I have a life simulator.

"Since this life is Rinne's perfect ending, doesn't that mean that Arisu, whom we are seeing now, will also end up as a loser? I think she seems to have a bit of a crush on Ryo."

"It depends on how you define a loser. Besides, I don't think Arisu has that kind of feeling for Ryo, because they are actually siblings."

As the story unfolded, Horikita Suzune finally addressed the issue of her background that she hadn't explained at the beginning. Then, with a slight frown, she carefully chose her words and said:

"Moreover, the other party's initial purpose in wanting him to return was actually for a possible heart transplant surgery in the future."

Actually, Horikita Suzune hadn't thought of this at first; she only realized it after re-examining the whole situation from the perspective of an outsider.

Upon hearing this, Tianze Yixia, who had just been saying "Boring, I want to see rivers of blood," stopped responding. After all, she was always a very sensible person. It was fine for her to make a few noise when she knew the ending was happy, but when it came to something serious, she became well-behaved again.

"Well, I'll say something."

Watching from the side, Hotaru, who hadn't appeared before, now materialized on Horikita Suzune's shoulder:

"Actually, my brother did have this idea at the time. If Rinne didn't meet his expectations, he would probably think of saving someone else instead and do it, making the winter he spent with Rinne a dream that would feel unreal many years later."

"Fortunately, Lingyin did not disappoint my brother and me, and made the Dongyu Cultural Festival that you went to together a crucial turning point."

As she spoke, the kitten affectionately rubbed against Horikita Suzune's cheek again:

"By the way, even though he has lived so many lives and participated in many cultural festivals, this is the first time that my brother has participated in the Dongyu Cultural Festival with someone. That person is Suzune."

Her favorite reason for liking Rin was certainly not just because the other person was very nice to her.

More importantly, it was one of the rare romantic comedies in Kitagawa Ryo's life where he didn't suffer at all from beginning to end.

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PS2: The simulation of Rinne was originally planned twice in the outline. The first time was a bad ending, but I cut it later. However, looking back, the Rinne created in this way is actually more in line with my preferences.

PS3: In the "if" side story, there will be a chapter about the bad ending, where Rinne couldn't change things, and Ryo directly transplanted his heart to Arisu, resulting in a storyline where both of them have a lifelong regret.

Chapter 3: An Unexpected Collaboration Arrives

As it turns out, even in the student council of Tokyo Advanced Educational High School, the actions of one president and another vice president could not be completely hidden from the other vice president. It can be said that after Yuki returned to school and successfully ran for vice president, Sakayanagi Arisu had already set his sights on her. Therefore, even though the trio did not leak any information, their plan was quickly obtained by Sakayanagi Arisu.

As for Horikita Suzune and the others' little tricks, Sakayanagi Arisu's response was also straightforward. After all, if you can form a small group, so can I. After thinking for a while, she decisively approached Ichinose Honami.

As someone who had noticed Ichinose Honami's various secret behaviors long before she transferred classes, Sakayanagi Arisu gained a deep understanding and appreciation of Ichinose Honami's inner self after having a complete confrontation with her during last year's sports festival.

This is not simply an affirmation of Ichinose Honami's abilities. For Sakayanagi Arisu, what she actually recognizes more is the gravity that Honami exhibited at that time, which is essentially the same as hers. It can only be said that black holes probably have mutual attraction. After all, in terms of the weight of their life simulation experiences, the two of them can indeed sit at the same table.

That's why, when thinking about forming a small group, Sakayanagi Arisu immediately considered Ichinose Honami. After all, there was a bit of an awkward situation between her and Shiina Hiyori because of the ring incident during the special exam at the mixed training camp earlier this year, which almost led to a falling out with Karuizawa Megumi as well.

Moreover, Karuizawa Megumi, Shiina Hiyori, and Sakura Airi were originally the earliest and closest small group in their girl circle.

