Chapter 121: Chapter 121: If one hears the meaning of life in the morning, one may die in the evening
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Charging complete.
"I really want to lie down and get stronger too." Kitagawa Marin put her hands on her hips and muttered, "Until now, I don't have a single skill. I must be from Africa."
Amamiya Natsuki got up, put on his clothes, and said casually:
"How many blind boxes have you opened so far?"
"Hmm..." Kitagawa Marin tilted her head and thought for a few seconds, then held up one finger, "Probably six or seven game blind boxes."
Then what else do you have to say? It's normal not to get good things when you open so few blind boxes!
The setting of a certain game guarantees a drop after ninety pulls, and the probability of getting a drop for most people is after seventy pulls, so you're not from Africa, just an ordinary person.
"By the way, I have a few game coins left, just enough to open one Blind Box." The Gyaru's eyes lit up, "Natsuki-kun, let's open a Blind Box together?"
"Okay."
After the game update, the mall still had two modes coexisting.
One was the daily surprise Blind Box, which only required ten game coins, fair to all, but what was inside the Blind Box depended entirely on luck; it was common to get a box of tissues.
The other was clearly priced mall items, with product content randomly rotated daily and clearly marked prices. There were also many types of items, such as basic attribute values. Each purchase could permanently increase a certain basic attribute by ten percent.
Stamina, endurance, speed, strength, kidney ability... Amamiya Natsuki really wanted to exchange for the last one, but unfortunately, a hero had no place to display his prowess, so he gave up in the end.
If you're lucky, you can get powerful items and skills.
For example, Amamiya Natsuki saw the Kamen Rider Kuuga transformation belt the day before yesterday, but it was a replica, its ability was not as good as the original, it had limited uses, and the price was super expensive, completely unaffordable.
In terms of skills, Amamiya Natsuki saw a player chatting in the Player Mutual Aid Group yesterday, saying that he had found a very powerful skill from Yu Yu Hakusho.
[Wicked Lord Flame Kill Purgatory Scorcher]
Unfortunately, it was still unaffordable.
According to speculation, the game probably hadn't been open for long, and there were no 'super-spec' players yet, unless they were those damn Europeans.
Amamiya Natsuki opened the game mall and first checked today's rotating items.
[Item: Stamina]
[Price: 40 game coins]
[Description: Your stamina is permanently increased by ten percent]
[Note: Stack the last armor, take the most vicious hits]
Amamiya Natsuki was expressionless and silently skipped it.
You can get stronger by lying down, although the speed of getting stronger is slow, but it only costs one Miko per day, and basic attributes are not essential.
The next items were also not attractive, and the daily surprise Blind Box also had nothing good.
Instead, Kitagawa Marin let out a soft exclamation.
"Eh, eh, I got something."
Amamiya Natsuki looked over and saw an orange cloak appear in Kitagawa's hand.
"This cloak looks pretty good."
Kitagawa Marin spoke while displaying the cloak's attributes.
[Item: Hamster Cloak]
[Origin: Confidential]
[Attribute: Covering your body with the cloak greatly reduces your presence]
[Note: Reduced presence is not invisibility, please put away your curiosity]
"Natsuki-kun, how is this cloak?"
Kitagawa Marin looked over expectantly.
"Very good." Amamiya Natsuki nodded, "You can put it away."
"..."
Small talk ended.
The three returned to the living room.
"It's only nine o'clock, and the sun outside is super nice again." Kitagawa Marin put her hands behind her back, her voice bright, "Why don't we go out and play together?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "I'm going to play Elden Ring."
Miko: "Go back, do laundry, then read some books, and go to the Convenience Store to work in the afternoon."
"H-how can you be like this." The Gyaru instantly wilted, "It's Golden Week now, the only Golden Week of the year, playing games at home is too wasteful, isn't it?"
Amamiya Natsuki walked to the TV and sat down: "I don't feel it's a waste at all."
"What do you say, Miko-chan?"
Kitagawa Marin turned her head, seeking support from Miko.
"Um..." Miko raised her right hand, her fingers tucking the hair that had fallen to her chest behind her ear, "Whatever is fine, right?"
The Gyaru put her right hand on her hip and said earnestly:
"Tomorrow and accident, you never know which will come first, so you should enjoy yourself while you can. Maybe tomorrow will be the end of the world."
That's enough. The first half of the sentence was fine, but what's with the 'end of the world' at the end?
