CHAPTER 433: CHAPTER 427: FLEE IF YOU MUST, BUT LEAVE ME A CAR

The progress of the system’s strategy plan is something Shirakawa Sawahei rarely pays attention to—he doesn’t know the principle behind its determination. Watching the values fluctuate didn’t reveal anything either, so he just let things take their natural course. However, now the peculiar values for the little lolita and the slacking girl finally made him start to feel nervous.

99%... If it were a probability, it wouldn’t make a difference between 99% and 1% for someone with terrible luck. But this isn’t about probability, this is about strategy progress.

Shirakawa Sawahei suddenly felt exasperated. You say this is some kind of strategy progress, how nice it would be if it were an affection level instead. At 99% affection, you could already do whatever you wanted. A version of the spirited boy Akihisa, determined to charm all the cute girls...

Of course, the premise of this oath is that Shirakawa didn’t encounter Hayakawa Kashi prematurely, otherwise it might quickly skip to his late troubles, living chaotically with misfortune in the end...

No, I have to check on Little Invisible Study Girl and Little Arrogant’s situations...

Thinking of this, Shirakawa Sawahei hurriedly opened their panels. Since the firework festival incident, Miss Chiboku shifted from confession completion to strategy progress. After such a long time, it slowly rose from 20% to 30%...

Shirakawa Sawahei: "?"

He originally thought that the well-behaved and cute Little Invisible Study Girl would have more affection towards him, but unexpectedly she couldn’t even compare with the slacker and the Black Hearted Lolita!

This system is broken! Shirakawa Sawahei told himself firmly.

It’s not that he wanted Little Invisible’s progress to be at 99... Of course, it’s not that he wouldn’t want her at 99%... In short, system, you’re acting strange.

Human nature is a complex thing. Shirakawa Sawahei admits he has no intention to actively flirt with Study Girl for system rewards, nor does he pretend to maintain propriety not to interact with them. Everything developed naturally, just like how his system had no presence.

But seriously, actively flirting with Study Girl only gets you weirdly named titles, it seems there’s no worthwhile reward...

The fourth Study Girl, the cute little Ise Yu, had few useful talents, but Shirakawa Sawahei took her painting talent to help her out. Frankly, he never saw the system’s target character slots as potential girlfriend positions. The system never forced him to flirt with any girls.

To him, these character slots are more like tools.

While the slots are tools, the people within them gradually turned from strangers into friends through daily interactions and encounters.

Some even developed a bit of affection...

Shirakawa Sawahei sighed again. He had lost count of how many sighs he’d made since earlier. He usually dislikes feeling sorry for himself when facing dilemmas, but in matters of emotion, even the calmest individuals find it difficult to remain unmoved.

Little Lolita... does she actually like me or not? When she kissed me earlier, what was she really thinking?

Little Arrogant... Asano Nazuki’s earlier behavior hasn’t yet shifted to a tender state... But the tricky thing about tsunderes is that once they become affectionate, they become almost inseparable.

What should I do? Should I consult the Black Hearted Lolita again?

Shirakawa Sawahei suddenly felt that his usually clever mind was somewhat insufficient. He took a deep breath, deciding not to worry about emerging issues for now and instead focus on sorting out the current predicament.

First, there’s the progress of the Study Girls, on the other side, Little Arrogant... 70%...

Hmm... Miss Kaori remains stable; her uniquely intercepting confession progress makes her the Study Girl Shirakawa Sawahei feels most at ease with.

After intercept progress, there might be something like confession completion, strategy progress, all stably aligned...

What’s that? Little Arrogant might be special and without messy things?

Ridiculous! The system and I are good buddies; how could it betray me?

Little Invisible’s 30%, the 99% for both the Slacking Girl and the Black Hearted Lolita, these strange progressions plunged Shirakawa Sawahei into contemplation. Despite not knowing why Little Invisible’s progress is lower, 30% should indeed not be on the dangerous edge.

30% is 70% away from 100%, so which is more dangerous compared to 99%, do you think the learning genius wouldn’t understand?

Nobody understands the system better than I do because I’m the only one aware of its existence.

Secondly... the Black Hearted Lolita. From the start, she approached him with ulterior motives for Hayakawa Kashi. Speaking of the time spent and events experienced, Little Lolita had plenty. But if you asked what Shirakawa Sawahei did to move her...

There doesn’t seem to be any particularly significant actions?

Taking her out for barbecue? Sheltering her when she ran away from home? During the firework festival, missing the chance to view fireworks to help her treat a sprain? These bits and pieces seem merely trivial, far from sufficient to be decisive reasons for liking someone.

However... love isn’t always like scenes from a Korean drama, where significant partings create reasons for lovers to be together...

In matters of the heart, some emotions surge like streams breaking a dam, while others slowly accumulate into a lake. Then there are those that first crack the dam and later trickle and flow out...

The first kind might have that final straw that breaks the camel’s back, a so-called definitive incident, but without the accumulation of prior streams, one or two defining incidents wouldn’t be able to destroy the emotional dam within a person’s heart.

It’s undeniable that Little Lolita has some affection for him, the question is, how deep is it? How far is it from romantic feelings and...

If Little Lolita does confess to him, should he accept?

The confused thoughts cleared up a little, but the problem still lacked a clear answer. Shirakawa Sawahei sighed somberly, deciding to find out where Little Lolita went before making other plans.

The phone rang once before being abruptly hung up, indicating that Asano Nazuki didn’t intend to provide answers at the moment. Shirakawa Sawahei stepped outside and noticed Little Lolita had already taken off with her driver, leaving without returning for her luggage, his face turning dark.

This girl, if you’re going to dodge me, at least leave me a car!

With no other options, Shirakawa Sawahei had to seek help from the all-capable Dora Xiazh.

Little Arrogant always answered the phone quickly, and before the ringtone could sound a few more notes, the clear, cold response reached the other side.

"Hayakawa Kashi."

"What’s up?"

"Could you come pick me up?"

"I can, but why?"

Listening to the familiar clear voice and the faintly arrogant tone in Little Arrogant’s style, much of the gloom in Shirakawa Sawahei’s heart seemed to dissipate. He chuckled with a clear conscience and said.

"Your sister left me here. Don’t you have to take responsibility?"