A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

In the original work, in order to test just how much her presence had disappeared, she once paraded around in public dressed as a bunny girl.

Because she firmly believed that if no one noticed even her extravagant outfit, then she would really be about to disappear from this world.

And now she is conducting the same experiment at the entrance of Sakigawa High School.

Interestingly, Sakuta can see her.

What's even more interesting is that Chiba can also see her.

What does this mean?

This means that Qianyu is not an ordinary person.

The essence of adolescent syndrome is a psychological abnormality that distorts the victim's cognitive connection with the surrounding world.

The reason why ordinary people cannot see Mai Sakurajima is because their perception is interfered with by this anomaly.

Those who can see through this interference are either people who have a special bond with Mai (like Sakuta), or beings who possess cognitive abilities beyond the norm (like Chiba).

Of course, these are all analyses after the fact.

The most important thing is not to let Mai find out that she can see her.

Qianyu made a judgment in an instant.

In the original work, Sakuta's ability to see Mai is the starting point of the entire story, and the two thus form an inextricable bond.

If Chiyu also shows that he can see her now, it means that he will be drawn into the plot of "Blue Pig".

So, before Mai Sakurajima's gaze could sweep over, Chiba naturally looked away, maintaining a blank expression as if she hadn't seen anything.

Hachiman Hikigaya, who was walking at the very back, looked in the direction Sakuta was pointing, but all he saw was an empty concrete field.

"What are you talking about? There are only vending machines and trash cans there. If you mean that trash can is erotic, then your fetish is truly incurable."

"Huh? You can't see such a big, living person? And she's a bunny girl! A bunny girl!"

Sakuta gestured with an incredulous expression.

"You're spouting nonsense first thing in the morning. There's no such thing as a bunny girl."

Hachiman rolled his dead fish eyes and retorted mercilessly.

Clearly, Hikigaya couldn't see Mai Sakurajima.

He was just an ordinary, withdrawn guy with a deadpan expression, lacking any extraordinary cognitive abilities.

Although his吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize) skills are maxed out, they are obviously useless in combating puberty syndrome.

"The probability of a wild bunny girl appearing in broad daylight is probably lower than the probability of me being hit by a meteorite right now. And even if there were one, she would definitely be dragged out by the school security guards."

Seeing Hachiman's confident expression, Sakuta's expression changed from shock to self-doubt, and finally he looked at Chiba with hope.

"Kazama, what about you? You can definitely see this, right?"

Qianyu stared at him expressionlessly, her eyes as clear as someone with an intellectual disability.

"I didn't see anything either."

"real or fake……"

Looking at his two teammates' expressions of utter disbelief, Sakuta began to doubt his once-proud observational skills for the first time.

He looked in that direction again, and Mai Sakurajima seemed to have noticed his gaze and was looking over with a frown.

"Never mind, maybe I'm seeing things."

Sakuta scratched his head and wisely chose to keep quiet, but the confusion in his eyes did not disappear, and he was clearly not so easily fooled.

Chiyu lagged behind, glancing at Sakurajima Mai out of the corner of her eye.

The black-haired girl was still standing there.

Then, her gaze suddenly met Qianyu's.

It only lasted for a moment.

A fleeting moment, so brief as to be almost negligible.

Qianyu immediately looked away and kept up with the two people in front of her.

But he knew that in that instant, Mai Sakurajima must have seen his eyes.

He saw her.

And she saw that he saw her too.

But Qianyu pretended nothing had happened and got into the car without looking back.

Chapter 109 Michiyo Tells Stories

The seats inside the carriage are arranged in pairs.

Chiba originally planned to squeeze in with either Hachiman or Sakuta.

However, just as he found a spot and was about to put his bag down, a citrus scent wafted over.

"Oh, Chiyu-kun! What a coincidence, is this seat empty?"

Michiyo Urushihara walked down with a smile.

Today she wore a beige knitted cardigan over a fitted school uniform shirt. Her unique charm, somewhere between a young girl and a married woman, made her stand out in the train carriage.

Chiba glanced at Sakuta, who was about to sit down.

"Isn't this my spot...?" Sakuta muttered to himself.

Michiyo also noticed the obstacle in front of her, so she put her hands together and made a cute requesting gesture.

"Sorry, Azusagawa-kun, could you give me this seat? I have something very important to discuss with Chiba-kun."

Sakuta glanced at Chiba, then at Michiyo, and quickly rolled over to Hachiman's side.

"Alright, go ahead, go ahead. Interrupting someone's dating will get you kicked by a horse."

Qianyu glared at him, but didn't say anything.

Anyway, sitting with Michiyo is definitely quieter than sitting with that guy who talks a lot of dirty jokes... I guess so.

The car slowly started and drove onto the highway.

The atmosphere in the carriage quickly became lively.

Michiyo truly lived up to her reputation as a social terrorist. In less than half an hour, she successfully won over a group of girls around her with just a few bags of snacks and a few jokes. Even several boys from other classes kept turning their heads to look at her.

"Huh? Really? Michiyo-san, you're from Osaka?"

"Yes, although my accent has changed, I used to live in Osaka when I was a child."

Michiyo peeled an orange while keeping her voice down mysteriously.

"By the way, do you believe in monsters?"

"Monsters? Haha, those only exist in tokusatsu shows, right?"

"No, it really exists."

Michiyo shook her finger, a look of reminiscence on her face.

"It was probably when I was seven years old that the school organized a hiking trip to a remote mountain village..."

The girls around her gasped in surprise, mostly out of support, but they were still drawn in by her story.

"And then? And then?"

Michiyo then recounted what she remembered, and because it was a personal experience, the story was extremely moving.

Everyone listened with rapt attention.

However, when Ultraman Tiga appeared later, a boy in the front row burst out laughing.

"Pfft... The Giant of Light?"

"Isn't that Ultraman? Michiyo, are you telling a fairy tale?"

The other students also laughed and said:

"Oh, it's a tokusatsu show."

"Urushihara-kun, your imagination is too wild! How could Ultraman exist in reality?"

"Exactly, I thought it was a real paranormal event."

Michiyo wasn't angry; she just shrugged helplessly.

"Oops, have I been exposed? Actually, I'm a die-hard Tiga fan."

"I never expected that someone as pretty as Urushihara would be a tokusatsu otaku? The contrast is just too cute!"

A burst of good-natured laughter erupted in the carriage.

The girls simply took it as an exaggerated story made up to liven things up, since there's no giant of light in the real world.

Qianyu couldn't quite manage a smile.

Because the events described by Michiyo were almost identical to his previous actions of traveling back in time.

It shouldn't be like this.

When he used the time card to travel back in time, theoretically he should have gone to a parallel world.

In other words, the elementary school student Michiyo he saved must be a Michiyo from another timeline, and not the same Michiyo sitting next to him now.

But if that's the case, why would Michiyo from this timeline have that memory?

Could it be that……

Qianyu's pupils contracted slightly.

Time loop.

He recalled a common trope in time-travel dramas.

Sometimes, time travelers think they're going to a parallel world, but in reality, they're just going to the past of the same timeline.

Everything they did in the past will become part of established history.