Uneasy daily life

“Stop, stop, stop—!”

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Yui Yuigahama slammed her hands together, creating a loud bang that broke the strange, tense atmosphere. She shouted, "What are you two doing?! Shiro, if you keep messing around like this, I'll... I'll tell Yuki! And why is Ogawa messing around with him too... Could it be that you're also part of the Scarlet Troupe, like Shiro Eika?!"

Yui Yuigahama's brain isn't working properly anymore. She probably went to the Hikigaya family happily, only to be ambushed by a white shadow. That's when she started to lose her sense of reason.

However, judging from what was just said, the supernatural event like Bai Yinghua's? also involves a person named Makinohara Shoko?

"Huh? You didn't know?" Sakuta Azusagawa sighed. "I thought Shiro had already told you beforehand. It's too much trouble to go through the mission background information again. Let him do it."

"Hmm, to put it simply—"

Bai Ying succinctly explained: "Azusagawa fell in love with Makinohara Shoko from the future. The current Makinohara Shoko is a child who has just graduated from elementary school and has a heart disease. The future Makinohara Shoko is alive because of the heart donated by Azusagawa."

"Oh...it feels like going in circles."

Yui Yuigahama accepted the premise and sorted out the cause-and-effect logic.

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced at him and said, "You really have a big heart, don't you? You didn't even suspect that the captain and Azusagawa were hallucinating."

"I guess I've seen too many abnormal things."

Yuihama belatedly pondered for a moment and gave her reason—the disguise of Shiro was secondary; the main reason was that she had spent too much time with Shiro and had an exceptionally high tolerance for anything that happened.

"Haha, aren't things like time travelers, superpowered individuals, and aliens quite common? I see them all the time on TV."

Yui Yuigahama remained very calm.

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced at it a few times and diagnosed it as Minister Victim Syndrome.

"Now that you know, you should know that we must bring out Makinohara Shoko Future. If she continues to hide, the initiative will be out of our hands!" The white figure rolled up her sleeves, looking menacing. "Love is war. If you back down, you'll be controlled by the other side—Azusagawa! Are you prepared?!"

"Wait, let me calm down..."

Sakuta Azusagawa was somewhat unable to hold back. Although he could vaguely guess what Shoko was thinking, he couldn't be completely sure.

"Don't you even know what 'speed is of the essence' means in war?!"

Bai Ying decisively said, "Come on, give me a kiss! I'll stake your first kiss on it, you have to force Makinohara Shoko - Future out!"

As she spoke, the white figure had already raised her hand and grabbed Azusagawa Sakuta's shoulders, clearly adopting a posture of forcing herself on him.

"Miss Xiangzi might not even be watching this place, right?"

Sakuta Azusagawa was still reluctant to take the gamble.

"Enough talk, just give me your first kiss!"

Let's discuss this in more detail!

In the blink of an eye, Shiro and Azusagawa Sakuta twisted and turned with their hands pressed against each other. One was shouting that he wanted to take the other's virginity and put a hard hat on Makinohara Shoko's head to see how she could hide her face and act as a riddle person. The other was trying hard to uphold his chastity and looking for all sorts of reasons to try to avoid such a method.

Hachiman Hikigaya chose to remain indifferent and watch the show for his own amusement.

Yui Yuigahama was at a loss. Should she stop him? She should stop him, right? But she couldn't seem to stop Shiro!

Oh, right! Tell Xiaoxue!

Before she could even make a move, Azusagawa Kaede, who had been secretly observing from the bedroom, rushed out clutching a body pillow and shouted anxiously, "You bad person! Let go of my brother!"

"Hehehe! You dare come any closer? If you do, I'll take you both on at once! I'll wipe out the entire Azusagawa family and make Makinohara Shoko regret it!"

"Alas--!"

The white figure had transformed into a crazed villain, leaving Azusagawa Kaede frozen in place, anxious and helpless.

I'll risk it! I'll save my brother!

Azusagawa Kaede raised a cushion and slapped it at the white figure.

"Weak, weak, useless! Useless, useless! Azusagawa, give up resisting! Don't you want to see Ms. Shoko?"

"To see them under these circumstances would be somewhat embarrassing!"

"Let go of my brother! Let go!"

