When Shin arrived at Shibuya's commercial district, he quickly spotted Chika Fujiwara and the others beneath the famous landmark "Hachiko Statue."
This statue depicts the image of Japan's famous "loyal dog Hachiko" and has become an iconic landmark of Shibuya, where people often arrange to meet.
To be honest, Shin wasn't very familiar with many of Japan's legends, so when he saw this statue of a sitting loyal dog, what came to mind was Watchdog Man from the One Punch Man world.
Watchdog Man in the One Punch Man world maintains this exact sitting posture while guarding Q-City—thinking about it now, his image was probably a tribute to loyal dog Hachiko.
Chika Fujiwara spotted Shin from afar. Not knowing that Shin's mind was wandering, she excitedly waved at him with a face full of excitement, as if afraid he might not see them:
"Shin, Shin, over here!"
Standing beside Chika Fujiwara were Ai Hayasaka and Kaguya Shinomiya—this master-servant pair had also changed into casual clothes, looking quite different from their usual school uniform demeanor.
Although Ai Hayasaka's outfit still had a bit of a gyaru style, the beret she wore somewhat softened her aura, giving her a "pure gyaru" feeling.
Kaguya Shinomiya wore a long dress with a slight young lady air, sandwiched between Ai Hayasaka and Chika Fujiwara, looking somewhat at a loss—clearly an inexperienced young lady who knew little of the world.
Chika Fujiwara was dressed in a style commonly seen at gatherings, clearly convenient for outings, but combined with her energetic temperament, it further highlighted her outgoing personality.
"Don't worry, I spotted you long ago."
Shin approached helplessly. He had memorized the three's "ki," so as long as he wanted to, it would be impossible not to find them, even if they got lost in a crowd they could be found immediately.
Those romantic manga scenarios where people get separated in crowds were basically killed off at Shin's level—unless they could get lost to the other side of the Earth in one go.
"Young Master Shin."
Seeing Shin approach, Ai Hayasaka actively greeted him—probably because she wasn't wearing her maid outfit today, Ai Hayasaka seemed much more casual.
She suddenly reached out with both hands, grabbed Kaguya Shinomiya's shoulders from behind, and pushed Kaguya Shinomiya directly in front of Shin, making Kaguya almost press against Shin's chest.
Watching Kaguya Shinomiya blush completely red from suddenly being pressed against Shin, Ai Hayasaka then said leisurely:
"Kaguya-sama was worried about whether her outfit was suitable when going out. You should compliment her."
"Hayasaka...!!!"
Kaguya Shinomiya glared back at Ai Hayasaka with a red face, seeming very dissatisfied with her sudden pushing behavior.
But after complaining to Ai Hayasaka, she turned her head back and looked at Shin with somewhat hopeful eyes—clearly she did want to receive Shin's praise.
"Very pretty, it feels different from usual."
Shin looked at Kaguya Shinomiya's expression and went along with her wishes, smiling as he complimented her—he wasn't being petty, a few compliments could make girls happy, so why not?
Sure enough, after hearing Shin's words, Kaguya Shinomiya's expression immediately changed from nervous to happy, unable to suppress a smile.
However, she probably thought showing such direct happiness wasn't reserved enough, so she quickly restrained her smile, then coughed lightly twice to ease her blushing.
"What about me, what about me?"
Hearing Shin compliment Kaguya Shinomiya, Chika Fujiwara pouted somewhat dissatisfied and hurried over.
"You're cute too, is that good enough?"
Shin helplessly pinched Chika Fujiwara's cheek. This intimate gesture made Chika Fujiwara feel very satisfied, showing a somewhat silly smile on her face.
Kaguya Shinomiya watched Shin and Chika Fujiwara's almost flirtatious behavior from the side but didn't say much—Ai Hayasaka's twisted logic had thoroughly convinced this young lady.
"Hehe."
Chika Fujiwara contentedly touched her cheek, as if she could still feel Shin's warmth from it.
After giggling twice, Chika Fujiwara pulled out a small notebook from her bag and said to Shin, Kaguya Shinomiya, and Ai Hayasaka:
"Then, next I'll arrange the dating activities!"
"You again?"
Shin and Kaguya Shinomiya didn't speak, but Ai Hayasaka cast a somewhat strange look at Chika Fujiwara.
"Really no problem? It's not another dating guide you searched online, is it?"
It wasn't that Ai Hayasaka deliberately looked down on Chika Fujiwara—the key was this girl really had never had any romantic experience, learning all romance topics from fictional works.
Last time Chika Fujiwara had taken them to see a movie, but in the cinema, Shin and Ai Hayasaka exercised for over an hour, not watching the movie content at all.
"Then does Hayasaka have romantic experience?"
Being exposed as also being a romance novice, Chika Fujiwara blushed and glared at Ai Hayasaka.
"I don't."
However, Chika Fujiwara clearly underestimated Ai Hayasaka's thick skin. She didn't feel ashamed about having no romantic experience like Chika Fujiwara did, but stated it matter-of-factly.
Of course, Ai Hayasaka didn't think this was bad at all—giving her first related experience to Shin was quite nice.
Although because of Shin, she seemed to have awakened some special preferences... but Ai Hayasaka herself felt quite good about it, so naturally she had no objections.
"Anyway, since no one has much dating experience, let's go with Chika's plan first."
Seeing Chika Fujiwara being rendered speechless by Ai Hayasaka's retort, Shin came out to mediate with a smile.
Don't let Shin's current situation with so many girls fool you—when it came to dating experience... he really didn't have much.
He had gone out alone with Eriri before, but Eriri's dating location that time wasn't exactly normal, purely because Eriri wanted to go there for material.
Shin couldn't possibly take Kaguya Shinomiya and the others to that strange toy store to broaden their horizons—he was genuinely worried that Kaguya Shinomiya might faint from embarrassment.
Better wait until Kaguya Shinomiya's "sexual education" reached a certain level before advancing to more sophisticated play. Anyway, Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't run away, and she didn't look like she wanted to run either.
To be continued...