At this moment, the small private room fell utterly silent.
Isshiki Iroha still hadn't recovered, staring at herself within her field of vision. She swallowed back a bellyful of confusion and curiosity, yet didn't know what would be appropriate to say.
"Body Swap—how's this ability?"
Even as he countered with the question, Lin Ye had already begun observing himself.
He moved around. The body was unexpectedly soft, and when he clenched his fist the sense of strength felt completely insufficient.
A girl's body.
That was Lin Ye's impression.
Afterward, Lin Ye pinched his own cheek.
"It feels kind of wondrous,"
It was Isshiki's voice, but the tone was entirely his own.
"Senpai,"
Isshiki Iroha couldn't help speaking up. "Stop pinching. You pinched my cheek and body without my consent—that's very inappropriate behavior."
"Oh!"
But Lin Ye didn't care, and instead continued what he was doing. He simply avoided touching the sensitive areas; the arms, the abdomen, and similar places he ran his hands over once, to ascertain his condition.
Isshiki Iroha watched with a deeply reddened face as 'herself' in her field of vision was stroked all over.
"Senpai, if you act like this, then don't blame me—I'm going to start touching too,"
"Sure,"
Compared to Isshiki, Lin Ye was perfectly composed, agreeing right away, looking like he'd let Isshiki touch as she pleased.
"Gulp..."
Isshiki Iroha swallowed, her gaze drifting downward, settling on a certain spot.
Sure enough, it was the place any girl would be curious about.
And right now, this thing was attached to 'her own' body—what kind of feeling would that be.
Thump.
Isshiki Iroha grew nervous, her heart pounding violently.
Although she hadn't seen it yet, nor touched it, just from the sheer sensation alone, she felt that...
So scary.
Men were so scary.
Could she handle it?
Isshiki Iroha couldn't help worrying about herself.
If in the future Senpai wanted to sleep with her, could she even take it!
"What are you thinking about!"
"No, no, no, I wasn't thinking anything, I wasn't thinking anything at all."
Isshiki Iroha shook her head vigorously, denying it with agitated emotion.
"Really nothing?"
"No, nothing, really nothing,"
Isshiki Iroha continued to deny it.
Seeing this, Lin Ye didn't press further.
"Come over here,"
"Hm?"
But at Lin Ye's request, Isshiki Iroha rose and came to Lin Ye's side.
She caught a whiff of that scent that belonged to her.
It was clearly much stronger, and her senses were completely different too—so this was her own senses through a man's body?
Isshiki Iroha swallowed.
She suddenly realized that she was so pretty, so alluring, that she almost had an urge to devour herself.
"Senpai, what are you going to do?"
"Touch me."
"Ha!"
Isshiki Iroha was astonished.
"Touch—I want to see this body's reactions,"
"This is my body,"
"I can find someone else,"
"No, no, no, I'll do it!"
The moment she heard Lin Ye say he'd find someone else, Isshiki Iroha immediately refused. How could she let anyone else touch this body of hers!
Especially now that Senpai had already entered into her body.
Isshiki Iroha got to work.
She touched the skin of the arm.
The slight friction stimulated Lin Ye's sensitive nerves.
"Mm."
Lin Ye felt it carefully.
The sensations were indeed somewhat different.
Using Isshiki Iroha's body felt noticeably different from using his own.
However,
At this point, he also discovered that his Strange Game panel still followed him.
This was probably because it was bound to his soul and consciousness as its anchor; no matter whose body he used, the Strange Game panel moved with his movements.
The only thing that changed was the body's attribute values.
Right now, the attribute values displayed on the Strange Game panel were all the values of Isshiki Iroha's body.
"Senpai, are you done?"
Seeing Lin Ye still immersed in thought, Isshiki Iroha softly asked.
This kind of touching, she always felt, was a bit strange.
She also thought it would be better to let Senpai touch her—that was what felt normal.
As a girl, she ought to be the one being touched!
This must surely be Senpai's punishment for her.
Isshiki Iroha silently thought to herself.
"That's enough,"
"Oh!"
Isshiki Iroha had just turned around, but Lin Ye grabbed her wrist. "Wait."
"Hm?"
"Now I'll touch you, and you tell me how it feels,"
"Uh, oh, okay,"
She had no reason to refuse either.
Afterward, Isshiki Iroha experienced the touch of her own body upon this body of Senpai's.
The feeling was very wondrous.
She even sensed some of a man's instinctive reactions.
Isshiki Iroha blushed.
"Senpai, Senpai... that's enough, right!"
"Mm."
After receiving Lin Ye's consent, Isshiki Iroha returned to her seat.
