Chapter 9: Ch 9. The Game Begins!
Inside the apartment, Yukinoshita and Hoshimi entered the elevator one after another.
After seeing Yukinoshita press "15" on the elevator button, Hoshimi pressed "27" with a smile.
In the closed and quiet space, neither of them made a sound, only the slight sound of the elevator running smoothly.
"Ding--"
After the elevator reached the fifteenth floor, Hoshimi watched Yukinoshita leave with a smile.
But after Yukinoshita got out of the elevator, she stopped outside for some reason.
She stood there without saying a word, turning her back to Hoshimi, as if she was waiting for something.
Hoshimi still had a smiling expression, without saying a word.
He knew what Yukinoshita was waiting for.
"Crack--"
It was almost time, and the elevator doors began to close automatically.
Before the elevator door was completely closed, Yukinoshita looked back indifferently and met Hoshimi's smiling face through the small crack in the door.
The sight of the two was fleeting, and the next moment, the closed elevator door blocked their view.
"Crack—"
After the elevator doors were completely closed, Yukinoshita took a step forward.
"Why does Yukinoshita confirm that the elevator is closed before leaving?"
The reason is very simple: she doesn't want him to know her specific apartment number.
He was completely treated as a bad guy with malicious intentions...
It's understandable, but I can't help but feel a little uncomfortable...
"Ding--"
When the elevator arrived at the 27th floor, Hoshimi rubbed his face and wiped the social smile from his face.
He returned to his usual casual look and walked slowly out of the elevator with his schoolbag in hand.
The 27th and 28th floors of this high-end apartment building are constructed differently from the other floors.
The entire 27th and 28th floors were built into an extremely luxurious duplex mansion, which has six bedrooms, three living rooms, six bathrooms, and two servant rooms for domestic staff to rest.
In addition, there are private theaters, private swimming pools, Chinese and Western restaurants, gyms, etc., which are unimaginable for ordinary families to add extravagance.
According to the guardian, their family used to live in a traditional Japanese-style courtyard, but because of his mother's wishes, she spent a high price and directly found the developer of this building to negotiate with the contractor, so they decided to build it with the current residence.
The house is pretty good, but it's a bit too deserted to live alone...
In fact, a year ago, when he first moved here, there were several maids in the family who took care of his daily life.
At that time, he was afraid of showing his flaws, so he asked the guardian to dismiss all the maids under the pretext of "wanting to be alone."
In the following year, the guardian mentioned several times finding a maid for him, but he refused each time.
He still wants to continue enjoying the quiet time for a while, and when he feels lonely… Well, let's talk about the maid.
However, although he refused maids, he did not refuse when the guardian proposed finding a housekeeper to clean the mansion on a regular basis.
So every Sunday, a part-time housekeeper girl about his age comes to his house to clean for the whole day, taking care of all aspects of the entire mansion.
He is quite optimistic about the housekeeper girl. After all, it is rare to see girls who can work part-time to earn tuition and living expenses in order to pursue their dreams.
Moreover, it is not easy to stick to one's own heart under the deliberate provocation of this "rich young master."
"Huh~"
Thinking of the red-faced and annoyed appearance of that housekeeping girl, Hoshimi couldn't help but chuckle.
He raised his hand, unlocked the door's fingerprint lock, pushed the door open, and entered.
"Crack--"
He closed the door smoothly, then changed into slippers at the entrance and walked slowly to the bedroom on the second floor.
As he walked upstairs, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to a restaurant.
The takeaway he ordered is slightly different from ordinary takeaway. Instead of using a takeaway platform, he asked his guardian for some internal contact information of recommended restaurants. When he needs to eat, he can just send a text message.
As for the dishes of each meal, it usually depends on what the chef of that restaurant prepares for him.
Usually, only when he particularly wants to eat a certain dish will he specify the name.
Most of the time, he still likes this novel experience of opening blind box meals.
Ah~ The life of the rich is really unimaginably happy...
He had never experienced such pleasure in his previous life.
...
After a long time, the takeaway was delivered, and after enjoying the French meal carefully prepared by the chef, Hoshimi happily opened the game.
In his previous life, he had been hearing young people talk about how fun games were, but he never had the chance, time, or energy to try them.
In this life, he finally had the chance to try...
Those young people were right; games are indeed very fun, whether it's a pay-to-win mobile game, a standalone masterpiece, or a small indie game; he can experience a different kind of fun.
In addition, subcultures such as light novels and anime are also quite interesting. No wonder the daughter of the boss in his previous life liked these things.
"Da-da-da-da-da-"
In the brightly lit luxurious bedroom, Hoshimi smiled bewilderedly, typing on the keyboard happily.
On the colorful computer screen, the characters he controlled were violently killing all around.
...
As the night deepened, Hoshimi, who had had enough fun, stretched his waist and went downstairs to the bathroom.
Soon after, in the misty bathroom, Hoshimi sat on the edge of the bath, staring blankly at the intricate patterns on the ceiling.
"Are they all real..." Hoshimi murmured.
The appearance of Yukinoshita shattered his preconceptions. At first, he thought the girls in his dream were just figments of his imagination, but he didn't expect them to be real people...
Speaking of which, he had this mistaken perception because of the girls who...appeared in his dream.
Pure black eyes, white pupils, a strange girl with combat abilities far beyond human limits.
Perfect, unparalleled in talent and appearance, a strange female detective who always talks about mysterious organizations, reformed people, and various unscientific things from the future.
A one-eyed, one-legged, flirtatious girl who calls herself "the goddess of wisdom, and the priestess of monsters who arbitrates and resolves disputes between them."
The successive appearance of these three individuals led him to mistakenly believe they were fantasy creatures born from his dreams.
After all, it is impossible for a girl with superb physical power, an unscientific detective, and a princess of monsters to appear in the same world at the same time, no matter how you think about it...
"Oh..." Hoshimi sighed with dull eyes.
It's already late; what's the use of thinking about the past?
It's better to think about how to deal with this apparently calm but secretly turbulent world.
In addition, those young girls who may seek revenge at any time are the biggest problems he caused.
Thinking about it carefully, he only mentioned the name "Hoshimi Kiyokawa" in the dream, and it seems that it is not that simple for those girls to come after him.
For a whole year, only today did he meet Yukinoshita by chance, and the situation seemed less urgent than he imagined.
But it's always good to be prepared in advance... Especially for the most troublesome individuals; they didn't just come here to seek revenge on him; they definitely want more...
"Whoa-"
Hoshimi stood up from the bath, his crimson eyes revealing a captivating brilliance.
He, Hoshimi Kiyokawa, will not sit idly!
But before that, he had to deal with that vengeful Miss Yukinoshita first.
"Yukinoshita, heh~"
Hoshimi chuckled meaningfully.
Compared with those who are the most troublesome, Yukinoshita can only be considered difficult to approach. If even Yukinoshita cannot be successfully managed, how can he confront those few people of higher stature?
Tonight, the "game" officially begins!