Chapter 162: Even Self-Destruction Has Its Limits
The calendar jumped forward another four squares.
[To save Yu Ji, you are forced to put yourself in danger, and moreover, you must persuade Yu Ji to participate in the Holy Grail War of Romance Prison Singularity.]
[Time passes quickly, four days have gone by, the Holy Grail War only for couples is about to begin.]
[Whether this Singularity can be repaired, whether Yu Ji and the Servants trapped inside can be saved or not, the hope of Chaldea Academy now rests entirely on your shoulders.]
[In these four days, you strive to improve yourself, both by using Love Sleeping 2 to learn how to deal with married women, and by trying to increase Yu Ji's affection.]
[Since the affection is not high, every time you talk to Yu Ji, as long as something slightly displeases her, she will immediately self-destruct by exploding, refusing communication.]
[In the days close to the deadline, Gawain and Tristan, with passionate hearts, decided to stay up all night fighting alongside you.]
[No matter how good Yu Ji is at self-destructing, in the end there is a limit. As long as you exhaust her, until she has no strength left to self-destruct, only then can you seriously talk to her.]
[Thus, you all began day and night without stopping, observing her self-destructing, using a continuous rotation tactic to drain all of her stamina and mana.]
[Just like that, the frequency of her self-destruction gradually slowed down.]
[The final deadline to save Yu Ji, one day left.]
[Yu Ji's current affection towards you: 29%]
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The night before the Holy Grail War of Love.
Eikou and the two Knights of the Round Table, with heavy dark circles still under their eyes, just by looking one could tell they had stayed up for many days.
They were all nervously staring at the phone screen, waiting for Yu Ji's next recovery and self-destruction.
During these four days, Eikou and the others took turns staying up at night, constantly monitoring Yu Ji's every move. Each time she went online, they would harass her until she exploded.
As soon as her body recovered, they would immediately repeat the same action, making her so exasperated that once again she went 'Kaboom' — recover, harass, self-destruct, recover, harass, self-destruct…
Yu Ji kept looping through self-destruction for days, until she was truly exhausted, without a shred of strength left.
"Can we finally have a serious talk now, senpai?"
On Eikou's face, dark circles still etched deeply, he forced a reluctant smile.
"You really are something, kouhai..."
On the phone, Yu Ji was panting, struggling to wipe the sweat off her forehead.
After continuously exploding for days, now she couldn't even stand properly.
Even Arash in the Lottery Festival had never gone through such a merciless frequency of self-explosion.
"Unbelievable that you kept clinging to me, watching me explode day and night for four days straight! Truly a bunch of idle people! Are humans really such boring creatures?!"
"Have you surrendered?"
"I have no intention of surrendering to a bored person like you... I'm just tired, I'm really tired! Fighting against you humans is truly one of the worst decisions I've ever made!"
After saying that, Yu Ji tiredly collapsed onto the desk in the classroom background, without even the strength to flip a book.
"...So that means you're finally willing to have a proper conversation with us, right?" Eikou asked, somewhat excited.
The black-haired girl looked a little embarrassed, but still nodded: "If you have something to say then hurry up, anyway you'll keep bothering me until I agree."
"Wonderful! We did it!"
The three boys outside the phone screen couldn't hold back and hugged each other in joy, especially Gawain and Tristan — finally, they could return to bed and sleep soundly.
"Yu Ji, there's something I've always wanted to say to you..."
Eikou quickly adjusted his emotions, cleared his throat: "Senpai, Ohaiyo!"
"...Are you stupid or what! You tormented me for four days and three nights, and the only thing you want to say is this?!"
Yu Ji roared, revealing her small fangs that were both cute and sharp.
"I'm just kidding, senpai, I only want you to join me tomorrow in the Holy Grail War for couples." he said.
"I Refuse!!!"
She shook her head without the slightest hesitation,
"Mochizuki Eikou, never ask me such a stupid question a second time. I will not participate in some couple activity with any man other than Xiang Yu-sama. It's not that I'm targeting you, but this is a matter of principle."
"Please, I give you 5QP, okay!"
"This is not a matter of money... besides, with that amount who could you even bribe, are you mocking me! Do you take me for a fool?!"
"That's not it, it's just that I only have 5QP left in my pocket."
Eikou rummaged through his empty pouch, then he discovered that he actually only had 4QP.
"Then I'll give you 5QP, can you stop bothering me already?"
"Haha, no way."
"I knew it."
Yu Ji lightly sighed, holding the book in her hand, her slender legs closed together, hugging her knees as she sat on the chair in the game background.
She couldn't understand why this man kept clinging to her without letting go, even though in the past half month she had refused to communicate countless times, making him fail and retreat again and again.
Yet Eikou had not the slightest intention of giving her up.
Could it be that the other party was in love with her?
If that was really the case, then she absolutely had to reject him clearly.
Sorry, kouhai, I have no intention of loving any man other than Xiang Yu-sama.
"Human... let me seriously ask you one thing, do you like me?"
"Tch..."
Hearing this question, Eikou couldn't help but frown.
In his heart he thought: As expected of an Elemental, the moment she sits down to talk properly she throws out such a heavy question, this kind of blunt outburst is really different from humans.
He rubbed his chin, carefully observing Yu Ji's figure.
Her long black braided hair, the solitary literary girl aura, those noble ruby-like cold eyes, together with her voluptuous and alluring figure, indeed made one's heart tremble.
At a glance, she was clearly the solitary, cold type, yet she made people unable to resist wanting to see what she would be like if she became a girlfriend — would she reveal a clingy or gentle maiden side only for him?
"If only judging by appearance, you fit quite well with my standards for a girlfriend, you've got strong girlfriend vibes, about 89 points, I quite like you."
Eikou evaluated seriously.
"Human, who asked you about liking me at that level!"
"Then let me be blunt, senpai, emotionally I don't like you, but I was embarrassed to say it directly for fear of hurting your pride, so I confirmed it from your appearance first instead! Don't be discouraged, 89 points is already very high, to get higher it would have to be someone like Minamoto no Raikou or Lion King level!"
"???"
She originally just wanted to clarify the other's feelings and then decisively refuse. But now she was the one being refused instead?
"Damn human, why am I being pitied like this, it sounds like I'm being dumped by you... already rejected, yet you still had to drag in other women to trample on me further, you didn't protect my pride at all!"
Moreover, those women all had large breasts, so was it that she lost in terms of figure?
Yu Ji thought angrily, humiliated and ashamed at once.
This brat didn't look smart at all, but when it came to pissing people off, he might actually be a genius!
"Human, I only wanted to ask your true feelings, if you don't like me then from the start don't bother me. And even if you like me, it still won't work, because——"
"Because, you already have someone in your heart," Eikou calmly said, "other than Xiang Yu-sama, no one can step into your heart."
"Kouhai, you've even learned how to steal my lines now."
Yu Ji curled up on the chair, unconsciously revealing a closed-off posture rejecting communication.
"Human, participating in the Holy Grail War is an extremely dangerous matter. You don't need to risk your life for a woman you don't love, and who will never love you. Surely there are many girls who like you, go seek them out, you won't gain anything from me."
"So, don't waste your time on me anymore."
"I say this out of kindness, human."
She said so.
She thought these words would make the other party back off sensibly, but Eikou's reaction was completely relaxed, he snapped his fingers: "But, I love you though?"