"Three people holding hands together... what kind of chaotic, improper relationship is that?!"
However... Kaguya Shinomiya's gaze drifted slightly downward to look at her own right hand.
In that snowstorm-filled manor, I also held hands. Even now I can clearly recall the warmth of Natsuki's palm—I don't really have the right to criticize others.
After reminiscing for a moment.
When Kaguya Shinomiya raised her head again, she saw Natsuki and the three of them already holding hands—a trinity.
Hey, you're holding hands way too fast!
Not even a moment's hesitation?!
Even if you're not conflicted, at least you should know how to write the word "restraint," right?!
"Damn it..."
Kaguya Shinomiya tensed her pretty face, silently sulking.
I was clearly the first one to think of verifying—even if we're holding hands, I should go first!
"Starting now."
Natsuki—left hand Huang, right hand Cang... No wait, left hand Kitagawa, right hand Chika Fujiwara—silently activated 'Touch of Destiny' in his heart.
The next second.
A mysterious and subtle feeling surged in his heart.
[Destiny resonating... Resonance successful]
Skills, base attributes, vitality, and so on—in Natsuki's mind, they all transformed into orbs of light of varying sizes. With just a slight thought, he could discern each orb's attributes.
Natsuki focused his will and quickly found the orb representing 'Evil Spirit Repelling.'
With a mental command, the 'Evil Spirit Repelling' ability was successfully copied.
After copying was complete, naturally the next step was pasting.
[Proceed with destiny link?]
"Link."
[Pasting ability...]
Natsuki looked up at the silly young miss sitting across from him and spoke:
"Shinomiya-san, record the time."
Single-person destiny link, multi-person destiny link, copy-paste time for different skills, how long abilities can persist after copy-pasting—all must be recorded with accurate data. That's the point of verification.
Kaguya Shinomiya: "..."
Too much.
Way too much!
Holding hands with other girls right in front of me, and even making me help time it—super infuriating!
"I understand."
Kaguya Shinomiya bit down on her lower lip secretly, took out her phone, and opened the timer function.
"Mmm, I feel it..." Chika Fujiwara quickly spoke, blinking as she described: "It's like something strange entered my body."
"That's right, I feel it too." Kitagawa Marin propped her left hand under her chin, her right hand clasped with Natsuki's. Her legs pressed tightly together, rubbing lightly. A faint blush rose on her pretty face. "It's a bit hot—feels very comfortable."
"Eh?" Chika Fujiwara froze. "Why don't I feel warm?"
"You two shut up." Natsuki couldn't help but interrupt. "It's just an illusion from your two hands having different temperatures."
Just simply holding hands—how could there be some strange warm current?!
Verification continued.
Time ticked by.
Kaguya Shinomiya watched the timer on her phone, her teeth quietly biting her pink, moist lips.
It's been so long—why isn't it ending?
Just how long are you going to keep holding hands?!
"That's enough." Natsuki let out a quiet breath and released the two girls. "Paste successful."
"I got a game notification." Chika Fujiwara's eyes widened. Her face quickly showed a bright, radiant smile. "Ehehe~ successfully obtained the 'Evil Spirit Repelling' skill."
"Same here." Kitagawa Marin's eyes were bright. "But it's a consumable skill—even if you don't use it, it'll slowly disappear over time."
"What a shame. If it were a permanent skill, that would be even better."
Casually copy-pasting permanent skills—no matter how you think about it, that's way too OP!
In fact, even if the copy-paste only grants temporary skills, the effect is still super exaggerated. For example, you could create an all-villain squad. After entering a game, the greeting would be:
"So you're the outlaw Zhang San?"
Natsuki pondered:
"First let's verify how effective the skill is."
"I'll verify." Chika Fujiwara volunteered, turning to search for evil spirits. "Where's an evil spirit, where's an evil spirit?"
These evil spirit things are everywhere normally—now when you want to find one, you can't see them.
Natsuki sighed: "In the refrigerator."
"Let me check."
Chika Fujiwara pattered over to the refrigerator and opened the door. As expected, a human-head evil spirit occupied the space inside.
"Another human-head evil spirit." Kitagawa Marin planted her right hand on her hip and couldn't help but complain. "My refrigerator at home also has this kind of evil spirit. The first time I opened the fridge and saw it, I was so scared I almost screamed."
"Mine too." Chika Fujiwara turned her head. "What about Kaguya-chan?"
Kaguya Shinomiya turned her pretty face away slightly: "...I've never opened a refrigerator."
Good grief.
Worthy of being a capitalist young miss with maids everywhere—doesn't even need to open the refrigerator once!
As they spoke, the human-head evil spirit's pitch-black eyes slowly rotated toward Chika Fujiwara.
Their eyes met.
A hollow, cold voice drifted out.
"You... can see me?"
"Mm-hmm~" Chika Fujiwara clenched her right hand into a fist, placed it by her mouth to clear her throat, then pointed at the human-head evil spirit and spoke resolutely: "I've wanted to say this for a long time—that's right, I can see you!"
"You can see?!"
Hearing Chika Fujiwara's answer, the human-head evil spirit seemed to trigger some mechanism. Its pitch-black eyes instantly turned blood-red as it shot out from the refrigerator.
"...Evil Spirit Repelling!"
Chika Fujiwara didn't dare be careless. She hastily used the Evil Spirit Repelling skill. The human-head evil spirit immediately burst into flames and quickly vanished in transparent fire.
"It really works." Chika Fujiwara breathed a sigh of relief and proudly raised her chin, revealing a section of snow-white neck. "I don't need to be afraid of these evil spirits anymore."
"Don't celebrate too early." Natsuki complained. "After all, it's a temporary skill—we still don't know how long it can be used."
"Let me check... eh eh?" The smug look on Chika Fujiwara's face quickly froze. She looked up pitifully. "After activating Evil Spirit Repelling, it can only be used for one hour—so short."
"That's already not short." Kitagawa Marin had a super good mentality. "At critical moments, it can be used in emergencies."
"..."
"Five minutes total." Kaguya Shinomiya pressed her phone and looked up at Natsuki, her pink cheeks puffing slightly. "From when you started holding hands until now, a full five minutes passed."
"That's fine—the time isn't very long." Natsuki nodded. "Five minutes is acceptable."
If the time required for copy-pasting is too long, this ability's practicality would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
"It's obviously super long!"
Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but quietly complain.
Natsuki froze: "What did you say?"
"Nothing." Kaguya Shinomiya's expression was blank as she turned to look elsewhere. "I don't care at all."
"..."
At the same time.
In the supermarket.
Hayasaka stopped walking, her finger pressing the earpiece in her ear. A surprised expression appeared on her pretty face.
The listening device installed in the living room hasn't been recovered yet, so she could hear the conversation between Natsuki and the others.
"New skill 'copy-paste'?"
"The Evil Spirit Repelling ability can be copied to others?"
"...Damn it, I want it too."