Chapter 9: A Terrible Excuse

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Weighed down by his family's debt, reclusive programmer Hiki Kitoshi has engineered his life for total calm, though a grim glimpse of the future warns of heartbreak ahead. That calm collapses when a required college event pairs him with Chizuru Hanamiya, a magnetic first-year who slips past his defenses with one 'urgent' favor. Hiki soon understands she is his Zero-Day Exploit, the bug that will pull him straight into the emotional wreck he's been avoiding.

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