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"Why bring Eriri along? She's not in charge of sales."
Sitting on the train heading to the comic convention, listening to the announcement coming from inside the car, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was squeezed in a corner, said dissatisfiedly.
"Huh, are you here to sell my previous works?"
Eriri, who was forced to squeeze with her at the door of the train, was also very unhappy.
Even though they are cooperating, she doesn't think this is a reconciliation with Kasumigaoka Utaha. If she simply goes to the exhibition alone, not only will she not have enough time, but the results she achieves will not be ideal either.
Therefore, this cooperation is just a temporary compromise for business goals!
"What was your previous scale? Our goal this time is to sell a thousand copies. I thought it was just a small deal!"
Eriri showed a mocking smile and was about to make fun of this wishful thinking woman, but Natsume Rin, who was helping them to block the way, couldn't help it.
"Both of you, be quiet! And Kasumigaoka-senpai, if you can sell a thousand copies, I will just surrender."
Natsume Rin didn't think the number was that high. It was simply that they had agreed before making the bet that no one could reveal their true identity, nor could they use big accounts for publicity. The comic exhibition didn't last long, and there was a lack of effective means of publicity. If she dared to print out four-digit books in advance, Natsume Rin would accept the loss.
"It's not that difficult actually. Are you going to give up just like that?" The senior student smiled and looked at Natsume Rin's body swaying with the shaking of the train. She immediately felt something was wrong.
She boldly placed her hand on Natsume Rin's chest, and then her body seemed to be affected by the train, wanting to hit Natsume Rin.
"Stop it!"
Natsume Rin stopped the senior who took the initiative to throw herself into his arms and stared at her with unfriendly eyes, but the other party's fox-like charm and cunning gaze made him shut his mouth in disappointment.
"Really? You should blame the train." Unable to lean on his chest and only able to support herself on his hands, the senior schoolmate looked at the long hair that fell on her arms in dissatisfaction.
Natsume Rin said nothing, but Eriri was amazed.
"Kasumigaoka Utaha, no one wants you even if you throw yourself at me?"
She had known for a long time that Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to be interested in Natsume Rin, but after going to the Service Club to play with others a few times, she also saw that Natsume Rin obviously had a better relationship with those two. At the moment, it seemed that this old enemy was clearly a loser.
She mocked herself every day for having a loser's face, but in the end, it backfired on her head.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was pushed away, was not angry when she heard her say this. She leaned against the edge of the tram, pulled her long hair into a ball and held it in her hands.
"You make it sound like someone would want you even if you're willing to pay for it. Do you want to give it a try?"
"Do you think I'm going to take the initiative like you? If I were looking for a boyfriend, I would definitely reject him several times to test him if he confessed to me."
"Eri, you won't be able to find a boyfriend if you continue like this." Kasumigaoka Utaha said indifferently.
Eriri jumped up like a blonde cat whose tail was stepped on. "Do you think I'm like you? The people pursuing me will fill up the whole Tokyo!"
The noisy train became quiet. Many people wanted to see this girl whose suitors lined up all over Tokyo, but Eriri, who had reacted, lowered her head and pretended to be dead.
Ahhh, it’s all Kasumigaoka Utaha’s fault. She actually provoked her to talk nonsense in such a situation.
In the whole Tokyo, she has had very few suitors since she was a child, and she is not bad looking!
Natsume Rin, the target they had used as a test and now acting as a shield, was staring at these two unreliable seniors with a look of disgust on her face.
"You two are a perfect match."
Chapter 155 Two Girlfriends!
"We've arrived at Tokyo Big Sight."
The sound of electronic music was heard in the car, and the speed of the car gradually slowed down.
Eriri, who had been a social deadbeat all the way, squeezed out the moment the train opened. Kasumigaoka Utaha laughed at her without any concealment, and Eriri was so angry that her blonde hair stood up.
"This is the pursuer..."
"Kasumigaoka Utaha, watch this!" Eriri interrupted her loudly, and then used the British chivalry to ask about the island country's bushido.
Although she really likes watching women fight, and it's rare to see real swords and guns fighting, but as more and more people gather and the closing time of the exhibition hall is approaching, Natsume Rin, who doesn't want to admit that she has anything to do with them, covers her face and grabs Eriri's twin ponytails, then pulls the senior's arm and forcibly takes them away from the hell of social death.
"If you two want to fight, go back to school and do it. Let them see the true face of the goddess of the academy."
Leaving the tram station, Natsume Rin looked at the couple with a headache and warned them.
If the boys in the school found out that the elegant second-year lady and the cold third-year goddess were actually like this in private, some of them might not be able to bear the blow.
"Tsk." "Hmph."
The two of them snorted at the same time, turned away not wanting to look at each other, and then maintained the same rhythm, turning around and glaring at each other.
With this level of proficiency, Natsume Rin would be the first to not believe it if someone said that the person had never practiced.
Accompanying these two troublesome competitors, they headed towards the exhibition hall. After spotting the tall figure waiting in front of the door, Natsume Rin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Qingshan, thank you for waiting for so long."
The Kasumigaoka team sent two members, and they certainly couldn't fall behind. Mashiro was in the busy final sprint, and sales had nothing to do with her, so Nanami Aoyama had to come and help.
Nanami Aoyama, who had also just finished her exams, was wearing the school uniform of the affiliated junior high school. She was originally quite excited, but suddenly froze when she saw the two girls next to Natsume Rin.
She remembered Natsume Rin's excuse last time...
Go find a second girlfriend.
Could it be them?
"Is she a member of your team?" Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Nanami Aoyama, who seemed ordinary to her, and immediately relaxed her guard and said jokingly.
