How can my simulation be a real love?

It was precisely because of the two-pronged approach of the 'bet' made by Kazami Mei and Mori Minami, and the 'marriage' made by Mutsuki, that the little wooden girl was completely liberated from the strict control of the Wakaba family. This is also why she was able to attend tonight's party directly.

No matter when she returns home, her time and freedom will no longer be restricted.

Thinking of this, Kazami Mei slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had previously worried that Minami's controlling mother might only agree to his request out of respect for the 'bet,' while secretly imposing various restrictions on her daughter.

Judging from the current situation, the other party has indeed kept their word and honored their agreement.

"Although your aunt promised me that she would no longer control your life, does your uncle have any objections?"

Ruo Yemu gently shook her little head and slowly explained, "Mom told me not to worry about this. As long as she agrees, Dad won't say anything."

It turns out that Ruoye Laodeng is also henpecked, and will even become my father-in-law in the future. This is really embarrassing.

As Hachiman Kairin walked in with Wakaba Mutsu, Shiina Tatsuki, who lived nearby, also arrived right after Kaname Rakuna, whom he had met on the road.

Nijika and Pochi, who live in Shimokitazawa and Yokohama respectively, might be a little slower, but the originally empty private room quickly became lively as the number of people increased.

……

Nagasaki Motoyo was very angry.

She was no stranger to SNS, a social networking platform. When she had nothing to do, she would often browse various messages on it, either to keep up with the news or simply to kill time.

But this afternoon, she unfortunately came across a blog post by an annoying pink-haired guy.

Chihaya Aine is a social butterfly who enjoys using social media to post various photos and daily life updates. In particular, she often sends out a bunch of emojis and text whenever she posts. Previously, whenever Nagasaki Motoyo appeared on social media, she would just swipe away without any expression.

But today is completely different from usual...

This pink-haired person only posted one photo and a message saying "went to the aquarium" today.

Compared to her previous blog posts, this was practically 'ordinary', but the photo seemed to show her holding hands with someone. Realizing the problem, Nagasaki Motoyo immediately held her breath, her vigilance rising rapidly.

Even if he were reduced to ashes, Nagasaki Motoyo would recognize it at a glance as Kazami Mei's hand!

Without a doubt, Chihaya Aine is taking her husband on a date to the aquarium today. Given that woman's personality, she'll probably push her luck and try to take things further after the date. Even if there's only a slight 'danger' to Naruto, it's still a danger!

She was angry, but she knew she had to take action.

She couldn't let anyone beat her to it; she had to be the first no matter what.

"..."

Nagasaki Motoyo sat expressionlessly on the sofa, scrolling through a woman's Twitter feed.

She is currently in Kazami Mei's apartment.

Knowing Chihaya Aine, that pink-haired girl, as Nagasaki Motoyo knew, there was a high chance that she would suggest having dinner at Naruto's house after the date. So Nagasaki Motoyo simply waited in the apartment beforehand, patiently waiting for them to return.

After learning the location of the 'key' from her husband, Nagasaki Motoyo was able to freely enter and exit the apartment without any restrictions.

To avoid alerting the enemy, she did not send any messages to inquire about Chihaya Aine.

"They should be back by now, right?"

The girl, who lightly brushed a few strands of brown hair behind her ear with her index finger, casually tied on an apron and began pacing back and forth in the entryway with her phone in hand.

When that pink-haired brat, thinking his plan has succeeded and overjoyed, is about to go home and make his move, Nagasaki Motoyo, who has been waiting at the door for a long time, will stand there smiling as his 'wife,' and softly say to Kazami Naru in a sickeningly sweet tone—

"Welcome back, Naruto. Would you like to eat first, or take a bath first?"

"Or perhaps it's Va-da-shi?"

Just thinking about it made her feel incredibly happy.

With a slight upturn of her lips, Nagasaki Motoyo gently placed her hands behind her back, patiently waiting for her husband to return with a certain vixen. Suddenly, she felt the phone she was holding buzzing.

Feeling a slight doubt, Nagasaki Motoyo frowned slightly. She casually unlocked her phone and found a Line message. It turned out that Chihaya Aine had suddenly posted something in the band's Line group.

For some reason, Nagasaki Motoyo had a strange, bad feeling.

[Chihaya Aine: Does anyone have time to have dinner at 'Shiba Taisho Ramen'? I just invited everyone who finished their band performance to have dinner together, and everything will be on Naruto's plate today~ You'll definitely regret it if you don't come!]

Her slender fingers, gripping the phone tightly, had lost all color from the force. Nagasaki Motoyo, expressionless, slowly raised her head with cold, trembling eyes.

The gentle smile that had just graced his face turned cold and gloomy with unimaginable speed.

