Chapter 2065 - Should I Join Or Not? 2
Shiroyuki didn't say anything and only stood by Haru's side in silence.
However, Izayoi and Jin opened their eyes wide when they heard Haru's words since they didn't expect this situation at all.
"Wh - What?!" Jin was dumbfounded. "Wh - why? Why can't you stay, Kasugano-san?"
"What are you surprised about? Even though Kuro Usagi was the one that invited me here, it didn't mean that I had an obligation to help this community. Also, unlike you, I also don't have such a deep feeling toward this community," Haru said calmly.
"I...." Jin couldn't say anything since he knew what Haru had said was right. It was Haru's free choice whether Haru wanted to leave or join this community, and he didn't have a right to stop him nor he had the power to do so.
Looking at Jin, who got depressed, Haru could only shake his head at this little girl. He knew that the reason why this community was still alive until now was all thanks to Kuro Usagi. As for Jin, the little guy in front of him, this guy was only an extra, and it was because there were no children that were older than him that Jin had become the leader of this "no-name" community.
"Jin Russel looks at me," Haru said.
"Ah!" Jin, who lowered his head, raised his head subconsciously and looked at Haru. Staring into his eyes, he could feel how small his existence was and how he was just pebbling on the street.
"Look, I know that you're just a 12-year-old boy. In my world, you should study or play around, but right now, the situation forces you to shoulder the lives of 120 children plus Kuro Usagi. I'm not sure whether you're forced or you want to become a leader of this community on your own, but right now, I want to know what your plan is with this community?" Haru asked.
"My - my plan?" Jin was a bit overwhelmed, but at the same time, when he heard Haru's words, he also realized how much weight that he needed to shoulder at this moment. He was just a 12-year-old boy, what could someone expect from him?
If Kuro Usagi wasn't in this place, then this community had already been destroyed and if Kuro Usagi didn't have a restriction, then she should be the leader of this community, not Jin, who was just a little boy.
Looking at Jin, Haru felt that this little boy also had the power to become a harem protagonist, especially when Jin was so helpless and so powerless. After all, the setting of the harem protagonist had always been a weak man who had a lot of girls to make a good impression on him because they were either a childhood friend, an incident or some inexplicable reason.
Unlike Izayoi, who didn't care much about this matter and could even serve as a goon of someone since this guy wasn't even a leader choice.
If Haru had to say then Izayoi was simply a nuclear weapon, and it was normal for Izayoi to be hard to control.
However, Izayoi's role was much better than Jin's since Izayoi had power, but Jin, this guy didn't even have power, was incompetent, and his mind was childish.
How could Haru accept such a person to become his leader? Don't be kidding around!
"Yes, what do you want to do? Do you want to dominate the Little Garden? Defeating the Demon Lord?" Haru asked with a smile.
"Wh - What?!" Jin was dumbfounded and scared when he heard Haru's words.
However, Izayoi laughed and felt that Haru was more fun.
"Or do you want to hide like this and silently build a power and resource by using all of us as thugs to win all the Gift Game?" Haru asked with a smile.
"................"
Shiroyuki had never said anything from the beginning to the end, but she felt quite complicated since Jin, such a small child, could devise such a vile plan whether it was subconsciously or deliberately.
Izayoi also frowned while looking at Jin.
Shiroyuki and Izayoi had never had such a thought, but Haru knew that this was also part of the power of the harem protagonist. The harem protagonist always had a rough beginning since Haru was also in a similar situation.
Haru had lost both of his parents and needed to work by himself too. His situation was quite similar to Jin's, and by using this situation, both of them gained a lot of help from various beautiful girls.
Still, Haru was more competent since he had the power of his own to raise, but Jin didn't have it, especially when he used his "Elemental Sight" to check Jin's power.
Jin's Gift was "Genie Contractor," Haru wasn't sure what kind of gift it was, but one thing for sure, it had the ability to use something like a summon and made a contract with something.
