Bang.
Bang.
Bang…
Fireworks bloomed one after another in the night sky.
The fireworks display started at 7:30 PM and lasted until 9:00 PM. During this period, tens of thousands of fireworks would be launched, basically without stopping.
Amamiya Natsuki was watching the fireworks when he suddenly felt his phone vibrate slightly in his pocket. He took it out, then held it in front of Kaguya and said loudly:
"It's a message from Chika, telling us to go to the meeting point to watch the fireworks."
Shinomiya Kaguya softly responded with a hum, and pursed her lips, saying:
"...Should we go now?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Sheltered Young Lady. Under the night sky, he could see the fireworks flickering in her eyes. He couldn't help but silently grip Kaguya's soft hand and said warmly:
"Are you tired? Let's rest for a while, and then go?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face was flushed, and her eyelashes trembled as she said:
"Then... let's go later."
Amamiya Natsuki, holding various trophies in one hand and the Sheltered Young Lady's hand in the other, walked towards the sea, saying:
"There are benches over there, let's go rest for a while."
"Mm."
"..."
Passing through the bustling crowd, Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya arrived at a bench by the sea and sat down.
The cool sea breeze blew against their faces, making it exceptionally comfortable.
Bang, bang, bang.
The fireworks in the sky were still exploding one after another, colorful and dazzling.
However, Amamiya Natsuki's attention had shifted from the fireworks to Kaguya beside him.
The fireworks were beautiful, that was true, but they could be seen every year. In comparison, the Sheltered Young Lady, who was watching the fireworks with him, was even more beautiful.
(W-what is the President looking at me for?)
Noticing Amamiya Natsuki's gaze, Kaguya's pretty face couldn't help but quietly turn red. She still looked up at the fireworks in the sky, but her attention couldn't help but wander.
(Don't look at me.)
(At a time like this, you should be watching the fireworks!)
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly said:
"You have a little cream on the corner of your mouth that you haven't wiped off."
"Eh?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face flushed, and she quickly raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth.
"Don't move." Amamiya Natsuki grabbed Kaguya's wrist, leaned closer, and said, "Let me help."
The distance between them grew closer and closer, soon reaching a point where their breaths mingled. Amamiya Natsuki could clearly smell the sweet and rich fragrance on the Sheltered Young Lady.
Their eyes met.
The blush on the Sheltered Young Lady's face quickly deepened.
Liar!
Liar President!
That look clearly wasn't about wanting to help wipe something!
However...
The Sheltered Young Lady's body was quite honest. Her eyelashes trembled slightly for a while, then she tilted her pretty face slightly and closed her eyes.
As expected.
A familiar burning sensation soon imprinted itself on her lips.
"Mm..."
Shinomiya Kaguya tightly closed her eyes. At this moment, she only heard her own rapid heartbeat completely covering the sound of the fireworks.
Several minutes passed in a flash.
Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes were moist, and she was panting, indicating that she needed to rest.
Amamiya Natsuki wiped the silver thread from the corner of his lips, gently stroked the Sheltered Young Lady's back, and said seriously:
"It wasn't wiped clean just now, let's do it again."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."
Half an hour later.
Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya left the sea together and met up with Chika and the others.
Everyone happily watched the fireworks display together, and then returned to the hotel.
There's nothing more to say about what happened next. With so many people around, there was always a chance of being discovered. Neither Marin nor Maid Hayasaka would let him do as he pleased. At midnight, Amamiya Natsuki honestly opened the Theater and played mahjong with Sadako.
The night passed without a word.
The next day.
Amamiya Natsuki got up on time, washed up, changed his clothes, and went out to meet the girls for breakfast.
"I had a lot of fun these two days." Fujiwara Chika said contentedly, "Shall we all go back to Tokyo?"
Tsubame nodded lightly:
"We can go back now. I still have to go back to cram school."
Amamiya Natsuki looked over upon hearing this and said:
"Senpai, your grades are so good, and you still have to go to cram school?"
"Of course I do." Tsubame gave him a light glare, "I'm not like you academic elites. My good grades are entirely due to private tutoring. The national unified exam is coming soon, and if I don't prepare now, it'll be too late."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Juju beside him and asked:
"Speaking of which, does Juju want to go back to cram school?"
