Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady
Chapter 38 - 35. The flames of war spread, Dubian’s youthful tragedy.

Chapter 38: 35. The flames of war spread, Dubian’s youthful tragedy.

How tough can life really be?

The News Department’s report came out the next day, posted on the bulletin board on the first floor of the school.

If Dubian Che remembered correctly, this was supposed to be an interview about the midterm exams, but the content was completely unrelated to the tests.

First off, the title was impossible to ignore.

"’Super High-School Level Trio of Good Looks’?"

"They are indeed very pretty!"

"Do we actually have students this good-looking at our school? Why are they all first-year freshmen!"

Dominating the report with a large photo, Dubian Che stood in the middle with a smile, flanked by Kiyono Lin with her arms crossed and Jiutiao Meijie.

Both beauties seemed to be looking at him, or perhaps at each other.

In truth, neither one was correct—the photo was sneakily taken and modified. The Human Observation Department was the only place where the three of them would appear together.

This light novel cover-like image—two female leads vying for the male protagonist—made Dubian Che very uneasy. After reading the report, he very much wanted to murder the people from the News Department and the Literary Department.

{This is a story about three people at the pinnacle of human beauty!}

{...No one has ever successfully joined the Human Observation Department, but Dubian Che’s interview declaration was: I like you guys, super like you, both date me, and I will certainly make you happy!}

{...Dubian Che got scolded, but he wasn’t discouraged: It’s not just anyone who can do it! Mr. Kiyono, Jiutiao, you’re beautiful, smart, hardworking, low-profile, kind—you are the epitome of beauties from Tokyo, my goal to strive for, the beacon to my journey, the ideal of my life.}

{...Faced with the shy duo, Dubian Che continued to proclaim his perverted statement: Other than Mr. Kiyono and Jiutiao, I have no interest in any other human female! You both are my wings!}

{..."Then let’s decide everything with our grades! Whoever gets first place in the class, the Human Observation Department will follow their lead!" Jiutiao suggested.}

{...Kiyono Lin confidently accepted the challenge.}

{...Dubian Che, with ulterior motives who successfully joined, also secretly aimed for first place!}

{His future, harem or defeat?}

{The future of the Human Observation Department, who will ultimately call the shots?}

{Gentlemen, war is upon us!}

{Source: News Department, Article by: Literary Department}

"Do we even have a Human Observation Department at our school?"

"Don’t you know? It was established by the young miss of the Kiyono family. I’ve heard the conditions for joining are quite strict."

"Have you been there?"

"No! Definitely not! I just heard it from someone else!"

"First years are so lewd, using academic performance to decide one’s body."

"Hey, do you think if we get first place, we could get Kiyono Lin or Jiutiao Meijie to be our girlfriends?"

"..."

"Maybe?"

"Definitely!"

"The young misses from the Kiyono family and the Jiutiao Family wouldn’t go back on their word, would they!"

...

"Literary Department!" Dubian Che gritted his teeth.

"Not so bad, huh, Dubian," Kunii Shuichi enjoyed the drama without fuss, "You’re like the protagonist of a light novel!"

Saito Keisuke laughed as well, "So Kunii and I are the friends who stand beside the male lead, serving up comedy and information?"

Dubian Che ignored the two who were kicking him while he was down and studied the glass shielding the bulletin board from rain.

It was locked!

He didn’t know if he could get away with just a scolding for trying to break school property, given that he was ranked third academically.

"Dubian? Are you the Dubian Che from the news?"

"I’m not."

"There can’t possibly be a second guy as handsome as you! You are Dubian Che!"

The logic of this deduction left Dubian Che unable to refute it; indeed, he hadn’t seen any other guy as handsome as himself—at least not in Goda High School and the Shinjuku District.

"Dubian, is the bet that everything depends on academic performance real?"

"No, it’s false..."

"It’s true."

"Oh——" At the sound of this cool and pleasant voice, the students gathered around the bulletin board made a great commotion.

Dubian Che looked at Kiyono Lin as she approached like a saint, carrying her school bag.

"What are you doing! This is the Literary Department’s vengeance," he said.

"So, you want me to lie?" Kiyono Lin flipped her long hair and looked at everyone: "The Human Observation Department will agree to any conditions set by the person who ranks first in this midterm exam."

Dubian Che hurried over and tugged at her sleeve, "’Any conditions’ is not okay!"

"This is the Minister’s command," Kiyono Lin said with a smile, looking at Dubian Che holding onto her sleeve. "Mr. Dubian, you’re not scared, are you?"

I should quit... Dubian Che thought.

After all, I don’t need to work part-time now, and hanging out at school for club activities isn’t bad.

Just as Dubian Che was about to speak up, Jiutiao Meijie came over, her presence commanding like a queen, and everyone instinctively fell silent—except Kiyono Lin, but she had no desire to talk to Jiutiao Meijie.

While looking at the bulletin board, Jiutiao Meijie asked Dubian Che, "What’s going on?"

Dubian Che recounted the unscrupulous Media News Department, the vengeful Literary Department, and what Kiyono Lin just said.

"This looks fun." Jiutiao Meijie smiled like a venomous snake, "I also agree."

It’s hopeless; these two women are beyond help.

"Kiyono, you said when I joined the club that I could quit anytime, right?" Dubian Che asked for confirmation.

"Ara, you’re really scared?" Kiyono Lin asked.

"What? Dubian, you want to quit?" Jiutiao Meijie turned around and asked.

"Yes."

Jiutiao Meijie’s cold gaze fixed on him, "I don’t allow it."

"Allow or not, as the Minister, it’s my right," Kiyono Lin warned in an indifferent tone.

"The position of the Minister will be mine sooner or later, and Kiyono doesn’t need to cling to it," Jiutiao Meijie responded bluntly.

"I very much admire your pride and arrogance."

"And I am impressed by your blind optimism."

At this point, the posture of the two women, no, including the caught-in-the-middle Dubian Che, was exactly like the one in the report’s photograph.

The two glared at each other, having no way of dealing with the other, and then they both looked at Dubian Che simultaneously.

"Mr. Dubian," Kiyono Lin said mockingly, "a Tokyo handsome guy should have the confidence to do anything, right?"

"I don’t allow you to quit the club, did you hear me." Jiutiao Meijie commanded.

’What is life, after all?’ Dubian Che really wanted to ask God this question.

"I know, I got it, I agree, any condition is okay."

Kiyono Lin smiled satisfactorily, Jiutiao Meijie smiled as if she had expected this, and Dubian Che also forced a cheerful smile.

Just as the Literary Department said, the three of them stood at the pinnacle of human beauty, and when the three of them smiled together, others were enchanted as if by magic.

"Anything is okay, dating as well?"

"It is," said Kiyono Lin.

"Even marrying into the family is okay?"

"Of course," Jiutiao Meijie answered with a smile like the one she used when ordering Che’s execution.

"Du, Dubian, if I come first, can you smile only for Meiji from now on?"

"...No problem."