Tokyo Soft Rice King.

This is a great opportunity to get close to this beauty and develop a more intimate relationship with her.

If it were Kuroba Akira from his past life, he would never have refused this older sister in front of him who had a great figure, was proactive, and was full of arrogance.

But now, several girls' faces are flashing through his mind.

To be precise, Kuroba Akira and those girls weren't really in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, but if Kuroba Akira had a proper girlfriend, his relationships with those girls would inevitably change.

Especially Murasaki... Kuroba Akira also knows that his relationship with Murasaki is ambiguous, that they are more than friends but not quite lovers.

He believed this was also the reason why Murasaki no Miyako listened to him so much.

However, if he and Tashiro Kurenai got together, would she still listen to him? Would she still let Tashiro Kurenai be her manager?

Perhaps, after all, Murasaki is kind-hearted, but Kuroba Akira dares not gamble.

"Sister Hong, I can't agree to that... It's not that there's anything wrong with you, it's just that I can't be with you right now."

"Actually, I can tell what you're thinking. You don't want to get married yet, right?"

"...Yes, I don't have any plans to get married right now."

"That's true, after all, you're still just a student in this world... but I guess there's more to your reasons for not wanting to get married than just that."

"Well, if I get married, I'll have a family to take care of, but I don't want to take on that responsibility right now."

"Oh... what a pity..."

Unfortunately, he wasn't a casual man, and unfortunately, his other self wasn't a casual woman either.

It can only be said that the conditions are not yet met, otherwise she would not have let Kuroba Akira go today no matter what.

However, although she still wants to remain a virgin, the mature and elegant Hongxiang also wants to use this opportunity to let her other self see what kind of man Kuroba Akira really is.

As a time traveler, he would never be content with his lot.

So, are you sure he can do it?

If you're dating this man with marriage in mind, it's destined to end in tragedy, and he's already clearly rejected you.

Even if he's willing to get married, he probably won't only marry you, right?

He absolutely cannot give you 'one-on-one happiness', after all, just you and I are already two people.

Even so, do you still want to choose him?

Think it through carefully... Tashiro Kurenai.

After realizing this to her other self, the mature and elegant Hongxiang finally understood and even started joking about herself.

"Well, I knew I wasn't destined for that. In my past life, when I ran a massage parlor in a small county town, at most some middle-aged men hinted that they wanted to keep me as a mistress..."

"Those people are awful! They should at least have married her properly!"

"There's nothing I can do, what can I do when I'm disfigured and blind? Although I never gave in to it in my past life... but if I had met you, Ah Ming, being your lover might not have been so bad..."

This statement is actually telling Kuroba Akira that if it's just the mature and elegant Kuroka, she doesn't care about any formal status; she'd even be happy to be her lover.

However, she is currently residing in another version of herself, and she cannot bring that other version of herself along for free.

Kuroba Akira naturally understood what she meant, so he politely replied.

"Why 'lover'? I wasn't married in my past life either. Why don't I just marry you, Sister Hong?"

"Hmph! Stop talking big, you definitely can't stand my face! Let me tell you, my face is so stunning it's earth-shattering, even the King of Hell is afraid of it!"

"Well, it's all the same if you cover your head, right? Or maybe it'll be even more erotic if you can't see... You see, a lot of short video bloggers from the past had this 'decapitated and twisting' style, right?"

"You little rascal, you really are a pervert! Speaking of which, were you just thinking, 'She's already an old lady, yet she still calls herself 'sister,' it's disgusting, right?! And you think I'm old!"

"I'm innocent! I didn't! In my past life, I would have called you 'pretty sister' too!"

"I don't believe you! Unless, Ah Ming, you... let me kiss you again! This time, for thirty seconds!"

"Sister Hong, stop being a pervert! If you keep doing this, I'm going to...!"

What do you want?

"I'm going to start charging you!"

"Oh? So you're putting a price tag on yourself, thinking that as long as I pay, I can do whatever I want to you?"

"Uh... I'm not cheap, you know?"

"I'll pay any price, name your price!"

"..."

Kuroba Akira suddenly regretted it, wondering if he had opened a bad door.

"I take back what I just said. I should be considered non-saleable!"

"You're cheating! Name your price now! Once I've saved up enough money, you'll be sorry!"

"No! Help! I'm being molested!"

The two started playfully bickering and laughing.

But in reality, neither of the two time travelers took these words seriously, since they were talking about "what if" and "things from their past lives".

Both of them knew perfectly well that they could never go back.

But in this world, Tashiro Kurenai felt a different emotion as she listened to their conversation.

Senior Ming and another version of himself...

Why can't they mend the regrets between them?

If it weren't for them, I would have been a socially anxious person hiding in a corner, wallowing in self-pity, and I would never have had the chance to experience this kind of romantic feeling...

They were the two of them who helped me out, which gave me the courage to come out of this situation. So I should repay their kindness.

Although I can't do it now, if I just try harder and my social anxiety improves a bit, I can be able to interact with Senior Ming without getting so nervous that I faint...

