Kaguya now likes seeing people owe her money.
If anything comes up, she can use it to threaten them. It feels great.
Hearing her words, Takumi was immediately furious.
"When did you develop such a weird habit?"
Has this girl gone insane from staying at home?
She actually enjoys this kind of thing?
Oh god, for a moment Takumi didn't even know how to respond.
"It has nothing to do with you!"
Kaguya rolled her eyes in annoyance.
What's a hobby, anyway?
It's just a hobby, okay?
Thinking about it, she felt very proud.
When she imagined everyone owing her money in the future, she felt genuinely happy.
"I need to find a way to make everyone in the group owe me money."
"I wonder if anyone else needs cash."
Kaguya touched her chin.
She began plotting how to make everyone in the group indebted to her.
Seeing her expression, Takumi didn't bother with her anymore.
Let her do whatever she wants, as long as she's happy.
Shaking his head, Takumi ignored Kaguya.
He turned around and left.
Let her play however she likes. It's not his problem.
Anyway, it's not a serious matter.
Those who bought Penglai medicine in the group chose to become Penglai immortals.
They were now quite excited.
Feeling the boundless energy coursing through their bodies, everyone began to complain.
"Oh my god, I finally understand why Kaguya always drops dead out of nowhere."
"Kaguya, don't imitate that other Kaguya anymore."
"Ever since taking the Penglai medicine, I have no sense of time."
"Because... you're constantly hyper."
"It's fine to stay up all night."
"But it might lead to sudden death... and then you just keep going."
Though the medicine had been improved, the sudden death option apparently remained because of its awful taste?
When Shinomiya Kaguya heard Fujiwara Chika say this, she was speechless.
"No, I go to bed on time every day."
"Besides, even if you do drop dead, you'd probably need a month or two of bad habits to get there."
Sudden death isn't that easy, okay?
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called Penglai medicine.
Even sudden death requires conditions to be met.
Who stays up every night for a month or two?
Anyway, she wouldn't.
Not to mention, her current strength wouldn't allow her to die so easily.
"Hmph!"
"Just a friendly warning."
"People named Kaguya are prone to sudden death!"
When Kaguya Shinomiya heard that, she froze.
"Let's not talk about this right now."
"We all owe Kaguya money."
At that moment, Asuna felt a heavy pressure.
What should she do about this 10 billion debt?
Even though Kaguya wasn't pressuring them, it didn't feel good to owe money.
When Asuna brought it up, everyone suddenly fell silent.
Because anyone who took Penglai medicine now owed Kaguya.
"Tsk!"
"I really envy Irena—she paid in full."
Fujiwara Chika looked gloomy.
For some reason, she genuinely envied Irena.
Because of Irena's reputation, Kaguya never gave her the chance to owe money.
She didn't think she'd get it back.
So Irena had to pay everything up front.
Meanwhile, the rest of them were trusted by Kaguya and allowed to owe her.
"I suddenly feel like defaulting on my debt."
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but mutter.
She really did want to.
It wasn't impossible.
Irena had to pay because of her image.
So couldn't she, too, just... default?
"If you're not afraid of Kaguya showing up at your doorstep, go ahead and try."
"Maybe Takumi will even show up to watch and join in."
Kato Megumi rolled her eyes at Fujiwara Chika.
Did she even think before speaking?
Who was she talking about?
Was she seriously going to risk getting beaten?
"Hehe~!"
"Just kidding."
"Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't dare."
"I'll just work hard and earn some money when I get back."
Fujiwara Chika spread her hands.
She was just goofing around.
Kato Megumi was right.
After all, Takumi might actually get involved.
That guy loved entertainment.
If there was drama, he'd definitely join.
"Well, it's not like we need a fortune."
"Just work hard for a month or two."
"With our strength, unless we run into something terrifying, it should be easy."
"And if not, we can always enter a few prize competitions."
"It's not a big deal."
Asuna wasn't panicked.
With great strength, making money was fast.
Some elites didn't even care about earning.
Money came too easily.
Just go hang around in the food world for a bit.
That's how Irena got rich.
Since there are so many worlds, rare food sells high.
That's their plan.
Focus on rare food.
The profits will come naturally.
That's why they dared to borrow from Kaguya.
Otherwise, they never would've.
After chatting for a while, they went back out to fight.
Now that they were fully recovered, it was time to battle again.
In a few days, they'd be heading back.
But what they didn't expect was that Kaguya would collect debts so fast.
Before they even left...
Kaguya had already started collecting.
Kaguya
[Kato Megumi, Fujiwara Chika, Yuuki Asuna, Saten Ruiko]
[Are you there?]
[Got money? Time to pay up.]
This sudden message on 6/17 stunned everyone.
Fujiwara Chika:
[What the heck??]
Kato Megumi:
[So fast?!]
Yuuki Asuna:
[I knew it...]
Saten Ruiko:
[(*Д)o]
The four of them were speechless. That was way too fast.
Why didn't she give them any time?
[Confident debt collection!]
[Hmph, come back and capture some tasty creatures.]
[I'll allow you to pay me with those.]
[I've been craving rainbow fruit lately.]
Everyone suddenly got the picture.
Looking at Kaguya's message, Fujiwara Chika and the others understood her intention.
She wanted them to do chores.
Damn. Now they regretted it. If they'd known earlier, they never would've agreed!
Now she had leverage.
They were all depressed.
Sagiri:
[Luckily, I don't owe anyone anything!]
Sagiri was smug now.
Hehe. Good thing she didn't leave the world.
Otherwise, she'd be in the same boat.
Everyone bought Penglai medicine back then—she would've too.
And then she'd owe a ton.
She's just an artist. Where would she even get the money?
Thinking about that, Sagiri felt lucky.