Note: Yu Ji is the name of Consort Yu
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Chapter 144: Yu Ji
[April 30th, 9 PM.]
[To conclude today's 'deathly encirclement,' you and Holmes reached a deal.]
[The content of the deal was to support the school in testing a mobile dating game.]
[But when you saw the heroine in this dating game, the radar in your heart started blaring loudly.]
[...Perhaps, today's 'Disaster With Women' for you has not yet ended, and this very dating game is also part of the Disaster.]
[This dating game is called... Academy Romance Singularity!]
In the mobile game, the heroine was using her cold eyes to stare directly at Eikou through the screen.
A beautiful face easy on the eyes, thick black hair tied into braids, black-framed glasses, and ruby-like eyes like a vampire.
That gaze exuded a faint chill, as if warning the person beyond the screen not to recklessly approach.
A bad premonition immediately rose in Eikou's heart.
Above the heroine's head appeared the game's logo: 「Academy Romance Singularity」.
Only, the aura she carried, no matter how you looked at it, did not seem like the type one could easily strike up a conversation with.
"Isn't this Yu-senpai from the Chinese Class? You people taking someone else's image as a conquerable character, is that really okay?"
"It's fine~"
Da Vinci spoke in a cheerful tone,
"Eikou-kun, I can very responsibly tell you that us using Yu Ji's image as a game character... actually has a very proper reason!"
Eikou heard the true meaning the other party was trying to hide: "But you people really haven't gotten the other party's legal permission, right?"
"No problem, the other party won't pursue it,"
Da Vinci grinned and pushed his shoulder, advising: "Since you already agreed to help us test the game, don't quit halfway. We spent a lot of effort persuading Lion King to help you divert Queen Morgan's attention, shouldn't you at least show us some sincerity in return?"
"...Alright, what you say makes sense."
Eikou hesitantly nodded.
Although it felt very suspicious, this was part of the deal with Holmes, and he himself had the obligation to carry out this responsibility.
Besides, it was only helping to beta test a dating game, what trouble could that cause?
"Since it's a beta test, do I need to sign some kind of confidentiality agreement?"
"No need, because tomorrow this game will be widely promoted in Chaldea Academy. We just want to give you the game in advance, explain the basic situation, so you can quickly prepare to role-play the character."
"What do you mean by that?"
Eikou froze in surprise.
Holmes and Da Vinci looked a bit guilty, simultaneously avoiding his gaze.
"...Just play and you'll know."
"..."
Eikou silently accepted the tablet from their hands, opening the main interface of the dating game.
「Welcome to Romance Singularity, you may use voice or text to describe the ideal opposite-sex image in your heart, the system will automatically generate the person you love.」
"Oh oh, so I can skip the heroine Yu Ji and create my own female character, right?"
He didn't think too long, his sharp gaze answering: "Boobs must be super huge, and she has to be a blonde western girl who's always thirsty."
"What an honest answer to desire!" The two beside him couldn't help but seriously admire.
"Actually I just want to test the limits of the character customization in this game." Eikou explained, "Don't look at me like that, I have no interest in girls' boobs at all."
「The person you love is...」
"How come it's still her, the keywords I gave don't match at all!"
「Are you satisfied with this opposite-sex image?」
"Satisfied my ass, let me recreate it," Eikou pressed the regenerate button, "this time I want a white-haired, blue-eyed neighbor onee-san with 'Ara ara' vibes, at least a J cup!"
"Didn't you just say you 'had no interest in boobs'?" The two couldn't help but ask.
The tablet popped up a reload notification.
「Recreating the image of the person you love...」
「The person you love is...」
"This clearly isn't recreating anything, how come no matter what it always ends up being the heroine with Yu Ji's face! You're definitely forcing me to pair with her, aren't you!"
No matter what description he gave, the final character model created in the game was always her, right?
Eikou truly didn't know what to say anymore.
Da Vinci gave an embarrassed laugh: "Haha, that's right, in this beta test we only limited you to the heroine's route, you can't choose to create a custom character."
"Then you should've said so earlier, didn't I just expose all my sexual preferences? That's way too embarrassing!" He said with a red face.
"We just hoped you'd be willing to test things out a bit more…" Da Vinci said, "Now you feel embarrassed, but why did you answer so frankly just now?"
Eikou silently looked at the heroine in the game.
In the end, I can only choose a female character model with Yu Ji's face, huh…?
"Hopefully Tristan doesn't see, otherwise he'll misunderstand that I like married women…"
「Please give a nickname to the person you love.」
"Uh…"
Considering the real prototype behind the heroine, Eikou felt he had to avoid misunderstandings, so he needed to give a nickname that no one could misinterpret.
He decisively typed in: 111111
"Just call her 111111."
「Naming successful.」
「From now on, you can directly call by the nickname, 『Yu Ji』.」
"???"
What the hell is this game, completely ignoring the player's input?
They said it was customization, but in the end all they do is shove this character onto me, and then arbitrarily set the name to Yu Ji.
"Don't be angry, Mr. Eikou…"
Holmes patted his shoulder,
"Please try one more round, the next one should really allow customization…"
「Please decide how you will be addressed.」
"That's right, if this round still doesn't let me customize, I'll just delete this game…"
Eikou said wearily.
Other things he could still tolerate, but at the very least the player should decide how they're called.
"How do you want the heroine to address you?" Da Vinci said with a grin, "There are lots of guys who, when playing, like to set the protagonist's name as 『Husband』 or 『Darling』, and then the female NPCs will call them that in the script."
"Forget it, I play games to role-play, just using my own name is enough. This heroine doesn't just have the same face as Yu-senpai, even her name is Yu Ji… I really can't role-play from the protagonist's perspective to conquer her, let alone want to take advantage of her."
「Naming successful.」
「Yu Ji will call your nickname as 『Eikou』」
Thank heaven, finally one round that worked out properly.
Eikou let out a sigh of relief.
「If not satisfied, your nickname can be changed at any time.」
「'Eikou', would you like Yu Ji to try calling you that?」
He tapped the confirm button.
Yu Ji slightly opened her lips and slowly uttered:
"Xiang Yu-sama!"
Boom!
Eikou slammed the table hard.
"The nickname I set doesn't mean anything at all, she didn't even get half a word right, rather than calling wrong, it's more like she still longs for her former husband!"
"Holmes, Principal Da Vinci, you two better give me an explanation, isn't this woman literally 100% the real Yu Ji?!"
This game, what the hell is it, Yu Ji's shadow is way too obvious!