A crossover anime/manga story, set in everyday Tokyo, but within a loop of a game.

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Asagiri nodded slightly, then smiled and said.

"Although your mother isn't the kind of person who particularly cares about class, if I have excellent grades, athletic talent, and a strong background, with connections to members of the Shuchiin board of directors, that would definitely be a plus, right? Besides..."

At this point, Asagiri took two steps forward, gently stroked Yuuki Asuna's beautiful flaxen hair, and said softly.

“I am still the vice president of the student council of Shuchiin University, and you are also a member of the student council of Shuchiin University.”

Upon hearing this, Yuuki Asuna was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized what she meant. Her eyes filled with emotion as she looked up at Asagiri's face, her voice soft and gentle.

"You... so you agreed to be the vice president and even had me run for the position, all for my mother's sake..."

"That's what you said."

Asagiri interrupted with a smile, correcting her.

"I'm not dating your mother. I'm doing all this just to make you, and my girlfriend, happy."

"You really know how to sweet-talk..."

Asuna Yuuki tiptoed, wrapped her arms around Asagiri's neck, and kissed him again.

"Well……"

Feeling Asagiri's hand slip inside her clothes, Asuna Yuuki's breathing quickened, and her voice trembled slightly.

"Couldn't we just wait until tonight..."

"I'm coming tonight, and I'm coming now too."

Asuna Yuuki lay on the sofa, her red dress being stripped off by Asagiri, revealing her long, slender, and fair legs clad in white socks.

"Really..."

Asuna Yuuki gently bit her lower lip, her eyes welling up with tears.

"I can't take it anymore..."

……

A few days later, on Friday.

"Wuhu, wuhu, school's out! It's the weekend!"

Hearing Kotoko Iwanaga's cheerful tone, Asagiri, who was packing her things, shook her head with a smile.

"Why do you become like a wild dog that's let loose after school on Fridays?"

"What stray dog? Shouldn't it be called a runaway wild horse?"

"With your size, you're at most a wild Chihuahua."

"I don't care, I don't care. Of course I'm happy that I don't have to go to school on weekends."

“You took leave from Monday to Thursday and only came back to class today. Don’t act like you’ve left your prison forever.”

Just as Kotoko Iwanaga and Asagiri were joking and chatting, Kaguya Shinomiya walked over slowly and greeted them in a calm tone.

"Excuse me, I'm interrupting your crosstalk performance."

Immediately afterwards, Kaguya Shinomiya looked at Asagiri and spoke softly.

“Utsunomiya-san… The student council election officially begins next week. We have already gained the support of almost all the sports clubs and the board game club. Many people in the high school have heard the news that we will be running for the election.”

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Chapter 13: A Trip to Kanagawa with Kotoko Iwanaga.

"Yeah, that's good."

Asagiri nodded, then chuckled and spoke.

"That concludes the part where I need to provide assistance. Next, as we agreed before, I will serve as the nominal vice president, and Asuna will also have a nominal position in the student council. Just don't forget that."

"Hmm...you've been a huge help. Without you..."

Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly fell silent at this point, and after a while, she spoke softly.

"If you want to give a speech on stage as my cheerleader..."

Before Kaguya Shinomiya could finish speaking, Asagiri interrupted her.

“If that’s the case, it would be too outrageous. You should know that too. Making such an irrational decision is not like the person I know.”

As Asagiri, Kaguya Shinomiya, Asuna Yuuki, and Chika Fujiwara visited various sports clubs to campaign for votes over the past few days, a problem that none of the four had considered before suddenly emerged.

That is to say, the popularity and anticipation of Asagiri among various sports clubs is far beyond what people expected.

This wouldn't normally be a problem, and could even be considered an advantage, but the key point is that Asagiri isn't the one running for student council president; it's Kaguya Shinomiya who is running.

Such high expectations are not a good thing for either Asagiri or Kaguya Shinomiya. After all, although Asagiri will serve as the vice president of the student council, he will not be responsible for any student council work; he will only be in a nominal position.

As the student council president, Kaguya Shinomiya would also find it difficult to accept if the vice president completely overshadowed her.

For this reason, and because Asagiri is very good at negotiating and is unlikely to be stage-frightened, he will definitely be able to deliver a magnificent and inspiring speech. Therefore, in order to avoid receiving more meaningless attention, he will not take the stage to speak in the final stage of the student council election. Instead, Kaguya Shinomiya will be responsible for the final speech that will secure victory.

but……

For some reason, when she heard Asagiri say "It ends here," Kaguya Shinomiya felt a strange emotion welling up inside her. Even though she knew it would be better for her to give the speech, she still extended an invitation to Asagiri.

This isn't like her; it's not like the woman who would do anything to become the winner.

"Then let's go first."

Asagiri slung her bag over her shoulder and walked out of the classroom. Kotoko Iwanaga also stood up, but before leaving, she gave Kaguya Shinomiya a meaningful look and then said softly.

"Kaguya Shinomiya, you've changed... a bit."

……

Later, at a family restaurant.

"Another monster request? But..."

Asuna Yuuki and Megumi Kato exchanged a glance and hesitated.

"Mei and I have made plans to go to Ashikaga-sensei for special training today and tomorrow."

"That's great."

To Asuna Yuuki's surprise, Kotoko Iwanaga was not disappointed at all when she heard that she and Megumi Kato had already made arrangements for special training. Instead, she smiled broadly.

"Then Asagiri and I will go alone. It's not anything particularly difficult anyway."

Yuuki Asuna stared at Iwanaga Kotoko, who was beaming with a bright smile, with a look of skepticism, and asked her a probing question.

"Are you sure you don't have a request from a yokai? You're not just making this up, are you?"

"How could I joke about something like that?"

