Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

The misunderstanding was so big that Emma wanted to dive into the water on the spot and never come out again.

[Detected intense emotional fluctuation in Tono Hannah; 6 units of Pink Filth obtained]

Yang Wen, who was still organizing his backpack, suddenly saw this pop-up window and was filled with questions.

He knew that pink filth was often added for no reason, but he didn't expect it to be this inexplicable.

In hindsight, he realized:

It turns out my perspective was stuck there.

He didn't pay any attention to it.

Since we can brush pink filth, let's lag for a while.

Furthermore, the [Backpack] interface is actually semi-transparent, allowing him to also observe the game models and character expressions.

Putting everything else aside, the details in this game are truly top-notch.

The steam, lighting, characters' awkward reactions, and even the water droplets constantly sliding off the edge of the bathtub were all rendered very realistically.

By the way...

This can be seen as revenge for Hannah's previous insults.

Yang Wen continued to examine the backpack.

The so-called backpack is actually the item that Beibei swallowed into her "stomach," and the game has created a special interface for it.

Currently, it contains many white-level echoes obtained from the recent eclipse extermination, as well as some strange junk.

Half a cookie, a crumpled event flyer, a nearly empty tube of toothpaste, a wrapper that Beibei swallowed at some unknown time... and so on.

His mouse cursor moved across the inventory slots, categorizing and selling items...

Yang Wen believes that his gaze is very focused.

However, from Hannah and Emma's perspective, this "focus" appears to be a different story.

Emma's once cool pink eyes were now unfocused, staring intently in Hannah's direction.

Even as Yang Wen dragged items off-screen, Emma's eyes would occasionally dart up, down, left, and right.

It was as if they were scrutinizing and evaluating it with extreme care.

Hannah silently shrank herself a little further into the water.

She felt that drowning in the bathtub at this moment might be a good option.

Of course, Emma was included.

So, while Yang Wen was taking a very serious count, Emma looked at Hannah for another five minutes.

The two girls' faces visibly flushed red.

One is shy.

The other one was also shy.

However, the former thought the latter was embarrassed because he was looking at it too seriously.

The latter, on the other hand, wished he could write a 3,000-word self-criticism on the spot to prove that he really had no such strange interest.

[A total of 20 units of pink filth were obtained]

[Unlock CG: Bathing with Hannah]

"Hmm? What an unexpected bonus."

Yang Wen's inner grumbling reached Emma's ears.

Emma felt angry at Him for the first time.

'Heh, heh... An unexpected bonus? So this kind of thing can only be considered an unexpected bonus after all...'

She desperately wants to sleep, to have a long, unbridled dream where she can pour out her heart and give Him a good dressing down!

[Bath with Hannah: This CG requires no equipment and permanently activates the bond room. The bond partner in the room will enter a safe rest state.]

[Currently, the number of players who can be assigned to a special bond room is 1]

[You need to select the location of the bond room]

Yang Wen: "Huh?"

Is this some kind of "BLACK SOULS"?

As a gentleman, Yang Wen did not feel he had any right to use this room.

[The location for the Bond Room has been selected as: Inside Beibei's Womb.]

The inexplicable rewards have been tallied.

While marveling at how strange the game's reward system was, Yang Wen got straight to the point:

So, is there anything you want to say to me?

"call……"

Hannah noticed that Emma's gaze had returned to normal and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Emma no longer stared directly at her, but instead glanced at her furtively, it made Hannah feel a little better.

She briefly organized her thoughts, calmed herself, and then looked at Emma.

"You can pretend you didn't hear anything I'm about to say. You can forget about it afterwards."

"Ah."

Yang Wen turned on screen recording.

Hannah took a deep breath of the fragrant steam.

"Thank you for going to such lengths for me."

“But… I can’t always rely on you. Otherwise, I won’t be ‘Hannah Tono’ anymore.”

"But don't misunderstand! I'm really happy to help, extremely happy! But at least..."

She gazed into Emma's pink eyes.

That wasn't just the way she looked at "Sakura Emma".

Following that gazing expression, it was as if I had reached the deepest roots of Emma's life, trying to touch those roots:

"For this concert, I want to win by relying on my own strength!"

"It's not that I'm unilaterally accepting your help. It's because I—Hannah Tohno—deserve your help!"

After speaking, Hannah let out a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

She gave Emma a relaxed smile, her small hand gently touching her chest.

That's all I wanted to say.

'What...is she saying?'

Emma was puzzled.

I'm a little confused about this plot.

Yang Wen sensed that "The Judgement" seemed to have borrowed some meta elements from "Doki Doki Literature Club".

He had a strange feeling that Tono Hannah wasn't looking at "Sakura Emma" as an individual, but rather was looking directly through the screen at him, Yang Wen.

As for the reply to Hannah…

Yang Wen controlled Emma to speak.

"Then go ahead and do it. I believe you will succeed."

Even if Hannah's fingers cramp up and turn into a tangled mess on the piano keys, Yang Wen will press the [Load] button without hesitation to force her to achieve a perfect score.

Anyway, if he reloads the save file, Hannah won't know.

If you can't even get past the simplest first chapter of the game, people would laugh themselves to death if they told others.

"……Um!"

Hannah, however, heard a different meaning in it.

'You believe..., right?'

She has received countless acts of trust.

Only the trust we have now is truly valuable.

Hannah didn't want to be just a recipient of "Emma's" love, but a valuable "investor."

Only in this way can we go further together.

This is what Hannah Tono wanted to tell Emma.

Before long, the bathing time was over.

As expected, both girls became somewhat dizzy from being soaked.

After finishing his game for the day, Yang Wen planned to log off.

The next time I log in will be on the day of the [Concert] event.

I hope that witch comes and causes some trouble so I can kill her.

Thinking it over, Yang Wen was about to click "Exit Game".

Emma regained control of her body, looking timidly at the unfamiliar people around her.

She wrapped herself in a bath towel and practically shuffled out of the bathroom step by step.

Hannah keenly sensed that the junior who had just exuded an aura of pressure had instantly lost her composure.

If the "Emma" of the previous second was a lone, cold-blooded alpha wolf;

Emma right now is like a silly dog ​​who just took a bath and doesn't even know where to put its tail.

She timidly wrapped herself tightly in a bath towel, not even daring to look Hannah in the eye.

To confirm her suspicions, Hannah said something seemingly unintentionally:

"Junior, do you need to stay overnight?"

"Hey...isn't this a bad idea?"

Emma hunched her shoulders.

Sure enough—things have changed.

Thinking of this, Hannah suddenly exuded confidence, put her hands on her hips, and puffed out her chest without any hesitation.

"It's okay. There are no classes tomorrow, right?"

"Th-that..."

Emma weakly raised her hand.

Then his eyes lit up.

"Was this... a late-night chat between friends?"

Seeing Emma's completely different, innocent and naive appearance, Hannah fell into a deep silence.

She realized that Emma seemed to be heading towards another extreme.

That "Emma" just now was cold, domineering, and seemed to have everything under control.

Emma is now nervous, expectant, and even starting to imagine a "friends' late-night chat incident" because of a simple request to stay overnight.

The difference between these two personalities is outrageously large.

Yet, one can still discern a hint of "Emma" in them all.

Hannah suddenly had a headache.

But amidst the headache, a touch of curiosity inevitably arose.

She wanted to know what kind of person Emma was, the one who could genuinely feel nervous, expectant, and whose eyes would light up at the mention of "friends."

Yang Wen couldn't help but feel curious when he heard the two AIs chatting amongst themselves.