Tokyo: Oreimo

Doesn't Chapter 213 count? (Combined from two chapters) 4800 words

Without a doubt, it's another time jump.

Ling didn't believe in superstition.

As long as Mayuri dies, Okabe will return to Lab, and the time machine will still be there.

She has room to maneuver.

"Died again?"

After being crushed to death by a train, the cycle repeats itself once again. Ling Nai chooses to escape by taxi, but gets stuck in traffic. In the middle of the road, the people of SERN appear.

He banged on the car window, rushed inside, and stabbed Mayuri to death.

"Again!"

Ling Nai repeated the time jump.

As long as the time machine exists and she has that phone, she can keep going back to the past.

But it seems that no matter what they do, they cannot prevent Mayuri's death.

Shot by police, hit by a car—no matter where you run, death seems unavoidable.

Ling even changed her strategy and approached Kiryu Moeka ahead of time, hoping to use her as a breakthrough to make changes, but the outcome was still Mayuri's death.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Why couldn't she survive? Even though a time jump was performed, it couldn't change her fate of dying."

Two hours.

Ling Nai cycled through the loop for two hours, making more than a dozen choices between giving up and continuing.

Each time, she chose to jump through time.

I always see that line at the end.

"Huh? Mayu's pocket watch has stopped."

"That's strange, it was just wound up."

When this line appears, it means that Mayuri's death is imminent.

Even through the screen, Ling Nai could feel Okabe Rintaro's despair.

"Even without Kiryu Moeka's attack, it's like she was killed by fate, as if the whole world conspired to kill Mayuri."

"How can I avoid this death flag... or is it because I've entered a doomed ending route?"

After several attempts, Ling Nai put down the mouse.

She stood up from her seat.

The girl didn't know if it was because she made the wrong choice earlier or something else that led her to this path, and she couldn't continue.

So far, this is the first time I've seen Mayuri defeated.

She had become somewhat numb, as if she had become accustomed to death.

Even when he had one-on-one contact with Ruka Urushihara, he didn't pay attention to how cute the girl was, and his initial desire to win her over was put aside.

"I must save Mayuri!"

Ling Nai had only one thought in her mind right now.

But she couldn't think of a solution. After the time jump, the plot began to repeat itself in a disordered manner, as if she had fallen into a cycle of reincarnation.

Because it's a brand new game, there's no way to look up guides, and she's the only player who's suffering.

In that case, we'll have to ask that guy.

Ling Nai glanced at the clock; the hands had already pointed to 2 a.m.

"We've been playing for so long without even realizing it. That guy must be asleep by now, right?"

......

2:13 AM.

Takashiro Ryouno stood in the corridor, barefoot, with the hood of her Buffy Rabbit pajamas pulled up over her head and her two long ears drooping down her shoulders.

The wooden floor beneath my feet felt a little cool to the touch.

She knew that guy was definitely asleep.

At this time, apart from myself, this idiot who's been tormented by the game and can't sleep, there's no one else awake in the entire Takashiro family.

But she was just not willing to give up.

Mayuri died, she died more than ten times.

Every time, she thought, "This time it will definitely work," but every time, after hearing the words, "Mayu's pocket watch has stopped," she watched helplessly as Mayu died in various ways.

Shot dead, crushed, stabbed to death, hit by a car, or accidentally killed by the police.

I can't take it anymore.

That guy definitely knows how to save Mayuri.

After all, he's the game's producer, so he must know why she's stuck in this loop.

While it's not a big deal to ask the question again the next day, if I do that, even if I save the game and go to bed, I'll most likely not be able to fall asleep.

This plot might even give you nightmares.

"This guy always writes these kinds of unpleasant plots."

The blonde girl muttered something, placing her hand on the doorknob.

With a gentle turn, the door was locked.

"...Tsk, they locked the door?"

She spat, then went back into the room and took a key from the drawer.

"Hmph, that guy definitely didn't expect that."

When she played the demo version of "White Album 2", she thought about causing trouble for Ryosuke in the middle of the night, but she was locked out.

After this experience, she secretly asked Mieko for the original key and made a copy.

"Kukuku".

The blonde girl let out a triumphant laugh.

Trying to guard against me? Not a chance.

In Gao Cheng's house, apart from her parents' room at night, there was no space she couldn't enter.

Ling Nai pushed the door open a crack and squeezed in sideways.

The room was dark, and the curtains were drawn tightly shut.

The girl had anticipated this, as it wasn't the first time she had entered Ryosuke's room late at night. She paused at the door for a moment, allowing her eyes to gradually adjust to the darkness.

Ling tiptoed to the bedside and looked down at him.

"...This guy is sleeping so soundly."

She muttered something under her breath, then reached out and nudged Ryosuke's shoulder.

"Hey, get up."

No response.

"Hey."

She called out again, raising her voice slightly.

Ryosuke's brows twitched slightly, but he didn't wake up. He simply turned over, turned his face to the other side, and faced away from her.

“…”

Ling Nai's lips twitched.

This guy is sleeping like a log.

During the last night raid, he didn't react at all when someone rode on him.

This guy is such a deep sleeper; he definitely won't wake up unless he makes a big commotion.

do not care.

Ling Nai bit her lower lip and climbed directly onto the bed.

The mattress sagged slightly under her weight, making a very faint spring-like sound.

She held her breath and, after confirming that Ryosuke was not moving, slowly brought her other leg up and crossed it over his waist.

“We need to scare him like before. Consider this punishment for writing this kind of plot.”

Thinking this, the girl plopped down on his waist.

To Ling Nai's surprise, Ryosuke still didn't wake up. He just frowned, his breathing paused briefly, and then became even again.

"This is infuriating! Hasn't he woken up yet?"

Ling Nai pouted and held up her hand, measuring Ryosuke's face.

At this distance and angle, one slap would definitely wake him up.

Just like two years ago, this guy will definitely open his eyes in surprise and confusion.

But when she raised her hand, she found that she couldn't bring herself to hit him.

"It seems like it's been like this ever since that time."

She lowered her head, her long golden hair falling from her shoulders, outlining a blurry silhouette in the darkness.

Two years ago, on that same night, she barged into his room in the same way.

Her little secret was discovered by this despicable guy, but instead of using it to blackmail her, he took the initiative to help her cover it up.

They were talking about using academic tutoring as a condition for collaborating on comic book creation.