Vol 1 Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10

“…Phew.”

I woke up in my second story bedroom.

I removed the headphone-style mind input device from my head and wiped the sweat from my brow. Unlike a commercial piece of hardware, this was a homemade one without any safety devices, so that ending had made my heart race.

I already heard a commotion downstairs.

They probably weren’t satisfied with that result.

I finally, heard them rus.h.i.+ng up the stairs and Ayumi tearfully burst in without even knocking.

“Onii-chan, Onii-chan, Onii-chan, Onii-chaaaan!!”

“What? So how did it turn out? Since you’re crying, does that mean you lost?”

“Fuguu! No. I definitely won!!” She puffed out her cheeks to an amusing extent. “But you died before it was done! Before you could fully become a zombie or a vampire!!”

“…Oh, dear.”

That meant it had been a draw.

She showed no sign of noticing the pudding container on my desk, so she must have been quite mad.

And then my s.e.xy older sister with her blonde ringlet curls and pink see-through negligee showed up at my open door.

“Oh, how rude. He only died because you started shaking his head when the vampire side started winning.”

“Fugu!?”

“He had already been bitten on both sides, so when you added that extra burden, his head came right off…”

“Fuguu!! Not true!! I know what happened! Just at the emotional moment when we were going to see if he lived or died, you secretly started biting him again and again!!”

“I-I have no idea what you are talking about. Ho ho ho.”

“This was supposed to be a battle of infection, but you kept going and going: chomp, chomp, chomp!! That means this one didn’t count! If we did it again, I’d definitely win!!”

“Yes. Perhaps we should restart the simulator so I can go for a perfect victory right from the beginning.”

“Now you’ve said it!!”

“Yes, I have. Is that a problem?”

Wait, wait. Hold on.

If we start a second round now…what happens? Are we starting on an infinite loop here?

You have to be kidding!!

“Hear me out, you two. This isn’t a phone app, so you can’t restart Maxwell for a second round that easily.”

“Ehhh!?”

“Can’t you do it, Satori-kun? What if I beg? By the way, I start with my right side when was.h.i.+ng in the bath☆”