Crossover Anime: The King of Time? Actually, He's a Slacker!

Hachiman Hikigaya received a distress message from Iori Kitahara. After hesitating for a long time, he went to a secluded toilet and opened the door.

"Hahahata——!!"

As soon as Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei came out, they hugged his legs with tears streaming down their faces.

"Let me go, you two! You're so shameful!" When Hachiman Hikigaya saw the two of them dressed in such disgusting maid outfits, he finally understood why Shiki had locked them in the toilet.

It was I who... personally broke the seal.

Hachiman Hikigaya regrets his actions.

"Hachiman, you are truly my good brother." Iori wiped away his tears; his makeup made him look like a ghost.

Although Kohei didn't know this dead-fish-eyed boy at all, it didn't stop him from looking at him with deep affection.

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed deeply, then looked at Iori Kitahara and forced a conversation down to business:

"Tonight's fireworks display is your last chance to strengthen your relationship with Kotegawa. Our Service Department can only help you this far with this request. If it doesn't work out, you'll have to figure it out yourself from now on."

Kitahara Iori looked a little embarrassed. Could he say that he had actually been having so much fun that he had completely forgotten about it?

"What's wrong, Iori?" Kohei Imamura slapped his shoulder hard with his large hand.

Kitahara Iori froze.

"Kotegawa-kun... what do you mean?" Imamura Kohei's face was extremely close, his bloodshot eyes fixed on him.

"Haha, you've misunderstood, there's nothing at all." Kitahara Iori laughed heartily, then pointed with her small hand.

"Hey? Kohei, look! There's a naked man over there!"

Kohei Imamura instinctively turned his head to look, but Kitahara Iori seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, kicking him back into the toilet and locking the door in the blink of an eye.

"Kitahara Iori, you son of a bitch!!!" Kohei pounded on the door angrily from inside.

"Let me out!"

Iori ignored him completely and ran off with Hachiman in tow.

"No, why are you dragging me along?" Hachiman asked, puzzled.

"Hachiman! We are dearest friends and brothers!" Iori said breathlessly, his voice filled with deep affection.

"You can't just abandon me! This request can't end like this!"

"It's not up to me to decide..." Hachiman sighed and started pointing fingers.

"I'm not trying to be mean, but I told you to stay away from the diving club, but you still keep going; Yui gave you so many outfit suggestions, but you still go around naked every day; Yukinoshita has been tutoring you for days, but you still barely passed your previous exams..."

After a barrage of words, Kitahara Iori was so embarrassed that she squatted on the ground and drew circles.

Hikigaya stood with his hands in his pockets, his dead fish eyes completely expressionless.

"You have three problems: first, you lack self-discipline; second, you are disobedient; and third, you are shameless." He looked at Kitahara Iori, who was squatting on the ground as if she had become withdrawn, and shook his head.

"Alright, I'm sure my words have deeply touched your soul. I won't say anything more. Reflect on it yourself."

As more and more people passed by, their gazes sweeping over them like searchlights—or rather, over Kitahara Iori dressed as a maid—Hachigaya just wanted to make a quick getaway.

"Wait a minute, Hachiman-kun!" Kitahara Iori's large hand suddenly grabbed the other's shoulder.

Yes, Kitahara Iori knew he was wrong, but unfortunately he had a fourth point: he refused to admit it!

"Ultimately, it's because you didn't keep a close eye on me!" His expression was as ferocious as a wild beast.

"You haven't done a good job on the task Yukinoshita-san gave you!"

"What does it have to do with me? Who wants to get close to your gang?!" Hachiman struggled with him, his expression equally frantic.

"Let go of me right now, or people will mistake me for someone they know!"

"..."

"Mommy, what are those two brothers doing?" A passing child pointed and stared curiously at the two people wrestling together.

"That brother in the skirt is so weird."

"Baby, don't look!" The woman was so frightened that she covered the child's eyes, picked him up and walked away quickly, scolding him as she went.

"When you grow up, you must not be like them, who do not study properly and wear strange clothes."

Hikigaya Hachiman:......

All he wanted to do now was stuff Kitahara Iori back into the toilet and weld the lock shut.

……

Meanwhile, Lin Shiye found Mei Zhen in the library.

While the winter festival outside was bustling with activity, the library remained quiet, becoming a peaceful haven for many.

After all, their school library is quite well-built, so it's not surprising that it attracts book lovers.

To be honest, this was Lin Shiye's first time stepping into the library as a student of this school. If it weren't for looking for Mei Zhen, he would never have entered such a place where even breathing had to be done in a low voice. This quiet and elegant atmosphere was really out of place for him. Today, he could be considered to have unlocked the "Exploring the Sea of ​​Books" achievement.

"This really feels like a place you would come to." Lin Shiye quietly sat down next to Mei Zhen, getting very close, and whispered.

"Why?" Mei Zhen asked, puzzled, her gaze shifting from the pages of the book to her master's face, which was so close to hers.

"Anyone can come to the library."

The warm breath carried a hint of bookish fragrance, and Lin Shiye blushed first, taking a slight step back.

"It's probably because of my temperament."

If it were Lazy Jeanne, she wouldn't possibly leave home. As for Divine Jeanne, she probably wouldn't bother participating in such an activity. Plum Jeanne, being the closest to humanity and the closest to the state of Joan of Arc, is why she came to the library…

Oh no, Joan of Arc was illiterate.

"If she hears this, she'll definitely glare at you angrily, Master." Mei Zhen's lips curled up.

"Ah, how dare you read people's minds like that!" Lin Shiye almost jumped up and started making a scene, but remembering that this was a library, he immediately suppressed his abstract spirit.

I feel ants crawling on my body...

The two- or three-year-old children next to him are all quiet and don't make a fuss. Lin Shiye, be more alert and don't embarrass yourself!

Mei Zhen stopped looking at her master's constipated expression and turned her gaze to the blue-haired girl opposite them who had been peeking at them from time to time since earlier.

"Excuse me, did I disturb you, Shiina-kun?"

"Ah...nothing like that." Shiina Hiyori gently closed the book and smiled tenderly.

"I just think you two have a really good relationship."

"Oh, so you two know each other?" Lin Shiye blinked.

"If we don't know each other, we wouldn't sit together and read books, would we?" Mei Zhen said.

"Hello, my name is Hiyori Shiina," the blue-haired girl said softly.

Lin Shiye's eyes widened. No, it really is a random refresh in the library, right? Why aren't you in advanced training? What are you doing here?

"Hello, hello, my name is Lin Shiye." He suddenly felt that he should take this opportunity to wander around and maybe he could unexpectedly run into a few 'acquaintances'.

"What kind of books does Lin-kun like to read?" Shiina Hiyori asked, taking the initiative to start a conversation.

"Huh? I don't like reading." Lin Shiye shook his head honestly.

Shiina Hiyori's face showed a hint of disappointment, but she quickly perked up. How could such a handsome guy, who also has a close relationship with the erudite and composed Mei, not like reading? He must not have found his type yet!

"Could it be... that Lin likes reading action-packed manga like Weekly Shonen Jump?" She thought most boys would be into that kind of thing.

"I don't care. I feel like my life is a perfectly ongoing, action-packed epic," Lin Shiye said seriously.

Hiyori Shiina was dumbfounded; all the words she had prepared were stuck in her throat.