I'm Doomed! I'm Surrounded by Cute Girls

Seeing the unfamiliar girl before her, Zhou Mo suddenly froze. She felt that the girl looked familiar, as if they had met somewhere before.

At that moment, Mo Li hopped down from the table, walked over to the girl, and said with a smile:

"You're new, huh? Welcome, welcome."

"My name is Mo Li. I'm sort of the vice president of this club."

She introduced herself.

The short-haired girl with slightly curled hair bent forward slightly and gave an exceptionally elegant greeting, like the young lady of some wealthy family.

Then she turned her head, as though she had only just happened to notice Zhou Mo, and looked at her with curious scrutiny.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo looked back at her and politely said, "My name is Zhou Mo. I'm sort of an ordinary club member."

After hearing Zhou Mo's words, she smiled sweetly. "Mm, I know."

"Huh? You know?"

Realizing she had misspoken again, Zhao Qiao covered her mouth and hastily explained:

"Uh, I mean, I just found out."

"Is that so?"

Zhou Mo looked at her with clear suspicion on her face.

Just as Zhao Qiao was beginning to feel flustered under Zhou Mo's stare, someone else entered the classroom.

As soon as An Xia came in, she saw an unfamiliar girl in the room. After asking around, she learned that the girl was a new club member.

After briefly introducing themselves, they found seats and sat down.

Zhou Mo sat in her seat, with two cute girls seated on either side of her, while another girl sat carelessly atop a desk.

At the sight of this scene, her heartbeat gradually quickened.

"I'm doomed. I'm surrounded by cute girls!"

She did not say those words aloud.

She had merely suddenly thought of a question.

Ever since joining this club, everyone she had met seemed to be girls.

Was this the set of some galgame?

Before she could think further, Mo Li sat cross-legged on the desk and said to the others, "You all probably know that the Magical Girl New Star Contest has started recently. Most clubs have gone to gather information on these new magical girls, so a huge amount of new magical girl intel needs updating every day. Of course, Xiao Baiyi can handle all that work herself."

For some reason, after she said that, Zhou Mo felt the atmosphere on the other side suddenly become oppressive.

Mo Li, who had felt it as well, paused mid-sentence. She coughed lightly before continuing, "Anyway, I was thinking that our club could make a Popularity Star prediction ranking to predict which magical girls are most likely to win this year's Popularity Star title."

As she spoke, she ran over to Bai Yi, picked up a stack of papers from the desk, and placed them before the others.

"These are the initially selected magical girl profiles. We've removed the ones at the absolute bottom, and most of these are magical girls currently near the top or who might rise to the top. There may be additions later depending on the daily changes in platform votes."

Zhou Mo looked through the various magical girl profiles in her hands. This was a way to learn about other magical girls.

"Magical Girl Norei, 460,000 fans, hobbies..."

"RGB48, a newcomer group whose popularity has recently been rising. All members of the group rank near the top in popularity votes."

She kept flipping through the pages and found two familiar names.

"Magical Girl Xia Ya, 98,000 fans, upper-mid-tier on the popularity rankings, possesses enormous potential, hobby: bitter melon milk tea..."

"Magical Girl Molis, 36,000 fans, a recently debuted magical girl with extraordinary potential, hobby: probably not bitter melon milk tea... What the hell is this?"

When she saw that last line, the corner of her mouth twitched.

The group began discussing which of them was the best candidate for Popularity Star.

"I think the Popularity Star title should go to Xia Ya. She uses thunderous methods against monsters and perfectly fulfills her role as an idol before her fans. Do you know what a magical idol is? This is the model magical idol."

Holding Xia Ya's profile, Zhou Mo praised her extravagantly. An Xia, sitting beside her, blushed at the tips of her ears and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Hey! Xia Ya certainly has great potential, but she hasn't been around for long. At its core, the popularity contest is just a contest of who has more fans. In that regard, magical girls who debuted earlier last year naturally have the advantage, like this one called Norei."

Mo Li had a completely different opinion. She slapped Norei's profile with her hand as she argued back.

However, Zhou Mo dismissed it with disdain and said with a curl of her lip:

"Who's Norei? You?"

"Magical Girl Norei... You don't even know all the magical girls, and you're trying to discuss this?"

"Please. How do you know she's so great? Molis could wipe the floor with her."

"If Norei shows up, Molis is done for."

"What the hell do you mean, done for?"

"She'd be done for!"

"Stop fighting already..."

Watching Zhou Mo and Mo Li bicker like children, the other two could only weakly try to stop them from the side.

After an intense discussion, the two finally gradually calmed down beneath Bai Yi's death glare.

The popularity contest had only just begun, so naturally their discussion would not produce a definite result anytime soon.

After chatting casually for a while, Bai Yi, the club president who had finally gotten some free time, dragged them into a few matches. Then everyone went their separate ways.

Zhou Mo glanced at An Xia, who was preparing to leave, and then said, "Are you heading back? Want to walk together?"

"Huh?"

An Xia, who had been packing her things with her head lowered, froze when she heard that. She looked up and saw Zhou Mo's usual expression. After a moment, she nodded softly. "Mm."

Zhao Qiao, who had been watching from the side, hesitantly asked Zhou Mo:

"Um, Zhou Mo, are you two headed the same way?"

Zhou Mo replied, "Yeah, we're neighbors."

"I see."

Zhao Qiao nodded somewhat unnaturally, then continued, "Then... which direction are you going?"

The question was a little abrupt, but Zhou Mo did not think much of it. After considering it, she gave her route.

After hearing it, Zhao Qiao smiled. "What a coincidence. I'm going that way too."

"Then shall we go together?" Zhou Mo asked.

Zhao Qiao immediately nodded in agreement.

Thus, the three of them left the school together.

As Zhou Mo walked out of the school, two cute girls followed on either side of her.

Several passing boys saw the scene and turned back to look, their eyes full of envy and jealousy toward Zhou Mo.

"For some reason, this feels like something I've experienced before."

Walking between them, Zhou Mo began contemplating life.

After leaving the school, Zhou Mo suddenly spotted a luxurious-looking black sedan parked by the roadside. An elderly man dressed exactly like the stereotypical butler stood by its rear door.

When the man looked in their direction, a smile suddenly blossomed across his face, and he started walking toward Zhou Mo.

Yet after taking only one step, the old man abruptly stopped, then casually retreated as if nothing had happened.

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Zhou Mo felt somewhat baffled. She turned around and first glanced at An Xia, only to find her looking perfectly normal. Then she looked at Zhao Qiao and found her blinking innocent eyes as she looked back at Zhou Mo.

After a moment, she shrugged and stopped dwelling on the old man's strange behavior.