I have a life simulator.

Amazuki Ichika thoughtfully pinched her chin, then held up one finger to Kitagawa Ryo, reciting her own set of treatment methods or theories, which consisted entirely of censored words:

"I think if there's something you can't say out loud, you should just show it through your actions. Whether you're in the middle of your rant or still basking in the afterglow of it, it's a great opportunity to spontaneously reveal the truth!"

"And as for mental health issues, just talking to them a couple more times might make them go away. It might not cure them completely, but it can alleviate them. I've personally tested it and it works!"

Chapter Twenty-One: Elbow, come inside with me.

Another week has passed in the blink of an eye. There are only a few days left until the end of April when the special exams will officially begin. All the partners for the first and second years have been formed. The library and study rooms are unusually full these days. After all, last-minute cramming is always better than no cramming at all, especially for the second-year students who are at risk of dropping out of school.

In other aspects, apart from the fact that Amasawa Ichika left the drama club to join the student council, nothing else particularly noteworthy happened at Tokyo Advanced Educational High School this week. The first-year students gradually began to integrate into school life, and the upperclassmen also had their own things to do. The days passed by in such an ordinary way, which made the giraffe-like and bloodthirsty gossips on the school forum start to miss the happy times when there was good gossip to eat every day.

Excuse me—may I bother you?

After some time, Kitagawa Ryo arrived at the student council, which he was not loyal to, again today. This time, he came to submit his application to participate in an off-campus competition during the May Day Golden Week.

It has to be said that the student council is much more lively now than before. After the four freshmen were recruited, the activity room, which was originally somewhat empty, looked much more crowded. As soon as Kitagawa Ryo pushed open the door, he immediately attracted the attention of several people.

"Hello, senior, is there anything I need to ask or handle at the student union?"

The first person to stand up and greet him politely was Takahashi Osamu from Class 1-B. It seemed that he was in charge of that in the student council. He was sitting in the seat closest to the door. His gentle tone and handsome face made him very easy to feel comfortable.

"Oh, hello junior, I'm here on behalf of the drama club to submit an application."

Previously, these matters were mostly handled by Horikita Suzune. Now that Suzune is the president, Kitagawa Ryo isn't acting like he used to, so he asked another question:

"Are the two seniors from the third year, Mizowaki and Tonokawa, here?"

"Both senior students are not here today. Please give me this application first. I will then pass it on to Secretary Ge Cheng and proceed with the approval process according to the established procedures."

"No need. My application is in a tight timeframe. It would be best if it could be approved before tomorrow. I'll wait here for a bit and then hand it over to the vice president or president."

Instead of handing over the application materials as the other party had hoped, Kitagawa Ryo surveyed the layout of the clubroom with interest, then leisurely found a chair and sat down.

"None of the second and third graders are here?"

"The two third-year students are not on duty today, and the second-year students just went out to deal with an emergency. If you want to wait, please go to the reception room. I'll pour you some tea."

Even though he was rebuffed by Kitagawa Ryo, Takahashi Osamu remained unfazed and his manners were impeccable.

Without making a sound, Kitagawa Ryo glanced at Yuki, who had only looked up briefly when he entered before returning to her work, and nodded in agreement.

"it is good."

Kitagawa Ryo had just leisurely followed the other person to the empty reception room next door when, a short while later, Ishigami Kyo from Class 1-A came in with freshly brewed tea, politely placed it on the coffee table, and then quickly left. However, Takahashi Osamu stayed behind alone.

"I just sent a message to the president and vice president, and someone should be back soon."

"Well, thank you very much."

After finishing his official business, Takahashi Osamu still showed no intention of leaving. His face naturally revealed a hint of curiosity about this man who was definitely a prominent figure in Dongyu University. He carefully considered his words before speaking in agreement:

"I believe that there will be no problem with the approval of Kitagawa-senpai's and the drama club's application to leave school. If all goes well, it might be approved today."

"Ah."

Seeing that Kitagawa Ryo had no intention of letting him leave, Takahashi Osamu went on and on, showering him with compliments, from the drama club to the student council, describing him as someone unparalleled in the world.

It must be said that Takahashi Osamu was indeed quite eloquent, speaking fluently and enthusiastically until he noticed Kitagawa Ryo staring at him with a half-smile, at which point he awkwardly stopped talking.

"Junior, we haven't met before, have we?"

