Oh no! They all seem a bit off!

Chapter 3 Akizuki Makoto felt complicated emotions.

[You have fully experienced time stop; your time stop resistance has increased by 5%]

Current resistance: 10% (15% when time stops)

[Your interaction with an abnormal woman will reward you with 1% all resistance and unlock character information ②]

【Character Information ②: Fifty-nine days ago, because of your unintentional act of kindness, you became a ray of light illuminating the boundless darkness in Shiina Maki's heart.

From then on, Shiina Maki secretly loved you and prayed day and night to get closer to you, but because of her extremely low self-esteem, aloofness, and cowardice, she was never able to muster the courage to talk to you.

Furthermore, because she was so infatuated with you, she did many things that were unacceptable by common sense and society (for details, please unlock subsequent character information).
A month ago, Shiina Maki, tormented by unrequited love and the darkness within her heart, awakened the ability to stop time. Since then, without your knowledge, she has begun using time stop once a day to create opportunities for intimate contact with you.

……

The moment the time stop ended, a number of pop-up messages appeared on the panel in front of Akizuki Makoto.

The next second, I heard the noisy chatter of my classmates and the piercing chirping of cicadas from the banyan tree outside the window.

At that moment, Akizuki Makoto blinked as if he had been in a dream.

Although his consciousness had not yet recovered from the shock and terror he felt in the time stop, his body had already started moving according to muscle memory.

He turned around, silently carrying the neatly packed exam papers, and walked towards the podium.

On the way, as he passed his seat, he couldn't help but pause and glance at the enchanted desk.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he noticed that the corner of the table seemed to have a slightly glistening, watery sheen under the sunlight.

At that moment, he couldn't help but get goosebumps, and the image of Shiina Maki straddling the corner of the table, acting recklessly and foolishly, involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Abnormal women are truly terrifying...

Fortunately, Shiina Maki shouldn't be considered a yandere; she's just morbid and dark, and her possessiveness doesn't seem that strong.

If she were a possessive and yandere type, I wouldn't even dare to imagine what she would do to me using time stop.

Even so, it still gave him a headache, since no one knew whether Shiina Maki's threshold would continue to rise.

Right now, I'm content as long as I'm close to him and act as his knight in shining armor, but what about in the future?
Human desires are endless and will continue to grow. One day, Maki Shiina will become dissatisfied with the status quo and do something even more outrageous.

"Ugh……"

Thinking of this, Akizuki Makoto couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He sighed, continued walking, and handed the test paper back to the teacher.

He felt that his illustrious life was about to be ruined by this suddenly appearing abnormal dating system.

He didn't know how to evaluate the system. As mentioned before, sometimes ignorance is bliss, and knowing too much is not good.

The system's appearance led him to discover an abnormal woman in his life who was infatuated with him, and it also granted him the ability to improve his resistance.

This should have been exciting and gratifying for him, but the problem was that the method of using the system required him to actively contact women who were not normal, which was not what he wanted.

If possible, he wants to stay away from abnormal women. Presumably, no normal person would want to provoke a woman with personality problems and superpowers from hentai anime, right?

Therefore, Akizuki Makoto's current feelings are very complicated.

This feeling is like a judge eating braised pork intestines; you know it's a trap, but due to some uncontrollable factors, you have no choice but to eat it.

That's how he is now. If he doesn't use the system, he'll end up like the heroine in anime, eventually falling into evil.

But using the system...

He'll get entangled with abnormal women again, getting himself into big trouble.

When it comes to unconventional women, Makoto Akizuki's views on Maki Shiina are quite complex.

From a rational, or normal, perspective, she is undoubtedly a pervert and a nymphomaniac, and should be kept away from and reported to the police for arrest.

However, based on the information provided by the system and her behavior after the time stop, a more emotional perspective reveals a different feeling.

Putting aside the facts of her being a pervert and a nymphomaniac, Shiina Maki was simply a girl who harbored a pure, devout, and fervent unrequited love for him.

Like Stefan Zweig's "Letter from an Unknown Woman," it expresses a girl's pure and even devout unrequited love, rather than the self-narration of a voyeur or stalker.

Although Makoto Akizuki couldn't understand why Maki Shiina would develop such a devoted unrequited love for him based on a single unintentional act of kindness, he could somewhat understand her feelings. He understood, but couldn't comprehend, not only his unrequited love for Maki Shiina, but also her actions.

If he understands this, then he's truly set for life, and he'll never be able to escape these abnormal women.

Now, Makoto Akizuki only hopes that Maki Shiina can restrain herself and not do anything too outrageous to him.

……

"Hey, class monitor~"

After the teacher collected the test papers and left, Akizuki Makoto, who was still standing on the podium lost in thought, heard a soft call from behind him.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw a cute, petite girl with short chestnut hair staring at him with a grin.

I remember... her name was Sawada Satomi?

"What are you daydreaming about?"

"fine."

Akizuki Makoto shook his head, suppressing his various thoughts for the time being.

There's no use thinking about it now. He's too passive right now. He can only take it one step at a time and observe Shiina Maki's situation.

"Haha, it's rare to see the class monitor daydreaming. Is something on your mind?"

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about the questions on the test paper, and something felt off."

Akizuki Makoto had little interest in conversation, so he tried to brush it off with a perfunctory answer.

"Oh~"

Satomi Sawada nodded knowingly and smiled, "I thought the class president was thinking about that guy."

"That rascal?"

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto couldn't help but feel a little confused. His original thought of leaving the classroom to go to the toilet was instantly suppressed, and he even stopped taking a step.

"They're talking about Shiina."

Satomi Sawada turned her head to the side, pointed at the back of the classroom, and said, "When the class president was collecting the test papers just now, didn't Shiina look up at you? Didn't you think it was scary? It was gloomy and weird."

"Uh... I don't feel that way."

Akizuki Makoto shook his head in denial, then added, "Perhaps she is gloomy and strange, I don't deny that. But Shiina-san isn't scary. She has excellent grades and has never argued with her classmates. She always quietly does her own thing, so how could she be scary?"

Satomi Sawada, who had been smiling, was suddenly stunned, clearly not expecting Makoto Akizuki to say that.

However, she quickly composed herself, smiled again, and said in an understanding tone, "Class monitor is such a kind person."

Yes.

What a gentle person she is.

Apart from Makoto Akizuki, everyone in the class disliked Maki Shiina and tried every means to ostracize and isolate her, even secretly playing pranks on her behind her back.

However, this was only done once, because Shiina Maki was discovered by Akizuki Makoto after returning to the classroom soaking wet.

At that time, he directly warned the students in the class not to bully others under the guise of joking. If it happened again, he would report it to the school through the student council for a thorough investigation.

Since then, they have indeed restrained themselves, only engaging in subtle and inconspicuous targeting.

Because Shiina Maki kept quiet and silently endured it, and because Akizuki Makoto had many things to take care of at school every day, he really didn't notice the invisible bullying his classmates were giving Shiina Maki.

The reason why Shiina Maki fell in love with Akizuki Makoto was not simply because of his unintentional act of kindness.

The only person she liked was Akizuki Makoto, who treated her like an ordinary person and didn't discriminate against, ostracize, or isolate her.

It was Akizuki Makoto who, upon discovering that she was being bullied, immediately stood up for her and rebuked everyone.

He is Akizuki Makoto, who is both gentle and powerful, like a god, and from a completely different world from me;
She is a devoted and fervent follower of Akizuki Makoto, and will continue to love him in this unrequited way for as long as it takes.

(End of this chapter)