I am that male friend in the harem story

"Kobachi?" 

Kobachi had followed Ishigami, and as expected, when she saw that he hadn't entered the bus to go home to Meguro ward, he had entered the bus that led him to Shibuya ward. 

Now, who among his acquaintances lives in that area? 

"Are you going to meet Iino?" 

"...are you an esper?" 

Still, inwardly, Ishigami had to say that all the women he knew had a frightening stalking level, which made him speechless. 

'If I am the Phantom Sixth Player of the Generation of Miracles, I should be okay.' 

Unfortunately, Ishigami wasn't one, and he couldn't use a misdirection ability as his presence was impossible to ignore, so that was why he often wore a facemask and hat when he walked out. 

Yet, somehow, many still could discover him, which made him speechless. 

Letting out a helpless sigh, Kobachi naturally sat on Ishigami's side on the train. "I am not, but I can just tell what Iino is thinking." 

"...should I say that your relationship is as close as ever?" 

Kobachi chuckled and said calmly, "Can you still laugh when you might be stabbed or pushed out from the window of her apartment?" 

"...can you not make such a joke?"

"So, why did you go to Iino's place?" 

While Ishigami wanted to lie, he knew that he couldn't, but he had to keep everything to a minimum. "...she got my handle." 

"Your handle?" 

When Kobachi looked at him in doubt, Ishigami said helplessly, "She got a photo of me going to the hotel." 

"....." 

Kobachi was dumbfounded, hesitating for a moment, then asked softly, "...was it our photo?" 

"No." 

Tsubame or Chika, then, Kobachi thought. "Okay, I will go there with you." 

"...are you serious?" 

"Why not?" 

Watching her expression, Ishigami was confused, feeling strange, wondering why this girl could be so calm. 

"If you are there alone, she must have asked you a perverted request like those janitors or physical education teachers in the hentai manga." 

In such a story, usually, those janitors or physical education teachers would have a weakness in the heroines, and then, those heroines would be toyed with before being completely broken beyond saving. 

Yes, Kobachi had to admit that she also wasn't much different from those janitors or physical education teachers who forced themselves on their targets, as this was what she did to Ishigami, yet even so, this tragedy had to end with her. 

Or even if Iino would really want to do it, then, Kobachi felt that she had to open Iino's eyes since even if their lust overtook her and wished to do something dirty to Ishigami, was it worth giving her everything to a scumbag who had slept with many girls? 

"...I think you are thinking something rude about me." 

"It shows my love toward you." 

"But..." Ishigami decided to ignore Kobachi's rude thoughts and asked, "Are you really sure that you want to come with me?" 

"Yes." Kobachi nodded and said firmly, "I believe that this is the best." 

"Why?" 

"If this continues, I am afraid that you will have more harem members." 

"...that's not going to happen. You know how stiff and righteous Iino is, right?" 

"Righteous, eh? Do righteous people blackmail someone?" 

"....." Ishigami. 

"Still, I have a feeling that you might solve this situation like how you did to me and Tsubame-senpai at that time." 

"...I don't know what to say." 

"Just believe in yourselves." 

"Wait, do you want me to accept or reject her?" 

"To be honest, I am not sure. Part of me wishes you to reject her, but then again, it might not be bad if all of us are together."

Kobachi felt she was in a contradiction since she had to admit that even if she didn't think of Iino as a friend, considering they were together just because neither of them wished to be alone, this relationship had continued till now. 

Their relationship... while it wasn't as pure as a friendship, it was far deeper than one could imagine, so if Kobachi could accept Tsubame, then Iino was nothing. 

Yet, Kobachi also understood Tsubame's feelings at that time. 

The two of them had gone all the way, but it was different with Iino, who was still clean and untainted. 

Yes, Iino's mind and heart might be broken due to many of her experiences during childhood and loneliness, yet even so, Kobachi felt that it was too hasty if Iino wanted to give her virginity by using this blackmail method. 

At least, as they had been together for so long, Kobachi felt like she needed to remind Iino what kind of a man Ishigami was. 

Ishigami wasn't that gentle and yasashi harem protagonist that would remind those heroines that they might regret their decisions if they really did "it." Instead, he was a carnivore that would devour any woman as long as they gave themselves. He never hesitated and went all the way out, then quickly turned all the girls who threw themselves at him into a woman who couldn't live anymore without him. 

He might be gentle at first, but somehow, on the bed, he became a beast that would mark and dominate all of them! 

This guy was a bad guy! 

Yet somehow, Kobachi loved it, and she was sure that Iino would love it. 

Still, it felt wrong if everything happened so smoothly, especially when she was sure that as long as Iino slept with him, then everything would go smoothly for him. 

'Dammit!' 

Suddenly, Kobachi was confused and wondered why she had thought all of this. 

However, Ishigami was strangely calm. 

Why? 

It was because Iino's danger was within the limit of his tolerance, and compared to the danger that Kaguya could move him to all the places within this earth or even pull out his carrot, he felt that Iino's danger was nothing even if she had his photo of going to the love hotel with Hayasaka. 

Still, Ishigami wondered why all of those heroines were so broken, whether it was a lack of love, not understanding love, wishing for something normal, and many others. 

Each of them had their own problems within their hearts, yet the high school students couldn't understand all of that as they lacked experience, and their thoughts were just filled with either boobs or sex, which made them helpless. 

Yet, this is what youth was, right? 

Every step was full of mistakes, and those mistakes were the ones that made us into respectable adults. 

The only problem was whether one wished to continue to become a child or grow up a pair of balls and become a man. 

If this was what Iino wished for, then while their beginning was quite awkward, Ishigami would accept it and take care of her since, while he knew that it was quite impure, he still wished to get a reward from the system. 

Yet, if the result was, in the end, this power could give him the ability to take care of all of them, then why not? 

As for whether this feeling was genuine or not, it didn't matter since a woman didn't have a mind-reading ability, and what they wished for wasn't an immense and genuine love that would give them everything but an ability to lead them, giving them peace of mind, telling them that as long as you are by my side, you are going to be alright.

So, when Kobachi was in a mess, her thoughts stopped when she saw him holding her hand gently. He didn't say anything and just watched the scenery outside of the window silently, which made her pout, wondering whether this guy thought that his action was cool, but her head obediently leaned on his side as they quietly went to Iino's home to face this trouble together.