It's true that she's a small cloth doll now, but this skill has given Haruko different operational possibilities!
Since gaining this skill, she had actually secretly used it once in her room, disguising herself as a girl about her own age, with absolutely no flaws visible in the mirror.
Calling it a disguise, it's actually more like transforming into another person within a limited time, and as long as this person's appearance, height, weight, and measurements are within the normal range, she can shape them herself!
The only pity is that this skill can only be used once a week, and each use is extremely short, only 3 hours.
There is operational space, but she cannot blindly try, and even less can she create a version of herself.
Haruko is already on her deathbed, faking death; if another Haruko appeared, it would scare people to death.
"Kai, how many emotional points do I have now?"
[Replying to Host, 4399]
"So many?!"
[The Host's death this time was real, not a fake death with clear hope like last time. All characters experienced intense emotional fluctuations due to your death, thus gaining a large amount of emotional points.]
[However, after this time, characters like Ichiko, if they experience such things again in the future, the emotional points provided will greatly decrease.]
Haruko knew that experiencing the same emotion repeatedly would result in fewer emotional points, which prevented constantly exploiting bugs.
But she didn't expect that this death for emotional points would instead be a case of draining the pond to catch the fish.
"If there are a full four thousand..."
Haruko sat in the drawer, thinking about how to use these emotional points.
Suddenly, she thought of something important, "Kai, now that I'm dead, will the world will still target me?"
[No, after the Host's death, the apparent weight has dropped extremely low. Regarding the main storyline of the original work, no abnormal changes have occurred. Although it was an accident, this was indeed a very successful fake death.]
The butterfly died, but the tornado its wings fanned out would not stop.
Although the main storyline didn't change, many details did.
Inari and Shin sided with Haruko. Murasaki failed to connect with Ichiko. The Divine Doctor male lead, who should have appeared much earlier, hadn't had much contact with Ichiko because Ichiko hadn't been sick.
At this time, Hiro had already been assassinated and died because Yuna went out, but now he was leading a group of subordinates and personally coming to Kyushu City.
This is the butterfly effect!
Then, Haruko no longer needed to worry about the world will regarding what she needed to do next.
4399 emotional points...
"Kai, purchase a mobile phone, a set of intermediate hacker tools, and purchase Status Glasses!"
A huge sum of a full 3000 emotional points, Haruko gritted her teeth and decided to buy it.
[Status Glasses (3000 emotional points): Wearing the glasses will display others' favorability and attitude towards the Host in numerical and text form. The glasses can be upgraded and modified by spending emotional points.]
This was something good she had already set her sights on.
She could clearly know exactly how others' favorability towards her was. With this item, she would also know what Ichiko's true feelings for her were.
And thus, based on the situation, go and conquer Ichiko.
All guilt, regret, pain, and obsession must ultimately turn into love.
And can only love me alone!
A hint of red light flashed in the scarecrow's eyes. After Haruko secretly pushed open a gap in the drawer and confirmed there was no light outside.
She quickly jumped out of the drawer.
She then leaped down from the high table, landed on the rug, and quickly ran to a corner of the room where cloth dolls were usually placed.
Starting today, she, Haruko, was just an ordinary cloth doll!
As time slowly passed, between the school dormitory and Haruko's home, Ichiko still chose to come to this house full of memories.
Dragging her weary body, she staggered back to the entrance of the residential area.
Daye was still on duty, only he was more serious than before and was also equipped with a taser and a tranquilizer gun.
The security level of the residential area had increased by more than one notch.
"I'm sorry, Ritsuko."
Facing Ichiko, Daye's myriad emotions still condensed into a short sentence.
Ichiko forced a smile and shook her head.
She knew what Daye was thinking.
But she wouldn't blame others. The ultimate reason for Haruko's death was herself.
The only person she would blame was herself.
Stepping into the residential area, she then went to the floor where Haruko's home was located.
The further she walked inside, the more coldness and oppression Ichiko felt.
The place, once full of past memories, had instead become a place that made her feel fear and dread.
But even so, this was what she had left behind.
Ichiko walked into the elevator and involuntarily wrapped her arms around herself.
Her cotton coat was very thick, yet she still felt very cold.
Until the elevator door opened, Ichiko was startled to find that a small figure was already waiting at her door.
"Haruko?"
For an instant, the similar small stature made Ichiko hallucinate Haruko.
No, she wasn't Haruko. Her hair was too long and not brown.
It wasn't until the girl waiting at the door turned her head that Ichiko gradually came back to her senses and asked, "I remember you're... that little one who usually works the desk and watches the door in the dormitory building?"
A head of thick long hair reached down to her hips, her profile had a few scars, and her thick, long bangs almost covered half of one eye.
She was even a little smaller than Haruko.
Emi gave Ichiko a sweet smile, "Hello, Ichiko Jie Jie, my name is Emi. I always greeted you every time you returned to the dormitory, did you forget?"
As soon as she said it, Ichiko remembered.
Since over half a month ago, a new little dormitory manager had suddenly appeared in her dormitory building.
Normally, she was cute and adorable, acting as a mascot at the dormitory's first-floor front desk, occasionally helping students watch their deliveries, and sometimes secretly letting in students who returned late without recording their names.
Her small and cute appearance aroused the protective instincts of many girls. When she first arrived, many people in the dormitory building were discussing her.
It was just that at that time, Ichiko was under high pressure and mostly ignored such a person.
After realizing, Ichiko also tried her best to put away the sadness she felt due to Haruko's death and squeezed out a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm usually quite busy and didn't notice you much."
Emi clasped her hands behind her back and slowly shook her head, "It's okay, my presence has never been very strong."
Ichiko asked, "Then, Emi, did you come here... to wait for me?"
But how did she know I was living at Haruko's place?
Or rather, was she waiting for... not me?
A faint sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Ichiko's heart.
Then she saw Emi reveal a shy smile, "It's not exactly that I was waiting for Ichiko Jie Jie. I actually came to look for Elder chichi, but when I rang the doorbell, no one was inside, so I thought I'd wait a bit to see if Elder chichi would come back."
Having said that, Emi turned her head to look behind Ichiko.
As if searching for a certain small figure.
She raised her head and looked at Ichiko with a pure and expectant expression, "Ichiko Jie Jie, didn't Elder chichi come back with you?"
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