"What did it feel like? Describe it in detail, compared to the feeling when you use your own body,"
"I, I've never been touched by a boy before,"
Isshiki Iroha said with a blushing face, "I have no way to compare,"
"Fine."
Lin Ye controlled it with his mind, the superpower ended, and he returned to his own body. Isshiki Iroha also found that she had returned to her own body.
In the blink of an eye, without much discomfort at all, Isshiki Iroha couldn't help marveling at how miraculous it was.
Lin Ye walked to Isshiki Iroha's side. "I'm touching now."
"Mm,"
Feeling the sensation on her arm, Isshiki Iroha realized this was the first time Lin Ye had taken the initiative to be intimate.
Inexplicably, she wanted to cry.
Before, she had thrown herself at him, and Lin Ye had taken an utterly uninterested stance, but now, he was finally willing to touch—even if it was merely for testing.
But this was progress too.
Isshiki Iroha sighed with emotion.
Ten seconds later, Lin Ye stopped. "How is it."
"Not enough, I can't feel much of a difference. Senpai, try another spot."
"Hm?"
Her finger pointed at her own chest, then pointed downward toward her abdomen.
"Here, the belly,"
"Your belly is more sensitive?"
"Huh?"
Isshiki Iroha instantly reddened. "Senpai, don't say things like that! Even you, who possessed my body, aren't allowed to say such things,"
The way she put it—but he really could be counted as having possessed Isshiki Iroha's body.
Lin Ye then placed his hand on Isshiki Iroha's abdomen.
"Mm,"
"Mm, mm, ngh..."
She closed her eyes.
Making Lin Ye feel for a moment that this girl was using the pretext to enjoy his service.
The time lasted about a minute, then Lin Ye withdrew his hand.
"Still not enough, let's switch to another... ow."
Isshiki Iroha clutched her head with both hands in pain, whimpering as she looked at Lin Ye.
"Senpai, you hit me again,"
"That's for not doing your job properly—what exactly are you thinking about?"
"I just wanted to experience it from multiple angles to arrive at the most accurate impression—I was doing it for your sake, Senpai,"
"Heh heh,"
Lin Ye didn't believe a single word.
He also knew he couldn't count on Isshiki Iroha, so he turned and returned to his own seat.
"Senpai, aren't we going to keep testing?"
"No,"
"Eh,"
"I'll find someone else to help."
Isshiki Iroha immediately thought of who.
She even spun out a whole train of associations, unable to help giving a thumbs-up. "Senpai, you really are something. With this ability, there's so many tricks you can play,"
It took Lin Ye quite a while to finally realize what Isshiki Iroha meant.
This girl really did love lewd things.
"I wouldn't mind using your body to go wander around outside,"
"Uh,"
"Or maybe Hypnosis! I'll have you go out for a stroll,"
"No, don't! Senpai, could you bear it? Could you bear letting this cute kouhai who belongs only to you be subjected to this and that?"
Isshiki Iroha begged for mercy.
She knew Lin Ye was basically joking, but she couldn't shake the thought of what if it were real! What if Lin Ye really had such an idea!
Therefore,
When it was time to give in, she should give in.
"I can accept that,"
"Please, I'm begging you, Senpai, I won't talk nonsense anymore,"
Like hell he'd believe her,
But since Isshiki Iroha had begged for mercy and given in, he didn't continue pressing her.
"It depends on how you behave from now on."
"Mm-hm."
Isshiki Iroha knew she had temporarily made it past the immediate ordeal.
"Senpai, let me now describe the feeling of the two bodies,"
Isshiki Iroha recalled the similarities and differences between the two, and briefly explained them to Lin Ye.
It was roughly the same as his own impression.
The two of them had simply swapped bodies.
Isshiki Iroha had also not discovered anything beyond the body itself—none of that Strange Game panel or the built-in cheat.
After finishing,
Isshiki Iroha said again, "Senpai, let's swap one more time!"
But Lin Ye didn't agree, and Isshiki Iroha launched a pestering offensive.
"Senpai, I helped you, I did all this and that for you, I let you possess my body and play with it freely—just agree, let me experience it some more!"
In the end,
Lin Ye agreed, giving her two minutes.
Only, in the end,
Before even a minute had passed,
Lin Ye ended it early.
This girl had gone straight to playing with his body.
"Senpai, your body isn't bad,"
Isshiki Iroha said with a reddened face, "I really like it,"
She liked it, but she was also afraid.
But Isshiki Iroha was determined to forge bravely ahead, fearing no obstacle.
She believed she could do it.
Lin Ye gave a chuckle. "Your body isn't bad either,"
"Of course. A pretty girl's body is naturally not bad,"
"It stinks though,"
"Ah!"
