"Thump thump thump..." The sound of hurried footsteps kept echoing across the wooden corridor floor of the Yukinoshita family mansion.
Before Lin Ye could even run out, he heard a mature female voice.
"Haruno, running about the house in such a hurry this early in the morning—what kind of conduct is that?"
"How does that befit your status as a daughter of the Yukinoshita family?"
That was Haruno Yukinoshita's mother.
Lin Ye knew her; they had spoken once.
"Something important has come up. Forgive my rudeness."
Tossing out a single line, Lin Ye intended to leave, but Mother Yukinoshita clearly would not let Lin Ye go so easily.
As the actual power-holder of the Yukinoshita family, and as someone who held the highest expectations for her daughter, how could she tolerate her daughter behaving in a way that so disgraced the status of a Yukinoshita family daughter?
She had to remind Haruno and demand she correct herself.
"Stop right there, Haruno."
Mother Yukinoshita spoke in a calm tone.
But Lin Ye paid no heed at all, continuing to run quickly to the entrance, where he found a pair of fitting shoes and immediately headed out.
He had absolutely no intention of staying.
Mother Yukinoshita's face fell in an instant.
"What kind of conduct is this, what kind of conduct."
"Even you, Haruno, would actually disobey your mother's words."
She was very angry; the consequences would be severe.
At the same time, Mother Yukinoshita couldn't help feeling a surge of curiosity—why would Haruno suddenly be in such a hurry, abandoning even her everyday upbringing, casting it all aside, choosing to ignore even her command to stop?
She wanted to know what her daughter had encountered.
Following his memory, Lin Ye arrived at the place where the Yukinoshita mansion parked its vehicles.
The Yukinoshita mansion was in a somewhat out-of-the-way part of Chiba.
Daily travel was handled by dedicated cars, but at this hour the driver wasn't around.
Lin Ye had thought of hailing a taxi, but couldn't get one at all, and as for the bus, who knew when a bus would arrive.
So...
"It's not much different from the Eastern Union—I'll just drive first."
Yes, in the end, Lin Ye decided to drive there himself.
He'd learned to drive in his previous life; it was just that the Eastern Union drove on the right, while here in Japan they drove on the left—there was a certain difference. But right now Lin Ye couldn't be bothered with all that.
If the call to Yukino's side had gone through smoothly, he wouldn't need to be in such a hurry, but now, after having several calls hung up one after another, and then the phone being shut off entirely, this let Lin Ye know that Haruno was trying to do something quite outrageous to Yukino.
The moment Lin Ye thought of Haruno using his body to do something to Yukino, a chill kept rising uncontrollably in his heart.
"Haruno,"
"you'd better not play with fire!"
Muttering this to himself, Lin Ye stepped on the gas, and the car accelerated forward.
Driving on the left side of the road, he felt a little unaccustomed, but the feeling of once having driven was slowly coming back.
The black sedan's speed steadily increased, and it drove more and more smoothly.
At the Yukinoshita mansion,
Mother Yukinoshita arranged for someone; she urgently needed to know what was wrong with Haruno, what matter had her rushing out so frantically.
"Could it be that something happened to Yukino?"
Apart from this, Mother Yukinoshita couldn't think of anything else.
Setting down her meal, Mother Yukinoshita called out.
"Madam, what do you need?"
"Look into where Haruno has gone now, and who she's on good terms with, who she's close to."
"Yes, Madam."
The man dressed in a black suit respectfully withdrew.
Mother Yukinoshita thought of a possibility, "Could something really have happened to Yukino?!"
If something happened to her younger daughter, her elder daughter Haruno would definitely act like this. As a mother, she fully understood the elder daughter's feelings for the younger daughter Yukino—feelings that far exceeded the normal.
The more she thought about it, the more possible it seemed, so she dialed her younger daughter Yukino's number—but the phone was shut off, unreachable, completely unreachable.
She, too, had a bad premonition.