"Um... because the senior is very popular on the forum, and his popularity among us first-year students is, well, consistently high."

"That's it-"

Kitagawa Ryo deliberately dragged out his words, then smiled and said to him:

"Then why don't you stand on my side?"

Being suddenly confronted with such a statement by the very person he wanted to drop out of school, even Takahashi Osamu, with his usually strong mental fortitude, was inevitably taken aback and quickly responded dryly:

"Senior, what are you saying?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that you're different from the other people. You can contact me anytime if you ever figure it out."

After saying that, Kitagawa Ryo didn't say anything more. He leaned back on the sofa cushions and continued to wait with his eyes closed, but still didn't seem to want to drink the cup of tea on the table.

Seeing his appearance, Takahashi Osamu, who was already somewhat flustered, decided not to stay in the reception room any longer and quickly left after saying goodbye.

After he left, Kitagawa Ryosuke calmly opened his eyes again and began to organize some things he had confirmed during his trip today.

As the head of the drama club, he didn't need to personally handle the application. Even without having someone run errands, given how diligently Sakayanagi Arisu came to the drama club, he could easily hand it over in person at any time.

Kitagawa Ryo's main purpose in coming here was to personally meet these first-year students, who were theoretically supposed to expel him from the 'opposing camp'.

However, after realizing that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's mind was no longer on this matter, Kitagawa Ryo became less concerned about it, as dealing with various emotional issues and psychological obstacles was already troubling him.

However, on the one hand, he had promised Nanase Tsubasa, and on the other hand, he wanted to save himself some trouble and prevent these freshmen from interfering at a crucial moment. That's why he chose to come today to deal with it a little.

To be honest, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's strategy of assigning each of the four students to a class to facilitate his control over the entire first year was quite successful, and the student council's recruitment this time was one of the most obvious results.

But precisely because of this, these four people were never a united front. Twenty million points were indeed quite tempting, but wouldn't it be better to prove their abilities if they could lead their class to Class A? It would also prevent them from being gossiped about by the other students in their class later.

Therefore, with just a little bit of divisive tactics, it is easy to arouse suspicion within their small group, just like what Kitagawa Ryo is doing now.

Baoquan and Chen are not members of the student council, so I didn't see them today.

Of the remaining three, Utsunomiya Riku from Class 1-C was undoubtedly a typical quiet type, showing no intention of making contact with him even when Riku took the initiative to come to his door.

Kitagawa Ryo could roughly guess why Ishigami Kyo from Class 1-A was so well-behaved and only came over to bring him a cup of tea.

It can only be said that he is another young man who has been beaten down by society again after Nangumo Masaru. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka may be more adept at this job than Tsukishiro Tsuneshige, which is one of the reasons why Kitagawa Ryo took the initiative to reveal the other party's past information to him.

In the final simulation, the White Room Project was almost completely purged under his targeting. All the unsavory and dark aspects related to Ayanokouji Atsuomi were erased, and those that could not be erased were handed over to the dead Ayanokouji Atsuomi to take the blame. What was left was the White Room faction, which had been completely whitewashed and was on par with the Dongyu faction.

Kitagawa Ryo's understanding of Ishigami Kyo began with that incident. The information gap he gained from the many Sims games in the past naturally included not only his relationships with girls, but also all other aspects of his life.

Without a doubt, among the four people recruited by Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, Kyo Ishigami is definitely the most threatening one. After all, he can take Atsuomi Ayanokouji's philosophy as his life motto and consider someone like Atsuomi Ayanokouji as an object of emulation. So Ryo Kitagawa has no choice but to obey him.

However, precisely because of this, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's attacks on him are definitely more lethal than Kitagawa Ryo's. Naturally, he is quite willing to do something that harms others, benefits himself, and can also help his friend.

After organizing all the information available, Kitagawa Ryo finally saw the student council members who had been out on business return. After successfully handing the application directly to Horikita Suzune, Kitagawa Ryo did not leave immediately. Instead, he stayed in the more secluded student council president's office and chatted with Suzune.

"What happened? You and Arisu, both of you, get out of here."

"A relationship dispute that almost led to a major incident."

At this point, Horikita Suzune herself was a little speechless, and simply explained the sudden incident to Kitagawa Ryo.

In summary, it was a love triangle incident where jealousy almost escalated into a physical altercation.

