The Classmate Who Is Adored by Everyone Smiles Teasingly Only at Me-Chapter 4V1 .9 - Infinite Possibilities of Ice Cream

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“You’re walking with Chika, but you’re not walking on the side of the road? What kind of attitude is that…? Isn’t it common sense? Common sense!”

Resentful complaints echoed from behind.

“I want to run away right now…”

“You can’t escape, I won’t allow it.”

His uniform hem was tightly grasped, preventing his escape.

“Letting Chika hold your sleeve! I’m so envious! Damn you, Ichinose!”

Despite doing nothing, his evaluation was plummeting unfairly.

It was too unreasonable.

“This feels like a troublesome open house event…”

Sōma let out another deep sigh.

The area around the station entrance had undergone redevelopment and had a clean and sophisticated atmosphere, but the back of the station was chaotic and cluttered.

However, this area had a wide variety of shops, and Sōma often used this side of the station when hanging out with friends.

Therefore, the destination for today was one of his familiar places.

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“Oh, it’s lively here.”

Upon arriving in front of the game center, Chika exclaimed cheerfully.

“Has Chika been here before?”

“I’ve been here a few times with Miki-chan, right?”

As he turned to Miki, she nodded vigorously.

“We played rhythm games and took purikura photos. How about you, Sōma-san?”

“I played fighting games and medal games. Also, tried bowling a few times.”

As he answered, he looked up at the giant bowling pin decoration on top of the building.

Though commonly referred to as a game center, it was actually a complex amusement facility where various games and activities were available.

From arcade games and crane games to bowling, billiards, darts, basketball, table tennis, and go-karts – there was a wide range of things to do if you had the money to spare.

It seemed like you could keep playing endlessly inside this building.

Upon entering the store, they were greeted by the unique smell of burnt circuit boards and the cacophony of music from numerous cabinets playing simultaneously.

It had a classic game center atmosphere.

“I’d like to try the medal games. Can we play slots or poker here?”

“Not today.”

Seeing the guideboard, Chika made a big ‘X’ with her hands to indicate it was forbidden.

“Aww, I really wanted to.”

“No, you can’t.”

Miki seemed like she’d scold them if they started playing pseudo-gambling games, so she was cautious.

“You’re here to focus on getting that plushie you want, huh? Just so you know, I’m seriously bad at crane games, so I won’t be of any help.”

“Of course, I plan to get it by my own efforts!”

With cute determination, Chika entered the store.

Sōma tried to follow her, but he was held back by the collar.

“Hold on a moment.”

“What is it?”

As he rubbed his slightly constricted neck, Miki glared at him with a murderous look.

“So, Chika came to get the plushie?”

“Yeah, she wants to get the cat plushie.”

Miki nodded understandingly and then said firmly,

“Make sure to get it. Don’t make Chika sad.”

Her feelings were not entirely incomprehensible.

For Miki, who found Chika irresistibly cute, seeing her sad face was probably one of the last things she wanted in this world.

However, saying that to Sōma was completely misplaced.

“Chika is the one who will get it. I can offer advice at most… but it might not be helpful. I’ll cheer her on, though.”

“Give her advice that will definitely help.”

“It’s impossible.”

He was not good at crane games, or rather, he had very little experience with them.

He had tried it once in middle school, but after struggling with where to put the won plushies and figures, he gave up.

Giving advice when you have little experience will only be empty words.

“Don’t say irresponsible things. Besides…”

“She’ll be fine.”

“What’s that supposed to mean? I’ve never seen Chika win anything from a crane game. That’s why I always am the one to get it for her.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Ignoring the puzzled look she gave him when she didn’t understand the meaning of his words, he continued, observing Chika searching for her target plushie inside the store.

“I mean, even if she can’t win it, she won’t make a sad face.”

“Huh?”

She looked completely puzzled by what he said, but he chose to ignore it.

“Well, you stay here and cheer her on.”

He untangled Miki’s hand from his collar and headed toward Chika.

“Oh, Sōma-san, I found it! There it is!”

Chika hopped around excitedly and pointed to the crane game case where a large cat plushie was sitting.

“Wow… It’s even bigger than I thought.”

It was about the size of a small pillow and had quite a presence.

“Is it difficult?”

Of course, it was natural that larger items would be harder to win than smaller ones.

“I’ll do my best!”

Chika pumped herself up while taking out her wallet.

“By the way, how much is your budget?”

“It’s a thousand yen!”

She showed a 1000-yen bill.

“Ten tries, huh? That’s tough for a beginner.”

Chika seemed to be aware of that and made a slightly disappointed face.

“I don’t have much allowance left for this month.”

“If you do well, you might get it.”

There are various types of crane games these days.

There are ones where you have to drop a ping pong ball into a hole on a plate, ones where you have to strategically drop a prize between two bridges, ones where you have to hook and pick up hanging prizes with a hook, and so on.

The variety is rich.