When Sakayanagi Arisu made the appointment, Ichinose Honami naturally accepted. In fact, the two of them had met alone many times before, especially when the former was about to transfer to another class. However, compared to then, the two of them were no longer one showing off her ring like crazy and the other drinking water and showing off her water glass. Therefore, the atmosphere was much more peaceful.

In the recently concluded special summer exams, one of them had a real internship at a major bank for a whole month, while the other had spent some time exploring different universities, the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University. They had gained something from both experiences, so when they met, they first exchanged pleasantries and chatted about this topic for a while before getting down to business.

"Does Arisu mean that Suzune and the others are secretly holding a celebration for Ryo without your knowledge?"

"It wasn't simply something they were keeping from me."

Sakayanagi Arisu corrected Ichinose Honami's question slightly, blinking her beautiful bright purple eyes as she emphasized:

"They kept it a secret from all of us except the three of them, including Fanbo. To be honest, that's too cunning."

"A little?"

Although it was quite clear that Sakayanagi Arisu was using sophistry, Ichinose Honami thought about it and felt that it didn't seem to make a problem:

"So what does Arisu want to do? To cause some minor disruptions like before?"

"Is this how I appear in Fanbo's mind? I was just thinking about whether I could participate, since it is indeed a rare opportunity, and Fanbo probably wants to participate too, right?"

"I don't deny that, but to be honest, the Valentine's Day celebration that Liang prepared for me has basically replicated all of our memories. Even if I were to think of some new tricks to do something to him now, it seems like I don't have any ideas for the time being."

After pondering for a moment, Sakayanagi Arisu asked curiously about Ichinose Honami's remarks, which had a Versailles-like quality in many ways:

"But I remember that Fanbo and Liang should have had more than one period of intersection in their lives. According to Liang's personality, the incident on Valentine's Day should most likely be the accident that Fanbo mentioned before. After all, Liang always likes to address the problem in this way, or to cover up the past with new and beautiful memories."

When Sakayanagi Arisu tentatively asked her this question, Ichinose Honami did not give an answer immediately. After all, aside from the fact that her own third Sim was indeed quite difficult to describe, she still remembered that in her last memory, Sakayanagi Arisu, who was sitting opposite her at this moment, had a lot of screen time, and her attitude towards Ryo was quite ambiguous.

It can only be said that when she was still immersed in her experience of the second simulation, Sakayanagi Arisu's affair didn't even come close. But now that Kitagawa Ryo had properly erased all the scars from the second simulation, being suddenly asked about the third simulation by Sakayanagi Arisu herself made Ichinose Honami feel a little complicated. Therefore, she cleared her throat deliberately before carefully choosing her words to answer:

"That situation was very special... how should I put it?"

Halfway through her speech, Honami Ichinose suddenly realized something else.

No, that's not right. If we only look at the final result, that incident definitely counts as her successfully defending against Sakayanagi Arisu.

What's with the attitude of a loser?

Therefore, as they were talking, Ichinose Honami immediately changed the subject:

"I just feel that it's not very friendly to Arisukai."

"I?"

Upon hearing what Ichinose Honami said, Sakayanagi Arisu was momentarily taken aback, but immediately understood what the other person meant.

"Looks like I'm in the same situation as Hui back then?"

Although Honami Ichinose has not explicitly stated what Karuizawa Kei did so far, her mysterious attention to Karuizawa Kei and her avoidance of Sakayanagi Arisu over a long period of time are still evident. Moreover, as someone who has experienced the simulation herself, she can understand what the other party meant after a little thought.

"Pretty much. So, knowing this, would Arisu still want to know? Anyway, Megumi has never asked me to find out what she did in that timeline."

Ichinose Honami had originally intended to discourage Sakayanagi Arisu from saying this, but unexpectedly, the other party showed great interest in her words and nodded enthusiastically in agreement:

"Of course, after all, it's about my own affairs. And even if I really lose miserably like Fanbo said, I should still have some interaction with Ryo. After all, if we didn't have any contact, there wouldn't be such a thing. Just for that reason alone, it's worth my time to find out more about it."

