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"Phew... Finally gone."
As the junior high girl with twin pigtails gave up and left, Juju's forcefully maintained composure instantly vanished.
"Today's junior high students are too impressive." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, "Thankfully it wasn't your sister, otherwise it might have been exposed."
"My sister couldn't possibly be so... easy."
Juju originally wanted to say 'not self-respecting,' but felt it was too harsh, so she changed it to 'easy' at the last moment.
"Hurry up and let go of me." Juju distorted her body, finally remembering her dangerous situation, and quickly said, "I'm going home."
"Mm."
Amamiya Natsuki agreed, gently exerted force with his hands, lifted Juju onto his lap, and turned her to face him.
Their eyes met.
Juju's pink lips were slightly parted, her breathing rapid. Her warm, sweet breath made his ears tingle. Her fair, jade-like face was flushed crimson, and her usually somewhat cold eyes were now filled with a dewy mist, making his heart pound.
Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help himself, lowering his head and leaning closer to Juju.
"W-what are you doing?"
Juju's eyes widened, misty with moisture, and her tone was flustered.
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"Don't ask. If you ask, it's because I want to verify how 'hard' Juju's mouth really is."
"...Shameless!"
Juju wanted to escape, but unfortunately, after being held in his arms for so long, her body had completely softened, leaving her limp and powerless.
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki getting closer and clearly determined to take advantage of the situation, Juju's face turned explosively red, but she was still making a final struggle.
"I'll bite you!"
"If you say you haven't brushed your teeth for three days, then I'd be scared..."
Thump!
Juju was so angry that she clenched her small fist and punched Amamiya Natsuki in the chest.
"I brushed my teeth after lunch!"
Japan's living habits include brushing teeth three times a day: rinsing in the morning, brushing after breakfast, once after lunch, and once again before going to bed at night.
Especially in the afternoon, since they are usually not at home, they can only brush their teeth in the company or school restrooms.
So, seeing girls queueing in the restroom during lunch break doesn't necessarily mean a physiological need; it could also mean they are queueing to brush their teeth.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed:
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't take it."
"Huh?"
Juju blinked and quickly changed her words, "I, I haven't brushed my teeth in three days!"
"Too late."
"..."
Juju still wanted to struggle, but the next moment, her words were blocked, and she frantically closed her eyes.
Facts proved.
Juju only seemed tough-mouthed, but she was actually very soft.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't release Juju until the streetlights came on.
"I'm hungry, want to go eat together?"
"...No, I'm going home!"
Juju raised her hand to wipe the corner of her lips, then huffily lifted her short leg, stepped on Amamiya Natsuki's foot, and turned to run.
"Ouch."
Amamiya Natsuki took a soft breath.
That's why girls aren't actually weak; many times, they just pretend to be. For example, when they stomp on someone in annoyance, they have quite a bit of strength.
Amamiya Natsuki stepped forward to catch up with Juju, and the two walked together to the Train Station, then went their separate ways home.
"I'm home."
Amamiya Natsuki pushed the door open to an empty room. Compared to yesterday's lively atmosphere, there was no one today, only a silly dog biting an empty dog bowl, dropping it with a clang in front of Amamiya Natsuki, then cocking its head and looking at him sidelong.
"Finally, I can play on my phone!"
A Mrs. Shimizu emerged from the shadows and happily floated towards the sofa.
I forgot.
Besides a silly dog, there was also a ghost Mrs. Shimizu.
Amamiya Natsuki poured a bowl of dog food, took out a lucky coin and casually tossed it to charge it, then honestly read for a while. After the bad luck ended, he took the dog out for a walk.
In a blink of an eye, it was nine o'clock in the evening.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't hear the punctual knock on the door, and after waiting a bit longer with no one knocking, he took out his phone and sent a message to the Spy Maid.
"On your way?"
At the same time.
At the Shinomiya villa.
After a busy day, Hayasaka Ai, who had finally waited for Mrs. Shimizu to rest and had just thrown herself onto the bed, saw the message on her phone and couldn't help but wrinkle her delicate nose:
"In bed."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Why didn't you come over today?"
Why would I go there, so you can bully me?
Actually, Hayasaka Ai didn't know how to interact for a while—her identity as a maid had already been exposed yesterday, and acting cute and spoiled as an ordinary junior felt very embarrassing.
Hayasaka Ai: "Too much pressure, I need to indulge for a day to de-stress."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Indulge?"
