"I'm not playing anymore… I'm getting up…"
Even the fearless secretary Chika would feel shy.
Amamiya Natsuki pressed Chika's shoulders and said seriously, "You're already talking nonsense, you need continued artificial respiration."
"I'm not… Mmm…"
As Amamiya Natsuki leaned down and blocked secretary Chika's lips, soon only faint whimpering sounds remained.
Several minutes later.
Secretary Chika only felt her head spinning, as if she were stepping on cotton, already unable to distinguish directions. She breathed rapidly and said tremblingly, "It's…it's so uncomfortable… Don't use that cherry-tying skill next time…"
Amamiya Natsuki said innocently:
"I just wanted to make Fujiwara-mama more comfortable."
"I didn't feel comfortable at all! I only felt very uncomfortable!" Secretary Chika covered her face with her hand, refusing to admit it. "And I told you not to use that address!"
"Yes, yes."
"No, don't kiss my neck… it tickles…"
"Then where should I kiss?"
"Anyway, not the neck."
"Understood."
"…"
The ticklish sensation on her neck disappeared, and Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to relax, the next second, she suddenly widened her beautiful eyes in disbelief, involuntarily tilting her neck back. A suppressed, trembling hum escaped her lips, and the air seemed to turn pink.
"Ugh… Hmm—!!!"
Thankfully, the rocky shore was empty, so there was no need to worry about being heard. Otherwise, she would definitely be socially dead.
"Wait, wait, wait a minute…" Secretary Chika's voice trembled. "President, don't…"
Amamiya Natsuki said indistinctly:
"You said not the neck, so other places are fine."
"President, don't go too far!!!"
"…"
A moment later.
Secretary Chika finally reached her limit, pushed Amamiya Natsuki away, and swam angrily to the opposite shore.
Amamiya Natsuki followed behind, saying:
"I won the competition just now, Chika-sama, please don't forget the bet."
"There was no bet!" Secretary Chika's cheeks puffed up, her neck and ear tips completely flushed crimson. "Don't even think about that!"
"…"
After the two swam back to the shore, Fujiwara Chika finally calmed down. She quickly dodged to Shinomiya's side, no longer staying alone with Amamiya Natsuki to avoid being taken advantage of again.
Amamiya Natsuki settled down and continued swimming by himself.
"Splash."
Water splashed up.
A blonde girl wearing a wig suddenly emerged from the water and said faintly:
"Natsuki and Chika took so long to come back, did you two go [beep—]?"
Hey, hey, what kind of outrageous words did you say that they had to be censored?!
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Marin and retorted:
"That's just a rocky shore over there, of course we didn't do anything."
"I don't believe it." Kitagawa Marin snorted softly, her tone resentful. "Once boys get impulsive, they don't care about the occasion or location—in the park, on the subway, in the classroom, on the school rooftop…"
Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly:
"Don't confuse game scenarios with reality. In reality, few people would do that kind of thing in the wild, right?"
"Who said no." Kitagawa Marin puffed out her cheeks. "When we went to Forest Camp together, that night when we went to the mountain top to look at the stars, didn't we meet a couple doing that kind of thing?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
Splash ~
Water surged.
Kitagawa Marin, like a mermaid, swam in front of Amamiya Natsuki, extending her arms to embrace Amamiya Natsuki's neck. Her eyes reflected the cosmos and moonlight as she said expectantly:
"Natsuki still remembers what you promised me in the dungeon, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"What is it?"
"Of course, it's that I want it ten times!" Kitagawa Marin's pretty face flushed crimson. This Succubus Girl was not the shy type. Although her pretty face was hot, she still gazed at him intently, asserting her 'legitimate rights' as a girlfriend, and said with puffed cheeks, "I am Natsuki's first girlfriend. Everything should be me first. It's fine if Hanamori got ahead, but no one else should ever get ahead again!"
"I like Natsuki."
"I like Natsuki the most."
