Uneasy daily life

Hiratsuka Shizuka decided to go online to learn about cat ownership, looking for videos and information.

Newly adopted cats may relieve themselves anywhere, shed during certain seasons, and be nocturnal. They might even have a wild time on their owner's bedside, seemingly destined to either leave the owner or be left behind. It takes considerable time for people and cats to truly integrate and enjoy the life of a loving cat in the home.

Tsk tsk tsk—was staying up all night because of the cat?

Hahaha, it's rare to see such a competitive and outstanding student make a fool of themselves.

Happy happy happy.

[Schrödinger's Cat: So many cute cats, I'm envious. Raising a cat is tedious and troublesome, raising many cats is even more troublesome. I had a cat before, but after less than a week, this busy, easygoing middle-aged man had to send it back to the animal rescue center. This guy's perseverance is truly impressive; he'll definitely be a cute girl pursued by many in his next life.]

Upon glancing at a comment under a video, Hiratsuka Shizuka's cheerful mood froze the moment she saw the same agreement.

That little rascal!

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Today, I must also diligently carry out my superior's task: to supervise Oreki and Chitanda as they engage in a respectful yet impure relationship, posing as members of a mysterious superpowered organization...

Huh? Isn't this the job of a disciplinary committee member?

What organization did I join? I have a strange feeling about it.

Angelina lay on the table, trying to relieve the aches and pains in her body.

"What's wrong, Anshinin? You look really tired." Chitanda Eru handed her a cup of hot tea.

"Hmm—I exercised a lot yesterday, doing a lot of push-ups and sit-ups..."

Angelina reached for the tea, but her cheek twitched involuntarily. She resolutely lay back down and lamented, "When I woke up this morning, I found my whole body ached."

Exercising is so hard and difficult.

The officer was right. It seemed like a simple task, but I was already thinking of giving up after only a few days. It was indeed a rigorous test.

"Hmm—" Chitanda Eru tilted her head and thought for a moment, then turned and said, "Oreki-kun..."

“People who don’t have a regular exercise routine will naturally experience soreness and discomfort when they suddenly start exercising,” Houtarou Oreki replied casually, looking down at his book. “This is a normal physiological phenomenon. Just keep going, and it will stop once you get used to it.”

"Oh, so that's it."

Chitanda Eru suddenly realized what was happening, sat back down, and started tapping away on her phone.

Angelina glanced at the scene with a hint of doubt—how should I put it… I always felt that Oreki’s various preemptive attacks and counterattacks vaguely revealed a sense of familiarity. He always seemed to be able to accurately extinguish the words that Chihanda hadn’t even uttered yet, often puncturing them in advance, which carried a subtle sense of helplessness and impatience.

This club is great! They offer free tea and snacks that taste amazing, and there's not much to do most of the time, making it very relaxing.

I sip some hot tea, eat a couple of biscuits, and then collapse onto the table, my tired and aching body feeling languid. The afternoon sunlight streaming in through the window is just the right brightness, enticing me with a sense of languor and weariness.

“Gurgle…”

Angelina felt like she was melting.

Houtarou Oreki, however, could not concentrate on his book and glanced at Eru Chitanda.

Chitanda Eru frowned slightly, shifted her feet slightly under the table, tapped on her phone, and unconsciously swayed back and forth, making a growling sound from her throat like a large canine intimidating an enemy.

Normally, Chitanda is a well-bred young lady, polite and always using honorifics in conversation. However, if she becomes restless, unsettled, or overly focused...

[The energy-saving destroyer is charging.]

A warning flashed through my mind.

Houtarou Oreki was alert, extremely alert.

Use your brain to predict! Houtarou!

"Um--"

Chitanda Eru stared intently at her phone with her large eyes, her fingers tapping away, the sounds unconsciously escaping her lips carrying a hint of annoyance.

Although Chitanda is the kind of person who acts on impulse or out of curiosity until she finds out the answer, she should first consider whether there's anything special going on today...

Houtarou Oreki unconsciously reached out and pinched a strand of hair on his forehead.

Judging from the frequency of the phone taps, it's probably being used for communication... If it's with elders, it's more likely to be a phone call... If it's online chatting, the person is probably a new friend made in high school, in a class chat group, or on the school forum...

