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"...Togawa-chan?!"
Nagasaki Soyo's voice, full of joyous surprise, rang out in the night.
That's right, the second person to dream of Kitahara Makoto tonight was none other than Togawa Sakiko.
Looking at the white bath robe on the girl and the onsen bath that appeared on the ground after the dream merged, Kitahara Makoto immediately understood that Sakiko had dreamed of tonight's onsen trip.
"Soyo... and Kitahara-kun?" Togawa Sakiko's eyes were confused. "What are you doing?"
"Togawa-chan, save me quickly!"
Nagasaki Soyo cried out excitedly, tears welling up in her eyes.
Togawa Sakiko subconsciously moved forward upon hearing this, but Kitahara Makoto reached out to stop her:
"Don't go over there, it's very dangerous."
"Eh?"
"Look closely, there's a spider evil spirit on the tree."
Hearing Kitahara Makoto's words, Togawa Sakiko subconsciously looked up and saw a terrifying spider monster appear out of thin air, viciously perched on the tree, as if it had turned the big tree into its hunting ground. Not only that, the ordinary ropes that had bound Nagasaki Soyo had also quietly turned into spider silk.
The Dream Demon's ability was quite powerful; he could create dream objects out of thin air with his imagination. Kitahara Makoto even felt that in the dream, he was a standard Homelander.
The reason he didn't fast-forward to being an ancestor was mainly because his barely acceptable moral compass was supporting him. Otherwise, he might have already tied Sakiko and Soyo together for a sweet double-play!
"Th-there really is a spider!"
Seeing the spider evil spirit perched on the tree, Togawa Sakiko was startled and instinctively hugged Kitahara Makoto's arm, extremely nervous:
"Kitahara-kun, what do we do now?"
Looking at his arm, which was being held by Togawa Sakiko, Kitahara Makoto's face showed a slight surprise.
People in dreams don't have clear consciousness; their actions are more instinctual. So, is this the weak Togawa-chan who wants to rely on him now?
Kitahara Makoto casually said:
"Don't panic, as long as we don't get close to that tree, we'll be fine."
Togawa Sakiko nervously asked: "But what about Soyo?"
"What to do?" Kitahara Makoto shrugged. "Of course, she's on her own."
"..."
Watching the spider evil spirit crawling around on the tree, clearly intending to turn Soyo into food, Togawa Sakiko bit her lower lip tightly, then quickly shook her head:
"We can't just stand by!"
"Why?" Kitahara Makoto asked for the reason.
Togawa Sakiko took a deep breath, her eyes firm: "Because Soyo is a very important friend, I can't leave her behind."
Hey, you two really are a match made in heaven!
Nagasaki Soyo appeared to be a gentle and graceful Yamato Nadeshiko on the surface, but in reality, she was a cunning and scheming Tsundere Young Miss. And Sakiko, who seemed cold and unapproachable, was actually a gentle, cute, and friendship-valuing young girl at heart.
"Kitahara-kun is an exorcist, so he must have a way to save Soyo, right?" Togawa Sakiko looked over nervously.
"I do have a way..." Kitahara Makoto nodded. The spider evil spirit was just a monster he had imagined; he could make it disappear with a snap of his fingers. "But it involves great danger, and I might get hurt if I'm not careful."
Togawa Sakiko blinked, quickly understanding the subtext: "...If Kitahara-kun can save Soyo, I'll do anything!"
Without a doubt, the Sakiko in the dream was the truly weak Togawa-chan, full of emotion, selfless, and even willing to sacrifice herself for her friends.
Kitahara Makoto looked down: "Really, anything?"
"That's right." Togawa Sakiko's eyes were firm, and she clenched her small fists, saying, "As long as I can save Soyo, I'm willing to do anything."
Kitahara Makoto pondered for two seconds, then suddenly smiled and said:
"Then do a rabbit dance."
"Eh?" Togawa Sakiko's expression was bewildered, as if she had misheard. "A rabbit dance?"
Kitahara Makoto: "That's right, the rabbit dance that elementary school students do."
Togawa Sakiko's pretty face quickly flushed red, feeling extremely embarrassed: "W-why do I have to dance something like that?"
Kitahara Makoto said righteously:
"Of course, I want to see Togawa Sakiko's embarrassed and blushing expression."
Togawa Sakiko: "..."
Do you even hear yourself?
Wanting to see her embarrassed expression... what a distorted hobby!
This man is truly too distorted!
Togawa Sakiko opened her pink lips, but couldn't help but complain: "Dancing a rabbit dance... it won't help save Soyo at all, will it?"
"Of course, it will help." Kitahara Makoto spoke nonsense with a straight face. "Seeing Togawa Sakiko's embarrassed expression will make me happy. As everyone knows, when a person is happy, their physical functions will improve to a certain extent, and then I can save Soyo without injury."
Anyway, this is a dream, so it's normal to tease Sakiko, right?
"You..."
Togawa Sakiko's pretty face was flushed, and her cheeks couldn't help but puff up. Even in the dream, she instinctively sensed that Kitahara Makoto was teasing her.
"Time is running out, hurry up and dance," Kitahara Makoto urged. "If you're any later, Soyo will be eaten."
Togawa Sakiko quickly turned her head and saw Nagasaki Soyo, who had already been dragged into mid-air by the spider monster, and immediately panicked.
"N-no choice..."
A rabbit dance, a dance that even kindergarteners know, Togawa Sakiko certainly knew how to do it.
"Wait." Togawa Sakiko's pretty face was flushed, and she suddenly realized, "I'm still wearing a bath robe, I need to change first..."
"There's no time." Kitahara Makoto said sternly, "You don't want Soyo to be eaten by the monster, do you?"
"I-I know..."
Togawa Sakiko had no choice but to put on her bath robe and dance the rabbit dance with a face full of shame.
Two little bunnies hopped and bounced, looking quite cute.
It must be said that Sakiko, like Bocchi-chan, was clearly a hidden Oppai alien.
Kitahara Makoto enjoyed the sight, while also feeling a bit regretful:
"It's a pity I can't use my phone in a dream, otherwise I'd definitely take a picture and save it..."
Only Soyo, who was hanging from the tree, had tears in her eyes:
"Too much... this is too much!"
"So I was also part of your play?!"
"..."
The night passed without a word.
The next day.
Kitahara Makoto woke up promptly at seven in the morning. Looking at the familiar ceiling above his head, his consciousness was slightly hazy. After he fully woke up, he felt a sudden sense of dread.
"Terrifying."
"The Dream Demon's ability is truly terrifying."
"No wonder I can't actively enter dreams. If I could enter whenever I wanted, I would evolve from Homelander to Ancestor in less than three days, and then completely sink into the dream world."
At the same time.
On the other side.
In a dilapidated rented room.
Togawa Sakiko woke up from her sleep. Recalling what happened in the dream, her fair, jade-like face quickly flushed red.
"Last night, I actually dreamed of Soyo and Kitahara-kun, and was even teased by Kitahara-kun, making me dance a rabbit dance in a bath robe..."
Exhaling lightly, Togawa Sakiko covered her forehead and got out of bed.
"Dreams inherently have no logic. It was just a rabbit dance, and no one really saw it..."
After a simple wash, Togawa Sakiko took out the breakfast she had prepared yesterday. Halfway through eating, she suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Strange... why do I still remember that dream so clearly?"
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