"So…" Kitagawa Marin took a deep breath. Although her pretty face was burning, she still launched a bold, direct attack, not hiding her affection. "Tonight, I'm going to Natsuki's room."
Amamiya Natsuki hugged Marin and said gently:
"You don't live alone; staying out all night will make people worry… How about we wait until we return to Tokyo?"
"No." Kitagawa Marin shook her head. "We still have to play for a few more days before we can go back to Tokyo. Who knows if someone else will get ahead during that time."
You're overthinking it. Besides you, the official girlfriend, no one else has even agreed to officially date, let alone do that kind of thing!
"Oh, I thought of a way." Kitagawa Marin's eyes lit up with anticipation. "My dad works in Kyushu. Tomorrow, we'll say we're going to visit my dad. Then Natsuki and I can go together. That way, we'll have time, and no one will suspect anything."
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
Uncle would be sad if he knew you were using the excuse of visiting him to ***, wouldn't he!
They played at the sea until 10:30 PM before everyone returned satisfied.
Back at the hotel.
Amamiya Natsuki entered his room and began to wash up. The girls shared a room for two, so as a boy, he naturally had a room to himself.
After washing up, Amamiya Natsuki lay down on the bed. He thought he would fall asleep quickly, but after lying down, he somehow became more energetic and couldn't sleep no matter how much he tossed and turned. He couldn't help but pick up his phone from beside his pillow and send a message to Hayasaka.
"Are you asleep?"
Before long, his phone vibrated gently.
Hayasaka Ai: "I'm already asleep."
Amamiya Natsuki: "You can talk while asleep?"
Hayasaka Ai: "You woke me up again, Senpai."
Amamiya Natsuki: "It's my fault. Come here so I can sincerely apologize."
Hayasaka Ai: "Tsk!"
Are you trying to apologize?
I'm too embarrassed to expose you!
Hayasaka Ai gritted her teeth: "I'm so sleepy. Don't disturb my sleep. If Senpai is so free, I suggest you go run ten kilometers."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Running is out of the question. I'm very curious about something now… Previously in the dungeon, to deal with potential sneak attacks, I didn't dare to use the Time Stop skill randomly. Now I can research and verify it."
Seeing the message on her phone, Hayasaka Ai widened her beautiful eyes, her pretty face quickly turning red. She bit her lip and tapped the screen, sending several head-tapping and disgusted emoji stickers:
"Pervert!"
"President is too perverted!"
"Please don't breathe in front of me from now on. I don't want to be as perverted as the President."
Hey, hey, what does this have to do with being perverted?
Everyone has curiosity, right!
Amamiya Natsuki had a thick skin and didn't care about the maid-chan's scolding. In fact, the fact that she only called him a pervert and didn't say 'you're dead if you dare to use Time Stop' already provided an indirect answer.
"No time like the present." Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but say, "How about you come over and research now?"
Hayasaka Ai: "Pah!!!"
"…"
The night passed without incident.
The next day.
Hayasaka Ai, of course, didn't come for a night raid. Amamiya Natsuki slept alone until dawn.
After washing up, Amamiya Natsuki changed his clothes and left his room, meeting up with the girls and heading to the restaurant for breakfast.
"President, President." Fujiwara Chika lowered her voice. "The dungeon settlement is complete."
Last night, when they swam back from the sea, secretary Chika was still wary and kept her distance. After one night, she had already forgotten about last night's events and started greeting him happily again—girls who are easygoing never hold grudges.
"It's already done?" Amamiya Natsuki took a sip of milk and responded in a low voice, "I really hadn't noticed. Let me check first."
He silently recited a thought, and the game panel appeared out of thin air before his eyes.
[Dungeon settlement complete, please check the settlement report]
"Check."
Amamiya Natsuki silently recited in his mind.
Lines of text poured down like a waterfall.
[The dungeon you cleared this time is 'Summer Time Rendering'. Based on your comprehensive performance in the dungeon, you have gained 950 game points.]
