"Little Lenai, what... what is this thing?!!"

Chapter 189: I studied the positions and such carefully.

Chihaya Aine collapsed onto the tatami mat, her eyes fixed on the ceiling, feeling as if she was about to lose her mind at any moment.

She started rambling incoherently, "I just came to Xiaolan's house to play... I just... just wanted to relax my shoulders... why did I have to suffer such a cosmic blow?!!"

Especially the culprit behind all this—hey, I'm talking to you!

The hand and Yoro Nai seemed completely unaware of how terrifying their presence was.

In particular, the girl with heterochromia pointed to her hand and answered Chihaya Aine's question—Leo, her guitar partner.

The being named Leo rested quietly on Yoro's arm, occasionally blinking as if carefully observing human emotions.

These words completely broke Chihaya Aine's nerves.

"Your left hand has eyes!! It can move on its own!! And...and it's pressing on my shoulder!!!"

Chihaya Aine frantically pulled at her hair, her expression beyond mere panic; she was in a state of utter despair, a state of utter turmoil and shame.

Her voice trembled like a fan about to break: "Waaaaah, I'm going crazy... This is so illogical, what is going on?!"

Just then, Kaoru, who had been standing to the side, tilted her head slightly and calmly said, "But Ano said it felt good and she wanted more."

The sound was like water droplets falling into a pan of oil, instantly igniting a whole patch of flames.

"Huh!?!? No, I... ah!!!!?"

Chihaya Aine nearly jumped up from the ground, her expression as if she had just been struck by lightning, her face flushed red. She clutched her head and spun around frantically, like a pink-haired hamster teetering on the brink of collapse.

Not only did she not say that she was assaulted, but people also told her about it.

If there were a hole in this place, Chihaya Aine would want to crawl into it immediately!

Leo looked at her, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly added, "That's why I pressed for another ten minutes. According to the book, you experienced it twice, Ano."

"!!!"

Chihaya Aine froze.

Ten seconds later, a high-decibel scream erupted from the room:

"I didn't want it!!!!"

Shame made the girl shrink even further into the corner, tears welling up in her eyes. Facing the two people approaching, the pink-haired girl shouted.

"You and your left hand, keep your social distance!!!"

That hand—"Leo"—was blinking nonchalantly, but the curve of its lips was slightly raised, making it seem as if it were really...smiling.

Chihaya Aine slumped to the ground, her face burning like a ripe apple, her mind racing with a frantic thought: This isn't stress relief at all, this is... this is a cross-dimensional humiliation incident!!!

Why would you do this to me...?

Chihaya Aine sat in the corner, hugging her knees, her voice trembling as if water were about to spill from her throat. She was curled up in a ball, her eyes glazed over, her breathing erratic, like a brain that had just been formatted and was still desperately searching for the words "this is not a dream."

"I don't understand... what did I... do to offend you...?"

As the pink-haired girl spoke, she glanced nervously at the left hand that "Leo" was attached to. The hand was resting quietly on Kaname's knee, with the fingertips neatly interlaced, giving the impression that "I didn't do anything."

Only that one eye blinked slowly, as if to say: I am innocent.

asshole! !

Chihaya Aine was so angry her face was practically steaming. "Don't think you can act like this just because you're an alien!! You stole my food, deceived me, and used me as a human experimental subject!! I... I'm going to teach you a lesson today!!!"

Mustering all my courage, I gritted my teeth and said—wait!

The pink-haired girl was just over 1.6 meters tall and had decent stamina, after all, she was the last runner in the relay race during junior high. However, compared to the unknown creature, she was simply not up to the task.

So, Chihaya Aine calmed down, completely at ease.

Then, Rakuna began to explain why she had done this to her.

"Leo wants to understand what it means to be human."

...So you've decided to use me as an experiment?!

If it weren't for knowing she couldn't beat him, Chihaya Aine would have insisted on letting him experience the pain she had just felt! Noticing Leo's gaze, her expression gradually turned into a dry, stiff smile, and she took a step back with a twitching mouth.

"Was it Aiyin who recommended that it go see 'Titanic'?"

"what?"

Chihaya Aine felt a "snap" in her brain, as if some switch had been broken.

She stood frozen in place, her eyes shifting from astonishment to confusion, before slowly beginning to recall the conversation that even the girl herself had almost forgotten.

Yes... that day, Kaname suddenly asked in the mygo group, "What kind of creatures are humans?"

Chihaya Aine was taken aback at first, wondering how someone who was only interested in guitars and matcha parfaits could suddenly be interested in philosophy. But she didn't think much of it, after all—

"He's a junior high school student."

The age when questions like "What is the world?" and "Who am I?" are most likely to trigger a childish, adolescent reaction.

As someone who had also gone through that age, Chihaya Aine was very understanding and didn't say anything presumptuous to persuade Kaname. Instead, she thought about it seriously and decided to teach Kaname through the "humanity enlightenment film list" that she had also watched and cried over back then—this is what humanity is.

Forrest Gump is a story about human resilience, innocence, and the fluidity of time.

"The Pursuit of Happyness" explores themes of hard work, family, social structures, and hope amidst adversity.

There are also a few lighter, more heartwarming ones, some even featuring youthful romance.

result--

"Why did you only watch 'Titanic'?! ...

The pink-haired girl suddenly stood up and roared like a philosophy teacher who had just crawled out of hell.

"Why are you so interested in the scene where Jack draws Rose?!!!!"

"Why, why, why...why did you have to do my experiment?!"

Chihaya Aine felt that her shame had transcended the physical realm and was ascending to the philosophical, metaphysical, and theological levels.

"I recommended over a dozen movies!!! Why did you, of all people, only watch that one?!"

