Yeah, whether I wash my hands or not is none of your business, and you can't control it. But, weren't you just complaining that I hadn't washed my hands! Sakurajima Mai thought fiercely.
"You!..."
"Did you touch my bag?"
It seemed like she was trying to maintain the unique dignity of a senpai, Sakurajima Mai asked suspiciously.
"No, it's just a bunny girl outfit, I don't need to see it to know."
The bunny girl outfit being mentioned again made the blush on Sakurajima Mai's face, which had returned to normal, reappear.
"Don't mention the bunny girl outfit again! What's your name!"
"Mochizuki Yo, Mai-senpai."
"Hmph, I only told you to call me senpai, I didn't tell you to call me Mai-senpai so intimately."
"Because it flows better!" Mochizuki explained sheepishly.
"You really know how to push your luck, no wonder you're with three such good-looking girls, kouhai-kun."
Sakurajima Mai said dismissively and mockingly, and at the same time, for some reason, felt a little proud hearing that address.
"Huh? What about me, senpai, do you have some misunderstanding about me!"
"No misunderstanding!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Mai-senpai, you are a senpai and a big star, everything you say is right. Well then, I'll be going now."
Mochizuki prepared to retreat.
However, it was clear that Sakurajima Mai had no intention of letting him go so easily.
Sakurajima Mai reached out her free hand and grabbed Mochizuki's arm.
Perhaps because of the air conditioning in the library, and because Sakurajima Mai had just washed her hands with water, Mochizuki found Sakurajima Mai's fingers to be very cold.
"Wait!"
"What is it again, Mai-senpai." Mochizuki turned around and said irritably.
This guy, is he in such a hurry to leave her! She had already washed her hands, and she was a big star! Sakurajima Mai thought with great indignation and dissatisfaction in her heart.
"I mean, aren't you curious about my current situation?"
Sakurajima Mai said a little shyly, feeling as if she was enticing those naive and ignorant young men.
Originally, in Sakurajima Mai's mind, she had prepared her words, and she thought that these words would make him obediently listen.
"First, forget everything you saw today.
Because if you tell anyone about this, no one will believe you, you will be considered a person with a problem in your head, and live a life with a problem in your head.
Finally, never get involved with me."
However, when she actually said it, it turned into something else.
...
"I know, it's just now, other people can't see you, Mai-senpai."
"Then, why can you see me? Can you explain it?"
Sakurajima Mai asked in confusion, although there was only a certain period of time when others couldn't perceive her existence. But Sakurajima Mai was still very worried about whether her situation would continue to worsen.
Now that she had finally met someone who could see her, she naturally couldn't let him go easily.
"Actually, this is Puberty Syndrome."
"Puberty... Syndrome?"
Sakurajima Mai asked back, this was a term she hadn't encountered before, was it a physical illness common in teenagers, but things were clearly not that simple.
"In short, this is an incredible phenomenon that occurs during the sensitive and unstable period of puberty."
"Your current state of not being perceived by others, Mai-senpai, is one of its manifestations."
"And other people may have other forms of manifestation.
In short, this phenomenon cannot be explained by science at the moment."
"If you want to try to understand it, Mai-senpai, you can take a look at Schrödinger's cat."
Sakurajima Mai nodded, indicating that she understood a little.
Anyway, it's a supernatural phenomenon, right? Even if she didn't want to believe it, this kind of thing had indeed appeared before her eyes, on her body.
"So, have you also experienced this kind of situation? That's why you can see me?"
Sakurajima Mai asked curiously.
"Sorry, senpai, I'm luckier, I haven't experienced this kind of situation."
Sakurajima Mai: So you're saying I'm unlucky?
"As for why I can see you, I don't know either."
Mochizuki shrugged, he himself didn't know why he could see Sakurajima Mai.
Maybe it's because of the system? But this system can't communicate. Maybe it's because he didn't originally belong to this world, so Puberty Syndrome didn't affect him.
Hearing Mochizuki's answer, although Sakurajima Mai was a little disappointed, she still got a little useful information.
"I see, thank you, Mochizuki-kouhai."
"So, is there any way?"
Sakurajima Mai continued to ask, but she clearly didn't have much hope.
A way?
Mochizuki thought, should he learn from the original work and shout in school, 'I love you Sakurajima Mai' like this, to awaken everyone's recognition of Sakurajima Mai?
This... is a bit difficult! And he didn't know if shouting like this would have any effect.
"Sorry, senpai, I don't have any good ideas for now... but..."
As expected, he didn't have any way either. Sakurajima Mai's heart sank again, and her expression was a little dejected. Well, who knows how to deal with this strange phenomenon.
"However, I think your own thoughts and feelings, Mai-senpai, are a very important reason for this Puberty Syndrome."
This last sentence rekindled some hope in Sakurajima Mai's heart, and also made her think.
My thoughts and feelings...
Indeed, when did this state of being unperceived start to appear?
It seemed to be when she had started to get tired of all the events of being a star, but still had to constantly deal with the annoying advertisements accepted by her mother, who was her agent... and her mother, the agent, never discussed many things with her, and didn't consider her feelings at all.
And those unscrupulous reporters who created traffic to grab attention.
As soon as she went out, they would keep taking candid photos and following her. They could follow her from the moment she left the house until the moment she closed the door when she got home.
Oh, it shouldn't even be called candid photos, it was openly taking pictures, and then being chased and asked all sorts of strange questions. If she didn't answer, they would keep following her, making it impossible for her to go out and do things.
And she couldn't answer their questions casually. Because, once she made a slip of the tongue and they found something to use against her, the news reports they wrote would be even more twisted and bizarre!
Then, under their distorted reports, netizens would also have distorted understandings.
In short, it got more and more outrageous...
Sakurajima Mai felt that she had had enough of this feeling of being constantly watched by everyone, so she wished that no one in this world knew her!
Subsequently, the situation of not being perceived by others began to happen...
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