"Wuu..."
"Um, Fujiwara-san?"
"Wuu wuu wuu... wuu..."
"Uh, Fujiwara-san? Are you okay? You're alright, right?"
"Wuu waaaah wuu wuu wuu..."
At this moment, in Werbo's office, Gao Hai sat leaning against the desk in the center of the room with a slightly awkward expression, while Chika Fujiwara was almost completely wrapped around him, burying her head in his chest, letting out suppressed sobs one after another.
Whether it was Maki or Kaguya, no matter what blows these two young girls encountered, they would never reveal such a weak posture like Chika Fujiwara. Therefore, at this moment, this sensation of being tackled by a beautiful girl was exceptionally fresh for Gao Hai. Feeling the intense tactile sensation brought by the close contact of their bodies, and the fresh fragrance flooding into his nasal cavity, Gao Hai felt an indescribable pleasure... ah no, troublesome feeling. Yes, a troublesome feeling.
{Hai-kun, I have met up with Auntie and came out of the Analysis Workshop. Next, we are preparing to go to the Archives Area to investigate. How about you? What is your situation now?}
Maki Shijo's private communication suddenly reached Gao Hai's ears at this moment.
Why did it have to be at this specific time?
For some reason, hearing Maki's voice in this state, Gao Hai actually felt his heartbeat accelerate.
{I just explored a very weird area, like a place where various people's memories are piled up on each other. To be honest, it was quite weird, quite scary, but I have found the path to the next area. I am resting now and preparing to set off in a while.}
There was not a trace of emotional abnormality in the reply. At this moment, Gao Hai's acting skills were watertight.
{Is that so? You aren't injured, are you? Don't force yourself. When you need to rest, make sure to rest properly.}
Not expecting that Gao Hai might encounter trouble while she was exploring steadily on her end, Maki immediately became somewhat nervous and hurriedly asked about Gao Hai's situation.
Gao Hai was just about to answer, but his attention was diverted by the soft sensation of Chika pressing against his chest and abdomen. He couldn't give an immediate answer for a moment, and as a result, Maki's second message followed immediately.
{Hai-kun, how exactly are you right now? You aren't forcing yourself, are you?}
{N-No, just grazed my skin a little, I'm fine, don't worry.}
Gao Hai's reply was a little late, and obviously, Maki wasn't someone who could be dismissed with just a sentence or two like that.
{Are you really okay?}
{Really okay. Don't you trust my skills?}
{I can't trust them at all. You've already rewound once, haven't you? I'm very worried about the situation on your side. How about I figure out a way to come over to you, and have Fujiwara-san switch with me? Auntie and Fujiwara-san have a good relationship; if the two of them cooperate, it might be better?}
{No, better not do that. I am currently in a 'Watched' state. Any contact other than this mental link might carry risks. I don't want you to have an accident again, so rest assured, just leave this side to me.}
{Alright... but, definitely do not force yourself. If you act recklessly again, I won't let you off!}
{I know, I know. Rest assured, okay, my little Maki~}
{Who-who-who is your little Maki! You perverted lecher!}
After a round of communication, it tentatively ended safely.
Finally, he even took the opportunity to tease the other party. It's just that, how to put it... holding one woman in his arms while communicating with another woman, and even saying some flirtatious words at the end, Gao Hai felt an increasingly strong sense of guilt that he was a scumbag.
But he didn't seem to reject this feeling?
Thinking this, Gao Hai felt the sobbing in his arms gradually subside, so he reached out and patted Chika's head, saying "Have you calmed down?" while looking at her.
Although she had obviously received a huge shock before, Chika Fujiwara was actually very calm. That's why when she cried just now, she buried her head tightly in Gao Hai's arms, suppressing her crying sound to the minimum, completely avoiding making any excessive noise that might attract anything.
And now, after her emotions had completely settled, although the young girl still sobbed occasionally, she was able to calm down, raise her head, and look Gao Hai in the eye.
It had to be said, a cute and beautiful girl with tears in her eyes looked quite nice; it was very moving.
"Um, thank you, Gao-kun. Without Gao-kun just now, I wouldn't have known what to do at all..."
Whispering her thanks, Chika Fujiwara also realized what she was doing at this moment. Her cheeks became even redder than before, but she didn't immediately get up from Gao Hai.
