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"That's right, I've awakened." Kitagawa Marin put her right hand on her hip, raised her left hand to her front, made a peace sign, and had an incredibly bright smile on her face, "I've unlocked an active skill!"
"An active skill?"
Amamiya Natsuki intertwined his fingers, propped up his chin, and quickly began to analyze.
"Is it because the role-playing degree exceeded fifty percent?"
"If the role-playing degree is below fifty percent, you can only gain passive ability bonuses. Once it exceeds fifty percent, you can gain additional active skills?"
"Is this true for all role-playing, or is your awakening just a special case?"
Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become clear.
Skills, it turns out, can only be mastered through practice and exploration, not by learning them and then setting them aside.
"Ugh—"
Kitagawa Marin slightly puffed out her pink cheeks and couldn't help but retort: "At a time like this, you should be asking me what active skill I unlocked, right?"
Inui Sajuna chimed in from the side: "Um, Kitagawa Marin, what skill did you unlock?"
Kitagawa Marin cast a grateful look at her and immediately became happy:
"It's Charm."
As the Succubus Girl spoke, she set her character panel to browse mode.
Amamiya Natsuki looked over curiously.
[Role-playing… Succubus Girl / Miss Succubus]
[Current role-playing degree: 54%]
[Unlocked ability: Succubus Physique (Passive), even without practical experience, you can pretend to be a veteran]
[Remark: You're so good at this.]
The passive ability goes without saying; it cannot be actively turned on or off and is always active.
[Role-playing degree has reached 50%, ability awakened]
[Current awakened skill: Charm]
[Type: Active]
[Attribute: Releasing this skill on a target has a certain chance to make the target fall into an illusion]
[Remark: The higher the role-playing degree, the higher the success rate of skill release]
"See? It clearly says active skill." Kitagawa Marin put her hands on her hips, a triumphant smile on her face, "The higher the role-playing degree, the more active skills you might unlock."
"You're celebrating too early." Amamiya Natsuki said slowly, "It only says there's 'a certain chance' to make the target fall into an illusion. Ninety-nine percent is a certain chance, and one percent is also a certain chance."
"That's true." Kitagawa Marin nodded, then quickly widened her eyes and leaned slightly forward, "Natsuki, Juju-sama, both of you look into my eyes. I'll try to charm you."
Amamiya Natsuki looked into Kitagawa Marin's eyes upon hearing this.
The Blonde Hot Girl's eyes were very large, and Amamiya Natsuki could clearly see his reflection in them.
Kitagawa's original eye color was brown-black, but she was a 'die without colored contacts' person. As long as she went out, she had to wear red colored contacts, so she gave more of an impression of a red-eyed girl.
"I'm activating it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Amamiya Natsuki felt a slight blur in front of his eyes, and Kitagawa Marin's eyes seemed to turn into pink hearts.
And then…
It ended.
"Natsuki, how do you feel?"
Kitagawa Marin asked expectantly.
"Sorry." Amamiya Natsuki said honestly, "Besides her pupils seemingly turning into heart shapes, I didn't feel anything."
Without a doubt, the charm failed.
"It failed right away?" Kitagawa Marin stood up straight, her gaze suddenly falling on the pink-haired girl, "Eh, Juju-sama!"
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look. The pink-haired girl sitting beside him clearly had an unusual expression. Her pink lips were slightly parted, her expression was blank, her eyes were unfocused, and she didn't respond to Kitagawa's call.
"The charm succeeded?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow in surprise, pondering and analyzing, "The success rate of Charm might be related to the target's willpower… Don't call her yet, let's see how long the charm can last."
"Oh."
Kitagawa Marin nodded in agreement and took out her phone to start timing.
One minute later.
Inui Sajuna's eyes finally regained clarity. She covered her forehead with her right hand, her small face flushed, and her eyes still a little dazed.
"Juju, you've been charmed by me." Kitagawa Marin hummed proudly, her right hand on her hip. "You were spaced out for almost a minute."
"...Charmed?"
Kitagawa Marin quickly sobered up.
Amamiya Natsuki took out his notebook, ready to record data: "Juju-sama, were you spacing out just now, or did you experience a hallucination?"
"Were you aware of your surroundings during that time?"
Upon hearing this, Inui Sajuna turned her head, her gaze falling on Amamiya Natsuki's face. For some reason, a brilliant blush quickly bloomed on her small face, and then she pressed her legs tightly together, getting up in a hurry and saying:
"I, I'm going to the restroom first!"
"What's wrong with Juju?"
Kitagawa Marin felt a bit bewildered, tilting her head in confusion.
"I don't know." Amamiya Natsuki put away his notebook. "...Could it be a hallucination where she couldn't find the restroom?"
"Oh, that's terrible!"
"..."
After a while, the pink-haired girl finally emerged from the restroom, her small face fair with a hint of red, and still damp from water, clearly having just washed her face.
"Sorry, I was a bit flustered just now..."
Inui Sajuna walked in small steps to the sofa, her right hand reaching behind her to cover her skirt, carefully sitting down. Then, she began to describe her state after being charmed.
After being charmed, it wasn't an empty-headed daze, but rather falling into a hallucination, losing the ability to perceive the outside world.
The content of the hallucination was similar to a dream, bizarre and fantastical, vastly different from reality.
"To be able to charm for over a minute." Kitagawa Marin gave a thumbs up. "Super strong control skill."
Amamiya Natsuki put his notebook into his game backpack: "However, there's a high probability that the charmed target will wake up once attacked or touched."
"We'll know if we test it." Kitagawa Marin looked at the pink-haired girl. "Juju-sama, shall we try again?"
"No." Inui Sajuna seemed to recall something terrifying, quickly shaking her head in refusal. "I want to rest for a bit."
"Alright then." Kitagawa Marin could only regretfully give up. "Oh, by the way, you haven't bought your daily Blind Box yet, have you? Want to try your luck with a coin toss?"
Upon hearing this, Inui Sajuna turned her head to look at Amamiya Natsuki: "...I want to try."
Currently, skills are the most practical things.
No one can refuse.
"Here you go."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded, handing the Coin of Destiny to Juju.
It was a pity, the coin was still absorbing luck, so it couldn't land on heads.
A moment later.
Juju-sama began to be plagued by bad luck.
"Don't be discouraged, I also tossed it many times before it finally landed on heads." Kitagawa Marin comforted her gently. "Keep tossing tomorrow."
Inui Sajuna nodded lightly, "I understand."
The verification continued.
Unfortunately, after the portrayal degree exceeded 50%, it became incredibly difficult to increase it further, with almost no visible effect. Unable to find the reason for now, Kitagawa Marin could only reluctantly give up:
"I'll go get my schoolbag, let's all do our homework together."
No sooner said than done.
The Blonde Hot Girl's initiative was always at full capacity.
Amamiya Natsuki sat on the sofa, continuing to play on his phone.
Juju-sama carefully got up, preparing to throw the empty snack bags on the table into the trash can in the corner.
Bang.
The unlucky girl tripped, falling flat on the ground in a perfect 'Wild Goose Landing on Flat Sand' pose.
A breeze blew in.
The girl's skirt was lifted by the wind.
Amamiya Natsuki looked up, his eyes widening in surprise.
Juju-sama's hair wasn't the only thing that was pink.
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