"Well, the painter is busy, so let Senior Aoyama come and help look after the venue." Natsume Rin greeted Aoyama Nanami warmly and introduced the couple next to her to her.
"Kasumigaoka Utaha, a light novel author with a bad brain. Although she is very beautiful, she is a complete nympho. Eriri, a genius painter, but she has strange interests and often spreads bad information on social networking sites."
"This is Nanami Aoyama. Her goal is to become a voice actor, and she will be my assistant in this competition."
Natsume Rin thought her summary was concise, but the senior who was compared to a nympho was looking at her with ill intent, and Eriri, who was said to be an illegal person, was holding her twin ponytails, eager to try a header.
"Junior, I really am a nympho~" "Natsume Rin, if you compare me to an illegal person again, I will punish you."
Look, there is absolutely nothing wrong with his summary!
Even though she was standing right in front of her, the tall Nanami Aoyama had the illusion that she was being ignored. Seeing Natsume Rin being taught a lesson by the two girls, she became more certain of her guess.
It’s surprising that something like that between two girlfriends can actually happen, and it seems like they accept each other.
"You two should be quiet. If you don't go in now, the door will be closed."
Unable to stand this pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, Natsume Rin raised her voice, and after calming them down, she looked at Senior Aoyama and smiled embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry for making fun of you, Senior."
"Ah, it's okay, it's okay." Qingshan Nanami shook her head quickly and said thoughtfully: "You really taught me a lesson this time."
After entering the exhibition hall, where another exhibition was being held, she couldn't help but ask as she went to find a seat: "Can Kasumigaoka-san and Eriri-san get along so well?"
Judging from their appearance, both of Natsume's girlfriends are very beautiful girls, and according to his introduction, they have both achieved considerable success in their respective fields.
Can such a person really accept each other?
"Ah? A good relationship?" Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't know how Aoyama came to this conclusion: "My relationship with Eriri is definitely not good."
"Similarly, the person I hate the most is Fatty Kasumi." Ying Lili retorted, gnashing her fangs, not wanting to be outdone.
Seeing that she dared to call her like that, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at her unfriendly. If there weren't so many people in the exhibition hall, what happened at the station would have been repeated here.
Natsume Rin felt a little numb. It was less than an hour's journey from the school to the exhibition hall, but this couple had three conflicts.
You might as well just live together and fight every day.
[Emergency Mission: Beautiful Girls Fight! ]
[Blonde and black hair, tsundere and straightforward, author and artist, D cup and B cup... Who will be the final winner? Stay tuned! ]
[Help Kasumigaoka Utaha win: 20,000 points, one temporary boost card]
[Help Eriri win: 20,000 points, a temporary boost card]
The system, which had not been active for a long time, suddenly came back to life, but after seeing the high point reward, Natsume Rin became energetic.
Is he finally going to get the intelligence points he has been looking forward to for a long time?
If he didn't collect enough points to redeem, he felt that he had almost earned all the points through his studies, and now there was a reward that could be obtained in one step, and he didn't want to wait any longer.
As for the two options, it was obvious that he had to choose one to defeat the other. Considering the relationship between the three of them, it was simply a single-choice question.
"Kasumigaoka-senpai, Eriri-san came to the comic convention this time to help you, right?"
Natsume Rin stood by Eriri's side without hesitation, and looked at the surprised Kasumigaoka Utaha with an embarrassed smile.
It was a nagging act for her to refuse like this now. If she helped her again, Natsume Rin suspected that she would be taken away in the dark and the matter would be settled.
"We are in a cooperative relationship, okay? She wanted to participate originally, but she didn't have time to come up with the plot. This is helping each other." Seeing him standing opposite her with a firm attitude, Kasumigaoka Utaha said unhappily.
This guy is not on the right track. He actually joined Eriri to become hostile to me. Could it be that he wants to use such a little trick to make me retreat?
"Stop talking nonsense. If you hadn't begged me to help you, I wouldn't have wasted my time." Ying Lili retorted indignantly.
Chapter 156 Hate~
Eriri didn't expect that Natsume Rin would help her instead of the fat woman, but this did not affect her and Kasumigaoka Utaha. What made her even more angry was that Kasumigaoka Utaha ignored her and just looked at Natsume Rin with a smile.
"Are you planning to use this method to make me angry? You are really looking down on me."
"After all, no matter what I say, I won't fall to the point of being jealous of Eriri. Come on." She lifted her long hair gracefully and walked towards the depths of the exhibition hall.
Natsume Rin had a dull expression, Eriri looked terrified, and the ignorant Aoyama Nanami was still analyzing the complicated relationship between them.
At the end of the analysis, she tapped her head in sudden realization. Why did she care about Natsume Rin's business for no reason? She came here today just to check out the venue.
"Fat woman!" Eriri muttered in dissatisfaction, while Natsume Rin was puzzled.
Kasumigaoka Utaha's graceful departure was actually judged as a failure. He had originally planned to use all the words to attack her, but now all of them were useless.
"What's going on? Even if you ask me to judge, it feels like Eriri lost."
This kind of thinking continued until he used the coupons to exchange his intelligence points neatly. As his mind became clearer, all his worries disappeared.
As expected of the most expensive item in the system store, the effect is truly extraordinary.
Natsume Rin's original memory was exceptional, and after another strengthening, he firmly believed that he had reached the level of photographic memory.
"Well, black, I'm sure of it!" Natsume Rin looked at the beautiful girl in front of her, her tone unquestionable.
This is an authoritative judgment and it will never go wrong.