The girl's gentle and beautiful face, full of maternal love, began to heat up and turn red at a visible speed. However, this was obviously completely different from when she was with Kazami Mei. Nagasaki Motoyo's redness was purely due to a sharp increase in blood pressure!

Motoyo Nagasaki is truly angry this time.

……

"...Hmm, has Ichiri...successfully?"

"Yes, that's true, but it can't be entirely attributed to my efforts... It's all thanks to Kita-chan and Ryo-senpai for helping me. Otherwise, on my own... I would probably spend the rest of my life filled with regret, and then quietly die alone in some forgotten corner..."

"Stop eating, stray cat! You've eaten it all, what are the others supposed to eat?! And why are you only eating meat?"

"good to eat."

"Hmm? So you're a bassist too. No wonder you seemed strangely interesting to me earlier."

Sizzling oil dripped from the grill onto the blackened charcoal. The aroma of grilled meat, along with plate after plate of sushi and the unique scent of fried food, gradually filled the private room. The air was filled with the lively chatter of conversation and the clatter of bowls and chopsticks.

At the long table in the private room of General Chai's Ramen restaurant, a group of beautiful young women were gathered around.

After Ichika Nijika arrived with Pochi and the other person, the atmosphere in the private room became completely lively and noisy.

Even though they all belong to different styles and bands from different regions, and some may be meeting for the first time, many of them have good relationships with others in private, and some of them have certain similarities that make it easy for them to communicate.

If Kazami Mei is alone with someone in an enclosed space, either of them will quiet down because of shyness and anticipation.

But now, the gathering of ten girls has caused a severe imbalance of yin and yang in this space. These girls started chattering away as if a floodgate had been opened, and the more they talked, the brighter their smiles became.

In particular, some of the more straightforward ones openly began exchanging certain special 'insights'.

"Wow, what a chaotic scene..."

Chihaya Aine stared in astonishment at the scene unfolding before her, and couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh.

She had initially thought that it might be a bit awkward to invite so many people over, since the members of different bands might not know each other. But to her surprise, everyone started interacting without any barriers as soon as they met, as if they were already old friends.

“Miss Aine, you are the real culprit.”

Kazami Mei rolled his eyes and muttered a complaint under his breath. Right now, he was definitely the one with the most complicated feelings in the whole room.

Of the three bands he's currently active in, aside from Toyokawa Shoko who couldn't come due to personal reasons, Misumi Hatsuka who was too busy with idol work to attend, and Yutenji Wakagi who declined the invitation, only Nagasaki Motoyo is still on her way here.

Meanwhile, seven out of the ten girls present are his girlfriends with whom he has established a relationship.

The waitress who had just delivered the food was completely stunned. Even without thinking, Kazami Naruto could guess what kind of expression the general, who was frantically cooking, would have just by looking at the extra plates of grilled oysters on the table.

Unfortunately, all of this was caused by this scumbag, and Kazami Mei still has no way to explain it.

"Wh...what do you mean by 'culprit'? I only did this because I wanted to get along better with everyone beforehand..."

Chihaya Aine turned her head, seemingly a little dissatisfied. She puffed out her cheeks, making her face look like a steamed bun. Her adorable expression made Kazami Mei sigh softly. Then, he helplessly reached out and gently pinched her cheek to calm her down.

"It's entirely my fault. I just can't understand the incredibly intelligent and insightful Lady Aine."

Hearing this, Chihaya Aine, feeling quite pleased with herself, couldn't help but raise her head. But before she could even feel happy, she suddenly remembered something and said with a dissatisfied expression, "Are these the only girls? There shouldn't be any other women who haven't appeared yet, right?"

Kazami Naruto's expression was somewhat subtle. Before he could even speak, he felt the sudden gazes sweeping over him from all around.

Perhaps because Kazami Mei was constantly under the spotlight, when Chihaya Aine asked the question, the surroundings seemed to fall into an eerie silence for a moment. Several girls were casually glancing over in their direction while chatting, clearly indicating that the topic was quite attention-grabbing.

Compared to the types like Pochi Nijika and Riki Kita who only dare to secretly observe, the slightly better ones, Wakaba Mutsumi and Akari, would look directly in their direction. And the expressionless Ms. Hailing and Ms. Ryo were even more outrageous; they were practically ready to answer for Kazami Mei.

Kazami Mei naturally noticed the gazes coming from behind him. Without hesitation, he spoke directly: "I've only had a lot of contact with and a good relationship with members of three bands. You can't expect me to bring RiNG's Rinrinko along, can you?"

Even without Aine-san saying anything more, Kazami Mei was well aware of his current situation.