"Of course, it's watching interesting videos and then manually de-stressing."
Hayasaka Ai peeled a lollipop, put it in her mouth, propped her chin with her left hand, played with her phone with her right, and a slight, pleased curve appeared on her lips: "Do you want to watch together, Senpai?"
"If you want to watch, do ten push-ups right now and send me the video."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Why do I have to do ten push-ups?"
Hayasaka Ai: "Tsk, as expected of a perverted Senpai, only caring about push-ups, you can't hold back and really want to watch, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "Don't slander my innocence, I don't want to watch at all."
Hayasaka Ai: "Tsk~ Since Senpai said so, I'll show you a small part of the beginning; the rest is paid content."
"…"
A video was quickly sent over.
The cover was full of white foam, reminiscent of the legendary bubble bath.
Amamiya Natsuki was indeed a bit curious, so he opened the video, intending to critique it, and then he heard the intense sound of flowing water…
"This is an 800-year-old ancestral colored carpet, and our task today is to restore it to its original appearance…"
Accompanied by the narration, a high-pressure water gun appeared before Amamiya Natsuki.
A carpet so dark only its outline remained.
A high-pressure water gun with a rapid stream.
Watching the scene of the carpet being cleaned in the video, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but recall a saying:
De-stressing cannot be without a high-pressure water gun cleaning carpets, just as the West cannot be without Jerusalem.
"Senpai, how is it?" Hayasaka Ai sent a message, "Are you happy? Is it de-stressing?"
Amamiya Natsuki finished the video with great interest: "It's indeed very de-stressing. In return, when you come over tomorrow night, I'll show you a real paid video."
"I won't watch it if it's not an interesting video."
"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll enjoy it and be unable to stop."
"…"
While they were exchanging messages, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly heard a game notification sound:
[Settlement complete, please click to check.]
Amamiya Natsuki opened the game panel to check the dungeon clear rewards.
[Main Quest: Timed Survival, Completed, You received fifty game coins]
[Main Quest: Destroy the Nightmare Seed, Completed, You received two hundred game coins]
In addition to the main quest rewards, there were also rewards for various side quests. Side quests could not be claimed repeatedly, and rewards would be distributed according to the total number of participating players and contribution to the quest.
Mainly including Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, The Red Shoes, Cinderella's Glass Slipper, Seven dwarves, The Little Mermaid's Curse, and so on.
The rewards for each side quest varied, and in total, Amamiya Natsuki received over two hundred more game coins. Unfortunately, he didn't get a title this time.
[You have obtained Dungeon MVP. You can choose any two of the following five items as your extra rewards]
Five cards appeared in the void, then flipped open one by one in front of Amamiya Natsuki.
The first card was dwarves holding an axe. All seven dwarves looked similar, with bushy beards, red noses, and small eyes. Amamiya Natsuki couldn't recognize who it was for a moment.
[Item: Dwarven Greataxe]
[Type: Weapon]
[Effect: When you use this greataxe, your Lumberjack skill will temporarily be raised to max level]
"Hmm… a landscape destruction tool." Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the card, his eyes narrowed, "Now there are protected animals and plants everywhere. Catching a few sparrows can lead to a sentence; you could accidentally get jailed."
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted down to the second card. The background was a blurred ocean with white waves, and the seawater in the card was gently rippling. In the center was a sparkling tear drop.
[Item: Mermaid's Tear]
[Attribute: Wonder Item]
[The last tear of the Mermaid Princess before she turned into foam and disappeared, containing strange power, can be used to enhance items and skills]
[Please note, enhancement has a chance of failure]
"A good item actually appeared."
Amamiya Natsuki's eyes lit up.
When he cleared the Ghost Ship dungeon with Marin, he stole a Mermaid's Tear from Squidward, which eventually strengthened his core skill "Touch of Destiny," also known as the most commonly used Copy and Paste.
Amamiya Natsuki immediately decided to add the Mermaid's Tear to his exchange list.
Next was the third card. Amamiya Natsuki looked over, and this card rapidly enlarged from the void. Inside was a woman with ice-blue long hair, an icy expression, noble temperament, and exquisite beauty.
It was the Ice Queen.
"Stare—"
Noticing the gaze, the Ice Queen in the card shifted her eyes and looked over coldly.
Amamiya Natsuki nervously took a sip of tea.
