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"The Pure White Bride turned black!"
Hearing the shout, Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted downwards, looking towards his senpai's skirt, and indeed saw the pure white, flawless hem slowly turning black.
"That eerie entity is nearby." Amamiya Natsuki's expression immediately turned serious. "Senpai, let's walk around and see."
"Okay."
Koyasu Tsubame pursed her pink lips, lifted the hem of the Pure White Bride's dress with both hands, and cautiously 'swept for mines' with her body in the secret room.
The others raised their vigilance, observing carefully.
"The speed of it turning black has increased, it's in that direction, Senpai, keep moving forward."
"You're off course, it should be a little to the right."
"...Found it!"
A moment later.
Everyone arrived at the corner.
The hem of the Pure White Bride's dress was rapidly turning black at a visible speed, and in a short time, it had already blackened up to her waist, making Koyasu Tsubame quite distressed.
It was her first time wearing a wedding dress in her life, and it was ruined in the blink of an eye, which made her unhappy.
The secret room everyone was currently in was the tunnel administrator's room, and in the corner was a single bed.
Amamiya Natsuki had naturally inspected this single bed before, finding no clues, just ordinary scene props. Now that it was confirmed to be related to the invading eerie entity, he naturally had to re-examine it carefully.
"There's nothing inside the pillow… nor under the blanket… Strange, could we have looked in the wrong place?"
After searching for a while, there was unfortunately no obvious gain.
At this moment, Jinmenken suddenly crawled under the bed, then shouted:
"It's under the bed!"
"No, it's not." Fujiwara Chika quickly said, "I checked under the bed carefully with a flashlight before, and there was clearly nothing there."
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. To be safe, he didn't crawl under the bed but instead used a bit of force with his hands and directly lifted the entire bed.
The next moment.
Everyone clearly saw a strange woman with black hair covering her face on the back of the bed board. She looked as if she had been drawn on, appearing blurry and indistinct, with only a vague outline visible.
The moment she was noticed, it seemed to trigger the Nameless woman's attack rule. Her blurry appearance quickly became clear, and her black hair quietly parted to both sides, revealing a bizarre face with three black holes for eyes and a mouth.
A chilling aura instantly swept through the entire secret room, causing the hairs on everyone's arms to stand on end.
The rate at which the senpai's Pure White Bride dress was turning black accelerated again, reaching her chest in the blink of an eye.
Yandere Kaguya tilted her head and was the first to act, without any hesitation or delay, directly striking with the cleaver in her hand.
Crack!
The bed board shattered directly.
The strange entity attached to the bed board instantly vanished.
"Was that eerie entity eliminated?"
"The game didn't notify us, it shows no."
"She ran onto the wall!"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted to the wall. There was originally a movie character poster on the wall, but at this moment, the movie character rapidly distorted, turning into the eerie Nameless woman in a flash.
If she was in a dormant state before, after being attacked, this eerie entity clearly woke up. The walls in the room were rapidly corroded and distorted, causing dizziness.
"Not only can it spread curses through images, but it also has the ability to flicker and move through images…"
This eerie entity's ability was indeed quite terrifying.
At the same time.
A prompt appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes.
[You have carefully observed and discovered the Nameless woman's weakness. You decide to crush the poster she is hiding in before the eerie entity transfers…]
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow, and indeed activated Time Stop.
The next instant.
The entire world suddenly stood still.
Amamiya Natsuki held a pair of scissors that could cause damage to spiritual beings, decisively tore down the poster on the wall, and completely cut it into pieces.
Three seconds passed in a flash.
In Kaguya and the others' vision, they only saw Amamiya Natsuki appearing by the wall as if teleporting. The poster on the wall had appeared in his hand at some point and was cut into a pile of fragments.
Only game-certified weapons can cause damage to eerie entities; ordinary weapons in reality have no effect at all.
To be safe.
Amamiya Natsuki took out a lighter and directly lit the fragments.
The flames quickly burned, dispelling the chill in the secret room.
At the same time.
The game prompt sounded in the ears of all players.
[Eerie Nameless woman killed, reality guardian mission completed, rewards instantly issued, please check]
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said:
"The game has given a notice, we've completed the mission."
"It was actually hidden under the bed board, that's too much." Kitagawa Marin couldn't help but complain, "No wonder we couldn't find it."
"Was that Time Stop just now?" Koyasu Tsubame's beautiful eyes sparkled as she looked over curiously, "It felt like Natsuki-kun could teleport, I didn't even react."
