Su Xiaoqi now wished he could smack his own crow's mouth. He had only wanted to coax Nami into drawing a lottery — who knew she would actually draw the thing he wanted the most right now.
Anyone who's seen Dragon Ball knows that aside from the broken "Hyperbolic Time Chamber," the Gravity Room is the most important training tool for Saiyans early on.
If he had a Gravity Room, he could greatly shorten the time it would take him to transform into a Super Saiyan — but now it had landed in Nami's hands, and he'd just tricked her a couple of days ago.
Su Xiaoqi could already foresee Nami using the Gravity Room to ruthlessly rip him off.
[Nami: Oh my, it seems I accidentally drew something that someone really wants. Whatever should I do?]
[Su Xiaoqi: Nami, name your price. As long as it's not outrageous, I won't haggle.]
[Nami: @Su Xiaoqi, watch your wording. From now on, before you speak to me, add those four words you just said. Got it?]
[Su Xiaoqi: …]
[Nami: Hm?]
[Su Xiaoqi: Nami Goddess.]
[Nami: Good boy.]
[Lu Linglong: Heh, so this counts as being completely under her thumb?]
[Sakata Gintoki: Nami Goddess, about Silver-san's earlier proposal, do you want to reconsider?]
[Nami: Rejected.]
In the room next to Su Xiaoqi, Zhu Zhuqing was putting on clothes under Ning Rongrong's curious gaze.
"Zhuqing, where are you going so late?"
Zhu Zhuqing, dressed, paused at the door and said, "No need to wait for me tonight. I'm sleeping at Xiaoqi's place."
Ning Rongrong, staring at the closed door, muttered softly, "Does Zhuqing have that big a… demand? I can't tell normally."
[Nami: @Su Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi~ Do you want my Gravity Room? If you do, it's yours — go look for it. I'll put it on the final island.]
[Lu Linglong: Hahaha, I can only say this move is 666.]
"Damn you, Nami."
In his room, seeing this One Piece classic line, Su Xiaoqi almost ground his molars to dust. This Nami was absolutely playing with him.
Beside him, Zhu Zhuqing fought hard to keep from laughing. "Why don't you go draw a lottery too? I'll give you my points."
"No." Su Xiaoqi refused without hesitation. At this point, it wasn't about the Gravity Room anymore — it was about the contest between him and Nami.
[Su Xiaoqi: @Nami, tell me — how will you sell it to me? It's useless to you anyway.]
[Nami: Today I watched an anime, and there was a line that fits my mood perfectly. Do you know what it was?]
[Su Xiaoqi: How should I know what anime you watched?]
[Nami: The line was 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never bully a poor girl.' Don't you think it's true?]
[Su Xiaoqi: Bullshit 'never bully a poor girl.' The original was 'never bully a poor youth.']
[Nami: Same idea. As for the Gravity Room, it's not like I can't sell it to you — it's useless to me, and Zhuqing and I are good sisters. But you must agree to a few little requests.]
[Su Xiaoqi: Let's hear them.]
[Nami: I haven't thought of them yet. You and Zhuqing are going to the Star Dou Forest these days anyway, so you won't use it for now. I'll tell you in a few days when I've decided.]
[Su Xiaoqi: Fine.]
[System prompt: Nami sent Zhu Zhuqing a red envelope.]
[Nami: Zhuqing, this soul ring is from your world. It's useless to me, so I'm giving it to you.]
[Zhu Zhuqing: Thank you, but I can't take it for free. I'll give you points.]
[Nami: No need for formality between us three sisters. Just the Gravity Room will earn me plenty. Just don't blame me for ripping off your Xiaoqi later.]
[Zhu Zhuqing: I won't. You deserve it. I thank you on Xiaoqi's behalf.]
[Lu Linglong: Tsk tsk tsk, even I'm a little jealous.]
[Su Xiaoqi: Pfft. If you're jealous, go find one yourself.]
[Nami: How dare you talk to Sister Linglong like that. From now on, call her Goddess Linglong. If you upset her, forget about getting the Gravity Room.]
[Su Xiaoqi: …]
[Lu Linglong: @Nami, love you~]
[Sakata Gintoki: @Nami, love you~]
[Nami: @Sakata Gintoki, get lost. That indecent skill of yours, I will never trade to anyone.]
[Sakata Gintoki: How is it indecent? If the skill exists, it has a purpose. You can't just let such a divine skill go to waste.]
[Nami: It's only divine to you filthy men. To us women, it shouldn't even exist. I bet that Sato Kazuma guy is no different from you.]
[Nami: @Su Xiaoqi, hurry and tell me what the other items do, especially the Railgun ability. I think it might suit me.]
"Damn it, just wait until I buy that Gravity Room. I'll get her back."
After spending nearly an hour explaining the Railgun and chakra abilities to Nami, Su Xiaoqi found some excuse to leave the group chat.
Zhu Zhuqing smiled. "Aren't you afraid that when Nami draws something else you want, she'll 'get revenge' on you? I won't be able to help you then."
"I don't believe her luck will always be this good." Su Xiaoqi curled his lip, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing. "Zhuqing, absorb that soul ring now. Later, when you get better skills, you can retrain."
"Alright, what attribute should I pick?"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded. As her knowledge grew, she was starting to look down a bit on the Douluo Continent power system.
Su Xiaoqi thought for a moment. "Your speed is fine now, but your attack power is lacking. I suggest you go for strength."
"I'll listen to you."
Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the soul ring very quickly. In the blink of an eye, a black soul ring rose beneath her feet.
"Xiaoqi, I'm level 34 now."
The rapid increase in level still left Zhu Zhuqing a little excited — this was unimaginable before she joined the chat group.
"Zhuqing, I think you've grown taller after absorbing that ring… and also grown a bit more."
Although Su Xiaoqi knew soul masters' bodies could change after absorbing soul rings of certain ages, Zhu Zhuqing now felt more like she was… developing.
"Pervert." Zhu Zhuqing blushed and muttered softly, then — to Su Xiaoqi's surprise — lay down on the bed and wrapped herself tightly. "I'm sleeping. Good night."
Catching the "signal," Su Xiaoqi wasn't going to play dumb this time. He dove into the bed and hugged Zhu Zhuqing. "Zhuqing, I promise I'll just hold you tonight."
"Fine, but can you take off that leather jacket and pants? They're poking me and it's uncomfortable."
Meanwhile, in the next room, Ning Rongrong — who had been listening at the wall for a while — muttered in puzzlement, "Weird… why aren't those two making any noise at all?"