I have a life simulator.

"...Damn, you've got a really sharp tongue."

"So compared to these senior girls, if you really want to find a partner, it's more reliable to date someone in your own year. There are quite a few pretty ones there, although theoretically, our senior boys are also eyeing their junior girls."

"No problem, being close to the water tower makes it easier to get the moon first. Dude, you're so well-informed, do you have any rankings? I heard on the forum that the senior students from the previous year quickly made some kind of rankings for boys and girls after they enrolled."

"It's only the second day of school, how can it be so fast? But I did catch a glimpse of quite a few pretty girls, like Nanase from Class A, Tsubaki from Class B, and that Tsubaki from Class D, those two seem to be sisters."

"Hey Chao, I'm from Class D myself. You'd better not mention that female demon in our class. You didn't see how she beat up a two-meter-tall strong man yesterday, and she's even dating him. I'm afraid she'll tear me apart."

A few guys who weren't really interested in the clubs and were just there to watch the fun were chatting away, while the club information session on the other side was already coming to an end.

Perhaps because they felt that Kiyotaka Ayanokoji had been too passive and uncooperative lately, he was thrown out today to give a speech as the student council representative.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, who wasn't a pretty girl, naturally didn't receive much attention, but he didn't seem to care. After finishing explaining the student council's recruitment information, he announced that the explanations of all the clubs were over, and that it would be time for the students to go to the various club booths to explore and learn about them on their own.

And so, most of the freshmen flocked to the booths of various clubs. From the teachers who were in charge of supervising to the club representatives, no one showed any annoyance at the noisy freshmen. They all hoped to snatch up good talents in this recruitment.

However, as time went on, the popularity of each club's booth became noticeably different.

Unlike previous years when sports-related clubs were very popular, this year's club recruitment was quite unusual.

The student council booth, which was usually deserted, was unusually crowded with first-year students, though seven or eight out of ten of them were boys, while the first-year girls swarmed to another club's booth.

Drama Department.

"Hello, I am Honami Ichinose, the vice president of the drama club, and one of the people in charge of this club recruitment."

"Has Minister Kitagawa not come yet? Will he come today? How long until he arrives?"

"Liang isn't here right now. She might come over today, but we don't know exactly when."

"Um, does joining the drama club mean I can see Kitagawa-senpai every day? Can I act in 'Romeo and...what else' with him? What other love plays did Shakespeare write?"

"Um, please calm down a bit. If you want to join the drama club, please fill out your information on this application form first. We will use it for initial screening..."

"Call me! Call me! I've been watching Kitagawa-senpai's plays for years! If the timing hadn't been off, that spot in Karuizawa should have been mine!"

"Teacher Sima, could you please see this guest out? No, it would be better to just call the infirmary directly."

Looking at the chaotic scene of the drama club's recruitment drive not far away, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, from the student council, nodded silently.

Sure enough, his decision not to recruit first-year girls into his camp was absolutely correct.

Look at this scene. Maybe the other party will switch sides and become a spy for Kitagawa Ryo on the first day of school.

Now it seems that Kitagawa Ryo's charm with his female juniors is even more astonishing.

After secretly adding this entry to the overview of this encyclopedia of love, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's gaze quickly fell on another familiar figure.

The fourth generation members eliminated from the White Room —

snow.

The other person was also in the long queue in front of the drama department's booth.

And it looks like it'll be her turn soon.

"You came."

"I am coming."

After a brief exchange reminiscent of Gu Long's style, Ichinose Honami stood up from her seat, beckoned Karuizawa Megumi to come and watch over the room, and then left.

"Let's talk outside."

As she spoke, she took her phone out of her pocket and glanced at it.

It's like checking the current time, or checking if someone has sent a text message.

It was as if she was merely looking at the photo of the two of them, which she had specially set as her lock screen wallpaper and which was etched under the Valentine's Day fireworks.

Chapter Eight: Fusion of Spirit and Flesh

"We didn't even know each other before, so why are you targeting me like this from the start? Or is this how you treat everyone else?"

The two had just left the stadium and entered a nearby grove when Xue frowned slightly and asked Ichinose Honami a direct question.

Compared to being annoyed by the sudden turn of events, she was actually more filled with doubt. After all, there is never love or hate without a reason in this world, and ultimately, even just to consider Kitagawa Ryo's feelings, Yuki didn't want to make things too tense.

