Tokyo: After years of stagnation, the heiress of the yakuza arrives.

Pure, normal, healthy...

and also……

Classmate relationship.

All the keywords are included.

Kuroba wouldn't even give him a single point.

However, he never said that he disliked Xiaoqing, was unwilling to interact with her, or felt that Xiaoqing made him hate her. All questions were repackaged into the same answer after passing through his survival system.

Ministers and staff.

Classmate relationship.

Miyazaki Ritsuko stared at the chat history for a while, and suddenly became a little suspicious. Was this Kuroba Shido's own idea, or had Xiaoqing given him some kind of training on the correct line of communication before? Otherwise, how could they be so consistent?

There is almost no gap.

She imagined Xiaoqing sitting in the clubroom, expressionless, telling Heiyu that the two of them were just normal classmates, and any definition that went beyond that was invalid; Heiyu nodded frantically beside her, memorizing those words as a life-saving bible.

The visuals are too realistic.

It made so reasonable that Ritsuko Miyazaki could no longer deceive herself.

These two kids have most likely indeed coordinated their statements!

Ritsuko Miyazaki sighed softly, finally stopping worrying about the affection level.

It's okay.

Just because you can't get an answer doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Xiaoqing used to never even acknowledge their classmate relationship, but now she's willing to include Kuroba in her club rules, pay attention to his daily life, and do things completely different from usual for him. These changes are much more important than just saying "I like you".

Since there's no breakthrough in language, let's increase the time spent in contact.

As long as the two continue to spend time together, Xiaoqing's reaction will not remain forever at the level of "currently a club member". The "classmate relationship" in Heiyu's mouth will eventually be squeezed out by the things they do.

Ritsuko Miyazaki picked up her phone again and changed the subject.

Okay, Auntie won't ask about that anymore.

[Are you free next weekend, Kuroba? Would you like to come over for dinner again?]

In the upscale apartment, the game has automatically entered the special side quest selection phase.

Although the three female protagonists were left behind in the school building by the male protagonist, they managed to find out his route home through student council privileges, the location software of his childhood sweetheart, and the family power of the mysterious transfer student. The system then asked the player to choose one of them to enter his personal storyline.

[Choose the aloof young lady to unlock lavish dinners, chauffeured transportation, and detached mansion scenes.]

Choose your childhood sweetheart to unlock scenes featuring a woodcutter's knife, a basement, and the theme of never being apart.

[Choose a mysterious transfer student to unlock overseas travel, private jets, and new identities as a missing person.]

Kuroba Shido looked at the three options, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The first one got food.

The second one is in mortal danger.

The third one might be sold directly overseas.

Is there even a need to choose?

"Luxury dinner, chauffeured transportation, detached villa, let's go!"

His fingers swiftly selected the cold-faced young lady, and at the same time, Kuroba Shido saw the message sent by Miyazaki Ritsuko, with the keywords perfectly matching.

Next weekend.

Home.

eat.

Isn't this a coincidence?

At this moment, the game and the real world achieved a fateful synchronization. The two choices even had the same treatment. The only difference was that the cold-faced young lady in the game didn't seem as dangerous as the department head, and the Miyazaki family's dinner was definitely more real than the virtual food on the screen.

Kuroba Shido replied immediately.

Does it include meals?

When Miyazaki Ritsuko saw these three words, she couldn't help but smile.

It's the same familiar Kuroba.

Whenever food is involved, the previously airtight defense system of classmate relationships will temporarily give way to the basic survival needs of poor teenagers.

Of course, the aunt will have someone prepare in advance, and there will still be transportation.

Shido Kuroba's eyes shone even brighter.

Aunt Ritsuko, you are truly a rare kind person in Tokyo.

[It's just that Xiaoqing rarely invites classmates over, and if Auntie tells her directly, she might feel I'm interfering too much.]

After typing this far, Ritsuko Miyazaki paused briefly and then added more.

[So, Auntie wants to ask Kuroba-kun first. If you're willing, Auntie will find a more natural reason.]

Kuroba Shido looked at the message and stroked his smooth chin.

A more natural reason.

The minister is the expert in this field.

