I Stand at the Forefront of Popularity Supremacy

[This is how the naturally innocent counter the scheming.]

[The Queen totally couldn't take it anymore, lol.]

[I suspect she did that on purpose.]

"Ahem. Anyway, just... be a little more careful," Shokuhou said. "Also, the lab said they want us to go over together tomorrow. Apparently, there's some new treatment or something..."

"Mm."

Shokuhou pressed the remote again.

The three behind them returned to normal, though they seemed to have forgotten what had just happened.

"Whoa, what a high-end restaurant," Saten Ruiko marveled.

"It really has that refined young-lady style!" Chunibyo Shirai said happily.

"Good evening," Shokuhou Misaki greeted them as though they had just met. "I'm Mikoto's roommate, Shokuhou Misaki."

As she spoke, Shokuhou walked over to Mikoto and hooked her arm around hers.

"H-Hello!"

The two bowed nervously.

Meanwhile, Kuroko beside them gnawed on a handkerchief—if her onee-sama's roommate had been anyone other than Shokuhou Misaki, she would have used every means possible to drive her away.

Damn it!

After dinner, everyone went their separate ways.

"What is this experiment?"

Once they returned to the dormitory, Mikoto asked Shokuhou beside her again.

"Mm, I heard they're using the previous technology. The details are complicated, but simply put, they'll use the synchronization rate to tune us to each other more deeply."

Shokuhou opened a document and handed it to Mikoto.

"Mm."

The next day was Sunday, so the two soon arrived at the research institute.

"Welcome, you two."

The director in charge of the research greeted them.

Then, the scene ended there.

However, the end of this episode was not the end of the anime.

"Waaah! Why did it have to be this person?!" In another world, Short-haired Mikoto nearly panicked when she saw the person appearing on-screen.

This was Therestina Kihara Lifeline.

Kihara Genji's granddaughter.

This Therestina