As a female protagonist who almost completely failed in both simulations and, in a sense, should have been sitting at the same table as Karuizawa Megumi, Sakayanagi Arisu, or rather, the trio who caused the riot in the last simulation, actually possessed a skillful ability to find sweetness in broken glass and enjoy it. Therefore, when Ichinose Honami said these words, instead of discouraging her, Sakayanagi Arisu started urging her on.

"If Honami is willing, let's go find Hotaru now. You can reminisce and find some material, and I can also take a good look at another part of my past that I didn't know about."

Seeing that Sakayanagi Arisu was so determined, Ichinose Honami had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

After all, all she has are memories from her own perspective. She doesn't really know the details of Ryo and Sakayanagi Arisu's past. If Hotaru really reveals some fragments about Arisu and Ryo that she doesn't know, it feels like within a day, given Sakayanagi Arisu's personality, she could tell everyone in their little circle about it.

Actually, aside from the dreamlike atmosphere and blurred lines between reality and illusion created by that mysterious talent, Kitagawa Ryo's life simulation is not difficult to summarize.

Looking back now, that was actually the first time he came into contact with the white room and actually spent some time in it.

However, since the equipment Hotaru provided to Kitagawa Ryo at that time could only be presented in the form of text, for Ryo himself, the last simulated white room was his first real experience of the white room.

Sakayanagi Arisu's appearance was also completely different from the last simulation. Without Hotaru's guidance and the removal of her physical illness, Sakayanagi Arisu in that world line was a child with an awkward personality, even to the point of being obsessive, who insisted on proving to her father that she was better than the children educated in the White Room.

However, by a twist of fate, the method she chose to prove it at that time was the same method that Suzuki Blacksmith in the White Room used on Yuki and Amazu Ichika during the last simulation. It can only be said that she got an early access experience on the test server.

But Kitagawa Ryo wasn't buying it at all. He smoothly played Sakayanagi Arisu around and then used her to leave the white room and reunite with his childhood friend, Ichinose Honami. He even kindly used his abilities to create a beautiful dream for her, until Sakayanagi Arisu finally woke up from the dream before he decided to confront her and, at her request, represented the Sakayanagi family in a duel with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

After removing all the filters, this is probably what life experience is really like.

Of course, all of the above is based on a God's-eye view.

Unfortunately, the biggest God's perspective throughout the whole process, or rather God himself, is actually the little cat they are now looking for.

And so, right after Hotaru was rented from Horikita Suzune, she was seamlessly transferred to Ichinose Honami and Sakayanagi Arisu.

The cat, who had become a heartless video-on-demand machine, did not refuse the two people's requests. It simply remained silent and began to play the highlights from back then for the two of them.

Although she provided Kitagawa Ryo with a concise written version back then, it doesn't mean that these experiences didn't exist. Besides existing in the mind of Ichinose Honami, the person involved, she also kept a record of them. However, at that time, the little cat was still planning to proceed step by step. Judging from the series of changes that happened later, it can be considered a prime example of how plans can't keep up with changes.

"Fanbo and Liang are childhood sweethearts."

"Yeah, basically every single time."

Upon entering, the first thing you see is naturally the daily life of Ichinose Honami and Kitagawa Ryo in their childhood. Sakayanagi Arisu sighed slightly at this, while Hotaru rolled her eyes. After all, theoretically speaking, ever since her brother preserved the talent of keeping his promises from the second simulation, every heroine after that has actually started as a childhood friend. Sakayanagi Arisu, who is speaking now, is no exception.

As for the root cause, it probably has something to do with Hotaru's own feelings. After all, she is also a half-childhood friend, or rather, a love that grows over time. Compared to the kind of female protagonist who falls from the sky and inexplicably takes away the male protagonist's heart, she definitely prefers the kind of female protagonist who knows the male protagonist well since childhood and has a thorough understanding of each other.

