Chapter 344: Humans Cannot Possibly Desire Snakes!
"Just kidding, Servant, why are you so agitated?"
Seeing she couldn't muddle through, Jashin-chan had to bring out something substantial. She crossed her arms and promised, "If I lose, I'll listen to your arrangements for the next month too."
"That's more like it."
Ryohei's expression softened slightly.
Then he saw her raise a finger seriously and say, "Of course, nothing perverted!"
"What kind of dry joke are you telling?"
Ryohei looked at her in astonishment, then put on a disdainful face:
"The saying 'Humans cannot possibly desire monkeys' applies equally here—humans cannot possibly desire snakes!"
After speaking, he looked down at someone's lower body.
"Pfft—!"
This remark seemed to hit Yurine's funny bone. She covered her mouth with a slender hand, held her stomach, and let out a burst of cheerful laughter.
"Servant, you bastard... are you being racist!"
Looking at Ryohei's disdainful face and hearing Yurine's laughter, Jashin-chan quit instantly. She clenched her fists angrily, two puffs of white smoke steaming from her head.
"No."
Ryohei wore a harmless smile and waved his hand: "I just wanted to say you're very safe, nothing else."
"What do you mean by 'very safe'?"
Jashin-chan leaned back, feeling a bit like hitting someone.
This bastard!
At the same time, she began to doubt her own charm. Actually, she had always thought of herself as a beautiful girl...
"Alright, let's go outside and arm wrestle in the courtyard," Ryohei didn't answer and changed the subject.
"Let's go, let's go—!"
Yurine and the others cooperated and started walking.
"..."
The sunlight in the courtyard was just right.
The late autumn sun was warm and pleasant, feeling comfortable on the body.
Ryohei asked Lucoa to create a stone block and place it on the lawn as a platform for arm wrestling, then said to her and Yurine, "You two go first, I'll be the referee."
"Sure."
Lucoa had no objections and agreed, as did Yurine.
The two stood on opposite sides of the platform.
After moving their wrists, they placed their elbows on the platform, clasped their slender white right hands together, looked at each other, and held their breath.
A breeze blew, ruffling the tips of their hair...
"..."
To be honest, Ryohei didn't expect them to face each other so soon.
Curious about who would win, he raised his right hand high and announced, "Round one! Yurine versus Lucoa..."
"Start!"
Ryohei waved his hand forcefully!
The moment he waved his hand, the two seemingly slender palms clasped tightly, and an almost visible tension exploded in the air!
Yurine and Lucoa's bodies shook simultaneously; both felt an astonishing, overwhelming force from the other's hand.
"..." Yurine was surprised but not shocked, while Lucoa opened her eyelids in astonishment.
The next moment—
Both of them exerted force again in unison!
Their knuckles turned white from the effort, and their arms transmitted subtle tremors in the stillness.
"Actually evenly matched?"
Jashin-chan crossed her arms, looked at the two tightly clasped hands, and spoke with some surprise.
Pekola was even more astonished; a look of amazement appeared on her usually expressionless face:
"No way..."
However, what surprised her even more was yet to come—
As Yurine continued to exert force, Lucoa actually began to show signs of decline!
Her hand was pressed towards the platform bit by bit by Yurine...
"Uh... I lost!"
When the back of her hand touched the cold platform, Lucoa gave up struggling, relaxed her shoulders, and said with great surprise.
"The winner is decided!"
With surprise on his face, Ryohei announced timely, "Round one, Yurine wins and advances to the second round!"
"As expected of Yurine!"
Seeing this, Jashin-chan clicked her tongue lightly, not too surprised.
She was the one who knew Yurine's terrifying power best, bar none!
"Onee-chan actually lost!"
Pekola widened her beautiful eyes, her pink lips slightly parted, then looked suspiciously at Lucoa, doubting if she had gone easy...
"I didn't go easy; I tried my best."
As if sensing her thoughts, Lucoa looked at Pekola while moving her wrist.
Then she turned to Yurine and couldn't help saying, "Yurine, isn't your strength a bit too ridiculous? You're simply a monster!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just a female college student with slightly more strength than average."
Winning against Lucoa clearly put Yurine in a good mood.
Moving her wrist, she said airily and walked aside.
"Look at her, she's showing off."
Jashin-chan turned her head, pointed at Yurine to Ryohei, and started bad-mouthing her right to her face.
The next second—
Crack—!
Accompanying a crisp sound of bone cracking, the scummy snake suddenly bent down, holding her deformed finger, and screamed "Ow—!"
"You pointed your finger at me again."
Yurine narrowed her eyes halfway, her face cold, looking at Jashin-chan with displeasure.
"..." Ryohei silently mourned for the scummy snake for three seconds, clapped his hands to smooth things over, and said, "Alright, next it's me and Pekola... Yurine, you be the referee."
"Okay." The coldness on Yurine's face melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, instantly turning back into a gentle and sweet young girl.
"..."
Soon—
Ryohei and Pekola stood in front of the platform.
"Let's do this."
The two rested their elbows on the surface and clasped hands—as soon as Yurine gave the order, Ryohei exerted force abruptly, trying to press Pekola's hand to the side.
However—
The other party's hand didn't budge an inch!
Immediately after, Ryohei felt a huge force coming at him. He couldn't resist at all and was instantly pressed onto the surface by Pekola.
"I won!"
Pekola looked at their hands, the corners of her lips turning up slightly.
"Heh—! Totally one-sided!"
Jashin-chan, who was grinning in pain just now, poked her head over like Tom Cat, then mocked Ryohei with vivid gestures.
"..." Ryohei wasn't angry either. Releasing Pekola's hand, he said, "I knew I couldn't win against you."
The opponent was Lucoa's sister!
Her true form was a dragon, and she was also a God of Harvest; it was normal not to win!
Winning would be strange!
At the same time, Yurine announced:
"Pekola wins and advances to the second round!"
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