Isshiki Iroha got worked up. "Senpai, don't talk nonsense, I'll sue you for slander! I'm a pretty girl—how could I possibly stink? Absolutely impossible."
If it really stank, Senpai would've said so long ago—how could he wait until now to say it? This must be Senpai's scheme.
This must just be Senpai's bored little counterattack.
Lin Ye smiled and said nothing.
This left Isshiki Iroha falling somewhat into self-doubt.
Dinner came to an end.
"I'll walk you back,"
Isshiki Iroha didn't refuse.
At this late hour, with a boy walking her home, she had absolutely no reason to refuse.
The two of them strolled along the street, ambling toward the train station.
"Senpai, look up ahead,"
Isshiki Iroha pointed.
"What?"
Lin Ye didn't notice anything special.
"That! Look, isn't that a couple up ahead,"
"Mm,"
"Then would you say we look like a couple, in the eyes of other passersby?"
She said with a smile.
"No."
He and Isshiki Iroha definitely didn't have that couple-like feeling.
"Right! We don't look like one."
But Isshiki Iroha showed not a trace of sadness or sentiment; instead she raised a smile. "We're not even holding hands, so of course we don't look like one! Senpai,"
After saying that,
Isshiki Iroha grasped Lin Ye's hand, holding it tightly.
At this moment,
The two of them were holding hands.
"Senpai, now we look like one, hehehe."
Lin Ye felt the warmth coming from Isshiki's palm, then let go, about to pull his hand away.
He had no such intentions toward Isshiki Iroha, nor any plan to develop in that direction.
Right now Mai Sakurajima, Yukino, Ryou Fujibayashi, and Ai Hoshino already gave him headaches; add another Isshiki Iroha and he felt his head would explode.
Although Lin Ye had said he intended to start a harem,
that was more of a beautiful hope. If he were really told to find a dozen, twenty, thirty-some pretty girls to be his girlfriends, he would still feel psychological pressure. He alone simply couldn't cope with it all.
"Senpai,"
Isshiki Iroha instantly panicked!
She gripped his hand even tighter.
She had grasped Lin Ye's attitude—he truly had no such intentions toward her.
It wasn't that Isshiki Iroha had never thought of giving up, of letting it all go, but the moment she thought that after giving up it would really be over—her charm not acknowledged, her first time as a girl proactively pursuing a boy in every way ending in failure—
Isshiki Iroha truly couldn't accept it well.
She didn't want to give up; she still wanted to persist and give it a try.
"I'm going to use that promise of ours,"
This made Lin Ye stop in his tracks.
"What do you want to do?"
"Hold my hand and walk me home,"
Isshiki Iroha stared at Lin Ye. "Senpai, don't tell me you can't even do this much."
This was certainly something he could do.
The content was also quite without any pressure.
It's just...
"Senpai, this is what I want you to fulfill,"
"..."
Lin Ye thought it over and finally nodded.
Holding hands on the way back—fine, holding hands on the way back it was!
It was better than other promises.
"Alright, we'll walk home,"
She didn't want to take the train.
She wanted to stroll with Senpai all the way home.
Lin Ye didn't refuse, even though it would cost him more time.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Yukinoshita, saying that he would arrive at her place a bit late.
Yukino Yukinoshita replied, saying she understood.
But in that simple reply, Lin Ye sensed the girl's coldness and displeasure.
This was only natural.
What girlfriend, waiting at home, would be happy that her boyfriend was late returning from dining out with another girl!
Yukino was probably imagining that he and Isshiki had gone to roll around in bed.
So,
Lin Ye composed another message, saying he was going to stroll Isshiki home.
Yukino's reply was still very brief,
but at least Lin Ye sensed that Yukino's displeasure had lessened considerably.
"Senpai, are you messaging Sister Ryou?"
Holding her hand, yet sending messages to other girls—Isshiki Iroha only felt how pitiful she was.
She was a pretty girl too, so why was her treatment such a stark difference.
She had practically thrown herself at him, and Senpai still didn't want her.
"No,"
"Then who?"
"Confidential,"
"Tch, it's definitely another girl. Senpai really has been secretly going out with so many girls."
Isshiki Iroha gave a snort. "Watch out for the kitchen cleaver!"
"A girl's jealousy can be very strong. It's not impossible that one day they'll join forces and cleaver you, Senpai."
This made Lin Ye think of a certain girl with long black hair.
And that girl named 'Kotonoha Katsura' also existed in this world.
At this moment,
Lin Ye only felt a chill running down the back of his neck.
Surely he wouldn't actually meet such an ending!
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