But since Haruno hadn't brought it up on her own, this also indicated the matter wasn't too dire—Haruno believed she could handle it properly with her own strength alone.
Mother Yukinoshita decided to wait for now, trusting this elder daughter of hers.
On the other side,
Facing her Sister's rebellion-like refusal, Haruno fell into a brief silence.
Yet another unexpected answer.
A situation that had seemed all but certain had taken another turn.
How could Haruno not feel terrible?
Especially since this answer of Yukino's further demonstrated Yukino's feelings for Lin Ye.
Haruno really could only sigh.
With all her scheming and calculation, she'd never imagined Yukino would fall so quickly, sinking in even deeper, with no desire at all to pull herself out and walk away.
"Yukinoshita, you yourself just said you wanted to break up."
Helpless, Haruno could only find another reason; she brought it up again, hoping to use this to make Yukino accept the wish to break up.
"I admit, I did indeed say that, but so what? My personal wishes can change, and I never agreed that I'd definitely break up with you."
At this moment, seeing the stunned, surprised expression on the man before her, Yukino felt a happy joy flowing through her heart.
After all, considering how much she'd lost out to Lin Ye, this rare chance to make Lin Ye eat a setback and feel frustrated—just thinking about this feeling delighted Yukino.
Of course, she had one other feeling, though she thought it must just be her imagination.
"You're just quibbling."
"Hmph."
"Break up? I refuse. Back then you were the one who wouldn't break up, and now you want to break up just because you say so? I'm telling you, that's not happening."
"If you won't break up, then I'll go find other women."
Yukino: "..."
This bastard, in order to force her to break up, would actually say even such words.
Did this guy not know that some words can never be said—did he really not know?
"Then go find them!"
Yukino coldly tossed out the line, the expression with which she looked at Lin Ye suffused with furious anger, but she didn't explode—she merely watched with her own cold, angry eyes, using this to express the emotions within.
"Fine, I'll go find them."
Haruno said heavily through gritted teeth.
She leaned in close, reaching out to lift Yukino's firm chin, but as the girl leaned back, she pulled away the distance and dragged over the blanket to hug her body.
Right now she strongly resisted any contact.
This man was too detestable.
"Let me think about who I could find!"
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Haruno propped her chin with one hand, her eyes filled with a smile, with anticipation for the future.
"Student Yuigahama's not bad—nice figure, feels like she'd be pretty easy to trick into bed."
"Junior Isshiki Iroha is quite cute; girls like that are the easiest to handle."
"Oh right, oh right—little... Meguri-senpai's good too. A Senpai, you know!"
"Of course!"
At this point, Haruno turned slightly to the side, their eyes meeting, her amused expression growing thicker.
"Miss Haruno's good too, the Big Sister—her figure's much better than Yukino's, seventy or eighty percent similar to Yukino's. I'm quite—"
"Shut up."
Yukino called out coldly, and after the words left her mouth, she realized her emotions had gotten just a tiny bit out of control.
The moment her sister was mentioned, her emotions involuntarily slipped beyond control.
She knew clearly she shouldn't be like this, but some things truly couldn't be fully controlled by reason.
For Lin Ye to say he had ideas about and interest in Yui Yuigahama, Isshiki Iroha, and Meguri Shiromeguri—she could accept that. This guy was just a fickle playboy; even having her and Mai Sakurajima, he still harbored thoughts about other women—these were all things she could imagine.
The only surprise was that this guy suddenly brought it up for the sake of breaking up, baring his true heart.
But her sister Haruno alone was the forbidden zone of her heart, a forbidden zone Lin Ye shouldn't have spoken of. Even if Lin Ye really did have thoughts about her sister, he still shouldn't say so; and if he had no such thoughts and deliberately said so, then she was even angrier.
Furious.
Yukino wished she could bite the man before her to death.
"Angry? As expected, Yukino still likes to compare herself with Miss Haruno!"
