"Eh? You can really do it?"
Hearing Shin's words, Gabriel's eyes immediately lit up—although she knew Shin seemed to have many strange abilities, she didn't expect he could even do this kind of thing.
Granting someone the ability to maintain energy without resting... this already sounded not just simply having strong abilities, but more like being able to grant wishes, right?
"How about it? Want this kind of ability?"
Seeing Gabriel lean closer, Shin also teased her.
"After all, if your game equipment disappears, I'll also lose a game teammate, so helping you isn't out of the question."
"A... Akawa?"
Gabriel looked at Shin with teary eyes, seeming very moved—for Gabriel, if Shin could really help her preserve her game equipment and gaming time, it would be an enormous favor.
However, soon Gabriel also reacted. Looking at Shin's strange expression, her body stiffened and her cheeks reddened:
"Wait, you're not going to make me pay some weird price or something, right?"
Gabriel recalled what they'd done together before she last asked Shin to help remove the "Balance" ability.
Although that experience was quite comfortable in the end, being the first time, it left a very deep impression on Gabriel—so she suspected Shin might want her to do the same thing this time.
Honestly, Gabriel didn't mind doing those kinds of things with Shin. After all, she already had very high affection for Shin and could even be intimate with him without any conditions.
But if Shin used that kind of condition as a reason to do strange things with her, it always gave Gabriel an illusion—that she was using her body in exchange for Shin's help.
This made Gabriel feel weird. She didn't want to be seen by Shin as the type who would easily give up her body.
"Don't worry, you don't need to pay anything."
Seeing Gabriel so startled, Shin couldn't help finding it somewhat funny.
If he wanted to do those kinds of things now, he had plenty of willing companions around him. He wouldn't need to use such conditions to exchange with Gabriel.
Just as he said, if Gabriel couldn't play games, he'd lose a teammate in the online game—Gabriel was quite reliable as an online game teammate.
Probably because when Gabriel first started playing online games, she was still a normal angel, so with the mindset of "healing the sick and saving lives," she chose a healing profession and practiced decent healing techniques.
Even though she'd become a trash angel now, her skills hadn't declined.
Don't look at how Shin was busier than before every day now, but every night he'd still unfailingly open the online game and enjoy playing thoroughly before sleeping.
Helping Gabriel preserve her game equipment and gaming time was also ensuring his own gaming experience.
"Is that so? That's good..."
Hearing this, Gabriel first breathed a sigh of relief, but soon showed a trace of dissatisfaction, glaring at Shin.
She'd been so conflicted, yet Shin didn't seem to care much, which made it seem like her mind was full of improper thoughts!
Moreover, Shin seemed completely unmoved by her "conditions," which also made Gabriel somewhat displeased.
This trash angel whose mind was usually only full of online games rarely began considering her own attractiveness to Shin when in front of him.
However, before she could complain, she heard Shin continue:
"Although it's not impossible to fulfill your request, today probably won't work."
Don't look at how Shin still seemed energetic now—actually the power within his body hadn't fully recovered yet.
"Projecting" Dragon Balls consumed more than imagined. Shin had projected two counterfeit Dragon Balls at dawn today and still couldn't project again now.
When Shin went to that island on the sea at dawn today, he rode on Tohru rather than flying himself, largely because he wanted to rest on Tohru's back.
After a day's recovery, although the current Shin had mostly recovered and wouldn't affect combat, the "Projection" ability still needed more time before it could be used.
Probably by tomorrow morning he could project two more counterfeit Planet Cyril Dragon Balls.
"So, you should rest well tonight."
Shin looked at Gabriel's expression like she'd been struck by lightning, a wicked smile curving his lips as he patted her head, soothing her like a child.
"Tomorrow when you come to the house, I'll help fulfill your request."
"...Fine."
Gabriel originally wanted to resist, but seeing Shin's expression, she knew resistance was probably futile.
That Shin couldn't immediately fulfill her needs this time was probably truly due to ability limitations. Even if she pleaded, it would be meaningless.
"However, if I can't play games tonight, I probably won't be able to sleep."
Soon Gabriel accepted reality, but simultaneously raised her head, staring at Shin.
"Must you play games with staying up late as a prerequisite..."
Shin was somewhat exasperated. If Gabriel just wanted to play games, playing until before midnight then sleeping would completely allow her to maintain energy the next day.
But looking at Gabriel like this, she was very clear that once she started playing games, she'd definitely play until staying up late, ultimately resulting in poor spirits the next day, triggering Vignette's Stand ability.
So Gabriel's "genius" brain immediately thought of a good method to avoid touching games tonight:
"In that case, I'll stay at your house tonight!"
Gabriel's face was somewhat red for some reason. She told Shin word by word:
"As long as I find something else to do, I can temporarily not think about games!"
"Find something else to do..."
Shin froze, then looked at Gabriel with a strange expression—he seemed to somewhat guess what "something else" Gabriel meant.
Indeed, as long as energy and stamina were consumed with other things, Gabriel would have no mind to think about games and would also fall asleep quickly.
Shin knew this very well. Every night he'd exhaust the girls on the bed until they fell unconscious, only waking up refreshed the next morning.
In a sense, it was also quite a good sleeping method.
However, it seemed tonight Gabriel would also experience this special sleeping method?
To be continued…