Chapter 302: Yotsuya Miko on the Offensive
"Please do not take your frustration out on Kagura. I obtained your information through other intelligence channels."
Seeing Hikigaya Hachiman turn his gaze toward Tsuchimiya Kagura, Isayama Mei—who had ignored Kagura until now—took a step forward to shield her, blocking his line of sight.
"Fine. So, Miss Isayama, is there something you need?"
Feeling even more of a headache coming on after Mei's explanation, Hachiman rubbed his temples while asking about her purpose.
"You may simply call me Mei. As for the reason I am here..."
Isayama Mei paused slightly. After glancing at Isayama Yomi, who was held in Kagura's arms, she continued:
"According to Yomi's colleagues, she had already gone on break this morning. However, the Isayama family received no news from her until this afternoon, so my father sent me out to find her. The reason I was able to find this place was by tracking Kagura."
"I see."
Hachiman's expression softened slightly. Since Isayama Mei was here for Yomi, then it had nothing to do with him. The time for him to return home had already been delayed long enough; he didn't want to drag things out any further.
"Are you planning to head back now?"
Observing Hachiman's movements, Isayama Mei took the initiative to ask.
"That is indeed the case."
Hachiman nodded, then looked at Mei with a peculiar gaze. Surely this newly arrived woman in the kimono didn't have a mountain of questions to ask him too?
"If that is so, how about letting my private car give you and your companion a ride?"
Isayama Mei did not cause the trouble Hachiman expected; instead, she proactively offered her car for his commute.
"No need. The train station isn't far from here. You should focus your attention on her instead."
Mei's decision not to add more trouble undoubtedly improved Hachiman's opinion of her. Shaking his head to decline her kindness, Hachiman turned around, took Yotsuya Miko by the hand, and walked out of the alley.
"Now then, let us take her back first."
Watching Hachiman's back disappear from sight, Isayama Mei turned to Isayama Yomi and made a decision.
"Hikigaya-kun is even more amazing than I imagined."
The train back to Chiba was as crowded as ever. Standing in the narrow space shielded by Hachiman's broad shoulders, Yotsuya Miko recalled the previous events and couldn't help but tease him.
She had originally thought Hachiman was just very strong, but it turned out that besides his strength, his status in the world she didn't understand was also quite high.
"I'm not even familiar with them..."
Hachiman's face was full of helplessness; even his explanation sounded somewhat weak. But what he said was the truth. The reason those people respected him so much was mostly because they mistakenly believed he was one of the five Great Exorcists. The reality, however, was that he was a total fake...
"Precisely because you aren't familiar, that's why I say Hikigaya-kun is amazing."
Hearing his explanation, Miko blinked. The attitude of those women toward Hachiman upon their first meeting was already like that—if he actually knew them, wouldn't they be throwing themselves at him?
At the thought of Hachiman being surrounded by a group of girls, Miko's face immediately clouded over with displeasure.
"..."
Things were looking bad. Even as dense as Hachiman was regarding emotions, he could tell that Miko seemed to be sulking. But to get angry over a few women he barely knew...
Looking at Miko, whose cheeks were puffed out like a ball, Hachiman didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"As long as Hikigaya-kun doesn't abandon me, it's fine."
"Eh?"
A trace of bewilderment appeared on Hachiman's face. Miko seemed to have said something just now, but it felt as though his brain hadn't fully processed the message she conveyed.
"I said, as long as Hikigaya-kun doesn't leave me behind, it's fine!"
Miko repeated her words, her face turning bright red. Immediately after, she stomped hard on Hachiman's foot to vent her embarrassment.
"Why?"
This time, Hachiman heard her clearly, but because he heard her, he couldn't understand why she would say such a thing.
After all, from the perspective of a modern woman, how could such a thing be acceptable?
"Hikigaya-kun isn't an ordinary person, right?"
Seeing that Hachiman was still pushing for an answer, Miko glanced at the surrounding passengers and then looked at Hachiman as if he were an idiot.
To put it bluntly, the monogamy system mandated by law only restricted ordinary citizens.
For a man like Hachiman, whose power had long since transcended the law, wouldn't it be normal for him to marry many women? Conversely, if she had Hachiman's power, it wouldn't be impossible for her to start a reverse harem either...
In short, using the concepts of ordinary people to restrict the behavior of someone like Hachiman was a strange thing to do.
After all, the rules of the game they followed were completely different!
"I like Hikigaya-kun. But it seems Hikigaya-kun doesn't just like me alone. So..."
Miko's tone became wavering. Even though she had thought it through clearly, even though she had prepared herself mentally in advance, she still couldn't bring herself to explicitly tell the person she liked to start a harem!
Just as Miko took a few deep breaths and prepared to speak again, Hachiman suddenly placed his hand on her forehead.
"!"
Searing heat transferred from his palm to her forehead. Miko's body instantly tensed up, and she stared blankly at Hachiman's face, which was now inches away.
However, what she expected did not happen. After confirming that Miko's temperature was normal, Hachiman withdrew his hand.
"Strange, you don't have a fever..." Hachiman muttered softly under his breath.
Snap!
Hearing his quiet mutter, a vein instantly popped on Miko's forehead.
She had just said something so bold, yet Hachiman thought her brain was fried from a fever?!
Miko gritted her teeth, looking at the idiot in front of her with a mix of grief and indignation—he was nearly annoying her to death.
Then, in a fit of passion, she grabbed his collar and performed the boldest act of her life!
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Emiya Shirou will change the fake Holy Grail War
A false Holy Grail War was held in Snowfield City.
Consequently, the Noble Phantasms of Gilgamesh and Enkidu flew wildly like rain. The Pale Rider rapidly infected the entire city. The Avenger Heracles surged with overflowing black mud. Even the Zealot, who possessed the eighteen secret techniques of the Hassans, had to struggle just to survive in the cracks between them.
A battlefield where gods fight is exactly like this; a duel between a human and a Heroic Spirit is, after all, a distant and irrelevant myth.
That is, if the silhouette of a certain red-haired "faker" young man hadn't happened to—randomly, inadvertently, and accidentally—pass by this world's counterfeit Holy Grail War.
COTE: Katsuragi Keima's battle of wits in love
The youth, Katsuragi Keima, was holding his game console, posting walkthroughs for various galge (dating sims) across different forums.
At that very moment, Katsuragi Keima received a new message.
[To the Capturing God]
[I've heard the rumors that you can capture any girl, regardless of who she is. While I find it unlikely, if it is true, there are many girls waiting for your capture. (This will be a super-high difficulty galge unlike anything you have ever experienced.)]
"What's this? An email full of such provocative undertones... who does he think I am? The God does not run away!"
Katsuragi Keima pressed the confirmation button.
Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite!
(Katsuragi Keima is the protagonist of The World God Only Know)
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