You Will Regret This Ichinose! [196]

"Ahhh—!!"

Uesugi Gen lay sprawled on the floor of his room, clutching his head, writhing like a dying fish, rolling around, banging his head against the wall, and wailing in agony.

The small room could no longer contain the sheer magnitude of Uesugi Gen's despair.

"Ahhh—gah..."

His screams came to an abrupt halt. He realized there might still be hope.

Wait! Calm down, Uesugi Gen. Every problem has a solution—maybe he just hadn’t found the right angle yet.

First, he needed to sort through everything carefully. There was a chance he had overlooked something important.

Date time: Christmas Eve.

Date locations: The dormitory and Keyaki Mall.

Arisu and Ms. Co-conspirator would be shopping and watching a movie at Keyaki Mall.

Honami and Suzune would be having dinner together in a room.

Masumi would be playing video games with him as planned.

So...

"Ahhh—!!"

Another sharp, ear-splitting wail echoed through the tiny room.

What the hell—am I supposed to clone myself or teleport?! They’re not idiots. The moment they realize I’ve disappeared, they’ll definitely call me right away.

Ignoring the calls? Not an option. Going AWOL at that time of night, refusing to answer, and then getting caught on a date with another girl? The next day, I’d be found with eighteen stab wounds in my back, and the police would probably rule it as a suicide.

Unless...

He could learn from the mistakes of those who came before him—bring them all to the same place, use some clever tricks to keep them apart, and somehow juggle multiple dates at once?

Uesugi Gen pondered this for a whole second before immediately rejecting the idea.

The reason was simple—

He let out a cold laugh, utterly dismissing the thought.

Without exception, every senior who had attempted this approach met a gruesome and bloody end.

It was a simple truth. At the end of the day, this school had fewer than 500 students, and no matter how big Keyaki Mall was, it wasn’t vast enough to prevent unwanted encounters.

His predecessors had all fallen into this trap—hard evidence laid out before him. There was no way he’d be foolish enough to repeat their mistakes.

If that plan was out...

Uesugi Gen closed his eyes, continuing to think.

In his mind, the tragic figures of his predecessors—cut down by kitchen knives—flashed before him one by one. Their cries of pain and pleas for mercy echoed in his ears.

The spirits of those slain by kitchen knives now reside within me...

The flickering visions of countless Christmas dates played out before his eyes like a revolving lantern. A dramatic, inexplicably rousing BGM swelled in the background—

At that moment, it felt as if the wisdom of his fallen predecessors from the afterlife had been bestowed upon him.

After a long pause—

Uesugi Gen slowly opened his eyes. His gaze pierced through the gentle snowfall outside, like a ray of light breaking through the heavy clouds.

Senpai… I have received your enlightenment.

On that day, I, Uesugi Gen, shall not fall to the kitchen knife! The curse of Christmas… I will break it!!

By conventional logic, it was absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to go on five separate dates within such a short time frame.

If a date with one girl lasted about an hour—excluding travel time—he would still need at least five hours in total.

More importantly, the time slots for his dates overlapped significantly, meaning there was no way he could be in multiple places at once.

Under these circumstances, most of his predecessors had chosen to gather all their dates in the same location and strategically overlap their interactions, using shared time to squeeze in multiple rendezvous.

The strategy was to reduce the spatial distance between the girls, thereby compressing the time required.

But Uesugi Gen was different.

He would do the exact opposite.

Stepping onto the balcony, he let the drifting snowflakes kiss his skin. Clenching his fist, he confidently declared—

"...I will extend this Christmas!"

It sounded utterly absurd.

Indeed, in most places, this plan would be impossible.

But in Advanced Nurturing High School, it was a different story.

The school was built on an artificial island, connected to the outside world by only one road.

That meant, unless someone actively checked the internet for external updates, students were completely cut off from reality.

So... if he could tamper with their access to information, they would lose their concept of time on Christmas Eve—unless someone reminded them.

And conveniently enough, he had just the skills to pull this off. It wouldn’t even take much effort.

In Tokyo during December, the sky went completely dark by around 6 PM.

From 6 PM to midnight, he had six hours.

Six hours. Five dates.

It would be tight, but not impossible.

The only real issue was the peak Christmas Eve dating hours—from 8 PM to 10 PM. That was when scheduling conflicts were inevitable.

At that point, he would have to carefully stagger their overlapping time slots.

And if that still wasn’t enough...

Uesugi Gen pulled out his phone, dialed a number, and spoke in a voice as fawning as a lowly servant—

"Hello, Chairman? It’s me again—Little Gen. Hey, hey, don’t hang up! Listen, I thought about what you said earlier, and I realized... you were absolutely right."

"So, to help the students relax after an exhausting semester, don’t you think the shops at Keyaki Mall should stay open two hours later on Christmas Eve?"

"...What? You’re asking if I just want extra time to date Arisu? Cough, cough—of course not!"

"Anyway, just let the mall know to close later. If necessary, I’ll pay for it myself."

"Alright, thanks! Bye!"

With this extra layer of insurance, he could push back Keyaki Mall’s closing time by two hours.

That would give him enough room to carefully plan out his dates. As long as he could subtly manipulate their perception of time—moving one date twenty minutes forward, shifting another twenty minutes back, squeezing things here and there—he could absolutely avoid any catastrophic kitchen knife encounters.

Yes!

With that thought, Uesugi Gen nodded in satisfaction.

Turning back into his room, he grabbed the brown coat hanging by the door, switched shoes, and stepped outside.

As he strode down the hallway, he slipped on his coat.

Student Council President, Uesugi Gen—has arrived!!

To ensure that his grand plan remained flawless, he needed to coordinate with his many close friends and trusted confidants at Keyaki Mall in advance.

For example, removing anything in the stores that displayed the time.

Or delaying the start time of the movie they were supposed to watch by thirty minutes.

One way or another, he would make full use of his limitless power as Student Council President!!

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T/N: in before everything goes horribly wrong

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