The living room was in a chaotic mess when suddenly the doorbell rang.

Miss Xiangzi?

Sakuta Azusagawa was momentarily stunned when the white figure pinned him down on the sofa.

Yui Yuigahama quickly got up and went to the door to open it.

"Hello."

A girl with long, jet-black hair and bangs that reached her eyebrows greeted them politely, saying, "I am Makinohara Shoko."

"You...you're that person from the future?"

Yui Yuigahama observed the other person hesitantly. She didn't have three heads and six arms, nor was she surrounded by a halo of Buddha. There was nothing incredible about her. She just looked like an ordinary girl.

"Yes, Xiaofeng, I'll have to trouble you."

Shoko Makinohara smiled gently, stepped into the house, and looked at the two people wrestling on the sofa: "I'll come out, okay? You're still as reckless as ever."

Xiao Feng? Who's that? What does she have to do with me?

Yui Yuigahama closed the door, somewhat puzzled.

"Miss Xiangzi!"

Sakuta Azusagawa was quite surprised. Shiro's trick actually worked? In a sense, did it mean that Ms. Shoko really had those feelings for him, which was why Shiro had provoked her?

"I said..."

Hachiman Hikigaya noticed that Sakuta Azusagawa's expression was somewhat dazed, and suddenly said slowly, "It is said that this person can foresee the future, so if she is willing to come out, she must have seen something special, right?"

Time silently slipped away for a few seconds.

Sakuta Azusagawa raised his hand and pinched the white figure's face: "That's enough acting, you can get up now."

"It's such a shame, I was prepared to give away my first kiss in this lifetime."

Bai Ying slowly stood up, and with a sigh, her gaze swept across the room. The two boys present unconsciously stepped back, the two girls became more wary, and a little girl hugged her brother and bared her teeth.

Invincible.

……

……

While Azusagawa Kaede played with the cat outside, the others went to Azusagawa Sakuta's room to discuss the issues between the adults.

Sakuta Azusagawa remained silent for a moment, while Shoko Makinohara smiled and said, "Although I know you two, let me introduce myself—nice to meet you, I am Shoko Makinohara from the future."

"The future..." Yui Yuigahama asked strangely, "What will the future be like?"

"Hmm—it's all sorts of things, but very vague and uncertain. In the end, I'm just an ordinary person with average physical and mental abilities. To say that I can observe and remember everything that might happen in the future is giving me too much credit," Makinohara Shoko said succinctly. "Aside from some memorable events, people can't remember every single moment they experience, right?"

Yui Yuigahama asked with great interest, "That puberty syndrome is a superpower?"

“To be more precise, it’s a phenomenon, and the people involved play different roles in the phenomenon.” Shoko Makinohara gave an example: “It’s like if there’s an exam, there are roles like examinee, supervisor, etc… I’m from the future, Sakuta is from the present, and we are connected through a heart transplant. Puberty syndrome allows this connection to transcend time.”

A love that transcends time?

Yui Yuigahama remarked, "That sounds so romantic."

After saying that, Yui Yuigahama suddenly felt the atmosphere become slightly awkward.

"Cough cough..." Hachiman Hikigaya coughed.

“For me, it is indeed a very romantic thing.” Makinohara Shoko smiled and said gently, “In my memory, I had a congenital heart disease and should have died, but I survived because of a stranger’s heart donation… What kind of life did that person who saved my life lead? What kind of thoughts did he have? What kind of person was he? It was probably because of these thoughts, plus the influence of puberty syndrome, that I came here and became connected with Sakuta.”

Sakuta Azusagawa scratched his head: "Time... For me, it's clear that I met Ms. Shoko before I donated my heart, and that's something that hasn't happened yet."

“Things that haven’t happened yet don’t necessarily need to happen. In fact, I sometimes can’t distinguish between the past and the future. Perhaps for the present, everything is the past and everything is the future,” said Shoko Makinohara. “The so-called past and future are just a matter of where we are.”

“From the reader’s perspective, a script records the past and future of a story, but from the reader’s and creator’s perspective, all of this belongs to the book in front of us.” Bai Ying nodded and said casually, “Who do you want to give this heart to?”

Yui Yuigahama was taken aback: "Huh?"

