The school bell rang, signaling the end of classes, and Utaha's fingers stopped moving across the keyboard.
Seeing the densely packed text, Yusei knew she had finished writing this part of the story.
Utaha stretched backward, and the school uniform couldn't conceal the graceful curves of her body, causing Yusei to unconsciously lose his focus for a moment.
"Hentai-kun, thank you for using your personal experience to help me."
Yusei snapped back to reality, his face falling.
"I already said that wasn't my personal experience, and I'm not Hentai-kun. My name is Kazami Yusei."
"Besides, do you think a simple thank you is enough? If I'm not mistaken, this novel is very important to you, right? I provided you with significant help."
"Could it be that Hentai-kun plans to use this to threaten a helpless girl like me into doing some 18+ things?" Utaha looked at Yusei with a playful expression.
"Cough… Of course not. I just thought you should treat me to a meal or something."
Yusei's face reddened slightly, muttering to himself.
'Of course I'd like to, but if I said that, you'd probably call 911 the next second, right? I saw your finger hovering over the phone...'
'Wait, I think Japan's emergency number isn't 911, what is it again? Whatever...'
"Fine, you pick the place." Utaha didn't seem to mind much, casually agreeing as she packed up her computer.
"The cafeteria, it's cheap." Yusei smiled.
Choosing the cafeteria was a deliberate move by Yusei.
Cheap? Saving money for his senpai, showing her what a practical, home-oriented good guy he is?
Hah, as if! He hasn't even started pursuing her yet, so why would he save her money?
He wanted to create the power of public opinion!
What happens when you appear with the school belle in a high-traffic place like the cafeteria?
People will talk, that's for sure.
Within half an hour, the whole school would be buzzing with rumors about his ambiguous relationship with Utaha.
By then, if he played innocent, his Senpai wouldn't be able to say much either, since he'd be a 'victim' too.
Sometimes, when rumors spread enough, they gradually start to feel true.
Yusei had never pursued a girl before, but he had read plenty of romance novels and browsed numerous guides online about how to chase girls.
Girls are usually shy, and faced with school-wide gossip about an ambiguous relationship, they often blush and tacitly accept it.
By then, his goal would be pretty much achieved.
Having just arrived in this world and already seeing Utaha, it would be a complete lie to say he wasn't interested.
Forget just her curvaceous figure, her round, long legs in black stockings… even just her face and looks alone surpassed the beauties and celebrities of his previous world by miles.
Plus, his Senpai was actually quite kind-hearted beneath her sharp tongue... Okay, fine, he just craves her body, he's honest.
There's no helping it… having been in this Anime World for less than a few hours, Yusei was totally drawn to this type.
Yusei felt his plan for pursuing girls was quite good, very methodical.
He was so engrossed in these plans that he even forgot about the system's notification for the newcomer's gift pack.
…
Lunchtime.
Many students at the school brought their own boxed lunches, but just as many went to the cafeteria to eat.
Among them were Yusei and Utaha.
Usually, Utaha couldn't be bothered to go to the cafeteria at noon, settling for a bought bread instead, as she didn't quite like the noisy environment there.
She felt it disturbed her conceiving of the novel's plot.
So, when she appeared in the cafeteria, many boys were stunned.
'This... wasn't that the school belle? Why did she rarely come to the cafeteria, and... what's with the guy talking to her beside her?'
'The school belle is with a guy, and it looks like they came to eat together?!'
Under what circumstances would a boy and a girl eat together?
The answer seemed obvious… generally, it would be a couple!
The news spread quickly, especially among the boys who had a crush on Utaha, accelerating its dissemination.
From the initial 'Kasumigaoka Utaha is eating in the cafeteria with a boy' to the later 'Kasumigaoka Utaha and her boyfriend are intimately feeding each other'....
In short, the message underwent unpredictable transformations as it passed from person to person.
Even many girls turned to listen to this gossip.
Among them was a fair-skinned blonde girl with twin tails. When she heard the news, her small cherry mouth opened slightly in surprise, her little canine teeth peeking out slightly.
"That guy actually got a boyfriend?"
A bespectacled girl next to her nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, completely unexpected. That Kasumigaoka, who seemed uninterested in everything, actually got a boyfriend."
"I heard some boys before wondering if Kasumigaoka was a lesbian. Looks like now..."
"Hahaha, they must be so sour now. Do you think the boys might get so angry they try to solve it with their fists?"