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That being said, apart from the joke, the text on the paper actually revealed some content.
For example, the name of the uninvited guest was Chihaya Asagumo, and she was about to die.
After all, he couldn't possibly leave behind a purely jocular note.
Furthermore, judging by the ability to write the note, his past self in a certain cycle must have had contact with the other party.
However, the reason his current self had no impression of that cycle, Asakura speculated, was probably because when he contacted the other party, he left a sufficiently shocking impression on them, so much so that in the next cycle, without meeting him, the other party directly reverted time, deliberately resetting everyone's memories when he was completely unprepared.
This also meant that the moment his current self appeared before the other party, the girl named Chihaya Asagumo would likely immediately revert time.
"How foolish," Asakura said softly.
"What? What did that note say?" Yuigahama Yui leaned in, wanting to see the words on the note in Asakura's hand.
"It talks about a spoiled brat getting their just deserts."
Asakura handed the note to Yuigahama Yui, who looked at the words on it, utterly bewildered.
The more powerful a Magic, the greater its cost. Playing with time so recklessly, Chihaya Asagumo's fate would likely not be good.
Asakura's own Magic, "Scale," had resided in his left hand due to backlash, causing his left hand to begin noticeable distortion and mutation—but in reality, "Scale" had few activation restrictions and wasn't very costly, yet even so, it still caused serious consequences.
The power of Magic that controlled time was clearly even more terrifying. It was probable that the girl herself had already been thoroughly marinated by the backlash, which was why in their previous encounter, he had judged her to be 'not long for this world.'
Looking at it this way, even if he did nothing, after at most two or three more cycles, the other party would naturally collapse, bringing an end to this abnormal situation.
He wasn't some soft-hearted person. In this situation, letting the other party suffer the consequences of her own actions was the best choice.
"Although I don't quite understand what's going on, it seems that the girl named Chihaya Asagumo is in danger," Yuigahama Yui tilted her head, unable to comprehend the meaning of the note, and finally showed a silly smile of giving up on thinking: "It'll be fine as long as the invincible Asakura-kun takes action."
"Why do you have more confidence in me than I do in myself...?" Asakura looked speechlessly at the smiling girl.
"Both I and Yukino were actually saved by Asakura-kun, and I heard from Ruri-chan that she also seemed to have been saved by Asakura-kun, so as long as Asakura-kun takes action, it will definitely be fine! Because Asakura-kun, you are our hero!"
The girl had an expression of 'my club president is super amazing,' which made Asakura himself unable to help but laugh.
But after laughing, Asakura fell into deep thought again.
He himself felt there was no need to take action. After all, after a few more cycles, the culprit causing the abnormal situation would self-destruct. He didn't know Chihaya Asagumo, so there was no need to go to such great lengths to help.
However, on the other hand, because he didn't know how many more cycles there would be, he would have to repeatedly do troublesome tasks like catching fireflies and throwing snakes into the sky.
Worst of all, he would have to repeatedly eat dog food to his fill while hiding in the bamboo forest.
Damn it, thinking about it this way, perhaps saving the world was the best option.
"Since I'm trusted to this extent, a hero can't back down from a fight."
Asakura sighed, finally making a decision.
"If there's anything you need help with, just tell me!" The girl patted her chest, saying with an air of taking on all responsibility.
"Then you go take Yanami and the others to catch fireflies in the bamboo forest outside right now."
"Eh, eh, eh..."
After sending Yuigahama Yui away, Asakura walked down the inn corridor, pondering his counter-measures.
Directly confronting Chihaya Asagumo was definitely out of the question. Not only was he not a hot-blooded manga protagonist with standard verbal persuasion skills, but even if he did have such abilities, there probably wouldn't be enough time to use them, because the moment she saw him, she would immediately activate time reversal.
For Asakura, the simplest way to solve the problem was to rely on supernatural powers for a first-strike kill, while the other party was still unaware of his identity as a sorcerer.
It was just a pity that his past self seemed to have been careless and failed to achieve a first-strike kill, allowing the opponent to escape by reversing time. This directly led to all subsequent first-strike kills failing in all subsequent cycles.
Figure out the opponent's objective; ensure the opponent doesn't see him; avoid provoking the opponent to trigger time reversal as much as possible.
These were the three main problems Asakura currently had to deal with.
"That being said, in reality, there's only one true problem."
"Asakura-kun, what did you say?"
In the men's hot spring, Ayano Mitsuki, who was bathing, asked curiously.
"Ayano-kun, I have a question I want to ask you."
Asakura stood by the edge of the hot spring pool, nonchalantly asking: "Do you know Chihaya Asagumo?"
"...You know Chihaya too?" Ayano Mitsuki, who had been enjoying the hot spring, paused, looking up at Asakura.
"You can call her by her first name, so it seems Ayano-kun has a good relationship with her?" Asakura immediately pressed on.
Ayano Mitsuki was silent for a moment, then sighed and said: "It's no secret in cram school, so it's fine to tell you. Chihaya and I met at cram school around our second year of middle school. Then, around our first year of high school, she confessed to me."
"You didn't accept?" Asakura asked curiously.
After all, he had personally witnessed Ayano Mitsuki accepting Lemon Yakishio's confession. If he hadn't rejected Chihaya Asagumo, wouldn't this guy be a scumbag who was two-timing?
"There are too many things to worry about, so I'm not very interested in dating female classmates."
Ayano Mitsuki nodded: "Right now, I don't even have enough time for my studies, let alone time and energy to date a girl?"
"I see, so that's what you think..."
Asakura also showed an understanding expression—you didn't act like that when you were making out with Lemon in the last cycle.
However, this way, Asakura probably understood the reason why things had come to this point.
"Thanks, Ayano-kun."
"Asakura, what are you thanking me for? I didn't do anything." Ayano Mitsuki was bewildered: "Also, aren't you going to get in the hot spring?"
"I suddenly remembered I have something to do... Oh, you have a white hair, I'll pull it out for you."
"No, my hair is naturally white... Ow?!"
Asakura took the hair and quickly walked out of the bathroom.
Next, he had to cut off this endless cycle.
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