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"Oh dear, why do I feel like there's someone next to my legs?"
"Yotsuba (shocked), what are you doing here?"
"Ah, I know, she must have gotten up in the middle of the night and gone into the wrong room. Let's not wake her up, just carry her back."
Perfect…
A perfect, flawless response.
Who was the arrogant genius who came up with such a flawless response?
Oh... it was me, that makes sense then.
At this moment, Hayakawa was immersed in his supreme wisdom, and for a moment he felt that he was the chosen one who controlled the fate of mankind, and that he had become reproductively isolated from the vast number of people in this world, especially Yotsuba, a creature whose intelligence was at the bottom line of human intelligence.
That's right... in terms of biology, Yotsuba's intelligence can no longer be considered that of a modern human. She should be placed in a new category between Homo sapiens and modern humans. From now on, let's call her Yotsuba the Wild Man.
Should we call her Ye Yeren (叶野人) or Tetralobite (四叶虫)? While the name is similar to the trilobite, the origin of life, which highlights her intellectual disability, it doesn't seem to be quite like an insect... It feels a bit too much.
Hayakawa was lost in thought, even drifting off into a daze.
While he was lost in thought, the figure slowly approached the bedside.
This person is Ichika.
Relying on his keen sense of smell, Hayakawa recognized the person in front of him even without opening his eyes, but he needed to pretend to be asleep so he didn't speak.
The man stood in front of Hayakawa and quietly looked down at him.
Hayakawa's breathing was even, and his face remained expressionless.
He had already used his wisdom to nip all possible crises in the bud, so naturally he wasn't nervous at all.
Try to wake me up, no matter what methods you use, my superhuman intelligence will handle it...
"Stop pretending."
Ichika said calmly, "I know you're awake."
"..."
My superhuman intelligence became useless immediately.
"..."
Hayakawa remained silent, her eyes tightly closed, motionless.
Normally, he hadn't given himself away, so Hayakawa decided to take a gamble and continue pretending to be asleep.
"Still pretending to be asleep, huh?"
Seeing this, the girl in front of her sneered and said, "I saw you put down your hand when I came in, so I knew you were definitely not asleep."
"..."
It turns out it was discovered back then.
Knowing he had been discovered, Hayakawa didn't pretend. He opened his eyes, looked at Ichika expressionlessly, and didn't say a word, just stared at her.
Ichika felt inexplicably flustered under Hayakawa's gaze, so she could only feign a tough and dissatisfied expression: "Why are you pretending to be asleep?"
Hayakawa said expressionlessly, "Because I knew that if someone came, there would definitely be trouble, so I simply pretended to be asleep."
"So heartless and cold-blooded?!"
Ichika was taken aback for a moment, but then quickly came to her senses: "But it also has Hayakawa-san's style."
Hayakawa-san?
Upon hearing this address, Hayakawa frowned immediately.
According to Ichika's usual habit, she always addresses herself as "Hayakawa-kun" with a touch of intimacy, while Nino simply calls herself "Hayakawa," showing her attitude towards her friend. The only people in this family who would call themselves "Hayakawa-kun" are Itsuki and Yotsuba.
But now, Ichika has deliberately changed her form of address…
Could it be that…
Hayakawa narrowed his eyes silently, noticing something amiss.
"Cough cough~"
Miss Ichika seemed a little nervous, and after a slight cough, she said in a wronged voice, "I missed you..."
"..."
Hearing the girl's heartfelt words, Hayakawa showed no emotion on his face, only indifference.
That's a familiar phrase, like I've heard it before.
Isn't that exactly what Yotsuba just said?!
"Why aren't you saying anything, Hayakawa? It's me, Yotsuba!"
Seeing that Hayakawa didn't respond, Nakano Ichika felt even more aggrieved: "Are you really this cold to your girlfriend?"
So it turns out that the Yotsuba from last time was you in disguise, and now you're pretending to be Yotsuba again.
Hayakawa was immediately speechless, completely baffled by this person's purpose.
Last time I had a cold so I didn't recognize her, but this time I'm healthy and have a keen sense of smell, so I can recognize her in less than 0.01 seconds, okay?
This is troublesome...
Hayakawa felt a slight tightness in his heart and sighed inwardly, because there was another person in his bed.
Even though Yotsuba was hiding under the covers, Hayakawa could sense her momentary surprise. Her body, which had been trembling slightly with tension, suddenly stiffened and remained motionless, like a withered tree struck by lightning.
She was probably shocked too. She was right there in bed, so why did another Yotsuba suddenly appear outside?
With her pitifully small brain capacity, she probably wouldn't believe the urban legend of encountering a "second self" in Japan.
"What are you doing here so late... Yotsuba?"
