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"Take, take over..."
At this thought, the short-haired girl, who often overthinks, immediately had corresponding images appear in her mind. Her small face instantly flushed red at a visible speed, and white steam whistled out from the top of her head.
The short-haired girl quickly shook her head, banishing the images from her mind.
No!
A baton, or whatever it was, was too unhygienic!
"What are you doing?" Amamiya Natsuki urged, "Come over quickly."
"Please, please don't be mean to me..."
Kashiwagi Nagisa's eyes were timid, like a girl about to walk to the guillotine, as she shuffled over.
A terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in her mind.
The girl remembered a certain manga she had secretly read before.
"As everyone knows, only accomplices can keep secrets."
"Now it's your turn to take over from Kaguya-san... hurry up, I'll need to take pictures with my phone later."
Click click click.
The flash mercilessly fired in quick succession.
Then came the devil's whisper:
"From now on, you'll do whatever I tell you to do. If you dare to disobey, I'll post the photos online for everyone to see!"
"..."
This short-haired girl inevitably fell into overthinking again, becoming more and more panicked, her eyes welling up with tears as she looked at Amamiya Natsuki, pleading pitifully:
"Can you not take pictures?"
Amamiya Natsuki was puzzled: "What are you saying?"
"I, I'll listen to everything you say from now on, just not the pictures."
What pictures?
What are you talking about?
Amamiya Natsuki felt completely bewildered, not understanding what the girl in front of him was saying:
"I'm just letting you see the truth, why are you crying?"
"Tr-truth?"
The short-haired girl blinked her eyelashes, which were adorned with sparkling tears.
"Although I don't know what you're thinking, the truth is right in front of you." Amamiya Natsuki raised his hands, complaining, "Just now, there was a gust of wind, and Kaguya-san's sticky note that was clipped in her book was blown away. She reached out to grab it, her chair wasn't stable, and she ended up lying on my lap. Her hair got caught somewhere, and she couldn't get up for a while... Come over and see for yourself."
Kashiwagi Nagisa carefully rounded the corner of the desk and looked towards Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya.
Because of the angle earlier, she had been blocked by a desk and could only see the Naive Ojou-sama lying on Amamiya Natsuki's lap, but couldn't see exactly what she was doing.
There was no need to see it either.
A single man and woman, not going home after school, and in such an awkward posture—how could anyone not think they were doing that kind of thing?
Fortunately, the next moment, Kashiwagi Nagisa finally rounded the corner of the table and saw the truth.
Their clothes were neat and tidy, not a single strand out of place.
Kaguya-san was looking up, her face flushed, but her face was clean...
"I'm sorry!"
After seeing the truth, Kashiwagi Nagisa quickly bowed ninety degrees, her voice filled with panic, "I—I misunderstood you two!"
"Misunderstood what?" Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes, "Tell me, let me hear it."
Kashiwagi Nagisa quickly covered her mouth, shaking her head nervously.
If she dared to say it, Kaguya-san would surely kill her.
"Come over and help." Amamiya Natsuki still held his hands up, looking at Kashiwagi, "See where her hair is caught."
"Leave it to me."
Kashiwagi Nagisa quickly nodded and stepped forward to help.
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her silver teeth tightly, wanting to refuse, but then felt it would be even more shameful to just lie on a boy's lap like that. Torn, she remained silent.
A moment later.
"Ah, I found it. Kaguya-san's hair accidentally got caught on the hook on the side of the table…"
With Kashiwagi Nagisa's help, the tangled hair was quickly untangled, and Shinomiya Kaguya finally broke free and stood up.
Calm down.
Don't panic.
At times like this, it's important to appear as composed as possible, so as not to be looked down upon.
Shinomiya Kaguya raised her right hand, her slender fingers tucking the dark strands of hair behind her ear, and said in a cool, composed voice:
"Kashiwagi-san, thank you for your help just now."
"No, you're welcome."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya.
Her expression and tone were perfect, but unfortunately, her face was too red, a serious deduction of points.
"I left my keys in the classroom… Natsuki-kun, Kaguya-san, goodbye."
The short-haired girl returned to her seat, took out her keys from the desk drawer, lowered her head, and quickly said her goodbyes before leaving.
"The bad luck period is over." Amamiya Natsuki glanced at his phone, then looked at the Naive Ojou-sama, "Do you still want to flip a coin tomorrow?"
"…Of course." Shinomiya Kaguya bit her silver teeth lightly, "If you give up at the first sign of setback and failure, what can you accomplish?"
"Heroine, what great perseverance."
Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest, her gaze shifting as she glanced over, continuing:
"After we flip the coin tomorrow, please leave immediately. Don't stay by my side, not for a second longer."
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
The two left the classroom.
They parted ways.
Amamiya Natsuki arrived at the school gate alone and waited a while before Kitagawa Marin, who had finished her club activities, arrived.
That's right, as a Blonde Hot Girl with many friends, Kitagawa Marin naturally joined a club.
"Natsuki-kun, sorry to keep you waiting." Kitagawa Marin raised her right hand and jogged over with light steps, "My friends wanted to go to karaoke to sing, and although I really wanted to go, I didn't forget what's important."
