Winter rain felt different from any other.
Tap tap tap…
The crisp ticking echoed near the ear, rain pelting the top of a dark gray umbrella with clear, brittle snaps.
Droplets clinging to the umbrella's frame slowly sl...
2025-05-05 04:10:22 +0000 UTC
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Another set of four options appeared.
Kazami Haru began to weigh them.
The first option was a no-holds-barred approach, powering through regardless of his condition.
In the simulation, he had already become stubborn enough to do ...
2025-05-04 18:18:26 +0000 UTC
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[Due to your natural musical talent, your keyboard skills improve rapidly once you commit to intense training. But this training also comes with consequences.]
[Over-practice causes tendonitis in your dominant right index finger. The sharp, ...
2025-05-04 18:18:02 +0000 UTC
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"Well then, it's time to continue."
Back at home, Kazami Haru tidied up quickly and immediately resumed the simulation.
He had reached a critical point in Takamatsu Tomori's storyline and needed to find a way to push forward.
[Yo...
2025-05-04 18:17:40 +0000 UTC
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After hours of hard work, it was finally the moment Kazami Haru looked forward to the most: closing time. He casually flipped the cursed "Open" sign to "Closed," and immediately relaxed.
Thanks to her strong adaptability, Togawa Sakiko had q...
2025-05-04 18:17:18 +0000 UTC
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The night had fallen. A train sped down the rust-lined tracks, its metallic hum blending into the neon glow that draped the city like a shimmering necklace.
The sidewalks bustled with people, their faces laughing, chattering, each lost in th...
2025-05-04 18:16:34 +0000 UTC
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"Taki, please don't be like this."
Tomori's eyes were filled with panic as she spread her arms in front of Taki, clearly afraid that her friend might do something irreversible in the heat of the moment.
She'd always been timid, unsure,...
2025-05-04 18:15:54 +0000 UTC
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[You've formed a band with Tomori Takamatsu.]
[Your heartfelt sincerity makes her feel completely at ease. To her, you are the sunrise breaking through the clouds, a guiding light through the endless fog.]
[As long as ...
2025-05-04 18:15:09 +0000 UTC
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Sure enough, whenever Haru realized something in real life, his simulated self would also start to adjust.
Even if Tomori locked herself away in an EVA Unit, Haru was ready to pierce her out with a spear of Longinus.
[You decide you ca...
2025-05-04 16:23:59 +0000 UTC
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Just thinking about Taki's fearsome glare and her lightning-fast, decisive actions made Kazami Haru instinctively choose the first option.
Letting things unfold naturally might seem like the calmer, safer route, but that only bought time bef...
2025-05-04 16:23:02 +0000 UTC
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"What about this one?"
Haru picked up a smooth, crescent-shaped stone from beneath some leaves. It looked just like a moon suspended in the sky.
Tomori's eyes lit up as she gently took it from his hand. A soft smile curved her lips.
2025-05-04 16:22:15 +0000 UTC
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The women's uniform at "Rabbit House" featured a crisp white dress shirt with a light vest and a black knee-length skirt. A cute bow adorned the collar, paired with black tights and short leather boots.
They hadn't gotten Sakiko's measuremen...
2025-05-04 16:21:19 +0000 UTC
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Just one cup of coffee had helped Togawa Sakiko relax. She was now in the ideal state for an interview.
As the temporary "interviewer," Kazami Haru decided to take the task seriously and try to act the part.
He casually grabbed the gue...
2025-05-04 16:20:48 +0000 UTC
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The girl wore a refined ensemble of a white-gray blouse and a long black pleated skirt, elegantly accented with a black silk ribbon at the collar. A pure black shoulder bag with gold trim hung gracefully from her shoulder. Her twin-tails, draped l...
2025-05-04 16:20:18 +0000 UTC
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"..."
It felt like a dream, as if drifting through an ethereal, unreal world, she wandered, searching for her own "truth."
But just before she could grasp the light, her body pulled her back into the waking world.
Her limbs felt ...
