A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

Aoi Natsuki had only taken a couple of steps after turning around when Takahashi Mito suddenly called out to him and followed him directly.

What is she doing...?

"Here, take this!"

Mito Takahashi took the two Ueno Zoo tickets out of her pocket and handed them over.

Aoi Natsuki has good eyesight; she immediately spotted the Ueno Zoo logo on the ticket and asked in confusion, "What's this...?"

Now is the crucial moment!

Mito Takahashi suppressed her pounding emotions and slowly said, word by word, "This, I won these in a lottery at the shopping arcade. I happen to have two. Do you want to go? Well... I'm actually quite casual about these things. Whether I go or not is entirely up to me..."

"Oh! I can go, I'm quite interested in it." Aoi Natsuki's answer left Takahashi Mito momentarily stunned. She... she just agreed?

Then Natsuki Aoi reached out and took the two tickets.

???

"Thanks, I'll ask around to see if anyone's willing to come with me. If you don't want to, there's really nothing I can do." Aoi Natsuki nodded to herself.

Mito Takahashi was completely stunned: "Wait, wait a minute! I mean I want to go too! Why are you excluding me like this?!"

"Hmm? I thought you meant you didn't want to go when you said you didn't like it."

"Who said I don't want to go! I want to go too!" Takahashi Mito suddenly became agitated, showing her former fiery temper.

"Okay, okay, I got it. How about the weekend? I happen to have time too."

"Huh?" Takahashi Mito didn't even realize that they were already arranging a time with her?

Is it really that easy?

Mito Takahashi nodded blankly, feeling her face flush for a moment.

The two then agreed to meet on Saturday afternoon.

……

Until Saturday.

At the entrance of Ueno Zoo.

Mito Takahashi dressed up carefully and stood at the door, glancing at the street corner from time to time. Her heart had been pounding since morning.

Ten minutes later, Natsuki Aoi arrived.

It's true, he really kept his promise and came...

This was the first time Takahashi Mito had ever gone out alone with a guy, and the feeling was... particularly strange.

She gently covered her chest, her breathing becoming slightly rapid.

"Morning."

"Hmm... well, let's go in then."

"Wait a minute."

Aoi Natsuki's gaze then turned to the street corner, and soon a smile appeared on her face as she raised her arm and waved.

???

Mito Takahashi also turned her gaze over at this moment, and saw Keiko Hayakawa carrying a bag across the street, running over to them. When she reached them, she said breathlessly, "S-Sorry to keep you waiting. There was a bit of traffic on the way. You must have been here for a long time, right?"

Mito Takahashi's entire face froze.

Looking at her expression, Aoi Natsuki couldn't help but chuckle to himself. He then leaned closer and whispered, "I paid for another ticket myself. How about that? Isn't that clever?"

Chapter 77 Mido, let's compete fairly!

I really want to punch you twice!

Takahashi Mito felt a surge of anger, but she couldn't show it in front of Hayakawa, so she had to swallow it down.

Aoi Natsuki, standing to the side, couldn't have been happier. Yes, he did it on purpose.

He wasn't stupid; he naturally understood the implications. However, directly refusing didn't seem to be the best option. Based on his experience of diligently studying and playing visual novels, maintaining a female protagonist's best friend's favorability was extremely important. It's just that before, that best friend was Hayakawa, but now the target had changed to Takahashi.

She's just an ordinary S-class female supporting character.

"Now we can go in." Aoi Natsuki smiled and led the two to the station entrance.

Over the next two hours, the three of them saw many animals that they usually only see on TV, such as pandas, raccoons, anteaters, elephants, and so on, which they could see clearly even through the glass.

Gradually, Mito Takahashi realized that she was becoming the superfluous part.

what's the situation?

When she returned with two hot drinks, she witnessed a scene that left her speechless.

Hayakawa and Aoi were bent over, very close to the glass, looking at the giant panda inside. Hayakawa looked particularly excited, and everything seemed to indicate that they were having a great time, except...

If this scene were captured in a photograph, then Mitsu Takahashi, standing behind the two holding two hot drinks, would appear particularly superfluous.

She hurriedly went up to talk to them, temporarily separating the two, but soon she quickly moved away because she was disgusted by the body odor of some large animals, as if a natural barrier had been formed between them.

Standing about five meters away, Mito Takahashi pinched her nose. Passersby and tourists around her were also standing very close to watch the animals and chatting and laughing with their companions.