The woman was a freshman in Class C of the first year. After joining the club, she started flirting with a third-year senior in the club. However, because her academic ability was not particularly high, and the special exam required first-year and second-year students to team up, she ended up hooking up with a boy from Class D of the second year who had a high academic ability.

In the end, his attempt to have his cake and eat it too failed, and he was exposed in front of the Beech Tree Shopping Center.

However, it seems their level of understanding was too high, as both men believed the woman was innocent and had been blackmailed/deceived by another man, ultimately leading to a public brawl.

Since both sides had brought friends with them, and it looked like the situation was about to escalate into a brawl, the student council mobilized all its members and worked with nearby school staff to properly handle the incident.

"So, what are your thoughts on this, Ryo?"

"Um, thank you for not starting a fight?"

"……Fine."

Horikita Suzune shook her head, somewhat amused:

"I didn't fight, but I felt that other people in the student council were about to fight."

"Hasn't Ichika already joined the student council?"

"Is it possible that it's because Ichika joined the student council?"

At this point, Horikita Suzune gave Kitagawa Ryo a charmingly playful glare:

"Liang is a good candidate recommended to me. In the past, the student council was still a place of undercurrents, but now the conflicts are almost out in the open."

If the student council during Kitagawa Ryo's time was like a sitcom called "Yes, President!", then the atmosphere of the current student council is almost like "Dongyu Dynasty 1566". It feels like you're about to hear someone say something like "I'm carrying all the teaching buildings in Dongyu's first campus, third dormitory area, etc." or "The treacherous minister has already jumped out."

“Sometimes it’s not so bad to bring the conflict to the surface, and at least now you’re finally on the same side as Arisu and Suzune, aren’t you?”

"I'd rather she were still arguing with me like before; I'm getting a little used to her being so listless lately."

"It might be a good thing to let Arisu think about things quietly without causing trouble. Suzune doesn't need to worry too much about these things. Just make sure you don't get sidelined by Ayanokouji and the others. You've only been the student council president for less than two months."

"Not really, after all, the two seniors in the third year are on my side because of Ryo, but it does feel like I'm being held back a lot. I can only wait and see if Ichika has any good ideas. Anyway, she's been acting all mysterious lately."

Upon hearing Horikita Suzune mention Amasawa Ichika's brilliant idea, Kitagawa Ryo inevitably recalled the simple and crude plan that the other woman had previously told her, which had a lot of sensitive censored words.

Although Kitagawa Ryo thought this seemingly unreliable plan was just a special attack on Amasawa Ichika, he couldn't help but lean closer to Horikita Suzune, who looked puzzled and didn't know what he wanted, and whispered a few questions to her.

To be fair, this could be considered an act of flirting with the student council president in his office, and it was the most daring kind of thing to do.

So Kitagawa Ryo wasn't surprised that Horikita Suzune, whose cheeks were unusually flushed, slammed the door shut on him. After all, apart from Amasawa Ichika, the other girls, even if they had crossed that final step with him, would still show the little bit of shyness and annoyance appropriate for their age when it came to related topics.

After all, for them, this has always been a natural and inevitable result, rather than a necessary means to achieve any goal.

That's why Kitagawa Ryo is so particular about his first time with anyone, trying his best to make it a beautiful and unforgettable memory.

but……

This doesn't seem to hold true for Xue from the very beginning.

Their first time together was undoubtedly accidental, sudden, and even a product of momentary impulse and a desire for revenge.

After hesitating for a moment, Kitagawa Ryo finally decided to send a text message to the other party:

"May I come to your room tonight?"

Chapter Twenty-Two: Nighttime Visit to the Girls' Dormitory

That night, around eight o'clock, the lights in room 408 of the second-year dormitory were unusually turned off early. However, the room's owner, Kitagawa Ryo, was not going to bed, but was making preparations for his trip as if facing a formidable enemy.

To be honest, although Kitagawa Ryo had visited girls' rooms late at night before this year, and even stayed overnight in other girls' dormitories several times, this was, after all, an activity in a second-year dormitory building, which was a completely different level of difficulty from tonight's operation.

If I had to put it in perspective, it was about the same risk as sneaking into the girls' dormitory area at night during the special mixed training camp exam. However, back then it was a dark and windy night, and the school was in the woods, so if anything unexpected happened, we could just run away on the spot. Therefore, even when Katsuragi Kohei was tricked by Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, he was only nervous for a short while.