"You don't need to misunderstand this. It's really just my behavior towards you. I don't care what others think of you or how they treat you, but as far as I'm concerned, I just hope that you can change some of your bad habits when you're with Liang."

Taking advantage of the class transfer opportunity, Ichinose Honami also subtly changed her persona. She no longer tried hard to maintain good relationships with everyone like she did when she first entered the school, just like Kushida Kikyo. Therefore, she is now quite good at playing the bad cop, staring intently at the snow in front of her.

Although Honami Ichinose was well aware that any quirk that seemed strange to others had deep psychological reasons and a long formation process behind it, she didn't want to hear the story at all, because she wasn't Hiyori Shiina, and no story could change her mind.

After all, this was an act that Ichinose Honami could not tolerate, an act that crossed her bottom line.

"Okay, but you also need to explain to me what exactly you mean by my bad habits, right?"

When asked by Yuki, Honami Ichinose simply gave a very brief answer:

"Blood."

As a girl who had already had physical intimacy with Kitagawa Ryo, Ichinose Honami was well aware that there were all sorts of ways to play in this world that could make people exclaim, "Bro, your sexual preferences are really weird!" But she still couldn't accept this type of game that actually involved blood, no matter how many layers of eroticism it was disguised as.

Moreover, Ichinose Honami could also vaguely sense that the way the two were playing had definitely gone beyond the normal range, because a normal person would never have made Kitagawa Ryo's room so messy that even the bedding was torn and dirty, making it impossible to sleep properly that night. The marks she saw on Kitagawa Ryo's body afterward only strengthened Ichinose Honami's belief in this.

"Blood?"

Miyuki herself seemed completely unaware of the problem, and Ichinose Honami added:

“After the cultural festival last year, I went to Ryo’s room and saw that there were bloodstains all over Ryo’s body.”

"There's still my blood in there."

Somewhat to Ichinose Honami's surprise, Yuki herself was completely unmoved by the fact she pointed out, and even smiled naturally with the corners of her mouth raised:

"The sheets, the blankets, his body, mine, our blood are all mixed together, intertwined, how wonderful."

"...You really do have some psychological problems."

"Aren't you right? You know nothing and yet you spout nonsense. You only have yourself in your mind, arbitrarily imposing your own ideas on others. You're no better than me at doing this."

Having said that, Yuki got up and left, but as she passed Ichinose Honami and brushed past her shoulder, she added coldly:

"Don't concern yourself with my business with Liang, and I'm too lazy to get involved in yours."

Without giving Ichinose Honami another chance to speak, Yuki quickly ran into the adjacent gymnasium, leaving Ichinose Honami standing there in silence.

Not long after, another person emerged from the woods beside her; it was Kitagawa Ryo, who had not shown up at the club recruitment event.

Ultimately, without his own intention, Ichinose Honami would not have been able to hang that security chain on his room door last night. The series of events from last night to today, including their conversation, were all planned in advance by him.

Since gaining a lot of inspiration from Amazusa Ichika, Kitagawa Ryo has increasingly felt that sometimes it is true that those involved are often confused while bystanders see things clearly. That's why he chose to let Ichinose Honami test the waters first.

Of course, this was also at Fanbo's own request, since she did have some issues with Yuki.

"how do you feel?"

"A little... I can't quite put my finger on it."

Faced with Kitagawa Ryo's question, Ichinose Honami herself pressed her temples with some confusion and bewilderment, recalling every detail of her contact and conversation with Yuki just now, while carefully hiding some of her emotions.

“I don’t know exactly what happened between Ryo and her, but from my perspective as someone who is unaware of the situation, it seems a bit extreme.”

Although it felt like a cheesy joke for Ichinose Honami herself to say something like "You seem to be going a bit too far," Kitagawa Ryo nodded in agreement, and then followed up with:

"What specifically?"

"If I had to summarize it, it would probably be contradictory."

"There are contradictions in all aspects."

Honami Ichinose carefully chose her words:

“After I mentioned the keyword ‘bleeding,’ I could sense that she was wavering. This meant that she wasn’t completely unaware of the fact that she had hurt Liang, and that she felt guilty because of it. But she quickly convinced herself otherwise.”

“After experiencing bad events or tragic accidents, survivors often see the departure of their companions as their own responsibility. This is actually a very common psychological phenomenon, but I feel that her problem is many times more complex than that.”

"Or perhaps, she herself has overcomplicated the issue countless times."

