Chapter 421: Yamauchi Sakura's Humble Request for Advice
"Although I roughly understand what you mean..."
Asagiri reached out with his chopsticks and placed the grilled meat into Yamauchi Sakura's bowl.
Looking at the girl's cute, slightly flushed face, he smiled and said,
"But why does it feel like you're saying your last words?"
"Because these were originally my last words~"
Yamauchi Sakura rested one hand against her cheek and smiled gently.
After saying that, she took a letter from her bosom, placed it on the table, and spoke in a soft tone.
"Actually, I even wrote a suicide note, but it looks like I won't need it anymore."
"Huh, that's a bit too heavy."
Although Asagiri wore an expression of disdain, he still reached out, picked up the now unnecessary suicide note, and placed it into the black shoulder bag he carried with him.
Then he looked at Yamauchi Sakura and smiled.
"If you dare to disobey my orders in the future, I will read this suicide note out loud in front of Asuna and everyone else."
"Miss Yamauchi Sakura, you wouldn't want to be publicly executed, would you?"
Yamauchi Sakura shook her head with a dumbfounded laugh and said with slight helplessness,
"You are just like that. Always suddenly saying such weird things."
"Wait, hold on..."
Halfway through, Yamauchi Sakura suddenly seemed to realize something.
She stared at Asagiri, who was sitting opposite her, her eyes full of amusement. A meaningful smile curled at the corners of her lips as she spoke softly, enunciating every word.
"Could it be that you were shy after hearing my feelings, so you deliberately used abstract words to cover it up?"
"How cute~"
Seeing Yamauchi Sakura's smiling face and hearing that somewhat peculiar tone, Asagiri said indifferently,
"Are you imitating Kaguya Shinomiya?"
"Eh? Was I found out?"
Hearing Asagiri expose her directly, Yamauchi Sakura smiled embarrassedly.
"I just thought it was interesting. Shinomiya-san's words and actions... hmm... how should I describe it? There's an indescribable feeling..."
"A sense of being high and mighty, perhaps."
Just as Yamauchi Sakura was struggling to think of how to describe Kaguya Shinomiya's temperament, Asagiri said it directly with a smile.
"Every word and action reveals a sense of being high and mighty and impeccable, but inside, she is actually quite timid and easily embarrassed."
"That creates a contrast that makes people want to tease her and protect her at the same time."
"And although Chika has a naturally ditzy personality, she also possesses a gentle, motherly quality."
"Perhaps the reason the two of them became friends is that Shinomiya's personality sparked Chika's desire to protect her."
"I see..."
Yamauchi Sakura nodded as if she understood.
Then she revealed a full of energy smile and said,
"You really understand everyone around you."
"So, what about me? What about me?"
"You?"
Asagiri frowned slightly and carefully examined the smiling Yamauchi Sakura.
After thinking seriously for a while, he slowly spoke.
"Hmm... you are a bit stronger than Megumi, on the same level as Asuna, but still quite a bit behind Chika."
"Huh?"
Yamauchi Sakura was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion,
"I'm stronger than Megumi? That's impossible."
"Although our abilities have different focuses, in terms of strength as a Player, I should be the weakest among everyone."
"After all, before I met you guys, my Dungeon clear ratings were very low..."
"What are you talking about?"
Asagiri interrupted Yamauchi Sakura and spoke bluntly.
"I'm not talking about strength."
"Then what is it?"
"Size."
"Huh?"
Yamauchi Sakura could not help being stunned upon hearing this.
She had never expected that what Asagiri was talking about was not combat strength, but figure.
Most importantly...
His judgment was actually this precise.
If they were ranked by that kind of "strength," Kaguya Shinomiya and Iwanaga Kotoko would be tied for last place, while Hayasaka Ai would be second to last.
Although Sakurakawa Rikka's figure was slender, her proportions could only be considered on the smaller side. It was not to the point of being completely flat, and she was still quite a bit ahead of Hayasaka Ai.
And after that came the battle of the true powerhouses.
Kato Megumi's figure was very well proportioned, impeccable enough to be considered above average.
As for Yuuki Asuna and Yamauchi Sakura, both were very well developed and could be called hidden beauties with surprisingly impressive figures.
And above those three powerhouses stood an unattainable mountain.
Wearing a sweet smile while radiating a suffocating sense of oppression, the strongest one, known as Earth Cancer.
Fujiwara Chika.
Chika's size was shockingly excessive.
Asagiri understood this deeply.
After all, he had personally experienced just how terrifying that pressure could be.
The indisputable strongest.
"I meant personality! Personality!"
Seeing Yamauchi Sakura's somewhat flustered and exasperated appearance, Asagiri smiled and said,
"As for personality..."
At this point, the lazy smile on Asagiri's face suddenly disappeared.