On the contrary, she was the most out of place among the group.

She never liked coming to the zoo, but it was because...

Mito Takahashi's gaze slowly drifted to Aoi's back, and she gradually became lost in thought. It wasn't that she wanted to do anything; her purpose in coming today was simply to have something to talk about with Aoi.

Strangely enough, her perception seemed to be distorted.

Even though Aoi is a man, I've been wanting to talk to him a lot lately.

But to call it liking is a bit of an exaggeration; it's more like she's become somewhat concerned about this guy.

Does that mean she's no longer averse to men?

No, she still has a natural aversion to boys, but this feeling is gradually weakening with Aoi. Sometimes she really wants to talk to him about some of her interesting stories, but in what capacity?

During this time, she was surprised to find that her female friends all started calling him Xia Shu.

Natsuki... isn't that a bit too affectionate?

For over a decade, Mito Takahashi has never called a boy by a nickname, nor has she had a single male friend. Aoi is probably the first one to do so.

Yeah, yeah, he should be extremely grateful to have a girlfriend as beautiful as me!

No! I'm starting to say things that seem obvious again!

Mito Takahashi's thoughts were in turmoil. Looking at everything in front of her, she felt increasingly alienated.

At this moment, Natsuki Aoi suddenly shuddered. Just a second ago, he received a notification that Takahashi's favorability had decreased. Did this mean that she was in a bad mood?

He turned his head and glanced at it out of the corner of his eye.

Sure enough, he looked quite disappointed.

The fact that someone who used to be so self-centered now has this expression shows a significant change in them.

He let out a long sigh, then patted Hayakawa on the shoulder and whispered something in her ear.

Turn around and leave to the right.

When Takahashi Mitsu saw Aoi suddenly leave, she wondered what he had gone to do. But Hayakawa Keiko turned around and slowly walked over, putting her hands together: "I'm sorry, I was watching the pandas the whole time. Mitsu, do you not like pandas? You seemed scared of them."

"Huh? It's not that I'm scared! It's just that I think they smell a bit bad." Takahashi Mito turned to the side.

“Natsuki said she’d go buy us some food. Is this cup in your hand for me?” Hayakawa Keiko’s gaze fell on the hot drink in her hand.

"Okay, you can have it." Takahashi Mito handed it to him, and then the two of them sat down on a bench nearby.

We chatted while enjoying the outdoor breeze.

"Xia Shu said that you gave him this ticket back then. I remember there were only two originally..."

"Aaaaaah!" Takahashi Mito suddenly yelled, waving her hands wildly from side to side. "No, that's not it. I meant to call you, but I thought you were probably busy, so..."

Her index fingers were constantly rotating clockwise.

Her speech organization skills are not good, so her emotions are easily read at a glance.

Keiko Hayakawa also witnessed all of this.

She quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Well, don't worry, I was just asking casually."

"Eh." Takahashi Mito subconsciously thought this was a question directed at her, and wondered why she felt so ashamed right now...

Hayakawa took a sip of her hot drink, and a warm current quickly entered her stomach. She shivered contentedly, and when she turned her head, she saw that Mido was still in a tense state. She then asked, "Mido... what kind of person do you think Natsuki is?"

"Huh? Well, he's a pretty nice person." Takahashi Mito couldn't bring herself to say anything particularly cheesy, let alone say it to Hayakawa. Just this one sentence felt like she was squeezing it out through gritted teeth.

Hayakawa nodded to himself after hearing this: "Yes... she appeared in front of me suddenly, like she fell from the sky. I was quite startled at the time. Do you remember the first time you met Natsuki? It must have been... much worse than this, right?"

Knowing that the United States dislikes men, I don't think I'll have a very good temper towards them.

what……

The image of their first meeting flashed through Takahashi Mito's mind: she had viciously trampled Aoi under her feet and sternly warned him to stay away from her.

This is bad...

At that time, my terrible image came back to me.

But when did this change begin...?

"Meidu."

Hayakawa Keiko's voice pulled her back from her memories.

Mito Takahashi responded blankly.

When she turned to look at Hayakawa, she was met with an extremely serious face. She immediately shrank back. What was he trying to do?

"Now that you've made up your mind, don't give up easily! From now on, let's compete fairly!"

She said it with righteous indignation.

Mito Takahashi immediately felt a surge of electricity rush from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.

Eh?