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"I'll check the desk and drawers."
Fujiwara Chika raised her right hand, volunteering for the task.
"There might be clues in that cabinet, leave it to me." Hayasaka Ai followed, "Senpai, you check the bed. Check both on and under the bed."
Amamiya Natsuki glanced at the messy single bed and said speechlessly:
"Why do I have to check the bed?"
"Because…" Hayasaka put her hands behind her back, her lips curving into a joyful arc, "Senpai wouldn't want Chika-chan to get the smell of a middle-aged uncle, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "..."
Walking to the bed, Amamiya Natsuki half-squatted and looked underneath.
There were no pale vengeful spirits lying underneath, only dust everywhere and a beer can that had rolled under the bed at some unknown time.
"Good, no crumpled paper balls scattered around."
Amamiya Natsuki complained while standing up, his gaze falling on the single bed, then he sighed helplessly.
Since he was already here, he naturally had to check all the pockets of clothes, the crevices of the bed, and so on.
"Nothing in the pockets… This one doesn't have anything either." Amamiya Natsuki, wearing a mask and gloves, checked the clothes, "Hey, hey, throwing dirty socks on the bed, how can you sleep at night? And it's even torn, is this the sorrow of a middle-aged single man?"
Tossing the sock aside, Amamiya Natsuki continued to search for clues, casually picking up the pillow on the bed, and found something pressed underneath it.
"A photo?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly and picked up the photo.
The photo showed a mother and daughter. The daughter was Mieko, who looked about to start elementary school student, and next to her was a beautiful woman with a dangerous hairstyle, her appearance gentle and her eyes smiling. Needless to say, she was clearly the mother.
A hint quietly appeared before his eyes.
[You have carefully searched and successfully found an important clue… Madam, please return to my side.]
"Senpai, what did you find?"
Hayasaka Ai leaned closer.
Amamiya Natsuki handed over the photo: "A photo."
"Hmm, generally speaking, only things held in hand before going to sleep are tucked under the pillow, like a phone." Hayasaka Ai pursed her pink lips and analyzed, "This photo must be very important to Doctor Sato, since he was looking at it before sleeping… Could the item we're looking for be this?"
Amamiya Natsuki shook his head:
"The task is not complete."
"Then it's not it." Hayasaka Ai blinked, "Since this photo is under the pillow, it must be very important… What could the answer be?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"The photo is just the medium; the truly important thing should be the person."
"Eh?" Hayasaka Ai's eyes lit up, "Senpai is right! There are only two people in the photo. The daughter, Mieko, has been to the Hospital to play before, so excluding the daughter… Could it be the Madam?"
Amamiya Natsuki nodded:
"Very good, continue."
"Generally speaking, doctors are very particular about hygiene, so Doctor Sato's room being so messy, besides personality reasons, might also be due to self-abandonment…" Hayasaka Ai rested her right hand on her chin, continuing her deduction, "Men are such creatures; they always realize what they had only after losing it… Nurse Tachibana said before that Doctor Sato and his Madam were childhood sweethearts, and when they divorced, everyone said it was a pity… The truly precious thing is actually Sato's Madam?"
"Senpai, take out your phone." Hayasaka Ai said excitedly, "Try calling. If you can make Sato's Madam change her mind, maybe the task will be completed."
Amamiya Natsuki took out his phone upon hearing this, opened his contacts, and found only a few contacts: parents, colleagues, daughter Mieko, countable on two hands.
"Why isn't Sato's Madam's number there?" Hayasaka Ai slightly furrowed her brows.
"This is where the daughter's role comes in."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Mieko in his contacts and tapped her name.
After several beeps, the call quickly connected, and a little girl's voice sounded from the other end: "Daddy?"
Amamiya Natsuki was silent for two seconds: "Eh."
"You perverted Senpai, don't go too far." Hayasaka Ai reached out her right hand and pinched Amamiya Natsuki's waist, her eyes full of disdain, "Why do you men like hearing others call you 'Daddy' so much?!"
"Daddy, why aren't you speaking?"
On the phone, daughter Mieko's voice was puzzled.
Amamiya Natsuki quickly said:
"Let your Mommy answer the phone."
"Oh." The elementary school student's voice was cheerful, "Daddy, wait a moment."
Before long, his daughter's voice came from the phone again: "I gave the phone to Mommy."
"..."
The other end of the line quickly fell silent, clearly waiting for Amamiya Natsuki to speak.
