"Good morning"

Asuka was greeted by Usato's usual cold voice as the first thing in the morning. He wasn't talking as much as yesterday as he just stood there, observing her with an unreadable expression.

"I wanna go to the bathroom"

"Sure"

To her surprise he unchained her and pointed towards a simple door which she assumed as the bathroom.

When she entered , she spotted her towel, comb and even the shampoo she uses regularly which is supposed to be in her dormitory. It made her cringe a lot, nonetheless she just brushed it off.

'Yeah, since he easily kidnapped me, then entering my room won't be a problem. No need to panick'

"System"

Putting her thoughts aside, she called out the thing that is supposed to accompany her from the day she came to this world until the day she leaves. Though she used to wish for the screen to just disappear from her vision, it was necessary since the game is still continuing.

However contrary to her expectations, the so called 'system' has really disappeared, leaving her all alone without any guide in this crazy world. She can't buy items, get side missions or track her points anymore. Hell, she doesn't even know if she reached the bad ending or not.

With a sigh, she first decided to take a nice shower. Of course only after double-checking if there's any surveillance cameras or not, can she enjoy her privacy.

When she went back, Usato was still standing next to her bed, looking through the window, deep in thought.

"Are you done?"

"Yeah"

"Then come here and put these on"

She sighed at the sight of the long chains. Certainly being chained wasn't such a nice experience.

"Can't I just stay like this? Since I don't know where I am, it's futile even if I try to escape right?"

'I'll try to escape anyway. Let's wait until the system started responding. Katsuragi might be able to save me'

It hurts her pride to rely on one of the yanderes that might mostly try to lock her up just like the others but at least Katsuragi won't hurt her and actually cares aboit her feelings even if it's a little bit.

"That.. Is that painful?"

He suddenly asked, pointing towards her right hand.

Yesterday due to anger he tugged it rather harshly which left a small bruise. It wasn't much but Usato was staring at it as if her hand was cut off.

"It doest hurt"

"I'm sorry"

"You don't have to apologize. It's not like the bruise will heal suddenly with your apology anyway"

Asuka was afraid but still angry. That's probably why she was able to make an eye contact with his trembling eyes that looked ready to cry.

Before she could even understand why he was like this, the boy rushed and hugged her tightly, his tall fugure slightly bowing down to reach her height.

"What are you-..."

"I'm sorry" he whispered, his voice slightly shaking.

'No way, is he crying?'

Feeling the droplets of tears on her neck, Asuka could only imagine his expression. The boy continued to whisper in her ear, a pain evident in his voice.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Asuka-san. I... I don't understand what's wrong with me. It feels as if you're my air, water and anything necessary for living. I can't live without you even for a minute. But seeing you like this is painful too. Please make it stop... Ever since I met that guy I'm not acting like myself anymore Asuka-san. Please help me.. make it stop"

It wasn't hard to understand his condition despite his mumblings. He sounded desperate, tired and guilty. The same person from yesterday was gone.

It was the usual, old Usato Saito she knows of.

"Who is 'that guy' you're talking about? Is it Riku? Or Kazuma?"

Without the system it was hard to tell at what point Usato is right now. However Asuka was pretty sure his route can be cleared if he keeps his sanity, like right now.

"I don't know. He was covering his face. He told me that you're in danger and it's my purpose to keep you safe"

As if remembering something bad, he suddenly pushed himself apart from her, his tear stained eyes is now staring down at her coldly as if his personality was switched.

"Come here"

Her wrist was gripped by his hand as he harshly dragged her towards the bed.

"Usato, let go! You're hurting me!"

Asuka's only hope was taken away as soon as he started to chain her, making sure it was locked safely. She was now back on sitting there like a pet dog, fearing what this crazy guy might do to her afterwards.

"I'm sorry, Asuka-san. Please bear with it until I get rid of the danger."

She heard click on the door. Soon the room was filled with silence. His sudden change in personality scared her and on top of that the room felt suffocating. In hope of seeing the green screen again, she helplessly asked.

"System, are you there?"

Ding!

Unexpectedly it appeared after making the familiar bell noise. However the contents of the screen was rather disappointing.

*******

Crash!

"How can a person disappear without a trace? Are you telling me he flew overseas within only two hours?! Go and search! Don't come back until you track their whereabouts!!"

The young butler hurriedly left after almost getting his head cracked by Katsuragi. In the middle of his messy room, Katsuragi was sitting on a chair absentmindedly, trying to come up with a way to find his beloved one.

He identified the one who kidnapped Asuka to be her classmate named Usato Saito. Unfortunately he had no access to his personal information.

Thus he called the first person that came into his mind.

"My my.. how careless of you, Katsuragi-san. I thought if it's you, you might be able to take care of her"

As much as it was sickening to hear the girl's disgusting voice and mocking remarks, he hold himself back from crushing his phone.

"How did you know she is missing?"

On the other side of the phone, Katsuragi heard Sakura's chuckle.

"Ah, I actually guessed. After all you won't call me for no reason right? Now that I've confirmed Yoshino is truly missing, I'm willing to help you out, only under one condition"

"What is it?"

"If we get her then please share her with me. I can stand being separated from her anymore than this"