I have a life simulator.

"A very nice name."

Perhaps because of Kiryuin Kaede sitting next to her, Karuizawa Megumi answered with a certain detachment.

"This is a second-year student from Kiryuin Academy."

Noticing Karuizawa Megumi's reserve, Kitagawa Ryo took the initiative to introduce her.

"Nice to meet you, I am Karuizawa Megumi, a first-year student."

Karuizawa quickly greeted her. The aura emanating from the other woman made her a little nervous. When the other woman's purple eyes lingered on her for a moment, her heart seemed to beat faster.

"Hello."

Fortunately, it was short-lived, and Kiryuin Kaede withdrew her scrutinizing gaze. She pouted and said:

"Sit over there."

"Eh?"

Originally, Karuizawa Megumi and Kiryuin Fuka were sitting side by side in a row, having a face-to-face conversation with Kitagawa Ryo. But now, Kiryuin Fuka gestured for Karuizawa Megumi to sit next to Kitagawa Ryo, leaving her somewhat at a loss.

"She just likes a more spacious place so she can cross her legs and stretch her arms."

Kitagawa Ryo chuckled and shook his head, explaining as he moved slightly to the left:

"Come sit down here first."

Karuizawa Megumi nodded and sat down next to Kitagawa Ryo, holding her skirt.

Just as Kitagawa Ryo had predicted, Kiryuin Fuuka unceremoniously crossed her legs, stretched out her arms, and leaned back on the cushion, asking:

"Karuizawa... I'll call you Karuizawa then. I remember you were one of the winners of the werewolf game."

"More than 20 million points, wow, I'm a little envious."

Stretching and yawning, Kiryuin Kaede, who generously displayed the beautiful curves of her upper body, closed one eye as she sized up Karuizawa Megumi:

"Are you planning to transfer to another class? Or are you staying to avoid the possibility of being expelled?"

"Of course, I was just asking out of curiosity. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine too."

Kiryuin Fuka didn't seem to intend to make things too difficult for Karuizawa Megumi.

"..."

"Not ready yet."

So Karuizawa Kei deftly changed the subject, recovering from her earlier shock, and her tone became relaxed again:

"How do you plan to use Liang?"

Because they were sitting in the same row, Karuizawa Megumi turned her body slightly to the side when she asked the question. This small movement caused Karuizawa Megumi's calf to touch Kitagawa Ryo's calf.

"I've already used it, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see Ying here."

Kitagawa Ryo answered while biting his straw:

"I used 20 million points to buy Ying a student status. Theoretically, I can even take it to class."

Of course, Kitagawa Ryo wouldn't go so far as to do such a thing.

Karuizawa Kei probably didn't expect Kitagawa Ryo to spend 20 million personal points so casually. She thought hard for a long time before finally commenting:

"It has a very cool style."

"It seems that Ryo really likes... 'Hotaru'?"

"When I passed by here just now, the kitten jumped into my arms, and I didn't even have time to react."

Karuizawa Kei skillfully used interpersonal communication techniques to shorten the distance between the two by sharing common topics.

"Now that I think about it, the name Ying really suits it perfectly."

"Was it chilled?"

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"I want to name it Firefly."

"Isn't it nice?"

Is it because its pupils are fluorescent?

"Perhaps there is one reason for this."

The girl tilted her head and touched the kitten she had just picked up a few days ago. It was bald in patches and looked terribly ugly. Because it had almost lost all its fur, the two of them couldn't even tell what kind of kitten it was. Its only distinctive feature was its fluorescent eyes.

That's why she named it Ying (萤) immediately.

"I think this name is great."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded:

"Have you ever heard of the phrase 'rotten grass turns into fireflies'?"

"Huh? No."

Karuizawa Kei shook her head.

"It's an ancient Chinese story. People used to think that fireflies were transformed from rotten grass roots, but in fact, it's just that fireflies lay their eggs there."

"Although it's a wrong way of saying it, I still think it's a beautiful mistake."

Even decaying weeds can serve as fireflies to light up the summer nights for a year.

"I hope the little one... no, I mean, Hotaru, can survive this summer."

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Some memories from the past flashed through my mind.

Kitagawa Ryo also turned to look at Karuizawa Megumi, and the two of them were now facing each other again.

However, this is different from sitting face-to-face at opposite ends of a table.

This posture of sitting on the same side, turning their bodies to face each other, is just like the prelude to a kiss.

Karuizawa Kei's eyes flashed with the most genuine question.

"Yes, I gave it this name."

"Isn't it nice?"

The past is meaningless; let it be reborn like decaying grass turning into fireflies.

Chapter 55: I'm dating Hiyori Shiina

[Chapter 2 Completion Objective: Find and correct Karuizawa Megumi's personality weaknesses until she can survive independently at Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School]

Kitagawa Ryo always remembered his ultimate goal.

Similar to Ichinose Honami, both of them have a certain degree of personality distortion, and tracing back to the source, it is closely related to their living environment from childhood. Both of their life experiences have a key turning point. The former committed the act of stealing hair clips for her younger sister, which indirectly led to her atoning mentality after entering high school, while the latter was the stab she committed in middle school.

The second simulation left a deep impression on him. It was Karuizawa Kei who was born after being bullied for three years. She seemed sensible and clever, but this was all based on her dependence on others.

Kei Karuizawa is a girl with very strong endurance; in other words, she has a very resilient personality.