Kotoko Iwanaga covered her mouth and chuckled softly in response, before finally fading her smile and switching to serious mode.

"However, this request is indeed a bit tricky. The location is in the mountains over Kanagawa. The mountain god who has always lived there sent a messenger to me, saying that a series of murders have occurred in its jurisdiction."

"what?"

Kato Megumi seemed puzzled upon hearing this and asked curiously.

"Does the mountain god handle murder cases? Isn't that the Metropolitan Police Department's business?"

"Of course we should take care of it."

Kotoko Iwanaga, with an air of self-evident certainty, raised her slender, white index finger and explained earnestly, as if she were a teacher giving a lecture.

"So far, the murderer has killed five innocent people, and each time he would go into the mountains late at night on a rainy day to dump the pieces of the bodies in the forest. The souls of the murdered usually have extremely strong resentment, especially the souls of those who were dismembered after death, whose perpetrators were not arrested, and whose injustices could not be redressed. If this continues, it is very likely that a powerful vengeful spirit will be generated."

"Putting that aside, if it were you, could you stand it if someone kept throwing pieces of a corpse into your house every day? Besides, the deceased's body has been discovered by tourists who came up the mountain, and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently closing the mountain for investigation. The mountain god temple is not receiving incense offerings from people, which is causing the mountain god to become increasingly weak. If this continues, it will soon disappear."

"I am the god of wisdom who maintains the balance between the world of monsters and human society. I cannot stand idly by as the mountain god and the monsters in the mountains are disturbed by the mistakes made by humans."

Kato Megumi nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"I see."

"exactly."

Kotoko Iwanaga wore a sweet and lovely smile, cupping her cheeks in her hands, looking shy and coy.

"Oh dear, since the location is in Kanagawa, and we need to conduct an investigation, it seems we can't go and come back on the same day. We'll have to find a place to stay in Kanagawa for the night. To save money, we'll just book one room. To keep Asagiri and me from getting cold, we'll sleep in the same bed, warming each other with our body heat. Then, unable to suppress the flutter in our hearts, some unforgettable things happened in the quiet night..."

"You started again?"

Asuna Yuuki interrupted, her brows furrowed slightly.

"Since you're here on serious business, don't rush to act crazy. First, let me ask you this: how do you plan to catch a criminal who even the Metropolitan Police Department can't track down?"

"Oh, that's easy."

Kotoko Iwanaga maintained her sweet smile, but then said something that sent chills down the spines of Asuna Yuuki and Megumi Kato.

"The mountain monsters have seen the murderer's face. All Asagiri and I need to do is find him, kill him, and leave some evidence at the scene that will let the Metropolitan Police Department know that he is the murderer. In this way, we can both appease the resentment of the victims and reduce the scourge of the world. It's a win-win situation, and the mission will be completed successfully."

"This……"

Seeing the changes in the expressions of Asuna Yuuki and Megumi Kato, Kotoko Iwanaga simply shook her head and smiled.

"My duty is to maintain order in both worlds, not to be some kind of righteous messenger or unsung hero. As long as the mission can be completed satisfactorily, it doesn't matter what method is used. Besides, a murderer should be prepared to be killed, and this is the end he deserves."

Hearing that familiar last sentence, which Asagiri had said in the newbie dungeon, Yuuki Asuna first sighed slightly, then looked at Asagiri sitting beside her and gently gave her some advice.

"Then you and Kotoko go. Be careful on the road, and don't forget Sunday."

Asagiri nodded and smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't forget. I'll be back tomorrow."

……

Half an hour later, on the train to Kanagawa.

Seeing that there weren't many people in the carriage and there were plenty of empty seats around her, but Kotoko Iwanaga insisted on sitting right next to her, Asagiri couldn't help but laugh and tease her.

"Why don't you just sit on my lap?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Kotoko Iwanaga was nothing like a normal girl who would be shy or coy. Instead, she looked impatient and sat directly in Asagiri's lap. To adjust her position, her petite body unconsciously twisted a couple of times.

"Wow, you really don't hold back at all."

"We're family, so let's not be so formal."

Kotoko Iwanaga said this with a smile, but just as she was about to speak, a blush suddenly appeared on her fair face.

"You...you're carrying a weapon? Or..."

"I didn't bring any weapons."

Asagiri replied with that first sentence, then spoke with great force and in a deep tone.

"I am the weapon."

"Why try to look cool at a time like this..."

Kotoko Iwanaga's cute face was tinged with shyness, and even her voice became hesitant. This showed that although she usually cracked a few dirty jokes from time to time, in this situation, she, who had no experience, ultimately revealed her shy girlish nature.

However, she was only shy for a few seconds.

Kotoko Iwanaga left Asagiri's embrace and sat back down in her seat, adjusting her long dress as she uttered lewd words.

"Never mind, I don't want to break it. I might need it tonight anyway."

Then, Kotoko Iwanaga put away her smile and spoke in a rare serious tone.

"Regarding the specific solutions for this commission..."

As she spoke, Kotoko Iwanaga took out a SIM card and a note from the bag she was carrying.

Asagiri took the note, opened it, and found an email address written inside.

Kotoko Iwanaga explained softly, "Through the tracking by the monsters, I learned the true identity of the murderer: Teru Hosokawa, 34 years old, an ordinary employee of an insurance company."

"After learning his real name, I searched for it online, and sure enough, I found his email address on his former university's website. I confirmed that the email account was active, which means he is still using it normally."

"I obtained this SIM card through special channels. All you need to do is register an email account with this SIM card, send an email to Hosokawa Teru with Crazy Meta attached, and have Crazy Meta appear at the right time to kill him and then eliminate the evil spirit in his house. Then this mission will be successfully completed."

"The SIM card should be destroyed immediately after use, so that even if the Metropolitan Police Department investigates, they will not get any useful clues."