I Desire the Black-Stocking Senpai, and I Desire the Cute Little Lolita Too / Miko: Childhood Friends Never Lose

Amamiya Natsuki continued, "Please let me keep riding your coattails."

Fujiwara Chika echoed, "Ride your coattails."

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her arms across her chest, finally at the end of her patience. "...You two, be quiet."

Black-stocking Senpai Is What I Want, but So Is a Cute Little Girl

Art room.

Swimming pool.

School infirmary...

With the Cat Ear Hairpin on, Shinomiya Kaguya was no longer an ordinary girl. Wherever she went, she steamrolled everything in her path.

The three of them had even become infamous throughout Vengeful Spirit Academy.

The last time the whole school was put on lockdown, not only did no Wraith Students come after them, but they all ran for the hills instead—

"She's here! She's here! She's brought the Dean with her!"

"I feel like we're throwing our weight around."

Watching the School infirmary's Vengeful Spirit tremble in fear, Fujiwara Chika couldn't help muttering under her breath.

"More accurately, we're borrowing the tiger's might to intimidate others," Amamiya Natsuki corrected her. "Honestly, how does it feel?"

Fujiwara Chika blinked, then quickly raised both hands.

"Kaguya-classmate, the eternal god."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement. "Kaguya-classmate, the eternal god."

"Be quiet."

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her arms across her chest and shot them a cold look.

Buzz—

Red light quickly welled up in the Dean's eyes.

No one needed to tell her what to do. Shinomiya Kaguya knew perfectly well, and quietly tacked on her catchphrase:

"Meow~"

The Dean settled down, satisfied.

At the same time,

the Game Panel suddenly popped up in front of every player.

[Global Announcement]

[Players Evil of This World, Cancer of the Earth, and Cat girl Kaguya have successfully cleared every stage and claimed the best MV of this session. Some stages have now collapsed, key characters have gone missing, and multiple Wraith Students require psychological counseling.]

[Analyzing data...]

[Vengeful Spirit Academy is about to close. The time when the instance will reopen is yet to be determined.]

[Attention: All players will be removed from this instance in ten seconds. Please prepare.]

[Ten, nine, eight, seven...]

There were quite a few Unlucky Players taking part in Vengeful Spirit Academy. Nearly all of them had been struggling to survive with utmost care. The sudden announcement from the game left them stunned.

"What the hell?"

"I nearly lost half my life just clearing the first stage, and someone's already beaten the entire instance?"

"Seven whole stages! Were all the Vengeful Spirits in there like the Changban Slope, letting Zhao Yun charge through them seven times?"

"You can tell they're pros just from their game titles... Wait, no, they're the Three Greats!"

"One Piece has the Three Admirals, so it makes sense for the Horror Game to have its Three Greats, right?"

"That Cat girl player feels kind of out of place."

"..."

Amid the chatter, the countdown quickly ended.

Amamiya Natsuki's vision blurred for an instant.

The next moment,

the three of them were back on a sunlit campus. A soft breeze stirred, and pale pink cherry blossoms drifted quietly down. Girls in short skirts walked briskly by, their hems fluttering and their laughter as clear as silver bells. It was completely different from the dark, oppressive Vengeful Spirit Academy.

"Mm..."

Fujiwara Chika pressed two fingers to her temples and shook her head vigorously. A dazed look in her eyes, she said, "Kaguya-chan, good morning~ I just had a weird hallucination. You and I, along with Amamiya-classmate, went on an adventure together in a school full of Vengeful Spirits."

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya fell silent and looked at her.

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika blinked, then asked cautiously, "Why aren't either of you saying anything?"

"That wasn't a hallucination."

Shinomiya Kaguya's tone was calm.

"H-How could that be? Our clothes are spotless, so it's obvious we haven't been anywhere... Kaguya-chan, you're just messing with me together with Amamiya-classmate, aren't you?"

Amamiya Natsuki thought for two seconds, then delivered the team's motto:

"Kaguya-classmate, the eternal god."

"..."

Shinomiya Kaguya's lips twitched slightly.

What the heck? I'm obviously just a mascot!

"Huh? Huh? So it really wasn't a hallucination?" Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Everything that happened just now was real, not a hallucination?"

"Just listen to me first..."

Shinomiya Kaguya pressed a finger to her brow and let out a soft breath. Then she explained what had happened from last night through today.

"I see." Fujiwara Chika quickly calmed down, her eyes sparkling. "So Kaguya-chan ran into a super interesting supernatural incident."

"I don't find it interesting at all."

Shinomiya Kaguya's face was cool and her tone indifferent.