The leap is too big!
"For example..." Kitagawa Marin snapped her fingers crisply, looking at Miko, "How many planets are there in the solar system?"
Miko was startled and subconsciously replied, "Nine planets?"
"Wrong answer." Kitagawa Marin proudly raised her chin and looked at Amamiya Natsuki, "Natsuki-kun, what do you say?"
Amamiya Natsuki didn't even turn his head: "Eight planets."
"Eh eh?" The Gyaru stepped back in surprise, "Natsuki-kun knows?"
"It's Junior high school geography knowledge, it would be strange if he didn't know."
"Wait a minute." Miko's tone was puzzled, "Why is it eight planets?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Pluto was already declassified and downgraded to a dwarf planet more than ten years ago."
Miko pressed her brow, feeling a little dizzy: "The solar system only has eight planets? I don't even remember that at all."
Kitagawa Marin frowned, pondered, and soon asked again:
"What is the height of Mount Everest?"
"I know, 8848 meters."
Miko almost blurted it out, but thinking of Pluto just now, she swallowed the words back.
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"The current height of Mount Everest is 8844 meters."
Miko: "..."
How did it suddenly shrink by four meters? They said Mount Everest's height was increasing every year!
Marin: "What is the legal currency of France?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "Euro, there is no longer a franc in the world."
Marin: "'If one hears the meaning of life in the morning, one may die in the evening,' what does it mean now?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and answered seriously:
"Find out the way to your house in the morning, and go kill you at night."
Miko: "..."
Confucius never said that, and Confucius's son and grandson certainly never said that!
"So amazing, you answered all of them correctly."
Kitagawa Marin held her right hand to her chest, her voice full of shock.
After chatting for a while, Miko quickly said goodbye and left: "I'm going back to do housework."
Her father passed away, and her mother worked hard every day, so most of the housework fell on Miko.
In short, although Miko was a lazy girl, her wife-like qualities were actually quite high.
As Miko left, Amamiya Natsuki continued to play Elden Ring, while Kitagawa sat on the nearby sofa, propping her chin with both hands, watching with great interest.
"If you don't like the game, you don't have to force yourself." Amamiya Natsuki turned to look.
"No forcing." Kitagawa Marin's voice was bright; this Gyaru seemed to be full of energy at all times. "Manga, light novels, games, I love them all!"
"I've heard of Elden Ring, but it's too difficult. If I keep dying, it'll be super frustrating."
"I prefer playing galgame..."
When this Gyaru spoke of her hobbies, her eyes shone brightly.
"Wait." Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow, "What game did you just say?"
"Galgame, of course." Kitagawa Marin repeated, without the slightest hint of guilt or shame in her tone, her smile bright, "I played a game two days ago, and Shizuku in it was super, super, super, super cute."
Kitagawa Marin opened her phone, leaned closer, and held the phone up to Amamiya Natsuki's face.
"Here, look."
Amamiya Natsuki looked over curiously. On the phone was a short-haired girl wearing a dark gothic-style dress. It had to be said, she did look quite cute.
However...
"Why does she look familiar?"
Hearing the question, Kitagawa Marin quickly said:
"Shizuku was a super popular game character a while ago, from 'Slippery Girls' Academy: The Young Lady's Shameful and Wonderful Life in the Humiliation Club'. Two parts have been released so far, and Shizuku is the most popular young lady in the second part."
"What's with that long and awful name?" Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but say, "It's not an R-18 game, is it?"
"It is an R-18 game." Kitagawa Marin answered frankly.
Is it really okay for you, a sixteen-year-old high school student, to play R-18 games?
The Gyaru argued, "A truly good game shouldn't restrict player age."
No, actually, it's very necessary.
After all, young people are very impulsive. Playing R-18 games could very likely lead to gradual emaciation, or even becoming skin and bones!
Kitagawa continued: "I play for the story. The plot inside is super exciting, highly recommended."
I'll reserve judgment on that point.
Galgame games without a supporting plot are usually either trash or a quick play.
"I just happen to have one last route I haven't finished yet. When I go back this afternoon to get a change of clothes, I'll bring the game over. Would Natsuki-kun like to play it then?"
Kitagawa Marin's eyes sparkled, and her pretty face held the expression of a missionary, "I guarantee, Natsuki-kun, as long as you play it, you'll definitely be drawn in by the story and fall completely in love with Shizuku."
