My Romance Simulation with Them

He deliberately lowered his tone of voice to prevent this.

But in the end, these little tricks still couldn't escape the notice of Miss Nishiki, who had an amazing sense of perception.

“It’s me, Miss Nishiki.”

Now that it's been exposed, there's no need to keep hiding it.

Concealing one's identity only makes it easier to arouse suspicion. Similarly, Nango Toki himself doesn't particularly like the practice of hiding one's identity.

"Just as I expected!"

Chizuka Nishiki on the other end of the phone seemed unusually excited: "I knew it, the voices are just too similar."

She wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Nango Toki with a smile:

"Let's put that aside for now. Listen to me, Miss Nishiki."

Chizuka Nishiki immediately shut her mouth obediently, tilting her head to listen attentively, which looked rather cute.

"I'm not joking about treating Miss Nishiki's heart condition; I'm genuinely confident."

That's how he spoke when he was in Nanxiang.

Exchanging for the panacea is no problem at all. Although 900 points of excitement are precious, they are not as valuable as a human life.

But before that, Nango Toki needs to figure out one thing.

That is, whether Chizuka Nishiki is willing to believe in herself.

If you exchange for the panacea, then give it to Nishiki Chizuka.

However, due to their suspicions, the other party ultimately did not use the panacea and instead discarded it.

That would just be a waste of his 900 points of interest.

But if you think about it from Nishiki Chizuki's perspective, she was someone who had been given a death sentence by the doctor, and the doctor had also told her that her congenital heart disease was basically incurable.

Getting her to believe that a cure-all for her heart disease truly exists... is probably even more difficult than that.

Therefore, Nango felt he still had to say what needed to be said.

He pondered for a moment, then spoke:

"Are you willing to believe me, Miss Jinmu?"

"Yes, I'd like to."

"Uh?!"

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Chizuka Nishiki nodded in agreement almost without hesitation for a second.

Nanxiang was somewhat surprised.

The other party's attitude was revealed too quickly, which made Nango, who had been having so many thoughts just now, feel inexplicably insecure.

He had prepared at least five or six hundred words in his mind to persuade the other party, but none of them came in handy.

"Are you serious, Miss Nishiki?"

To confirm the other party's thoughts, Nango spoke again.

"Of course I'm serious. I'm actually a little surprised that Brother Nanxiang thinks the other person is joking."

"......" Nanxiang time.

He couldn't help but shake his head, then said, "Although that's not what I meant, you might need to swallow a dubious capsule, like one produced by an unlicensed company, right in front of me. Is that alright?"

"No problem."

Chizuka Nishiki remained undeterred, appearing instead cheerful.

She completely ignored the warnings in Nango's words, which should have put anyone on guard, and was unbelievably cheerful: "Even if I have to take some kind of unregulated capsule or something, I'm fine with it."

"...Yeah?"

This decisive and unwavering attitude prompted Nanxiang Shi on the other end of the phone to ask:

"Didn't you ever think about having doubts? After all, the content of my words should have been enough to make an ordinary person wary, right?"

Why would I doubt Brother Nanxiang?

Chizuka Nishiki simply smiled, turned off the speakerphone, held the phone to her ear, and whispered, as if a child were blowing into Nango's ear:

"I never like to doubt other people's goodwill. I think it's better to express gratitude immediately than to doubt them."

and so--

"More than doubt, I want to thank Brother Nanxiang."

"Thousands of bunches."

Inoue Takina couldn't help but speak, but was interrupted by Nishiki Chizuka's smiling head shake:

“I know, Takina, but things can’t get any worse, can they? Even if I’m going to die in a hospital bed, I want to struggle as much as I can while I can still move.”

Her bright eyes looked at Inoue Takina, and a smile appeared on her face: "Although I don't know why Nango-kun is willing to go to such lengths for me, I'm willing to trust him wholeheartedly. To put it bluntly—"

Chizuka Nishiki took a deep breath, looking up at the ceiling, as if she were talking to herself, or as if she were speaking to everyone present.

"I don't want to die."

"..." The crowd.

At that moment, everyone fell silent.

Because they know that their words are at most just opinions.

Chizuka Nishiki's life should be decided by her.

Whether that flower of life gradually withers away, or struggles desperately before withering away... that is all Nishiki Chizuki's own choice.

They can only respect each other.

so...

"I'm counting on you! Brother Nanxiang! And also—"

Chizuka Nishiki initially expressed her opinion cheerfully, but then her voice became somewhat hesitant.

"how?"

"Have we met before? Apart from that open-air performance, somewhere else, but I just can't remember."

Chizuka Nishiki remained true to her nature of being unable to keep anything to herself, and asked directly.

"Although I don't know how Brother Nanxiang found out about my condition, or why he chose to help me... I can roughly sense that the process must have been very difficult."

Yes, she didn't know how Nanxiang Shi had managed to do it.

But remembering your own preferences and habits, as well as those of the entire Riko crew, is not something that can be done overnight.

And for some reason...

When she talked with Nanxiang Shi, her keen senses always made her feel...

It felt as if I had known this young man on the phone for a long time, at some point in time and in some place.

They met, they encountered each other... and then he was left alone in the same place to suffer.

This is probably an illusion.

But Chizuka Nishiki, who has always been confident in her own feelings, decided to believe in this sudden, inexplicable feeling.

On the other side, when Nango heard Nishiki Chizuka's words, he clenched his fist slightly tighter around his phone.

He thought of the girl he had failed to save in both of his simulations.

The blonde girl who suddenly barged into her life of outdoor performances, and then suddenly disappeared one day.

The blonde girl who worked hard for the orphans at the 'Ricco' orphanage, struggled to survive after falling ill, and loved herself the most.

He had two chances, but he failed to save the other person.

Helpless, they could only watch helplessly and pathetically as the flame of the other person's life was extinguished.

Although it's a simulation.

But the feelings of resentment and torment I experienced in the simulated memories could not be erased.

So when she heard the still lively and energetic Chizuka Nishiki ask in a puzzled tone...

Perhaps influenced by simulated memories, Nango had a strange feeling.

Then, he shook his head and said with a smile, "No, apart from that outdoor performance, I don't think I've had any contact with Miss Nishiki since."

By recounting the simulated scenario after his alteration, he would likely easily increase Nishiki Chizuka's favor towards him.

But that was all fake after all.

You have acquired the talent "Sincerity," and your current "Sincerity" level is LV1.

Ok?

The sudden system notification startled Nanxiang Shi for a moment.

He now genuinely believes that there's something wrong with this dating simulator.

How can someone with a talent for sincerity coexist with someone with a talent for lying?

He was somewhat speechless.

"I see..."

On the other side, Chizuka Nishiki listened to Nango Toki's words. Although she did not continue to ask questions, she always felt that her feeling was correct.

She had a vague feeling that Nanxiang was hiding something, but she didn't want to press him further.

"So, how about the agreed time, around nine o'clock tomorrow morning, right here in your Riko Riko?"

Then, a sound came from Nanxiang over there.

"Sure. I'm available 24/7, every single hour!"

"It's good that you're still so energetic. See you tomorrow, Miss Nishiki."

Chizuki Nishiki's energetic voice made Nango Toki smile.

"Ugh—I'm so disappointed. You could have just called me Chizuka. I wanted to get closer to Nango-kun. How about I call you 'Toki-kun' from now on?"