Shoko Makinohara and Sakuta Azusagawa exchanged glances, one smiling and the other with a complicated expression, and both remained silent.

"..."

Hachiman Hikigaya also fell silent. "Minister, how does the Aid Department solve this trolley problem? It seems like it can't be solved."

"Sakuta's younger sister, Azusagawa Kaede, also suffers from puberty syndrome."

Shoko Makinohara suddenly brought up another topic: "Because I didn't reply to my classmates' emails in time when I was in the first year of junior high, I was bullied online, so I became a shut-in girl who is afraid of all electronic communication devices... Sakuta has always taken care of Kaede, he's a good older brother."

"……yes."

Sakuta Azusagawa laughed: "So what's with the white hair disappearing? Is it also a puberty syndrome?"

"I don't know the reason, but I can vaguely observe that in many future events, Shiro has disappeared for some unknown reason." Makinohara Shoko looked up at the white figure. "I think Shiro must know the reason, right?"

"Well... I guess I have some guesses."

The white figure shrugged: "But I'm not going to tell you, so give up~"

"That's settled then. I feel much more relaxed now that I've said what I was worried about."

Shoko Makinohara stood up and said with a smile, "Goodbye everyone—Sakuta, when you have time later, I'll invite you out for a stroll."

"Ah... um."

Sakuta Azusagawa nodded in response, a few beats slower.

The room quieted down as Yui Yuigahama fiddled with her phone, searching for information about congenital heart disease.

Heart problems are obviously extremely serious. If they are serious enough to require a heart transplant, it means that current medical technology cannot solve the problem. Moreover, the issue of compatibility must be considered when getting a heart transplant, and the probability of finding a suitable heart is very small...

If that's the case, then the fact that Shoko was able to survive in the future means that Sakuta Azusagawa had some kind of accident, which is why his heart was donated to her, and that Shoko returned to the present due to puberty syndrome... If Sakuta Azusagawa hadn't donated his heart at the corresponding time, it would mean that Shoko would have died, right?

Yui Yuigahama sorts out the twists and turns of the past and future, extracts the key issues, and then feels numb.

This kind of thing...

Wait, there's also the incident where Shiro disappears, which Shoko mentioned in the future...

These are way too advanced for an average female high school student!

"Is Big Sister leaving?"

"Oh right, see you next time."

"Um...see you next time."

A brief conversation between Makinohara Shoko and Azusagawa Kaede could be heard outside, followed by the sound of the door closing. Azusagawa Sakuta regained some of his composure, looked up, and said, "I remember you guys seem to be members of a club that helps others, right?"

“Calm down, we’re just high school students—the captain might not be,” Hachiman Hikigaya asked. “Does the captain possess the Crazy Diamond Stand, capable of curing all diseases?”

“Crazy Diamonds can’t cure diseases, they’re pearl jam. Besides, I haven’t found Morioh in Japan, and the guys I know don’t have any healing abilities.” Bai Ying stroked his chin and clicked his tongue. “This mission is truly a world-saving level of difficulty.”

"That's not what I need to entrust to you; that would be asking too much of you."

Sakuta Azusagawa shook his head slightly, looking hesitant: "Never mind... give me some time. I'll come visit Soubu High School after the start of the semester."

Whether it's asking Futaba or organizing my own thoughts, I'll need to stay a few days.

"Sigh, you're so love-struck, you're not even sexy enough anymore."

The white figure patted Azusagawa Sakuta's head with pity.

"You're not as flirtatious as me, stay away from me."

Sakuta Azusagawa leaned back, unable to suppress a hint of wariness.

It's hard to imagine what Ms. Shoko saw while observing the future that was able to force her to reveal herself!

……

……

Eldest granddaughter, Yukinoshita Haruno, a soft nail.

My granddaughter, Yukino Yukinoshita, is a stubborn nail.

Grandpa Yukinoshita, adhering to his firm stance of not acknowledging outsider number two, was constantly being pestered by these two. As a result, several days passed by unknowingly. His two granddaughters had to prepare for the start of school, and his daughter and outsider number one also had to go back to work.

Now that it's time to see them off, I feel a little reluctant.

Of course, giving in is absolutely out of the question! How could a good granddaughter be hung up on a crooked tree!

"Let's come back to play during summer vacation."