Smelling the sweet, warm scent of the young girl, Amamiya Natsuki leaned back slightly, creating some distance:
"What if I don't like it?"
"Impossible."
Kitagawa Marin flatly denied it, saying decisively, "If you don't like it, Natsuki-kun, whatever you ask me to do, I'll do it."
To make such a promise, you clearly don't care about your own safety.
At the same time.
On the other side.
"The two of them are playing Elden Ring…"
Hayasaka Ai sat in front of the computer, hugging her knees, continuing to observe the two people in the video.
"They stopped."
"They're chatting."
"It seems they're discussing a very exciting topic…"
The Spy Maid frowned slightly.
She was a spy, but Hayasaka Ai couldn't read lips and couldn't tell what the two were saying.
"I still need to go over tonight and install a few recording devices. For now… I'll just get some sleep."
In a flash, it was lunchtime.
Amamiya Natsuki had intended to go out to eat, but Kitagawa volunteered to take on the lunch task.
"I said it at breakfast, leave lunch to me."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"What kind of cuisine are you going to make?"
Kitagawa Marin made a peace sign, her smile bright:
"Eh heh~"
What are you "eh heh"-ing about!
"I said this morning, it's Dark Cuisine."
Kitagawa Marin stretched, urging, "Let's go, let's go, we'll go to the Convenience Store to buy ingredients."
The two changed their shoes and went out together.
Not long after walking, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly stopped and looked into a small alley nearby.
"What's wrong?"
Kitagawa Marin looked over curiously, and a tense expression immediately appeared on her pretty face.
"The Scythe Evil Spirit, it really followed us!"
In the dark alley, a Death Evil Spirit holding a scythe was slaughtering the smaller evil spirits inside.
Amamiya Natsuki saw clearly that a piece of the Death Evil Spirit's robe was indeed missing, it was the same evil spirit they encountered on the train yesterday.
However, in just one day, the Death Evil Spirit's robe had clearly grown a section, indicating it was recovering rapidly.
Sensing Amamiya Natsuki's gaze, the Death Evil Spirit turned its head to look.
Under the black robe and hood were two faintly visible red glows, looking completely different from ordinary distorted evil spirits.
Amamiya Natsuki tried to walk towards the alley, but the Death Evil Spirit actually retreated directly, not giving him a chance to get close.
"As expected, it won't work."
Amamiya Natsuki frowned slightly, and could only stop, "Let's go, to the supermarket."
"Oh."
The blonde girl nodded nervously, "It's a good thing we found it in time last night and then I slept with Natsuki-kun, otherwise it would have been really scary."
"…"
The two arrived at the supermarket and began to purchase ingredients. The Death Evil Spirit did not follow, but quietly disappeared.
"First, buy a bag of Italian pasta…"
Kitagawa Marin counted on her fingers, "Natsuki-kun, can you push the shopping cart?"
"Mm."
Potato chips, bananas, sugar tangerines, Italian pasta, onions, carrots… Kitagawa Marin bought many things in one go.
"Natsuki-kun, wait for me here, don't move."
After Kitagawa Marin finished speaking, she secretly left alone, then mysteriously bought a bag of things and returned.
"What did you buy?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.
"Eh heh~"
Kitagawa Marin made a peace sign again: "It's a secret, Natsuki-kun will know when we get back."
After buying everything, the two pushed the shopping cart to the checkout counter.
Amamiya Natsuki took out his loyalty card and, looking at the continuously rising total, commented with feeling:
"Facts prove that this is a very easy era to make money."
"How so?"
Kitagawa Marin tilted her head and looked over.
Amamiya Natsuki said faintly:
"For example, the money in our pockets is very easily earned by others."
"Eh?"
Kitagawa Marin didn't react for a moment, then blinked before understanding what he meant, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The other customers in line all looked over.
"S-sorry!"
The golden-haired girl quickly apologized, covering her pink lips with her hand, her eyes and eyebrows still full of laughter, and she clenched her pink fist, lightly tapping Amamiya Natsuki's shoulder.
"Don't tell jokes while we're in line."
"It's clearly your laugh meter that's too low."
"…"
She slept until noon.
Hayasaka Ai woke up with a yawn, sat down in front of the computer, and checked the surveillance.
Upon seeing it, the Spy Maid was immediately shocked.
"Their lips are suddenly so black, are they aliens?!"
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