I Was Reincarnated As the Hated Scummy Best Friend in a Gal Game and the Protagonist Is Useless

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13, The beginning of a depressive scenario

“Ah, …uhm!? Please be my friend!”

“Eh…?”

“Sasaki-san, you’re super cute!”

When I witnessed this scene in the classroom, I felt a strong sense of urgency.

Isn’t this the episode where Eternity-chan gets knocked down to rock bottom!?

No, this isn’t the right way, Eien-chan will only become unhappy!

Indeed, this world must be described as the “Breaking the Chains of Sorrow” series.

Eien-chan became friends with Emi after she spoke to her.

During her middle school days, Eien-chan was dealing with family issues and confided her troubles to Emi, whom she trusted as a friend.

However, as expected, Emi was a slave to Hideri.

Emi thoroughly exposed all of Eien-chan’s information, leaking everything to Hideri.

The protagonist, Takeru, is so incompetent that he couldn’t even sense the signs of danger Eien-chan was in, and he entered Eien-chan’s route without knowing what had happened between Hideri, Emi, and Eien-chan.

Although Eien-chan has nothing to do with Takeru’s grudge, he uses a gift on Eien-chan’s family of three for a ridiculous reason like “because it’s interesting.”

For Eien-chan, the gift is to [kill her father with a knife the moment he slaps her cheek twice].

For her father, the gift is to [hand over the key confiscated from Eien to Hideri and to slap Eien’s cheek twice if she comes home past curfew].

For her mother, the gift is to [wait in the living room all day when Eien is late for curfew and, after Eien kills her father, to take responsibility for the crime and hang herself].

Hideri creates a Pythagorean switch with the Miyamura family’s gifts, starting a depressing scenario to destroy the cage (family) that binds Eien-chan.

The story continues with such a hopeless development that among the fans, the scenario involving Hideri and Emi accumulates hate as the scum scenario.

And then, [the past where she killed her father] and [the evil deeds of Hideri and Emi] are made to be forgotten.

Suddenly, her mother commits suicide with her father, leaving Eien-chan utterly alone and transforming into a top student character with a broken heart.

In the original artwork, she is introduced as a pained heroine with dead eyes, lacking the highlights that signify life.

Knowing this, one can infer that the current Eien-chan, who still shows us her lovely smile, is before her unfortunate transformation.

Moreover, Eien-chan remains a character with dead eyes in all routes except her own and the harem route.

That’s why Eien-chan, with her sparkling eyes and smile, is a popular character whose gentleman users never cease to follow, wanting to protect her smile.

She’s a character with a destructive charm that incites a gap moe.

But, that’s irrelevant for now.

The problem is Emi.

In the original, she would say something like, “Wow, I’m so happy! Please don’t call me Mr. Sasaki, call me by my first name!” in a very fulfilled way.

Please stop, Emi.

Respond properly!

“Wow, I’m so happy!”

Emi says this with a smile directed at Eien-chan.

Perhaps, just the interference from me and Tsugaru isn’t enough to avoid the original scenario…?

“…I’m happy, but I wonder if it’s okay to take this hand.”

“Eh…?”

Huh…?

Emi’s reaction is different from the original work…?

Is it branching out?

Is it changing to a route that wasn’t in the original work…?

“No, it’s not that I dislike you, Miyamura-san… It’s just that, if I take this hand, I fear I might deeply regret it… Is it déjà vu? I’m worried I might hurt you, Miyamura-san…”

“…Why do I feel the same? What’s happening to me…? I feel like I know this scene…”

Is the original work influencing something…?

Years ago, Emi had a moment where she seemed to predict her own end on the Risa route.

Maybe that’s happening again.

I want to help.

Both Emi and Eien-chan.

Without falling prey to the vile and despicable villainous best friend, to avoid the mad route of the original work with everyone.

“It’s going to be okay!”

“Hideyori-kun…”

“It’s okay… I won’t let it happen. I won’t let Emi hurt anyone! I won’t let Miyamura-san become unhappy. It’s going to be okay. Emi, please take Miyamura-san’s hand with confidence.”

“Yes!! I understand!”

Emi turns with a resolved face.

“Let’s be friends, Miyamura-san!”

“Sasaki-san…, Akechi-san… Yes! Please take care of me!”

It’s okay, there must be a solution to Miyamura-san’s birdcage problem somewhere.

For now, we need to check how much of Eien-chan in the original work is the same.

I recall the content of the original work.

She must have been the one who moved in when she became a middle schooler or something like that.

“Miyamura-san, which elementary school did you come from?”

“Ah, I moved here from quite a far place this spring… You probably won’t recognize the name…”

It’s okay, it hasn’t changed from the original work at all.

It’s the scene where she hated being alone in middle school and wanted to change, so she reached out to Emi.

It’s still just the beginning.

There’s still plenty of room to modify the development.

“I see. That must be tough… I understand how you feel, having no friends right after moving…”

“Does Sasaki-san have such an experience too?”

“Yeah. I also moved to this town before starting elementary school.”

Now that I think about it, that did happen…

Before I remembered my past life, when I was still being abused by my uncle, I never cared about who lived next door.

I hardly remember what kind of life I led before I started recalling my past life.

“But Hideyoshi-kun, everyone around you is so nice, I’m sure Miyamura-san will fit in quickly.”

“Do you think so…? I’m not good at talking to people, though.”

“I’m not good at it either.”

Emi and Eien-chan are giggling with each other.

…Is this the flow where I introduce Eien-chan to my acquaintances…?

From noble mtl dot come

Introducing those eccentrics to Eien-chan…?

I’m anxious whether it’s okay to expose her to such an eyesore.