Don't look at how awesome the hero landings are in superhero movies, but Rosen, just demonstrating a little from only five meters high, directly ruined the air cushions of his sneakers.
It's really hard to imagine how those protagonists in movies, wearing ordinary clothes, can maintain their demeanor while performing superhuman actions.
Luckily, no one was around. Rosen quickly flashed back home, changed into a new pair of shoes, and went out again.
With power, the next natural step was to find a suitable target to practice on.
He had almost been eaten by an evil spirit with a big mouth earlier, and now Rosen had a fire burning inside him.
After all, if it weren't for this belated Golden Finger,
Joining the chat group was a small matter, but losing the chance to get close to the two-dimensional beautiful girls—that would be truly gone.
Even without the Golden Finger, as long as there were no evil spirits, he could still thrive in the future, and having those beautiful girls perform a 'White Album' scene for him wouldn't be a dream.
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Rosen had already walked for a while.
The sky had changed from pure white to the fiery red glow of the setting sun.
But even after walking this far, Rosen hadn't seen a single evil spirit.
If it weren't for him realizing that he could still use divine power and the beautiful girls in the chat group were discussing female topics, he would have suspected that he had just had a dream.
Grrr.
His stomach rumbled at the opportune moment.
Rosen usually didn't have the habit of cooking; after all, compared to cooking, discounted bento boxes at convenience stores were actually cheaper than what he could make himself.
This was the first lesson Rosen learned after transmigrating, taught by Japanese supermarkets.
It was one thing that meat wasn't cheap, but even vegetables were outrageously expensive.
As a transmigrator from China, he was greatly shocked when he saw a head of cabbage cut into eighths and a watermelon sliced thinly and sold.
Especially with rice prices rising in recent years, Rosen completely gave up the idea of buying groceries.
Convenience store bento boxes usually only went on discount before closing, but if he was lucky, he could also find temporary special offers.
As soon as Rosen entered, he saw a female clerk putting a 70% off label on a fried meat and yakitori bento box.
Just as he was about to go over, the corner of his eye caught sight of several clerks at the entrance, holding party poppers and firing them.
With a pop, colorful streamers shot out from the tubes, some of them landing on Rosen's clothes.
"Congratulations! You are our 100,000th customer, and you can enjoy a 2,000 yen discount and receive a whole watermelon as a prize!"
The two clerks on either side and the manager applauded continuously.
Rosen scanned his surroundings and understood the situation.
Was his luck really this good today?
A 2,000 yen discount wasn't much, but it was free after all.
He picked up two bento boxes, plus dessert and drinks, and the manager kindly gave him a box of chewing gum.
Just as Rosen thought the watermelon would at most be a slice, the clerk brought out a seedless watermelon bigger than Kurumi's head and put it into a convenience bag.
When Rosen came out, he was carrying bento boxes and drinks in one hand, and the watermelon in the other.
"Is my luck really this good?"
Rosen was very surprised.
Did the five points he got from signing in the chat group earlier really mean today was his lucky day?
He glanced at the sky outside, which was gradually turning dark. Unable to find any evil spirits to practice on, but having acquired a bunch of food and drinks instead, Rosen decided to go home first.
He would come out again at night to look for suitable prey.
However, before he could walk much further, a bus stopped near the bus stop he was passing.
With the sound of the air brakes, the automatic door opened, and several passengers disembarked one after another.
And among them.
A girl with long black hair came into view.
Her pure, ink-black hair, her lovable fair skin, and those downcast eyes that seemed to view all things as fleeting, showing no interest in anything in the world.
The girl, dressed in a white sailor uniform, had good looks, but because she didn't particularly care about her appearance and had a dispirited look, she lost much of her charm.
Rosen felt a sense of familiarity when he saw her.
The girl seemed not to notice Rosen's attention, merely looking down at her phone, seemingly engrossed in something on the screen.
Just as Rosen was about to leave, a non-humanoid monster, shrouded in miasma, slowly stepped off the bus.
It wore a large, tattered overcoat, and its exposed abdomen revealed decaying flesh and pale ribs.
Its internal organs were already shriveled and blackened.
Because Rosen had stopped, he was not far from the back door.
The monster that got off the bus walked slowly, muttering "Do you see me, do you not see me" as it met Rosen's gaze.
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