Just as Kita was worrying about how to remodel Toru's overly pure, stubbornly monogamous way of thinking.
Ryo was checking, inside the simulation, a piece of music written by another version of herself.
It was written by another me anyway, how could this count as plagiarism?
Cheat sheets do not count as copying.
Please, me from five years in the future.
Do your best.
Write more so I can freeload.
In the previous simulations, I focused too much on romance and almost forgot the fact that the simulator could be used to foresee the future.
What a huge loss.
But then again, in those earlier simulations, because I did not focus on dreams.
Ryo did not really get many chances to copy anything anyway.
[A few days later.]
[The Budokan live concert is successfully held, a ten thousand seat venue completely sold out, roaring with cheers.]
[A dream from your youth is finally realized today.]
[You cannot help but feel an unreal sensation, like a dream, to the point that after the performance ends, your steps feel a little unsteady.]
[Many people attend the celebration banquet.]
[There are quite a few familiar faces from the industry you have met over the years, mostly from girl bands.]
[In addition, there are also some partners.]
[The record company that signed you back then has earned a fortune and can only regret not discovering you earlier.]
[During the process, you notice something that catches your attention.]
[At the banquet, aside from Ohtsuki Yoyoko, that straightforward airhead, none of the other peers dare to take the initiative to talk to Toru.]
[The number of friends he can interact with on equal footing is getting smaller and smaller.]
[This situation is inevitable.]
[Back in high school, when Toru was acting, there were already signs of this. His classmates treated him like a god.]
[And now.]
[After Toru gained a certain status in society, there are very few peers left who dare to befriend him.]
[A terrifying chasm separates him from others.]
No wonder in the earlier simulations.
Toru did not want to chase fame and profit, because the side effects brought by status were too great?
But then why, in this simulation, did he start pursuing this kind of illusory thing again?
Ryo began to think.
She always felt that Toru was planning something big.
A plan that required tremendous social influence to complete.
She could not figure it out.
Could it be that he planned to become prime minister, control parliament and the cabinet, and pass a law allowing polygamy?
Wait, that was actually possible.
It felt like something he could do.
Toru liked to crush problems head on and hated beating around the bush.
Since he could not give up the girls he liked, he would just create a path where he could have them all.
"No, I have to stop him."
Ryo knew that Toru possessed a simulator, along with a terrifying number of high level skills.
If he succeeded in opening a harem in the simulation, this man might consider recreating it in reality.
When that happened.
The pure love plan Miss Ryo was hoping for would be completely finished.
Could it really turn into four people serving one man?
Ryo could not accept that.
So the question was.
Without damaging everyone's friendship.
How could she make him give up the harem?
[The celebration ends.]
[As you are about to part ways, an unexpected person calls out to you.]
Bocchi?
Ryo guessed.
[Kita wants to discuss something with you.]
She guessed wrong.
But what did Ikuyo want with me?
[You arrange to meet at a café that is still open late at night and order two cappuccinos.]
[Kita pays on her own initiative.]
[After chatting for a while about fun high school memories.]
[She finally gets to the main topic.]
["Ryo-senpai, do you like Toru kun?"]
[You lift your coffee cup.]
["I like him."]
[Regarding Toru, you both already understand each other well, you just never made it explicit.]
["Ryo-senpai, um… I will secretly tell you, I am his girlfriend now."]
[The sudden shocking fact makes you choke.]
["Cough cough…"]
[While wiping the corner of your mouth with a napkin, you look at Kita with an expression of disbelief.]
[She confessed?]
[And Toru agreed?]
[What kind of joke is this.]
["Actually, at first I wanted to be his lover, but unfortunately he rejected me."]
[Lover?]
[Kita was probably crazy.]
["Then, I also do not like being the main wife."]
["So?"]
[You do not understand what she means.]
["Ryo-senpai, I want to give the girlfriend position to you."]
["Cough cough…"]
[You choke again and quickly put down your coffee cup.]
Ikuyo, you always manage to come up with something wild.
Miss Ryo held her forehead.
She had just been thinking about how to stop Toru from opening a harem.
And the very next second, a traitor appeared.
["Ryo-senpai, are you okay?" Kita asked with concern.]
["I am, I am fine." Your expressionless face is starting to crack.]
[Leaving aside whether the girlfriend position can really be handed over.]
[There is something else you are more curious about.]
["Ikuyo, why did you not go look for Nijika?"]
[In your view, Ijichi Nijika is more suitable to be a wife.]
["Ah… senpai, you misunderstood me."]
[Misunderstood?]
[What kind of misunderstanding could there be?]
["What I mean is…"]
[Kita continues while you look at her in confusion. "Ryo-senpai can be the girlfriend, Ijichi-senpai the wife, Bocchi-chan the pet. Our roles will not conflict."]
Nijika would definitely not agree.
Also.
Bocchi's status was way too low, was it not?
["…"]
["Everyone can obtain happiness, a win win, no, five wins!"]
[The bright smile on Kita's face leaves you unable to refuse for a moment.]
[This woman must be crazy.]
[Five wins? Toru wins five times?]
[Faced with Kita's enthusiastic invitation, you respond.]
[1. Refuse. Such a person is not worth planning with.]
[2. Be delighted and invite her as an ally.]
[3. Call and ask Toru for his opinion.]
[4. Personally simulate.]
Which one to choose.
I…
Ryo's thoughts were completely thrown into chaos by Kita's absurd move. She truly did not know what to choose.
Let us pick 1.
[You firmly refuse her and tell her to cherish her boyfriend.]
[But you do not expect that Kita still does not give up, looking at you with a pitiful expression.]
[You try to reason with her.]
["Ikuyo, our dream has not been realized yet, right?"]
["Mm." Kita nods.]
[Although in her view, dreams are far less important than Toru.]
["In my opinion, issues of romance can be put aside and dealt with later."]
["Th-then what about me? I already confessed."]
[Kita panics.]
[She never considered the possibility that the harem plan would fail, which was why she proactively invited you to discuss it.]
[You sigh.]
["Do not tell the others about this for now. I will help you keep it hidden."]
["Really?"]
["Yes."]
[As the words fall.]
[Kita throws herself at you.]
["Kyahh, senpai, suki~"]
["Alright, let go already."]
[You helplessly push away the overly clingy Kita and sigh inwardly.]
[The situation is becoming more and more complicated.]