"Wuu..."
A low whimper, like the cry of a trapped beast, was squeezed with difficulty from her throat.
Kujou Katora looked at the girl standing before her, who was revealing a smile like a wicked succubus while awaiting her answer.
Standing under the bright yellow streetlights in front of the female dormitory building, the girl held up a dark red leather collar in her right hand, raising it to eye level between them.
Her crystal-clear lips parted, spitting out words that bordered on taboo.
A sense of humiliation, as if being trampled by the girl, slowly rose within Kujou Katora's heart.
'So bad...'
'So bad, so bad...'
'But...'
'—So amazing.'
She trembled with excitement.
She bit her lip tightly.
Her consciousness shuddered and sublimated within this humiliation.
Kujou Katora, who had always acted as a Sadist within the Fourth Action Division...
Had suddenly had a strange attribute unearthed.
And... it seemed she was about to be unable to stop.
Her consciousness trembled amidst shame and humiliation.
Ashamed of the scene at this very moment, ashamed that she would actually get excited because of Yuzu... no, because of Miss Yuzu's wickedness towards her.
Ashamed because of the excitement.
Even more excited because of the shame.
She... felt as if she were about to fall into a strange hell.
At the moment of their brief parting, Miss Yuzu's grasp of Kujou Katora's psychology made Kujou Katora's very body shudder.
Her crimson eyes looked at the girl before her, who lightly raised the alluring corners of her lips, waiting for her answer.
She looked again at the female dormitory building nearby.
Although it was already past midnight.
There was no one left at the entrance of the female dormitory.
Even the lights in the dormitory building were sparse and almost completely extinguished.
But... but...
Kujou Katora constantly felt as if there were pairs of eyes hidden behind the windows, all looking this way with gazes full of excitement or gossip.
"Wuu..."
Just thinking about it, her consciousness seemed about to evaporate.
'I want to...'
'How could I not want to...'
Su Yuzu looked at Kujou Katora before her, whose crimson eyes seemed as if they were turning into melted maple syrup.
She wondered in her heart... was she being too forceful?
Indeed—
Counting carefully, she and Kujou-senpai had only known each other for less than half a month.
Although... Kujou-senpai was indeed a masochist yandere attribute that was easy to handle.
But this kind of humiliation play did seem a bit too fast.
"Apologies."
Lowering the hand holding the collar, Su Yuzu's slightly raised lips, that smile like a little succubus wielding a whip, retracted.
It immediately turned into the kind of smile Kujou Katora was more familiar with... the kind that made one feel gentle closeness.
Su Yuzu clasped her hands in front of her and bowed to Kujou Katora.
"It was just a joke."
"Please don't take it to heart, Kujou-senpai."
"I prepared another parting gift for Kujou-senpai. I trust Kujou-senpai won't dislike it."
The girl's gentle voice sounded like booming thunder ringing in Kujou Katora's ears.
Accompanying Su Yuzu's bowing motion.
Kujou Katora felt as if the distance between the girl and herself had suddenly widened immensely.
Though close at hand, it felt like being worlds apart.
The gentle smile on the girl's face, in her eyes, had already been composed into the appearance of rejection.
'I... missed it.'
That potential hidden deep within Kujou Katora's heart trembled in panic.
But this time was completely different from the trembling of excitement before; this time... she was afraid.
'Because of my hesitation... I missed it.'
'For the sake of useless scruples, I missed the best opportunity.'
"It's not like that..." She hurriedly grabbed Su Yuzu's hand.
Then she felt panic and unease because of her own 'overstepping'.
But gazing into the girl's crimson, playful eyes, Kujou Katora felt that if she missed this chance again because of fearing this overstepping, there would never be another opportunity to salvage it.
"I..."
"I am willing."
"Willing—"
She looked at Su Yuzu's lowered hand, then slowly bent her knees, lowering her body.
She didn't even need Su Yuzu to lift her arm even a tiny bit.
Bending down, she brought her neck to Su Yuzu's hand.
The woman raised her head 'pitifully,' but what flickered in her gaze... was not humiliation, but the fear that Miss Yuzu would abandon her right then and there.
'I want it—'
'I want it incomparably.'
'I don't have any scruples anymore.'
'I want to follow Miss Yuzu's lead in everything, I want... to have the chain on the collar gripped by Yuzu.'
[...]
[Ding—]
[Education Successful: Kujou Katora Favorability +5.]
[Kujou Katora Favorability 99 (Attachment) -> 127 (Loyalty).]
[Obtained Favorability Promotion Reward: Blood Manipulation (5%) -> Blood Manipulation (25%).]
[...]
[Ding—]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new achievement: Brave New World.]
[Ding—]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new achievement: Playing Hard to Get.]
[Ding—]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new achievement: Tiger Taming Grandmaster.]
[New Event - "Kujou Katora" has opened.]
[...]
Su Yuzu's eyelid twitched as she looked at Kujou Katora, who had lowered her body in a high-difficulty posture before her.
She really just wanted to give Kujou Katora a little more time and room to buffer!
What do you mean 'Playing Hard to Get'!!!
And... should she say Kujou Katora was indeed the easiest woman to deal with?
She actually broke through the 100 mark just like that.
Su Yuzu had originally thought the first one to break 100 would be Soga Yura, who had been in a critical state all along, or perhaps Little Rabbit.
However... Su Yuzu looked at the new event notification for Kujou Katora.
She swiped open [Operator Development].
Sure enough, after [Feed], [Develop], and [Interact], the option that originally displayed as [Locked] slowly shook its frame, revealing its true appearance before Su Yuzu.
[Events].
In the game, various interesting options and useful CGs could be triggered directly through [Events].
Moreover... in [Interact], after Favorability broke through 100, she could also directly use various items from the inventory on Kujou Katora.
This would make things much more convenient during future battles.
She could use various potions on a critically ill Kujou Katora at any time.
And in daily life... it seemed there were also many more interesting ways to bully Kujou Katora.
"Lift your head a little."
"What..." Kujou Katora, who was already ashamed beyond measure, raised her head blankly.
"Too low." Su Yuzu opened the collar.
"Ah..." Kujou Katora hurriedly raised her body a little, struck dizzy by the fragrance encroaching upon her face from the girl.
[Ding—]
[Pledge: Kujou Katora Favorability +1.]
[Obtained Favorability Increase Reward: Violent Blood Qi.]
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