Is it too late to jump out of the window and escape?

When Hayasaka pressed the doorbell, the one who opened the door was not the homeowner, but Nino.

"Are you Hayasaka-senpai? Nice to meet you. Come on in. Make yourself at home!"

"Mhm..."

Wearing trendy and youthful casual clothes, Hayasaka's face was full of confusion.

She was pulled into the living room by the cheerful Nino and immediately welcomed by the other girls. There were pairs of bowls and chopsticks next to the hot pot.

Hayasaka wanted to ask Shinichi to clarify the current situation, but it turned outshe was sidelined from the crowd. Not to mention the host's dignity, he didn't even have a bowl and chopsticks.

Everyone seemed to not want her to go to Shinichi, so they crowded around her, bombarding her with questions, like when she met the guy and if she had done anything excessive...

Bored of dealing with it, Hayasaka gradually forgot about Shinichi's existence.

This was just the beginning, next...

"Excuse me. Itsuki-san, why did you suddenly call me here..."

"Kirisu-sensei, don't worry about trivial matters like that, come and eat hot pot together!"

"Wait, there are too many people... Why are you still wearing a scarf indoors? Aren't you feeling hot?"

"It's just that I've been feeling cold lately! Come in quickly, there's a lot we want to tell you..."

"Isn't this Asada-kun's house? Why is he..."

"Don't worry about trivial things like that!"

The underestimated Shinichi could only stare blankly at Mafuyu's confused gaze, then look at her and Hayasaka sitting side by side, both looking at each other not knowing what to do.

Next, whether it was coincidence or bad arrangement by the God of Fate, Kei came and rang the doorbell.

"Sorry, I asked for a lot of help from Asada-senpai yesterday. I wanted to send over some additional dishes..."

This time, Fumino, who had met her several times before, opened the door.

Fumino whispered to Kei in front of the door, as if affirming something. When Kei gradually blushed, hesitated, and nodded, she led the silver-haired girl into the living room while looking at Shinichi coldly.

As if she was seeing a lecherous high school student trying to attack a young girl.

Gradually, the atmosphere around the hot pot became livelier. Only in the corner where Shinichi stood, a cold aura came, and the temperature was very low.

So far, there were already ten women sitting in Shinichi's living room, and all of them had close relationships with him.

It was more uncomfortable than he had imagined.

Now Shinichi could only pray that Chika wouldn't come to him by chance.

If not, when Chaos Evil came and joined a group of girls who had malicious intentions towards him, what was originally just "boiling water" might turn into a scene of purification fire where Akainu launched volcanic meteor here.

Shinichi's survival instinct warned him to try his best not to become like that, or find a chance to escape from here.

Not that he didn't want to face it like a man, but Shinichi believed that his absence would make the girls more harmonious, so he had the idea of escaping.

"...Well, there's no way out, so it shouldn't be too sad, right?"

Shinichi chuckled and wanted to deliberately raise the FLAG and use this method to influence Morphy's law to avoid disaster.

He was sure that Chika would definitely come, but everything would develop in the opposite direction. Even if not, he could convince himself that this was the consequence of setting the FLAG, and thus calmly accept the reality that the whole world incarnated him.

But after waiting for a long time, the doorbell never rang.

Shinichi looked happy: Was his anti-FLAG successful?

As this idea came to his mind, his phone suddenly rang, and the LINE call interface appeared on the screen.

Shinichi didn't dare to answer, but his whole body froze.

Because the caller's name was Fujiwara Chika.

It was also because the ringtone of the incoming call spread throughout the living room, causing the ten women to turn and stare at Shinichi holding his phone and not daring to move without permission.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

Shinichi used his acting skills, smiled apologetically to them, and prepared to end this inappropriate call.

"Shi-kun, please answer."

"But before you answer, can we see who the caller is?"

Fumino tilted her head while smiling, "If it's business, you can go out and make a call now."

"If it's a personal matter, would you let us listen together? If you object, just forget it. I won't force you."

Just as you never forced us to accept the harem ending, we won't force you to tell us in detail who you're talking to on the phone.

They didn't say it explicitly, but Shinichi could read this meaning from their eyes.

The ringtone rang several times. Under their gaze, Shinichi sweated on his forehead, and his fingers trembled slightly on the screen. Finally, he made a decision, pressed the call button, and put the phone on speaker.

He didn't tell them who the caller was, because most people here could guess her identity just by listening to her voice.

"Hello, Chika-senpai?"

"Asada-kun?" I heard you're living alone~ Because I'm busy causing trouble in the gaming industry, I always forget to visit you. Do you have any free time today?"

"Well..."

"Whether you have free time or not, I've brought some super delicious snacks for you to come over~ Hehehe, get ready for the arrival of Chika-sama."

"Senpai, please don't rush, listen to me..."

"Ah, I already know your address! Even though GO○GLE navigation is often unreliable, relying on my super intuition, even without a map, I can find your location by following the bond between me and Asada-kun!"

For some reason, as she said these words confidently, the atmosphere around Shinichi dropped.

He decided to stop his joy.

"Senpai, I'm busy now..."

"I'm very free now. Let Fujiwara-senpai join us at the hot pot party." Guest said warmly and friendly.

"...I'm very free now. I'll wait for you at home."

Shinichi put down the phone that ended the call and looked out the window with eyes as calm as a lake.

...Is it too late to jump out of the window and escape now?