"Get out."
Unable to hold back, she pointed toward the door and roared.
Haruno reached out, but Yukino raised her hand and "smack"—slapped it away.
"What a rude girl, not gentle at all."
"Heh heh heh."
My gentleness is only for men who are gentle to me, not men like you. She thought.
"Please leave."
"Fine, I'll leave. Yukinoshita, our relationship is officially over. Goodbye."
Tossing out the line, Haruno immediately walked toward the door.
If she walked out the door and Yukino gave no objection at all, that would indicate the girl had already accepted the end of this relationship.
Her victory.
"Click..."
The instant the door opened, Haruno heard the voice of the girl behind her, "You're dreaming."
"Break up? Impossible. The more you want to do something, the more impossible it is for me to let you succeed."
This was her answer.
Inwardly Haruno cried out, what a pity.
So close, just a little more.
It seemed she still needed to provoke a bit more.
"Then I'm preparing to go find Miss Haruno. I wonder whether you, Yukinoshita, can stop me."
She stared.
"I think Miss Haruno definitely won't refuse me."
Yukino Yukinoshita closed her eyes, her whole body radiating an aura of "I'm unwilling to have any further communication with you."
She really had been angered.
"Click..."
Haruno closed the door.
"What a pity."
"So close."
"Yukino's feelings for him are a bit deeper than I anticipated."
"I'd thought Yukino would accept the breakup because of my harsh words."
But she didn't; she didn't give up, didn't choose to accept the "breakup" proposal.
If there were no feelings involved, that would absolutely be false; of course, this was also related to Yukino being provoked into a rebellious mindset—faced with her repeated push for a breakup, Yukino instead rebelliously chose to refuse, deciding to go against her.
Haruno realized the method she'd chosen had gone wrong; she should have used a normal approach, a calm and even-tempered attitude, to discuss the breakup with Yukino.
Yukino might have simply accepted it.
Haruno also understood that continuing to do anything more held little meaning.
And as she estimated the time, in at most ten minutes, Lin Ye should arrive here using her body.
Haruno put on her shoes, came outside the apartment, leaned her back against the wall, and watched the direction of the elevator with a face full of smiling anticipation.
About eight minutes passed.
Haruno saw the floor numbers above the elevator changing.
"Here it comes."
She could be certain the one arriving must be "her."
Looking at her own body using Lin Ye's body gave a wondrous feeling.
"Ding!"
The elevator arrived, and its doors opened.
That figure, familiar beyond all familiarity, appeared.
But the next second, Haruno froze, revealing a stunned expression.
Why—why did she look so awful? That disheveled, grimy appearance, oily from not having done even a simple wash-up, made even her unable to bear looking directly.
The moment she thought of "herself" being seen in this state by so many people, even by her mother, her heart twitched all the more.
If her mother really saw it, she'd inevitably get a round of criticism and lecturing after she went back.
"Tap tap tap..."
The heavy footsteps interrupted Haruno's thoughts, pulling her back to reality.
In just a few seconds, Haruno was pushed by a force—"thump"—slamming into the wall.
Her back hurt a little, but it wasn't a big problem.
Haruno's smile grew even more brilliant.
"Lin-kun, good morning!"
Lin Ye's face was gloomy.
From Haruno's expression alone, he was a hundred percent certain this woman had definitely caused trouble.
"What did you do to Yukino using my body?"
"What do you think?"
"Speak."
"What else could I do? After finally occupying Lin-kun's body, after finally waking up to find myself sleeping beside Yukino—a lone man and woman lying in one bed—what do you think I, having become a male, could do?"
A certain scene surfaced.
Lin Ye's breathing grew slightly rapid.
But he didn't fully believe it; for this woman Haruno to tell the truth would, in a sense, be a miracle.
"She's your Sister."
"Yes, I know, but Yukino doesn't know that the consciousness in this body is me, her sister—she'll only think it's you."
