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

"Although your pointless false testimony was infuriating... you're right, let's get rid of these trivial matters that have nothing to do with us as soon as possible."

Hiro smoothed his hair in agreement.

“All the ‘tragedies’ that have happened before were essentially due to a lack of information exchange between people. If we had known everything from the beginning, those tragedies caused by the lack of information would have been nipped in the bud.”

"...For example, like when I took down that gloomy bean sprout woman."

Thinking of this, Ze Du Ke Ke's expression became somewhat gloomy and disappointed.

When she realized, under the watchful eye of her 'clairvoyance magic,' that the murder 'Nikaido Coco' had planned with such resolve had ended up resulting in the wrongful killing of a loyal retainer, Coco truly found it hard to accept. If only a few more of those coincidences had been avoided, perhaps this tragedy could have been averted.

That's why... In this timeline, both intelligence agents are well aware of the importance of 'intelligence'. This time, neither Hiro nor Coco intends to keep things hidden any longer, but instead reveals all the intelligence at once from the very beginning.

"However—there are some 'information' that we don't need to tell others, right?"

"...Hmph, you Hakimi also know this, you're right."

Suddenly, Coco's expression changed, revealing an evil grin, and Nikaido Hiro immediately understood and exchanged a knowing smile with the cat.

Let's all work together for a better tomorrow! It's obvious that Chang Rong is a stumbling block on your path to a happy life, so we'll reluctantly take on this burden. Don't be shy, we're all sisters.

"Waaaaah... Understand? Understand what? I don't understand... Chang Rong-san, am I really such a stupid jellyfish...? Why can't I understand what Miss Hiro and Miss Coco are saying at all..."

"Uh, I was starting to understand, but now I'm completely confused again..."

The intelligence team worked seamlessly together, while the dementia team was completely bewildered, repeatedly asking, "What happened? What happened?"

Although Chang Rong didn't quite understand some of the slang used by Coco and Hiro, she was still happy to see how well they understood each other and how close they were.

"By the way... Miss Hiro, you just secretly took out the aphrodisiac and stuffed it into your pocket. What were you planning to do with it...?"

Meruru found a free moment on the ice and tilted her head, asking Hero with a curious look.

"Ugh...!? Was it seen? Damn you, Meruru the liar—cough, is this O drug? I thought it was a mint. This is ridiculous."

Hiro's cheeks flushed instantly, but she quickly regained her composure, coughed lightly twice, and spread her hands to indicate that she had simply misread the words.

"Peppermint candy, huh—you perverted, mysterious, fake-fan, slutty woman…! You've been thinking about sneaking out all along, haven't stopped!" "It's all because of that unnecessary thing you said on the stream…!!"

Sawatari Coco, who wants to use public opinion to escape, once again confronts Nikaido Hiro, who wants to use the power of Kowloon to escape, and they exchange a passionate, bromance.

It seems that the unbreakable ironclad alliance between the two is like Meruru's memories on ice—it will be forgotten when the sun rises/it will fall apart when the sun rises.

It's obvious that the white-haired boy is the one and only sun in Hiro and Coco's hearts, so every time they see Chang Rong, their alliance dissolves on the spot.

"Anyway, since we've already called everyone together, let's get ready and head over—oh, right, Chang Rong."

Hiro reluctantly stuffed the 'mint candy' back into the cabinet, and before leaving the infirmary, he suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Chang Rong.

"I...I will take responsibility, like getting the marriage certificate..." Chang Rong said to Xi Luo, mustering her courage.

"No, not this—wait, wait, really?!" Hiro snapped back to reality and hurriedly asked.

"After all, we've already been through all that, right...? I have to take responsibility—wailing, the way you suddenly leaned in and started breathing so heavily was scary...!"

Chang Rong was looking down at the floor a second ago, but when she looked up the next second, she found that Hiro had moved in front of her and looked like she was about to burst into black smoke.

"Yes, yes, after all, we've already lost all shame—"

Hiro swallowed hard, indicating that Chang Rong was right, but then suddenly froze.

The persona she's currently cultivating is that of 'Chang Rong's shameless childhood sweetheart girlfriend,' but while she says it, her body is still honestly 'reverting' to its previous state.

If I can't resist and end up touching that idiot rabbit, wouldn't that... expose everything...?

I can't exactly say that I paid 9.9 yuan to get this screen protector applied by Meruru, can I?!

What a blunder! I should have gone for the innocent, literary girl route... Indulging my desires too much has really put me on a morally questionable footing now...!

"...Let's put this topic aside for now. We need to focus on the important matters, right?" Nikaido Hiro said to Chang Rong with a gentle, dignified smile, like a Yamato Nadeshiko. She decided to give herself some time to think about how to fix this 'experienced Xiao Chu Nu' bug.