Ok?

Houtarou Oreki paused, loosened his bangs, and casually asked, "Anshinin-kun, where would you like to go on your school trip?"

Angelina, who was almost melting, dazedly came to her senses and subconsciously touched a cookie. Suddenly, she realized that both of them were looking at her, and Chitanda Eru's gaze was suspiciously hot, making the cookie feel burning hot.

"Ahem—I just transferred schools… um, I transferred from another country, so I don't know much about the tourist attractions here."

Angelina coughed and said, "From what my mother said, Tokyo is a big city, Kyoto is a cultural center, Osaka has Tokyo Castle, and Okinawa has beaches and such."

Chitanda Eru asked, "Anshinin-san, do you know Kamiyama City?"

“Shenshan City?” Angelina shook her head blankly. “I’ve never heard my mother mention it. What kind of place is that?”

Chitanda Eru seemed taken aback, and forced a dry laugh: "Ahahaha..."

With a little trickery, Houtarou Oreki had already figured everything out and quickly simulated the next options—no problem, as long as we follow this choice, we can reach the ultimate goal of energy saving.

"Chitanda Eru's hometown is a place that is not very developed."

Houtarou Oreki simply said, "Actually, Kamiyama City is also known as Little Kyoto. To this day, most of the city still maintains the old-fashioned wooden architecture, and there are many shrines in the city, making it a pretty good tourist destination..."

Angelina belatedly realized, "Oh, Chitanda-san, do you want to go home and visit during your school trip?"

"Anxinyuan student—!"

Chitanda Eru perked up, flashed to her face, and asked with sparkling eyes, "Do you know the Jinde area of ​​Kamiyama City?"

Huh? Didn't I say I didn't even know Kamiyama City? How could I possibly know what the Jinde area is?

Is it the Eight Trigrams Formation or the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation? Does the sun rise or the moon rise?

Angelina hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

Chitanda, who usually acts like a spoiled young lady, seems to be subtly out of touch.

"Sigh—I need to think of something... Is there any way? Is there any way..."

Chitanda Eru paced back and forth in the activity room, her hands tucked into her sleeves, her brow furrowed as she walked.

"Oreki-kun—"

Chitanda Eru activates the effect: "I'm curious. I'll ask for help and seek clarification from the target. If the target is Oreki Houtarou, I will definitely receive help and clarification."

"If you have any difficulties, I think you can ask the people upstairs; they are professionals."

Houtarou Oreki activates the Trap Card: Outsourcing Tactics, transferring effects that target himself to the [Assistance/Service Club].

"Yes! Uncle Bai and the others definitely have a way! Let's go quickly!"

Snapped!

Chitanda Eru launches a direct attack!

"I think……"

Hands, hands! Let go!

"Let's go!"

No—I've already been dragged away!

Brain, my brain, get moving! Think fast, now's not the time to conserve energy! Use the chain reaction tactics below!

I must immediately create the chain reaction of "I need to use the restroom" to negate Chitanda's direct attacks and control, avoid going upstairs, and then get caught up in the timeline—

Houtarou Oreki ended his turn, ended his turn, ended his turn...

Oh no! Oreki, you're actually throwing the match in broad daylight!

Many viewers who thought Oreki would easily defeat Chitanda cried out that they had been completely fooled and demanded a refund!

"Today's outcome, Houtarou Oreki's defeat... no, it should be said that Houtarou Oreki maintained his 0% win rate record."

This doesn't fit the typical romance/brain battle manga at all.

Boys are so fragile.

Angelina had already seen through everything. Realizing what was happening, she quickly got up and followed, saying, "Wait for me—"

The classrooms of the Classical Literature Department became quiet and empty.

Angelina returned like lightning, popped the two remaining cookies on the table into her mouth, and then turned and chased after him.

Since these are Chitanda handmade cookies, there are no instructions.

It didn't say it was zero calories!

Chapter Sixty-Six: A Plan That Will Inevitably Fail

"So, Eru wants the school trip to be held in the Jinde area of ​​Kamiyama City?"

Bai Ying stroked his chin and said softly, "Give me some details about the region where the formation originates."

