"Kitahara-kun, don't suddenly say things that make everyone unhappy when we're having fun."
Anon crossed her arms, complaining:
"Campus marathons are super annoying. The temperature tomorrow will be 30 degrees, and I don't want to run at all."
"Mm-hmm."
Hitori secretly nodded in agreement.
At this moment, Anon was her strongest voice.
The temperature will be high tomorrow, and running will make her sweat all over.
Her chest bouncing around would make her feel short of breath.
After running, her whole body would ache.
More importantly, she would definitely collapse before finishing the entire race and then be laughed at by others...
Should she still do as before, go home at night and take a cold bath to make herself sick, and then ask the teacher for sick leave?
Anyway, as long as there was a 'valid reason', the teacher definitely wouldn't force her to participate in the marathon...
Just as Hitori was lost in thought, Kitahara's voice suddenly rang out:
"Running isn't that scary. As long as you eat a Magic Cookie, you can easily finish the entire race."
"Eh?"
Hitori secretly looked up, her peach blossom eyes curiously looking over.
"Aren't magic cookies only for studying? What do they have to do with running?"
Kita asked curiously.
Kitahara said softly:
"The biscuit's effect is actually to enhance a certain ability of the consumer, not limited to studying. For example, lung capacity, physical strength, and endurance are all within the range of enhancement..."
[Item: Magic Cookie Box]
[Current Status: Optimized]
[New Entry: Unlimited Refills. Place this biscuit box in an unobservable sealed environment, and a box of biscuits will automatically generate inside the box after midnight every day.]
[New Entry: Wish Note. Stick the Wish Note on the biscuit box, and write your wish on the Wish Note. The next day's biscuits will temporarily enhance a certain ability of yours. Please note that one of the biscuits will give you an extra surprise.]
"Hmm?"
Kitahara suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and a subtle expression appeared on his face.
"Makoto-kun, what's wrong?"
Tomori asked softly.
Kitahara interlaced his fingers, resting his chin:
"Speaking of which, sensitivity should also be one of the enhanceable attributes, right?"
"..."
The girls were slightly stunned, and then their faces quickly turned red, clearly all understanding Kitahara's 'sinister intentions'.
"Pfft~"
"Kitahara-kun is so lewd!"
"Biscuits are for studying, don't use them for terrible things!"
"Exactly, let's start refusing lewdness from ourselves!"
"..."
Facing the girls' verbal attacks, Kitahara's expression was calm, without the slightest shame.
As for whether the Magic Cookie could enhance sensitivity... he would know once he found an opportunity to try it.
Even though Anon looked disgusted at the moment, this pink-haired girl actually had extremely strong exploratory desires and curiosity. If he handed the Magic Cookie to Anon, she would 100% eat it.
"Let's get down to business." Kitahara took a sip of his drink. "I plan to wish for a box of biscuits that can increase physical strength tomorrow. After eating the biscuits, I should be able to easily finish the entire race. Who wants to reserve biscuits?"
"I want a small biscuit."
Tomori was the first to speak softly.
"I want a biscuit too." Kita raised her right hand, her voice clear, "Although I can finish the entire race without eating biscuits, it will definitely be very hard."
As expected, the girls in the club room all reserved magic cookies. After all, every single girl present wasn't someone who liked sports, and their physical strength was all very ordinary.
"Wait a moment."
Anon rested her right hand on her pink cheek:
"I remember there's a 'surprise' in the biscuits that turns people into animals, right? What if I eat it and turn into an animal?"
Kitahara had obviously thought of this long ago:
"Then everyone come earlier tomorrow. Everyone eats the biscuits based on their luck and see who unfortunately 'wins the prize'. You don't have to worry about the duration. I will share the ability [State Expert] with you, and then you can lock the state, which will be enough to finish the campus marathon."
Kita looked over curiously:
"Kitahara-kun, aren't you eating the biscuits?"
Kitahara shook his head: "I can easily finish the entire race without eating biscuits."
"No!"
Anon suddenly clenched her right fist and tapped it against her left palm, saying in a clear voice:
"Kitahara-kun should eat the biscuits with us. This is called 'sharing blessings and misfortunes'. It's too unfair for only us to bear the risk."