Amamiya Natsuki turned to Hayasaka, his eyes asking: "What now?"
"Senpai is so good at coaxing girls, you don't need me to teach you, do you?" Hayasaka Ai's eyes were disdainful, "You just need to perform normally."
When a couple divorces, there must have been reasons they couldn't get along. A single phone call would be difficult to make the other party change their mind. To be honest, Amamiya Natsuki really had no experience.
After thinking for a few seconds, Amamiya Natsuki decided to use the harem survival guide he had taught Chainsaw Boy.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
"..."
After a brief silence, the call was directly hung up.
"Alright, it failed." Amamiya Natsuki helplessly put down his phone, "As expected, it's not that simple."
Fortunately, Chainsaw Boy Kobayashi wasn't around. If he had heard that the first step of apologizing failed, his heart might have directly collapsed.
"Senpai, try making a few more calls." Hayasaka Ai said, crossing her arms, "Didn't you tell Kobayashi that with enough effort, an iron rod can be ground into a needle?"
Amamiya Natsuki said expressionlessly:
"I am also a person with self-respect."
"Tch." Hayasaka Ai snorted, "You clearly told Kobayashi before that the first step of a harem scumbag is to abandon face and self-respect."
"..."
As they spoke, Fujiwara Chika waved and called out: "I found a box in the drawer, come over, come over."
Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai walked over together.
It was a black, ordinary gift box, unlocked, placed alone in a drawer.
"It's very light..." Fujiwara Chika shook the box, and a rattling sound came from inside. "I wonder what it is."
"We'll know if we open it. It shouldn't be a trap."
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and opened the box. Inside were two love amulets and a yellowed envelope.
"This is... a love amulet?"
Picking it up, Amamiya Natsuki was surprised to find that this thing was actually an item.
Item: love amulet
Status: Sealed, wish unfulfilled, unusable, cannot be taken out of the instance
Note: You need to unseal it before you can use this item
"Eh, it's actually an item?" Fujiwara Chika curiously took the love amulet. "It feels like a love amulet from Izumo Taisha. A friend bought a similar one... Too bad it can't be used."
Amamiya Natsuki then picked up the envelope, opened it, and found a stack of yellowed letters inside.
"Eh, is it a shoebox love letter?" Fujiwara Chika leaned over to look. "The opening content is similar to the shoebox love letters I received."
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Chika, his gaze subtle.
"What's with that look, it's too much." Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks. "I've been receiving shoebox love letters since elementary school, okay?"
Hayasaka Ai said from the side:
"Chika-chan is so cute, it's normal for her to be popular, right?"
"That's right." Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips, proudly raising her chin. "From childhood to now, I've received more shoebox love letters than I can count on two hands."
Thinking about it, it was true. This pink-haired secretary was indeed very cute, and when she didn't reveal her true nature as a troublemaker, her appearance was quite deceptive.
Even the former Ice Princess Kaguya was confessed to in junior high, which only goes to show that there's never a shortage of brave souls in the world.
"Kept specifically in a box, and with the love amulets, these shoebox love letters must be very important, right?" Hayasaka Ai crossed her arms. "But how do we use them?"
"I have an idea..."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the shoebox love letter in his hand, and a bright prompt appeared before his eyes.
You have carefully observed and decided to read it aloud in front of your daughter...
Reading a shoebox love letter written during high school in front of one's daughter was undoubtedly a public execution.
Fortunately, Amamiya Natsuki was extremely thick-skinned and felt no shame.
He took out his phone and dialed the number again.
After a few beeps, the call was quickly connected.
"Dad?"
Mieko's soft voice rang out.
"Hey."
"Mom's next to me, do you want to give the phone to Mom?"
"No need to give it to her, I'll just say a few words."
Amamiya Natsuki cleared his throat and began to read from the envelope.
"Dad, what are you reading?"
"A love letter written to Mom."
"Wow, how amazing!"
"..."
As the love letter was read halfway, the woman's embarrassed voice finally came from the other end of the phone: "Enough, stop reading."
"Unless you forgive me."
"When we divorced, didn't you say we wouldn't bother each other anymore?"
"I regret it."
"..."
Facts proved that when there's a conflict, one person always has to back down first.
Facing Amamiya Natsuki's 'sincere' apology, the wife's voice on the other end of the phone finally softened.
At the same time.
A game prompt sounded in Amamiya Natsuki's ear:
Character quest 'Retrieve the Lost Most Precious Item' has been completed. Do you want to submit it now?
