Grade 1.

Shirakawa pushed open the classroom door.

Nikaido, Maki, Sakura, Ako.

All the scenes and people are exactly the same as in the first playthrough.

Shirakawa covered his head.

For some reason, his head started to feel dizzy and he felt drowsy.

"Student, class is about to start. Please return to your seat."

Akita-sensei patted Shirakawa, who was standing dumbfounded at the door.

"Okay, okay."

Shirakawa once again sat back down in that last row by the window.

"Students... welcome..." Akita-sensei said the exact same welcoming words again from the podium.

Shirakawa was deep in thought.

Therefore, telling Ako the truth rashly would cause her to have an emotional breakdown, leading to the collapse of her world of memories.

If we don't tell her the truth, she will continue to sink into despair in this world.

And that little girl named Lily,

During my first playthrough, although she used threats, I always felt like she was a tutorial character, appearing when necessary to guide the plot forward.

Her behavior is very unpredictable.

So what should we do? How can we rescue Ako?

After a long chatter, it was time for get out of class to end. Ako stood up, holding the club creation form in her arms, and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Shirakawa called out to her.

This time, Yako stopped in her tracks.

"Hi, classmate, what can I do for you?"

“Hello,” Shirakawa pointed to the pendant on Ako’s chest, “What game character is this? It’s so cool!”

Shirakawa had no idea how to save Ako.

However, since I can talk to and interact with other people, I'll get to know Ako first.

"Ah, this is Link from the recently released RPG game, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."

"Oh, I play that game too."

"Really!" Ako was unusually excited to meet a fellow enthusiast. "This one is much better than the previous one, the scenes... the characters..."

Once the topic of games came up, Ako started talking non-stop and discussed many things with Shirakawa.

Besides eroge (adult games), Shirakawa had also played many other games, and he and Ako hit it off immediately and had a very pleasant conversation.

"Hey? Do you want to join my video game club?"

"A video game club? What's that?" Shirakawa pretended to be very interested.

"Yeah! You can play games at school!" Ako said proudly, hands on her hips. "There are lots and lots of fellow gamers there, so you can learn and exchange ideas together, and everyone can enjoy the fun of gaming!"

"So, who's in the video game section now?"

"I'm all alone right now... but don't worry, more people will definitely come later!"

"Okay, since the minister is so confident, I'll join too."

"Then I appoint you as the vice minister. From now on, you'll be second only to the emperor!"

"Yes, Minister. So, Minister, what are you going to do now?" asked Shirakawa Akira.

"Now? I need to submit the club creation form now, do you want to come with me?"

"of course."

“Okay, let’s go then. Oh, by the way,” Yako laid the form flat on the table, picked up her pen, “your name is…”

"Shirakawa Akira, just call me Shirakawa."

"I am Yuzuru Ayako, you can just call me Ayako!"

Ayako filled in Shirakawa's name in the member column, pulled Shirakawa along, and went to the office together.

outside the office.

Shirakawa frowned. He and Ayako had been talking for a long time, but the queue position was still exactly the same as last time.

The same few hot girls were still following behind him.

The other students lined up behind the hot girl.

The hot girls are still talking about those boring topics about creating a beauty department.

There were just a few more whispers between Shirakawa and Ako.

"Look at those two freshmen over there, how come they're hanging out together right after the start of the semester?"

"Hey, that guy is fair-skinned and clean-cut, he's quite good-looking."

In the previous playthrough, it was precisely because these hot girls were behind Ako that they failed to create a club, and because they were instigated by that hateful senior Fukada, that they ended up with such a tragic fate.

what can we do about it?