"No." Juju leaned back on the sofa, playing with her phone and browsing the latest cosplay works. "I'm not interested in cram school. It's summer vacation, and I don't want to waste time in a place like that."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:
"I understand what Juju means."
"Huh?" Juju looked up, puzzled, and said, "What do you understand?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised his right hand and said seriously:
"When Juju graduates from high school, I will propose to Juju."
"Pah!" Juju's little face quickly flushed, and she couldn't help but spit, saying angrily, "Who wants to marry you? What I meant was that after becoming a player, it's unknown whether I'll even live until the national unified exam, so studying isn't important anymore!"
"Studying is very important." Amamiya Natsuki said earnestly, "No one knows if there will be a dungeon that requires intellectual puzzles... After returning to Tokyo, I'll go to Juju's house to help with tutoring."
"Tutoring your big head!"
Juju was both shy and angry. She saw through Amamiya Natsuki's wicked intentions at a glance and pinched Amamiya Natsuki's waist with her small hand, "Don't try to trick me into doing that again!"
At this moment, Kitagawa Marin coughed twice and said:
"Um, I'm scared of flying, so why don't you guys fly back, and Natsuki and I take the Shinkansen back?"
"Stare––"
Hayasaka Ai crossed her arms and instantly understood the Succubus Girl's intention.
Flying was fake; the real purpose was clearly to be alone together, and then bleep bleep...
Before she could speak, Fujiwara Chika had already said:
"It's okay, although the Shinkansen is a bit slower, we can still reach Tokyo today. We'll accompany Marin-chan by train; we won't leave you alone."
Shinomiya Kaguya said softly:
"I have no problem."
Tsubame followed up:
"I can also take the Shinkansen."
The other girls also expressed their agreement.
Kitagawa Marin could only try to maintain the smile on her face: "Th-that's fine then... Thank you, everyone..."
After the discussion.
After breakfast, everyone went to the train station together, preparing to take the train back to Tokyo.
The train journey was inevitably somewhat dull and boring. Amamiya Natsuki sat by the window. When he got tired of looking at the scenery outside the train, he withdrew his gaze, took out his phone, and asked everyone:
"What skill do you all think we should copy onto that blank skill scroll?"
Fujiwara Chika: "The most valuable skill, of course, is the President's Copy and Paste."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Sorry, it's an exclusive skill, cannot be copied."
Kitagawa Marin: "How about that player's flying skill in the Player Mutual Aid Group?"
Sayu: "Eh, eh, eh, so wonderful, someone can actually fly?"
Tsubame: "It's not flying. That skill is clearly hovering. It can only float up to one meter high at most, and the speed is similar to riding a bicycle."
Yukinoshita Haruno: "Eh, are the players in the Player Mutual Aid Group all willing to reveal their skills?"
Juju: "Some are willing, some are not. In short, it's voluntary."
"..."
The game encourages players to cooperate to clear dungeons, not to kill each other.
So Amamiya Natsuki was generous and didn't hide anything, revealing most of his abilities—playing dumb to catch a tiger has its advantages, but it's not popular in Japan. As is well known, people in Japan generally have a strong admiration for strength. Displaying one's power also has many unexpected benefits.
For example, after Amamiya Natsuki took the lead, other players followed suit and displayed their skills.
There is a hidden encrypted file in the Player Mutual Aid Group. After unlocking it, you can see the skills revealed by players. Currently, there are dozens of abilities, among which the most recognized divine skill is Amamiya Natsuki's Copy and Paste ability.
"Natsuki-kun is wonderful!" Yukinoshita Haruno entered the password and unlocked the hidden file, then quickly widened her beautiful eyes, "The evaluation for Copy and Paste is actually so high."
Yukinoshita Yukino said from the side:
"It's just a player's evaluation, not a game's official recognition."
Even so, Hirano Tongxue actually knew the power of Copy and Paste. After entering a dungeon, as long as Copy and Paste was shown, other players would immediately follow.
In fact, Yukinoshita Yukino had heard that players often traveled long distances to ask Amamiya Natsuki for help, just to paste skills.