Fujiwara Chika tilted her head. "But Kaguya-chan doesn't look scared at all."

Some people only pretended not to be scared. Who knew how terrified they really were inside?

At that, Amamiya Natsuki's gaze drifted slightly upward, settling on top of Shinomiya Kaguya's head.

A line of text had quietly appeared above the long-haired girl's head:

[So scary, so scary, so scary... I really don't want to go through anything this terrifying!]

"I'm heading to class."

Amamiya Natsuki spoke quietly, then prepared to leave.

The three of them were standing by the shoe lockers in the lobby. If they kept talking together, they were bound to draw attention. In fact, some curious classmates were already sneaking glances their way.

"Let's go too."

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her right arm across her chest and walked upstairs, her expression cool.

"Kaguya-chan, wait for me."

Fujiwara Chika quickly followed.

Amamiya Natsuki trailed a few steps behind, carrying his schoolbag as he walked and pondered his plans for the future.

He'd lived a quiet, ordinary life for sixteen years, and had thought this was just a normal world. Now, hell mode had suddenly unlocked. It was seriously a pain in the [beep].

Clearing a Horror Game didn't mean he could rest easy. Amamiya Natsuki had looked into it last night: players were forced to take part in a game every so often, and there was no telling when it would end.

His plans for the future had once been simple: study hard, get into a good university, fall in love... and it wouldn't hurt to fall in love a few times.

A black-stocking senpai was what he wanted, but so was a cute little girl. If he could have both, his life would be complete!

Now, though... staying alive came first.

As he pondered, Amamiya Natsuki opened the Game Panel.

[Game results have been calculated. Scroll down to view.]

[Player title: Evil of This World. Generated according to your overall performance.]

[You completed a total of seven Side Quests and earned 70 Game coins.]

[You unlocked a new item in the Game Mall.]

[Special notice: You have received joint complaints from multiple Wraith Students. You are prohibited from re-entering Vengeful Spirit Academy for a short period.]

"The students even filed joint complaints just because they were fooling around with each other? Those Vengeful Spirits are way too sensitive."

Amamiya Natsuki opened the Game Mall out of curiosity. Beside the Daily Blind Box, a new item had appeared: Attribute points.

[Today's attribute point: Stamina]

[Price: 50 Game coins]

[Item description: After purchase, you will receive a permanent boost to your stamina.]

[Note: As everyone knows, stamina's main advantage is married life. That is, if you have a wife or girlfriend in the first place.]

Amamiya Natsuki was very unhappy.

I'm furious!

It's the middle of summer, and I'm sweating cold! So what if I don't have a girlfriend?

Did being single ever eat your rice?

"Ahhh—!"

A panicked cry suddenly rang out.

At the sound, Amamiya Natsuki raised his head and saw Fujiwara Chika, walking in front of him, suddenly miss a step and tumble backward. He hadn't even had time to dodge before everything went black.

Teacher, Secretary Fujiwara's hit me with her boobs!

Yotsuya Miko: Childhood Sweethearts Never Lose

"G-G-G-Ghost!"

Fujiwara Chika hadn't even noticed that she'd just fouled Amamiya Natsuki with a boob tackle. She grabbed his sleeve in a panic, completely beside herself.

Hey, weren't you supposed to be an airhead?

You weren't scared of all those Vengeful Spirits in Vengeful Spirit Academy. What are you scared of a ghost for?

Amamiya Natsuki rubbed his nose and looked up. The corner of his eye twitched.

A terrifying, gigantic Vengeful Spirit was clinging to the ceiling of the hallway. It looked like a huge snake, with a head resembling a woman's. Black hair hung down, almost covering the entire hallway, and twisted and writhed in the air as if it were alive, shrieking.

Mr. Zhou Shuren's story about the beautiful snake had used beauty to lure people in. The evil spirit before him, on the other hand... looked like a horrific accident scene. It was too ghastly to look at.

It was a monster that belonged only in the depths of nightmares.

A single glance was enough to send an ordinary person's SAN value plummeting and raise goosebumps all over their skin.

I'm sorry.

I misjudged you, Fujiwara-classmate.

Anyone would be scared of this thing. Being an airhead wouldn't help.

Even Young Lady Kaguya was no exception. Her feet retreated half a step on their own, while her face remained cool and composed. Above her head, though, a stream of "So scary, so scary, so scary" symbols kept appearing.

"You... can see me?"

The Long-haired Evil Spirit had been staring blankly from the ceiling. At the sound, more than a dozen terrifying, blood-red eyes all turned toward them at once. Its sinister voice reached the three of them.