Unlike bullying Juju and the others, there was an emotional foundation with them, and he never forced anything. The Ice Queen was different; it was more like those evil hentai using hypnosis tools. Facing the Ice Queen, he naturally felt very guilty.
[Card: Ice Queen Elsa]
[Attribute: Summon Card]
[Using this card, you can summon Ice Queen to descend and fight alongside you. Ice Queen can exist for a maximum of ten minutes]
This was a temporary summon card, capable of summoning the Ice Queen a maximum of three times. However, it was uncertain whether summoning Miss Elsa would result in Miss Elsa beating up the Scumbag.
Amamiya Natsuki then looked at the fourth card, which depicted a pot of black liquid still boiling and bubbling.
[Item: Witch Potion]
[Attribute: Ingredient]
[After drinking, your Spirit attribute will increase, your Witchcraft Resistance will increase, and there is a certain probability of negative symptoms, such as certain body parts suddenly becoming larger, etc.]
"Hmm…" Amamiya Natsuki looked down, "It's already big enough, no need to get any bigger."
His gaze fell on the last card.
The card quickly enlarged before his eyes, and Amamiya Natsuki was surprised to find that the card prominently featured a very familiar mushroom.
[Skill Card: Mushroom Planter]
[Category: Permanent/Rare]
[Usage: Learn and Master]
[Description: After learning this skill, you will gain one mushroom of a random attribute every hour, with a maximum storage of ten. You can plant this mushroom on any target. Forcibly pulling out the mushroom will cause a certain amount of damage. You can actively detonate the mushroom to apply a negative status effect to the target]
[Note: Eat my big mushroom!]
"It's actually a skill, and a rare one at that…"
Amamiya Natsuki didn't hesitate much and decisively chose the Anxious Mushroom skill card.
Items were common, but skills were quite rare. Many people still didn't have skills, so he shouldn't miss it when he encountered one.
"Choose skill card."
As Amamiya Natsuki silently thought, specks of flowing light quickly appeared in the air, transforming and condensing into a card.
"What did Natsuki-kun choose?"
Mrs. Shimizu asked curiously. Guardians were not players; although they could enter dungeons together due to their bond, they couldn't see the game panel.
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and pinched the card. The skill card quickly transformed into specks of starlight, flowing into his body.
"It's just a skill card."
As he spoke, Amamiya Natsuki felt his pinky finger tremble, and then his phone vibrated.
Fujiwara Chika sent an invitation for a group video chat: "Video call, everyone video call!"
Amamiya Natsuki clicked accept.
After entering the video chat interface, Tsubame-senpai and Shinomiya Kaguya joined one after another. Only Hayasaka Ai chose to decline, saying it was inconvenient to video call at the moment and that only regular chat was possible.
This was a lie.
There was only one truth.
If she opened the video, her true identity would be discovered by the Sheltered Ojou-sama, so she could only refuse.
It was already past nine o'clock, and all the girls had showered and were wearing pajamas.
The Sheltered Ojou-sama sat on the bed, her black hair smoothly draped over her shoulders, looking exceptionally delicate and cute.
In contrast, Senpai, whose pajamas were almost bursting, was much more alluring.
Fujiwara Chika spoke first:
"The dungeon clear rewards have just been settled. What rewards did everyone get?"
"I received mine." Koyasu Tsubame quickly nodded, her voice a bit excited, "It's actually over two hundred game coins, I've never had so much before."
As a newbie, Tsubame-senpai had only cleared the beginner trial once and a normal dungeon once. Her performance was always mediocre, and her earnings were also very small.
Shinomiya Kaguya said softly:
"My settlement is also complete. Besides the basic game coin rewards, I also got an extra reward item."
"What are Natsuki-kun's rewards?"
Fujiwara Chika asked curiously.
Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers: "How about we talk about it tomorrow?"
Fujiwara Chika decisively refused: "No, talk about it now. The video chat is for discussing this."
"Then I'll tell you." Amamiya Natsuki said casually, "First, over five hundred game coins."
"So much!"
Tsubame-senpai's eyes widened upon hearing this. This haul was almost more than ten times her first dungeon earnings.
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"Besides that, I just learned a skill…"
"Eh eh eh?" Fujiwara Chika immediately became interested, "What skill?"
Shinomiya Kaguya also asked curiously:
"Is it the Dungeon MVP reward?"
"That's right." Amamiya Natsuki smiled, "The skill is a secret. You can experience it firsthand tomorrow morning; it should feel very familiar."
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