Last time, when Miyazaki Ritsuko wanted him to come to her house to cooperate with Shimotsuki Takari's observation, Miyazaki Kiyoshi turned the whole thing around and turned it into a weekend club activity. The initiative was immediately returned to the club president's hands, and Kuroba Shido was transformed from a psychological observation tool into an innocent member who was participating in club activities normally.

Going again next week shouldn't be a problem.

The Miyazaki family provides meals, transportation, comfortable sofas, and a large garden. The staff even politely address him as Master Kuroba. Apart from the department head, Shimotsuki-sensei, and the occasional strange medical consultation, the overall living environment is a hundred times better than that of the rat district.

Most importantly, it doesn't cost any money.

"I'm fine with it, Aunt Ritsuko will take care of it."

Ritsuko Miyazaki's smile became a little more pronounced.

[Does Kuroba feel uncomfortable coming here so often?]

In the game scene, the male protagonist has been welcomed into the luxurious mansion by the cold-faced young lady. The butlers are standing in two rows, and the female protagonist asks him if he would like to come over often in the future.

All three options provided by the system are normal.

[1. Of course I'd be willing to do anything just to see you.]

[Secondly, this place can also be my home.]

Thirdly, I want to stay by your side forever.

Kuroba Shido's brows furrowed slightly.

"Is the production team crazy? Why do all three options mean the same thing? Even if you're forcing a sale, you can't do it like this! Give me a fourth one!"

He frantically clicked on the corner of the screen, and a hidden option actually popped up.

4. Since we're already here, let's eat first.

"good!"

select.

【Favorability +50】

"I knew it! True feelings don't need sweet words. A simple 'Let's eat first' shows respect for the hard work, recognition of the woman's family, and a beautiful expectation for a future life together. That's what high emotional intelligence looks like!"

Kuroba Shido started burning himself up and casually replied to Miyazaki Ritsuko.

The first time might be a little difficult, but you'll get used to it after a few visits.

Message sent.

In the first-floor reception room of the Miyazaki family home, Ritsuko Miyazaki's eyes lit up as she read the words, "You'll get used to it after a few more visits."

This doesn't refer to a classmate relationship.

It's not something an ordinary classmate would say casually.

The fact that Kuroba is willing to come more often shows that he doesn't mind the Miyazaki family, nor does he mind spending more time with Kiyoshi. As long as the arrangements are natural enough and Kiyoshi doesn't feel interfered with, the two of them can establish a more stable daily relationship outside of school clubs.

Ritsuko Miyazaki's initial frustration at repeatedly hitting roadblocks due to her affection level vanished instantly. She even started thinking about next week's menu, event details, and how to prevent Takari Shimotsuki from pulling out her notebook whenever the two of them were together.

Don't be too deliberate.

I cannot provide medical advice.

We can't put on an act of trying to matchmake young people.

Ideally, it would just be a regular family dinner, where Xiaoqing can read a book and Heiyu can play games on the side...

Miyazaki Ritsuko stopped pointing at this point.

Playing video games seems like a good option too.

Young people who share entertainment are more likely to communicate naturally. Even if Xiaoqing doesn't participate but just watches from the sidelines for a while, it's much more relaxed than being questioned about their relationship by elders face-to-face.

What she didn't know was that, several kilometers away, what Shido Kuroba was playing with had nothing to do with "natural communication".

Once the game enters the Cold-Faced Young Lady's route, the plot completely goes off the rails. The male protagonist has just sat down in the restaurant when two other female protagonists burst in from outside the mansion's walls. The childhood friend is wielding a wooden sword, and the mysterious transfer student is driving an armored vehicle that has been stolen from somewhere. The Cold-Faced Young Lady immediately activates the mansion's security system, and the dining table, which was originally filled with exquisite dishes, instantly flips over, revealing a whole row of unidentifiable buttons underneath.

Is the defense system activated?

"start up!"

[Has the courtyard lockdown been activated?]

"start up!"

Is the air detection system activated?

"You have this too? Start it!"

[Should we play romantic background music for the dinner?]

"Start them all, start them all, don't miss a single one!"

