"Are you really okay with this, Fujiwara-senpai?"
Looking at Tanaka Masao, who seemed eager, Fujiwara Chika shrank her neck.
She had just spoken too quickly, blurting out the idea of letting him hit her.
But seeing Tanaka Masao actually look like he wanted to hit her, she became a little scared.
[Seriously, Junior Tanaka, why are you so ungentlemanly? Shouldn't you just forgive me in a normal situation?]
However, since she had already said it, Fujiwara Chika could only grit her teeth and accept it.
She closed her eyes, looking like a lamb to the slaughter.
"Since I said it, of course, it's fine, Junior Tanaka, go ahead."
Looking at Fujiwara Chika, whose small face was tense and whose eyelashes fluttered, Tanaka Masao shook his head helplessly.
[Oh dear, oh dear, showing such a pitiful expression, how can anyone bear to strike?]
He reached out a finger and lightly flicked Fujiwara Chika's forehead, saying.
"Alright, Fujiwara-senpai, stop standing here. It's our turn to go up."
Feeling the slight touch on her forehead, Fujiwara Chika opened her eyes and reached up to touch it, a little incredulously.
"It's over just like that?"
Looking at her somewhat bewildered expression, as if she couldn't believe Tanaka Masao was so quick, and she hadn't felt anything at all.
"What else did you want?"
Fujiwara Chika finally reacted and couldn't help but think to herself.
[So Junior Tanaka is only good at talking, but his actual actions are completely lacking.]
She walked forward with a grin.
"This is fine. Junior Tanaka is very gentle."
Regarding Fujiwara Chika's words, Kashi expressed that she could not agree.
Then I ask you, then I ask you.
If Tanaka Masao was gentle, what was she, with her backside aching?
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The two were tightly secured in the seats of the pendulum ride. Fujiwara Chika gripped the buckle on her shoulder tightly with both hands and said.
"This thing is so tight! And the seatbelt around my waist too."
Tanaka Masao also swallowed nervously.
"You think it's tight now, but when it starts moving later, you'll be worried it's not tight enough."
"It's moving."
As the staff checked everyone's safety equipment, the pendulum ride slowly started.
Initially, the speed and angle of rotation were relatively small, so most people could accept it.
But as the speed got faster and faster, and the centrifugal force grew stronger, everyone could no longer maintain their initial composure.
"Junior Tanaka, it's so high and so fast! Will we be thrown off?"
"Junior, Junior, I feel like my shoes are going to fly off, what should I do?"
"Why is that railing so close to my leg? It won't hit me, will it?"
Fujiwara Chika talked for a long time but received no response. She turned her head in confusion to look at Tanaka Masao sitting next to her.
She found Tanaka Masao with his eyes tightly closed. Fujiwara Chika tried to ask.
"Junior Tanaka, you're not unconscious, are you?"
"No… no, I'm not."
Listening to Tanaka Masao's trembling voice, Fujiwara Chika raised an eyebrow.
"Junior Tanaka, you seem very scared."
"Fuji… Fujiwara-senpai, what are you talking about? How… how could I be scared? Ahahaha…"
"But if Junior Tanaka isn't scared, why don't you open your eyes?"
"Eyes? What are you saying? I don't understand. Aren't my eyes always open?"
"No, no, no, by all appearances, Junior Tanaka's eyes are closed."
"Ahahaha, Fujiwara-senpai, maybe it's that, you see, I wear glasses, and after taking them off, my eyes always look smaller."
"But your eyes weren't that small when you took off your glasses just now."
Fujiwara Chika mercilessly stated her deduction.
"Sure enough, Junior Tanaka is scared and doesn't dare to open his eyes."
Having the truth of the matter revealed, Tanaka Masao's body trembled.
Yes, he was indeed scared.
This body originally had myopia, but ever since he added attribute points to his physique, almost all of his body's defects had been repaired.
The glasses he wore now served only as decoration; they were plano lenses with no prescription.
But why hadn't his acrophobia been cured?
He also didn't understand whether this acrophobia symptom came from his previous life, or if this body also had it.
As the height gradually increased, looking at the ground so far away, Tanaka Masao felt a little dizzy, weak, and so nervous he couldn't breathe.
The centrifugal force provided by the amusement ride itself was already stimulating enough, and with the added debuff of acrophobia, Tanaka Masao experienced double the pleasure.
To prevent himself from feeling excessive stimulation, Tanaka Masao chose to close his eyes to protect his heart.
Tanaka Masao was also very helpless about this. He thought of his mark 85 armor, which he hadn't used much since he got it.
He only occasionally admired it by himself, hiding in his room.
As for the weapon system and flight system, he hadn't used them at all.
And now he realized he had acrophobia. If he couldn't fly then, wouldn't the Mark Armor be wasted in his hands?
Tanaka Masao decided to find an opportunity to properly test his Mark Armor.
[I remember a saying: people who get carsick don't get carsick after they start driving. So, if someone with acrophobia can fly, will they no longer have acrophobia?]
Tanaka Masao made up his mind, but for now, he had to deal with Fujiwara Chika.
Scared or not, Tanaka Masao would not admit it.
"I'm not scared. I'm closing my eyes simply to concentrate on enjoying it."
In this dog-eat-dog world of deceit, exposing one's weakness was tantamount to suicide.
But it was already too late; his weakness had been grasped by Fujiwara Chika.
Fujiwara Chika's face showed a joyful expression, as if she had found a fun toy.
She, who had originally been a little scared, now had her brain filled with excitement, devoid of any fear.
"Neh, Junior Tanaka, just open your eyes and look. The scenery here is very beautiful."
"No need. When playing on an amusement ride, it's enough to just enjoy it; there's no need to look at the scenery."
"Don't say that. The scenery here is quite good. What's the harm in taking a look?"