Hayakawa said calmly.
He originally intended to just expose Ichika like that, since if it was Ichika, he wasn't afraid that Yotsuba would find out. However, she had already pretended to be Yotsuba twice to deceive him, which made Hayakawa somewhat curious, worried, and also a little angry.
What did I do wrong to deserve this kind of testing?
If we don't figure out the reason... there might be a third or fourth time, and I don't even want to think about how troublesome that would be.
That kind of thing could happen again…
Hayakawa had a vision in his mind: that night in the hotel, just before going to sleep, he mistook the girl in front of him for Yotsuba, pulled her into his arms, and then... gently kissed her.
A slight tremor ran through Hayakawa; she didn't want to think about it anymore.
……
"hum"
When Nakano Ichika saw that Hayakawa didn't recognize her, she immediately revealed a knowing look on her face.
I really couldn't recognize him.
I knew my observation last time was correct; Hayakawa really could distinguish the five sisters by subtle differences in their appearance and hairstyles.
The room was so dimly lit that he couldn't see his own face clearly. In addition, his hair was almost the same length as Yotsuba's, and he had just taken a shower and was wearing his hair down, making it even harder to tell them apart.
As long as you pretend to speak like Yotsuba normally, it will be absolutely flawless.
Hmm... How does Yotsuba usually talk?
"Hayakawa-san!"
Ichika thought for a moment, then deliberately raised her voice, mimicking Yotsuba's usual energetic tone: "How are you? Can you sleep? If not, I can change your room."
"..."
Hayakawa fell silent upon hearing Ichika's voice.
Hmm... how should I put it?
The imitation was so good that it almost overdid it, giving Hayakawa goosebumps.
"Fortunately."
Hayakawa replied expressionlessly, "And you came here just because you're concerned about my sleep? You might as well not have come at all. I was almost asleep, but you woke me up."
“Really”
Ichika lowered her voice: "Didn't you hear why I came? I already told you."
"Ok?"
Hayakawa was taken aback, not understanding at first: "Why?"
"why?"
Ichika turned her head away from Hayakawa's gaze and said softly, "I missed you..."
"..."
The girl stood gracefully in the moonlight. Although her face was not clearly visible, one could sense her anxiety and unease just by listening to the slight tremor in her voice.
In an instant, Hayakawa's heart raced faster.
But the next moment, he realized what was happening.
Stop lying!
It's all a lie from beginning to end. If it were Yotsuba, it would be perfectly reasonable for her to think about it, but what reason does Ichika have to think about it? You should know that you were just studying at the Nakano family's house, and you could speak whenever you wanted. What is there to think about?
Yotsuba can say she's lonely because she can't kiss, hug, or be lifted up high. You don't even have a reason to miss your friends, okay?
Damn, this person's acting is just too good! For a moment, I was even a little smitten. Could it be that they've done some kind of training with actors on set? Their tone and actions are just like a girl in love.
Hayakawa felt inexplicably angry, just like those boys who had their feelings betrayed by bad women.
These are the kinds of women with such superb acting skills that they are impossible to deal with. They have secretly deceived countless innocent boys who have never been in a relationship, and destroyed countless people's beautiful fantasies about love. They are simply heinous.
Now they're even reaching out to me...
Hayakawa narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous glint in his depths.
Unforgivable…
Hayakawa said expressionlessly, "Oh, I see. I missed you too."
Upon hearing this, Ichika blinked and pouted slightly, saying, "Your tone is so perfunctory; it doesn't sound like you miss me at all."
The acting was really amazing...
Hayakawa was shocked once again. Could this act of a girl in love being sulky really be acted out?
That's what a veteran actor is like.
However, I can handle it myself.
"Really, really!"
Hayakawa nodded mechanically, her mouth opening and closing as she replied, "I miss you so much, I miss you so much."
"Are you a repeater?"
Ichika said irritably, then walked forward. The next moment, Hayakawa felt his bed sink slightly as Ichika sat down on the edge of his bed.
"what are you doing?"
Hayakawa was shocked; there was another person in the bed.
Ichika gently placed her hand on the blanket in front of Hayakawa and said calmly, "Hayakawa... you need to take better care of your body, okay?"
Hayakawa was taken aback, wondering what he had done wrong to his body.
I've met the daily quota for the number of practice tests I've completed, and I'm very satisfied with both my hands and brain.
"I'm fine."
Hayakawa said very seriously, completely unaware of how abnormal his usual routine was.
"What's good about it?"
Ichika looked down into Hayakawa's eyes, her gaze filled with complex emotions as if she had a thousand words to say, but in the end she only said one sentence: "You need to get some sleep and rest. Don't study so late every day, your body won't be able to take it."
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