"Anon-chan is right." Kita's eyes lit up, her red twin tails gently swaying as she said expectantly, "Kitahara-kun, eat the biscuits with us."
Kitahara was quite speechless:
"You just want to see me make a fool of myself, right?"
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Anon waved her right hand in front of her, directly denying all three points, "Tomori-chan, and Sakiko, you also want Kitahara-kun to turn into a fluffy little animal, right?"
"I heard from Kita that Kitahara-kun turned into a doggy after eating the biscuit last semester. He was super cute."
Facing Anon's temptation, Tomori and Sakiko both looked over, their eyes sparkling, clearly very tempted.
Sakiko crossed her arms:
"I agree with Anon's proposal. Share blessings and misfortunes."
Tomori pursed her lips, also 'betraying' Kitahara, and said softly:
...Sakiko is right.
Kitahara twitched his mouth slightly:
"Can I refuse?"
"Of course not."
"Let's eat biscuits together tomorrow."
"Everyone must share blessings and misfortunes."
"It's just a mere biscuit. Kitahara-kun couldn't possibly be scared, could he?"
"..."
The girls quickly formed a united front.
"Eating biscuits is fine," Kitahara said unhurriedly, "but shouldn't you give me some compensation?"
"What does Kitahara-kun want?"
Kita looked over warily.
"It's simple." Kitahara interlaced his fingers, his expression calm, "We'll play a board game right now. The loser either has to kiss me, or they have to say 'I like Kitahara-kun'."
"Pfft~"
"Kitahara-kun is so lewd."
"Both options are terrible. Kitahara-kun is too greedy."
"..."
Kissing or saying 'I like you' in private is fine, but doing it in front of everyone is too embarrassing no matter how you think about it.
"Only these two options." Kitahara said with his usual expression, "As long as you agree, I'll eat biscuits with you tomorrow... There are so many of you, if you team up, my chances of winning are actually very slim."
"What do you all say?"
Anon asked softly.
"I'm fine with either..." Kita's face was slightly red, and she whispered, "There are so many of us, if we cooperate well, we definitely won't lose, right?"
Tomori said softly:
"I agree."
Kita turned her head and asked:
"Hitori, what do you say?"
"Th-that..."
Hitori stammered, her cowlick swaying nervously. Although she really wanted to refuse, everyone was so happy, and refusing would ruin the atmosphere, wouldn't it?
Having no choice, Hitori ultimately chose to go with the flow.
After a brief discussion, Anon lifted her delicate chin, revealing her fair, slender neck, and said in a clear voice:
"We agree to the bet, Kitahara-kun, start quickly, I have to go shopping with my friends later."
"..."
The board game they played was a multiplayer version of Monopoly. The gameplay wasn't much different from regular Monopoly: roll the dice to determine steps, and at the end of the game, the winner was decided by their final assets.
During the game, the girls secretly conspired to build a defense line to ambush Kitahara. Unfortunately, after playing for a while, the girls discovered that Kitahara always made a big profit every time he rolled the dice and never landed on a bad luck square.
"Cheating!"
Anon puffed out her cheeks, finally realizing:
Kitahara-kun must have cheated using that cat ability!
Kitahara corrected him: "It's Schrödingers Cat."
As long as the chaotic random conditions were met, the Schrödingers Cat ability could be perfectly triggered, and since it was passive, it didn't require a cooldown.
In short, Kitahara could roll whatever number he wanted.
Kita looked over in shock: "Not only did you cheat, but you're admitting it openly?"
Kitahara picked up the dice, tossed them casually again, and controlled his character to move to the next 'big win' square: "When we made the bet just now, you didn't say we couldn't use abilities. The law prohibits retroactivity, so of course it doesn't count as cheating... I won, now please honor the bet."
...
The girls' faces quickly flushed red, and after exchanging glances, they all fell silent in embarrassment.
Buzz buzz.
A phone vibrated suddenly.
Kitahara glanced at the phone on the table: "Anon, your friend is urging you to go shopping. Shall we start with you?"
Anon coughed twice, her pretty face flushed, and said: "Um... can I exchange it for two coupons?"
Kitahara raised an eyebrow and looked over: "Anon wouldn't be a sore loser, would she?"
"Ugh—!"
Anon's rosy cheeks puffed up suddenly, like a pufferfish poked by someone.