Kuroba Shido, gripping the tablet, had gone from lying down to sitting cross-legged, his eyes gleaming from the various explosion effects. He was cheering on his game character, shouting, "It's getting exciting, everyone! This isn't some random game, it's a battle to protect a rich heiress's mansion! Fire! First, blast the childhood friend out of the main storyline, then process the repatriation paperwork for the mysterious transfer student from Tokyo!"

buzz-

News about Ritsuko Miyazaki continues.

Auntie also hopes you and Xiaoqing can spend more time together.

She's not used to taking the initiative to invite others, so if Kuroba has time, he could take the initiative to invite her to some normal activities.

Kuroba Shido glanced at it, tapping the defense button with his finger while replying.

Increasing the number of contacts can indeed improve the success rate.

He was referring to the game.

The system just popped up an explanation: the Cold-Faced Young Lady's personal route requires completing twelve daily interactions within seven days to raise her affection level to 100 and unlock the final ending.

Ritsuko Miyazaki understood it differently.

As she looked at that sentence, her expression gradually softened with relief.

Kuroba-kun understood as expected.

Previously, she was just shy, or perhaps because of the classmate relationship that Xiaoqing had established herself, and was unwilling to admit it too directly in front of her elders. Now that the topic has turned to actual interaction, her true thoughts are gradually being revealed.

Increase the frequency of contact.

Increase the success rate.

What success rate?

What else could it be?

Ritsuko Miyazaki didn't press the matter further. She knew she had to consider the young man's feelings; pushing him too hard would only make Kuroba retreat back into the old club president/member relationship.

The aunt understands.

[I'll leave next week's arrangements to Auntie. I'll let you know the time once it's confirmed.]

【it is good. 】

Shido Kuroba replied instantly, his eyes never leaving the game.

The mansion's security has suppressed the childhood sweetheart, but a mysterious transfer student's armored vehicle crashes through the outer wall. The cold-faced young lady stands in the center of the restaurant, her long hair blown by the blast wave. The male protagonist needs to choose one of three skills to cooperate with her in completing the final counterattack.

Skill 1: A Loving Embrace.

[Skill Two: Sincere Confession.]

[Skill 3: Ghost Brain.]

"Do we still need to choose?"

Kuroba Shido clicked on the third option directly.

[Ghost Brain Activated!]

The male protagonist's eyes glowed with an eerie red light. He suddenly overturned the dining table, rushed out the back door, circled around to the back of the armored vehicle, stuffed a discounted supermarket bento into the exhaust pipe, and then climbed up to the second floor along the drainpipe. He threw out six "good guy" cards from the window, successfully causing the other two female protagonists to fall into a logical confusion.

"Beautiful!" Kuroba Shido was completely fired up, sitting cross-legged on the bed and wildly punching: "That's it! If you can't beat them head-on, flank them. If you can't reason with them, then use your brain! What we're giving Mu to play with isn't romance, it's tactics, it's wisdom, it's humanity's never-give-up will to survive in dire situations!"

In the game scene, the aloof young lady looks at the male protagonist's back, her cheeks slightly flushed.

【Favorability +100】

[Congratulations to the player for completing the Cold-Faced Young Lady's personal route.]

[Unlock Ending: The poor boyfriend who will be forever raised in the rich girl's house.]

The smile on Shido Kuroba's face gradually disappeared.

"no."

"Wait a moment."

"I chose this character's route just to get a meal, how did I end up being supported forever? Isn't this a forced purchase agreement to be a kept man?"

He stubbornly clicked on the ending animation.

The male protagonist is lying on a luxurious bedroom bed in his pajamas, with an endless supply of soft drinks beside him. His car is parked downstairs, and he receives a monthly allowance automatically in his bank account. Meanwhile, the cold-faced young lady stands by the bed, expressionlessly confiscating the shoes he was using to escape.

From then on, the two lived happily ever after.

Kuroba Shido remained silent.

There is food.

I own a house.

There is a car.

rich.

Aside from not being able to run away at will, it seems to have no drawbacks.

hateful.

Why does the more I watch, the better I feel about this ending?

"No, Shido Kuroba, you're a free-spirited, handsome young man from Tokyo! How can you let material things corrupt your soul!"

