Yesterday I got a Branching Point. Today I got a Branching Point.

Am I just going to get Branching Points everyday now?! Aren't these kinds of things supposed to be rare! I remember playing a dating sim that only put 3 in there and all 3 of them were so far apart that I almost forgot the first one by the time the second one came!

I let out a long sigh then looks at the ceiling, "That game wasn't even good…" I walk out of the… Curtain area… Damn what is the name of this… Then turn to look at Isshiki about to go inside the one next to mine.

…Iroha Isshiki… Out of all the other Main Heroines, she is the only one I don't know about. Sensei – maybe I should call her by her name instead of Sensei – Yukinoshita, and the other 3 in my classroom.

Which… Is weird that most of the Main Heroines are in my class. But I guess it's to make interaction easier for me… Though in that case, how come Yukinoshita? She's in 2-J – oh right. I forgot that we are in a club together.

…Feels like my memory is worse than before… Yet at the same time, better… Really strange…

Anyway, I know all 5 of them, even though we had never talked to each other before, due to rumors, passing them by, and one of them is my teacher. But Isshiki? Nothing.

So I don't know how to handle her.

With the others, I could use the rumors and other stuff as a guideline on how to deal with them but in this case, I got nothing to rely on. Except for my vast knowledge on LN plot, eroge, and dating sims.

"…Though it's only a recent addition since I was too busy to bother…" I let out a small chuckle as memories of me finally being able to rest and relax surface in my mind…

"…Haha, the times me and Komachi trying to figure out what to do for fun… Since we were too busy with trying to keep going…" Her handling all of the house chores while I was out working part-time jobs… Them leaving us to fend for ourselves… Neighbors acting like we were the plague… Society condemning us because of them… And Orimo -

"…Yeah. That's enough."

I ruthlessly squash my memories back into its prison then head back to inside my tent to analyze which option will lead me to the true ending.

Let's see… If I were to pick option A then… I would most certainly be on my way to the bad ending. This is based on the facts that the system wants me to conquer them and I don't see how sleeping would get me closer to conquering her.

Unless she is the type of person that likes watching other people sleeping.

…I don't know what to feel about a Main Heroine having that hobby…

Option B… Ok. As a consequence of choosing this last time, I let out perverted words. And having to quickly do damage mitigation so that Kawasaki doesn't kill me.

Fun times.

And I am betting that it will be the same here. The only difference between them?

I have another person here other than me and the Heroine.

Which means that other people will hear me saying those perverted words. Then that person will spread it to another person, then to another, then to another, just like what happened to my neighbors and them.

…Oi system, make yourself useful for once and get rid of her! Or maybe don't make her able to hear me at least!

I look around, waiting to see if the system would respond, yet nothing. I let out a sigh then slowly raise my finger to tap on the bottom box yet I stop. Why?

It's because the nurse is gone.

Before I could comprehend the fact that the nurse is gone, a blue box appears under the option ones.

"Unrelated NPC has been removed due to the user's request."

"…Hey system? I was joking about that; I wasn't really serious on getting rid of her!"

No new box appears, prompting me to grind my teeth as guilt floods inside of me at the fact that I got an innocent vaporized… Wait.

"…NPC?" I barely let out that word as dread slowly consumes me when I fully comprehend it then a new horrifying thought barges in like a wrecking ball, "Are… Are you saying that everybody except for us… Are NPCs…?"

"Yes."

I feel like vomiting as I read the answer that the system gave with my head spinning even more. I clench my hands and grit my teeth as I slowly ask another question… This one even more important -

No the most important question. Even though most of my mind is screaming at me to not confirm it but I just push through them like before since this concerns Komachi.

"Does… Does… Does that… Include… Komachi…?" Please say no. Please, I'm begging you! I-I can't, just no! Anybody but her!

JUST MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE NPC EXCEPT FOR HER! I DON'T WANT HER TO BE IN HERE!

"Yes."

"But NPC Komachi has potential to be a Secret Main Heroine - adding an additional difficulty to the user but with more rewards. Will be protected by system."

"…You want me… To conquer… Her?" I quietly whisper out with venom and anger coating my words while ignoring the latter half. Komachi? Being reduced to an object to be conquered like the others?

Over my dead body.

"Yes but only if user agrees to turn on incest." Underneath that box are "Yes" and "No" boxes.

"…I WILL FUCKING KILL ALL OF YOU!" I punch the box, yet it only goes through it. I fall down to my knees due to my legs giving out as disgust and loathing fill me.

I scream into the frozen world. And scream. And scream.

I just scream as the memories of the past few days flashes by in my eyes, which only act as fuel for me to keep screaming. Even though my throat hurts, even though my body is becoming cold, even though my vision clouds –

I just…

Scream.

*KLLKLLKLL*

A/N

Welp, who said that they wanted their life to be a dating sim? Collecting girls or/and boys like candy, having a happy ending with a few bad ends sprinkled in there, a few commands that help you as quest in life...

Yeah. Do you want to have this system? 8man will happily give it to you if he can.

Man, I am more used to writing grim stuff than fluff. My "Final Dawn" fic can attest to that lol. Also... I'm letting you, the readers, decide whether 8man press yes or no here. Just for fun.

I'm handing all of you a piece of a hammer that will combine into a hammer. Decide to say yes, give your piece to combine, or say no, to keep your piece. I got plans for both yes and no route so I'm fine either way. If no one votes or its a tie then I'll just do a coin flip. Oh yeah, this is to FF, Wattpad, and AO3.

Anyway on to the comments!

Sebas602 - lol, yep

LanceSennin - he already lost his minds a few times by this point lol

CMY1877 - lmao, man, your reviews are entertaining lol. Also, interesting, 8man as Courier... Might do that someday

Cyyan - eh, if you think nothing happened for the past chapters... Then I don't know what to say to you. But your latter part? I can. I have already introduced 6 out of the 7 Main Heroines with a few Optional Heroines here and there, progress is there, no matter how little, since this 8man got more trauma than his canon counterpart that prevents him from really interacting with people

Alice Fairchild - np. Also yeah, pacing is slow but that's to be expected with a 1k word per chapter. Also here's another horror for you lol. And np but can't do much about my health now