This kind of plot had appeared far too many times in the anime and novels Kamizuki had watched in his previous life on Earth.
Usually, when a story reached this point, the heroine would scream and slap the hero across the face, then call him a pervert or something.
Or the hero would accidentally grope her chest, and she would blush, cover herself, and run away.
Kamizuki's mind filled with scenes from all those anime and novels, where the hero accidentally groped the heroine and got beaten up for it. He swallowed nervously and thought about Mai Shiranui's usual temper. He was already mentally prepared to be thoroughly pummeled by her.
Kamizuki raised both hands to protect his head and face, the most important parts of his body, and waited for Mai Shiranui to punish him.
Seeing him like this, Mai Shiranui was first a little confused. After thinking it over briefly, she seemed to understand what was going on. She couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
Kamizuki waited with his head covered for a long time, but Mai Shiranui's punishment never came. All he heard was her snickering. He lowered his hands, peered at her through the gaps between his fingers, and looked at her in confusion.
Seeing Kamizuki's strange behavior, Mai Shiranui laughed even harder.
Just as Mai Shiranui was laughing happily, a hand suddenly came to rest on her shoulder from behind.
Perhaps she was laughing too hard to notice. The hand appearing behind her startled Mai Shiranui, who had been laughing uproariously. The instant it touched her shoulder, her laughter cut off.
The moment her laughter stopped, Mai Shiranui spun around and punched the owner of the hand in the face. Since she had thrown the punch after being startled, it was