Chitanda Eru lowered her voice: "Cherry blossom trees, hot spring inns, Mizunashi Shrine... There will be a Girls' Day festival in April... Hmm—a lot of old people?"

Bai Ying said with a kind but disdainful expression, "My niece Eru is right, don't say any more."

Chitanda Eru: "?"

The white figure turned to look at Oreki Houtarou, his smile vanishing, and said in a serious, low voice, "Oreki-kun, if you can't give me a straight answer, I'm going to get angry."

"Jinju is located north of Kamiyama City, in a hilly area surrounded by mountains. There is only one narrow road from the city to Jinju, with buses, and the journey takes at least an hour and a half. There are few entertainment facilities, and shopping malls are far away, but there are several small shops." Houtarou Oreki scratched his head, keeping a calm expression, and said softly, "The rest is as Chitanda said."

Yui Yuigahama muttered under her breath, "...That's practically the countryside, isn't it?"

Houtarou Oreki compared the two and added, "At least there's gas and electricity, and roads are built."

Hachiman Hikigaya muttered, "The long journey to Kamiyama City by train, followed by a more than one-hour bus ride from the city center, is enough to deter 90% of students. Besides, the journey from Chiba Prefecture to Kamiyama City is quite long."

"Kyoto has more than just hot springs, tourist attractions, and ancient culture. It's also much larger and more famous. The Kamiyama Jinde area, which I've never even heard of, has no competitive advantage at all."

Hachiman Hikigaya felt that this request was indeed quite difficult.

"Is that so..." Chitanda Eru was a little unwilling, "But I still want to give it a try!"

Angelina was startled and quickly put her finger to her mouth: "Shh—!"

Chitanda Eru covered her mouth and carefully turned her gaze towards the window.

A beautiful young girl sat by the window, an open book resting on her lap, her eyes closed. Her lower body was firmly against the chair, while her upper body leaned slightly forward. In the sunlight streaming through the window, she was as light as willow catkins. With her light breathing, her body would occasionally lean back slightly, then lean forward slightly again under the pull of gravity.

It can be described as a baby version of sit-ups in sleep.

After enduring the class time, Yukino Yukinoshita ultimately could not resist the temptation of darkness. No matter how hard she tried to muster her spirits and keep fighting, she was overwhelmed by the fatigue brought on by the disruption of her sleep schedule and fell into a deep sleep.

"Don't worry, everyone. This hero is currently undergoing eighty-one tribulations, so he won't wake up so easily..."

Bai Ying said regretfully, "I thought the hero would be lying on the chair with his head on the top, neck exposed to the sky, shoulders leaning against the back of the chair, completely sprawled out. When he was awake, he would be holding his back and blushing because of his sleeping posture. I didn't expect this guy to be so conscious of his image even when he's sleeping in a chair. It's really admirable."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyelids fluttered, her eyelashes fluttering as she lifted a veil of mist. She gently opened her mouth as if to yawn, her gaze unconsciously drifting to her right—Yui Yuigahama, Hachiman Hikigaya, Houtarou Oreki, Eru Chitanda, Shirakage, and Angelina, who were huddled together, seemingly discussing something just moments before, were now all staring at her intently.

Just as he was about to yawn, he forcefully closed his lips, swallowing the yawn back. His attempt to stretch was interrupted midway, and he quickly sat up straight.

"You had a request but didn't call me... huh?"

Yukino Yukinoshita discovers something strange—beside her, two or three books are stacked, and a cell phone is facing away, its camera lens so deep.

"This is called concern, worrying that the hero might not get enough sleep and be unable to solve the client's problems..."

The white figure naturally stood up and walked over.

"Oh."

Yukino Yukinoshita reached out expressionlessly, picked up the phone, flipped it over, and sure enough, it was in camera mode.

She immediately and ruthlessly deleted the video and checked the video and pictures to make sure there was no negative history about her.

"—You scoundrel! Give me back my phone!"

Seeing that his plot had been exposed, Bai Ying attempted a full-scale attack, but it was all too late.

Yukino Yukinoshita simply snorted and returned the phone. Surprisingly, there were no pictures or videos on the phone; it was completely blank, which relieved her of any embarrassment at having intruded on someone else's privacy.