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Amamiya Natsuki stood outside the cubicle door, listening to the rustling sounds behind him while contemplating his next course of action.
A moment later.
The sounds from inside the cubicle quietly disappeared, but the little white rabbit girl did not come out.
"Komi?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned around and called out softly.
"…"
There was only silence and quiet in the cubicle.
Could she have been attacked right under his nose?
Amamiya Natsuki subtly raised an eyebrow, just about to push the door open, when the door was suddenly gently pulled open. The black-haired, long-haired girl's pretty face was flushed like fire, and her eyes drifted as she looked out.
"Why aren't you speaking?"
Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but ask.
"…"
Komi slightly parted her pink lips, wanting to speak, but in the end, she couldn't. She merely shook her head quickly.
"Since you've changed, come out then," Amamiya Natsuki whispered. "Let's finish your task for today first."
"Mm-hmm."
Komi covered her skirt with both hands and carefully walked out of the cubicle, then looked at Amamiya Natsuki with eager eyes.
"Why are you looking at me?" Amamiya Natsuki pointed to the cleaning tools. "Hurry up and clean; I have to go back to work later."
Komi gently bit her pink, moist lips, put her left hand behind her back, covering her skirt, and then carefully bent down to pick up the cleaning tools.
Seeing this, Amamiya Natsuki's gaze involuntarily shifted downwards, landing on the little white rabbit's fair, delicate, long legs. He couldn't help but say, "You didn't… you didn't wear anything, did you?"
"…"
Komi quickly straightened up and shook her head rapidly.
Don't deny it; with that panicked expression, the secret has already been exposed!
Clothes could only be drawn from Blind Box; they couldn't be brought from reality. Although this Komi had prepared in advance, it was clear that she hadn't prepared underwear.
After two seconds of deliberation, Amamiya Natsuki quickly whispered, "I have spare shorts. Do you want to wear them?"
"…"
Komi shook her head quickly.
"Are you sure you don't want to wear them?" Amamiya Natsuki's voice was faint. "The patients in the Hospital are not normal. There might be perverts who specifically like to lift people's skirts."
"…"
As if struck by Medusa's petrification curse, Komi's head-shaking motion suddenly stopped, and she froze completely.
Lift, lift skirts…
Just imagining that scene in her mind, the explosive shame and social death made her want to crawl into a crack in the ground.
If she really encountered a perverted patient who liked to lift skirts, she would die, right?
She would definitely die!
This Komi was too thin-skinned to bear the shame of being bare under her skirt.
"Here."
Amamiya Natsuki silently took out a pair of boxer briefs and handed them over.
"Th-that…"
Looking at the boxer briefs, Komi finally endured the shame and made a sound, like a mosquito buzzing, stammering, "Do you have… girl's… underwear…"
"Of course not," Amamiya Natsuki complained. "You didn't even prepare any yourself, so how could I have such a thing?"
He wasn't a pervert, so of course he wouldn't stock girls' underwear!
That stuff would only label him as a pervert and serve no other purpose, right!
Seeing that the little white rabbit was still full of hesitation and couldn't make up her mind, Amamiya Natsuki made to withdraw his right hand: "If you don't want to wear them, then forget it…"
No sooner had he spoken than Komi's eyes widened. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed the shorts, and then hurried back into the cubicle.
Between terrifying social death and boy's shorts, Komi made a wise choice.
This time, she procrastinated even longer than before. It wasn't until Amamiya Natsuki knocked on the door and urged her that Komi finally agreed to come out.
The black-haired, long-haired girl covered her skirt with both hands, her pretty face almost dripping blood, looking shy and wronged, making one especially want to bully her.
"Don't look at me with that expression. Those are clean, spare shorts, never worn before," Amamiya Natsuki reminded her. "Activate your disguise first, or I might not be able to resist."
He didn't need to say everything.
Komi knew very well what the rest of "can't resist" implied, having been bullied many times. She quickly activated her disguise, and the light on her body gently distorted, instantly transforming her into a pale-skinned, gloomy-faced cleaner.
"Very good, you've calmed down."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded in satisfaction, and his urge to bully her instantly vanished.
A gloomy female cleaner—no normal person could lay a hand on that.
