Multiverse: You Said Chuunibyou, But You're Playing for Real?

"According to the setting logic here, it should... be possible."

Shinka Nibutani broke out in cold sweat, forcing herself to remain calm as she answered.

At this point, she could only temporarily admit it.

She couldn't very well say "go find Rikka Takanashi."

That would only reveal bigger flaws, since in outsiders' eyes, she knew nothing about chūnibyō and had no reason to stop Haru.

The moment her words fell, Haru's face showed a smile.

[Ding, Suggestion: Listen to Mori Summer herself breathing, one hour daily for ten days, reward available: Meditation Technique]

The voice in his mind put Haru in a great mood.

Since he had obtained the suggestion, Haru wasn't in a hurry to expose Shinka Nibutani.

He'd play with her first.

He needed to find a way to make Shinka Nibutani voluntarily approach him and willingly give him suggestions.

If he directly exposed Shinka Nibutani's identity, she would definitely become resistant and then refuse to admit she knew anything about these things.

Then it would be even more impossible for her to give Haru suggestions.

"I understand."

So Haru put on an enlightened expression. "So the key next is to find that Mori Summer."

"This grimoire records information about Mori Summer's human incarnation. Perhaps I can find Mori Summer herself based on that information."

Haru deliberately revealed that he intended to search for Mori Summer herself.

Hearing this, Shinka Nibutani nearly had a mental breakdown.

She was so scared that her pretty face became rigid, and her delicate body trembled slightly.

She wailed in her heart:

"It's over, completely over!"

"He actually wants to find me through this grimoire."

Shinka Nibutani almost wanted to cry.

This Dark Grimoire could actually be considered her diary.

It revealed quite a bit of information about herself.

After all, she had cursed the girls in a certain class who spoke ill of her.

And she had performed magical rituals in various places at school...

If Haru really set his mind to searching, he could actually find her alma mater.

Then, with a little inquiry, her identity definitely couldn't be hidden.

"Why is there such a stubborn person? This guy is definitely a severe chūnibyō patient!"

Shinka Nibutani felt like dying from depression.

She completely believed that Haru was a super chūnibyō now.

She even thought Haru's symptoms were a bit terrifying.

Even she, with her severe chūnibyō back then, never thought of searching for the author through online chūnibyō posts.

"I must get the grimoire quickly. I absolutely can't let him find my information."

Shinka Nibutani thought urgently.

She felt that every minute and second now, she could be exposed.

She had to quickly find a way to get close to Haru.

At this moment, Shinka Nibutani heard another statement that nearly scared her to death:

"Searching for Mori Summer counts as an additional commission."

Yukino Yukinoshita said to Haru seriously, "The payment needs to be increased."

Originally, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't want to participate in Haru's chūnibyō game.

But after accepting Haru's commission, an idea arose in her heart.

She could help Haru play his chūnibyō game to reduce the bet she had to pay.

If that was the case, helping him find people could give her more payment, right?

So she immediately spoke up with these words.

"You're quite calculating."

Haru chuckled. His target was Shinka Nibutani; Yukino Yukinoshita was just a tool.

He had given her ten exemptions, yet she still wasn't satisfied and greedily wanted more reductions. How beautiful did she think she was?

"Yukinoshita-san, you didn't provide any useful inspiration for the question just now. I believe that you, a muggle, are of no help to me. I won't trouble you to participate in searching for Mori Summer."

Haru said without courtesy, then looked at Shinka Nibutani with enthusiasm: "On the contrary, Nibutani-san, you immediately found useful information and were of great help to me. I'm truly grateful!"

Hearing Haru call her a muggle, Yukino Yukinoshita was so angry she wanted to hit someone. But understanding that her plan had failed, she could only snort coldly and ignore Haru.

"Did my suggestion really help Haru-san?"

Shinka Nibutani acted flattered, showing a bewildered smile on her face.

But in her heart, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Haru had refused Yukino Yukinoshita, or she would have been in danger.

"So, Nibutani-san, I hope you can join the Far Eastern Magic Napping Society and search for Mori Summer with me. Please!"

Haru showed an enthusiastic smile, saying words full of sincerity that left Shinka Nibutani dumbfounded.

Shinka Nibutani was confused.

Haru's gratitude toward her made her happy, because this way, she had easily gained Haru's trust.

But Haru had actually invited her to search for Mori Summer.

That left her speechless.

Didn't she know clearly that Mori Summer's true identity was herself?

Having her search for herself and expose her own dark history—she'd have to be crazy to do such a thing.

