Whose youth romance story begins with a witch's trial?!

"Oh dear, so Watson, being a man, really prefers to be in control? Sherry-chan is fine with that too~, right? After all, Sherry-chan is the most understanding, warmest, kindest, and cutest little fairy, isn't she!"

"I……"

The overly straightforward and pure words spoken by Shirley Tachibana in his arms left Chang Rong momentarily at a loss for words.

Should I really muster the courage to take that step forward? But... in a prison where there's no guarantee of survival, and without knowing whether I'll live or die, wouldn't taking that step be nothing more than irresponsible self-abandonment?

Fortunately, Chang Rong didn't dwell on it for too long.

"Sherry, me now—ga ga!?"

"You idiot rabbit, you're getting more and more outrageous! Now you dare to pounce on other people right in front of me, huh?! Are you planning to gather everyone together for some weird party, you bastard?!"

"I didn't—guwa!!"

Second-tier Yue Tang—hope—Luo Yi—2 faces black Yin Xian rushed over the house and directly grabbed Chang s Rong a by the neck and dragged him away. At the same time, his veins bulged and he frantically tortured him for this outrageous and absurd behavior.

“Tachibana Sherry, although Chang Rong’s arm is almost fully healed, he still needs to rest. Your actions… were a bit too arbitrary.”

Kurobe Nanoha, who had also arrived, watched as Tachibana Sherry frowned and complained softly. She had refrained from poisoning Chang Rong for his safety, which allowed him to have intimate physical contact with her after he grew up. But Sherry just ran off with the trophy, which was going too far.

"Hehehe... Sorry, sorry~!"

Faced with Kurobe Nanoha's reprimand, Tachibana Sherry didn't argue back. She just rubbed her hair and smiled foolishly, indicating that she knew she was wrong and would do it again next time.

Watson is my own Watson, and Sherry will never back down on that!

"Anyway—cough cough, stop messing around."

After taking care of Chang Rong, Nikaido Hiro coughed twice and walked to the side of the group.

"It's curfew now, and it would be dangerous if we were caught fooling around like this."

"It's alright, it's alright~ Hasn't Hiro noticed that the warden hasn't been paying much attention to us lately? Before, we would be watched by patrolling owls on our way to the underground freezer, but recently there have been fewer and fewer patrolling owls!"

Shirley Tachibana gave Hero a thumbs-up and said cheerfully.

"Hmm... I have noticed that the warden is becoming increasingly 'perfunctory' in his attention to us, but even so—"

"And compared to those, just as this detective thought, the flower field at night is absolutely beautiful!"

Sherry Tachibana interrupted Hiro Nikaido's serious and methodical speech, while pointing to the sky.

When Sherry interrupted him, Hiro didn't frown and say, "It's wrong to interrupt others." Instead, he also looked at the distant starry sky and Milky Way.

While many of the things the Blue-type Glitch Number Monster says might lead to misunderstandings, at least what Tachibana Sherry said at this moment was indeed correct.

On remote islands, far from towns and even the mainland, the starlight, obscured by the lights of civilization, is able to reveal its true brilliance. Faint lights are constantly overlapped and superimposed on a cosmic scale, eventually transforming into the Milky Way that illuminates the night sky.

Beneath the Milky Way, the gentle breeze of Prison Island, where spring reigns all year round, carries the fragrance of flowers and the earthy aroma, making one feel as if their worries and anxieties are replaced with a fresh breath with every breath.

Even in the dead of night, that rainbow stood tall, connecting the Milky Way of nature with the magically constructed rainbow bridge, making the scene as magnificent and dazzling as if it were a dream.

It's a really great view, the only problem is...

Completely immersed in the breathtaking scenery created by nature and magic, Chang (not the same as Rong) and the other eight witches, after briefly marveling at the beauty of the landscape, secretly fixed their gazes on the other two.

The scene is indeed beautiful, making one want to sing "The moonlight is so beautiful," but the problem is—this flower field contains not only moonlight, flowers, and starlight, but also two high-powered light bulbs.

"Kurobe Nanoha, you're still wanted, right? If you get caught, the punishment might not be as simple as just being thrown into a punishment room." Nikaido Hiro glanced at Kurobe Nanoha, who just a few minutes ago was 'the good friend who helped intercept the Blue Tyrant,' and casually but concernedly gestured for her to get lost.