Then... I'll just give him my virginity!

It's okay if we don't get married or date...

As long as these two people from another world can always stay by my side...

With that thought in mind, Tashiro Kurenai's consciousness slowly drifted into slumber.

Chapter 150 The Development Plan Enters its Second Stage

"So... does Miss Hongxiang have two personalities?"

After returning home safely, Kuroba Akira applied medicine to Tashiro Kurenai while telling Murasaki about Tashiro Kurenai's dual personality.

Fortunately, Tashiro Kurenai was wearing stockings. Although her knees were only scraped and bled a little when she was lying on the ground, the wounds were not very serious and should not leave scars.

Let's leave the hanging incident aside for now, since it involves the Kobayashi family's biggest secret—the 'transmigrator'—which can't be revealed to Murasaki no Miyagi at this stage.

In the end, it turned out that there was a disagreement between Tashiro Kurenai's two personalities. The other personality sufferer has social anxiety disorder, so she couldn't accept the job of a manager. Fortunately, everything has been settled now.

Murasaki stared at Tashiro Kurenai's face with great curiosity. After all, split personality was something that only happened in novels and was extremely rare in reality.

Strictly speaking, this is not a split personality in the traditional sense, but rather a new personality being inserted into the original personality, which is closer to a dual-soul entity.

But this matter could not be explained to Murasaki no Miyabi, so Kuroba Akira discussed with the sister Hongxiang on the way back and made up a lie. He only told Murasaki no Miyabi that Tashiro Hongxiang was kidnapped in her childhood, and then said that the sister personality was born at that time for self-protection.

The lady sitting on the sofa Hongxiang said with a smile.

"Well, to make it easier to distinguish, you can call me Kurenai from now on, Shion-chan."

"Okay, Sister Hong...hehe, it feels like I have an older sister now."

In Japanese, it should be written as '赤' followed by '姉貴', which literally translates to 'red older sister'. However, this term is usually only used by close older women, or by one's own older sister or cousin. It is rarely used by strangers or juniors, which is why Murasaki no Miyako said it that way.

There is another term, '姉御', which is also an honorific for older sister, but it has a completely different meaning from 御姐. 御姐 is used to describe gentle and virtuous older sister-type women, while 姉御 is more often used to refer to the wife of a gang leader or a female boss, which literally means "big sister".

Although the mature and alluring Hongxiang is full of charm, she doesn't have that domineering feeling.

If I had to be honest, if Granny Kobayashi, who plays pachinko every day, were forty years younger, she would probably be called 'Ane-no-Miko'... But right now she's just a delinquent old lady.

"So, is the other Miss Hongxiang listening too?"

The mature and elegant Hongxiang shook her head and said.

No, she's asleep now.

On the way home, the mature and elegant Hongxiang called out to her other self, but there was no response, which means she must have really fallen asleep.

Murasaki found it very interesting; it was the most interesting thing she had heard recently, so she was very excited.

"This is it, right? When one personality falls asleep, the other personality wakes up and takes over the body! That's how I've seen multiple personality disorder portrayed in movies!"

After falling asleep at night, the other personality will wake up, undergo a drastic change in personality, and do many terrible things in secret. When the original personality wakes up, it will feel confused and encounter many accidents, because the main personality has no idea that the other self exists.

As a movie, this definitely creates more suspense and contrast.

However, this is not the case for Tashiro Kurenai.

“My situation might be a little different from what you’re thinking, Shion-chan. We’re usually awake together, and it’s not that I’m completely oblivious to the outside world when I’m inside. The sensations of this body are shared between me and her, and we can also communicate in our minds.”

“How interesting!”

Murasaki Palace seemed very excited, and then realized that she was speaking too loudly. Her face turned slightly red, and she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Ah... I'm sorry, was I too noisy? Did I wake up the other Miss Hongxiang?"

"It's alright. As long as I don't do anything too stimulating, I won't wake her up."

The mature and elegant woman, Hongxiang, yawned and continued.

"Ha... Actually, I'm a little sleepy now, but my... well, should I say willpower? Or endurance... Anyway, I can stay awake longer than her."

This is probably because Tian Hongxiang's soul is older, so her mental threshold and patience are also higher.

"It's like when I was drunk before, we were both completely drunk and unconscious, but I sobered up faster than her and was able to maintain more rationality."

Hearing this, Kuroba Akira also showed a look of realization. No wonder she was socially awkward Kuroka when she was drunk last time, but she turned into a mature and elegant Kuroka after waking up.

In fact, Akira Kuroba began to have doubts because she said something like, "I didn't expect that even I would be affected," which sounded like something someone with a split personality would say.

"So, Sister Hong, when you were inside, you couldn't control your body and could only watch? But you could also feel what the other Miss Hongxiang was doing?"

"Yes, it's a bit like playing a fully immersive VR game, except I don't have control of the character."

Moreover, the royal sister Hongxiang had said before that she could not take control of the body on her own initiative. She could only take over the body when the socially anxious Hongxiang voluntarily gave up her body or lost consciousness.