Anime Multiverse: Starting by Teaming Up with Maple, the Shield Girl! Chapter 228 228: The Romantic Brains of Kaguya Shinomiya and

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"Co on!"

With a thunderous roar, Seito charged forward once more! Even if he could only chip away ten thousand health points at a ti, he was determined to grind this Boss down to nothing through sheer attrition!

"@$*%..."

The Demonic Ghost Eye let out an equally savage howl, its gaze burning with a vicious intensity as if it wanted to erase Seito from existence on the spot.

And so... the curtain rose on a titanic battle of endurance!

Several hours later.

7:00 AM.

Inside Seito's bedroom, Kanade and Amou stood by the bed, looking down at Seito as he lay there wearing his gaming helt. They exchanged a concerned glance.

"Has he really been grinding in God Domain all night long?" Amou asked, confused.

Normally, Seito never stayed logged in this late. Both she and Kanade were incredibly curious about what could possibly be keeping him.

"Let's go ask Sora and Shiro," Kanade said, her voice remaining characteristically expressionless.

"Good idea."

Amou nodded. While they were in the dark, the siblings—who spent their entire lives in the ga—would definitely know what was happening. The two girls shared a look and initiated a True Login.

The mont they entered the ga world, they opened their private chat channel.

[Harbinger Private Channel]

[Empress (Amou): @Sora @Shiro. What is Seito doing?]

[Sora: He's challenging the Boss in the 51st-floor Labyrinth. Shiro and I don't know the specifics of the fight, but he's been at it since last night and hasn't co out yet.]

[Shiro: Brother Seito's attack power is high... This Boss must be... very strong...]

[Empress: Understood.]

Closing the channel, Amou turned to Kanade. "Kanade, let's head to the academy first. We should probably let Hiratsuka-sensei know about Seito's situation."

"Mm."

Kanade nodded, and the two girls logged off simultaneously. Reappearing in Seito's room, they cast one last look at him before turning to leave.

Twenty minutes later.

Sobu High, 3rd-floor Faculty Office.

Shizuka Hiratsuka listened to Amou and Kanade's report and nodded slowly. "I see."

Knowing Seito was stuck in the 51st-floor Labyrinth, Shizuka's mind raced with possibilities. However, the thing that surprised her most was the Boss's sheer strength. Seito possessed the highest attack power of any player in God Domain, yet even he needed an entire night to finish the fight. It was a sobering thought.

Amou and Kanade left for class, while Shizuka leaned over her desk to write a formal leave of absence slip for Seito.

As the bell for morning study approached, the teachers stood up and headed to their respective classrooms.

Class 1-D.

Kaguya Shinomiya stared at the empty seat in front of her, feeling a strange sense of loss. For so reason, she missed Seito intensely—a feeling much stronger than anything she had felt before. After the harrowing events of yesterday, she finally understood that she was deeply in love with him.

But seeing that empty chair only made her heart sink.

She wasn't the only one. Even her "little secretary," Ai Hayasaka, couldn't help but steal occasional glances at Seito's seat.

"It would be nice to marry him soday..."

Hayasaka murmured softly to herself, a faint blush dusting her cheeks.

She had realized her feelings for Seito a long ti ago. She used to think it was a complication, but after he had saved her yesterday, she felt it wasn't a bad thing at all. In fact, it was wonderful. Thinking about Seito's usual antics, she imagined that life as his wife would never be boring.

A small smile played on Hayasaka's lips as she returned to her thoughts. While he wasn't here yet, she assud he had simply overlept—it was a regular occurrence for him, after all.

Morning study passed, followed by the first period. When Seito still hadn't appeared, both girls grew restless. They pulled out their phones to check the class group chat, but finding no ssages from Seito only increased their irritation.

By the end of the second period, the lack of his presence was becoming unbearable. Hayasaka stood up and made her way toward Shoko Nishimiya. She knew Yukino lived next door to Seito, but Hayasaka found it a bit embarrassing to ask soone as clinical and rational as Yukino. Shoko was a much softer target.

"Hayasaka-san... is sothing wrong?"

Shoko asked in her soft, gentle voice, her eyes full of curiosity.

"Well..." Hayasaka glanced around discreetly before leaning in to whisper, "Nishimiya-san, do you know why Seito-kun isn't at the academy today?"

"I don't know either," Shoko shook her head honestly.

Hayasaka's shoulders slumped in disappointnt.

"Hayasaka, co here for a mont."

Kaguya's voice rang out, and Hayasaka imdiately adjusted her expression, slipping back into her "dead-fish eye" professional mode as she walked over and sat in Seito's empty chair.

"Is there sothing you need, Great Young Lady?"

Kaguya leaned in, whispering urgently into her ear, "Hayasaka, do you... do you know any 'romance techniques'?"

Hayasaka froze. She recovered quickly, however, and whispered back, "Is the Great Young Lady planning to confess to the person she likes?"

"Yes." Kaguya raised her textbook to hide the lower half of her face, leaving only her shy, shimring eyes visible.

Hayasaka thought for a mont before asking with a hint of unnatural hesitation, "It wouldn't happen to be... Seito-kun, would it?"

"!!!"

Kaguya's face instantly turned a brilliant shade of red!

Seeing this, Hayasaka's suspicions were confird, and she let out a silent sigh of frustration. Why did the Great Young Lady have to fall for him too? This is going to be such a headache.

Nevertheless, she began to take her duty seriously. "Great Young Lady, since Seito-kun already has a girlfriend, low-tier maneuvers won't work."

"Low-tier maneuvers?" Kaguya looked confused. She knew Seito was dating Shoko, but she had no idea what Hayasaka ant by "maneuvers."

"That's right!"

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