“I have no idea how the guards patrol. So today, I don’t need to worry about you getting caught. —Sherry, aren’t you the self-proclaimed president of the detective agency? Now that there are no guards, it should be the perfect time to investigate the secrets of the castle.”

Nanoha Kurobe wasn't a completely insignificant nobody; she responded calmly, then turned and gestured to Sherry Tachibana that it was Sherry who should be kicked out.

"Hmph! Anyway, no matter how much you explore the castle, you won't find anything other than weird traps and magical secret passages. By the way, isn't Hiro the disciplinary committee member? Is it really okay for him to be out so late at night instead of sleeping?"

With her hands on her hips in a "what can you do about it?" attitude, Shirley Tachibana passed the question around and finally passed it on to Heero.

"【False Evidence】Today I'm on night shift mode." Nikaido Hiro was already used to this; he could fabricate this much nonsense with ease.

"Well, since everyone's free, I'll go back to sleep first since I have important business to attend to tomorrow—" "You're not allowed to leave."

Chang Rong saw that the three of them had reasons to stay, but she didn't! She decided to just run away.

As expected, the matter was seized.

"..." "..." "..."

The three stared at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, like the calm before a storm.

"...It seems I have no choice but to resort to force. Although I am not carrying a spear, I hope you will not underestimate me because of that."

"Since theory and logic cannot convince you, resorting to violence is the only correct course of action."

"What?! Is a shootout about to begin?! Count me in!"

The three girls, all in the throes of youthful infatuation and the pressures of first love, decided to deal with their emotional issues in the most old-fashioned way possible – through a duel.

Of course, the main reason why this solution was passed with 3 votes is that none of the three people are anything like 'ordinary teenage girls'.

"Stop! Stop fighting! Stop it!" Chang Rong rushed over to mediate.

"Then you choose one!" X3

"...^q^ The moonlight is so beautiful. Well, you guys should choose. I won't bother you anymore."

The skirt that was meant to mediate the fight. In the instant the chat was deleted, three Lingren fins were interrogated about their souls. Chang Errong was very clear (that these four were not) to choose (eight questions), and the temple was to eliminate one way of dying, so she wisely and obediently stepped aside again.

"Then let's use basic mixed martial arts rules to determine the winner and decide life or death."

"No problem, Kurobe Nanoha, I have no choice but to team up with you again... For the next attack, you attack, I'll defend!"

"Hehehe, you two will be blasted to smithereens by Sherry-chan..."

"No, no, no, this is really weird! Don't bring up a witch trial for such a ridiculous reason! And does this kind of dialogue really sound like something a 00-year-old high school girl should say?! Even Rhea-sama's stage play lines aren't this absurd!"

Chang Rong still couldn't suppress her urge to complain and once again stopped the group who were about to start the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

"Then you choose, you idiot rabbit...!!"

"Huh!? Well, um... wouldn't it be nice if everyone enjoyed the flowers and the moon together...?"

Chang Rong, who was lifted high, could only say that you are all my wings.

"Huh!? Together? Have you really lost your mind—"

"Going together... it doesn't seem like a bad idea."

Before Xini Luo could even get angry (Hei Sanbu Nai), Ye Lingxiang, standing next to Chang Rong, revealed a thoughtful expression upon hearing his words. She rested one hand on her chin, deep in thought, as if the suggestion she had just made was a key statement related to the main plot.

"Sherry-chan wouldn't share Watson, would she?" "That idiot rabbit isn't just your club member!" Shiro and Tachibana Sherry snapped at each other, exchanging breaths.

"That's the problem—if we keep fighting, maybe no one will get the result they want. But... from another perspective, there are only three of us here. If we stop fighting among ourselves... Chang Rong should be able to get a share."

—Am I some kind of durian mille-feuille cake covered in animal cream? Why use the word 'divided'?

Chang Rong silently complained to herself.

"...Heh, interesting. Is this what they call avoiding the zero-sum game dilemma? Not a bad suggestion, Kurobe Nanoha. For the current situation, it is indeed the most correct solution." Nikaido Hiro frowned and pondered for a moment, then the wrinkles on his forehead smoothed out, and an approving smile appeared on his cheeks.