After all, to be honest, my younger sister is a kind of childhood sweetheart.

Incidentally, Director Hotaru also finds the kind of expression of someone who is simply indulging in and getting used to the way they interact with the male protagonist, thus lazily choosing to give up on taking things further, only to have that tacit understanding suddenly broken by another unexpected person, leading them to realize their true feelings only to find it's too late, quite delightful.

Of course, in terms of the infectiousness of this performance, Karuizawa Kei's reaction in her own chapter was more orthodox, but Ichinose Honami's performance of "I'll hold it in even if I cry, I'll secretly hide away and let the little pearl fall" and finally taking matters into her own hands and using a knife was also quite good.

Whenever she thinks of this, Ying feels that it was good that her brother was still just simulating death in words back then. After all, it's always good to let her brother experience a real death scene less often. She can just secretly feel sorry for him from God's perspective.

While Hotaru was thinking this, the plot had already moved on to the white room segment. Just like yesterday's white room duo's comments on Sakayanagi Arisu, today Sakayanagi Arisu herself also gave a fair assessment of the white room and her own appearance:

"No matter how many times I look at it, I still feel that there are problems with this facility and the experimental subjects cultivated in it, except for Liang."

Besides Sakayanagi Arisu, Ichinose Honami was also watching intently. After all, this was something she didn't know either. How could she have known that Kitagawa Ryo had gone to the white room? And Ryo would certainly not have told her about this after he came back. Now was indeed a good time to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.

Then, the two of them simultaneously saw Sakayanagi Arisu, who had begun impersonating Ichinose Honami and relentlessly feeding Kitagawa Ryo a pep talk.

At that moment, both Honami Ichinose and Arisu Sakayanagi fell into a silent coma.

They subconsciously felt that it really tasted like sugar, but there was also a slightly strange taste, like a bit of cow mixed into pure love, but the cow was just a means and the goal was still to achieve pure love in the end.

Hotaru, who was watching the scene unfold, simply yawned lazily, her firefly-colored eyes sweeping over the two of them.

This kind of meal replacement literature can only be enjoyed when you're a child. Once you're a little older, it's impossible to play with it. In fact, it would be a miracle if you could even admit your mistake back then.

This is the difference between a sausage sandwich and a sausage on a slice of bread.

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Chapter 4: In the end, I chose pure love (4k5)

Since returning to Tokyo Advanced Educational Junior High School after finishing the summer special exams, Kitagawa Ryo hasn't had much to do. He basically plays basketball with Sudo Ken and the others one day, plays video games with Ishizaki Daichi and the others the next, and occasionally visits the drama club. He's basically just enjoying his summer vacation.

If there was anything that had bothered him these past few days, it was probably the sudden surge of movie-watching enthusiasm among the girls. Hotaru was being borrowed here one day and asked to go there the next, keeping her incredibly busy. In just two days, she had basically been going around to all the girls' places, except for Megumi, Hiyori, and Airi.

Kitagawa Ryo didn't really think much of the girls splitting into different small groups to watch the movie, but he felt it was necessary to pay attention to the simulation with the most complex relationships and the most contrasting characters.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Ryo also sent a message to Karuizawa Megumi, subtly hinting at this matter.

In fact, Karuizawa Megumi shares a similar stance with him in this regard. After all, compared to Shiina Hiyori's memories of the second simulation, she herself is more concerned about the first one.

In every respect, that time she did perfectly showcase all the flaws in her personality, to the point that it can no longer be called a black history. If history were to be written, Karuizawa Kei would probably be the first to erase that memory. Not to mention that even without her as the female lead, Shiina Hiyori and Horikita Suzune are definitely amazing in every way in terms of their actions.

After a brief chat with Karuizawa Kei about this topic, Kitagawa Ryo also sent a text message to Shiina Hiyori to inquire about the topic.