The horror of school bullying lies in its unlimited backlash. Once the first person strikes, the victim is branded with a mark of humiliation. It's as if bees are signaling to their companions with their scent, and others will swarm in to commit secondary violence because they know that the person has already been bullied.

They might think, "We've already been bullied by others, so what's one more time?"

On the contrary, bullying someone who has already been bullied at school only makes them feel more at ease, because they don't feel that it is their fault. On the one hand, this is because of the sense of security of placing individual behavior within group behavior, since everyone else is doing it; on the other hand, it is also because they can comfort themselves that since they didn't start it, the whole thing has nothing to do with them, and they are just joining in the fun and going with the flow.

Therefore, school bullying will basically only show a trend of increasing month by month, and the number of participants and the degree of violence will only increase rather than decrease. Under such circumstances, being able to grit your teeth and persevere for a year is enough to prove that Karuizawa Kei is not such a fragile existence.

But that stab still pierced through all her defenses and self-deception.

School bullying is often disguised as "minor squabbles between classmates" or "jokes between friends." Emotional abuse and physical violence are carried out simultaneously. If an outsider who is unaware of the situation witnesses it, the bullies will very naturally put their arms around the other person's shoulder and say that they are just playing around.

Unable to fight back, the bullied may even willingly accept this distorted narrative in order to survive, as if they were truly friends and just playing around. This may sound unbelievable, but if one does not believe this, there is no room for even the slightest plea.

Passively waiting for the bullying to end, either separating after moving on to a higher school, or hoping the other person will suddenly change their mind, because no matter what they do, they will be abused, so they might as well hurt themselves first in order to gain a little bit of sympathy.

Kitagawa Ryo has seen many such examples.

Karuizawa Kei initially held the same idea.

Accept and apologize.

I believe things will change in the future and the situation will improve.

Then all of that was destroyed by that almost fatal blow.

It truly made Karuizawa Megumi experience the terror between life and death, and the concept of school bullying suddenly changed from "minor squabbles" to something deadly.

Even though this stab did not take Karuizawa Megumi's life, and even though she never encountered another bully who stabbed her in the abdomen in the two years that followed.

However, as long as the scar from that knife wound remains, it will be difficult for Karuizawa Megumi to move on.

Like the Sword of Damocles, the scars will constantly remind Karuizawa Megumi of her fate.

Don't resist, just endure it obediently.

Otherwise, you might die.

All of this information was obtained from the other party during the second simulation, so when Kitagawa Ryo entered Karuizawa Megumi's personal chapter, his first thought was to avoid this attack.

Therefore, in the fourth simulation, he did his best to protect Karuizawa Kei and help her emerge from the shadow of school bullying.

However, it still did not end well.

Due to the influence of her innate "single-mindedness," Kitagawa Ryo, who endlessly doted on Karuizawa Kei, became her most perfect host.

From that time onward, Karuizawa Kei's personal "independence" became nothing but empty talk.

From this perspective, the fourth simulation was already a complete dead end after the talent was completely extracted.

That's why Kitagawa Ryo didn't choose to retain the seemingly powerful golden talent "One Heart, One Mind." It might suit Ichinose Honami, but it's not suitable for Karuizawa Megumi.

In this instance, Kitagawa Ryo watched Karuizawa Kei grow up indifferently, initially having no intention of interfering.

However, in the end, he did not fully implement this idea and participate in Karuizawa Megumi's life.

the reason is simple.

On one hand, Ryo would suggest to himself that this was just a virtual world, and the character's experiences were stories written by scriptwriters, like puppets jumping on a stage. He didn't need to invest too much emotion in the characters in the story; he only needed to find the key points to pass the level.

However, it is precisely because this is a false world that Ryo is able to realize that he has the ability to change the situation.

The need to survive forced Liang to skip his adolescence. Before he could properly experience youth, his time had already come to a hasty end, pushing him into a half-baked adulthood.

Everyone's life has several key turning points.

Time will push everyone through, whether actively or passively. Those who overcome obstacles through their own efforts will find their path becoming smoother, while those who are pushed and dragged along, stumbling and crawling, can only continue forward. Perhaps in the future you will have the opportunity to patch things up.

But the dense stitches will only remind you that this is a sign of failure.

So at that moment, he snatched the knife from the girl's hand, turned around, and stabbed her in the abdomen.

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"And then it's something you all know."

Long Yuanxiang put down his cup. He didn't seem to like the bitter taste of coffee, and smacked his lips, saying:

"Beichuan was detained for assault. Because the incident caused a great deal of trouble at the time, the school was unable to suppress it."

"At that time, it seemed that one person was seriously injured and more than a dozen people were slightly injured. However, Kitagawa was also seriously injured, and the entire investigation and interrogation of the case took place in the hospital."

"But they wouldn't let people in. I wandered around outside for a long time but couldn't find a chance to go in."

Long Yuanxiang glanced at the white-haired girl sitting beside him, elegantly sipping tea:

"You probably know more about what happened after that, Sakayanagi."

"Ah."

“My family has some reputation in the education sector, so I heard about this case from my father.”

Sakayanagi Arisu placed the teacup back, folded her hands on her lap, and replied:

"I got involved because I thought it was interesting."

I hate your modifiers.

Ryuen Sho glared at Sakayanagi Arisu with some displeasure. His eyes were quite fierce, but Sakayanagi Arisu didn't seem to be intimidated at all. She just covered her mouth and chuckled softly.