“Ding dong!”
Less than a minute after the doorbell rang, the door was opened.
It was Amamiya Ren, wearing casual clothes.
“……”
Looking at the girl at the door, Mouri Ran, Amamiya Ren clearly froze for a moment.
He then glanced at Suzuki Sonoko, before nodding knowingly.
“I see.”
“I guessed that you also got the diary, and wondered if you would, like Shijo-san and the others, choose an after-school day to meet me.”
“I didn't expect you to choose a weekend, and even bring Suzuki-san along.”
“I’m really sorry, Amamiya-san.”
Mouri Ran, standing outside the door, bowed deeply in apology.
“I don’t know what to say, I just asked Sonoko to come with me.”
“Well… there’s not much to apologize for.”
“Actually, being suddenly dragged out on a date with Suzuki-san makes me nervous.”
“Compared to this kind of tense atmosphere of a date, perhaps the current situation is better.”
“I feel like there’s not as much awkward silence when we’re talking.”
Amamiya Ren was being honest, his mood had actually relaxed.
“Come in first.”
“There are some things we can’t talk about outside.”
“Thanks.”
Feeling forgiven, Mouri Ran's mood lifted.
Suzuki Sonoko beside her quickly took off her shoes and directly grabbed Amamiya Ren who was about to go inside.
“Amamiya, our date isn’t going to end just like that, you know.”
“…Eh? Suzuki-san still wants to go on a date?”
Amamiya Ren looked surprised when he was pulled back.
“Of course.”
“Today, I came with you because Ran couldn't come alone, but that doesn’t mean I’m planning to ruin my own date.”
“I’m just going to reschedule the date.”
Suzuki Sonoko was very assertive.
She was deeply obsessed with the idea of a date, and her goal was simple: she just liked guys with good looks.
Especially those with very high hidden stats.
“……”
For a moment, Amamiya Ren was speechless.
“This is the first time I’ve heard a girl say so confidently that she wants to go on a date.”
“Suzuki-san, I really don’t have any experience dating girls.”
“Hee hee~ If you don’t have any experience, then go and gain some.”
Suzuki Sonoko was not embarrassed at all.
“Just to be clear, I wanted to go on a date with you because you’re really handsome, a very handsome guy with hidden stats.”
“Handsome guy…”
Amamiya Ren felt a little embarrassed.
He always thought he was just an ordinary guy, neither outstanding nor below average. This was the first time a girl said this to him.
Suzuki Sonoko, who was quick to notice things, immediately noticed a fact.
“Wow! Your ears are red!”
She looked at Amamiya as if he was a rare species.
“You really have no experience dealing with girls.”
“So cute~”
She really thought Amamiya was cute at that moment.
His ears turned red just because of a few words of praise from a girl.
Boys like that are definitely a rare species.
Especially when the boy is already very good-looking, if you let him out, he’ll definitely be tricked by bad girls.
“……”
The person who was being called “so cute” couldn’t take it anymore.
He really wasn’t very resistant to this kind of talk from girls.
Or rather, he didn't know how to deal with girls like this.
“Let’s, let’s go inside first.”
His voice trembled slightly.
He broke free from Suzuki Sonoko's grasp and quickly went into the room.
Suzuki Sonoko, who remained at the door, smiled even wider.
“Ugh~ Such a cute reaction~”
“He doesn't seem like he's been tainted by the bad girls outside.”
“Such a cute and good-looking boy should be left to me.”
“So you’re the ‘bad girl’ outside?”
Mouri Ran couldn't help but retort from the side.
She happened to overhear those mutterings.
Honestly, she really didn't want to hear Sonoko's words that sounded like a lovesick girl.
But she was also surprised by Amamiya’s reaction.
“Amamiya, you really don't have any experience.”
“Not only in this life, but in your past life as well?”
If that was the case, she also wanted to agree with Sonoko.
Amamiya’s reaction was really cute.
He couldn’t react to a girl’s initiative at all.
Or maybe he just wasn’t used to dealing with a girl as active as Sonoko.
The two closed the door, found a pair of slippers at the shoe rack in the entrance, and walked into the room.
The air conditioner was on in the room, and the overall temperature was just right.
The two girls took the opportunity to take off their coats.
They saw Amamiya, back to his normal self, bringing two glasses of water.
“Thank you.”
After politely thanking him, the three of them sat down.
“You two came here today because you want to talk about the diary, right?”
“Yes.”
When it came to the real subject, both Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko’s expressions turned serious.
The diary was the primary topic of discussion, there were things they needed to understand.
“Actually, I don’t know much about the diary.”
“The diary appeared a year ago, but back then, I was more worried about my life’s deviations and didn't immediately start using it.”
“I only started recording my daily life recently.”
“Also, the diary has its own rules, but it doesn’t provide any guidance, everything has to be discovered by the owner themselves.”
“Of course, the diary also brought some benefits.”
“Mouri-san, you should know this already.”
“Yeah.”
The title “Kousakura no Kiba” had a very obvious impact on her.
Her appetite increased drastically, and her digestive ability super-strengthened, so now she could eat a lot of food without worrying about her body being unable to handle it.
As for the increase in strength, recovery, and burst power, she hadn’t felt it so quickly.
Mouri Ran guessed that those effects would only be felt after eating more.
The two properties of that title showed that it was necessary to consume a large amount of energy daily to make oneself stronger.
It wasn’t a change that could be felt immediately.
“How to use the diary, the most important thing is to understand the rules of the diary.”
“Intentional manipulation offline is useless, it won’t bring any benefits, instead, you’ll get negative benefits because of the diary’s rules.”
“So, if you want to get more benefits, you need to figure out the rules of the diary.”
“Then there’s the matter of not exploiting loopholes.”
“Exploiting loopholes will not bring any benefit.”
PS: New book, data is needed.