I'm doing abstract animation

Yuki looked at her with surprise: "I didn't expect you to be so frank."

"Huh?" Yumiko Miura raised an eyebrow. "It's normal to say what you mean, isn't it?"

Yuki Osamu: "...I was too hasty. That's right, just say what you mean, there's no need to be coy."

He glanced subtly at the somewhat embarrassed Yui Yuigahama, wondering to himself how these two had gotten along so well, given their vastly different personalities!

"Cough cough."

Seeing that the situation was getting a little awkward, he cleared his throat: "Since the only thing that could cause this is a love rival, does the blond guy like Yukino Yukinoshita?"

"How could that be!" Yumiko Miura immediately bristled: "Hayato has only known her since childhood..."

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

Two exclamations of surprise rang out one after the other.

Yuuki Osamu: "Childhood friends!"

Yui Yuigahama: "They're childhood friends!"

Miura Yumiko: "...That's enough!"

"In short, Hayato definitely doesn't like her!" Miura Yumiko said firmly, but her tone softened at the end: "He... well, actually I'm not too sure either."

Her mood visibly dropped.

She knew that Hayato Hayama and Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't interacted much, and even when they did meet, they only nodded to each other. But for some reason, perhaps it was a woman's intuition, she always felt that there was something between them, which was why she had always been hostile towards Yukino Yukinoshita.

Yuki Risa and Yui Yuigahama exchanged a glance.

What a loser!

What a loser...

Yui Yuigahama touched Miura's arm with a touch of tenderness... She had originally intended to touch his head, but she was a little hesitant, so she touched his arm instead.

"It's okay, Yumiko. As long as the relationship isn't officially confirmed, there's still a chance!"

“Yui, you…” Miura Yumiko looked at Yuigahama Yui with red eyes, and at that moment she felt that her best friend was exuding a motherly aura…

No, no!

What the hell am I thinking!

Yumiko Miura distanced herself from her friend with a look of horror. She sensed something was wrong with her friend, and she felt something was wrong with herself too. Wait a minute…

She glanced at Yuuki, who was enjoying a melon-eating meal to the side.

It was after I met this guy that things started to go wrong!

She immediately became so angry that she started gritting her teeth.

"Yoo-young, you're up to no good." Seeing that he was losing his fun, Yuuki Risa immediately started to mock, "These two are actually quite famous in this school, aren't they?"

Yumiko Miura's face stiffened.

"Logically, you should have given me the information of such famous people on day one, but you dragged it out until the last minute..."

Yuuki Risa sneered, "Haki, are you afraid they'll steal your thunder?"

Yumiko Miura bit her lip: "Stop talking, I admit I'm not as good as them, okay?!"

"My grades aren't as good as theirs, I'm not as bright, and my family isn't wealthy or powerful. I'm just not as good as them..."

"No, no, no, you still have strengths that they have!"

Seeing that Miura Yumiko was losing control of her emotions and tears were streaming down his face, Yuki hurriedly interrupted her chanting. What a joke! There was a teacher watching from behind. If she started crying, there would be no fun to watch later.

"Really, really?"

Yumiko Miura looked at him, sobbing, a hint of expectation flickering in her eyes.

People with strong personalities are often more prone to low self-esteem than the average person.

"Of course it's true!" Yuuki said sincerely. "For example... uh, Spider Detective, you tell me!"

Yui Yuigahama was stunned: "Huh, me?"

She pointed her Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger at herself. She had just seen Yumiko's emotional breakdown and was so anxious that she was running around in circles. Now she needed to save the day.

Seeing that Miura Yumiko's eyes were starting to well up with tears again, Yuigahama Yui couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly said, "Yumiko, you're taller than them!"

Miura Yuko: "..."

Yuuki Risa: "..."

hiss~

Yuuki looked at Yui Yuigahama with shock. This girl might be a genius...

"What kind of advantage is that!"

Yumiko Miura broke down completely, and tears streamed down her face.

"How can you say I'm not better than them?" Yuuki sneered. "When the three of them stand together, the shortest one looks the dumbest!"

Yui Yuigahama: "Yeah, yeah!"

Miura Yuko:←_←

Yuuki Risa: →_→

The sudden silence startled Yui Yuigahama. She thought about it carefully and realized that the shortest of the three people standing together looked the most clueless.

She turned to look at Yuki Osamu, who was a head taller than her; then she turned to look at Miura Yumiko, who was about five centimeters taller... Doesn't this mean I'm the dumbest?!

Yui Yuigahama became depressed...

Miura Yuko: "..."

For some reason, she felt a little better. Indeed, the best way to comfort herself was to see others get hurt.

Her emotional breakdown today wasn't solely due to feeling inferior to them; a large part of it stemmed from recalling the pain she experienced in the alley. She had been unwilling to dwell on that incident for some time, but Yuki's questioning instilled fear in her.

What if Yuki turns against her and stops giving her power because of this?

If she were to encounter that situation again without the strength to cope, the pain she had selectively forgotten would suddenly resurface, causing her to lose control of her emotions.

She did have her own ulterior motives. She had vaguely guessed why Yuki was looking for these two people. He was selecting people, people who could enter the extraordinary realm.

Just like Yui Yuigahama.