"Hmph~ But I refuse! What I, Sherry-chan, love to do most is to keep beating up Truth until Truth agrees that I am Truth!" Unlike the other two, Tachibana Sherry just snorted twice to show that she didn't buy into this shared rabbit theory.

"Is this really a good idea? Then Kurobe Nanoha and I will keep trying to stick to you, making it impossible for you to get close to your Watson, or even have a chance to be alone with him. In the end, Watson will just get annoyed with you, and the detective agency will be ruined, okay?"

"—v—……Okay."

Nikaido Hiro spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, 'threatening' her in a flat tone. Tachibana Sherry pondered for a moment, then narrowed her eyes, looking somewhat helpless and angry, but still nodded in agreement.

"Wait a minute, what have you been doing all this time, completely ignoring my wishes as the person involved and discussing something like this?!"

Chang Rong was getting anxious. Were these three stat monsters really going to team up? He himself would only end up badly defeated if he fought any one of them alone, and now these three were telling him they wanted to shake hands and form an unbreakable alliance? What were they up to?!

"Should we allocate them by time or by body part...? The former is simpler, but the experience, interaction, and feedback for those who get them later will be greatly reduced... So, should we allocate them by body part after all?" Nikaido Hiro pulled out his notebook and pondered seriously.

—Putting aside the fact that my personal wishes were completely ignored, what does 'part allocation' even mean?! Is this kind of term even allowed in Galaga?!

"Hmph, my suggestion is a 'buffet'! Take what you need, take small portions as you go, how about that!" "...Not bad." "Okay."

—What the heck is a buffet?! Wait, wait a minute, why did it pass unanimously?!

"Um, I think everyone's getting a bit too witch-like? How about we get some fresh air and calm down? Look up, look at the sky, the moon's smiling—"

Seeing that the three balls were about to explode, he realized that something was wrong. He raised his left and right hands as if he were suppressing three dragons, and slowly retreated while trying to calm down and suppress the detonation of the three landmines.

Just as everyone's sanity was completely overwhelmed by the witch-transformation factor, causing their heads to shift from one large to the other—

"Ah, there it is! I see Desuwa!"

Hannah Tono's voice suddenly came over.

"...!?" "Hannah Tono...!" "Huh? Hannah??"

The three aspiring witches, who had already assumed the Hunter pose, were instantly interrupted by the voice and turned around to look behind them. They discovered that the culprit behind all the world's footprintless murders, Lady Tohno Hannah, was slowly running towards them, panting.

Not only Tono Hanna, but also the other prospective witches followed one after another.

The original book, which was supposed to be a quiet and peaceful place, has become as lively and noisy as a restaurant during lunchtime.

As for Chang Rong—

Hehe... I can't laugh, I really can't laugh... But how can I not laugh when faced with something so funny!? Small fry, a bunch of small fry... even easier to deal with than the three ground squirrels in my yard!

Looking at the demon girls who were gradually arriving from the distance, and at the confused and disappointed expressions on the faces of the several numerical monsters beside him, Chang Rong knew that this time, the one who would win in the end was him again!

Hehehe, the winner is me, the Iron-Blooded True Sigma Man, Chang Rong!!

Chang Rong pulled out his phone with a smug look on his face. There, a mass text message was displayed:

[Chang Rong] (Group message): A tea party is being held at the flower field this evening. Everyone, please come quickly.

Chang Rong realized from the beginning that these three people would either end up as the last one remaining in the PUBG tournament, or they would choose to become accomplices in a bad ending and form a numerical monster alliance.

Considering that Hiro is a rational, gentle, and logically strong classical and dignified girl, and that Kurobe Nanoha is a girl who tends to be passive, the latter is highly likely.

So how do you destroy a small group? The answer, of course, is to crush the small group with a larger one!

So Chang Rong secretly sent a text message, trying to buy time. In the end, she successfully waited for her reinforcements at the critical moment and stopped the shameful rebellious behavior of these aspiring witches.

This round of strategic maneuvering can be described as a battle of wits, reaching the pinnacle of military strategy.

However, there seems to be a slight price to pay...

"Stare—" "Tsk, you idiot rabbit…!" "Chang Rong…"

Feeling the three overly scorching gazes around her, Chang Rong could only pretend not to see them and grit her teeth to wipe away her sweat.

My stroke of genius seems to have inadvertently added another layer of anger to the three sisters. Will I still have the chance to text them to call for backup when we meet again...?