Day 3 — New Feature
Ryo woke up.
"…Something feels worse."
A chime echoed.
"…Of course."
Shop Unlocked
New Feature: Shop
"…That's not good."
He checked it.
Seed Shop:
Basic Seeds — 2 Gold
Fast Sprout Seeds — 5 Gold
Unknown Seeds — 10 Gold
"…Unknown?"
"…That's a terrible idea."
pause
"…I'll take three."
Wallet Update
Gold: 41
Debt: 1,179
"…Bad decisions were made."
Kiro nodded.
"Yes."
Ryo held a seed.
"…You better behave."
plop
He threw the rest randomly.
plop—plop
"…I'm not involved."
He turned dramatically.
"I don't care."
Walked away.
Collapsed.
THUD
"…If this explodes, not my fault."
zzz…
The wind shifted.
whoooosh
The ground trembled.
Kiro frowned.
"…I don't like this."
Plants grew.
One glowed.
One shook.
One…
"…No."
"…That's wrong."
Later
Ryo walked over.
Stopped.
"…I regret everything."
Unknown Crop Results:
Glow Potato (Rare)
Shaky Tomato (Unstable)
??? (Do Not Touch)
"…DO NOT TOUCH?!"
"…WHY IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION?!"
The dark plant pulsed.
thump…
"…Nope."
"I JUST WANTED NORMAL CROPS!"
"WHY IS FARMING LIKE THIS?!"
The plants reacted.
Glow. Shake. Pulse.
"…I'm selling all of you."
Kiro raised his hand.
"I'll buy everything."
"…Take it."
Ryo threw one.
whoosh
Kiro caught it.
"…If this kills me—"
"…Not my problem."
"…Fair."
Ryo looked at the farm.
Then the sky.
Then back.
"…This farm is broken."
Kiro smiled.
"…And profitable."
Ryo collapsed again.
thud
"…I'm done thinking."
zzz…
Behind him—
thump…
The dark plant pulsed again.
Kiro stared.
"…That's going to be a problem."
pause
"…I'll still buy it."