"First, complete your cleaning task." Amamiya Natsuki picked up the cleaning tools leaning against the wall and handed them over, then activated his disguised form granted by the dungeon, transforming into a crooked doctor. He turned his head and shouted, "Komi, come in."
Thump-thump-thump.
Eerie footsteps echoed.
Headless JK, holding a kitchen knife and wearing small leather shoes, silently walked in.
Komi subconsciously hid behind Amamiya Natsuki.
Honestly, the Headless JK without a head was quite terrifying.
"…Doctor?"
A faint voice came from the Headless JK's abdomen.
"I need your help with some cleaning," Amamiya Natsuki unceremoniously assigned the task.
As a player, it was normal to exploit the Headless JK, right?
Immediately after, Amamiya Natsuki pointed to Komi beside him, "She is with me. From now on, her words are my words."
Headless JK silently turned around, making a gesture as if looking at Komi: "The Doctor's wife?"
"W-Wife…"
Upon hearing this address, Komi's cheeks quickly flushed. She quickly lowered her head to look at her toes, stammering, wanting to refute, but unfortunately, she didn't dare to speak at all.
"Close enough." Amamiya Natsuki didn't explain. "In short, in three days, I will tell you how to capture Kazuya's heart and soul, and I promise that during this period, I will neither steal your first kiss nor touch your body."
"Thank you, Doctor!"
Headless JK bent down, picked up the cleaning tools, and diligently began cleaning.
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly felt he had the potential of a capitalist.
Not only exploiting the other party but also making the worker grateful and willing to offer their labor—this was the self-cultivation of a qualified capitalist.
"Am I being a bit too much?" Amamiya Natsuki looked at Komi and asked in a low voice.
"Mhm, mhm."
Komi nodded in agreement.
"You still have the strength to nod." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, "Now it's my turn to bully you."
"…"
Komi blinked, uncharacteristically unafraid, and bent down to pick up the mop, helping with the cleaning.
A moment later.
"The cleaning is almost done," Amamiya Natsuki said. "Let's go to the next restroom."
"Mhm, mhm."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki led the two girls through the hallway and arrived outside the next restroom that needed cleaning.
"Wahhh…"
From the dark restroom, a mournful weeping sound drifted out.
Komi instinctively held her breath and hid behind Amamiya Natsuki.
A woman crying in the restroom, let alone in a dungeon, even in reality, she wouldn't dare to enter.
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head, pointed, and said:
"It's decided, Komi, drive all the patients inside out."
"…"
Headless JK said nothing, holding the blood-stained kitchen knife, and walked directly into the restroom.
Amamiya Natsuki stood at the entrance, with no intention of going in to help.
As a capitalist, of course, he wouldn't easily take risks. If there's work, the secretary does it; if there's no work… no, he really couldn't bring himself to do that.
Instead, Komi peeked cautiously into the restroom.
Fortunately, not long after, Headless JK came out, dragging a woman in a patient gown, with her disheveled hair covering her face and long, sharp fingernails.
"Is there anyone else?" Amamiya Natsuki asked.
Headless JK replied faintly: "No."
"Very good." Amamiya Natsuki waved his hand, "You two can go in and clean."
"…"
The cleaner's role quest was not difficult; the challenge lay with the patients in the restroom.
Once they displayed behavior inconsistent with a cleaner's usual conduct, it would arouse suspicion, leading to harassment or even attacks, as there were no normal people in the entire Hospital.
Fortunately, Amamiya Natsuki had recruited a top-tier enforcer. This Headless JK seemed very strong. Every time they arrived at the restroom entrance, he would directly unleash Komi, and she never disappointed.
"Um…" Komi gently tugged at Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve and whispered, "Today's task is complete."
"That's good." Amamiya Natsuki nodded, "Are you coming back to the Hospital Ward with me, or staying here?"
"Wherever Natsuki-kun goes, I will go."
Komi made her choice without hesitation.
She paused, then bit her lip and whispered, "When are we going to find Juju and the others?"
"I was just about to tell you about that," Amamiya Natsuki whispered. "To find everyone, you need to make some sacrifices. Is that okay?"
"Sacrifices?"
Komi looked up in confusion.
"There are too many monsters in the Hospital. While looking for everyone, we absolutely cannot expose our identities," Amamiya Natsuki said. "So, we can only use a recognizable marker that won't arouse suspicion from the vengeful spirits… and there's just one thing that fits the requirement."
