"The domain has been expanded."
"The night is my home turf."
"Standing before you now is… the ultimate evolved Trisolaran."
Natsuki struck a classic Detective Conan pose, his voice deepening, and he quietly recounted the entire story.
"Alright." Yukino crossed her arms over her chest and said indifferently, "Mr. Tri-beast who has completed his ultimate evolution, how do you plan to help?"
Natsuki corrected her:
"It's Trisolaran."
Yukino said without changing her expression:
"I think Tri-beast and Garbage-kun are a better match."
"Let's get to the point, let's get to the point." Haruno clasped her hands in front of her chest and said expectantly, "I don't want to stay in this gloomy church for another second, Natsuki, what method do you have to complete the mission?"
"It's the plan we discussed before…" Natsuki said, "Everyone in this world has sins, and those ghost nuns in the church are no exception."
Haruno said softly:
"That's true, but whether it's the ghost nuns or the other vengeful spirits in the town, it's very difficult to make them confess their true sins."
"It was indeed very difficult before." Natsuki took out the mystical item he borrowed from Hayasaka, "But now with it, it's very easy."
"Eh?" Haruno blinked her eyes and quickly recognized it, "Is that the mystical item that can make people confess?"
"That's right, it's the Magical Girl's Gun." Natsuki nodded and said, "But now there's a problem…"
Haruno quickly said:
"What problem?"
Natsuki said:
"Previously in the sanatorium, to interrogate the evil director, all three charges were used up. Now, if I want to use it, it must be recharged."
Yukino raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear and asked:
"I haven't looked into this item in detail before… How can I help recharge it?"
Natsuki asked back:
"What are the beautiful qualities of a Magical Girl?"
"I know this." Haruno raised her right hand and smiled, "It should be love, justice, beauty, kindness, and so on, right?"
"Correct answer, one hundred points." Natsuki casually gave a perfect score, then said, "To recharge this mystical item, someone must hold it and use the power of emotion to recharge it."
Yukino slightly furrowed her brows and said:
"Does the power of emotion truly exist?"
Natsuki said:
"Just because you can't see or touch it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Hayasaka used the same method to recharge the item before."
"Shall I try?"
Haruno was enthusiastic and was about to volunteer herself.
But at this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
Dong dong dong.
The three people in the room immediately fell silent.
"Shh~"
Haruno made a gesture to keep quiet, while Natsuki and Yukino quietly hid in the corner.
"I'll open the door."
Haruno let out a soft breath and walked towards the door.
The door opened.
A ghost nun stood outside the door, her voice chillingly saying:
"It's time for daily lessons."
Haruno naturally agreed instantly:
"I know, I'll go right away."
The ghost nun's expression was indifferent, and she turned and left silently.
"Looks like we can't try it," Haruno turned and waved, whispering, "Then I'll go to the Great Hall for lessons first, and I'll leave the charging to Natsuki-kun and Yukino."
"..."
Bang.
The door closed.
Silence returned to the dormitory.
Natsuki looked at Yukino and handed her the Magical Girl tool:
"It seems the charging can only be entrusted to Yukino."
Yukino pursed her lips, reached out to take the magic gun, and whispered:
"What is Hayasaka-san's charging method?"
Natsuki shook his head and said:
"Can't say."
"Hmm?"
Yukino raised her eyebrows slightly.
Indeed, he couldn't say. With Yukino's personality, once she knew the usual charging method, she would definitely be in a bad mood and then curse him with her sharp tongue.
Natsuki said:
"Yukino, close your eyes and experience it for yourself, and you'll know."
"Close my eyes?" Yukino furrowed her delicate brows slightly, her gaze quickly sharpening, "Reason?"
"As for the reason..." Natsuki pondered for two seconds, "You don't want Haruno-nee to stay in the dangerous church all night, do you?"
Yukino: "..."
Taking a soft breath, Yukino raised her right hand, her slender fingers rubbing her brow. She already knew how Natsuki wanted to charge it... She hadn't eaten pork, but she had seen pigs run. Besides, she had already eaten pork.
"You just need to mobilize positive emotions like love and beauty, and then use the energy emitted by those positive emotions to charge it, right?"
Yukino said softly.
"Theoretically, yes." Natsuki nodded, "But it's hard for one person to do."
Emotions need to be mobilized and guided. It's actually very difficult for a person to control their own emotions. Simply put, the more you care about something, the harder it is to achieve.
Yukino said indifferently:
"Whether it can be done, only trying will tell."
Natsuki made a gentleman's gesture, shrugging his shoulders:
"No problem, Yukino, please help yourself."
"..."
