In Honkai Star Rail With A Dating System

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Within the martial arts hall, tensions escalated rapidly.

Bochang and his group versus Fake Tingyun.

How could they possibly lose?

Bochang felt that the fake Tingyun was now like a helpless lamb awaiting slaughter, completely at their mercy.

"Ah... I see, so it's due to that 'Dog Medal' item?" The fake Tingyun gently shook her head. "Never expected such a trivial trinket to expose me."

Bochang and his companions simply observed her quietly, with no immediate intention of making a move.

"Sigh... How unfortunate."

"I wanted to observe for a bit longer..." The fake Tingyun let out a leisurely sigh. "It seems... my plans must be accelerated now."

"No more stalling! Hand over the real Tingyun immediately!" Bochang continued shining the super flashlight directly at Fake Tingyun, causing her eyes to squint uncomfortably.

After all, this foxfolk body was hastily fabricated by her.

The fake Tingyun wasn't particularly strong.

Struggling to discern Bochang and the others' positions, she couldn't help but say, "Benefactor... could you please turn off the flashlight first? This is making me quite uncomfortable."

"Uncomfortable? I'm even more uncomfortable than you!"

Just thinking about Tingyun being replaced infuriated Bochang.

With narrowed eyes, the fake Tingyun spoke with a tone of resentment, "Oh benefactor... that's not what you said last night. Indeed, men's words are all deceitful tricks."

Serval, March 7th, Bailu, and Stelle were momentarily speechless.

In an instant, the expressions of the girls subtly shifted.

Bochang felt a sudden unease.

[Dating Options activated.]

[Option 1: Point at the fake Tingyun while looking around and exclaim, "She's slandering me! She's slandering me!" - Completion Reward: Yandere's Gaze. Note: Watch your back!]

[Option Two: Confidently admit, "What... you disagree?" — Completion Reward: Yandere's Fourfold Gaze. Note: Watch your back!]

[Option Three: Ignore Fake Tingyun's words and charge forward with a Flame Punch! — Completion Reward: A guaranteed hit on Fake Tingyun's Bigshot.]

[Option Four: Disregarding Fake Tingyun's remarks, use Sacred Theft while declaring, "Impudent fiend, daring to slander here! Take this!" — Completion Reward: Fake Tingyun's Bigshot.]

Bochang reviewed each of the four options.

"Tsk... even if I directly explain, they might not believe me. Hmm... could this be Serval?"

Bochang suspected that Serval might know about his encounter with Fake Tingyun last night. After all, she was outside tuning her guitar and could have possibly crossed paths with the imposter.

The first option was clearly out of the question.

Seeing the second option, Bochang immediately skipped it.

Wow, just one line and all four options took a strange turn.

Next were options three and four.

The familiar Bigshot move puzzled Bochang, making him almost unable to contain his surprise.

What's with two consecutive Bigshots?

"What the heck? My Flame Fist didn't work? Or is this a guaranteed hit from Bigshot?"

"Emmm..."

"I can't even defeat fake Tingyun?"

Bochang hadn't anticipated such strength from the imposter.

Moreover, surprisingly, all four rewards this time seemed negative.

"Could it be... that confronting fake Tingyun was the wrong choice?"

"Hiss..." Suddenly recalling something, Bochang pondered, "Is the system trying to make me romance fake Tingyun instead?"

After all, the Dating Options catered to both genders, so it wouldn't be entirely unexpected for the system to prompt Bochang to pursue even an enemy.

However...

Bochang's sole focus was on saving the real Tingyun, not realizing the deeper implications of the system's intentions. Moreover, when he was about to confront the imposter earlier, no options were presented.

This further reinforced Bochang's belief that there would be no additional considerations.

Unexpectedly, now a set of options with entirely negative rewards appeared.

"However... even if an option had emerged to prevent me from confronting fake Tingyun, I likely would have braved the penalties and rejected it..." Bochang thought to himself.

The safety of the real Tingyun far outweighed any other concerns.

If Bochang compromised Tingyun's well-being for mere rewards,

leading to unforeseen consequences,

he feared he could never forgive himself.

Perhaps this is precisely why

the Dating Options system refrained from presenting him choices.

Weighing both scenarios, choosing the lesser harm seemed prudent.

Bochang opted for the fourth choice. Standing less than ten meters away from Tingyun, he swiftly raised his hand and declared, "Audacious fiend! How dare you spread deceit here. Behold my strike!"

The Theft skill was successfully activated.

A burst of white light emanated from Bochang's palm.

Those familiar with him knew exactly what he was attempting.

March 7th's expression changed, and she whispered under her breath, "Ugh, pervert."

Fake Tingyun maintained her composed demeanor until she felt a slight chill around her lower body.

"What have you done?" Fake Tingyun asked, somewhat intrigued.

Confidently, Bochang replied, "I used Theft on you, allowing me to steal a valuable treasure from your person."

In reality...

Bochang had already discreetly tested this before.

When using the Theft skill, if the target is of the opposite sex, there's virtually a 100% chance of stealing their underwear.

However, if the target is male, it typically results in stealing something more valuable from them.

Interestingly, he had never stolen men's boxers during these attempts.

As for why this phenomenon occurred,

Bochang had his own theory:

It was due to that ancient coin.

Rumored to bring luck to its holder, removing the ancient coin significantly altered the range of items Bochang could steal with the Theft skill.

Furthermore, he wouldn't constantly end up touching intimate clothing of the opposite sex. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"A precious treasure?" The fake Tingyun tilted her head slightly and reached behind herself, ultimately confirming one thing.

Her panties were gone.

In the next moment...

Bochang handed the super flashlight to Stelle nearby and then exerted force with both hands. As if showcasing a rare gem, he stretched out a red lace thong, holding it up for everyone to see.

Qingque and Bailu were stunned, not expecting his claimed "precious treasure" to be a pair of panties.

Bailu exclaimed admiringly, "Wow, Bochang is truly amazing."

Stelle nodded earnestly, adding, "As expected from Bochang... effortlessly achieving what we couldn't."

Hearing these praising remarks, Qingque was left speechless, while Welt-Yang and Dan Heng could hardly bear to watch.

Bochang's reasoning was simple: since the fake Tingyun intended to slap him anyway, why not further provoke her?

Speaking of...

When Bochang saw the panties in his hand, a weight lifted from his shoulders. He now realized that Fake Tingyun was most likely female.

Setting aside whether she's attractive or not,

at least Bochang hadn't inadvertently groped a male tail last night.

Fake Tingyun began, "You..."

At that moment, the system's voice chimed in once again.

[Dating Options activated.]

[Option 1: Vigorously swing the underwear in circles and say, "If you dare, come take it!" - Completion Reward: Obtain a random item, ranging from a matchstick to a star destroyer. Note: This type of item will...]

[Option 2: Press the underwear against your face, inhale deeply, and exclaim, "Ah... so satisfying!" - Completion Reward: Acquire skill 'Erotomaniac', causing guaranteed critical hits on opposite gender characters, while also receiving equal critical damage from them.]

[Option 3: Place the underwear over your head and declare, "The righteous Astral Express Crew will surely defeat you, villain, and rescue Miss Tingyun." - Completion Reward: Acquire skill 'Companion of Justice', ensuring guaranteed critical hits when battling enemies aligned with evil.]