"Not bad, bro! You actually confessed to your best friend!"
The ever-considerate Misha gave Alain and Millie some time alone, while she went to make a late-night snack for the members of their little family.
Millie slapped Alain firmly on the back and couldn't help but exclaim, "I really thought some sudden incident would mess up the confession for sure this time!"
"...There was a sudden incident. But all in all, I still accomplished my goal."
Alain nodded. He had managed to draw out the perpetrator behind the dream, gaining a rough understanding of his future enemy's abilities; and he had also successfully confessed to Misha.
It was as if a long-held matter in his heart had finally been settled.
"Whoa! Not bad, not bad! That's awesome."
Looking at the cap-wearing girl's smiling face, Alain was a bit confused about what she actually wanted with him.
But seeing Millie occasionally hesitate to speak and deliberately try to make conversation, he pretty much understood.
"Want to kiss again?"
"Huh?! No way! What do you take me for? Am I that kind of person?"
"So you don't want to kiss, then."
"I don't!"
Huh?
Alain's opinion of Millie changed slightly. In his experience, ever since his bro had kissed him during that last confession, it was like she had discovered a whole new world and would constantly ask him for kisses.
It seemed his view of her had been too one-sided.
But the next second, Alain was surprised to see the cap-wearing girl suddenly start fidgeting.
The corners of Alain's mouth lifted slightly as he leaned close to the girl's ear, "You can't hold it in anymore, can you?"
"Shut up!"
Millie, who had seen through his provocations, gave Alain a punch.
Then, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest. "As your girlfriend, isn't it only natural that I satisfy your requests?" she said with a wink.
Alain turned his head away.
"Besides, didn't I already agree?"
Her two rhetorical questions left Alain slightly stunned. "Where did your sense of guilt go?"
"Huh?"
"I thought you'd be a little more restrained tonight, on the night of the confession," Alain said.
Hearing this, Millie spaced out for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered something.
She clutched her chest, repeatedly glancing at the night sky, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start. "You... haven't you been wanting to for a while?"
She finally said it.
Alain instantly recalled that before entering the game world last time, it seemed he did have some kind of agreement with Millie.
Man, my bro is so lewd. To be this bold on the very first day after his confession to Misha...
The corners of Alain's mouth lifted slightly as he leaned close to the girl's ear, "You can't hold it in anymore, can you?"
"Shut up!"
Millie, who had seen through his provocations, gave Alain a punch.
Then, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest. "As your girlfriend, isn't it only natural that I satisfy your requests?" she said with a wink.
Alain turned his head away.
"Besides, didn't I already agree?"
Her two rhetorical questions left Alain slightly stunned. "Where did your sense of guilt go?"
"Huh?"
"I thought you'd be a little more restrained tonight, on the night of the confession," Alain said.
Hearing this, Millie spaced out for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, crap! Doesn't that... doesn't that mean... I'm having an affair with you behind my best friend's back again?!"
Belatedly, she looked down and saw Alain's large hand placed on her chest.
Millie didn't like wearing a bra at home, so the fullness was transmitted clearly through her clothes to Alain's palm.
It even deformed slightly under the pressure of his hand. Through the gaps between his fingers, he could feel the rise and fall.
"Let's just forget it for tonight, first—"
"Take this!"
Alain used 'Claw Strike', and Millie took massive damage.
"Whoa! That's super ticklish, so ticklish it hurts a little! You jerk...!"
Millie used 'Grasp', dealing a critical hit to Alain.
"Ngh... you actually grabbed there? Then you can forget about sleeping peacefully tonight!"
Alain used 'Tidal Knead', dealing wave after wave of damage to Millie.
Something like a strip flashed past the side of his vision and then disappeared.
Alain's gaze shifted to the computer screen. The Mita interface remained unchanged; Chibi Mita had not appeared.
"Ha, ha, hahahaha! Who does things like you!"
Unwilling to give up, Millie used 'Gyro Body Spin.'
"Holy shit?! You can do that?"
Alain entered phase two.
"Hahaha! Bro, you stopped talking, you lose!"
"Shut up!"
Alain used 'Marshmallow Offensive.'
"Whoa, whoa! Who kneads like that?!"
The two of them fought from the center of the balcony to a corner, and the battle finally ended with Millie's cry for mercy.
"Haah, haah, haah... that killed me, I'm covered in sweat."
She took off her hat, strands of hair sticking to her fair, sweaty cheeks.
"You... finally let go."
Alain was bent over; though victorious, he was just as disheveled.
So damn hard right now. It was the perfect real-life example of 'getting stopped halfway through.'
"My body's been in too good of shape lately."
Alain sat down beside her, looking out at the city's nightscape.
"Tch. Bragging about yourself, so shameless."
"But still, you were pretty awesome today."
The girl patted his shoulder encouragingly.
"Now that you've won over my best friend, I'm safe too~"
She cheered herself on, "After this, I just need to secretly mention to Misha that I... also accidentally got together with you, and it'll be fine!"
"You..."
Pinching the girl's small cheek, Alain thought about the 'bonus' Millie had given him a few days ago right after he came out of the game world.
"My bro, your oral skills are amazing too."
"...?"
But the cap-wearing girl just turned her head in confusion and looked at him.
"Oral skills?"
"Hmm?"
Alain bluntly told his bro what had happened.
"Huh?! How could I possibly do something like that? You've really got some imagination!"
The girl's crimson face was practically steaming.
"And swallowing it... why don't you swallow it?!"
"???"
Damn, what a reaction.
Wait a minute...
"Are you saying you didn't do it?"
"Of course! Even if I were going to, I wouldn't do it right next to my best friend! Besides..."
She fidgeted, tapping her fingertips together.
"I'd need to do a whole series of mental preparations..."
The first thing that came to Alain's mind was the recently named [Consciousness Entity].
Could it be that the master of the Consciousness Entity noticed me the moment I entered reality?
No, it must have been earlier...
Back in the game world.
"!"
Alain immediately opened his phone and checked the Safety Guard panel.
Thankfully, the Intranet Firewall wasn't lit up; this wasn't a dream.
Alain recalled... after he finished the battle with the Modified Entity clone and returned to Version 1.15, he seemed to have indeed seen some little thing...
It was like something strip-shaped that flashed past the side of his vision and then disappeared.
Could it be...
Alain looked down at his own body, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Was I... possessed by something?"
If so, then everything he had encountered in the real world would make sense.
He had been noticed by the perpetrator of the dreams back in the game world last time.
Either it was a parting shot from the girl in black as she escaped, or it was the true perpetrator of the dreams, the mysterious person he encountered in reality this time: the real estate agent, the Misha on the rooftop...
Those words weren't his.
Alain stiffly turned his head to look in Millie's direction.
In his peripheral vision, the Intranet Firewall icon on the screen flared with a brilliant, burning light.
The cap-wearing girl dusted off her clothes, stood up, and looked at him coquettishly.
"You scared me just now. To think you had a hidden trick... Hmph."
Then, she gave Alain a push, and he felt as if he were falling off a cliff.
Behind him, it was as if a current was pulling him toward some unknown place.
He saw his own back falling away, separating from him.
"What's happening?"
"Let's meet... inside." He heard a voice say.
He was swallowed by the screen.
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