If all else fails, I'll just ignore everything else and knock this idiot rabbit unconscious, drag him into the basement, and stomp him to death...

"Uh, um... okay...?" Chang Rong blinked. Although she didn't know why Hiro suddenly went into sage mode, she still liked Hiro, who looked determined and wanted to do great things.

"Just asking, Chang Rong, can you see anything like a 'system' on your phone right now?"

"System...?" Chang Rong was a little confused, but he still obediently took out his phone, charged it, and tried to turn it on.

—I think the idiot rabbit mentioned to Rhea and the others before that he has a system that can check the 'witch transformation progress'. When we talked about this at the tea party, I just thought it was just his daily erratic behavior. But now that I think about it... maybe he was telling the truth?

Chang Rong himself is a 'life form' born from the witch factor, and that so-called system is probably the guiding method that allows him to keep running around helping everyone suppress their witch-like transformation. Otherwise, even with the ability to suppress the witch factor, Chang Rong shouldn't be able to accurately control everyone—although the price is that this idiot rabbit has practically seduced everyone, really good at attracting women...

"Ah, it seems there really is a system that can see some numbers... Hmm, it shows that 'Hannah Tono' and 'Nanoha Kurobe's' numbers are slightly higher than others, around 30."

Chang Rong handed the phone to Xi Luo, but from Xi Luo's perspective, he couldn't see anything. This only further proved that the so-called phone system was essentially a radar constructed by the witch factor within Chang Rong's body.

"As expected, hmm... Absorb the witch factor and observe its concentration. Although I really don't want you to get involved this time, this is something only Chang Rong can do. If we want to maintain everyone's mental state for a long time, we can only rely on you."

"Witch Factor...?" Chang Rong blinked. The term sounded familiar, but she couldn't recall its specific meaning. It was like a jumbled ID number—it felt familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"The Witch Factor is what's called 'divine will,' Onii-chan! That thing is both the source of the witches' ability to use magic and the culprit behind the continuous murders on Witch Island."

"Huh... The one who made everyone fight each other, isn't it my diligent behind-the-scenes manipulation...?" Ice Meluru looked shocked. She thought she was the one with the highest KDA.

"Hmph, even if a nobody like you has any influence, the scope of that influence is very limited. The witch factor not only accumulates over time, but also makes people more prone to breakdowns. As a result, if a prospective witch is slightly touched on a 'taboo' that she doesn't want to remember, she will instantly turn into a witch and become hysterical, doing irreversible things."

"So, I see...?"

"Are you the one pulling the strings, or am I...?!"

Hiro was going crazy. She thought that meeting Emma would be the end of her life, but then the Moon Snow appeared.

Now even the ice that Xiaoxue brought out is starting to torment me. Am I destined to be stuck with illiterate idiots for the rest of my life...?

"Anyway, Onii-chan, your constitution is amazing. You were able to absorb that witch factor I just mentioned and prevent the tragedy. And the absorption method is very simple, it's just like this—mmmmmmm… snoring… hehehe…"

Zedu Coco prepared to teach Chang Rong by example. She moved closer to Chang Rong and kept rubbing against the back of Chang Rong's hand. After being rubbed a couple of times, Chang Rong seemed to awaken his past life memories and skillfully transformed into a rubbing old man.jpg, rubbing Coco's hair vigorously. Hakimi was so touched that he kept making comfortable gurgling sounds.

"What's the point of your demonstration...! Let me demonstrate it myself!"

Not to be outdone, Hiro quickly joined in, forcing Chang Rong to rub his head with a somewhat forceful gesture.

"Um... can I really absorb the so-called witch factor...? Why do I feel that the more I touch Hiro, the stronger his killing intent becomes...?"

Unlike Coco, Hiro, as she was stroked by Chang Rong, breathed more heavily and exuded a stronger killing intent after each stroke.

"I really need to eat some mints and then I'll kill you with them, Chang Rong—"

"Ehhhhhh!!?"

It seemed that her head-patting technique wasn't foolproof, and if she continued, it might be life-threatening, so Chang Rong had no choice but to quickly let go.

"Tsk...!"

Hiro, who was stopped, clicked her tongue in annoyance, but thankfully she did not let her murderous intent continue to spread.

After retracting his hand, Chang Rong saw Meruru on the ice of the Witch Island's dark secrets. Meruru was timidly huddled to the side, her pitiful hands clasped together in front of her chest, looking at him with those always wet eyes that seemed about to spill pearls at any moment.

"Uh……"

Although Meruru's invitation was quite obvious, Chang Rong still didn't really want to touch the jellyfish.