Although she knew it was a provocation, it was still incredibly infuriating.
"Kitahara-kun, don't look down on people!"
Anon clenched her fists and stood up abruptly, her pretty face flushed as she approached Kitahara, quickly leaned in and kissed Kitahara's cheek, then grabbed her school bag and quickly fled the clubroom: "I'm going shopping with my friend!"
Kitahara turned his head and looked at Kita, gesturing: "Kita-san, it's your turn."
"Ahem..."
Kita's small face was crimson. Although she desperately wanted to escape, she really couldn't go back on her word. She could only slowly approach Kitahara, cover her chest with her right hand, quickly peck Kitahara's face, and then, like Anon, flee in a hurry.
"Sakiko, which one do you choose?"
Kitahara smiled as he looked over.
Sakiko, however, had a normal expression, looking completely unfazed. She stood up and came before Kitahara, looking down at him.
After two seconds of silence, Sakiko raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, leaned in close to Kitahara's ear, and whispered in an extremely low voice: "I like Kitahara-kun."
Kitahara: "..."
Your voice is so soft, others can't hear it at all!
"Kitahara-kun didn't agree beforehand that I couldn't whisper," Sakiko's rosy lips curved slightly upwards, her mood joyful. "Anyway, I've said it. Goodbye."
Kitahara looked helplessly at the last two, Tomori and Hitori:
"Now it's your turn."
With Sakiko as their 'predecessor', Hitori and Tomori naturally followed suit, whispering softly into his ear, and then fulfilling the bet.
Kitahara stood up regretfully: "Well then, that's all for today. It's about time to go back."
"Phew..."
Hitori let out a sigh of relief and quickly stood up to follow behind Kitahara.
Going back naturally meant riding the scooter, and she could only feel at ease by following behind Kitahara.
"Tomori, see you tomorrow."
Kitahara waved goodbye, leaving the clubroom with Hitori. They arrived at the bicycle shed, where they happened to see a distorted evil spirit wandering beneath it.
"Ah..."
Seeing the presence of the evil spirit, Hitori quickly lowered her head and nervously hid in Kitahara's shadow.
"Good timing."
Kitahara's eyes, however, lit up. He strode forward and simply threw a punch.
With the Exorcist's physique combined with dealing true damage by expending affection points, this seemingly hideous and ugly evil spirit only had time to let out a scream before being directly blown apart, transforming into wisps of black mist that dissipated into the air.
Once upon a time, when Kitahara received an exorcism quest, he could only stare blankly because he couldn't find any evil spirits. Now it was much easier; he could even encounter evil spirits just walking down the street.
"Done. Hitori, get on."
Kitahara unlocked the scooter while looking at today's quest panel.
[Daily Quest Four: Tokyo Exorcism]
[Current Status: Completed]
[Quest Reward: Your Strength attribute has permanently increased]
Although his strength had permanently increased, it was only by a tiny bit, barely noticeable. Kitahara was more looking forward to the upcoming lottery draw.
All four daily quests were now completed. Kitahara once again gained a lottery draw chance, and without another word, he chose to do a single draw for a miracle again.
"Go big or go home... Draw for me!"
The ability roulette in the void quietly began to spin.
Before long, an ability light orb fell out of thin air.
"Another drop?"
Kitahara's eyes lit up.
Although he couldn't use abilities or items during the draw, Kitahara's own luck seemed to be quite good; he rarely hit the pity.
"Let me see what ability it is..."
Kitahara opened the ability panel expectantly, and a new ability icon quietly appeared before him.
[Ability: Are Kings and Nobles Born as Such?]
[Category: Active]
[Description: You can select a target and instantly evolve your life level to the same level as the target. Be sure to note that if the selected target's life level is too high, your life will burn out after the evolution ends.]
[Remark: Even a god shouldn't look down on me!]
"...Burn out life?"
Looking at the warning in the ability description, Kitahara's lips twitched slightly, then he simply closed the ability panel.
"This thing is clearly a suicidal ability!"
Kitahara sighed helplessly.
Although he successfully drew an ability, he didn't want such an abstract ability at all. Every day now was so wonderful, he didn't want to burn himself out at all.
"Speaking of which... there aren't really gods in this world, are there?"