2025-05-04 16:19:42 +0000 UTC
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3:00 PM —
Classes for the day were over. It was now time for students to freely participate in club activities.
But Kazami Haru had little interest in those so-called clubs.
He always had things to do after sch...
2025-05-04 07:42:04 +0000 UTC
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[One evening, you saw Ijichi Nijika chatting with your wife. In your memory, your usually quiet and reserved wife rarely talked so much outside specific occasions, but now, she was speaking non-stop.]
[In contrast, Nijika, always cheerful an...
2025-05-04 07:41:30 +0000 UTC
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[Your married life with Ryo is happy, but you can sense that, without music, something vital in her spirit has faded.]
[The once inseparable bandmates have scattered, forced to give up on their shared dream for the sake of survival.]
[...
2025-05-04 07:41:05 +0000 UTC
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Just barely making it back from Ryo's gentle arms of "Song of Ice and Fire" love barrage, Kazami Haru was now staring down another major dilemma. He took a deep breath and double-checked the options—surely, he wasn't seeing things?
No way....
2025-05-04 07:39:41 +0000 UTC
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"Yeah. I like Ryo."
Kazami Haru spoke without a hint of hesitation, delivering a clear confession that stunned every girl trying to dodge the topic.
Kita Ikuyo's hands trembled as she held her knife and fork, her eyes dim and lifeless....
2025-05-04 07:38:53 +0000 UTC
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After a lunch break that could generously be called "acquaintance-making" with Hitori Gotou, Kazami Haru returned to the classroom and re-entered simulation mode.
...
[Faced with Yamada Ryo's sincere request, you followed your heart an...
2025-05-04 07:37:57 +0000 UTC
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"Haru, I need to talk to you."
"Hm?"
Yamada Ryo, usually aloof and cool, now stood in front of Kazami Haru with a striking seriousness.
Normally expressionless, she now showed a completely different side of herself.
She loo...
2025-05-04 07:36:56 +0000 UTC
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Maybe it was because of all the weird choices he'd made so far, but Kazami Haru was starting to get used to Yamada Ryo's ridiculous thought process.
Even when she pulled something like this, it somehow just felt… normal.
Despite the ...
2025-05-04 07:35:46 +0000 UTC
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After making this rather mischievous choice, a rush of unfamiliar memories suddenly flooded Kazami Haru's mind.
In front of him was an old wooden counter with a timeworn texture. The natural wood grain looked like the wrinkles of an elderly ...
2025-05-04 07:35:06 +0000 UTC
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[Available Simulation Target: Yamada Ryo]
[Status: Curious]
…Curious?
Kazami Haru was pretty sure he had never interacted with Yamada Ryo before.
Had she somehow found his online com...
2025-05-04 07:33:46 +0000 UTC
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"The vocalist is trying way too hard."
Slender, fair fingers with well-defined knuckles tapped away at the dimly glowing phone screen.
Under the comments section of a music MV on a well-known Japanese video-sharing site, a new message ...
2025-05-04 07:31:35 +0000 UTC
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【Simulation Victim List—Yamada Ryo, Takamatsu Tomori, Chihaya Anon, Gotoh Hitori, etc.—】
Thanks for the invitation, ROB. I'm in Japan, currently simulating “J-Rocker girls.”
Kazami Haru, who simply longed for a peaceful and...
2025-05-04 07:21:40 +0000 UTC
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Your translator here! Finally, we have completed the fanfic. I need to garner your thoughts, what direction should I go onwards?
2025-05-03 08:14:28 +0000 UTC
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Ah… final remarks, huh… how should I put this...
If you've been reading my stuff for a while, you probably already know—I never really know how to write these things. I'm just not the type who's good at being emotional or poetic. So, a...
2025-05-03 07:59:56 +0000 UTC
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(TL: last chap... Music Rec:
An Encounter with Robbers asking About You | The 1975 Mash Up)
...
Whether this world was real or fake...
Why this world even existed at all...
To understand those things, there was actual...
2025-05-03 07:58:34 +0000 UTC
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