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"The dungeon reward settlement is out," Amamiya Natsuki said, holding a Yakitori skewer.
Yakitori in Japan originally referred to bird meat like quail, sparrows, and turtledoves, with grilled sparrows being the most common. Today, chicken has become the main ingredient for Yakitori, but it also includes beef, pork, shiitake mushrooms, okra, and so on. All of them are called Yakitori; simply put, it's grilled food.
Among them, the green onion Yakitori tastes superb.
Amamiya Natsuki even felt that the taste of grilled green onions surpassed that of grilled meat.
The golden-brown, slightly oily, fragrant green onion segments were simply irresistible.
Amamiya Natsuki ate his Yakitori skewer while checking the dungeon rewards.
As usual.
In addition to basic Game currency, an extra point of basic attribute value was rewarded based on dungeon contribution.
Amamiya Natsuki directly added it to his Stamina.
As a man, he must be durable.
"Let me see," Shinomiya Kaguya composed herself and opened her Game interface. "…Eh, I'm the MVP?"
After a brief thought, Shinomiya Kaguya understood the reason.
The Game score was related to overall contribution in the dungeon. Clearly, coming up with the method of 'how to put the cat in the cage' had a very high hidden score.
Shinomiya Kaguya slightly pursed her lips and continued to look down.
"Game currency settlement reward: Sixty."
"Additional reward: One point of basic attribute value."
"Dungeon MVP reward: Choose one of five…"
"Stay calm," Amamiya Natsuki unscrewed a bottle of green tea and handed it to Shinomiya. "MVP rewards don't necessarily mean good things. It's possible all five are garbage, like an unlimited refill milk tea that will definitely give you hyperlipidemia in six months."
Shinomiya Kaguya took a sip of green tea: "Unlimited refills, that's simply a subversion of the existing physics system. Scientists would break their heads trying to get it."
"You can only refill three cups a day; the efficiency is too low," Amamiya Natsuki took a sip of cola himself. "I think scientists are more interested in endless leeks."
"Eh?"
Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly widened her beautiful eyes, a surprised expression appearing on her face.
"What's wrong?" Amamiya Natsuki finished his Yakitori skewer. "Is there something good?"
Shinomiya Kaguya turned to look at him, her eyes sparkling: "The fourth card among the five choices allows you to randomly acquire a skill."
"…That's the one!"
Shinomiya Kaguya unhesitatingly chose the skill card.
As a capitalist's daughter, Shinomiya Kaguya's competitiveness was always exceptionally strong.
Even Kitagawa, a 'junior' who joined the Game later than her, had skills, but she didn't have a single one. She couldn't accept it!
That's why Shinomiya Kaguya, who usually disliked gambling Games, chose to gamble by flipping a coin to improve her luck. Now, what she lost in one place, she gained in another, acquiring a skill from the dungeon.
"Hmph…"
Shinomiya Kaguya gently exhaled, suddenly experiencing a subtle emotion, a mix of nervousness and anticipation, making her want to pray for divine blessing.
This must be what Fujiwara called "the fun of gacha"?
But it wasn't foolproof yet.
Shinomiya Kaguya suppressed the urge to draw the card and turned to look at Amamiya Natsuki: "I want to flip a coin."
A skill card would grant a random skill, but some skills were truly indescribable and worthless, like the skills Shinomiya Kaguya had seen in the mall before.
So far, the mall had two shopping methods: one was the daily Blind Box, where what you got depended entirely on luck, and the second was the Game mall that refreshed every few days. Each refresh would randomly display clearly priced items: weapons, skills, props, and everything else imaginable.
Shinomiya Kaguya had once acquired a few skills, but unfortunately, they were:
"100% Bare-Handed Blade Catch"
"Compendium of Materia Medica Fitness Routine"
"Hearse Drifting: From Beginner to Burial"
Clearly, these were all skills that were hard to describe and mostly useless.
Therefore, for safety, the coin's luck bonus was very necessary.
"Now?" Amamiya Natsuki took a sip of cola and tactfully said, "How about tomorrow? Your luck seems bad right now."
"Tomorrow is tomorrow, and now is now; the two do not conflict."
Shinomiya Kaguya could no longer wait.
It was like a long-awaited phone finally arriving; no one could resist opening the package, right?
"Here."
Amamiya Natsuki sighed helplessly and handed the coin to the Sheltered Ojou-sama.
The luck had not yet accumulated, so tossing the coin now would definitely not result in heads.
As expected.
The Miss, plagued by bad luck, was born again.
"Mmm..."
Shinomiya Kaguya puffed out her pink cheeks, put the random skill card back into her Game inventory, unhappily picked up a bamboo skewer, poked a takoyaki, and ate half of it.
"Cough, cough, cough."
The next second.
Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly covered her pink lips and coughed, clearly having choked on the food. By the time she stopped, her pretty face was flushed red, and her eyes were teary.
"It's a good thing we're in public," Amamiya Natsuki quipped, "otherwise, someone would suspect me of abusing you."
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her pink lip, glared at him, raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, and took a deep breath, saying:
"Tomorrow, we continue!"
In Shinomiya's dictionary, there were no such words as 'give up.'
"Hmm..." Amamiya Natsuki looked at the coin in his hand, then at Shinomiya, "How about you toss it again later?"
A prompt finally appeared before his eyes.
"Come on, come on, let me show you what a European Emperor is."
"Tomorrow," Shinomiya Kaguya placed her right hand on her unremarkable chest and shook her head, "It's already very late; I must go home."
Girl, don't miss the correct choice every time!
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and put the coin away: "Keep eating; we'll go back after you finish."
"I'm not eating anymore; choking just now felt terrible," Shinomiya Kaguya said with lingering fear, "I'm so unlucky right now, I might choke again if I eat."
"Alright then," Amamiya Natsuki said, "I'll take it back; it's too wasteful not to eat it."
"..."
It was already dusk, with streetlights beginning to glow and the night becoming enchanting.
Because it wasn't on the way, Shinomiya Kaguya didn't plan to take the train home again. She took out her phone, made a call, and before long, a black car quietly pulled up in front of the two.
"Natsuki-kun, see you tomorrow."
Shinomiya Kaguya waved goodbye and got into the car.
"See you tomorrow."
Amamiya Natsuki declined the offer for the driver to take him home, preferring to take the train alone.
After a simple farewell, the driver quickly started the car.
Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head to look at the night scenery outside the window. After her gaze swept past two couples outside the window, her eyes suddenly widened.
(Wait, wait a minute!)
(Before she tossed the coin, she had only eaten half a bite of the takoyaki. What would Natsuki-kun do with the remaining half?)
Amamiya Natsuki's words from earlier quickly came to mind.
"Take it back and eat it..."
The temperature on the Sheltered Ojou-sama's face rapidly rose, quickly becoming burning hot.
No way?
He wouldn't really eat it, would he?
Ahhh! Why didn't she check properly!
Sending a message now would be too deliberate; it might be taken as a hint. It's better not to send it after all...
Struggling until nine o'clock in the evening, Shinomiya Kaguya still did not send a text message.
Instead, the blonde maid beside her silently took out her phone:
"Senpai, I'll have to trouble you again tonight."
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