Tokyo: Oreimo

The blonde girl stared in disbelief as the situation unfolded.

Blood splattered on Mayuri's forehead.

...

"Dong dong dong."

Ryosuke knocked on Ayano's door.

The clock on the wall has struck six-thirty.

It's time to go downstairs for dinner, no matter what.

My parents are already waiting at the dinner table.

Ryosuke didn't see her in the living room and realized that she must have been engrossed in the game and lost track of time.

"Ling Nai."

He called out.

There was no response from inside the door.

Ryosuke waited a few seconds, then knocked twice more.

"Ling Nai, dinner's ready."

There was still no sound.

He pressed his ear close to the door and could vaguely hear the sound coming from the computer speakers—the background music from a game.

Still playing.

While Steins Gates is indeed the kind of game that makes you want to play it all in one go, taking a break in between is perfectly fine, right?

That being said, if there's no response after calling like that, the plot might have already progressed to a rather dangerous point.

Should we just leave her alone?

"We might get attacked..."

Knowing Ryosuke's sister as he does, he might break down on the spot if the game really got to the part where he had to make that kind of choice.

"I need to lock the door tonight, for safety reasons."

Ryosuke hesitated for a moment, then stopped knocking. Just as he was about to go downstairs, he saw Mieko at the corner of the stairs, ready to come up.

"Is Ling Nai feeling unwell? Should I come up and check on her?"

"No, Mom, you can go back to the dining table first. I'll call her."

If Ling Nai doesn't come downstairs for dinner when both parents are home, the two of them will definitely worry.

Given Takashiro Isao's personality, he might very well go upstairs and knock on the door himself.

If someone sees her skipping meals to play games, they'll definitely insist on confiscating her computer.

The house will be in chaos, and the best outcome will be his sister ruthlessly taking over his computer.

"It seems that leaving it alone is not a viable solution."

Ryosuke sighed and grasped the doorknob, trying to turn it.

The door wasn't locked.

He pushed open the door and saw Ling Nai sitting in front of the computer, her back to him, frozen in the chair like a statue.

On the screen, the image is frozen in a dark room.

Mayuri Shiina lay in a pool of blood.

Ryosuke's gaze fell on the CG, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.

It seems we've reached a crucial plot point.

Were they completely controlled by this scene?

"Ling Nai."

The girl on the chair did not turn around.

Ryosuke walked over and reached out to put his hand on her shoulder.

"Let's go down for dinner first."

Snapped.

His hand was slapped away.

Ling Nai suddenly turned around, her golden eyes filled with tears, her eye sockets red like a rabbit's, and her lips tightly pressed into a line.

"you....."

"You...you did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Her voice was hoarse, as if it were being forced out from deep in her throat.

"asshole!!"

Before Ryosuke could react, the girl suddenly sprang up from her chair and pounced on him.

"Ouch!"

He was pushed to the ground by her without any warning. When he came to his senses, her canine tooth gleamed coldly under the bedroom light.

"Awoo!"

A soft touch came from my chest, and at the same time, the expected pain came from my shoulder.

This guy is so unreasonable when he gets angry.

Seriously, even if we're going to talk, can't we switch sides?

Because it's easy to pronounce, I always focus on one shoulder when I bite?

Ryosuke's face showed a look of wanting to cry but having no tears.

Chapter 211 Enough with the nonsense, get out.

Mayuri is dead.

Even during dinner, Takashiro Ryono's mind was filled with that image.

The turning point came quite suddenly, but upon closer reflection, it wasn't so sudden after all.

It seems like everything was planned out in advance.

After Kiryu Moeka sent that D-mail, she left the group.

Looking back now, the IBM 5100 must have disappeared around that time, right?

It was just that Okabe didn't notice it immediately from his perspective.

This character is a minion of SERN.

This guy is even on the romanceable list?

Thinking of this, Takashiro Ryouno couldn't help but glare at Ryosuke again at the dinner table.

This guy's awful personality hasn't changed at all.

The girl realized how naive she had been, letting her guard down because the game was fun and the first half was easy.

Tsk.

Ryosuke noticed Ling Nai's gaze and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

It's just a story, a story.

He flew into a rage and subjected himself to "extreme punishment" because he had spoiled her too much in the past.

This bite was noticeably stronger than before. Although I didn't take off my clothes to examine it closely, I could clearly feel that at least the skin had been broken.

Is this guy a dog? How could he bite like that through clothes?

"I'm stuffed."

Ling Nai put down her chopsticks, greeted her parents, got up from her chair, and walked to Ryosuke's side.

"He's finished eating too."

"Hmm? Am I finished eating?"

Ryosuke was a little confused; his bowl was clearly not empty yet.

But the blonde girl snatched the chopsticks from him without saying a word, put them on the table, and then grabbed his arm.

"That's right, you've finished eating. Let's go upstairs for some academic tutoring."

Ling forcefully pulled him up from his seat and dragged him upstairs.

This time, Ling Nai made progress by lying casually, showing no sign of fear at all.

At the dinner table, Mieko and Takashiro Isao, the parents, exchanged a glance.

"Are you alright? Yufu, Lingna seems very unhappy, she barely ate anything."

"It's perfectly normal for siblings to play around; it means their relationship is developing in a positive direction, so there's no need to worry too much."

The old father was very happy to see his two children have such a relationship.

"Ryosuke really makes me happy. I never imagined that he would dote on Ayano like this. I thought the two of them would always be at odds."

As he spoke, Takashiro Isao looked at Mieko, his eyes full of smiles.

"It's probably because I inherited your gentle personality, Mieko."

"Oh dear, what embarrassing things are you saying?"

.....

After their children left, the parents whispered something private in the living room, while upstairs in the room, Ryosuke was ruthlessly suppressed in the girl's room.

"Take off your clothes."

Takashiro Ryouno reached out to pull at Ryosuke's shirt.