"No."
Amamiya Natsuki decisively refused. He still had the task of healing and saving people waiting for him. As a life mentor, it was necessary to guide those lost lambs.
"Senpai, how is it?"
Hayasaka Ai looked over expectantly.
"It's already done."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and tossed his phone onto the table.
The character quest was completed, so there was naturally no need to waste words.
"Eh, the obsession on the love amulet is gone." Fujiwara Chika held up the love amulet in her hand. "Look."
Amamiya Natsuki looked over at her words and found that the appraisal content had changed.
Item: love amulet
Status: Obsession completed, can be taken out of this world
Attribute: At parting, earnest words are entrusted again, and in the words, a vow known to both hearts. This item needs to be used in conjunction. After the confession ceremony is completed, both the male and female parties each hold one, and they can communicate intimately regardless of distance.
Note: People who once had endless conversations eventually have nothing left to say. It's time to bridge the distance between hearts.
"These two love amulets..." Fujiwara Chika blinked. "They feel like walkie-talkies?"
Amamiya Natsuki shook his head and said:
"Walkie-talkies can contact multiple people, but this pair of love amulets can only be used by two people."
Even so, this pair of love amulets was still a very useful item.
The situation after entering the instance was unknown. Everyone rarely appeared together, and most of the time they were scattered. How to contact and communicate was the most important thing.
Except for the clothes on their bodies, electronic products like mobile phones could not be brought into the instance, so communication had always been a troublesome matter.
This pair of love amulets could ignore spatial distance and communicate in real time. Their effect was far superior to Komi's notebook, but unfortunately, there were only two.
"Come on, let's try the effect?" Fujiwara Chika said excitedly. "I'll take one, Hanamori-chan, you take the other love amulet."
"Okay, let's try."
Hayasaka Ai did not decline and reached out to take the love amulet.
"Hmm..."
Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened, her bright blue eyes fixed on Hayasaka Ai. After a few seconds, she spoke expectantly:
"Hanamori-chan, what did I just say in my heart?"
Hayasaka Ai: "...Sorry, I didn't hear it."
Fujiwara Chika wondered: "Eh, why didn't you hear it? Is the love amulet broken?"
Amamiya Natsuki said from the side:
"Before use, you need to complete the confession ceremony."
"I almost forgot." Fujiwara Chika slapped her forehead. "Ahem, then let's complete the confession ceremony first... So, what kind of ceremony is it?"
"Don't look at me." Amamiya Natsuki retorted, "You're a popular girl who's been receiving shoebox love letters since elementary school, your experience should be quite rich."
"I haven't confessed to anyone..." The secretary pinched the black bow on her forehead, looked back at Hayasaka, and bowed, "Hanamori-chan, I like you, please go out with me."
Only Secretary Fujiwara, who was the Cancer of the Earth and the source of chaos, could confess to a girl of the same sex so calmly. Anyone else would find it impossible.
Hayasaka Ai reached out to take the love amulet, cooperating to complete the ceremony: "...Please take care of me from now on."
"..."
"This time, there should be no problem." Fujiwara Chika was full of confidence. "This is my first confession, you know."
A moment later.
"Hanamori-chan, did you hear me talking in my heart?"
"...No."
"Eh, why is it still not working?" Fujiwara Chika wondered, "Could it be because we're both girls?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Hayasaka Ai, and Hayasaka, his junior, also looked back.
It's not necessarily about gender. Marriage is already free now, and there's true love between people of the same sex. It's also possible it's because of the alias.
It's normal for the God of Love to dislike someone who uses an alias during a confession ceremony.
"Cough... I guess so." Hayasaka Ai averted her gaze, coughed lightly, and handed the love amulet to Amamiya Natsuki. "You and Senpai try it, and you'll know what's going on."
Amamiya Natsuki caught the love amulet and looked at Fujiwara Chika: "Let's start."
"Okay... Eh, eh, wait a minute!" Fujiwara Chika quickly called out to stop him. "Why me?"
Amamiya Natsuki said: "Because Chika-sama has rich experience."
"It's not that rich at all." The secretary puffed out her cheeks. "Confessing should be a boy's job, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki pointed: "You just confessed to Hanamori."
"Hanamori-chan is a girl, not a boy. Besides, that was me just now, now it's your turn." Fujiwara Chika argued, "...Hurry up and confess to me."
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