Unlike the previous shooting competition at the firing range, this time, the shooting competition required Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Ikishima Midari to use their own 'weapons' and take turns using offensive opportunities to attack the 'target' made of each other's bodies.
Whoever could first hit the opponent's 'bullseye', strike their weak point, and render them unable to fight, would win the competition.
Although Ikishima Midari had undergone multiple simulated trainings, this was her first time truly entering the 'battlefield'. Despite being a rookie, she boldly used various 'weapons', launching an all-angle attack on Ayanokoji Kiyotaka from multiple directions.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's combat experience was quite rich; he didn't rush to attack at first. As Ikishima Midari attacked him, he simultaneously resolved her attacks while searching for and exploring her weak points.
Soon, he discovered the weak point in that newly developed area and concentrated his firepower there.
Although Ikishima Midari was a rookie, she wasn't timid. Even when her 'heartland' was heavily assaulted, she still wore a crazed smile, fighting Ayanokoji with a '伤换伤' (injury for injury) tactic.
Their offensive clashes were extremely intense. If Hanatemari Kazura had witnessed this level of combat, she would surely have questioned what she had learned on the 'battlefield' before.
In the end, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, the experienced senior, gained the upper hand. Under his assault, Ikishima Midari was the first to falter, letting out a soft cry for mercy, her body involuntarily tensing up.
Ayanokoji seized the moment of Ikishima Midari's distraction and, at that instant, pulled the trigger, firing a fatal bullet that hit the bullseye.
In this competition, Ikishima Midari unfortunately lost.
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After the battle, Ikishima Midari leaned against Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, feeling the tingling afterglow in her body. She asked, panting, "Kiyotaka, will you be my boyfriend? I want us to take our relationship a step further."
"You want to officially become my girlfriend? I don't mind, but…" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka paused: "It's impossible for me to form a lover's contract with only you. You should be clear about that."
"Of course, I know. I don't care about that." Ikishima Midari nonchalantly placed her hand on Ayanokoji: "It's just Saotome Meari, Hanatemari Kazura and them, right? As long as you can convince them, I don't care."
Ikishima Midari didn't care about superficial titles; her views were very open. As long as Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was willing to be with her, it didn't matter who he found afterward.
"You're really generous…" Ayanokoji couldn't help but say, "Isn't this no different from our 'friends with benefits' stage before? There's no benefit for you, is there?"
"Don't you like it?" Ikishima Midari retorted.
"I quite like it… but, do you have something else to say?"
Ayanokoji sensed that Ikishima Midari's mood was a bit off.
From the moment Hagen was killed until now, her mood had been low. Even during their intimacy, though she acted wildly, Ayanokoji could still feel her hidden emotions.
She had something she wanted to say to him.
"…Kiyotaka, I allow you to date other girls, but I want to make a pact with you."
"What pact?"
Ikishima Midari sat up, looking at him seriously: "I will never play those dangerous games again, and you too. You can no longer play dangerous gambling like Russian Roulette with others."
"This is my only condition."
Their positions seemed to have swapped.
Before, it was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka persuading Ikishima Midari not to play dangerous games; now, it was Ikishima Midari's turn to persuade Ayanokoji.
"…Why do you say that?" Ayanokoji fell silent.
"Because I'm scared, I'm very worried that you will suddenly leave."
Ikishima Midari hugged Ayanokoji, as if she was speaking to Ayanokoji, and also to herself.
"Life-threatening games like Russian Roulette feel incredibly exciting when you're playing them yourself. You enjoy the thrill of surviving a great disaster and gradually become addicted.
But… if your friends, your family, your lovers participate in such games, you won't feel happy for them.
You'll become anxious, you'll become scared. You'd rather wish that it was you who participated in the gambling and died by the gun, than to see them leave before you…"
"I never understood before, but now I do. The person not taking the risk on the sidelines is also in great pain."
Ikishima Midari lifted her head, caressing Ayanokoji's face and murmuring, "Kiyotaka, I know you and I think the same way. Neither of us wants the person we like to die before us, which is why we fight to be the one to take the risk, right?"
"Do you know, if you really died by the gun for me, I would regret it for the rest of my life."
The reason Ikishima Midari was initially interested in Ayanokoji was because he had courage, and like her, he had the resolve to gamble his life. She hoped to have a gambling abyss duel with Ayanokoji until madness.
If Ayanokoji only had courage, even if he won against her, she would at most only admire Ayanokoji.
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