Crossover Anime: I'm at Shuchiin Academy, and my surname is Uchiha.

I really read Chapter 111 to the fullest!

"My classmate made a new game called 'Girls' Romance Level,' so let me see how your romance levels are!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka's gaze swept over Yukinoshita, Chitanda, Fujiwara Chika, Hayasaka Ai, and Shinomiya Kaguya in turn.

"None of you have ever been in a relationship yet. It's more interesting for people like you to play visual novels~"

None of the five made a sound, but their expressions showed that Hiratsuka Shizuka was absolutely right.

"You're one too, right?"

Uchiha Ryo nodded. "Of course, just like Hiratsuka-sensei, I've been single since birth."

"..."

Not wanting to deal with this person, Hiratsuka Shizuka turned to the girls and smiled. "What a bunch of innocent girls! This game is perfect for you!"

The game was transferred to Yukino's laptop and then connected to the TV screen in the living room via screen mirroring.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Game! Start!"

Looking at the flickering screen, Uchiha Ryo wondered, "Speaking of which, what exactly is this 'love level' thing?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka held up a finger to explain.

"In this game's setting, your level of affection is a necessary condition for whether you can win over the male protagonist. If your level of affection is low, the male protagonist's affection for you will gradually decrease."

Uchiha Ryo coughed lightly, "Then I'll just watch you guys play. As for conquering the male lead, that's none of my business."

What can he do by playing this kind of female-oriented game? Is he going to try and woo Natsume, Shirogane Miyuki, and Ishigami?

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "How boring. You guys can play then. By the way, this game is currently a test version and hasn't been released yet, so there might be some issues with the game itself."

Upon arriving at the main interface, Hiratsuka Shizuka skillfully began the game.

"Let's play this custom male/female protagonist mode. The male protagonist's personality is randomized in this mode, so trying to speedrun by memorizing patterns won't work!"

Uchiha Ryo suddenly became interested. Although he didn't plan to play this game, since he already had plans to play games with Kasumigaoka and the others, he was quite interested in this kind of roguelike gameplay.

While the randomness of events increases the difficulty of the original game, it also greatly increases the replayability. Players will not lose interest in the game after completing it with all good endings once, because the second playthrough will be a completely randomized plot and choices, and the protagonist's personality will also change.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "In short, let's name our protagonist [Yukiko]."

Yukinoshita: "Hiratsuka-sensei, please change your name."

"Hey, I think it's great." Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't seem to have any intention of changing her name, and instead directly confirmed it.

Uchiha Ryo nodded. "Yukiko sounds nice. If it were called 'Nino'... cough cough, let's keep playing."

Hiratsuka Shizuka entered the next customization screen and, without saying a word, set the male protagonist's name to [Ryou].

Yukinoshita: "Hiratsuka-sensei..."

"Well, it's just for fun, okay! Everyone, come over here and get ready to make your first choice."

According to the random initial setup, Yukiko and Ryo are childhood friends who grew up together. On this day, you (Yukiko) are doing your weekend homework at home, while he is reading a comic book next to you.

Ling suddenly said, "This manga is so good! It's really great, Xuezi, why don't you read it too?"

You can tell from the cover that it's not your type, and since you haven't finished your homework yet, you decide:

Haika Hayasaka: "Why isn't there a pop-up option in the game?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka pointed to the keyboard. "That's right! That's the real beauty of a fully randomized visual novel. While it doesn't cover everything, some events can be answered by the player themselves."

That's a brilliant idea.

Uchiha Ryo: "Hiratsuka-sensei, to create a game that can react to any answer from the player, wouldn't you need a huge database and something like AI?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Hmm, you're quite knowledgeable. But that's why my junior was able to create a test version. If we don't have enough funding... we'll probably have to give up."

Uchiha Ryo seemed to be deep in thought. He now really wanted to buy the copyright of this game and develop it himself.

Since this gameplay style has never appeared in the current game market, it could become another uncharted and risky path for visual novel games. It all depends on how well the game development team executes it.

However, the sheer amount of randomness that creates such a huge demand on the storyline might really exhaust Kasumigaoka... Well, we'll just have to find a few more story writers then.

Fujiwara Chika: "I'll go first! I'm bored with Ling's manga, but it was his kind recommendation after all."

"Then let's take a look first, but I'll tell you the truth if it's boring."

Hiratsuka Shizuka typed in Fujiwara Chika's reply format.

[A very ordinary response, affection level +5]

Fujiwara Chika pouted, "That troublesome Ryo-san!"

Chitanda Eru shook her head. "Unfortunately, I think the same thing as Fujiwara-san."

Hayasaka Ai stepped forward. "Next, it's my turn. As long as it's recommended by Ling, I'll watch it with him no matter how boring it is."

[Such a gentle response, affection level +12]

Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded. "Hmm, Hayasaka-san is quite nice, but being too gentle isn't good either. You see, your stress level has increased. If the stress level is full... the protagonist will die. By the way, there are quite a few events in the game where you will die if you make the wrong choice."

Hayasaka Ai: "???"

This is supposed to be a casual strategy game, so why are there these things?

Hiratsuka Shizuka turned to Yukinoshita and Shinomiya, "Which of you two wants to go first?"

Yukino thought for a moment, "Since I don't like this manga, I'll just tell him directly and recommend a manga I like to him. Since it's a strategy game, problems are bound to arise sooner or later if the two of us have different tastes."

"Oh...that's a very rational answer, as expected of Yukinoshita. But..."

[The male lead is very disappointed; his affection level decreases by 3.]

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the male protagonist on the screen with dissatisfaction, "This Ling is really something. If you can be disappointed just by not reading his manga, then this kind of person will definitely not achieve anything great."

Uchiha Ryo: "Please don't include the character 'Ryo' when you're criticizing the game's male protagonist, thank you."

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "And Shinomiya's answer?"

Kaguya Shinomiya stared intently at the screen. "Recommending manga to me that I don't even like? I have no interest in that kind of thing... But since he's recommending it so sincerely, I'll just take a look."

[Such a tsundere response, affection level +6]

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Hmm, I didn't expect the ice queen Kaguya to have this side to her. But her tsundere nature has already faded away."

Finally, everyone's attention turned to Uchiha Rin.

"What? I want to participate too?! Hey, this is a game for winning over boys."

Fujiwara Chika chuckled. "But I've heard that only boys truly understand boys. What are you going to do?"

Uchiha Ryo fell into deep thought. Increasing his affection level, huh!

Tell him, "Forget about comics, let's go on a date later."

My opening move was a direct confession (with super armor) and a charge in, followed by a straight punch to see if he dared to take it! Wow~ my affection level is really maxed out!