Yukino held the Magical Girl tool, trying to mobilize positive emotions in her heart to charge the tool.
And then... she couldn't do it.
Completely unable to do it.
Minutes passed in a flash.
The charging progress remained unchanged.
The indicator light of the Magical Girl tool didn't even flicker a bit.
"Hoo..."
Yukino let out a soft breath, helplessly opening her beautiful eyes.
"Clearly..." Natsuki spread his hands, smiling, "Yukino can't generate electricity on her own."
Yukino: "..."
Although she was unwilling to admit it, it was indeed the truth.
Yukino had just tried to recall those beautiful memories, and she could remember them, but she always felt something was missing. Perhaps it was that a person cannot step into the same river twice, or there was another possibility: the surrounding environment was too gloomy, making it impossible to fully immerse herself.
Whatever the possibility, the inability to charge the tool was an undeniable fact.
Natsuki took two steps forward and said:
"Excuse me, Yukino, am I allowed to help now?"
Yukino crossed her right arm over her chest, tilting her pretty face slightly and saying:
"When humans are humiliated, they only produce negative emotions like anger, irritation, and hatred, not positive emotions."
"Whether positive emotions are produced or not, neither Yukino nor I have the final say." Natsuki extended his right hand and wrapped it around the girl's soft, slender waist, "It should be decided by the Magical Girl tool in your hand."
Natsuki looked down, leaning in and saying:
"Close your eyes."
"..."
Yukino hesitated slightly.
What would happen if she closed her eyes was already a foregone conclusion. She could push Garbage-kun away now, but... how would she charge the Magical Girl tool then?
Natsuki whispered:
"Hurry up, you don't want Haruno-nee to encounter danger in the church, do you?"
"You..."
Upon hearing this, Yukino, who was about to close her eyes, immediately became angry.
From childhood to adulthood, she hated being coerced by others the most.
Yukino was about to open her mouth to speak, but unfortunately, in the next second, Natsuki seized the opportunity and directly sealed the girl's soft, sweet lips, then skillfully invaded, blocking Yukino's subsequent words in her mouth.
"Mm..."
The girl's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a blush quietly bloomed on her pretty face, finally forcing her to close her beautiful eyes.
A moment later.
Yukino gasped softly, pushing away the unwilling Natsuki with force, her pretty face flushed, and she bit her teeth in vexation:
"Don't push your luck!"
"I'm not, I didn't." Natsuki silently withdrew his right hand, which had reached into Yukino's absolute territory, and casually wiped the silver thread from the corner of his mouth, "Everything I just did was to help with the charging."
"Heh..."
Yukino scoffed, about to deliver a sharp retort, when she heard Natsuki continue:
"Look at the charging progress of the magic gun yourself."
Yukino looked down at her right hand. The Magical Girl's confession gun had indeed lit up a green light without her noticing, indicating that it had successfully charged.
Seeing the irrefutable evidence before her, Yukino bit her lower lip in slight vexation.
The evidence was overwhelming.
Even if she was unwilling to admit it verbally, neither her body nor her mind showed any resistance to intimate contact; in fact, she even enjoyed it, with positive emotions she was unwilling to admit filling her heart.
"...What are you doing?"
Seeing that Natsuki still wanted to reach out and hug her, Yukino immediately retreated half a step in alarm.
Natsuki said:
"Of course, it's for another round."
Yukino's pretty face froze, and she looked at him with the gaze of a female police officer looking at a serious criminal:
"I didn't hear that clearly just now. Could you please repeat it?"
"Repeating it twice is no problem." Natsuki said righteously, "The confession attribute triggers randomly. To make the ghost nun confess, we must do it several times to fully charge the magic gun and increase the fault tolerance... Isn't that reasonable?"
Excuses!
All excuses!
Whether it's reasonable or not isn't important; taking advantage of is the truly important thing, isn't it?!
Yukino bit her silver teeth lightly and said:
"It's still uncertain whether the confession effect can make the ghost nun confess. Once the effect is confirmed..."
Hey, hey, doesn't this become a chicken and egg paradox?
To have a chicken, you must first have an egg to hatch a chick. To have an egg, you must have a chick lay an egg. It's simply unsolvable.
Before Yukino could finish speaking, Natsuki decisively took half a step forward and once again embraced the girl's soft, slender waist. The sweet, quiet fragrance once again filled his nostrils. Natsuki leaned down close to Yukino and whispered:
"Whether the confession effect can be triggered is your business. My current task is to fully charge the magic gun."
"..."
Lips met.
The familiar scorching sensation once again surged into their hearts.