Although the results of this summer special exam haven't come out yet, among the students he knows, Shiina Hiyori's score in this special exam is probably near the bottom. After all, after a month of dedicated writing (in fact, not that dedicated), the quality of her short story debut is still quite questionable. In the editor's words, it looks more like a manuscript that should be submitted to a website like 'Let's Become a Light Novelist'.

It can only be said that switching between the roles of reader and author is never an easy thing. As a mystery novel fan, Shiina Hiyori's reading volume is absolutely terrifying, but now that she is actually picking up a pen to create her own work, she seems hesitant and restrained. She doesn't want to write the old clichés that she used to scoff at, and she can't find any groundbreaking new tricks to design for a while. In a sense, she is a case of being all talk and no action.

It was precisely because of this that, after the special exam ended and the students returned to school, Hiyori Shiina remained locked in her room, oblivious to everything else, and continued to create.

After waiting a few minutes, the status of the message he sent did not change from unread to read, so he guessed that Hiyori had silenced her phone again.

Since there was nothing else to do, and feeling that things couldn't continue like this, Kitagawa Ryo got up, tidied himself up a bit, and then left his room, took the elevator to Shiina Hiyori's dormitory room, and knocked on the door several times with a bit of force.

About two minutes later, Kitagawa Ryo heard a voice from inside ask from afar, "Who is it?" He casually replied, "It's me." Then he heard a rustling sound, and Shiina Hiyori, whose hair was unusually messy and sticking up, opened the door for him in her slippers.

It was already noon, but Shiina Hiyori was still wearing a set of pajamas-style loungewear, probably because she hadn't gone out for several days and probably wouldn't go out today. However, she seemed to be a little sweaty because she was feeling irritable, and the cuffs and pant legs were rolled up quite a bit, revealing a section of her pale arms and ankles.

"It's getting chilly. Where did you put your shoes again? Sorry, things have been a bit messy here the last couple of days."

After finally managing to pull out her indoor shoes from the shoe cabinet in the entryway, Shiina Hiyori also picked up a few crumpled pieces of paper scattered on the floor and put them in the nearby trash can. Then she went to the kitchen to pour Kitagawa Ryo a glass of water, and then skillfully sat back down at her desk, staring blankly at the blank manuscript paper on the table in front of her.

"Since Liang is here today, could you help me come up with an idea while you're at it..."

Having probably run out of good ideas, after two minutes, a somewhat dejected Shiina Hiyori spun around in the rocking chair again, then faced Kitagawa Ryo, who was propping up half his face, and said this to him.

"Instead of coming up with ideas, I think what Hiyori should do now is go out and have some fun with her friends. If that doesn't work, going to see Hotaru's screening with Suzune and the others would be a good idea."

"Screenings... I have heard Hui mention them before, but what I'm writing now isn't a youth campus romance novel, so even if I were to find material there, I wouldn't be able to."

"I think all Hiyori has on her mind right now is researching."

"After all, this special exam was quite a setback for me. But speaking of my past life, there's actually a question I've never asked Ryo before. Could this be considered the truth-revealing chapter?"

"what is the problem?"

Why did Liang choose to drop out of school so decisively back then?

Faced with Shiina Hiyori's question, Kitagawa Ryo, who had already laid everything bare, saw no need to hide anything any longer and answered directly and frankly:

"It was simply because I felt there was no need to stay at that time. After all, it wasn't a story that actually happened in real life. So even though I knew that leaving without saying goodbye would make Hiyori and Megumi sad, I still chose to do it."

Then, Kitagawa Ryo gave another example:

"It's like knowing that a game has a save and load mechanism, so you can confidently follow your heart and choose a game that you know is destined to have a bad ending. Knowing that you have a way to undo your mistakes, people sometimes don't think things through completely at every step."

"I see... I understand."

It was unclear which specific sentence from Kitagawa Ryo's explanation had resonated with Shiina Hiyori, but after thoughtfully resting her chin on her hand and turning left and right in the rocking chair for a while, she suddenly spoke in Kitagawa Ryo's direction: