Chapter 21: The simulated persona is a lunatic

【You return home and open the social software.】

【You search for Mouri Ran’s account by phone number.】

【You add her.】

【Before long, she accepts your friend request.】

【You launch a barrage of preaching at her.】

【After waiting for a long time without a reply,】

【you are extremely anxious.】

【You keep admonishing her to be kind and not to use violence.】

【When you send the 100th paragraph,】

【Mouri Ran replies to you.】

【She says she understands what you mean, don't send her messages anymore.】

【You nod, feeling very gratified.】 ===== CHAPTER 57 =====

【The next day after school,】

【you see Mouri Ran’s hurried figure.】

【She is wearing a white open-front top on her upper body,】

【and white loose pants on her lower body.】

【A long black belt is tied around her waist.】

【That is the attire of the karate club.】

【Worn on Mouri Ran,】

【it makes her, who is usually gentle and generous, look full of spirit.】

【She is clearly going to the karate club.】

【You are a bit angry in your heart.】

【Because you are very resistant to violent events in your heart.】

【In your cognition, karate is an existence of "violence."】

【So, you follow Mouri Ran all the way to the karate club.】

【After arriving at the karate club,】

【you walk straight to Mouri Ran.】

【You question her on how to let go of the violence in her heart.】

【She frowns, not approving of your remarks at all.】

【She thinks your understanding of "kindness" is wrong.】

【You think the kindness in your heart is impeccable.】

【Therefore, you start arguing with her.】

【Other members of the karate club hear the commotion between the two of you and all gather around.】

【You see that there are violent people everywhere around you.】

【So,】

【you stand on the ring.】

【You loudly announce your "kindness" theory】

【and tell everyone to abandon such violent activities as karate.】

【Everyone is very displeased.】

【They raise their fists, threatening to beat you down.】

【You don't care about everyone’s reaction at all.】

【You think everyone is just temporarily blinded.】

"?"

Japanese karate,

called violent by the persona?

Hoshino Ki is dumbfounded.

What kind of misunderstanding does this persona have about kindness?

【When someone threatens to come up and beat you up,】

【Mouri Ran steps forward to stop them】

【and tells you to leave the karate club.】

【You oppose violence】

【and don't want to fight with people.】

【So you decide:】

【Option: Accept the challenge and win their respect.】

【Option: Ignore it and continue to express your views.】

【Option: Lie down on the spot and call for help loudly.】

【Option 4: Leave first to avoid violence.】

Hoshino Ki supports his forehead.

This persona doesn't seem normal.

If it were in reality,

he would have been beaten to death long ago.

Better to leave first and not make a fool of himself.

He places his finger on the fourth option.

【You are kind by nature and intend to leave first to avoid violence.】

【Before leaving, you leave a sentence saying you will be back.】

【And you leave.】

"Gray Wolf?"

This line sounds familiar.

It clashes with the line from the previous life’s cartoon "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf."

【On the way home,】

【you see a girl in a green dress squatting on the side of the road.】

【There is a skinny kitten by her feet.】

【You rush to the nearby convenience store without saying a word.】

【You walk to the pet shelf and buy a bag of cat food.】

【You come to the girl’s side.】

【You feed the cat food to the kitten.】

【And gently stroke its fur.】

【The kitten licks your finger, and the corners of your mouth rise slightly.】

【You turn your head to look at the girl next to you.】

【The girl has long, golden, wavy, slightly curled hair.】

【The hair is tied up with a green ribbon.】

【It is a ponytail hairstyle.】

【Her face is rosy, like a blooming lotus.】

【Her skin is snow-white, just like congealed fat.】

【Moth-like eyebrows and beautiful head.】

【A wide forehead, curved eyebrows.】

【Deep blue pupils like the ocean.】

【She looks sweet and cute.】

【Such a girl is naturally a little beauty.】

"Okino Yoko?"

Okino Yoko.

She is the artist Mouri Kogoro worships.

She is also a host for Nichiuri TV.

She has appeared in movies and TV dramas.

She met the Mouri family in an incident.

Later, she became good friends with the Mouri family.

She also worships Mouri Kogoro.