Yukino's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she sighed softly in her heart, then gently parted her lips and closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, Natsuki and Yukino finally fully charged the magic gun.
Thump, thump, thump.
A knock sounded at the door.
Natsuki turned to look at the dormitory door and whispered:
"I can sense a fearful aura... It must be Haruno-nee returning."
Yukino took a deep breath, quickly smoothed her disheveled clothes, then walked to the door and opened it.
"Yukino, I'm back."
Haruno, dressed in a nun's habit, looked around, her hands behind her back, and said:
"I didn't disturb you two, did I?"
Yukino said expressionlessly:
"If Haruno-nee has nothing to do, she can continue to stay in the hallway."
"Ah, no, the hallway feels super gloomy, I don't want to stay for even a second longer." Haruno complained as she stepped into the dormitory, then her gaze fell on Yukino's face, and she scrutinized her carefully.
Yukino slightly averted her pretty face and said:
"The charging is complete. Haruno-nee can try now to see if it can be used to complete the main quest."
"Well, it's been so long, there's no need to rush..." Haruno's lips curved slightly upward, forming a joyful arc, and she smiled, "Why is Yukino's face so red?"
"..."
Yukino remained silent, completely unwilling to speak.
With Haruno's malicious personality, whatever she said would only make her happier. That's how a fun-loving person is.
Haruno didn't mind, extending a slender, doll-like finger to touch her own lower lip, her smile still joyful:
"And your lips, they feel a bit swollen."
Yukino, expressionless, turned and walked towards the door:
"Haruno-nee is in such a good mood, she must be confident in completing the task alone and doesn't need me to stay and help... Farewell."
"Eh, wait, wait." Haruno quickly hugged Yukino, "I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore, I was wrong."
Natsuki couldn't help but retort:
"Haruno-nee, it's better to know when to stop."
Yukino's eyes shifted, and she glared at him in annoyance:
"You, of all people, have no right to say that!"
"..."
The rest was simple.
The Magical Girl's Confession was fully charged, and the church's service was complete, leaving the entire church quiet.
The three quietly slipped out of the dormitory, then Haruno stepped forward and found the ghost nun who had been corrupted by money. Using money to pave the way, she quickly led the ghost nun into the confessional.
"Sister, we meet again."
Natsuki emerged from the shadows in the corner.
"It's you?" The ghost nun turned her head and, seeing Natsuki's face clearly, immediately lowered her voice, "Entering without registering as a tourist is trespassing. If anyone else discovers you, you will be attacked."
Tsk~
The power of money is truly terrifying.
Even though I trespassed, upon discovering me, she not only didn't capture and kill me but instead considered my well-being... No wonder there's a saying in society: when you're in danger, who is most concerned about your personal safety?
Not your friends.
Not your family.
But your creditor.
With such a good attitude, it feels bad to use you for an experiment.
While sighing inwardly, Natsuki took out a magical rope and said:
"Sister, I secretly snuck in this time because I have something difficult to ask of you..."
"Difficult... to ask?"
The ghost nun's gaze dropped to the rope in Natsuki's hand. Her face first showed shock, then changed from shock to hesitation, and finally, she took a deep breath, raised her head, and said:
"I can agree, but... it'll cost extra."
"Huh?"
Natsuki paused and looked at Yukino beside him, confused.
Yukino also looked up.
Extra money for what?
We're about to tie you up for an experiment. If we pay extra, will you really cooperate obediently?
The ghost nun continued:
"It's a bondage game, right? I've heard of it, but that kind of thing definitely costs extra."
Hey, hey, you're a nun! Be a bit more holy! Don't play bondage games with trespassers just for money!
However, since she's already a ghost nun, one can't expect too much.
Natsuki, Yukino, and Haruno exchanged glances and quickly made a decision.
"Extra money, right?" Natsuki pulled out a bag of coins and tossed it over, "No problem."
Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem at all.
"I'll add another bag." Natsuki pulled out a second bag of coins and tossed it over, "Is that enough now?"
"Enough, enough."
The ghost nun's face lit up with joy. She quickly put the money away, then extended her hands, ready to be bound, and said enthusiastically:
"You've given too much, so it's fine to be a bit rough."
Upon closer inspection, although the ghost nun had dark circles under her eyes and purplish lips, her appearance was actually quite good, possessing an exotic charm typical of Westerners. Not only that, her figure was quite explosive; despite wearing a relatively conservative nun's habit, she managed to make it look like a form-fitting uniform.
If Yukino were used as a unit of measurement for bust size, it was estimated that one of her could be worth ten Yukino. Now, with just extra money, one could do whatever they wanted... It didn't seem like a loss at all.