He looked straight at Yamauchi Sakura's face and spoke in a rare serious tone.
"Your emotional intelligence is very high, so you are well liked at school."
"You have a lively personality and belong to the energetic type. Although sometimes you do things that seem silly, it never causes anyone to feel any aversion toward you."
"However..."
Seeing Asagiri pause halfway through, curiosity appeared in Yamauchi Sakura's eyes.
She even reluctantly put down the grilled meat she had been about to eat.
"However?"
"You are a very gentle person."
Asagiri reached out to pat the top of Yamauchi Sakura's head and said with a smile,
"Even though you knew the last Dungeon was likely your only chance to survive, you didn't mention a word of it."
"You barely spoke, becoming even more reticent than Megumi."
"Was that because you didn't want to put pressure on us because of you?"
"Was I seen through..."
Yamauchi Sakura smiled first.
Then a complex look appeared in her eyes as she said softly,
"Although you told me, but... I didn't want you to take risks because of my physical illness."
"After all, I was already very happy that you let me join the team."
"If I let you fall into danger just to save me alone..."
"Eh, that's not right."
Before Yamauchi Sakura could finish, Asagiri reached out and pinched her cheek, interrupting with a smile.
"Your body isn't just your own."
"Uh..."
While feeling speechless, Yamauchi Sakura could not help covering her mouth and laughing.
"What is that? Although I know you are comforting me, that's too weird."
"Or are you saying..."
Yamauchi Sakura's lips curled into a smile, and she spoke in a soft tone.
"After my body gets better, you want to do some strange things to me?"
"That's exactly it."
What Yamauchi Sakura did not expect was that Asagiri did not show the slightest bit of shyness or hesitation.
He nodded directly, and even added a sentence that left her blushing and completely at a loss for how to respond.
"With your original Weak level physical fitness, even if I deliberately went easy on you, it would have been hard for you to withstand my attacks."
"You would die."
...
Later that evening, at Yamauchi Sakura's home.
"Ah... lost again..."
Yamauchi Sakura resisted the urge to smash the controller.
Watching the character Asagiri chose drive its vehicle across the finish line, then slap its butt to provoke her, she could not help rolling her eyes.
She looked at Asagiri, who was sitting cross legged beside her, and complained with slight annoyance.
"You're so good at studies and sports, and it turns out you're even this strong at video games."
"That's too ridiculous..."
Hat Mita patted Yamauchi Sakura's shoulder and comforted her with a smile.
"After all, he is Player."
"I lost to him back then too, and in the game I specialized in most at that."
"You should be thankful that your hammer is inflatable, your head is quite hard, and we were in a Dungeon at the time."
Asagiri handed the game controller to Hat Mita and chuckled.
"If we hadn't been in a Dungeon at the time, I would have played dozens of rounds with you, at the very least, just to knock that cat ear Hat right off your head."
"Hmph, I won't lose to you now!"
Hat Mita wore an expression of refusing to admit defeat.
She tugged at Yamauchi Sakura's sleeve and extended an invitation.
"Sakura Yamauchi, if the two of us team up, we will definitely be able to beat Player!"
"Forget it."
Yamauchi Sakura did not hesitate at all and decisively rejected Hat Mita's game invitation.
Are you kidding?
Play that game with these two, where the punishment is getting hit on the head with an inflatable hammer?
Hat Mita was a Persona. Even if destroyed, she could be resurrected.
Asagiri's physical fitness far exceeded that of a human. Let alone an inflatable hammer, even if a solid metal hammer hit his head, it would be like smashing an egg against a stone. The metal hammer would be the egg.
On her left was a monster level powerhouse capable of destroying a city in an instant, the strongest Player of the death game, the one who surpassed death, Tokyo's number one Eroge Shooter.
On her right was the cat ear Hat girl, who had a cute face but possessed terrifying monstrous strength.
And she was a cleric whose physical fitness was merely at the Human Limit.
Now those two had extended a life or death game invitation to her.
As long as she lost one round, she would suffer a terrifying attack like the hammer of Thor.
Should she accept?
Accept her head.
Yamauchi Sakura thought to herself that she had finally cured her terminal illness.
If she died from something like this, and was beaten to death by an inflatable hammer, that would be completely unacceptable.
Seeing Asagiri get up and leave the room to get drinks, Yamauchi Sakura immediately seized the opportunity.
She leaned into Hat Mita's ear and asked in a low voice,
"Um... I want to ask you something."
Hat Mita had a cute smile on her face, doing her signature move of slightly swaying her upper body, her eyes filled with amusement.
Combined with that teardrop shaped outfit, she looked just like a neighborly angel.
"What's wrong?"
"Um... can you teach me..."
Yamauchi Sakura pursed her lips.
A blush spread across her face as she said shyly,
"If I'm spending the night with him... what exactly should I do?"
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