Faced with Ichinose Honami's idea, Kitagawa Ryo simply shook his head and explained:

"But it's also possible that the accidents we encountered were many times more complex. After all, they didn't happen in an instant or within a day or two, but during our childhood, when we could remember things."

"That sounds complicated."

"With Fanbo's help, there is still a chance to solve it. Besides, isn't Fanbo himself the best role model? There is no need for people to spend their whole lives healing from their childhood, because compared to childhood, the rest of life is undoubtedly a much longer time."

At this point, Kitagawa Ryo smiled again:

“Let’s go back too. After all, today is the club’s recruitment day. As the head of the drama department, I still need to be there to check things out. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be good for both of you to be busy.”

"Ah."

Honami Ichinose nodded in agreement.

For some reason, she didn't reveal all her thoughts to Kitagawa Ryo.

Mingming felt a moment of empathy when Xue said those strange things.

After all, in the many days and nights before Kitagawa Ryo enlightened her, Ichinose Honami herself had imagined such a scene.

Perhaps the moment she accidentally killed Kitagawa Ryo, she should have simultaneously used the knife, already stained with the other's blood, to stab herself in the chest.

The blood that just flowed from the wound was still warm and seemed to carry life when it was sprinkled on the palms and backs of the hands. But after it congealed, it left only unsightly marks that darkened and turned black, lingering in the memory for a long time, impossible to pick up or wipe clean.

Perhaps for some, the fusion of blood is the fusion of spirit and flesh, the meeting of lives.

Honami Ichinose looked up towards the stadium.

It also refers to the interaction and union between people.

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"...Wait, are there really this many people in front of our stall?"

Although he had mentally prepared himself beforehand, seeing the row of first-year female students in front of the drama club made Kitagawa Ryo unconsciously have second thoughts. After all, what happened on the first-year floor yesterday was still fresh in his mind.

"I also suggest that Liang should not go there for now. After all, if Liang goes there now, she probably won't even be able to maintain the little order that we have right now."

Honami Ichinose also sighed:

"Speaking of which, why is Ryo suddenly so popular among the freshmen? If you didn't know better, you'd think that Ryo switched from being a drama actor to becoming a popular idol this year, and even made it onto the top of some list of men you most want to hug."

"How would I know? But this trend should cool down after a while, right? After all, they'll know how great my girlfriend is by then, right, Fanbo?"

"Yes, yes, and not just one or two. Several of us can surround Liang inside, but we can't even let one junior girl in. How about that?"

"I'd better not. There are some first-year students I still need to get to know."

"Just don't sell your body."

"I'm not Hashimoto, I don't need to use this trick at all."

At this point, Kitagawa Ryo also put on the hoodie, slightly concealing his face:

"Alright, Fanbo, go back and help Hui first. I'll stand here and observe, especially around the student council area."

"Well, then I'm going back."

After waving goodbye to Honami Ichinose, Ryo Kitagawa subconsciously turned his gaze toward the student council.

Today, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji and Kohei Katsuragi, a pair from Class 1-D, are in charge of the recruitment. However, what we are doing now is just the registration process. There will be a rigorous initial screening and interviews later. After all, the student council is never an easy club to join.

Looking into the queue, all four of Kitagawa Ryo's most suspected subordinates, Ayanokouji's "Big Four," were present, lined up at the student council to register.

Looking slightly towards the back of the line, Xue, who had just returned, was also idly waiting in line, seemingly playing on her phone to pass the time.

The next second, Kitagawa Ryo's own phone, which was in his pocket, vibrated. It was a text message from the other party:

"What are you doing? I haven't seen you come to the stadium today."

Even though they were only a few steps apart, Kitagawa Ryo simply took out his phone and started chatting with Yuki on social media at the same time:

"It's nothing, just dealing with some class matters."

"Oh, speaking of which, the student council recruitment event was so boring. Arisu herself didn't even come. There were just two guys sitting there, one with a poker face and the other with a bald head."

"You've met Ayanokoji before, haven't you?"

"That's facial paralysis too. It was like that back in the White House, I didn't expect it to still be like that after all this time."

"Actually, there have been some changes, especially in terms of relationships."

As Kitagawa Ryo typed this, his mind suddenly started wandering, and he considered what would happen if Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had feelings from the beginning in this timeline.

No, does that mean that in the last simulation, it wasn't Yuki who was assigned to his side, but Ayanokouji, and the two of them slept in bunk beds together?