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As the two deer increasingly skewed the art style, Kisaragi Rin felt Kanroji Mitsuri's face become rounder, on the verge of making a comical expression at any moment.
"Indeed, venison for dinner tonight..."
"Don't even think about it!"
"Exactly, Shikanoko will beat you up!"
...
Once it quieted down, Chopper and Shikanoko Noko explained why they were there.
It was simple: while Chopper was an ornamental animal at Deer Garden, she overheard tourists talking about 'Candy House's super-sized cotton candy,' and then begged Shikanoko Noko to bring her over.
"But if this is the case, when will I get to eat cotton candy?"
Chopper looked at the unchanging line and lay down on the ground with Shikanoko Noko.
Kisaragi Rin suggested, "Then you two should just cut in line."
Shikanoko Noko stood up again, her face righteous, and said, "Cutting in line is wrong; we shouldn't do that."
"But you already cut in front of us."
Kanroji Mitsuri became Kisaragi Rin's best mouthpiece.
"Hmm... because when I cut in line just now, I was a deer, and now I'm a person."
As Shikanoko Noko spoke, she pulled off the antlers on either side of her head.
Kisaragi Rin sighed as he looked at her, "Indeed, tonight I'll just have venison."
"By the way, that proposal you got is useless anyway, why don't you give it to me? I have other things to exchange with you."
Shikanoko Noko finally became a bit more normal, bringing up a serious topic.
Kisaragi Rin didn't ask why Shikanoko Noko knew about this; he knew Shikanoko Noko would say her antler radar told her.
As for not reminding Kisaragi Rin?
Shikanoko Noko said directly, "Anyway, that guy doesn't look like he can take you down..."
She took her skull off her head—that's right, Shikanoko Noko, in front of Kisaragi, took off her skull, complete with the attached antlers, and then hung it on Chopper's antlers, proceeding to rummage through her brain right in front of Kisaragi Rin.
However, the scene was not bloody, but rather had a comical art style.
"Do you want this?"
Shikanoko Noko pulled a banknote, a 10,000 yen bill, from her brain.
"It's not just simply 10,000 yen, is it?"
Kisaragi Rin thought about Shikanoko Noko's actions and asked cautiously.
"Of course not," Shikanoko Noko said, putting her hands on her hips and beginning to explain, "Item - The Ever-Spending 10,000 Yen. As long as you use this banknote to pay for bills not exceeding 10,000 yen, this item will never disappear from your hand and can be used indefinitely."
"But?" Kisaragi Rin anticipated Shikanoko Noko's next sentence.
Shikanoko Noko nodded. "There are indeed restrictions. It's best not to spend more than 5 million yen per day, or something unexpected will happen."
"It's not that the item itself brings bad luck, but misusing it will attract the attention of an international organization... If you're lucky, you'll just be handed over to your home country's officials; if you're unlucky, you'll just die," Shikanoko Noko said with a smile.
The 'luck' she spoke of should be replaced with 'background and strength': those with a background are handed over to their home country, while those without a background or strength are directly killed.
"What organization?" Kisaragi Rin asked.
"The International Survival Institute, funded and staffed by China's White Jade Capital, Europe's Knight Orders and Ivory Tower, America's Temple of Liberty and Guilds, etc."
Seeing Kisaragi Rin's strange gaze, Shikanoko Noko scratched her face and continued to explain, "Of course, the Survival Institute doesn't manage 5 million yen businesses; they only manage the life and death of humanity."
"A branch organization of the Temple of Liberty that joined the Survival Institute is called the Financial Tower, specifically managing players who dare to meddle in this area. Because they are registered with the Survival Institute, as long as you are not an important person, killing you is completely legal and compliant."
As if remembering something, Shikanoko Noko complained unhappily, "The people from the Temple of Liberty are used to being strong; they don't even let players earn this small amount of money..."
After hearing all this, Kisaragi Rin only had another question: "What about non-human players?"
Chopper spoke up to answer the question, "Can you guess why Africa and Australia weren't mentioned?"
Kisaragi Rin carefully reviewed his past experiences; indeed, he rarely saw black people, and there weren't many internet memes making fun of them either.
"Let's forget about this item. It's not very useful, and it somehow feels troublesome."
He couldn't use it for big money, and he didn't need it for small money.
Kisaragi Rin chose to refuse. If it weren't for the bizarre usage conditions of the galgame proposal, he probably would have sold it to the Paradise long ago.
Shikanoko Noko shrugged and reached into her head to continue rummaging.
Kisaragi Rin complained, "What exactly is inside your head?"
"I can't remember either. I just stuffed everything in there and never kept track."
Shikanoko Noko replied, thinking.
"I mean, where did the brain that was supposed to be in there go?"
"That kind of thing, it's not important..."
Shikanoko Noko looked calm.
Just a mere brain; its only purpose is to bring worry. Only by discarding the brain can one return to the joy of youth.
In a sense, Shikanoko Noko's cultivation as a deer was indeed up to par.
Full of all-sugar happiness...
Shikanoko Noko pulled out one item after another from her head: miniature firecrackers that could cause huge explosions, a bitten Devil Fruit, a GUNDAM robot that could materialize...
Finally, Kisaragi Rin's Lock-on landed on an unknown liquid in a tube that Shikanoko Noko took out.
Monster Cell Bloodline
Description: I'm not human anymore!
Effect: Become a Monster, gain Special powers of Monsterization... but may also lead to negative effects such as surging negative emotions, loss of sanity, and physical changes.
Bonus: Determined by the player's reaction with the Monster Cell...
Usage Condition: Ineffective for people who are already strong to a certain extent.
"Monster Cell."
Kisaragi Rin glanced at the displayed data and decided to swap it out and use it on a clone.
Sekido became incredibly useful after gaining the Demon King Bloodline. As long as he fused and sublimated, the Demon King Bloodline would attach to Kisaragi Rin's main body, granting him nearly infinite stamina, immortal vitality, and bonus attributes.
If he added a Monsterized clone to the fusion, then Kisaragi Rin could sublimate from Kisaragi Rin Pro to Kisaragi Rin Promax.
Although Monsterization is usually ugly, the stats are beautiful!
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