377. Readers Think There's Nothing to Read, Authors Think Nobody's Reading-How Strange

"Holy crap, what is she doing?"

Shuya blurted it out.

Sakurajima Mai, dressed in a sexy black bunny girl outfit, was walking around the station with an air of nonchalance.

For a moment, Shuya wondered what kind of film she was shooting.

It's not about pornography.

Japan has all sorts of variety shows, some of which are quite explicit.

The appearance of a bunny girl is no big deal.

But he quickly dismissed the idea, because there were no cameras around.

"What happened to Mai...?"

Yukino hesitated, her gaze inevitably fixed on Mai's breasts.

Honestly, it's awesome.

... And her legs are perfect too.

Shuya's gaze kept drifting towards her long legs.

Mai- chan seemed to notice the gaze and turned around to look.

"?"

But there was no one there.

"... Why should we hide?"

Yukino asked helplessly.

Just now, Shuya instantly picked her up and hid to the side.

She was now completely embraced by Shuya, her back against him.

Shuya had his arms tightly wrapped around her waist in an attempt to carry her away.

Don't act impulsively!

Shuya was solemn.

Did you find anything?

Yukino, ignoring his embrace, immediately retorted.

"I think this is unusual."

Shuya said seriously, "We have to be careful. There might be enemies secretly threatening Mai- chan, forcing her to do this kind of humiliating play. If you go out to call her, you might expose yourself."

"I really want to save her, but I need to approach this rationally and not let my emotions get the better of me."

He was very serious. "So we'll follow behind her for now and observe her."

"Who are you observing?"

"Who else could we be monitoring? Mai- chan, of course! We need to prepare for the worst; she might have already been captured by the enemy."

"I desperately want to save her, but I must say, if we also get caught up in this, things will get complicated."

He talked on and on, not noticing that Yukino- chan had fallen into a long silence. "Just as Han Xin endured the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs before achieving his later glory, we should also endure the temporary calm and take a step back."

At that moment, a sense of unease arose in his heart, and he subconsciously glanced over, only to see Yukino- chan's face full of amusement.

Shuya cleverly changed what he was about to say, "Taking a step back only makes me angrier! Yes, I really have to go save Mai- chan right away, go for it, Yukino- chan! Don't stop me!"

"Hmph, Shuya, so you still remember me after all."

Shuya's ear was pinched and tugged by a soft little hand.

"Mai- chan!"

He turned his head and saw Mai looking sullen.

He looked delighted, as if he hadn't said anything at all.

"You're alright? That's so great!"

Shuya reached out and hugged Mai- chan tightly.

This was his experience in dealing with Miss Haruno; in short, just take the initiative and do it first.

"Hmm..."

Yukino, let out a sad sigh.

She turned her head and met Mai's small face.

"Um..."

Mai also felt it was a bit cramped.

They exchanged a glance.

Yukino suddenly reached out and hugged Mai, Shuya away in the process.

"Mai, I'm sorry I'm late."

Yukino smiled and made a cool declaration, completely different from Shuya's silly style.

"Yukino... thank you for coming to see me."

Mai hugged Yukino back, saying, "I knew Yukino would remember me."

The two girls were hugging each other.

Shuya quietly opened his arms, wanting to join in this happy moment.

However, the two had been watching him closely and, upon noticing his actions, turned around simultaneously.

Yukino and Mai pressed their cheeks together, each with a different expression.

Yukino looked disgusted. "Get lost!"

Mai, her face full of anger, shouted, "Get away!"

Shuya chuckled and said, "No way, I was the first one to think of Mai- chan, Yukino- chan came after me!"

Yukino let out a reluctant groan.

"... I'll reluctantly forgive you."

Mai nodded, but still reached out and pressed against his chest. "But let's keep things separate. Based on what you just said, I won't let you touch me."

"Don't think I don't know, you know perfectly well that there are no enemies, you just want to see me dressed as a bunny girl!"

Mai hit the nail on the head.

"You're right, but there's one thing you missed!"

Shuya raised his chin, revealing a wicked smile, "I also want to take advantage of Yukino- chan while I'm at it. This is a two-birds-with-one-stone plan! You didn't expect that, did you!"

"Fool."

Yukino disdainfully.

She didn't want to pay any more attention to Shuya, and said to Mai with concern, "Miss Mai, why don't you go back to your house first? Hmm, your outfit..."

She didn't know what to say.

"Okay, let's go back. I'll go get my clothes."

Mai, on the other hand, remained quite calm.

She retrieved her clothes from the locker at the station.

The three of them walked out of the station. Yukino took Mai and flew into the sky, Shuya followed.

After returning to Mai's house, she asked the two of them to sit in the living room for a while while she went to change her clothes.

"Actually, it's fine not to change it."

After Shuya uttered those words, he was met with cold stares from both sides.

... But what's wrong with men being perverted? Besides, this kind of sexual fetish is perfectly normal.

Mai quickly changed her clothes and came out.

"Alright, you probably have a lot of questions you want to ask."

Mai said.

She was sitting next to Yukino, and opposite her was Shuya.

A cup of hot tea was placed in front of each of the three people.

Mai said, "... Let me start from the beginning."

"Um."

"Please."

She started from the beginning.

It turns out that in early April, during a chance outing, Mai discovered something strange.

It's as if people have suddenly lost sight of her.

At the time, she didn't realize how serious the situation was; she simply thought these people were deliberately ignoring her.

But she still felt a subconscious unease.

So you used to hang out with us a lot back then?

"... That's right."

Mai- chan seemed a little embarrassed, probably because she felt she had taken advantage of them.

"Hey, why didn't you tell me back then!"

Shuya slapped his thigh.

Mai blushed and said, "I wasn't sure at the time. If I'm wrong, wouldn't that be causing you trouble?"

So, the Japan personality is really troublesome!

Shuya thought to himself, "I'm so annoyed."

"Miss Mai, you're overthinking it. You and Inoue- kun are different; I've never considered your affairs a problem."

Yukino seriously.

"Hello!"

Shuya slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"And... the situation had improved at that time."

Mai continued, "After Shuya and posted the video on Twitter, people could see me normally again, so I thought it was just my imagination and everything was fine..."

"It's back to normal?"

Shuya was taken aback.

Yukino asked doubtfully, "... Then now?"

"... It changed back in a few days. I was planning to look for you guys."

Mai puffed out her cheeks as she said this, "But back then I was having a cold war with someone, right? At the time, I was just... a little resentful... wanting to handle it myself..."

"Inoue- kun, you're awful. Why don't you just die?"

Yukino's eyes flashed like blades as she slashed at Shuya.

"What the hell...?"

How can you blame me?

Shuya was speechless.

Section 405, Chapter 377: Readers feel there are no books to read, while authors feel no one is reading—how strange!