"It was Time Stop." Amamiya Natsuki looked at his senpai and said, "It's similar to the setting in JoJo. During Time Stop, only I can move, and all actions will burst out the instant Time Stop ends. For example, if I throw ten punches in one second, after Time Stop ends, thirty punches will burst out instantly."
Koyasu Tsubame glared at him: "Ten punches in one second, how can it be that fast?"
Amamiya Natsuki said righteously: "As a player, it's normal for me to be a bit faster, isn't it?"
"That's too exaggerated." Koyasu Tsubame shook her head, "Natsuki-kun is fooling people again."
"It seems Senpai doesn't believe me." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, "Then I can only prove myself."
"How will you prove it?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked left and right, making sure the two young ladies were not nearby, and whispered:
"I'm going to make Senpai cry from kissing her within three seconds."
"Ptooey!"
Koyasu Tsubame's pretty face quickly flushed red, and she couldn't help but let out a soft huff, glaring at him bashfully.
To use Time Stop for such things, boys' minds are really full of lewd things, aren't they!
But… what does it feel like to kiss during Time Stop?
She was a little curious… Making her cry, that's too exaggerated, right?
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"If Senpai is curious, I can sacrifice myself and let Senpai experience it."
"I'm not curious at all." Koyasu Tsubame turned her pretty face away, refusing to admit she was tempted. "Go away."
"..."
There's no need to say more about what happened next.
The reality mission was completed, so everyone didn't stay any longer and directly gathered the clues to clear the secret room.
"It's over." Jinmenken grumbled, "Human, I want to go back to the Theater. You're so powerful now. You don't need our help at all, do you?"
"Who said I don't need it?"
Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand and stroked Jinmenken's head. "Studies show that head-patting can relieve stress and anxiety."
"Bastard, don't pat my head!"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki took out the Theater card and let Jinmenken enter.
For them, the real world was so empty it could drive one mad; it was nowhere near as comfortable as the Theater.
Behind Jinmenken, Sadako didn't speak and silently entered the Theater.
Finally, it was Yandere Kaguya.
"Kiss me and I'll go back." Yandere Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest, issuing an ultimatum.
Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face hardened, and she decisively moved to block:
"Don't you dare kiss her!"
"Heh…" Yandere Kaguya tilted her head and looked over, her smile dangerous, "Coward."
Shinomiya Kaguya widened her beautiful eyes, stamping her foot in anger. She could maintain her composure and elegance in front of others, but completely failed to do so in front of herself: "You call me a coward, aren't you one too?"
"I'm not like you." Yandere Kaguya, wearing a black dress, said in a cold voice, "I'll kiss the person you don't dare to kiss, I'll hug the person you don't dare to hug. In short, everything you don't dare to do, I will do."
Ever since they got married in the instance, Yandere Kaguya had changed. Before, she would kill everyone, but now she only targeted Kaguya… It must be said, it's definitely better now.
Fujiwara Chika widened her eyes and exclaimed:
"Kaguya-chan is so cool!"
"Stare—"
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her lip and glared.
That person is clearly an impostor, don't call her by my name!
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Fujiwara Chika quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth. "You two continue."
"You guys chat." Amamiya Natsuki turned and slipped away. "I'm going to pay for the damaged items."
Of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best.
Only a fool would stay and suffer.
Arriving at the front desk, Amamiya Natsuki briefly explained the situation.
"Please wait, guest." The front desk lady had a strange expression and picked up the phone, saying, "I'll have a staff member check it."
A moment later.
After hearing the verification results, the front desk lady's eyes became even stranger.
That was a solid wood bed board, super hard. What kind of game did you play to make the bed collapse?!
And the surveillance cameras suddenly broke, so they couldn't watch the live broadcast… What a pity! Such a huge pity!
After paying for the damages, the group left the top floor together.
"It's only a little past nine, and the mission is already done… What do we do now?"
Koyasu Tsubame glanced at the time and asked softly.
Miko suggested: "How about we go back to school?"
"We've already taken leave. Going back to school now would make it harder to explain to the teacher." Kitagawa Marin said, putting her right hand on her hip, "Why don't we all have a good day out?"
"Marin is right." Fujiwara Chika cast her vote of approval. "Let's go eat cold drinks first, then go watch a movie, then go shopping for some clothes. Summer vacation is almost here, and when we go to the Sea, we can prepare swimsuits in advance… Natsuki, what do you say?"
Amamiya Natsuki pondered for two seconds and then stated his thoughts:
"...Since we're already here."