She smiled, even revealing a trace of nostalgia and longing, "Quite nice! The taste really was nice. So this is what Yukino feels like, this is what being a man feels like—being a man is really comfortable and satisfying!"
Lin Ye gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but he still maintained his rationality, not one-sidedly believing Haruno's words.
"I've actually got another idea now..."
Haruno licked her lips and reached out to touch, "I'd like to taste my own body's flavor too. How about it... Lin-kun, cooperate a little! Satisfy this idea of mine. This is voluntary on my part, so you've no reason to object, right?"
"Get lost."
Was this woman insane?
That was Lin Ye's first thought; gazing at Haruno's flower-like smiling face, anger kept welling up in his heart.
Was this woman Haruno a yuri lover—the "top" in a yuri pairing? Now that she had a man's body, the desires hidden in her heart had all been exposed.
Not only did she make a move on her Sister Yukino, she even had ideas about her own body.
Lin Ye tried using the "Body Swap" superpower, attempting to swap their bodies back, but against the current Haruno it had no effect.
Damn it—did he have to stay body-swapped with Haruno for the whole week, until next Monday?
Lin Ye was utterly unwilling; if Haruno caused him even more trouble in the meantime, how would he handle the aftermath later?
An idea popped up: tie her up, restrict her movements—this was probably the best method.
"Fine, then I'll get lost—I won't stay here. Lin-kun, enjoy my body well on your own. Whatever you want to do to my body, I permit it all, feel free to use it."
Haruno gave a pat, "My body was always yours to begin with; now that you've occupied it, it suits my heart even better."
That brilliantly smiling appearance held not the slightest hint of joking; she truly didn't mind at all.
"You're not worried I'll do something to this body?"
"I'm scared, but if Lin-kun really intends to do it, what way do I have to stop you?"
Haruno had discovered that this body of hers, apart from being very high in Constitution and physical ability, had none of the things related to the Strange and special abilities.
Lin Ye could use special skills like perspective and so on,
but she, having come here, couldn't use any of them at all.
This made her realize that the things related to the "Strange Game" were bound not to the human body itself, but to the soul, mind, and consciousness.
Apart from being able to use Lin Ye's high-caliber body, she couldn't employ any special abilities.
If Lin Ye were an ordinary person, she could overwhelmingly subdue him relying on this body's caliber, but right now, against a Lin Ye who could most likely still use various abilities, she'd be no match at all.
Haruno decided to test it out—what if, in his current state, Lin Ye also couldn't use those miraculous abilities?
"It's just..."
At this moment, Haruno counterattacked, gripping Lin Ye's shoulders with a reverse hold and—"wall-slam"—pressing him against the wall.
She smiled.
"This body's caliber really is great! It's far, far stronger than an ordinary person's."
At this moment her confidence surged.
"Sniff sniff sniff..."
Haruno sniffed hard.
"So fragrant, I'm so fragrant."
This woman—a Pervert, and no ordinary Pervert.
She'd reveal such an expression even while smelling her own scent.
"Smelling with your body versus with my body—the scents feel completely different. This fragrance is really nice; I think I'm starting to fall for myself a little."
She licked her lips, her eyes bursting with the fire of desire.
"Let's go to a hotel!"
"Satisfy this little wish of mine! I'll be very gentle."
"Get lost."
Lin Ye hadn't expected this woman Haruno could be crazy to such a degree, daring to even come on to herself. He had considered whether it was Haruno joking, but from Haruno's serious look right now, he really didn't think it was a joke.
One could only say that hidden deep in Haruno's heart was the heart of a man.
"Hahaha, then I'll just take it by force."
"Heh heh."
This woman really didn't take him seriously—did she truly think he had no ability to resist right now?
What a joke.
He simply wanted to see just how crazy this woman could get.
Now, this woman's true heart had been exposed.
"Click..."
But at this moment, the apartment door unexpectedly opened.