[Based on your comprehensive performance in the dungeon, you have gained 8 free attribute points.]
[You have obtained the item 'Item Lock Card'. Please click to view its specific attributes.]
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the Item Lock Card. He didn't need to check its specific attributes because he had used this item before—to purchase the Time Stop skill, he had once acquired an Item Lock Card from another player. Its effect was to lock a certain item in the game mall so that it wouldn't refresh with time.
"Good reward."
Amamiya Natsuki accepted it with satisfaction.
He continued to look down.
[You have obtained the special item 'Mysterious Black Mud'.]
[This item can change into various forms according to your will. After changing into that item, it will possess the appearance characteristics and functions of that item. Please note that some special functions cannot be used.]
Amamiya Natsuki curiously took out the item and found that it looked like a piece of black modeling clay the size of a palm. It felt soft to the touch, light as air, and quite warm and clean.
"It can change freely according to my will?"
Amamiya Natsuki didn't immediately understand the purpose of this item. His gaze fell on Kaguya across the dining table. With a thought, the Mysterious Black Mud in his hand quickly transformed. Under the curious gaze of the girls, it was as if an invisible hand was kneading it, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a Shinomiya Kaguya figurine statue. Not only that, but its color could also change freely according to his will, not just remaining black.
"Eh, eh, eh?" Fujiwara Chika looked over curiously. "President, what is this?"
"It's an item rewarded for clearing the dungeon."
Amamiya Natsuki placed Kaguya's figurine on the table. A thought suddenly occurred to him, and he manipulated it with his mind from a distance.
The next second, Kaguya, who was clearly just a figurine, actually 'came to life', stepping Da da da towards Shinomiya.
"Eh?"
Shinomiya Kaguya looked curiously at the figurine on the table, and then saw the clothes on the figurine change into a white one-piece pajama, her black hair falling down and spreading to her waist, and the lines on her face subtly changing from gentle to somewhat cold…
A familiar sense of déjà vu washed over her, and Shinomiya Kaguya subconsciously widened her beautiful eyes.
This appearance… wasn't it…
The next second, A familiar cold voice came from the figurine young lady, saying:
"Surrender yourself!"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"
Confessing was so long ago, why does the President still remember it now!
"So wonderful!"
"It can even talk and move by itself."
"Kaguya-chan is alive!" the girls exclaimed softly.
Shinomiya Kaguya: "I was alive all along, you know!"
"You can check the specific attributes yourselves." Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his mental control, and Kaguya soon lost her vitality, turning into an unmoving figurine. "This item is not bound, so you should be able to use it too."
Shinomiya Kaguya, hearing this, couldn't help but pick up her own figurine. She had to admit, it was indeed identical to her attire at the time… It had been so long, yet the President remembered it too clearly.
The girls curiously played with the figurines, while Amamiya Natsuki continued to check the dungeon settlement.
"You obtained an item: 'Blank Skill Scroll' (1)."
"Type: Consumable"
"Attributes: (Omitted)"
"Very good…" Amamiya Natsuki was quite satisfied. "Another good item."
The Blank Skill Scroll had been used before, and its attributes were quite simple: it could imprint a skill from another player. Once successfully imprinted, one could learn the skill on the scroll. The limitation was that the higher the skill level, the lower the success rate of imprinting.
For example, the golden Time Stop skill would likely not be successfully imprinted, even with a lucky coin toss.
In short, the skill scroll was much more practical than directly giving a skill, as many skills were useless, while the skill scroll could truly imprint many highly practical skills.
"Given your performance, you have obtained a new title: Dark Walker."
"Title Attributes (Passive): When you are in darkness, all your attributes are additionally increased by 50%."
"Note: You can only equip one title at a time."
"Finally, I don't have to NTR others anymore." Amamiya Natsuki carefully examined the title's ability. "The effect of this passive title is clearly more significant for stronger individuals. Now, in the darkness, I can totally go head-to-head with Batman. Batman can go head-to-head with Superman, which means… I can now go head-to-head with Superman?"
