``` [Blue Vitality Pill.]
[Restores a small amount of stamina and spirit for a short time after use. It also slightly increases power, spirit, attack speed, and sensory acuity.]
[Originally a combat medicine.]
[However, due to its subtle side effects, it is also popular in high society.]
[...]
The commercial street near the girls' dormitory.
Su Youzi sat at a street-side table in a crepe shop, organizing materials.
She was also waiting for Saotome Yukina.
From last night's Ten Pull, Su Youzi had obtained six Operators and four weapons.
Except for Unohana Chiyo and... Soga Toyura, the other Operators and weapons were basically just enhancement materials in the game.
Even Unohana Chiyo was just an Operator used for transition in the game.
However... Teacher Unohana Chiyo.
Her identity as a teacher might be convenient at times.
For example, obtaining a key to the school infirmary.
Su Youzi and Saotome Yukina had agreed to meet at 8:30 AM.
But Su Youzi was already sitting here at a little past seven.
She had always been punctual and disliked making girls wait.
Of course, the more important point was... she really couldn't sleep.
Su Youzi looked at the "Operator Cultivation" interface, at the Chibi Figure of Soga Toyura sitting obediently at a desk reviewing documents, and at the life-sized body pillow on the bed behind the Chibi Figure.
The one drawn on that pillow... couldn't it be herself?
The short-haired, red-eyed appearance.
It looked like her no matter how she saw it.
However, because it was a chibi image, Su Youzi couldn't be sure.
To be honest... she found it hard to imagine that someone who always had a frosty expression, as aloof as a flower on a high mountain, who even made excuses to refuse eating together, and who threw away birthday gifts without even looking at them... would be hugging a life-sized pillow of herself and rubbing against it at night.
The sense of incongruity in the image was too strong.
But... looking at Soga Toyura's affection points, which were as high as "99 (doting)".
Su Youzi felt that perhaps... the person drawn on the pillow really was herself.
It wasn't many days until that person's birthday.
She could just find an excuse to visit her then.
Just then, Su Youzi's peripheral vision caught sight of a little rabbit frantically running towards her from the street corner.
Perhaps because she saw her, the little rabbit, who was running over nervously, hopped along with slightly hurried steps.
Saotome Yukina's small face was slightly flushed, her cheeks tinged with a cute, faint blush.
The girl covered her chest with her right hand, her small hand rising and falling with her breath. The hand that was covering did not hide the girl's charm; instead... it drew the eye.
If "big is justice."
Then Saotome Yukina was definitely the embodiment of worldly justice.
"So... sorry..."
"Senpai." The girl's slightly breathless voice made Su Youzi feel like her ears were about to melt.
"Don't rush," Su Youzi gestured for the girl to sit down and catch her breath. "It's still early."
Actually, the girl was quite punctual.
It was only a little past eight now.
In "Operator Cultivation," Saotome Yukina's "nurture" cooldown hadn't even reset yet.
The little rabbit who had run all the way here, even after sitting down, couldn't stop panting. Although she tried to control it, her shoulders still trembled with each breath.
Her watery blue eyes shimmered with mist, and she looked at Su Youzi nervously.
Her Senpai, sitting there composed, was beautiful.
Like the fresh green buds growing on a citrus tree.
Or unripe, tart citrus.
Not yet bloomed, not yet ripe.
But this very green, pure posture was enough to capture the little rabbit's gaze.
A sweet and sour, clear fragrance wafted towards her.
Just like her Senpai's name.
"Yuzu."
The girl bit her lip.
"Senpai... you're up so early."
"What do you want to eat?" Su Youzi looked at the girl's flushed ear tips. "How about a Strawberry Cream Crepe?"
"It seemed like Saotome really liked it yesterday."
In the game, obtaining a Strawberry Cream Crepe required stamina to grind for affection points in a time-consuming instance.
But in reality... all it took was money to have it delivered straight to the girl's front.
If she could, Su Youzi wished she could bring the girl to the commercial street every day and order her a Strawberry Cream Crepe.
Shopping?
What was that?
Her mission was simply 'Feeding.'
"Wait..." Saotome Yukina blurted out subconsciously.
She looked at her Senpai, whose gaze was fixed on her, and bit her lip, unable to speak clearly.
Strawberry was her favorite flavor.
But... smelling the sweet and sour scent slowly wafting over, she suddenly wanted to try something else.
Su Youzi waited for Saotome Yukina.
As her first Operator, the Perpetual Motion Machine, the Production Fairy, she would fulfill the girl's small wishes as much as possible.
"I want..."
"A different flavor."
"'Yuzu' Youzi..." her voice was so low it was almost inaudible, "No..."
"Citrus, then."
Su Youzi looked at the Little Rabbit in front of her.
Saotome Yukina's small head drooped lower and lower, almost burying itself in her chest.
The 'Yuzu' in Youzi's name didn't refer to the pomelo in the general sense.
It was a citrus fruit closer to an orange.
Its subtle fragrance was captivating. More often than not, it was used as a citrus flavoring rather than a fruit.
The Little Rabbit almost blurted out the name 'Yuzu.'
Seeing the small earlobes peeking out from under Saotome Yukina's hair, looking as if they were soaked in blood, Su Youzi pretended not to hear or notice.
She casually placed the order.
Sitting opposite Su Youzi.
The girl clenched her hands together, pressing so hard they almost dug into the soft flesh of her thighs.
Her cheeks were flushed with shyness, but her knuckles were white with tension.
Su Youzi watched Saotome Yukina with great interest.
Ding ding ding--
The notification that Saotome Yukina's affection points had increased chimed by her ear.
Accompanying the successful 'Feeding.'
Bzzzz--
Su Youzi's phone vibrated.
"Quick Pay--54.00 yuan."
"..."
"Your bank account ending in 8088 has received--"
"108.00 yuan."
The citrus crepe was even cheaper than the signature Strawberry Cream Crepe.
"I'll pay this time!"
"Sen..."
"Senpai didn't order anything," Saotome Yukina said nervously, looking at Su Youzi.
"How can that be?" Su Youzi gently pressed down on Saotome Yukina's hand.
The girl instantly became docile, as if a switch had been flipped.
The Little Rabbit was her cash cow, her production girl.
The expenses she incurred to nurture Saotome Yukina and increase the girl's affection points would eventually be compensated twofold.
If Little Rabbit were to pay for herself... then there would be no profit to be made.
Players wouldn't let go of even the smallest benefits.
"Then..."
"Then..."
As if realizing that Senpai wouldn't let her pay.
Hesitantly, Saotome Yukina cut into the crepe in front of her.
She shyly looked at her own bite mark on one piece of the crepe.
Inside, Little Rabbit was hopping around, drums beating.
In the end, Saotome Yukina gently pushed the other piece forward.
"Youzi..."
"Senpai."
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