A Twisted Introvert loner Like Me, Mentally Wrecked One-Sidedly due to Love, Throws Away the Love Letter Sent by the foremost School's Beauty, Leading to an Unwanted Romantic Comedy - v2 Chapter 26: The decision of Ryogoku 2

Chapter 26: The decision of Ryogoku 2

Even if Katase publicly states that she isn’t interested in dating anyone, it doesn’t guarantee that Tachibana’s feelings will be reciprocated.

This will remove the reason for Tachibana’s hostility towards Katase, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the bullying will completely stop.

Therefore, I need to pair up Tachibana and Ryogoku to get closer to resolving the issue.

Some might question why I didn’t just start with that plan from the beginning, but the fake confession between Katase and me serves an important purpose.

When Katase rejects me, she will indirectly be rejecting Ryogoku as well, which will be valuable information for Tachibana. However, there’s a risk that Tachibana might still get angry.

She might think, “How dare she reject someone who has feelings for her, especially someone I like.” Knowing Tachibana, it’s not impossible.

But what if it turns out that Ryogoku actually likes her?

This would give Tachibana a stronger sense of satisfaction than just pairing her up with Ryogoku straight away.

It would fill her heart with sweet nectar-like satisfaction. If she still doesn’t stop after all that, then there’s really nothing much I have in my hand left to do…. But, for that, we’ll have to wait and see how it turns out.

There’s another advantage: it strengthens my negotiation with Ryogoku.

I’m someone who doesn’t even like Katase but will swallow my pride and confess to her in public only to be spectacularly rejected. Then, what about you, Ryogoku? Are you willing to take the same path? Or back away cowardly? In short, it’s something like that.

You can’t involve others without making sacrifices yourself. It’s something that tests Ryogoku’s goodwill to the extremes. Well, it’s more of a threat than an appeal for him though.

It’s a despicable tactic, but it’s far more effective than acting without a plan. He can hate or hold a grudge against me for all he wants—I don’t care, rather he will hold a grudge for sure. But, for now, I’m counting on him to eventually agree.

“……”

Ryogoku remained bent over, staring intently at the ground. Was the sunlight too bright, or was he angry with me?

Well, it’s without a doubt the latter, but it doesn’t change what I need to do.

“I will not be forcing you. Even if you refuse, I’m still going through with my own duty.”

“Duty? Do you mean you’re going to do something yourself as well?”

I told Ryogoku as he casted a suspicious glance at me.

The plan to sacrifice myself and my intention behind it. Naturally, I left out the part about using him as a bargaining chip alongside.