Komi blinked, instinctively feeling uneasy: "What is it?"
"It's this."
Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand, and a mushroom appeared in his palm.
Komi: "…"
It's a mushroom!
No wonder he spoke of sacrifices!
"Th-that…" Komi stammered, a little flustered, "Won't having a mushroom on my head make them suspicious?"
"From my observation, it won't," Amamiya Natsuki whispered. "On the way here, I saw several patients with strange things growing on their heads, like a knife stuck in their scalp, and they weren't discriminated against at all."
"And we can't write our names on our clothes; that's too dangerous."
"A mushroom is just right. Only Juju and the others will see the mushrooms on our heads and definitely recognize us."
"I understand!"
Komi covered her chest with her right hand, took a deep breath, and agreed, "Natsuki-kun, plant a mushroom on my head."
There really was no better way.
For everyone, some sacrifice was necessary.
"Very good, everyone will remember your sacrifice."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and planted a mushroom on Komi's head.
Then he planted a mushroom on his own head.
"Let's see what kind of mushroom it is first."
Amamiya Natsuki touched the top of his head and found that it was a mushroom.
"Indeed, does the mushroom species change?"
Amamiya Natsuki's expression remained unchanged; he had already anticipated this.
Sloth, lust, pride, envy, gluttony… the seven deadly sins are not isolated. In fact, many people possess multiple sins, such as being lazy and fond of eating, and also liking sesshou.
"Komi, what kind of mushroom is yours?"
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted to Komi.
The long-haired black-haired girl covered the top of her head with both hands, her pretty face flushed, like a startled little rabbit, she quickly averted her gaze, shaking her head, unwilling to speak.
"This expression seems somewhat familiar…"
Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand, "Don't move, let me touch it."
"N-No…"
Komi's pretty face was flushed, and she wanted to struggle.
Unfortunately, the cubicle was too small, and she couldn't escape. Soon, Amamiya Natsuki touched the mushroom on her head.
The game gave an appraisal prompt.
[Special Plant: lust mushroom…]
It actually grew a lust mushroom, good for you!
Now the Sheltered Ojou-sama doesn't need to worry; even the most well-behaved Komi in the team grew a lust mushroom, which proves that she isn't a girl whose head is only filled with sesshou!
"Don't worry, Kaguya also grew a lust mushroom on her head; it's very normal. As long as you plant enough times, everyone will grow one," Amamiya Natsuki said solemnly. "sesshou is a basic human need."
"…That's not true!"
Komi retorted in a low voice, covering her face with her hands in shame.
"Enough talk," Amamiya Natsuki skipped the topic. "First, activate the disguise, and we'll go out."
"…"
The two activated their character disguises, and the mushrooms on their heads indeed did not disappear.
Seeing the two with mushrooms suddenly growing on their heads, Headless JK showed no reaction, standing quietly outside the door.
"Let's go to my office."
Amamiya Natsuki led Komi and Headless JK, leaving the Hospital Ward.
Actually, the best way was to split up, which would double the efficiency. There was a high probability of players in the Hospital Ward.
However, with Komi's courage, it was clearly impossible for her to act alone.
The journey was silent.
On the way back from the Hospital Ward to the Hospital, no one paid attention to the mushrooms on Amamiya Natsuki's and Komi's heads. Clearly, their luck was average, and they didn't encounter Juju and the others. As for whether there were other players, it was uncertain.
"Sato-sensei, you're finally back." The eyeless Nurse breathed a sigh of relief, her tone a little resentful. "You were gone for so long; the patients are getting anxious."
"Sorry."
Amamiya Natsuki apologized casually, then looked at Komi and whispered:
"It looks like I have to work. From now on, Headless JK will accompany you. You can take a tour and see if you can find everyone."
Komi took a deep breath, indicating she understood.
Now only she could act… Come on!
Amamiya Natsuki then looked at Headless JK and commanded:
"Komi, from now on, you will follow Komi. Whatever she tells you to do, you do it, understand?"
"Yes, Doctor."
Headless JK respectfully agreed.
"Then that's settled. Come see me later."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly and returned to his consultation room.
Not long after he sat down, there was a knock at the door.
Knock, knock, knock…
The second patient pushed the door open and walked in.
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