The clearance rewards were the ones listed above, with the dungeon MVP reward remaining.
As expected, Amamiya Natsuki once again became the MVP of the "Summer Time Rendering" dungeon.
As usual, the MVP reward was still five randomly appearing items, from which the player could choose any two.
Five cards were successively revealed in front of Amamiya Natsuki.
The first card had only a black silhouette on it.
"Item: Summon Card"
"Category: Consumable"
"Attributes: After using this card, you will summon a Shadow Servant. This servant will completely obey your commands. You can direct its actions through telepathy, with a maximum command range of one kilometer radius."
"Please note, Shadow Servants need to eat. Movement will accelerate energy consumption, thus requiring more food."
"This thing…" Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, muttering to himself, "Isn't it just those shadows?"
According to the description, it should be a second-generation shadow. If he chose to summon it, he could replace Hiruko no Kami's position and give any command to the shadow.
It had to be said, the Shadow Servant was highly practical. The only trouble was its need for food.
Of course, he had already obtained information when communicating with Hiruko no Kami in the dungeon: shadows weren't limited to eating humans; animals could also be food sources. Ultimately, what shadows consumed was 'information,' and among all creatures on Earth, humans contained the most information. Eating a human could sustain them for half a year, while ordinary animals like cattle and sheep might only last a few days.
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the second card, continuing to look down. The card clearly showed a familiar-looking small boat.
"Item: Wave Boat Anchor Point"
"Category: Marvelous Item"
"Attributes: After placing the Wave Boat Anchor Point, you can summon a small boat. This boat possesses all common functions of a boat and can be used repeatedly. Please note, once the Wave Boat Anchor Point is destroyed, it cannot be repaired and will no longer have summoning ability."
"Note: This is a small boat full of commemorative significance…"
After reading the attributes, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly.
No wonder it looked familiar; it was clearly the small boat he and Hayasaka used to investigate the cliff cave!
Honestly, it truly was full of commemorative significance, and it had even turned into a Marvelous Item.
"So… should I choose it?"
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Spy Maid.
"Hmm?" Hayasaka Ai was drinking a cold beverage. She keenly noticed Amamiya Natsuki's subtle gaze and whispered, "Why are you looking at me, Senpai?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"I've encountered something very difficult, and I don't know whether to say it…"
Hayasaka Ai rolled her eyes at him, whispering:
"Then don't say it."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki said no more, but silently displayed the card's attributes.
"Eh, how could this be…"
Hayasaka Ai's beautiful eyes widened. After seeing the content on the card clearly, her pretty face instantly flushed red.
Compared to Amamiya Natsuki, her memory of this boat was even deeper; she would never forget it in this lifetime.
"This boat is one of those pleasure boats on the Island, right?" Yukinoshita Haruno looked over curiously, whispering, "It can be summoned repeatedly, which sounds very practical."
Sayu nodded:
"That's right, it feels a bit like the Capsule Corp capsules from Dragon Ball. Even if you don't use it for sailing, you can use it for living."
Juju asked curiously:
"It's just that the boat is a bit small… Also, what does that 'full of commemorative significance' note mean?"
"…"
Hayasaka Ai's face was burning, and she quickly lowered her head to drink her cold beverage to hide it.
Even she couldn't control her current embarrassment. She could only clench her teeth and fiercely kick Amamiya Natsuki under the table, her eyes filled with shame and anger:
"Perverted Senpai, hurry up and put that card away!"
"Stare—"
Others didn't know, but someone knew why this boat was full of commemorative significance.
Kitagawa Marin bit her lips in distress, her eyes looking over with resentment.
Those fleeting images when they were listening to each other's thoughts, they must have been on this boat, right?
Dammit!
It was clearly me first, why… why was someone else ahead of me… sob…