Unfortunately, Yukino and Haruno were in the confessional, so Natsuki naturally wouldn't do anything strange. He waved his hand and said:
"It's just a simple game, Sister, please rest assured, it will be over soon."
"You..." The ghost nun's gaze dropped upon hearing this, "You're fast?"
Natsuki immediately got angry.
You can call me shameless and depraved, but you absolutely cannot say I'm fast!
Natsuki turned to Yukino, trying to get her to vouch for him:
"Yukino, you tell me, am I fast or not..."
Yukino crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes filled with annoyance, and directly interrupted him:
"Shut up!"
"..."
The ghost nun, who took money for business, had excellent credibility and required no fighting. She simply tied herself up.
Next, Haruno entered the confessional booth, and Yukino took out the Magical Girl's Gun, aiming it at the ghost nun.
"Hmm?" The ghost nun frowned, her eyes turning red, and she looked wary. She quickly transformed into a malevolent spirit, her voice becoming sharp, "You didn't say you'd use force just now."
Natsuki comforted her:
"Don't be nervous, it's just a prop gun. It can add to the fun."
The ghost nun's voice was sharp:
"I feel a strange energy emanating from that gun. Something very bad will happen if I'm hit. I won't accept..."
"Wait."
Natsuki pulled a roll of banknotes from his pocket and threw it in front of the ghost nun:
"Extra money, I'll add money, is that okay?"
"..."
Seeing the roll of banknotes in front of her, the ghost nun's gaze immediately softened. Her malevolent spirit transformation quickly ceased, and she returned to her original appearance, her voice even becoming gentle and pleasant:
"Deal."
As the saying goes, money makes the mare go, and it was indeed true.
After the money was in place, the ghost nun was exceptionally cooperative. Not only did she tie her own hands, but she also tilted her neck, awaiting the execution.
"Yukino, you can do it now."
Natsuki turned to Yukino and said softly.
"Mhm."
Yukino nodded slightly, then pulled the trigger.
A colorful magical missile whistled out and slowly hit the ghost nun.
The ghost nun's body trembled, then she slumped softly to the ground, her eyes vacant, staring at the sky.
"What kind of effect is this?"
Yukino turned and asked.
"It should be the sage mode," Natsuki whispered, "or perhaps the 'lazy' mode."
Yukino: "..."
Raising a hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, Yukino said softly:
"Do we have to wait for the ghost nun to finish being a 'salted fish' before shooting again?"
"No need for such trouble," Natsuki said, "We can just finish her off."
"Alright."
Yukino pulled the trigger, firing another shot.
It must be said that Yukino had good luck. The second shot successfully triggered the confession effect. The ghost nun's body trembled, and she sat up straight again, looking towards the confessional:
"I have sinned..."
At this moment, Haruno's voice came from the confessional booth:
"Please speak slowly. The merciful Lord will forgive your sins."
The ghost nun knelt on the ground, and two lines of clear tears actually flowed from her black eye sockets:
"I used to have a happy and complete family... One afternoon, when I was home alone, I suddenly received a call. Someone was trying to sell me wealth management products, with a monthly return of over thirty percent... I hid it from my husband and invested all of our family's money into it..."
Good heavens!
Wealth management products with returns over thirty percent, you actually dared to buy them! That stuff is 100% a scam call!
Natsuki finally understood why the ghost nun was so greedy for money and willing to do anything for it; she was trying to pay off debts.
When she first invested the money, she gained some paltry profits. The ghost nun was like a fish in water, biting deeper and deeper into the hook, and borrowed more money to buy wealth management products. By the time her husband found out, she had completely slipped into the abyss and couldn't pull herself out.
Watching the ghost nun kneeling on the ground, crying uncontrollably, Natsuki and Yukino remained silent.
Between people, it is impossible to truly empathize.
Even hearing the ghost nun confess her deepest hidden sin face-to-face, they only felt pity.
After an unknown amount of time, the ghost nun finally stopped crying. The chilling aura around her dissipated considerably, and she sat blankly on the chair, lost in thought.
Click.
The confessional door was quietly pushed open.
Haruno walked out from inside and said softly:
"Task progress increased."
Natsuki nodded:
"It seems our hypothesis was correct... Then let's continue."
Once the method of completing the task was understood, the rest was simple.
Within the vast church, there were always some nuns easily corrupted by money, not to mention a traitor among them.
During this time, Natsuki also teleported outside the church to report the task progress to Kaguya and others.
In the cold night, the dirty, sinful transactions proceeded secretly and methodically.
Half an hour later.
Haruno's main quest was successfully completed.