Anime Collector: Starting With the Malevolent Shrine

After dinner ended under the bright white lights, Rizu and the others celebrated their improved social studies grades. Once tutoring was over, everyone headed back to their rooms after washing up.

In Yotsuba's bedroom, where verdant foliage plants decorated the corner, she stood before the mirror wearing black stockings, disguised as Miku.

"Hmm... is Miku's waist slimmer than mine? If the lights are off, Daiki-kun probably won't notice, right?"

She turned left and right, scrutinizing every detail of her disguise until she was satisfied there were no flaws.

"This should work — as long as the lights are off, I definitely won't be discovered." She clenched her fists confidently, her eyes shining with determination.

Since Itsuki was jealous of her wisdom and Miku wouldn't trust her, she had to prove her worth through action.

Once this operation succeeded, Itsuki would surely see her differently!

Under the cover of night, she snuck into Miku's bedroom.

What Yotsuba failed to notice was that mere seconds after she entered, Miku opened the bedroom door where she was, apologized repeatedly to Rizu, then gently closed it and walked toward her own bedroom.

Meanwhile, Yotsuba remained lost in her plans.

Daiki was organizing everyone's test papers.

Earlier, Yukino and Haruno had helped sort these papers before returning to the Yukinoshita mansion — they wouldn't be back until tomorrow.

The bedroom door suddenly opened, revealing Yotsuba. Before he could speak, she hugged him from behind, her arms wrapping around his waist. The silky feeling of the black stockings nearly made him mistake her for Nino.

"...Daiki-kun, don't turn around, I'm Miku!" She stuttered through her prepared lines, nervousness evident in her voice.

Her face flushed red as she realized the flaw in her plan.

'Is... is this what Miku's boyfriend is like? No... I need to question Daiki-kun angrily!'

Her burning cheek pressed against his back as if trying to hear his heartbeat. Just as she prepared herself to ask about Nino's disguise, a gentle knock sounded at the bedroom door.

"Daiki-kun, can you open the door? I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Miku! That was Miku's voice!

Yotsuba's face instantly filled with terror.

"Help me, Daiki-kun!" She nervously hugged Daiki tightly, refusing to let go.

After all, she was disguised as Miku and had sneaked into her boyfriend's bedroom in the middle of the night.

If the door opened now, everything would be ruined!

She couldn't possibly say, "Miku, I just came by to check on your boyfriend and borrow your hat — would you believe that?"

Miku would probably kill her on the spot!

What terrified her most was that she hadn't locked the bedroom door. Miku could simply turn the handle and walk right in.

"Aren't you Miku?"

"I made a mistake! I just wanted to question Daiki-kun — what should I do now? Please save me, don't let Miku know!" Yotsuba completely panicked.

How could she have failed before even starting!

If Miku saw her like this, she'd never be able to clear her name.

Just as Daiki was about to offer using Spatial Transference to help her escape—

"Daiki-kun, are you free? May I come in now?"

"Just a moment." He answered.

At this point, Yotsuba once again deployed her world-class wisdom. Quick as lightning, she dove and rolled under the bed.

She gave him an "OK" gesture.

Daiki's eyelid twitched at the sight before he got up to open the door.

Standing outside, Miku fidgeted with her fingers anxiously.

'Daiki-kun didn't open the door right away. Could he be doing that again like last time?' Thinking of those torn stockings, Miku's face turned red.

And she also realized that Nino and the others already knew about this. Just thinking about it made her cheeks burn, and she couldn't face Daiki.

As the bedroom door opened, she entered. Looking at the tidy bedroom somehow left her strangely disappointed. Because of the wait, she'd thought he might have been doing that kind of thing.

"Daiki-kun, is anything wrong with the bedroom? If something's not suitable, please let me know." Miku went to the closet and saw her underwear hadn't been touched.

She could only sit on the edge of the bed, disappointed.

From her hiding spot under the bed, Yotsuba watched Miku's feet swaying in and out of view, holding her breath and nervously swallowing.

Why did she end up under the bed!

She was supposed to prove something to Miku and the others. Now here she was, trying to prove herself from underneath a bed.

The bed pressed down slightly, making Yotsuba's cramped hiding spot even more uncomfortable.

"It's fine, no problems." Daiki put away the test papers on his desk.

Miku walked behind him and saw the social studies test scores.

The top paper was Yotsuba's, with a high score near 80 points. Seeing this made her feel somewhat dazed and unfamiliar.

Yotsuba used to hate these things the most, but now...

But... why was her paper on top? Was Daiki trying to remember her through her handwriting?!

"Daiki-kun."

"Hmm?"

"Does touching Yotsuba there feel good?"

Miku's bold words made Yotsuba's eyes widen under the bed.

Who knew she was this kind of person in private!

Yotsuba's face turned crimson red, wondering if it really felt that good?

'No, no, don't think weird things, Yotsuba!' Shaking her head, she quickly tried to clear her thoughts.

Before Daiki could answer, she saw Miku suddenly kneel down.

"Don't think about Yotsuba anymore."

Big Daiki was released and hit Miku's burning cheek.

The scene of Daiki being devoured made Yotsuba's brain short-circuit.

This shocking HD scene was nothing like the blurry one from that day. She covered her eyes, but peeking through the gaps between her fingers only made her feel like she was deceiving herself.

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Meanwhile, Itsuki was in the midst of an argument with Nino and the others.

Ichika sat in the corner, head propped on her hand, watching their quarrel with boredom.

'I can't believe Itsuki disguised herself as Miku. And according to Nino, those two even did... that.' The thought made Ichika's already spinning head feel even dizzier.

Was this what people meant by bearing a heavy burden?

"Whatever, you two can keep arguing — I'm going to find Daiki-kun."

As Ichika tried to slip away, Itsuki and Nino caught her.

"How is this fair? You two won't go there yourselves but won't let me go either?" She protested.

She'd already looked the other way yesterday. Now these two were teaming up against her.

"Are you dense? It's obvious Miku's going to visit him today." Nino snapped in frustration.

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