After she and Yui Yuigahama came out of the secret base, Yui Yuigahama told her everything that had happened, and she came to the conclusion that Yuki Risa had deliberately chosen Yui.

After all, it was all too coincidental. Yuuki didn't try to hide anything at all. Just the fact that he gave the card to Yui was enough for her to be 100% certain that it was all part of his plan. Only Yui was still foolishly thinking that it was all a coincidence...

This left her with very mixed feelings.

It was extraordinary; she had personally experienced how terrifying that power was, and that she couldn't resist it even if she wanted to.

After learning all this, she knew she couldn't turn back. She had to pursue power, not only for herself but also for her family. She hadn't forgotten that there was a white marker at her brother's workplace.

"...Alright, stop making that face. It's like I'm bullying you. Since I promised you, I won't go back on my word."

Yuki looked speechlessly at Miura Yumiko, whose eyes were glistening with tears, and took a card out of his pocket and handed it to her.

He likes to play with abstract concepts, but he wouldn't actually enjoy bullying a little girl to the point of making her cry.

Yumiko Miura quickly took the card, a smile immediately spreading across her face. But the moment she looked at the card, the smile vanished.

Why is this empty?

Volume One: Chapter Fifteen: International Education Class

Yumiko Miura was stunned. She took the card, but it was completely empty.

"I think you need to understand a principle first."

As the scene calmed down, Yuuki Risa ceased to be abstract, and his expression returned to its indifferent state.

"Equivalent exchange is the most fundamental law of this world. Miura, do you think your sacrifice is worth a complete card?"

Yumiko Miura pursed her lips and shook her head.

Finding just two people is a simple task that anyone could do. In fact, if Yuki had inquired on her own, she might have found them in less time, since she was stuck on the information.

"Yuki-kun..." Yui Yuigahama glanced at her friend, then turned to Yuki Risa with pleading eyes: "Could you...?"

"No." Yuuki looked at Yui Yuigahama: "Yuigahama, you seem very confident?"

"No, no, I'm not..."

Yui Yuigahama felt a chill run down her spine; that familiar sense of world-weariness returned.

Yuuki-kun... has it flared up again?

"Then shut up." Yuki ignored her and looked at Miura Yumiko, who was standing to the side with some doubt: "Miura, I am very satisfied with what you have done. Although you did not find the male lead, you have found another person who interests me."

"I may be satisfied, but this level of difficulty is not enough for me to give you a complete card. I can only give you a seed."

"Seeds?" Miura's eyes widened.

Yuuki nodded, then turned to look outside the railing: "The blank card is the seed; the power you gain is entirely up to you."

"This……"

Yumiko Miura's expression changed. What did this guy mean? Did he want her...?

“That’s right, you need to go to another dimension, all by yourself.” Yuuki Risa turned her head and calmly looked at the two of them.

Call ~

A gust of wind blew by, and the scene fell silent.

"No, no!" Yui Yuigahama gripped Miura's hand tightly, her fear clearly visible in her eyes. "Yumiko, you can't go! It's too dangerous in there!"

She had been to another dimension once. There were no monsters there, and the atmosphere alone was enough to make people stop in their tracks. Moreover, the monsters inside were far beyond what an ordinary person like Miura Yumiko could handle.

Miura Yuko: "..."

She didn't speak, but simply held the blank card in her hands, her expression constantly shifting.

"Heh... I remember you said before that there's no danger to life in the alternate dimensions marked with yellow, right?"

Suddenly she smiled, her eyes fixed intently on the calm-faced boy.

"well?"

Yui Yuigahama froze. Oh right, there was that one more thing; she had completely forgotten about it in her haste.

"Don't worry, Yui." Miura Yumiko gently stroked her friend's hand, but her eyes were fixed on Yuuki Ri: "This guy's purpose is to test me."

Yuki Riya smiled: "Not bad, Yoo-Yo, I'm really starting to admire you more and more."

Everything he did was just to test Miura Yumiko; as for Yui Yuigahama, the guinea pig, she was just a side effect.

Upon hearing the name "U-Love-Me," Yui Yuigahama's expression softened.

That feeling of misanthropy disappeared...

"Then you might be disappointed, my heart will only belong to Hayato!"

Yumiko Miura retorted without hesitation, "A guy like you, who has no gentlemanly manners, will never have a girl fall in love with you in his entire life!"

Yuuki rolled her eyes: "You're getting all worked up just because I said you're fat. Did I mean that? Besides, I don't like kids like you. At least you should be at the level of Hiratsuka-sensei."

clap clap...

Strange noises came from behind the wall, but Miura Yumiko and Yuigahama Yui paid no attention to them, as they were stunned by Yuki Osamu's words.

"You...you're not serious, are you?" Miura Yumiko's eyes twitched.

Yui Yuigahama's lips twitched: "People often say that there's no age limit for love, but your liking is just too much..."

Yuki didn't speak, but her lips curled slightly, and her eyes glanced subtly towards the wall.

When Yuuko Miura saw that Osamu Yuuki was smiling, she immediately became gossipy: "GeGeGe no Kitaro, you actually like older women?!"

Yui Yuigahama looked conflicted: "No, no, no matter how much I like older women, this is way too old!"