Why are you only interested in that one part?!

The pink-haired girl screamed uncontrollably, frantically slapping her head and on the verge of tears: "So I planted this landmine myself!? So you did this today to repeat Jack's actions!? Did you mistake me for Rose!?!"

“The film critics said that it was the most genuine expression of human trust, so I was very interested.” Leo paused, looking intently at Chihaya Aine: “I learned Jack’s expression, posture, the strength of his hands…”

"Ano seems to like it very much. Thank you, Ano, for telling me this."

"Shut up, you idiot!!!"

The girl felt she might as well be dead!

Chapter 190 The Next Target

The room finally quieted down.

Chihaya Aine collapsed onto the sofa, her face as red as a boiled shrimp. Her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, her mind filled with the words "massage, left hand, eyes, Titanic, Jack drawing" playing on a loop. She was so ashamed that she felt like her soul was about to leave her body.

At that moment, Yoru slowly raised her left hand.

The finger named "Leo" twitched, and the outlines of a mouth and eyes slowly emerged from the arm, as natural yet eerie as a science fiction movie with expensive special effects.

"Thank you." Leo's voice was deep and steady, with a clarity and calmness that did not belong to a monster. "You have helped me understand human emotions, trust, physical boundaries, and ways of expression."

"Although the experiment is still in its early stages, the sample data you provided is...invaluable."

"I will label it as a high-quality interactive experience."

Chihaya Aine stared at it, her lips twitching, frozen in place, her throat dry as if she'd swallowed a mouthful of dry flour without drinking any water: "You...you're thanking me?"

"Yes."

"...Thank you my foot!!!"

Her spirit almost snapped again, but in the end she only managed to utter one last word before collapsing back to the spot, motionless.

Chihaya Aine resigned herself to her fate and gave up the struggle.

She silently pulled the blanket next to her over her head, as if the world wouldn't look at her if she didn't look at it.

[Just think of it as...playing with a pet...interacting with a pet...um...even though pets don't have hands, but...but...it's not unacceptable...and I'm not alone.]

Thinking that Xiaole Naoya had also done it, the pink-haired girl was trying to convince herself, attempting to categorize this "psychological trauma" into the "abnormal daily life" folder, properly store it away, and stop pursuing it.

But just then, she suddenly remembered a question—a question she dared not ask, but had to ask.

Chihaya Aine gently lifted the blanket, revealing half her face, and asked cautiously, "Um... Leo, are you... a boy or a girl?"

"Previously, Leo said that there was no gender."

Lena tilted her head slightly, using her usual concise tone instead of her thought process.

Chihaya Aine blinked, finally letting out a sigh of relief, as if she had just emerged from a nightmare.

"Well, that's good, that's good. No gender... then we can really treat it like a pet. From now on... as long as it's not some kind of interaction that's too embarrassing, we can still coexist peacefully. Although I still can't quite accept it... but, but..."

—He hadn't finished speaking.

Leo suddenly added in a low voice, "If we follow your human way of judging gender... I think I am—male."

"........."

The world was silent for three seconds.

Then a piercing scream, like a pressure cooker shattering, echoed throughout the entire building:

"You...you...you...you were in a male mindset when you touched my shoulder just now?!"

"I...I...I said you were like a pet?! You...you ...

She covered herself completely with the blanket, and Chihaya Aine curled herself into an oval-shaped mochi ball, tears welling up in her eyes from shame.

Curled up into a ball, a voice came from inside: I was wrong!!!

"Why would I recommend a movie to you... Why would I become some kind of humanities mentor... I'm just an ordinary high school girl... Why am I being subjected to anthropological research by someone with my left hand?!!"

She finally collapsed to the ground, muttering in a hoarse voice like a prisoner who had just been interrogated: "Is this what humanity is... is this the humanity I recommended..."

"I'm doomed, I'm going to cancel my account from the Milky Way."

The room was quiet for a moment.

The girl finally understood her situation and was forced to accept reality—"Waaah, I want to go home."

Chihaya Aine thought this absurd day was finally over and was preparing to play dead to cover everything up, planning to slip away as soon as the opportunity arose.

But before she could even warm the blanket, the familiar yet cold voice came from above her head again: "ano".

"Ughhh?!"

Chihaya Aine jumped up from the ground as if struck by lightning, her face filled with terror: What happened? What are you doing? Do you want more? No!!!

Lena raised her left arm, and Leo slowly opened his eyes, his mouth appearing as well, his tone as calm as ever.

"Although the experience just now was confusing, it was extremely valuable for reference."

"I hope we can continue the experiment next time."

"You are the most suitable candidate at the moment."

Chihaya Aine's lips twitched violently, her pupils contracted like jellyfish, and she gradually shrank into the crack of the sofa. Her heart was screaming, "Help! I don't want that left hand to study humans anymore!!"

But the pink-haired girl didn't dare to refuse directly.

After all, the other party is Xiao Le Nai's left hand! Left hand! The kind of clinginess that follows her around every day—there's no escaping it.

Lena needs to know where she lives, and that she's a member of the same band.

Therefore, Chihaya Aine didn't feel like she was escaping from the other person's thirst for knowledge. So she could only force a trembling smile and speak dryly.

"Ah, um... I actually really want to continue helping you, Leo... but..."

"For the next experiment, I... I think Soyo is a more suitable candidate!!"

Soyo: ? ? ? ?

"Yes!! Soyo is knowledgeable, elegant, and very patient!! She's the young lady of Tsuki no Mori; she's a better case study than me! Like Rose from Titanic, she's a noblewoman!!!"

"And with such a great figure, she's even more to men's liking!!!"

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