Chapter 399: Jashin-chan and the Lucky Bag!
Time flew by, and several days passed. Except for Minos, everyone else had returned from the Demon World.
December 23rd.
Tokyo, Meguro Ward, inside a luxurious villa—
"I'm back!"
Jashin-chan's cheerful voice came from the entryway.
She was holding a festive bag printed with the character "Fu" (Fortune) in her arms, trotting happily into the living room, and showing it off to everyone: "I bought a Lucky Bag (Fukubukuro) and came back!"
"You didn't scam Medusa out of money this time, did you?"
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Yurine squinted her eyes, looking over with an emotionless expression.
"What kind of talk is that! How could I possibly scam Medusa's money!"
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Jashin-chan pouted, looking at Yurine with an expression that said 'Don't you spout nonsense,' and declared self-righteously: "I call this making her drop gold coins... Ehe!"
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"Scum snake!"
Yurine couldn't help cursing, turning her head to complain to Ryohei: "Last year, she used the excuse that I was seriously injured and hospitalized, needing one million Yen for treatment fees, to scam money from Medusa."
"And bought a one million Yen Lucky Bag."
"Scum snake!"
Ryohei cursed along with her. Then he heard Yurine continue:
"By the way, that Lucky Bag contained a set of thermal underwear, a fake autograph, a pair of Kung Fu shoes, and a phone dummy model... The total value was probably around 3,000 Yen."
"Where did such a foolish spendthrift with more money than sense come from?" Ryohei looked at Jashin-chan with feigned shock.
"From the Demon World."
Wearing a black and white dress, with slender legs wrapped in white silk stockings, Persephone II (Second) moved her gaze away from her handheld console and chimed in with a crisp voice.
"Mn, nice follow-up, Second." Yurine tilted her head, giving Second a smile of approval.
"Ehe~."
A bright smile bloomed on Second's face.
Sitting on the side sofa, wearing an off-shoulder light gray knit sweater paired with a black pencil skirt, Lucoa crossed her voluptuous legs clad in black silk stockings, raising her hand to cover her mouth as she chuckled lightly.
Pekola, the dungarees goddess sitting side by side with her, also smiled.
"Pfft—!"
Only Jashin-chan felt an arrow pierce her chest.
She looked up at the high ceiling, her tone melancholic: "At that time, I had just arrived in the human world not long ago. I was still very innocent; how would I know the tricks in the human world were so deep..."
"Give me a break! You, innocent!"
Hearing Jashin-chan call herself innocent, Ryohei couldn't help interrupting to roast her.
"..." Jashin-chan glanced at Ryohei but didn't mind.
She placed the Lucky Bag on the coffee table, put one hand on her waist, and hummed lightly: "Anyway, I got my revenge later. I slaughtered that black-hearted guy and threw his corpse to a passing ghoul."
"Humph humph, that is the price for angering me!" Jashin-chan pointed at herself with her thumb, speaking arrogantly.
"Good lord, you're ruthless enough!"
Ryohei grinned, but there was no blame in his tone.
In his opinion, that person deserved to die. Who told him to treat Jashin-chan like a fool?
Daring to sell 3,000 Yen worth of stuff for 1 million Yen—this was no longer ordinary fraud; he truly deserved to die!
"That's right, I've always been fierce." Jashin-chan wagged her tail and grinned.
"Yoshi—!"
Her attention returned to the Lucky Bag, and she rubbed her hands excitedly:
"I spent fifty thousand Yen on this Lucky Bag... I observed carefully; the Lucky Bags from that shop are all very good, basically value for money. Mine must be too!"
"Alright, hurry up and open it; don't disturb us watching TV." Yurine urged.
"So impatient, Yurine!" Jashin-chan commented and started opening the Lucky Bag.
"..." Second paused her game and leaned in curiously.
Ryohei, Yurine, Lucoa, and Pekola also watched her open the bag—
"So, the first item is... Da-da-da-da!"
Jashin-chan didn't dump everything out at once but reached her hand in, pulling items out one by one.
"Uh... a pair of Kung Fu shoes?"
When she saw the first item, Jashin-chan instantly felt unwell.
How is it this thing again? So unlucky!
"Pfft—! You really have a destiny with Kung Fu shoes!" Yurine burst out laughing instantly, leaning her body against Ryohei.
"It-it doesn't matter! Just a coincidence. I don't believe the second item is still Kung Fu shoes..." Jashin-chan confidently reached into the Lucky Bag, but for some reason, her movement suddenly paused.
"Ah... Kung Fu shoes again!"
Seeing the second pair of shoes Jashin-chan pulled out, Second immediately understood the reason for her pause and couldn't help laughing.
"I don't believe this!"
Jashin-chan got a bit anxious and reached for the third item.
"Still Kung Fu shoes... It can't be all Kung Fu shoes, right?" Yurine sat up straight, speaking in astonishment. She had bought many Lucky Bags, but this was the first time she had seen one like this.
What a scam!
She felt a little sympathetic towards Jashin-chan...
"..." Jashin-chan kept a straight face, turned the bag opening downward, and with a few clunk clunk sounds, dumped everything out.
Looking at the Kung Fu shoes all over the floor, she couldn't help revealing an expression of disbelief and broke down: "How could this be? I clearly saw many people getting good things... Why are mine all Kung Fu shoes?"
"These should be unsalable inventory that needs to be cleared..."
Lucoa opened the eyelid of her left eye, looked at the shoes on the floor, and said in surprise: "But to concentrate them all in one Lucky Bag is quite unexpected."
"You got played by capitalism."
Ryohei looked at Jashin-chan with sympathy, also feeling a bit unhappy.
"There are 20 pairs in total, and they are all 30cm (approx. size 12 US) shoes." Second helped count, frowning slightly: "With such big shoes, second-hand recycling won't be easy either..."
After all, average people really couldn't wear size 50 (Euro size) shoes.
"..." Jashin-chan lowered her head, her bangs casting a shadow over her face. Like a zombie, she swayed towards the outside, her voice low: "I'm going out for a bit."
"What for?" Yurine looked up and asked.
"What else?" Jashin-chan turned her head, clenched her fists, revealed a ferocious smile, and gritted her teeth: "Of course, to slaughter that bastard! Daring to fool me!"
After saying that, she rushed out with a violent look.
"Wait—!"
Ryohei hurriedly jumped off the sofa and grabbed her, hesitating for a moment before saying: "The crime doesn't deserve death; just send him to the hospital for a lesson."
Jashin-chan glanced at Ryohei with some surprise and snorted coldly: "I'll give you face!"
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