"Hmm, the second-ranked skill... is it Time Stop?" Yukinoshita Haruno continued to look down, "Is it Natsuki-kun's skill too?"
That's right, the Time Stop skill can only be ranked second. Time Stop seems exaggerated, but one or three seconds of Time Stop doesn't mean much.
Yukinoshita Haruno blinked, looked at her younger sister beside her, and whispered:
"What if Natsuki-kun can Time Stop for half an hour straight? Wouldn't that mean we wouldn't even know if we got pregnant?"
"Sister, what are you talking about!" Yukinoshita Yukino raised her hand to cover her forehead, unable to help but retort, "Who would use such a powerful ability to do something like that!"
"That's not necessarily true. Boys all have evil thoughts, you know." Yukinoshita Haruno smiled, "There's a very famous manga series called 'Time Stop ***', would you like to read it, Yukino?"
Yukinoshita Yukino tightened her pretty face and said:
"No need, I'm completely uninterested in that kind of thing."
Sayu said excitedly, "Natsuki-sama, what about the invisibility skill on that ranking list?"
Invisibility.
It was a very powerful skill voted by players. By holding one's nose and stopping breathing, one could become invisible. During this time, even monsters in the dungeon couldn't see him. The drawback was the duration of the invisibility; one could only remain invisible for as long as they could hold their breath. As is well known, humans are limited beings and cannot hold their breath for very long.
Amamiya Natsuki: "Let's forget about invisibility. In reality, I'm timid, but in the dungeon, I want to punch hard."
The girls: "…"
Amamiya Natsuki continued, "I'll be frank, I actually prefer offensive skills."
Ghosts and monsters in the dungeons are almost immune to ordinary physical attacks; only items produced by the game can harm them. Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but wonder how he would deal with enemies if one day game items were sealed.
At this moment, Hayasaka sent a message:
"Two days ago, I saw a player draw a skill called 'Psychic Power 100%'. It should meet your requirements, Senpai."
"Psychic Power 100%?"
Amamiya Natsuki murmured, suddenly recalling Miko's 'Advanced Spirit Vision Eye' ability, wondering if there was a special connection between the two psychic powers.
Entering the password and opening the player-edited skill list, Amamiya Natsuki quickly found the skill description.
[Skill: Psychic Power 100%]
[Category: Active / Permanently Mastered]
[Attribute: When you are in a state of emotional outburst, you can activate a charge bar. The charge bar can accumulate. Once the charge progress reaches 100%, you will transform into a Psychic Body. During this period, any of your attacks will cause damage to supernatural entities.]
[Note: Shatter the darkness with thunder!]
"This note…" Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but complain, "Why does it look so familiar?"
Putting aside the note full of complaints, this skill indeed met Amamiya Natsuki's requirements.
Amamiya Natsuki: "Are there any specific skill experimental data?"
Hayasaka Ai: "No, that player drew the skill a few days ago, but until today, he hasn't been able to successfully activate it. He said the charge bar is very difficult to accumulate."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "It's indeed difficult for normal people to have emotional outbursts."
Senpai: "Exactly, many people now prefer to lie flat and do nothing."
Fujiwara Chika: "Everyone gets scared when they see evil spirits, right? Why isn't it useful?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "Because that's not true fear."
No matter how terrifying something is, seeing it too many times will make one numb, not to mention that as long as one pretends not to see evil spirits, nothing will happen, let alone being able to eliminate them. So, players actually don't have true fear towards evil spirits.
Hayasaka Ai: "Senpai, you could try. Those states from the Sin Mushroom skill should fall under the category of emotional outbursts."
Kitagawa Marin: "That sounds very reasonable. Natsuki can indeed try it."
Amamiya Natsuki: "I'll note it down for now and discuss it when I get back."
"…"
The player with the Psychic Power 100% skill was not in Tokyo. To copy the opponent's skill, one had to go there in person; one couldn't just ask them to deliver it from a thousand miles away.
The rest of the journey was silent.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and the Shinkansen finally arrived at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.
"Finally back!"
Fujiwara Chika was the first to get off, stretching vigorously towards the fiery sunset in the sky. Even for a player, sitting on a long train ride like that could be a bit uncomfortable.
