Chapter 395: Hardcore Snowball Fight!
In mid-December, Furano's clear sky was polished by the winter cold like transparent crystal. Sunlight poured down without reservation, and the snow-covered ranch reflected a dazzling and pure platinum luster.
Between the campsite of Stardew Valley Ranch and the buildings for entertaining tourists, the huge lake had not yet frozen.
Under the interplay of sunlight and cold wind, the lake surface shattered into thousands of shimmering silver foils, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes.
The accumulated snow was extremely thick, fluffy, and soft, with a thin layer of crisp frost condensed on the surface due to the temperature difference between day and night. Every step taken would stir up a fine and pleasant "crunching" sound.
The distant mountains were covered with fresh snow, their ridges distinct, pasted against the edge of the azure sky.
In this biting silence—
"As long as all members of the opposing team lose their combat capability, it counts as a win."
In the campsite, Jashin-chan was forcefully squeezing a snowball tight and compact, snow crumbs falling from between her fingers.
She raised her head, revealing a cunning smile:
"Then, the winning team—the captain can get an Amazon gift card worth 100,000 Yen! This gift card is sponsored by Servant!"
As Jashin-chan spoke, she even winked pretentiously cutely and made a peace sign.
"Pfft—!"
Poporon unceremoniously smashed a snowball onto the side of her face, put one hand on her waist, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why does only the captain get it? Clearly the whole team wins; your eating habits (greed) are too ugly!"
"That's right, actually eating alone!" Ilulu also expressed dissatisfaction.
"I don't recall saying I would sponsor such a thing."
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Standing on the other side, holding a snowball, Ryohei was speechless and glanced sideways to roast.
"Bastard!"
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Jashin-chan, who was hit by Poporon's snowball, flew into a rage and threw the compact snowball in her hand forcefully:
"Actually attacking your own people... you treacherous thing, I'm going to finish you!"
"Wah—!"
Poporon screamed, dodged sideways abruptly, and narrowly avoided the snowball that came like a cannonball.
The biting airflow it brought up swooshed her golden bangs on her forehead.
"So dangerous!"
Poporon staggered to stand firm and couldn't help shouting—being hit by this snowball was no joke!
"Humph humph, know fear now? This is my strength!"
Jashin-chan grinned and laughed triumphantly. She bent down and quickly grabbed a handful of snow, squeezed it tight and compact, and threw it forcefully at Poporon: "Accept your sanction!"
"With such ugly eating habits, leaving not even a drop of soup for others, you are the one who should accept sanctions!" Poporon fought back while dodging.
"That's right, this face is too ugly; even I can't stand it!" Ryohei shouted, fanning the flames, and smashed several prepared snowballs at Jashin-chan.
"Hit her!"
Yurine also smashed one over.
"Finish this guy who eats alone!" Elma attacked with a face full of justice.
Ilulu followed closely behind.
Even Little Binchou-tan threw a snowball at Jashin-chan...
"Wuaah—!"
"What the hell are you guys doing? Why focus fire on me? Are you sick!"
Jashin-chan was beaten into fleeing with her head in her hands; for a moment, she couldn't even care about fighting back against Poporon.
"Guys who eat alone should be defeated!"
Seeing this scene, Poporon, who was originally fighting fiercely with Jashin-chan, was instantly amused.
She hurriedly grabbed a handful of snow and excitedly joined the "crusade" team.
"Pfft—!"
A ball of snow suddenly exploded on Ryohei's face. Ryohei looked at Lucoa with a face full of question marks.
"Was it intentional or accidental?"
"Hmm..."
Lucoa tilted her head slightly, pondered for two seconds, and smiled with curved eyes: "It was intentionally accidental."
"Good, good, good!"
Ryohei raised his hand and returned two snowballs.
"I dodge~." Lucoa dodged easily.
"..."
Tohru made several snowballs in one breath, held them in one arm, and casually tossed one with the other hand, scanning the surroundings for opponents.
Only to find that the opponents were all hitting their own people and were quite far away... Oh, wait, there was a Pekola in front!
So a snowball was smashed over!
"..." Pekola summoned a few emerald green vines, controlling them to make snowballs efficiently, and a considerable number had already piled up beside her.
She was about to throw a few at Ryohei when she keenly sensed Tohru's movement, dodged sideways easily, and returned fire casually: "Then I'll deal with you first!"
"Try if you can!"
"Ora ora ora—!"
The two began a snowball fight in the "Dragon Clan way."
The campsite instantly turned into a battlefield.
Snowballs whizzed back and forth like cannonballs, exploding countless craters in the snow. The "boom boom" sounds rang incessantly, splashing up snow all over the sky!
"Holy crap! You guys take it easy!"
Ryohei's eyelid twitched, and he blurted out subconsciously. He quickly distanced himself from these two, afraid of being accidentally injured.
"..." Pekola, who was helping Lierre make snowballs, was instantly dumbfounded seeing the scene before her.
Lierre held a snowball in her hand, raising her eyebrows slightly.
Theoretically, she was on the same team as Tohru, but she disdained two against one. Moreover, she wanted to attack Yurine.
Being punched flying by Yurine last time and knocked out directly was really somewhat humiliating; she wanted to regain her ground.
Coincidentally, the two were not on the same team now.
"..."
At the same time, not far away—
Yurine and the others, who had beaten Jashin-chan into fleeing, stopped one after another.
"Uh... over there, are they really having a snowball fight?" Poporon turned her head, her emerald-like beautiful eyes widening in surprise.
Feeling it was so dangerous there!
"Obviously, just a bit louder." Yurine took over the conversation calmly.
"Aha—! It seems more interesting over there!" Ilulu's eyes lit up, smiling as she turned and ran back.
Elma thought for a moment and followed.
"..."
Kobayashi and Pino, who refused to participate in the snowball fight, stood on the other side of the lake.
Watching the scene opposite, Kobayashi pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose calmly, the lenses reflecting a white light: "I knew it would be like this..."
"...More dangerous than I imagined!"
On such a cold day, Pino couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from her forehead.
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