Arriving at the cold drink shop, the group sat down in a corner and began to tally their mission rewards.
"Unlike a dungeon, only the person who lands the final blow receives the reward," Amamiya Natsuki said, taking out the mission rewards.
The basic attribute points and game currency could not be transferred, but the other rewards were fine.
Two Skill Cards, one Skin Card, one Dungeon Exemption Card, and a Fine-grade item... It had to be said, the rewards were quite generous, equivalent to the gains from clearing several dungeons for others.
Amamiya Natsuki was almost unable to restrain himself, wanting to take on another real-world mission and become a monster harvester.
The rewards were laid out on the table, invisible to ordinary people, so there was no need to worry, except for Miko, of course.
"A Dungeon Exemption Card?" Fujiwara Chika picked up a card, curiously asking, "There's actually something like this? This is the first time I've seen it."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"It's the first time you've seen it, which means this thing is quite rare."
[Item: Dungeon Exemption Card]
[Type: Special Item]
[Usage: Activate and use within a dungeon. Whether it's a mandatory dungeon or a random dungeon, you can directly exempt yourself from it.]
[Note: After exemption, you will not receive rewards from that dungeon.]
Koyasu Tsubame rested her right hand on her chin, pondering:
"If this Exemption Card were put up for auction, it would probably sell for at least tens of millions of Yen."
"Eh?" Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened in surprise, "An Exemption Card can be worth that much money?"
"Perhaps even more," Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips and softly said, "For players, staying alive is the most important thing; money is just useless scrap paper."
Using an Exemption Card allows one to directly escape a dungeon. No matter how great the danger, one would have confidence, simply put, this thing is like having an extra life.
The preciousness of life needs no further explanation.
Let alone tens of millions of Yen, for wealthy players, even hundreds of millions of Yen would still lead to a frantic bidding war.
"Don't tell anyone about this," Amamiya Natsuki whispered, "Let's keep it for now and use it ourselves."
There was no reason to sell a life-saving item, and besides, they weren't short on money right now.
This suggestion quickly received unanimous approval.
Next was the Skin Card.
Currently, they had a total of three Skin Cards: Kaguya's dedicated Bunny Girl Skin Card, Chika's Apprentice nurse Skin Card, and Amamiya Natsuki's Pure White Bride Skin Card.
Among them, the Pure White Bride Skin Card had the highest value and very strong attributes. Giving it to one person exclusively would inevitably cause imbalance among the other girls, so it was left with Amamiya Natsuki for safekeeping, to be used by whoever needed it.
[Skin Card: Little Devil Maid]
[Type: Special Item]
[Attribute: Instant Change. After equipping, it achieves an instant costume change effect, and the original clothes will be hidden.]
[Passive Attribute: All basic attributes gain an additional one.]
[Passive Attribute: Five senses receive an additional boost. As a maid, you need to clean every nook and cranny.]
Amamiya Natsuki sighed:
"It's another Skin Card I can't use."
"Why not?" Kitagawa Marin retorted, "At anime conventions, lots of boys cosplay as female characters. I heard that if you go into the men's restroom, it's full of all kinds of 'older sisters'."
This Succubus Girl giggled, fanning the flames: "The Skin Card isn't gender-locked, Natsuki, be a bit bolder, you can totally equip it!"
"Marin-chan is right. Last year during the school festival, someone's class hosted a gender-bend cafe, and all the servers were boys in maid outfits." Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up, eagerly saying, "Cross-dressing! I want to see Natsuki-kun cross-dress!"
Amamiya Natsuki looked over with narrowed eyes.
Maid outfit, huh?
Just wait. When they got back, he'd make her wear a naked apron and do housework. She wouldn't be allowed to get up until the floor was spotless!
Koyasu Tsubame blinked, smiling: "I also want to see Natsuki-kun's maid outfit."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "...I'm a bit curious."
Amamiya Natsuki ignored these troublemaking girls, temporarily put away the Skin Card—the item's attributes were mediocre, so no need to mention them—and finally, there were the two Skill Cards.
[Skill Card: Silver Tongue]
[Usage: Learn and master]
[Skill Type: Passive / Active]
[Passive Attribute: Three-inch Tongue. Your words inherently possess a bewildering attribute, with a certain chance to make creatures in states of diminished intelligence, confusion, or bewilderment fight for you.]
[Active Skill: Cherry Knotting. The flexibility of your tongue is greatly enhanced, allowing you to show how to tie knots in cherries.]
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