Chapter 455. The Candidates Who Shine Brighter After Comparison
"Huh!"
In the Nakano household, Uesugi Fuutarou suddenly let out a small cry of surprise, piquing the curiosity of the five Nakano sisters.
"Somehow, I think I suddenly understand the meaning of 'The Genuine Thing'?"
Resting his chin on his left hand, Uesugi Fuutarou muttered to himself: "Whether it's Setsuna or Kureha, they don't value chastity that much, nor do they value emotions that highly. They are willing to sleep with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka simply because Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is strong.
But, because of that, if you replaced him with someone else who was equally strong, they would do it with them too... By contrast, look at Emilia, Crusch, Rem, Anastasia, or Priscilla...
Even Yukinoshita.
They are willing to marry Hikigaya-kun because of a more pure emotion. It's because Hikigaya Hachiman is Hikigaya Hachiman. In other words, he possesses an 'irreplaceability'.
If you swapped him for someone else, even if that person had Hikigaya-kun's intellect and proactiveness, or even his way of thinking—as long as they aren't Hikigaya Hachiman, it wouldn't work.
Only for Hikigaya Hachiman would they be willing. He is the only one.
Conversely, it is because Emilia is Emilia and Anastasia is Anastasia that Hikigaya-kun loves them."
Uesugi Fuutarou felt a bolt of lightning flash through his mind—before this, although he didn't think Hikigaya Hachiman's so-called "Genuine Thing" was pretentious, he didn't think it was anything particularly amazing either.
But now, with a direct comparison, he finally understood how precious and meaningful a "Genuine Thing" actually was.
Although Uesugi Fuutarou knew very well that he was someone with few thoughts on romance—dense and without a personal vision—things were different from now on.
Hikigaya Hachiman and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had each pointed out a path. If Uesugi Fuutarou had to choose one to walk, he would absolutely prefer Hikigaya Hachiman's path.
...Of course, he only leaned toward the "Genuine" side; he couldn't possibly possess that peerless obsession with the Genuine Thing that Hikigaya Hachiman had.
When looking for a wife in the future, as long as she wasn't fake or overly "replaceable," Uesugi Fuutarou could accept it. If it were Hikigaya Hachiman, if he could only find a wife of that level, he'd probably prefer to stay single for the rest of his life.
"Oh?"
Hearing Uesugi Fuutarou's discourse, four of the five Nakano sisters suddenly had their eyes light up. Their bodies trembled with excitement, wanting to clench their fists and laugh out loud.
They, who had just been slandering Ayanokouji Kiyotaka in their hearts as a "perverted fanboy," instantly flipped their attitude, feeling the same level of gratitude toward Ayanokouji as they did toward Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, you did well! You did so well!"
They truly hadn't expected that under Ayanokouji's provocation, their own crush—that dense block of wood—would actually have a day where he actively attained enlightenment and talked about love.
And...
Since their crush, Fuutarou, had already begun to awaken, perhaps before long he would discover the feelings the four sisters held for him.
The battle must end before then!
Ichika, Nino, Miku, and Yotsuba looked at each other... loving Fuutarou so much, putting in so much effort behind the scenes, not hesitating even to turn against their sisters—having reached this point and loved to this degree, they absolutely could not lose.
They had to win.
Let's settle this, love rivals!
The four, their fighting spirits burning fiercely, were completely focused. In their eyes, there were only the four of them; thus, their brains and ears automatically filtered out Kureha's moans.
But Itsuki didn't. Even while eating a meat bun, she couldn't distract herself enough to not hear Kureha's sounds, so she had to find another way to further occupy her mind.
Uesugi Fuutarou's eloquent talk attracted her.
Itsuki tilted her head, her eyes showing confusion.
"What's going on... Uesugi, when he's serious like this... why does he seem... quite handsome?"
She gradually became dazed.
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"Is this the world-class genius made in Japan? Thank goodness I'm not a 'Masterpiece,' otherwise I'd look quite pathetic."
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's mad behavior further solidified the desire of over ninety percent of the world to stay far away from the idea of "crossing over."
First came Hikigaya Hachiman's countless deaths, followed by Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's "Kiyotaka Path" (not to mention the "cannon" incident), and now it was proven that once you cross over and end up on video, you'll be targeted by some crazed perverts.
Especially since those perverts might be extremely powerful and capable.
That was too terrifying; they wouldn't do it even if given a cheat ability.
However, for Hikigaya Hachiman, who had already finished a journey of crossing over, he now considered it a very happy and lucky thing to have crossed into Emilia's world.
To maintain this happiness, by the time Kureha was about to sleep with Ayanokouji, he had already predicted Ayanokouji's insane behavior and used his Authority of Lust in advance.
He blocked the ears of Emilia and the others, who had already looked away.
Otherwise, he truly feared that the ladies present—except for the powerless Yukinoshita and the kind-hearted Emilia—would have rushed out directly to suppress Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, and even he wouldn't be able to stop them.
...In fact, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't think Ayanokouji Kiyotaka had committed some massive crime; he was quite magnanimous.
What Ayanokouji was doing was like someone "relieving themselves" in private. Looking at a crush's photo and saying their name while doing it—Ayanokouji's act of impersonating a name was essentially the same logic.
It wouldn't matter if it wasn't exposed, but he was on video, which was why the nature of the act became serious.
As for whether to kill Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, he believed it depended on future developments. If Ayanokouji resorted to unscrupulous means or slaughtered civilians to achieve his goals later, then Hachiman wouldn't mind killing the Ayanokouji on Earth before he ever crossed over.
But while he wasn't holding a grudge, Hikigaya Hachiman could well understand the killing intent of Priscilla and the others.
For example, if someone were sleeping with their partner, impersonated Rem's name, and shouted, "Rem, you're amazing"—never mind feeling killing intent, Hikigaya Hachiman would personally tear those two into ten thousand pieces on the spot.
Putting himself in their shoes, Hikigaya Hachiman felt quite touched.
Because they didn't want someone to die needlessly, even though Priscilla and the others were furious, they were able to suppress their killing intent and sit here calmly, respecting his individual thoughts.
"Speaking of which... it seems I haven't given you any gifts in a long time."
Hikigaya Hachiman drew everyone's attention, wanting to make them a bit happier. "Although they aren't precious things and you might not like them, after the second world finishes fusing, I'll give you all some gifts."
"Hmph?" Priscilla raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue
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