"You're welcome. It's only natural to feel fear when facing terrible things. You performed very well. You utilized that unfortunate scenario and persisted by roleplaying as the pianist in the restaurant, right? You're quite good at adapting to changes."
Gao Hai smiled, praising Chika, and patted her head again.
Uwah, this feeling of being patted on the head, am I being treated like a child?
Reaching out to cover her head, Chika Fujiwara's blush deepened.
In that moment just now, she was truly on the verge of despair.
After discovering she had inexplicably entered a strange area, Chika Fujiwara thought about running and hiding, but found that her location seemed to be gathering many of those terrible things. Then, thinking of the "Roleplay" rule Gao Hai mentioned, the young girl steeled her heart and sat in front of a piano on a high platform in that area to play, trying to disguise her identity in this way to deceive those things.
The result could be considered a success, but in reality, it was also equivalent to failure. Because after starting to play, Chika found she couldn't leave. Her whole body seemed fixed in front of the piano, forced to play repeatedly. Her consciousness became increasingly blurry, and she gradually began to feel drowsy.
Knowing that once she fell asleep she probably wouldn't wake up, Chika Fujiwara resisted with all her might, but still lost consciousness little by little, thus falling into despair. But just then, Gao Hai suddenly appeared and saved her. The young girl couldn't describe the drastic ups and downs of her mood at that moment, so after becoming safe, she completely broke down and directly hugged him and cried.
"So, it's about time to get up, right?"
Then, in this moment when she finally calmed her emotions and recovered her cool, amidst Gao Hai's polite smile and voice, the young girl suddenly felt a trace of hard tactile sensation pressing against her. Instantly, her whole body froze.
Th-this thing, could it be...
"I say, you should have some self-awareness. You are a very beautiful and cute girl. This kind of behavior of suddenly hugging someone is very bad. I think as a lady, it's better not to do this kind of thing to a strange member of the opposite sex."
Gao Hai maintained his polite smile, simply admonishing Chika seriously.
"I-I-I wouldn't do this to a strange male!"
Abruptly standing up from Gao Hai and retreating to the side, Chika Fujiwara was about to shout out subconsciously, but realizing where she was, she hurriedly suppressed her voice, stomped her foot, and retorted with a blushing face.
Her heart was beating very fast.
Even that hard, indescribable object just now didn't seem to make the young girl feel any disgust towards the man in front of her.
Probably because he said she was a beautiful and cute girl, so she couldn't hate him, right?
No, it seemed to be the complete opposite of disgust, another feeling...
At this moment, Chika Fujiwara didn't quite understand her own thoughts.
"So, did you find any valuable clues in the area where you were trapped?"
Gao Hai didn't care much; after all, he was the one who felt good, so he asked about business directly.
"Yes, I did find some things. Um, that, sorry for getting your clothes wet..."
Chika Fujiwara nodded gently, took out a flyer from her waist, then noticing the wet patch on Gao Hai's chest, lowered her head to apologize in a whisper.
"Alright, don't keep repeating such meaningless words. Hmm, let me see..."
Gao Hai, who didn't care at all, spoke casually, then unfolded the flyer in his hand.
The colorful, beautifully made text on the flyer then reflected in Gao Hai's eyes.
——
At the same time, the dormitory area.
Maki Shijo opened the door and entered the four-person dormitory first, searching carefully inside. After confirming there was no one inside and no monitoring devices, she nodded to Kaguya at the door. Then Kaguya walked in, turned to close the door, locked it directly, and used a chair to prop against the door lock.
"Are you sure it's safe here?"
Kaguya asked very seriously.
"At least among the places we can go, this is the safest."
Maki said while rummaging through her backpack, quickly taking out a cassette player.
After the Shirakawa Apartments instance ended, Gao Hai, Kaguya, and Maki prepared various items in their respective backpacks. Among them, Maki brought a cassette player, for the purpose of using this item, which has been basically eliminated in modern society, when encountering special situations in an instance.
For example, now. She and Kaguya secretly infiltrated the Archives Area on the second floor of the base together and stole a cassette tape and a document.
"Play it."
Kaguya nodded to Maki after searching the dormitory again and repeatedly confirming safety.
Click—
Extending a finger, Maki gently pressed the play button and began to play the tape obtained from the Archives Area.
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