Shinka Nibutani took a deep breath and immediately wanted to refuse.

But then a flash of inspiration crossed her mind:

"Actually, this is a good opportunity!"

"I can use Haru-san's trust in me to mislead him!"

"As long as I can always maintain Haru-san's trust in me, he'll never be able to find my true identity!"

"Hahaha, this Mori Summer is really too clever to think of such a method!"

Shinka Nibutani was overjoyed, her eyes becoming increasingly bright.

She almost couldn't wait to immediately agree to Haru's invitation.

As for joining a chūnibyō club like the Far Eastern Magic Napping Society, which would lower her reputation—

She couldn't care less about that little risk.

Compared to the social death of having her dark history exposed, what did a slight decrease in reputation matter?

Shinka Nibutani almost immediately agreed.

But noticing Yui Yuigahama and Yukino Yukinoshita nearby, she immediately changed her approach, showing a troubled expression and laughing awkwardly:

"...Um, that, Haru-san, I don't really understand your club yet. Could you allow me to ask around first?"

In Shinka Nibutani's view, this statement would appear to Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama as her politely refusing Haru.

But in Haru's eyes, it wasn't a problem. Tomorrow she could just find some excuse, saying she had inquired and wanted to join, and Haru-san definitely wouldn't mind.

Thinking this way, Shinka Nibutani couldn't help but secretly praise her own cleverness again.

"No problem."

Haru said with a half-smile, not seeming to mind at all.

This made Shinka Nibutani breathe a sigh of relief.

With the Service Club activities ended, Haru unceremoniously claimed his benefit from Yukino Yukinoshita.

Amid the blushing and cursing Yukino Yukinoshita, Haru cheerfully left the Service Club and came to the school gate.

Originally, he planned to go home, but he saw several familiar figures walking toward the school gate while laughing and chatting.

The conspicuous girl in the pink tracksuit—who else could it be but Bocchi-chan?

"Bocchi-chan finally made friends at school. Not bad, not bad."

Seeing the four familiar girls beside Bocchi-chan, Haru showed a slight smile.

Just as he expected, those four youthful and cute girls were the four members of the Light Music Club.

The system had already issued several notification sounds, informing Haru that those people were all special individuals.

With Haru's help, Bocchi-chan had become friends with Yui Hirasawa. Haru hadn't participated in what happened afterward, but in his view, Yui Hirasawa would definitely invite Bocchi-chan to join the Light Music Club.

The scene Haru was witnessing now obviously matched his expectations.

Originally, Haru wanted to go say hello to Bocchi-chan, but seeing Hitori Goto walking and chatting happily with the other girls, he gave up the idea.

After all, given his relationship with Hitori Goto, she would definitely get so nervous in front of others that she couldn't speak.

There was no need for him to disturb Hitori Goto's wonderful time.

However, while Haru didn't plan to go over and greet them, Yui Hirasawa spotted him and immediately brightened up, excitedly waving at Haru:

"Haru-san, over here, over here!"

"Uh, I've been discovered?" Haru shook his head. Since that was the case, there was no helping it.

Haru walked over on his own.

But Yui Hirasawa found his movement too slow and impatiently rushed over to pull Haru along.

Seeing Haru, Hitori Goto immediately panicked and nearly hid in a box again.

However, she was held tightly by the girl wearing a headband, leaving her nowhere to hide.

"This is Bocchi-chan's boyfriend!"

Yui Hirasawa wore an ambiguous smile as she introduced Haru to everyone.

"Really, really? You're the legendary Haru-san? I'm Ritsu Tainaka, just call me Ritsu!"

The energetic girl wearing a headband enthusiastically greeted Haru.

"Um, I'm Mio Akiyama. Please take care of me."

The black-haired girl with a perfect Yamato Nadeshiko temperament introduced herself somewhat shyly and politely.

"Hello, I'm Tsumugi Kotobuki. I'm Bocchi-chan's new friend."

Tsumugi Kotobuki, who had an elegant and graceful temperament with beautiful blonde hair and distinctive thick eyebrows, showed a proper smile.

All three girls stared at Haru curiously, like looking at a gorilla in a zoo.

Just as Haru was about to introduce himself—

"We're... not dating..."

Hitori Goto, who was being held tightly by Ritsu Tainaka to prevent her escape, now had a completely red face as she frantically explained.

"Bocchi-chan, really, you still won't admit it at this point."

Yui Hirasawa's smile was very ambiguous. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about admitting."

"That's right, Bocchi-chan. Having such a handsome boyfriend is definitely something worth bragging about. What's there to be embarrassed about?" Ritsu Tainaka also joined Yui Hirasawa in teasing her.