The familiar girl with long black hair, still wearing a loose set of homewear.
Those navy-blue eyes gazed at the intimate sight of a man and a woman pressed close against the wall; her eyes trembled at once, and aggrieved tears almost welled up.
One moment he'd just said he wanted to be with her sister, and the next he was fooling around right outside the apartment.
How was she supposed to accept this?
She—she'd still held illusions, still harbored extravagant hopes, thinking it was all deliberate on Lin Ye's part, that he had no such intentions or thoughts in that direction.
But now, the reality before her eyes let her know that was only her own wishful thinking.
"Thud..." In that abrupt instant, the apartment door closed.
"Yukino, let me explain," came Lin Ye's shout.
But what ultimately fell into Yukino's ears was her sister's explanation, fearful of being misunderstood.
For Yukino, what was there left to explain?
Recalling her sister's past jests and jokes, at this moment, as if in echo, in an instant it made Yukino understand something.
From the very beginning, her sister had been full of interest in Lin Ye, and Lin Ye toward her sister... must surely have long held a fondness too.
With a cold face she ran to her own room, sent Shizuka Hiratsuka-sensei a message to ask for leave, then immediately flopped onto the bed, her whole body relaxed, but her mood growing ever heavier, as if pressed down by a large stone—weighty, hard to dispel.
Outside the apartment door,
Lin Ye looked at the Haruno before him, "Let go."
Haruno didn't hesitate in the slightest and let go at once; at a time like this she'd better be a bit obedient.
She knew Lin Ye was truly angry.
"Answer me—during the time you used my body earlier, what did you do?"
"Ah! This... that..."
"Speak."
"It's nothing really."
"Haruno Yukinoshita, my patience is limited."
He really was angry—furious, even.
The fear and dread she'd once felt facing Lin Ye were now overflowing; she recalled the cold of that night when she'd been dominated by terror.
"I touched Yukino a bit, kissed Yukino a bit."
This was nothing; even using his body, Lin Ye could accept it.
"And then?"
"Just took a little advantage. I'd actually have loved to do something with Yukino, but how would I dare? If you found out I'd really done something, wouldn't you kill me?"
"I won't kill you."
But Haruno felt not the slightest reassurance; on the contrary, she felt Lin Ye's punishment would be even more painful and miserable.
She now didn't even ask; though curious how Lin Ye would punish her, she still suppressed her curiosity—she was also afraid Lin Ye would come up with a few punishment methods that would leave even her dumbfounded.
"What else? What did you say?"
This guy really was sensitive, pressing in step by step.
Haruno had thought what she'd already thrown out was enough.
"Just chatted with Yukino about future life, that's all."
She still didn't want to spell it out, still wanted to bargain a little.
"If I find out you've concealed important information, I'll make you regret it."
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With this harsh threat laid out, Haruno couldn't help but believe it; she could ignore Yukino's harsh words, but Lin Ye's harsh words she couldn't fail to take seriously.
So, what to do? Just say it!
"I get it."
Haruno relaxed her strength as if sighing, and slowly spoke, "It's just that I brought up the matter of breaking up."
She confessed.
Lin Ye went cold.
How much mental effort, plus a certain element of luck, had he spent to get Yukino to tacitly accept the relationship among the three of them—and the first thing Haruno did upon occupying his body was break up with Yukino?
This woman—he so badly wanted to string her up and whip her!
He needed to give her a fierce lashing.
"I—I'll go explain right now, will that do?"
Haruno also knew her goal couldn't be achieved; since that was the case, she immediately backed down—at least it could get Lin Ye to let her off.
"I—I have some good news."
"Speak."
"Yukino didn't agree to break up—isn't that good enough news?"
Lin Ye was stunned.
Yukino actually hadn't agreed—this couldn't be fake news Haruno fabricated, could it?
He'd been absolutely certain Yukino had already agreed and the two had successfully broken up.
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