He also carries their future and lives on his shoulders, so Kazami Mei would never do anything to betray their feelings.

"..."

Not far away, Iji Chi Nijika was secretly watching this side with a flushed face. Her gaze couldn't help but sweep over Mygo, Hachiman Kairin, and Wakaba Mutsu, and she immediately realized that some of them must have become lovers with Naruto.

Why is everyone so calm?

Doesn't anyone find it strange that Ming is dating so many girls at the same time?

Or is the strangest person actually Nijika herself?

Speaking of which, surely some of the girls in the band must have dated Naruto by now, right? Was it Ryo, Kita, or Pochi? Is she the only one left who hasn't dated Naruto, and is it that Ichiji Nijika still hasn't dared to express even a hint of her love to him?

"Well……"

Thinking of this, Ichiji Nijika couldn't help but let out a sob. Originally, she had chosen to hide her feelings because of the relationship with the band members, but now everyone seemed to not care about the 'harem' at all. What should she do?

"Ichichi-senpai, are you feeling unwell?"

Sitting next to her, Shiina Ritsuki couldn't help but ask a question, which made Nijika, who was blinking, look a little flustered. She quickly waved her hand and said, "No, it's nothing! I was just a little... a little distracted."

"Because of the sound?"

A muffled voice came from beside me, and the stray cat with the silver jellyfish head, its mouth full of sushi, suddenly spoke.

Caught off guard, Iji Chihiro Natsumi froze on the spot, at a loss for words. Shiina Tatsuki, realizing what had happened, grabbed Kaname Rakuna's collar, her face flushed, and scolded in a low voice, "Stray cat, don't talk nonsense!"

"Sorry, it was just something our band members said casually! Please don't take it to heart, Ijichi-senpai."

"...I, I didn't care."

Her rapidly beating heart made her words tremble slightly. Sitting next to Shiina Tatsuki, Yawata Kairin slowly bit into a piece of grilled meat and swallowed it. Then she turned her head and said expressionlessly, "I may be meddling in this, but I still hope you will take it seriously."

"Hey, Hailing, what are you doing here too—"

"What needs to be said will eventually be said; don't wait until it's too late to say it."

Hachiman Kairin glanced meaningfully at Shiina Riki beside her, then picked up a piece of salt and pepper pork chop with her chopsticks. Her words left Iji Chi Nijika looking somewhat bewildered, and she opened her mouth but said nothing.

Yamada Ryo had said similar things to her many times, but Ichiji Nijika didn't feel the same way this time.

Ms. Hachiman is right; she really needs to seriously consider it.

76

Chapter Seventy-Six: He really is good at flirting.

"hiss!"

Chihaya Aine, who was far away in the ramen shop, suddenly felt a chill. She looked around with a strange and frightened gaze.

What is this gravity that comes from who-knows-where?

Feeling inexplicably scared, Chihaya Aine took advantage of sitting next to Kazami Naru and snuggled into his arms. This 'unintentional' action attracted the attention of many people, but for everyone present, this behavior was already considered 'normal'.

Unless it's a direct kiss or anything more, they'll just blush and pretend they didn't see it.

Except for someone.

"Speaking of which, why hasn't Soyorin arrived yet? Everyone's already started eating!"

Chihaya Aine looked strangely toward the door of the private room. She had sent the message to Mygo's Line group chat first, and then sent it separately to Ms. Suze to provoke her.

The other party's message has been marked as 'read', but they have not responded at all.

Something felt off, but Chihaya Aine couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"I'll send her a message and ask her."

Seeing this, Kazami Naruto felt a bit more worried, so he directly opened Nagasaki Motoyo's Line chat interface.

【Want to be fertilizer? Su Shi, where are you right now? I'll come out and pick you up.】

The message had barely been sent when my phone immediately buzzed with a reply.

[Nagasaki Motoyo: I'm very grateful that Naruto came all the way to pick me up... but I still have some things to take care of, so I won't be able to join everyone for this gathering.]

[Nagasaki Motoyo: Could you please do me a favor and apologize to Kodama and the others for me?]

Kazami Mei was slightly taken aback, then slowly frowned.

Because Wakaba Mutsu was watching him closely, he immediately noticed the moment Kazami Mei showed such a hesitant expression.

Perhaps because this involved 'Nagasaki Motoyo', a faint ripple appeared on Wakaba Mutsumi's usually expressionless face. She peeked out slightly and asked softly—

"Ming, what happened to Su Shi?"

Sitting next to him, Takamatsu Akari just stared blankly without saying a word, but the slight furrowing of her eyebrows revealed her worry.

Seeing this, Feng Jianming simply sighed with a hint of helplessness, then laid his phone out on the table, displaying its contents to everyone.