Yukino Yukinoshita sighed. While she was happy to have found a Diary Duplicate holder so directly, the holder's concealed thoughts weren't very good.
In other words, there wasn't much to worry about with this holder. After all, if they couldn't even hide themselves, then there was naturally no need to be overly wary of them.
Thinking of this, Yukino Yukinoshita also thought of herself. She too had changed her original trajectory and was, by all accounts, a Diary Duplicate holder whose identity was very easy to expose.
Looking at it this way, she and the other person were just six of one, half a dozen of the other. Yukino Yukinoshita covered her face, a headache brewing.
However, there was no need to regret it. After all, it was better to establish relationships first. By joining this club without hesitation back then, didn't she directly shorten the distance between herself and Qianshu Lian?
Just by looking at Sawamura, Spencer, Eriri, who was still hesitating to join, Yukino Yukinoshita was still the big winner today.
Kasumigaoka Shiwa, who was beside her, also sighed. As someone who appeared in the same story as herself, wasn't Sawamura, Spencer, Eriri's current performance dragging her down?
"Your decision is a bit surprising to me, but if you want to, there's no problem." Qianshu Lian looked at Sawamura, Spencer, Eriri with a surprised gaze; her decision greatly surprised him.
She actually didn't choose his childhood friend, but this was a mixed world, and the specific changes that occurred might not be the same as the original.
"Eh, is that okay? Because you have Sakura Chiyo in your club, I thought I'd be rejected." Ying Lili's face broke into a bright smile, a radiant smile that momentarily dazzled everyone present.
However, in the next moment, that dazzling illusion disappeared from their eyes, and her smile seemed to revert to that of a proper young lady.
"Ah, no problem. In fact, it's not just Chiyo who does original art; some employees in my company also draw, and just a few days ago, I even got in touch with a genius artist from abroad."
Qianshu Lian explained calmly, "Originally, I planned to have her transfer here to teach Chiyo more painting techniques, but since Ying Lili, you plan to come, you can also teach Chiyo first~"
Listening to Qianshu Lian's words, everyone present's mouths twitched slightly. Although they didn't quite understand the internal situation, from how easily Qianshu Lian could get a renowned genius artist to transfer, it seemed that the wealth and power of Qianshu Lian's family were far greater than they had imagined.
Because famous genius artists are generally not very old, and a genius who can become famous at that age usually wouldn't change their life trajectory just because of an ordinary rich person.
Since his paintings could become famous and he was called a genius, he naturally received recognition from a portion of the upper class, and those people would not change their original views because of a stranger they didn't know.
"Is that so? Then I'll leave it to you, Miss Ying Lili!"
Sakura Chiyo knew that Qianshu Lian was considering her, so she unhesitatingly threw herself into Ying Lili's embrace.
She must study her painting skills diligently so as not to disappoint the expectations Qianshu Lian had for her.
Completely unaware of what Sakura Chiyo was imagining in her mind, Qianshu Lian glanced at Sakura Chiyo strangely, then spoke.
"Coincidentally, when I was in the classroom earlier, Snow Below and I talked, and she mentioned that the club would also hold corresponding activities this time, so I specifically had the company send over a batch of prototypes. We'll test the game later."
"This also happens to be a novel activity~"
At least Qianshu Lian didn't think any school club at this time could offer the same activities as them. After all, the production of virtual immersion equipment had only just begun not long ago, and other related game companies hadn't received any corresponding information.
Everyone present was very curious about this so-called equipment prototype. After all, what they had previously envisioned were computer games and the like; more sci-fi equipment was something they had never imagined.
After all, compared to sci-fi game equipment that hadn't yet become widespread and whose existence was uncertain, computer games, which had long been popularized and were more easily accepted, were more suitable for development.
However, just thinking about Qianshu Lian's bottomless money-making ability and his attitude of not treating money like money made them feel that even developing games for such un-popularized equipment was no big deal.
Soon, the classroom door was knocked open, and a group of staff members, clearly dressed in the same company uniform, quickly entered to install the corresponding stealth equipment for the club.
Because of the sudden addition of an unexpected person, Qianshu Lian had specifically asked them to send one more over.
Yet, even so, they still arrived before the originally scheduled time. Even with the unexpected situation, it didn't cause them any rush or panic.
This batch was not the virtual immersion helmets originally intended for sale, but actual virtual game pods. The cost of these virtual game pods was undoubtedly more expensive, but who cared when Qianshu Lian wasn't short on money?
"Is this the legendary virtual immersion equipment? I heard about these game pods a long time ago, but they always said 'the future is promising'—" Hachiman Hikigaya didn't finish his sentence.
This "future is promising" had been said so many times that he had lost all expectation, yet he never thought he would actually see it today.
"Perhaps it won't necessarily become truly widespread, but there are cheaper devices like virtual helmets. Anyway, it should be enough, right?"
Qianshu Lian walked to the door and first locked the club classroom, then had several Black Shadow Troops soldiers guard it from the shadows.
Although there would be no danger if the connection was broken, and it would automatically send a reminder if it detected biological activity nearby, avoiding disturbances during the game was still very important.
After doing all this, Qianshu Lian was the first to lie down in the game pod, and the others followed suit.
First, a blank space came into view, followed by a door suddenly appearing on a stone bridge that continuously extended forward.
It stood quietly before everyone, seemingly waiting for someone to push open this door and enter a new world.