My Romance Simulation with Them

Unable to move forward.

There is no way to retreat.

They can only be confined to this dark place.

But it was precisely in this darkness, so thick that one could not see their own hand in front of their face, that we found ourselves in the darkness.

A timid voice then rang in my ears.

“Ashi.”

"...Hmm? One mile?"

Nanxiang turned around with considerable surprise.

Within sight.

A pink-haired girl wearing a pink tracksuit and sweatpants, with a timid look on her face, was looking at her.

Nanxiang was surprised.

Raise your palm.

however--

The outstretched fingers paused, then finally fell to the ground.

"No, you can't be Yili."

Nango Toki shook his head as he looked at 'Goto Ichiri' in front of him.

If he wasn't mistaken, the space he was currently in was the consciousness space inside the simulator.

Goto Ichiri could never have come to such a place.

but...

Nanxiang took a few steps back.

But the pink-haired girl in front of him was indeed Goto Ichiri.

This statement now seems somewhat contradictory.

But it's not so contradictory.

Because of the pink-haired girl in front of me, with her pink hair, a side tuft of hair, and yellow, blue, and pink hair accessories.

Regardless of tone of voice.

Her delicate and timid face was still hidden beneath her overly long bangs.

Even the tone of voice.

Breathing frequency.

They all closely resemble Ichiri Goto... It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they're Ichiri Goto himself.

Nanxiang pondered for a moment, then raised his head as if he had thought of something:

"Are you... a dating simulator?"

Even as he finished speaking, Nanxiang was still somewhat uncertain.

but...

The thing that allowed Ichiri Goto to appear in this place and communicate with him.

Besides simulators.

It was almost impossible to arrive at a second answer when Nanxiang was there.

The other person, in the next moment, showed a shy smile like that of Goto Ichiri and nodded in acknowledgment.

"You guessed right... Ah, Ah Shi, as expected of you."

"...Are you really Miss 'Simulator'?"

Seeing the simulator girl in front of him nod, Nango couldn't help but take another look at her.

Although he always referred to the simulator as 'Miss Simulator', whether there was a reason or not...

However, he was actually not entirely sure whether the simulator's actual gender was male or female.

The reason I call her 'Miss Simulator' is simply because the simulator I spend every day with is a greasy burly man... and everything he says feels strange.

Wait a minute.

Thinking about this, Nanxiang suddenly realized something.

He was simulating a time when things weren't going well.

There will always be times when I'll slap the emulator's screen hard, whether I have something to say or not.

He often causes the entire emulator screen to vibrate visibly due to his excessive force.

Now it seems...

If the simulator character's gender is female.

So every time I tap the simulated page, am I actually tapping her...?

No, no—

Nanxiang shook his head, quickly putting aside the strange feeling that was welling up in his heart.

After all, discussing such common sense with something like a simulator just doesn't feel right.

the other side.

This is probably what Nango was thinking when he understood.

The pink-haired simulator girl shook her head and offered an explanation.

"In reality, I don't have a physical body. In other words, I don't have a gender. This image I have now is just a simulated image created through 'Heart of Love.' In fact, besides this image, I can also do this—"

Her voice was timid and weak, then she paused slightly.

Raise your palm.

The originally solid figure began to become illusory and elusive because of this movement.

The incandescent light flickered.

At the same time, a figure slowly emerged from the light.

"I think it's okay to talk to you using this image, right?"

An elegant, languid voice came from the girl with short, dark blue hair in front of me.

The original Goto Ichiri disappeared from the spot, replaced by 'Yamada Ryo' who was playing with her short hair by her ear.

Clearly, the 'Yamada Ryo' in front of me is also a simulated image created by a simulator.

"Can you simulate the appearance of the simulated objects I've simulated before?"

Observe the abilities displayed by the other party.

Nanxiang couldn't help but frown and ask a question.

"It's not just about appearance, but also time."

The simulator girl, with Yamada Ryo's face, has a cold yet magnetic voice:

"Voice, personality, habits, figure, including likes and dislikes... I can perfectly replicate any of their characteristics."

She was saying that just a second ago.

The next second, it changed to a face similar to Ijichi Nijika's and a warm, cheerful voice:

“I can even perfectly replicate their favorite poses, their little habits when they speak, and their unconscious little movements, Toki-kun.”

She said this with a smile on her face.

That warm, cheerful, and understanding smile that Nanxiang knew all too well.

Even if Ijichi Nijika's closest older sister, Ijichi Seika, came here, she probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

Nanxiang watched all of this.

Looking at 'Iji Chinika' with her hands behind her back and standing on tiptoe, she appears sunny and lively.

He remained silent for a long time.

He then spoke directly:

"Is this the effect of collecting 'Hearts of Love'?"

"Oh my, as expected of Toki-kun."

A golden side ponytail swirls.

However, it is only such a rotating process.

The side ponytail turned into long, light gray hair.

Her once fiery red eyes have become intellectual and mysterious.

The simulator girl, using the appearance of 'Rio Futaba', pushed up her glasses perched on her ears and answered in a very rational and steady tone:

“Every simulation you perform is essentially using ‘me’ to collect and compose a part of ‘them’.”

As she spoke, she held up one finger.

The tone changed again.

Her appearance also changed to that of Shinjo Akane with short pink and purple hair.

She chuckled:

"Once Toki-kun achieves a happy ending once, I will be able to save all the simulation data of that simulation subject. And the collection of 'Hearts of Love' is actually equivalent to giving me each of them their personality and all their love for Toki-kun."

The sound paused slightly.

The next moment, he spoke again.

"Just like computer hardware, analog data factors such as memory, movement, voice, appearance, etc. are equivalent to the 'hardware' that makes up a person, while 'Heart of Love' is equivalent to adding a whole operating system to these computer hardware components."

That concludes the explanation.