Chapter 66

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Translator: MadScientist

Chapter: 66

Chapter Title: Second Scenario (1)

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In the frozen time, I quietly stared at the screen.

There were a total of four choices.

The second and third were similar to Miyuki's, but the first was different.

'Save her, huh...'

Last time, there had only been abandon and steal. This time, save had been added.

What could be the reason? Thinking about it, one possibility came to mind.

'Maybe because there was never a save option anyway?'

Miyuki was the kind of woman who drew men in like a succubus all on her own.

There was no reason someone like Takuya wouldn't swarm around a woman like that. In short...

'Even if I had saved her, it would've ended up the same.'

It was just my personal theory, but it felt plausible enough.

Thanks to that, all sorts of hypotheses flooded my mind.

'For now, I'll think about this later.'

Right now, there was something more important than my wild guesses right in front of me.

The choices I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠had to pick from were obvious: two of them.

Save and steal.

Anything else would be weird, right?

Abandon leads to her being stolen anyway, and that question-mark-filled option was too ambiguous.

'That ??? sure doesn't change. What the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠hell is it?'

I was curious about the question marks, but I didn't want to take the risk.

Adventure is just gambling, after all.

And I'm not the type who's good at gambling. Sure, I hit the jackpot once and never had to worry about money again, but that came with the downside of living under surveillance.

So, no thanks to gambling.

Anyway, I set aside thoughts about the mysterious option for the moment.

'Alright, so between 1 and 3... which one?'

Honestly, the most tempting was obviously 4.

As far as I remembered, Haru, the heroine of She Becomes Vulgar in the Gym Storage, was a sports beauty who gets subjected to wild cosplay and all sorts of intense play.

The story is about her gradually realizing her true nature and becoming lewd.

'And toward the end, she pisses all over her award photos and pics with her childhood friend in the most pathetic way... Too wordy? Ahem...'

Anyway, Haru was the kind of heroine in Ero Villain games that perfectly fit the phrase "insanely hot."

Even though it was an NTR story, the arousal factor was off the charts. Naturally, my heart leaned toward 4, but there was one massive problem.

And that was...

'Too many women.'

I already had too many women around me.

You might call it a bullshit complaint, but even excluding the ones I'd just hypnotized and fucked, there were Miyuki, Haruka, Yuki Onna, Fubuki, Yui, and more.

It was already too many for one guy to handle.

Don't know about "the more, the merrier"?

That's only true if you can handle it—otherwise, it's poison.

On top of that...

'Personally, I kinda want to see her end up with the male lead.'

So, I had no choice but to agonize.

Over whether it should be pure love or NTR.

"Yeah. This is right."

After agonizing over those two choices for a while, I finally made up my mind.

Then I selected the one I'd chosen.

What I'd decided on after all that thought was...

Save.

The decisive reason I chose save was simple.

Because, as far as I remembered, the heroine of She Becomes Vulgar in the Gym Storage was a virgin.

What kind of reason is that?

I imagined what would happen if I touched a virgin.

I swear I never meant to touch your virginity, it was an accident, it's all my fault, please forgive me just this once...

Ahem, let's drop that.

Of course, that was half-joking, and combined with the reasons I explained earlier, save seemed better than steal, so I went with it.

I was also curious how the rewards would differ from stealing.

"But calling him a clueless pathetic masochist male lead... Harsh on the guy."

Well, it wasn't incomprehensible.

He was exactly that kind of dude.

'The type who doesn't notice his beloved getting blatantly abused by the PE teacher.'

So, those descriptors weren't out of place.

Still, at his core, he's just the nice guy from the neighborhood, so I'll let it slide.

Usually, this is where you rage at the cuckolded male lead and steal the girl yourself, right?

Honestly, I had no grudge against that male lead.

And here's why...

'I skipped all the NTR parts and only watched from the teacher's perspective when he fucks the girl.'

Why should I feel the pain of getting NTR'd? I just wanted to feel like I was the one doing it.

So, I skipped every scene where he got NTR'd and only watched the NTR-ing parts.

You could say that doesn't give a proper impression, but how many people enjoy NTR stories from the victim's perspective anyway? Most watch from the perpetrator's side.

Why make NTR games from the victim's view when no one gets off to watching their girl get stolen?

People get excited by the stealing itself.

What about those who don't? They're the dangerous ones.

Anyway, with those thoughts in mind, I made my choice.

At the same time, the reward button for the choice appeared, but I'll hold off on that.

I trudged over to the high school sports club area nearby, where everyone was frozen mid-stride, to check out the heroine's face.

Maybe because they were athletes, everyone had toned limbs and impressive looks, but finding the heroine was surprisingly easy.

She stood out even among those beauties, drawing all eyes with her otherworldly appearance that made her seem like she was from another world.

'Whoa, Miyuki too, but yeah—game heroines aren't just anyone.'

She really felt on another level from regular people.

Oh, and by "another level," I mean 2D versus reality.

With those weird thoughts, I approached the heroine for a closer look.

Up close, she matched the game's description perfectly.

For an athletic girl, she had huge breasts, skin too perfect for someone training under the sun, and her hair was that signature blue ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠from the game.

All those distinctive traits made her easy to spot.

But seeing her face up close left me puzzled at the same time.

"Tsk... Isn't this someone I've seen before?"

Because her face looked familiar.

I pondered where I'd seen it, and then it hit me.

"Right! At the convenience store, and when walking with Miyuki!"

I'd already seen Haru twice. Once at the convenience store before meeting Misaki, and once while walking with Miyuki.

Thanks to that, my internal familiarity felt even higher.

Of course, to her, I was a total stranger. Anyway.

"Wow, how did I not recognize this face?"

With looks like that, I should've clocked her immediately.

Maybe there's some other issue? I thought for a second, then shook my head to clear it.

With all this unreal stuff happening, I kept slipping into conspiracy theories.

Even with that face, if you don't look closely, you might not notice.

'We were both distracted by other things both times, after all.'

Thinking that, I returned to where I'd been when time stopped and checked the choice reward.

'No way it's memories again...'

Recalling the first reward from Miyuki's choice.

That had been rough. Sure, it helped in the end... but how many people could endure that kind of pain?

Not me, at least.

But what ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠can you do?

'Gotta check the reward...'

No reward had ever been bad or useless so far.

"Sigh... Gotta see if it's poison or medicine..."

With that, I steeled myself and checked it.

"Hm?"

And the reward I checked with all that fuss wasn't what I'd expected.

It was some other kind of reward.