Chapter 180: Chapter 180: How Can Open Snatching Be Considered Stealing?
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['Midnight Mall Monster Party', cleared]
[Reward settlement in progress…]
[Basic clear reward: 50 game coins]
[Player instance completion rate exceeds 90%, extra reward increase]
[Player obtained MVP in this game, extra reward increase]
[Settlement complete: 240 game coins]
The difficulty of instances varies, and so do the basic clear rewards. Given the difficulty of this game, a basic clear reward of fifty game coins was not surprising.
Those Players who purchased 'Express Game Pass' services probably only received the basic clear reward.
Clearly, the game does not support a complete 'hide and seek' playstyle.
Hiding is fine, but if you do nothing and just lie flat, it really doesn't align with the proactive spirit of the game.
The gap between rewards for active play and passive clearing is growing, and at this rate, the strong will only get stronger, and the weak will get weaker, rapidly widening the gap between Players.
[Given Player's overall performance: Title obtained]
[Humility, Honor, Compassion, Valor… None of the above. In this scenario, you continuously used tactics such as sneak attacks, ambushes, traps, provocations, and group assaults. You received joint complaints from multiple monsters. You have obtained the title 'Scum of Humanity'.]
[Detected that Player has already unlocked this title]
[Title upgrading…]
[True Scum of Humanity]
"No, how can playing tactics be called dirty?"
Amamiya Natsuki was instantly speechless.
When ordinary people face monsters and vengeful spirits, only an idiot would challenge them head-on, right!
[Title Reward: Charm +1]
"If there's a reward, then there's no problem."
Amamiya Natsuki calmed down.
He had never seen a Charisma attribute before.
But he was already human scum, so why would he be rewarded with Charisma?
Was this the so-called 'sanctimonious'?
Next was the five-choice MVP extra reward…
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"Given your excellent performance in this scenario, you can receive two additional rewards from the following five options."
"There's an extra one," Amamiya Natsuki murmured in his heart, and five reward cards spread out in the air.
"Item: A Big Watermelon"
"Attributes: Sweet / Fruit / Appealing Color"
"As everyone knows, Japan's watermelons are the most expensive in the world. Choose this item, and you will gain watermelon freedom."
Amamiya Natsuki was expressionless.
Is there a problem with selling watermelons in the shopping mall?
No problem.
It's very reasonable.
He continued to look down.
"Item: Unlimited Refill Milk Tea"
"Legend has it that a cow can produce ten thousand bottles of beef sauce. A certain milk tea lover, inspired by this, created an unlimited refill milk tea."
"As the name suggests, this milk tea can be refilled indefinitely. Every day at 6 AM, 12 PM, and 6 PM, the milk tea will automatically refill."
"Note: Meiji Milk tea helps you achieve milk tea freedom."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki felt targeted.
Endless leeks were fine, he could feed them to cows, but what the hell was unlimited refill milk tea?
Drinking three cups of milk tea a day wasn't milk tea freedom, but chronic suicide! He'd be in the intensive care unit in less than half a year!
Amamiya Natsuki silently looked at the remaining three rewards. As expected, there were no skills or summon cards, just a bunch of random stuff.
A wave of malice washed over him.
"Why did you suddenly stop talking?" Kitagawa Marin asked curiously while helping him scrub his back.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed and told the blonde girl about the two-out-of-five reward.
"Do you even need to consider?" Kitagawa Marin's eyes lit up, and her voice was clear, "Of course, it's the unlimited refill milk tea!"
They want to choose it just by hearing 'milk tea'. How much do you girls really like to drink milk tea!
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head: "Three cups of milk tea a day, you'll turn into the shape of milk tea."
"It's not like you have to drink it as soon as it's refilled. You can drink it when you feel like it… Eh?"
Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened slightly, her gaze falling on Amamiya Natsuki's face.
Strange.
Why did Natsuki suddenly look better?
She couldn't pinpoint the change, but the feeling was unmistakable.
Kitagawa Marin only felt her heart rate accelerate, as if she could hear her own rapid heartbeat in her ears.
This is bad, bad, bad!
Her heart wouldn't stop racing!
She couldn't stay any longer, she had to leave quickly!
Looking at the girl who was suddenly shaking her head non-stop, Amamiya Natsuki asked in confusion:
"Did something get in your eye?"
"No." Kitagawa Marin turned her pretty face away and was about to get up, "I'm going out… Eh, eh."
The towel wrapped around her hair fell off, Just right covering her eyes. Kitagawa Marin slipped in a panic, and her entire body pressed directly against Amamiya Natsuki's back.
"…"
A delicate, smooth, soft, and springy sensation instantly transmitted from his back to his brain's central nervous system, making Amamiya Natsuki inhale softly.
Coach, someone is driving with the ball and colliding, it's a serious foul, quickly give them a red card and send them off, otherwise, I won't be able to control myself!
Fortunately, the blonde girl reacted quickly, not giving Amamiya Natsuki a chance to lose control. She propped herself up with her hands, quickly straightened her body, and without bothering to wrap her hair with the towel, she clutched her chest and turned to flee:
"I'm going out!"
Bang.
Watching the door close, Amamiya Natsuki exhaled softly and collected his thoughts.
He would claim the two-out-of-five rewards later; right now, they were tasteless to eat but a pity to discard.
Besides that, there was one last reward remaining.
"The 'Midnight Mall Monster Party' dungeon has collapsed and cannot be entered or reopened. As an apology, a gift is hereby presented."
Dungeons seemed to be enterable multiple times, but once they collapsed, there was naturally no future entry, so every player received an extra compensation.
Amamiya Natsuki had just seen new players discussing in the mutual aid group that the extra compensation was not fixed; it could be game currency or items.
However…
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the compensation Blind Box in his hand. He didn't open it immediately but stared at it intently.
A prompt quickly appeared before his eyes.
"After careful observation, you discover that a terrifying aura of ominous red hair is faintly emanating from the Blind Box…"
"Your sister!"
Amamiya Natsuki decisively threw the compensation Blind Box into his game backpack.
Other people's compensation was either game currency or items, but his was ominous red hair. He really was being targeted!
Amamiya Natsuki relaxed and enjoyed his bath.
After his bath, he stepped out of the bathroom. The sky had already faintly brightened, and unknowingly, a night had quietly passed.
Kitagawa Marin was sitting on the sofa playing with her phone. When she saw Amamiya Natsuki come out, her pretty face flushed slightly. She picked up a cup to drink water, then extended a slender, snow-white finger and pointed to another cup of water on the table.
"Thank you very much."
Amamiya Natsuki picked up the cup and drank a mouthful of ice water mixed with ice cubes, instantly feeling refreshed and invigorated.
"Why aren't you sleeping?"
Amamiya Natsuki sat down on the sofa and asked casually.
"I'm not sleeping anymore." Kitagawa Marin took small sips of the ice water, "The sky is already bright. After breakfast, I'll pack my clothes and go back. I haven't been home for several days, and I still need to clean up when I get back…"
At this point, Kitagawa Marin suddenly pursed her pink lips, and a subtle feeling of reluctance arose in her heart.
Their cohabitation was ending today…
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