Multiverse: You Said Chuunibyou, But You're Playing for Real?

"Pochita, how have you decided?"

Haru stared at Hitori Goto.

Hitori Goto's face became increasingly crimson, lowering her head not daring to look at Haru, her body trembling.

"If you stay silent, I'll take it as your agreement."

Haru smiled slightly, obviously understanding Hitori Goto's meaning.

So without being polite, he gently embraced Hitori Goto's soft, delicate body.

It was after school now, and there weren't many people left in the school, so he wasn't worried about being seen.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Haru breathed a sigh of relief and released Hitori Goto.

Hitori Goto's entire face had turned completely red, with steam rising from her forehead, as if she was about to faint.

Without a doubt, this time was much more nerve-wracking than yesterday.

Although yesterday was in public, it was on the train with no acquaintances around.

But this time was at school, where they could easily be discovered.

If someone saw them, that would be quite the spectacle—

No wait, someone had already seen them.

Haru sighed and turned toward the doorway:

"Hirasawa-san, please stop hiding."

"I didn't see anything!"

Yui Hirasawa shouted in panic, stepping out from behind the wall corner, her face red as she frantically waved her hands in explanation.

Hitori Goto, who was too shy to breathe properly, immediately widened her blue eyes when she saw Yui Hirasawa appear, her face turning as red as a cooked shrimp.

Then, with circles spinning in her eyes, her body collapsed.

Fortunately, Haru moved quickly and caught her.

But as soon as he caught Hitori Goto, her body trembled, not daring to look at Haru, and she immediately shrank back into the cardboard box.

"Never mind."

This time Haru had no intention of calling Hitori Goto out again. For a social anxiety sufferer to be caught "in the act" like this must be quite a shock for Hitori Goto.

Let her calm down first.

"Goto-san, are you okay!"

Yui Hirasawa cried out in panic and rushed over.

Haru looked speechlessly at the person in front of him.

With his enhanced senses, he had long ago detected Yui Hirasawa hiding at the doorway and peeking.

However, because he couldn't interrupt during task execution, Haru hadn't called out this person.

"Hirasawa-san, didn't you leave?" he said to Yui Hirasawa with annoyance.

Getting Hitori Goto to agree to today's task had taken Haru quite a bit of effort.

With this incident happening, convincing Hitori Goto next time would be at least three levels more difficult.

"Um... sorry."

Yui Hirasawa first smiled awkwardly, wanting to find an excuse to explain, but unfortunately with her brain, she couldn't think of any excuse for the moment, and finally could only honestly bow her head and apologize.

"I just wanted to confirm that Goto-san was okay, so I came back. I wasn't deliberately peeking at you and Goto-san being intimate." Yui Hirasawa raised her flushed face, looking at Haru embarrassedly.

This was the first time she had seen a real campus couple, and while feeling shy, she also had a strange sense of excitement and was full of curiosity.

"Don't tell anyone about this." Haru sighed. What else could he do? He couldn't erase Yui Hirasawa's memory.

Not to mention he didn't have that ability, even if he did, there was no need.

"Originally I planned to convince Pochita to teach you guitar." Haru said helplessly, "But now like this, there's no chance."

He really had planned this, to help Pochita successfully escape her socially anxious life.

Becoming good friends with Yui Hirasawa would be a great opportunity.

After all, the four cuties from the light music club were all lively and kind. Having them help Pochita, there was a high probability that Pochita could escape her lonely campus life.

Even if Pochita followed her original fate and joined Kessoku Band, making three equally helpful good friends, that was outside school after all. The only one on campus, Kita, was a super popular person, and she wouldn't dare approach her when others were around.

So joining the light music club would really suit Pochita.

However, with this incident, at least today there was definitely no way to convince her.

Of course, Haru didn't plan to give up on this idea.

"Wait, please give me one more chance!"

Yui Hirasawa clasped her hands together, saying frantically, "I really want to become friends with Goto-san and discuss guitar together. Please help me, classmate."

Haru felt the box under his feet obviously tremble.

His face couldn't help but show a hint of amusement.

It seemed Yui Hirasawa's words had moved Pochita.

Making friends on campus was probably a dream she wanted to achieve even in her sleep.

But Hitori Goto still hid in the box.

She didn't come out.

Haru raised an eyebrow.

He suddenly realized that the person in the way might be himself.

That's right.

In Hitori Goto's heart, making friends and escaping her lonely life had become an obsession.

Now that the opportunity had come, she couldn't possibly not be moved.

The reason she didn't dare come out was obviously because she was too shy to face him.

Understanding the situation, Haru chuckled: "Since Hirasawa-san is so sincere, then you can explain things clearly with Pochita yourself."

"I won't disturb you two."

Speaking thus, he prepared to get up and leave.

Giving the two guitar girls some space.

"Wait, classmate, if you leave, won't Goto-san be even less likely to come out?" Yui Hirasawa asked worriedly.

"It's okay, this time is different." Haru smiled slightly, then walked toward the exit.

Leaving behind a completely confused Yui Hirasawa and Hitori Goto in the box who finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh right, I seem to have forgotten to tell Pochita my name again."

Just after walking out the school gate, Haru slapped his forehead in frustration.

"I've hugged her twice already, but she doesn't even know my name. Doesn't this make me seem a bit scummy?"

Haru was helpless, but he couldn't possibly go back now.

This might be the crucial moment for Pochita to escape her socially anxious life.

"Never mind, next time."

After thinking, Haru gave up the idea of returning.

After eating another meal at the yakiniku restaurant, he returned home and started watching the Enies Lobby arc of One Piece online.

Watching CP9 use the Six Powers to overwhelm the protagonist group filled Haru with anticipation.

Such techniques, he would be able to learn in reality before long.

"But the Six Powers are a bit flashy. If used in reality, they would probably immediately cause a huge commotion."

Haru raised an eyebrow.

In modern society, cameras were everywhere, and there were high-tech things like satellite surveillance systems monitoring Earth from space 24 hours a day.

Although no one might necessarily notice a small character like Haru, what if they did?

Haru didn't want to expose the fact that he was superhuman to those major powers.

Exposing his X-ray vision in front of Yukino Yukinoshita and Rikka Takanashi didn't bother him, since even if those two said anything, no one would believe them.

The strength of an ox, this kind of physical enhancement, while rare, wouldn't actually raise too much suspicion. Even Haruno hadn't said anything about it.

But the Six Powers were different.

Soru's terrifying speed, and Geppo could even fly into the sky.

Once Haru used them, they would definitely be captured by satellites.

The difference was only whether those people monitoring satellite footage would notice the commotion around Haru.

And after learning the Six Powers, Haru would definitely learn even more powerful abilities that caused even bigger commotions.

At this rate, exposure would only be a matter of time.

"So I need to think of an ability to hide my existence."

Haru's eyes flickered.

He needed to avoid being discovered by people around him and avoid being captured by cameras.

Ideally, he would become like an invisible person - unless he was willing, no one could discover him.

As for who to get this ability from, Haru knew almost without thinking.

He hadn't forgotten that there was someone with maxed-out presence concealment right beside him.

"Saint Megumi, it's you!"

Haru's lips curved upward. Tomorrow he would look for Megumi Kato.

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