When Haru knew about Jin's Gift, he could imagine that Jin used this power to summon a group of waifu or something. He might not care much about Jin's harem or anything, but he just didn't want an incompetent person to become his leader. As for Jin's harem, considering Jin's age, he knew that they should be a group of loli, he didn't have an interest now, but it might be different six years or more since they should suit his taste more that time.
"I..." Jin couldn't say anything since that was his plan from the beginning. By using the power of Haru, Asagi, Asuka, Yuu, and Izayoi, he would build the power of the "no-name" silently and return this community to how it used to be.
"What? Am I right?" Haru smiled and said, "I know that you're helpless and you need someone to help you. However, I can't stand to have an incompetent person as my leader. You, who can't even say anything back to me, want to become my leader?" He could see that Jin was someone who used a lot of emotion, or rather, a harem protagonist was someone that used their emotions a lot.
Jin couldn't even say anything at that moment.
"Sorry, my words are rude, and I know that you might be hurt, but you should understand the reality," Haru said calmly. Still, he felt quite disappointed since Jin couldn't even say anything in retort. "So I'll give you a chance."
"Chance?" Jin looked at Haru in surprise.
"I'll give you two choices right now," Haru said.
"What choice?" Jin asked with some confusion.
"It's whether I'll help this community or not, and depending on the choice that will you make right now." Haru looked at Jin and asked, "Are you ready?"
Jin couldn't answer Haru's question again, but he knew that he needed Haru's help so he nodded. "Please tell me."
"It seems that you still have guts." Haru smiled and asked, "Well, the first choice is simple and that is for you to give the leadership of this community to me."
"What?!" Jin was dumbfounded by Haru's words, but then he shook his head and said, "No, it's impossible!"
"Why?" Haru looked weirdly at Jin and asked. "This community is simply a burden for you. There are 120 children here, but you can't even help them, but if it's in my hand, I'll take care of all of them and build this community even better. I also believe that I can even control the entire East Side later if I become the leader of this community."
"I..." Jin couldn't say anything in retort since he knew that he couldn't do all the things that Haru was able to achieve so easily.
Izayoi and Shiroyuki, who were on the side, didn't say anything since right now, the protagonist in this room was Haru and Jin.
"You shouldn't make your decision yet until you hear the second choice," Haru said.
"Wh - What's the second choice?" Jin asked nervously.
"I want you to bet your life with us," Haru said.
"WHAT?!" Jin was dumbfounded.
"What's wrong?" Haru looked at Jin weirdly and asked, "Are you telling us that as a leader of this community, you can't even bet your life with us? You told us to win the Gift Game, fight various people, attract a lot of people's hatred, yet you stay in a safe place because you don't have the power to do anything?"
Jin wanted to say something, but he could only open and close his mouth several times at this moment.
Looking at Jin's reaction, Izayoi and Shiroyuki couldn't help but frown.
"You know, by summoning us here, you expect us to fight in the Gift Game, especially when you also expect us to fight against a Demon Lord, a creature who can turn this place into this state. You know how dangerous the Demon Lord is, and you expect us to fight it while you stay in the safe place as a leader, without any consequence and risk, enjoying all the glory from our hard work while we just get something like... having fun? A place to stay and eat? What else?" Haru said in sarcasm, then he added. "Oh, right! Reputation!" He smiled and said, "A reputation that will attract all the danger toward us, not to this community so if we die in the Gift Game in the future, you still able to enjoy all the resources that we have gathered and take care of the community before you summon another person from another world again before you repeat the same thing again and again."
Haru could tell that even though Jin didn't mean anything bad, this guy simply didn't realize how serious his situation was. "So Jin, I want you to make your choice now."
Jin felt that his chest was tight and he just wanted to run away, but he knew that he couldn't and at the same time, he also despised himself for not realizing what kind of weight that he needed to bear by summoning the children from another world.
"So will you give the community to me or will you bet your lives with us? Tell me your decision now," Haru said.