I opened a black shop in Zongman

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"When Mai Sakurajima becomes the kanban girl, I can fully start my own plan to harvest lifespan."

Once again sacrificing his own lifespan, Tatsumi succeeded in making that magazine no longer exist in Mai Sakurajima's world.

Now he is the only one who still has the only swimsuit photo magazine of Mai Sakurajima.

The transaction has not been completely successful yet, so he has no way to ask the girl to work for him.

When Miss Mai's matter is completely resolved tomorrow, she must come here to work.

Thinking that there will be a beautiful girl to accompany him in this eerie store in the future, Tatsumi feels happy.

"However, I always feel like I'm missing something..."

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the next day.

"Is Mai Sakurajima here?"

Tatsumi couldn't see Mai Sakurajima in school.

Where has she gone?

Without the presence of the real master, no matter what he does, I am afraid that he will not be able to completely solve the problems on the opponent.

"Could it be that I can't even see her?"

No, it's not possible...

And I also know the name Sakurajima Mai.

Unable to meet Mai Sakurajima at school, Tatsumi had no choice but to run to the vicinity of the other party's house.

Ding……

Ring the doorbell.

To Tatsumi's surprise, the door was opened.

Mai Sakurajima...Mai Sakurajima, with disheveled hair and pink pajamas, walked out just like that.

"Sorry, I want to be alone today, tomorrow, tomorrow..."

It's not a good feeling to be treated as air by loved ones.

Sakurajima Mai didn't sleep all night yesterday, and she didn't want to go out today. She even thought about suicide at one point.

"I've already taken care of the swimsuit photoshoot for you."

Sure enough, I missed something...

Tatsumi didn't expect that there would be such a big difference in the girl's mental state in just one night.

"thanks……"

Although the long-standing brooding can finally be relieved today, the girl's face does not show much joy.

No love, no affection...

Mai Sakurajima couldn't find anything to fill this feeling of extreme emptiness in her heart.

Even her aspirations for an acting career were completely outmatched by the void she now faced.

Even if I return to normal, and I am no longer treated as air, it seems to be meaningless...

No one needs her except this pervert who runs a black shop.

That being the case...

"Can you tell me what happened?"

Somehow, today's Mai Sakurajima...

Tatsumi found that he actually saw his own shadow on the opponent.

The girl's face now is an expression that can only appear after being ruthlessly tortured by emptiness and loneliness...

Weary of the world, wanting to die, unable to get excited about anything, just want to close my eyes and escape from reality...

"I also want to make a deal with you. This time...it's a big deal, and you should like it."

Ignoring Tatsumi's question, the girl seemed to have lost her soul, talking to herself lifelessly.

"What deal?"

This guy's feeling... is completely different from yesterday.

Tatsumi didn't know what kind of blow the girl had received, but he continued to ask along the other side's words.

"I want family affection, and I also want to get my love back. As for the price..."

The girl raised her empty eyes, as if staring at the boy in front of her, but the pupils were not focused at all.

"I give you my body."

"Body?"

Tatsumi felt that the girl in front of him seemed to be broken.

Obviously, he was so guarded against himself and didn't trust himself before, but now he chooses to trade with his body so easily?

"Well, the body is all traded to you, it should...can be exchanged for what I want, right?"

"Okay, but have you really thought about it?"

Although it seems that the girl can be obtained easily at present, looking at the girl in front of him, Tatsumi suddenly realizes that he is not as happy as he imagined.

However, family affection?

correct!I forgot about this...

Only then did Tatsumi realize what he had missed.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, even though you are a pervert, you are still good-looking, and I won't be too opposed to giving your body to you, just use it as waste."

Obviously, the recycling of waste that the girl mentioned here refers to her own body.

"Okay, but I have to remind you that if you want to get back this price in the future, I'm afraid you have to pay your soul."

"Stop talking, don't you like it?"

The girl resignedly pulled the already loose neckline of her pajamas, revealing two white silhouettes inside.

Mai Sakurajima is indeed "broken".

More than ten years ago, when her parents divorced, she knew for the first time that her father didn't need her at all, and she was just a burden.

And after more than ten years, she finally understood that her mother only regarded her as a tool, and the last illusion of her mother in her heart disappeared last night.

Originally, according to the original plot, she still had the support of her lover, so she could barely survive, but now, after her love was taken away, she had no one to support her anymore.

After realizing that she was alone in this world, a desperate sense of emptiness overwhelmed her in an instant, followed by a mental breakdown.

"I see."

Tatsumi was finally convinced that the girl in front of him was somehow broken.

Just like myself.

So, although he got what he wanted, he didn't show any happy expression.

Will agree to trade with a girl in such a state, I am also... a broken thing.

Looking at the additional transaction pages on the account book, Tatsumi silently muttered to himself.

Chapter 17 No.17 Emptiness and Desire Dissatisfaction

It's just a paper man, why...

Why, make such an expression.

Until yesterday, Tatsumi still had a sense of unreality.

Mai Sakurajima, Rio Futaba, Kasumigaoka Shiwa...

They are just fantasy characters, NPCs, paper wives...

This kind of thought often ran into Tatsumi's mind.

Tatsumi has always felt that his time travel has a sense of unreality.

Until now...

Seeing Mai Sakurajima's empty eyes now, and the despair and emptiness emanating from her whole body.

Tatsumi felt the same way.

At the same time, he also deeply understood that the girl in front of him was not a paper figure, but a living girl who had the same human consciousness as him.

Therefore, even though he got the other party's body, he was not as happy as he imagined before.

Seeing the girl who showed the same expression as himself, Tatsumi only felt that the big hole that was missing in his heart was opened again.

Emptiness is contagious...

In particular, the emptiness and despair he faced had already been several times that of a girl.

"Returning the love to you, the family affection you want can only take effect after you have solved the problem of becoming 'transparent', so, cherish the remaining time."

Through the account book in his hand, Tatsumi fetched the girl's love from a distance.

The pink love heart flew into the girl's body like a flying butterfly.

"Oh……"

Feeling that somewhere in her heart was gradually being filled, Mai Sakurajima finally had such a gleam in her dull eyes.

thump……

It's the feeling of the heart beating.

After withdrawing her love, Mai Sakurajima found that as long as she looked at the boy in front of her, her heart would beat faster than usual.

strange love...

Not only that, after seeing a large snow-white neckline exposed under her pajamas, the girl also blushed and tidied up quickly.

"Also, remember to come to school tomorrow."

It seems that it has not continued to be "bad"...

Tatsumi found out that after regaining his love, the girl's eyes seemed to have regained a lot of color.

It seems that her emptiness is much more satisfying than her own.

And myself...

Even if I look at the girl in front of me, even if the other party has handed over her body to me, but...

Tatsumi still felt very empty.

The current Mai Sakurajima can't fill the void in my heart.

Although girls in pajamas are very attractive, Tatsumi just wants to be alone now.

"Where are you going?"

Mai Sakurajima saw the boy in front of him turn around and leave.

She quickly and subconsciously wanted to stop it.

Why... I'm already like this, yet he wants to leave me...

Maybe it's the illusion that just got love, maybe it's because of the emptiness in my heart that hasn't been filled yet.

Mai Sakurajima realized that what she was worried about at the first moment was that the other party would leave her side and go to the home of that classmate Futaba.

"My body...isn't it worth mentioning to you?"

With a blushing face and lowered her head, Sakurajima Mai fragilely pulled the sleeve on Tatsumi's wrist.

"No, it's just... Even if I hold you now, I will only feel more empty."

Somewhat unexpectedly, he glanced at his sleeve which was being held by the girl, but Tatsumi did not choose to look back.