"President, Kaguya, I'm going home first." Fujiwara Chika waved, "If I don't go home now, my mom will have my head."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded:
"Be careful, send me a message when you get home."
"Got it~" Fujiwara Chika waved and quickly left.
Tsubame said softly:
"Natsuki-kun, I'm going home too."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Senpai and said:
"Senpai, be careful, send me a message when you get back."
"Understood."
Tsubame nodded gently, waved, and left.
Next were Juju and Komi, who left together. As they passed Amamiya Natsuki, Juju deliberately hummed, while Komi turned into a quail, blushing and lowering her head, scurrying away with small steps.
In short, this dungeon was in Kyushu. After clearing it, they stayed in Kyushu for a few days of fun. Except for Kaguya and Marin, everyone else was eager to go home now.
"Yukino, go home." Haruno stretched and said with a smile, "Oh, and Mom told me to tell you that you've been mysteriously disappearing lately, so she wants you to stay at home for a while during the summer vacation."
Yukinoshita Yukino's delicate brows furrowed slightly, then she said:
"I know… Aren't you going back, Sis?"
"Eh?" Yukinoshita Haruno smiled, "I studied at a university in Tokyo, so of course I'm staying."
Yukinoshita Yukino bit her silver teeth lightly and said:
"It's summer vacation now."
Haruno smiled nonchalantly:
"That's why I'm staying in Tokyo for a summer job. I'm already a university student, so of course I want to experience the feeling of self-reliance."
I'm too embarrassed to expose you, you're not staying for a summer job at all!
Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath and whispered:
"Sister, you don't have to do that…"
"It's very necessary." Yukinoshita Haruno's smile remained unchanged, and she said nonchalantly, "From ancient times to the present, the weak have chosen to rely on the strong to survive. Besides, Little Natsuki has many good qualities besides being a bit of a playboy. To be honest, I don't dislike capable people who are playboys."
Clearly, Yukinoshita Haruno was a typical pragmatist, preferring to measure everything with logic rather than emotion.
As a newbie, how does one get through the beginner phase?
Of course, by clinging to a strong back.
To cling firmly to a strong back, it's impossible to do so without any effort. One must either use emotions or benefits. Without a doubt, Yukinoshita Haruno chose the former.
"Don't worry." Yukinoshita Haruno continued to smile, "I will definitely take safety measures and won't cause any fatalities."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "…"
Hirano silently took a deep breath, knowing that her sister's mind was made up and irreversible.
Born into a political family, and groomed as a successor by her mother from a young age, her sister had already developed a mindset where profit determines everything. But that kind of thing isn't right; one shouldn't sacrifice one's body for profit. She would surely regret it in the future, wouldn't she?
The only way to protect her sister's chastity is…
Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lower lip lightly, then turned to look at Amamiya Natsuki nearby.
Although he was lewd and lustful, and wanted a harem, at least he kept his word and never broke promises.
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki noticed the gaze and turned to look at the Second Miss.
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't speak, silently shifting her gaze away.
"Yukino, and Haruno." Amamiya Natsuki greeted them, "I'm heading back now."
"Goodbye, Natsuki-kun." Yukinoshita Haruno clasped her hands in front of her chest and said pitifully, "Oh, and my apartment might have evil spirits. Natsuki-kun, could you help me paste the skill? Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't dare to sleep alone tonight."
"No problem."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement, telling Kaguya to go home and walk the dog first.
Yukinoshita Haruno then turned around and waved to Hirano:
"Yukino, you go home first. Just send me a message when you get there."
"…"
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't speak, silently turned, and left.
Amamiya Natsuki and Haruno walked into a cold drink shop, eating cold drinks while pasting Evil Spirit Banishing.
After the skill was pasted, Haruno smiled gracefully and thanked him, then the two parted ways.
Amamiya Natsuki exhaled lightly, walking home towards the setting sun.
He hadn't walked far when a long-haired, straight-haired girl suddenly appeared, blocking his path.
The sun was setting.
The girl's skirt and hair gently fluttered together. Yukinoshita Yukino raised her hand to tuck away the strands of hair blown by the wind from her ear, and parted her lips to say:
"You… keep your word?"