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Chapter 67, Chapter 066: Chihaya Aine: The Unfamiliar Ceiling

A ray of sunlight peeked through the gap in the curtains, and the spring breeze, carrying the scent of earth from outside, drifted into the bedroom.

"Beep beep beep—!"

Because her home was not far from the school, only a few minutes' walk away, Chihaya Aine calmly turned off the alarm after hearing it ring. She rolled over in bed, slept for a while, and then groggily sat up.

"Hmm, is it already morning?"

She stretched her slender waist on the bed. Because of the video mix-up last night, she hadn't slept well and was still quite grumpy when she woke up.

He rubbed his eyes and yawned.

then.

I was completely stunned.

An unfamiliar ceiling.

The pungent smell of alcohol disinfectant... oh, that's not it.

But everything around him was very different from what he saw every day.

where is this?

Chihaya Aine was completely baffled, but the only thing she was certain of was that she was not at home in Tokyo.

Kidnapping?

cross?

Countless possibilities flashed through my mind.

"Dad, Mom?!"

The girl instinctively called out to her two closest family members, but received no response.

Instead, it was from the other bed next to her that she could hear soft breathing.

"Who is it?!" she asked warily.

"Ann, what's wrong?"

"Ugh?"

Chihaya Aine fearfully wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, her gray eyes fixed on the girl huddled in front of her, afraid that the other girl might do something strange.

Half a second later.

Wait a minute, this girl looks familiar?

Dead memories begin to resurface, and the girl he thought he would never see again appears before him.

She was a classmate I met while studying abroad!

As for the other person's name, Chihaya Aine really couldn't remember it. In her memory, it was either Jessica or Lucy.

"...Jessica?"

She called out tentatively, and heard the response: "It's Lucy. Your pronunciation is still terrible, Ann."

"..."

First of all, my name is not Ann!

Chihaya Aine instinctively made a sarcastic remark, and then began to ponder why she was in the high school she attended while studying abroad.

She quickly received a reasonable explanation.

It was a dream!

It must be because I read too many books about dream interpretation during the day that I had such deep dreams at night!

That must be it!

"Hachiman, it's all your fault. I really didn't want to recall this memory."

Chihaya Aine complained, covering her forehead.

If it weren't for that guy Hachiman Hikigaya's dream interpretation, I wouldn't have remembered the past.

However, Aine-sama is very generous. As long as you buy me snacks tomorrow, I will forgive you!

With these thoughts in mind, Chihaya Aine lay back down on the bed, feeling content.

"Go to sleep. I heard that if you sleep in your dreams, you will wake up in reality."

However, before Chihaya Aine could close her eyes, the crisp sound of a radio alarm clock rang out from the corner of the bedroom.

"Da la da la da la da la la, deng da la la..."

Chihaya Aine was speechless.

Why is this sweet alarm clock so damn annoying?

Indeed, the private high school that Chihaya Aine attended at the time offered luxurious student apartments with two people sharing a room and a private bathroom, but its management of students was extremely strict.

Not only is there a strict curfew, but even the students' wake-up time is controlled.

This was also the thing that Chihaya Aine found most unacceptable during her studies abroad, which reminded her of some inhumane exam factories in neighboring China.

"Ugh, I don't want to get out of bed!"

Even in her dreams, Chihaya Aine remained incredibly stubborn.

"Hurry up, Ann, it's Shirley's class today. Being late will result in a lot of demerit points!"

Before I knew it, Lucy next door had already put on her uniform.

"Let me sleep a little longer..."

"Whatever you want."

Even though she knew it was a dream, Chihaya Aine felt a pang of unease upon hearing her roommate's disdainful tone and reluctantly left the warm cup.

In a daze, she changed into her high school uniform and followed her roommate into a quaintly decorated classroom.

At this moment, Chihaya Aine finally shook off her heavy morning grumpiness, opened her eyes, and looked around with great emotion.

"Ah, how nostalgic! I haven't seen a classroom like this in so long!"

To be honest, she came abroad to study not only to have something to brag about in the future, but also because she had a naive and beautiful dream about studying abroad.

Cambridge, Oxford—what beautiful names! If they were paired with an idyllic tone, how wonderful that would be!

