Chapter 58: A Childhood Friend's Post-Rain Story
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"Stupid Natsuki, what did you just say?"
Yotsuya Miko tilted her head in confusion.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed:
"Actually, this morning, I was chosen by that game again…"
"Eh?" Yotsuya Miko was startled, a hint of worry appearing on her pretty face. She reached out to check Amamiya Natsuki's body, "You're not hurt, are you?"
"No."
Amamiya Natsuki shook his head and briefly explained what happened in the game.
"So much happened…" Yotsuya Miko bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. Since she wasn't a player, she couldn't help even if she wanted to. "What did you mean by 'training' just now?"
"Today, the mall refreshed with a rather interesting ability," Amamiya Natsuki said, "I don't want to work hard anymore."
Yotsuya Miko narrowed her eyes: "…That sounds improper."
[Skill: I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore]
[Price: 50 game coins]
[Item Attributes: This skill is designed for players who don't want to work hard. You can get stronger by just lying down. You only need to lie flat on the ground and let others step on you to absorb the trampling energy and convert it into special energy to improve your physical fitness.]
[Note: I don't want to work hard anymore!]
When Amamiya Natsuki woke up this morning, he habitually checked the game mall, and the high-level items had already refreshed.
He had thought only permanent attributes would appear, but he didn't expect there to be skills too.
Amamiya Natsuki hadn't paid attention when he saw it this morning. He had used up most of his game coins these past few days and was short on cash, unable to buy anything.
Who knew he would be pulled into the game again this morning and get rich overnight after clearing it?
So he was tempted.
Who wouldn't be tempted by a skill that allows you to get stronger just by lying down, even lying all the way to the human limit?
Amamiya Natsuki was an only child, had no younger sister, and didn't know any rich lolis, but it didn't matter; he was a man with a childhood friend.
"Getting stronger by being stepped on while lying down…" Yotsuya Miko hugged her chest and couldn't help but complain, "That's too strange."
Amamiya Natsuki held the umbrella: "Just think of it as a back massage, and it's fine."
"Even if you say that…" Yotsuya Miko hesitated, "I still feel it's really strange."
Amamiya Natsuki helplessly: "You gave me back massages in National Middle School, didn't you?"
"That was just out of curiosity," Yotsuya Miko's pretty face flushed slightly. She let out a light breath and agreed, "I understand… Let's go home first."
That summer during their second year of National Middle School, the two of them were watching TV at home and happened to see a back massage scene, so they tried it out of curiosity once. It didn't feel comfortable, so they never tried it again afterward.
Since it wasn't the first time, stepping on him again wouldn't matter.
After all, she was his childhood friend, and of course, she hoped Amamiya Natsuki would be safe and sound. If she couldn't help in the game, she couldn't just stand by in reality.
…
"I'm home."
Yotsuya Miko opened the door with her key, then pushed it open and walked into the entryway.
"Welcome home."
A faint, ethereal voice came from the living room. Miko's father, sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, looked up at the sound.
Amamiya Natsuki and Yotsuya Miko both pretended not to see him.
"My shoulders are all wet," Yotsuya Miko used her right hand to tuck a strand of hair that had fallen by her ear gently behind it, then bent down to change her shoes. "And my socks are a bit damp too, uncomfortable."
"It's normal for your shoulders to get wet when two people share one umbrella," Amamiya Natsuki said. "You go take a bath first, be careful not to catch a cold."
"Mm." Yotsuya Miko agreed, walked to the refrigerator, and said, "You go to my room and wait for me first…"
Opening the refrigerator, a rotting human head evil spirit appeared on the top shelf, its dead fish-like eyes staring intently at Yotsuya Miko.
Yotsuya Miko bit her lower lip: "Natsuki, come and get whatever drink you want."
Amamiya Natsuki walked over and saw, well, it was an old acquaintance.
For some reason, this kind of evil spirit liked to stay inside the refrigerator. Amamiya Natsuki saw it every morning when he woke up.
"I'll have black tea."
Amamiya Natsuki, without changing his expression, reached out towards the human head evil spirit, silently activating his Evil Spirit Banishing Aura.
The evil spirit's head in the refrigerator immediately shrieked, then quickly turned into black smoke and disappeared.
Taking out a can of green tea, Amamiya Natsuki walked upstairs: "You go take your bath."
Yotsuya Miko quietly breathed a sigh of relief, turned and gripped the bathroom doorknob, ready to go in and take a bath.
The next moment.
The black-haired girl's golden eyes suddenly widened, and her body involuntarily trembled slightly.
Inside the bathroom.
A terrifying evil spirit, almost filling the entire bathroom, was right behind the door, its face covered in crimson compound eyes like an insect's, meeting Yotsuya Miko's gaze directly.
"You… can see me?"
A cold, hollow voice entered her ears.
Yotsuya Miko's body trembled slightly, and a hazy mist quickly welled up in her eyes; tears nearly fell.
Too much.
It's too much!
She had just dealt with the human head evil spirit in the refrigerator, and then, when she was most relaxed, she was suddenly ambushed by an evil spirit as she opened the door. Yotsuya Miko almost screamed.
"Can you see me?"
The compound-eyed evil spirit slowly pressed closer, dozens of eyes staring intently at Yotsuya Miko, its evil and sinister aura causing even more mist to gather in Yotsuya Miko's eyes.
"Natsuki—"
Yotsuya Miko took a deep breath, gripped the doorknob tightly with her right hand, and suddenly turned her head to shout, "Do you want to bathe together?"
Amamiya Natsuki, who was almost at the second floor, was startled by the question.
She actually wants to bathe together?
Don't say such things in front of your dad! Your dad is looking over!
Amamiya Natsuki looked down and quickly saw Miko, teary-eyed and trembling. He quickly understood and stepped downstairs.
Good heavens!
Seeing the multi-eyed evil spirit in the bathroom, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but take a small breath. No wonder she was teary-eyed; anyone who saw such a terrifying evil spirit would get goosebumps.
"You... can see me?"
The multi-eyed evil spirit's eyes spun wildly, all looking towards Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki, without a word, decisively activated his Evil Spirit Banishing Aura.
An invisible force enveloped the bathroom, and the multi-eyed evil spirit immediately shrieked. Transparent flames rapidly burned all over its body, and then it dissipated into nothingness amidst its screams.
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and stroked Miko's teary-eyed head:
"Let's skip it today. We can bathe together next time."
Bathing with someone's daughter in front of their dad—no matter how you think about it, it's too awkward!
"I'll go upstairs first." Amamiya Natsuki took out his phone and waved it in front of Miko, "If anything unexpected happens, message me."
Yotsuya Miko nodded, teary-eyed, gripped her phone, and stepped into the bathroom.
Amamiya Natsuki went upstairs to Miko's room, sat down, and read a book.
No unexpected events occurred.
Half an hour later.
The door was pushed open, and Yotsuya Miko, dressed in pajamas, walked in.
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look, his gaze distorted by an indescribable gravity, naturally bringing the adjective 'ample' to mind.
It must be said, his childhood friend had a quite alluring figure.
If Shinomiya Kaguya was used as the standard unit for bust size, Miko was at least five Shinomiya Kaguya equivalents!
"Didn't you ask me for help?"
Yotsuya Miko's pretty face flushed slightly. She gestured with her chin, "You can lie down now."
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