First of all, the first-year dormitory was completely unfamiliar to Kitagawa Ryo. He didn't know many of the first-year students, and he had never been there before. He had only stayed there briefly on the first day of school when he helped Yuki move her luggage, which made it difficult for him to make any prior plans.

Secondly, although boys and girls of the same grade at Dongyu live in the same dormitory building, the school deliberately assigned girls' rooms to higher floors when allocating dormitories. For example, Xue's room is on the eleventh floor.

However, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't openly take the elevator up. After all, he was a prominent figure at Dongyu University. The first-year students were probably more familiar with his face than with their own classmates who hadn't even known each other for a month. If he happened to run into someone in the elevator or if someone got on the elevator midway, he would probably become a trending topic on the school forum in less than two minutes.

Unfortunately, Dongyu University hasn't had any good news lately. The second-year students were initially hoping to observe the freshmen repeating their mistakes, but after less than two weeks, they were dumbfounded to find that this year's freshmen were completely different from their own. The university's underlying mechanisms, such as class points, individual points, and special exams, were also quickly revealed, so their interest in watching the drama naturally vanished.

It's safe to say that the news about Tianze Yixia's transfer has been discussed over and over again for almost a week. The gossip lovers in the gossip field are really starving and are just waiting for Kitagawa Ryo to come and save the forum's heat.

Once the news of his late-night visit to the upper floors of the first-year dormitory was exposed, it was like handing ammunition to Ishigami Kyo and his friends, who could easily be accused of 'suspectedly engaging in a relationship on campus that is inappropriate for high school students'.

So it's best to take the stairs.

After all, with elevators available, most students won't choose to climb the stairs. The few who do are only doing so because there are too many people at the elevator, but this is a time when there isn't much foot traffic, so the risk is minimal.

Because the stairwell is quite quiet, Kitagawa Ryo should be able to tell in advance if someone is going downstairs or going upstairs, thanks to his exceptional hearing.

After considering all these issues, Kitagawa Ryo bent down to tighten his shoelaces, touched Hotaru on the shoe cabinet to tell her to take good care of the house, and then resolutely left his room and headed towards the first-year dormitory building.

As for why he didn't let Yuki come to his room, Kitagawa Ryo still felt it would be better for him to go to her room. After all, seeing a bunch of other girls' things would obviously be detrimental to their private conversation tonight, especially for a girl like Yuki.

After carefully concealing himself and groping his way toward the first-year dormitory building for a few minutes, Kitagawa Ryo finally arrived at the dormitory entrance. He changed his hairstyle and put on a mask before going inside. Anyway, with the recent increase in hay fever in spring, wearing a mask wouldn't seem particularly strange.

Good news, there's no one on the first floor.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kitagawa Ryo quickly went around into the stairwell, listened carefully to make sure no one was coming down from above, and then strode up to the eleventh floor. In less than two minutes, he arrived at the entrance of the eleventh floor.

However, we still cannot let our guard down at this point, because there is still a possibility that other girls living on this floor may be lurking in the corridor.

After carefully checking several times, Kitagawa Ryo finally sprinted to the door of room 1108, grabbed the spare key Xue had given him, opened the dormitory door in the blink of an eye, then quickly turned around, went in, and quietly closed the door behind him. His movements were fluid and seamless.

When they went inside, they found that the other person seemed to still be in the bathroom.

"Are you taking a shower?"

After changing into the indoor shoes that had been prepared for him near the entrance, Kitagawa Ryo went over and knocked on the bathroom door to ask what was wrong. The door was immediately pushed open halfway from the inside, and Yuki, whose hair was still wet from washing, poked out half her face and a hand.

"It's just the right temperature. Could you get me the shower gel? It's in the bag on the table."

"it is good."

Following the direction of the other person's finger, Kitagawa Ryo successfully found the bottle of shower gel she wanted in the convenience store shopping bag on the table. After opening it, he handed it over, but the other person pulled his outstretched hand away instead.

"Hey, Liang, do you want to come in too?"

"Come on, the dormitories for all three grades are the same. Do you think I don't know how big our bathroom is?"

Kitagawa Ryo rolled his eyes at this. Others had thought of this approach before, but it was simply not feasible. However, he himself would not explain it that way.

"Ok."