【You greet her in a friendly way.】

【She turns her head to respond politely, then turns back to look at the kitten.】

【You ask her if she wants to adopt this kitten.】

【She hesitates and eventually gives up.】

【She says it’s better not to have living things at home.】 ===== CHAPTER 58 =====

【You are understanding, as if you understand that the girl has unspeakable secrets.】

【So you suggest to her that you will take the kitten home to take care of it.】

【If the girl has time, she can come to your house to see the kitten.】

【Hearing your words, the girl’s tightly furrowed brows suddenly relax.】

【Only then does she look up at you and tell you her name is Okino Yoko.】

The persona doesn't know Okino Yoko.

In the anime,

Mouri Kogoro’s obsession with Okino Yoko

can be said to have reached the level of a stalker.

For Okino Yoko,

Mouri Kogoro has done plenty of "clowning around."

It could also be that Okino Yoko wasn't famous enough for everyone to know in the early stages.

It seems it is quite difficult for an artist to become super popular.

【You also tell her your name.】

【You continue to popularize some knowledge about taking care of small animals to her.】

【She listens carefully.】

【A pair of deep blue pupils stare at you without blinking.】

【In the evening, you part ways, and you adopt it and take it home.】

【And you purchase a full set of daily necessities for the kitten,】

【ensuring the kitten’s future life is worry-free.】

【The night is deep.】

【Before going to sleep, you open the social software again.】

【You find Mouri Ran’s account.】

【You relentlessly persuade her to put down the butcher’s knife and become a Buddha.】

【She replies saying don't harass her anymore, otherwise she will call the police.】

This situation can really be considered a form of disguised harassment.

If she calls the police, he will be caught 100%.

It is even possible that he might be sent to a mental hospital.

The persona is still worthy of praise in terms of persistence.

Hoshino Ki supports his forehead and shakes his head.

【You are depressed and fall into a dream while holding the kitten.】

【The third day, you come to school.】

【The classroom is still a scene of unity and friendship.】

【Today, the teacher announces that they will elect a class monitor.】

【You volunteer to raise your hand and say you are willing to give everything for everyone.】

【You become the class monitor, becoming the leader in the class.】

【The classmates all like you very much.】

【You also like every classmate in the class.】

【You are generous, gentle, and kind; everyone is willing to be friends with you.】

【You see that Mouri Ran has dark circles under her eyes.】

【You go to Mouri Ran’s seat and ask her if there is anything uncomfortable.】

【She says she is fine, just wants to sleep.】

"???"

Mouri Ran practices karate all year round.

Her physical fitness is naturally stronger than ordinary people.

This situation

is definitely because she was entangled and disturbed by the persona, leading to insomnia at night.

【You worry that Mouri Ran has contracted some incurable disease.】

【You hurry to pick her up and go to the infirmary.】

【On the way, Mouri Ran struggles constantly.】

【Helplessly, your strength is greater than hers.】

【No matter how she struggles, your hugging posture remains motionless.】

【Arriving at the infirmary,】

【after the infirmary teacher checks Mouri Ran,】

【she finds that she is just sleep-deprived and has no major health problems.】

【Hearing this, you let out a sigh of relief.】

【You fulfill your duties and obligations as a class monitor.】

【You go to the office to ask for sick leave for Mouri Ran.】

【Mouri Ran struggles and refuses all the way to no avail, eventually choosing to give up.】

【You send Mouri Ran home.】

【You take care of Mouri Ran carefully, waiting until she falls asleep.】

【Then, you choose:】

【Option: Walk around her house.】

【Option: Keep watching over her.】

【Option: Look through her bookshelf.】

【Option 4: Lie down next to her and sleep together.】

The first option,

as an ordinary classmate who is neither a relative nor a friend,

seems to have overstepped.

And if Mouri Kogoro comes back later,

he might be caught as a thief.

Excluded.

The second option,

Mouri Ran is currently sleeping.

Seeing this scene after waking up might move her.

But it is also based on the premise that she likes him.

Want to use the gentle routine to capture Mouri Ran?

It is not impossible.

The third option,

the bookshelf is full of romance novels,

nothing worth looking through.

Excluded.

The fourth option,

they are just classmates.

Choosing this now

seems a bit inappropriate.

He might be beaten to death.

Excluded.

Hoshino Ki decides on his option.

He places his finger on the second option. ===== CHAPTER 59 =====