He exited the ending animation with righteous indignation, then went to the options settings, intending to see if he could change the "cannot run away casually" rule through a paid patch.

At the same time, on the second floor of the Miyazaki house.

Kiyoshi Miyazaki sat at his desk, the open book beside him still on the same page, his phone lying horizontally on its stand, the screen divided into two parts: one side showing a live view of the bedroom in his luxury apartment, and the other side showing a chat message that the camera had just captured and enlarged.

What did Ritsuko Miyazaki ask?

What did Shido Kuroba reply?

Word for word.

When the phrase "a normal relationship between a department head and a member" first appeared, Miyazaki Kiyoshi did not react at all, because it was an objective fact and one of the few expressions that Kuroba Shido could accurately describe the relationship between the two.

Miyazaki Ritsuko continued to press, and Kuroba Shido answered by going from classmates and schoolmates to people he knew. Miyazaki Kiyoshi did not refute him, as at least logically, all of these answers were valid.

It wasn't until Miyazaki Ritsuko gave up asking about the level of affection that she instead invited Kuroba Shido to come to her house again next week.

Kuroba Shido asked if he would provide meals.

Very normal.

Ritsuko Miyazaki said she would be picked up and dropped off by car.

Kuroba Shido immediately agreed.

That's perfectly normal.

But the subsequent comments like "You'll get used to it after a few more visits" and "Increasing the number of visits can indeed increase the success rate" made Miyazaki Kiyoshi's fingers linger on the edge of the page for a few seconds.

She watched the monitor screen.

Kuroba Shido didn't pay any attention to Miyazaki Ritsuko's question. He was practically buried in a corner of the wood, controlling his game character to activate the mansion's security system while busy building up his favorability with the cold-faced young lady on the screen. Occasionally, he would pick up his phone to reply, but only by entering the shortest answer based on a few keywords.

The conversation between the two people seemed coherent.

They're actually on completely different wavelengths.

Miyazaki Ritsuko thought that Kuroba Shido was seriously discussing how to increase the time he spent with Kiyoshi, while Kuroba Shido thought that he was just casually replying to a free dinner invitation.

What truly caught Miyazaki Kiyoshi's eye was the ending animation on the tablet screen.

Cold-faced young lady.

Luxury mansion.

Pick-up and drop-off service provided.

Free dinner.

The male protagonist is poor.

Keep them at home forever.

These elements combined make it less like the game is a fictional story created by the developers and more like the production team, without Shido Kuroba's knowledge, simply changing a few names of his recent living environment and bringing it directly into the game.

After reading it, Shido Kuroba's first reaction was not to reject it.

He is researching whether paid patches can retain the benefits of being a "soft rice bowl" (a term used to describe someone who is financially supported by a wealthy family) while also granting them the freedom to leave the site.

Kiyoshi Miyazaki: "..."

On the screen, Shido Kuroba finally found the patch notes.

[Free Boyfriend Expansion Pack: After purchase, the male protagonist will have one solo outing opportunity per week. Price: 980 yen.]

"Nine hundred and eighty?" Kuroba Shido's voice suddenly rose: "Why don't you just rob someone? The male lead's personal freedom actually requires extra payment? Does the production team even understand consumer rights? Are there any discounts? Are there any coupons for new users?"

Miyazaki Kiyoshi watched him search for discounts on the paid interface, remained silent for a few seconds, picked up his phone, and opened Kuroba Shido's chat window.

In the upscale apartment, Shido Kuroba was still cursing the production team.

"If it were 98 yen, I might consider it, but 980 yen is enough for me to buy so many discounted rice balls. And what does 'one opportunity to go out' even mean? Do I have to come back the same day after I go out, or can I stay out overnight? Asking me to pay without clearly stating these rules is definitely a consumer trap..."

buzz-

My phone vibrated.

Kuroba Shido picked it up casually.

The person who sent the message was Kiyoshi Miyazaki.

[New rules for student organizations.]

Shido Kuroba stopped moving.

The next message followed immediately.

[You can no longer play in the nooks and crannies with wood.]

The Black Feather Warrior said, "???"