Although harsh reality taught her a lesson, it did not diminish her longing for the study environment abroad.

"Ha, what did you say? This is our usual classroom." Her roommate scoffed.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Chihaya Aine apologized instinctively.

At that moment, she suddenly realized a terrible problem, and a chill ran down her spine.

Why did she understand everything everyone was saying?

Is it possible that they were speaking Japanese?

But that's even more wrong!

The private high school she attended did have many Japanese students, but most of them were local students, and daily communication was mainly in English, with Japanese only used in specific situations.

Right now, everyone is communicating in Japanese, which is clearly not right!

By the way, this is a dream. That's how dreams are; everything is inexplicable.

Chihaya Aine seemed to agree with the reasons she had come up with and quickly convinced herself.

Realizing she was dreaming, she became increasingly bold, like a curious kitten wandering around the classroom, sometimes praising the greenery outside the window, sometimes fiddling with the portraits on the wall.

"Ann, what's wrong? Are you sick?"

A student nearby couldn't help but ask.

"It's Anno!" Chihaya Aine corrected the other person's mistake earnestly, then continued to wander around the classroom like a fool.

"Hey, was there this portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi on the wall back then?"

"Wow, there were even potted plants on the podium at the time, I didn't even notice!"

"Huh, there's also Hachiman Hikigaya... Ah!"

The scream from Chihaya Aine made Hachiman cover his ears to avoid becoming deaf.

I'm sorry that a paramecium like me appeared in your dream and failed to satisfy you.

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Also, Chihaya, you need to take better care of your vocal cords and stop screaming all the time.

As Chihaya Aine stared in astonishment at the boy who should have been on the other side of the ocean, now sitting stiffly and formally in a seat at a foreign private high school, he also questioned the system.

No, system, what are you doing?

Why am I experiencing hallucinations too?!

-----Cut line-----

I will rewrite the confession scene in the future, but to be honest, those who can see this line have already been filtered out (just kidding).

First of all, thank you all for getting through that part of the story and making it this far. If I were to rewrite it, I might choose a time when it's recommended more often and has more favorites. This might affect the overall update speed, but it won't stop progressing.

Chapter 68, Chapter 067: Shocking! Life abroad is like this...!

[Ah, didn't you say that yourself, Hachiman-kun?]

I didn't say I was using the illusion on myself.

【what? 】

Besides, why should I be able to communicate normally with Chihaya Aine, who is sleeping at home but is in a hallucination?

Hachiman was completely baffled. The illusion of a mirage was at most a hallucination of the five senses, and theoretically it should not and could not be synchronized between the two people's thoughts, let alone the fact that they were not in the same place, so how could they achieve such a seamless communication?

He simply couldn't understand what had happened in between.

Superpowers are not such inconvenient things!

[It simply utilized the principles of quantum entanglement, the Schrödinger equation, and Kepler's three laws.]

You're talking about science when it's a supernatural phenomenon?

The fist hardened.

[No way! No way! No way!]

The arrogant system is not cute at all...

[I apologize, the problem is that the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique requires interfering with the target's five senses to be used, and because the conditions for its release were incomplete this time, a problem occurred.]

What? So even the system can make mistakes, hahaha (indifferent).

Wait a minute, are you serious?

[Currently, besides you and Aine-chan, there are two other people who have been pulled into the illusion, but don't worry, they won't doubt the reality of the dream.]

No, have you considered a serious issue? Japan and other countries have a time difference.

The thought of the two unlucky guys who were pulled in by the system suddenly falling into a dream, just like Kogoro Mouri who was brutally stabbed by Conan, sent chills down Hachiman's spine.

It's fine if they're indoors, but what if they're outdoors...?

This could be a big problem!

Don't worry, the other person is in their own classroom, there won't be any safety issues.

That's good.

Well, since he's already been synced over, he might as well do a little more.

Hachiman's first thought was to find those two unlucky guys who had been dragged in by the system.

But here's the problem: with so many people in the class, how do we find them?

Hachiman looked around, his gaze constantly shifting across the room, before silently activating his ability to read minds.

The artificial figures created by illusions do not possess normal thinking; they merely mechanically imitate the actions of real people. They lack a soul and therefore cannot hear one's own thoughts.