"It's really not true!" Hitori Goto said with a red face, showing panicked eyes toward Haru: "Ha... Haru-san, I'm sorry. I never shamelessly said I was your girlfriend or anything like that. Please don't think I'm a shameless woman."

Although Haru had hugged Hitori Goto for several days, making her feel extremely embarrassed whenever she thought about it even now, Haru's help to her was also real. He had successfully helped her escape her lonely school life and join a club like the Light Music Club, full of friendly classmates.

Therefore, Hitori Goto was also extremely grateful to Haru and was afraid that Haru would misunderstand her, thinking she was shamelessly bragging outside.

Hitori Goto didn't think that such a handsome guy like Haru would be interested in a girl with a gloomy personality like her.

"I know Bocchi-chan isn't that kind of person."

Haru found it amusing. He knew exactly what kind of person Hitori Goto was. Without an explanation, she'd probably imagine herself committing seppuku as proof. "Everyone, you've misunderstood. Bocchi-chan and I really aren't dating."

"Boyfriend-kun, that's not right to say!"

Who knew that upon hearing this, Ritsu Tainaka patted Haru's shoulder with a grin. "It's understandable that Bocchi-chan is too shy to admit it, but as a guy, not admitting it is a bit irresponsible."

"That's right, Haru-kun. You and Bocchi-chan did that kind of thing in the classroom."

Yui Hirasawa also seemed to be standing up for Hitori Goto, puffing out her cheeks as she looked at Haru. "You even lied to me then, saying you were controlling your sense of taste. Later, when I told Ritsu-chan and the others, they told me that's what dating is, and you still won't admit it."

Uh.

Haru looked at Yui Hirasawa speechlessly.

I was wondering how these people immediately said I was Bocchi-chan's boyfriend when they met me.

So it was you who was the snitch.

Haru explained irritably: "I really was learning to control my sense of smell that day. Yui, stop spreading rumors. It doesn't matter if I'm misunderstood, but Bocchi-chan will get too nervous to see people."

"Haru, you're still saying such things!"

Yui Hirasawa puffed out her cheeks. "That day you said your sense of smell was developed and you were learning to control taste or whatever—that was totally just an excuse to fool me. Human sense of smell can't possibly be that developed."

After saying this, she suddenly looked at Haru weakly: "My sister reminded me that your kind of explanation is a method playboys use to chase girls. She told me to be careful of you and not be deceived."

Upon hearing this, Haru noticed that Mio Akiyama showed a horrified expression and actually moved several steps away from him.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Not only had this big-mouth Yui Hirasawa told the Light Music Club members about this, she had even told her sister Ui Hirasawa.

Thinking that he had been misunderstood as a playboy by Yui-kami, Haru couldn't help but want to pinch Yui Hirasawa's cheeks into a hamster shape.

That was the incredibly cute Yui-kami!

"Um, that... Haru-san's sense of smell really is very developed."

Just when Haru was being suspected of being a playboy by the Light Music Club girls, Hitori Goto weakly spoke up, defending Haru.

My Bocchi-chan is still the best. Haru was immediately so moved he wanted to hug Bocchi-chan and give her a kiss.

"Bocchi-chan, we already said that's a way to chase girls, and you're still speaking up for him."

Yui Hirasawa puffed out her cheeks, then put her hands on her hips, looking at Haru proudly:

"Haru-kun, if you really have such a developed sense of smell, then tell us what scents each of the four of us has. If you can do that, I'll believe you."

Looking at the panicked Hitori Goto, Yui Hirasawa's eyes flashed with cunning as she thought smugly:

"Hmph, if you can't prove it, you'll have nothing to say and will have to honestly admit you're dating Bocchi-chan."

Haru looked at Yui Hirasawa and chuckled. You big-mouth, you're actually asking me to prove it? You're digging your own grave!

Haru decided to let Yui Hirasawa know what "trouble comes from the mouth" meant. He chuckled: "Of course, there's no problem with me proving it, but being misunderstood is quite hurtful for me."

"If I prove that I really do have a developed sense of smell, how will you make up for me being misunderstood?"

Yui Hirasawa was stunned for a moment.

That seemed to make sense. If Haru really had such an amazing sense of smell, she had indeed misunderstood him and needed to apologize.

But the kind of thing Haru was talking about was simply impossible, right?

Yui Hirasawa snorted dismissively: "If you really have such an amazing sense of smell, the Light Music Club and I can help you learn to control your sense of smell just like Bocchi-chan did."

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