Amamiya Natsuki put his phone in his pocket: "Should I praise you?"
Kitagawa Marin raised her chin, revealing a hint of her white neck: "Hehe~ Hurry and praise me."
The two walked towards the Train Station while talking, heading to Kitagawa's Home.
There was no conversation along the way.
After getting off the train, Amamiya Natsuki saw a petite, pink-haired girl with a large backpack, waiting expectantly on the Train Station platform.
It was Inui Sajuna.
"Juju-sama." Kitagawa Marin waved happily, her smile as bright as sunshine, "We're back."
"Don't call me that name…" Inui Sajuna turned her small face away, clearly a bit embarrassed, and whispered, "You can just call me Sajuna."
Cosplay was a hobby, reality was life, and having her online name called out always brought a strange sense of shame.
"Can I just call you Juju?"
"No."
"But Juju sounds so good~ What do you think, Natsuki-kun?"
"A name is just a designation." Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "Actually, I prefer the name Don."
"Don?"
Inui Sajuna looked up, her small face filled with confusion.
To like such a strange name, this man's preferences were too bizarre!
"Let's go." Kitagawa Marin led the way to an apartment building, "Let's go home first."
The three climbed the stairs and soon arrived at Kitagawa Marin's doorstep.
"I'm home."
Kitagawa Marin took out her keys and opened the door to enter the house.
The house was quiet, no one responded.
"Excuse me."
Amamiya Natsuki stepped into the house. Although it was his first time there, it wasn't unfamiliar; Kitagawa had even video chatted with him last night before he went to sleep.
The Blonde Hot Girl's mother had passed away very early, and her father had not remarried. Instead, the father and daughter relied on each other.
In her third year of Junior high school, Marin's father received a company transfer and was currently working in Hokkaido. Due to the long distance, he hadn't been home for a long time, usually only returning for Obon and New Year each year.
In short, Kitagawa Marin was currently living alone.
"You two sit down first, I'll get drinks."
Kitagawa Marin walked to the refrigerator, opened it, and a human head Evil Spirit turned its eyes to look at her.
"You can see me…"
A hollow, cold voice echoed eerily.
Kitagawa Marin took half a step back and turned to complain to Amamiya Natsuki: "Natsuki-kun, it's glaring at me."
Your eyes are so big, why don't you glare back!
Amamiya Natsuki sat on the sofa, silently activating his Evil Spirit Banishing Aura, and the human head Evil Spirit quickly began to burn.
The pink-haired girl's eyes were filled with envy.
Evil Spirit Banishing, she really wanted that skill, super wanted it.
"This human head Evil Spirit is too insidious. It hides in the refrigerator every day, and it scared me yesterday when I came home." Kitagawa Marin put her right hand on her hip, "There's green tea, barley tea, yogurt, milk, and cola. What do you want to drink?"
Amamiya Natsuki said: "Cola."
Juju: "…I'll have yogurt."
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look: "Actually, milk is fine too."
The pink-haired girl puffed out her cheeks: "I'm already a second-year high school student, not a child!"
After a brief rest.
The three quickly got to the main topic.
"Natsuki-kun, first copy my skill to Juju." Kitagawa Marin sipped her green tea and extended her right hand.
Amamiya Natsuki agreed and looked at the pink-haired girl.
Inui Sajuna's small face flushed slightly, and she extended her hand.
Several minutes later.
"'Role Play'…" Seeing the temporary skill on her character panel, Inui Sajuna's eyes widened in surprise, "So amazing."
After joining the Player Mutual Aid Group, she carefully observed and understood the basic situations of many players. She had now moved beyond the novice stage and knew that most players didn't even have a single skill. The ability to grant temporary skills to others seemed incredibly powerful no matter how she looked at it.
"Hehe, amazing, right?"
Kitagawa Marin slightly raised her chin, basking in the reflected glory, "Did Juju-sama bring her uniform?"
"I brought it." Inui Sajuna nodded, "It's in my backpack."
"Let's go to my room and try out the skill effect." Kitagawa Marin stood up and said, "The cosplay outfit I ordered on Amazon yesterday also arrived, let's change together."
So far, the game did not have a remote party function, but players who were physically close in reality had a high probability of being pulled into the same game.
If they knew each other beforehand and had a certain level of trust, mutual trust and cooperation in the game would undoubtedly greatly increase the chances of clearing it.
Therefore, Amamiya Natsuki did not stop Kitagawa from forming a cosplay team. If they were strong enough, full cosplay was fine. Clearing the game was the most important thing.
"Natsuki-kun, don't peek, okay?"
Kitagawa Marin stood at the doorway of the room, turning back to warn him.
Amamiya Natsuki was expressionless: "Your door is tightly shut, how can I peek?"
Kitagawa Marin lightly tapped her chin with her finger: "…Then should I leave the door a crack open?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "Much appreciated."
A moment later.
The door gently opened, and a Succubus Girl walked out.
Kitagawa Marin was wearing an outfit similar to yesterday's demon girl uniform, and she even wore a beautiful burgundy wig, looking quite professional.
The Succubus Girl came behind Amamiya Natsuki, leaned closer, and said in a sweet voice:
"Natsuki-kun~ Let me devour you?"
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