Although he didn't condemn Meruru outright based on the 'behind-the-scenes manipulation' charge, he still harbored an instinctive aversion and resistance towards her, even after learning that her malice wasn't pure but rather stemmed from some well-intentioned considerations.

Although I had playfully petted the jellyfish a couple of times to follow the mood and momentum, I still ended up...

"Waaah! I'm so sorry, I... I shouldn't have been so greedy and had such expectations... I've caused Chang Rongsang so much trouble, I'll just kill myself right now—"

"I'll touch you, that's all!!"

When she realized that Chang Rong wasn't going to pet her too, Ice Melulu immediately pulled out surgical scissors and prepared to perform a throat dilation procedure on herself, which scared Chang Rong so much that she had no choice but to agree to let Melulu pet her too.

Threatening suicide is already outrageous, but what's even more outrageous is that for Meruru, this isn't just a threat, it's 'what's going to happen next'.

"Well... anyway, that's it... how does it feel?"

Chang Rong carefully placed her palm between Meruru's headscarf and hair, gently rubbing it, or rather, she simply patted her palm on the jellyfish's head.

"Ha...ha...this, this touch, this warmth...waaaah, as expected of Chang Rong-san, as expected of my Holy Son...! Please, please ravage this sinner even more forcefully, even more wantonly...!!"

"Waaaaaah!?!"

On the ice, Meruru's panting became increasingly noticeable. She simply grabbed Chang Rong's hands and placed them on her collar, as if to say, "Please tear me apart, ravage me, and rip me apart." Her pure, soft, and pitiful face was obscured by an unusual flush and her heavy, undulating breathing.

—What the hell…! 5, 50, 500, 5000—the power of a pervert, the power of a pervert is still soaring, this guy’s power of a pervert is a hundred times, a thousand times greater than mine—no, I’m not a pervert!

Hiro was startled by Meruru's actions on the ice. He was so shocked that he quickly shook his head and denied his obsessive nature. Together with Coco, he desperately tried to pluck the jellyfish that was sticking to the white rabbit as if it wanted to peel off a layer of skin.

Aren't you supposed to be the Great Witch's favorite?! Why are you staring at Chang Rong all the time?! You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are actually a long time ago, haven't you?!

In the information passed on by Coco in the first playthrough, it was mentioned that Meluru Ice was the first 'human witch' personally trained by the Great Witch. In other words, Meluru Ice, while possessing the physical abilities of a witch, also retained the desires and needs of a human being.

Previously, this problem wasn't as noticeable due to the single-sex composition of Witch Island; however, with the arrival of Chang Rong of the opposite sex—

Rejoice! The wildest and most terrifying person in a century, the most XYY person in the history of Witch Island, has appeared at this moment!

Damn it... Did I release this demon with my own hands...?! Xiaoxue, look what you've raised this child into... It's all the Great Witch's fault!!!

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"Chang Rongsang's abilities... are actually quite similar to my magic."

With the help of Nanoha Kaori, who arrived for reasons unknown, also known as the 'Hairband Guardian,' everyone finally managed to suppress Meruru's century-long repression, which was about to burst forth, and she returned to her usual soft and cuddly jellyfish mode.

"I... I sometimes become friends with some aspiring witches, but because of the witch trials, I quickly find myself all alone again... That feeling is just... too painful, so I tried using my magic, along with some mushrooms I picked, to 'heal' this pain. And it actually worked...!"

"After using magic, it feels like many things drift away and disappear like clouds. Not only painful experiences, but even my body feels light and airy. I can also see many tiny people that I don't usually see, which is quite interesting... However, after the magic's effect ends, it feels like ants are crawling all over my body, and I sometimes forget some things... But they shouldn't be important, right? If it's something important, I'll definitely try my best to remember it! For example... um, for example what was it again..."

"Ice Creamy Lulu said to everyone with a smile."

"What kind of magic is that?! Is it even magic?! It's just plain weird from Yunnan!" Coco snapped, exclaiming.

Two ice-making geniuses, one in a century, have emerged in this year alone. Our Witch Island is truly thriving!

"My ability allows me to absorb witch essence, and I previously participated in a witch trial with Meruru... which means I might be able to..."

Unlike the others who were causing a disturbance, Chang Rong lowered her head and frowned slightly after learning about her abilities, as if she was thinking about something.

Meanwhile, after watching Zedu Coco's live stream full of exciting moments, the aspiring witches all had their own little schemes.

Emma, ​​Hannah, and Shirley, the trio from Peach Garden, were completely baffled by the content of the live stream.

After leaving the meeting room, the three of them naturally gathered together as if summoned by fate.

"Emma, ​​you mean that 'Hiro' is your friend?" Hannah asked Emma Sakura, awkwardly fanning herself with her folding fan.