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"…Wait for me!"
Kitahara Makoto left his house, got on his rarely used bicycle, and sped off like lightning.
In less than ten minutes, he arrived outside an old house. Without time to park, he leaned his bicycle against the wall, quickly found the spare key, opened the door, and entered the house.
The house was small, the entryway narrow, the interior dimly lit, and the old wooden floorboards creaked underfoot. Only a sliver of light emanated from under the bathroom door.
"Togawa-chan?"
Kitahara Makoto called out directly.
Togawa Sakiko's voice soon came from the bathroom, laced with surprise: "Kitahara-kun, I'm here."
Hearing the response, Kitahara Makoto immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to speak proved that the worst-case scenario had not occurred.
Taking two steps to the bathroom door, Kitahara Makoto asked:
"Togawa-chan, may I come in?"
"Okay…"
The bathroom had an old-fashioned sliding door, so there was no need to break in. Kitahara Makoto easily entered, his gaze shifting to Togawa-chan.
"I see."
Kitahara Makoto quickly realized that his worries along the way had been somewhat unnecessary.
The bathroom was very small, and the bathtub was also small, a standard half-body tub, meaning one could only sit, not lie down, when bathing. Even if Togawa-chan couldn't move her entire body, she wouldn't drown.
Togawa Sakiko leaned against the bathtub, her hair falling loosely. Her fair shoulders and slender collarbones were exposed to the air, and a white towel was draped across her chest, though it couldn't conceal the ample curve… It vaguely resembled a mermaid girl.
Their eyes met. Togawa Sakiko gently bit her lower lip and softly said:
"I've caused you trouble, Kitahara-kun…"
"Don't say such things." Kitahara Makoto waved his hand. "Togawa-chan is a super important person."
"Eh?"
The girl's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her pretty face flushed: "Im-important person?"
Kitahara Makoto said as a matter of course:
"Togawa-san, who has high-end personal connections and resources, is of course a super important person."
Togawa Sakiko: "…"
Idiot!
Quickly give me back the heartbeat from just now!
"To return to normal, I estimate the only way is to Stripping the curse out," Kitahara Makoto said quickly, "…Same as this morning, I'll use Hand of Stripping to Stripping the curse out?"
At this time, there was no choice, and there was no way to continue to persevere. Togawa Sakiko's pretty face was flushed, and she said in a low voice:
"Please, Kitahara-kun."
"The precautions were already mentioned this morning…" Kitahara Makoto asked, "Togawa-san is sure there are no other foreign objects on her body, right?"
Togawa Sakiko bit her lower lip lightly: "On my body… besides the towel, there shouldn't be anything else."
"Then I won't touch the towel and use my ability directly?"
"…Please."
Hand of Stripping can be used three times in a row, and even with a towel, it can completely Stripping the curse aura out.
Of course, it depends on how Togawa-san's luck is.
If she's lucky, of course, it will directly Stripping the curse aura.
If she's unlucky… then no one else can be blamed.
Kitahara Makoto looked straight ahead, looked at Togawa-san, and stretched out his right hand:
"Stripping!"
The next second.
A wet towel appeared in Kitahara Makoto's palm.
"…"
Obviously, Togawa-san's luck wasn't good today.
"D-don't look at me…!"
Seeing the white towel that suddenly appeared in Kitahara Makoto's hand, Togawa Sakiko immediately understood what had happened, and her pretty face instantly turned red to the point of explosion.
Kitahara Makoto quickly looked away and explained innocently: "I already said this morning, I can only use my ability when my eyes see it… Togawa-san, why don't you cover it with your hands first?"
The moonlight is so white tonight.
No.
It should be that the moon is so big…
"I can't." Togawa Sakiko's pretty face was flushed red as fire, and her voice was filled with shame, "Right now, only my neck can still move, and both of my hands can no longer move."
Kitahara Makoto: "…Then there's no way."
I gave you a chance, but you're useless!
"One more time, resolve it as soon as possible." Kitahara Makoto coughed lightly, turned his head to look at the mermaid girl in the bathtub, not planning to dawdle, "Stripping!"
The next second.
A wet, pink and white bath ball appeared in Kitahara Makoto's hand.
"Togawa-san…" Kitahara Makoto lowered his head and looked over speechlessly, his voice faint, "What is this?"
"It's the bath ball I use for bathing." Togawa Sakiko widened her eyes, "It seemed to be pressed under my legs just now… How could this happen?"
Kitahara Makoto's mind raced, and he quickly thought of a possibility: "It seems that the determination of foreign objects is not only based on wearing and dressing, but any object that is in contact with the body can be determined as a foreign object."
"Now there's only one last chance left." Kitahara Makoto looked away, his expression serious, "Togawa-san, are you sure there's nothing else on your body?"
"I…" Togawa Sakiko opened her pink lips, facing the question, stammering and somewhat uncertain, "It seems like there's still something…"
"There's still something?" Kitahara Makoto raised his eyebrows, "What is it?"
"It's a piano keychain." Togawa Sakiko's eyelashes trembled slightly, because it was too embarrassing, even her neck was now stained with a blush, "I remember I brought it over when I was taking a bath…"
"Where's the keychain?"
"It's not nearby, it should be in the bathtub…" Togawa Sakiko's voice was filled with shame, "I've been soaking for too long, and my body is already a little numb, so I can't feel where the keychain is specifically."
"Then that's troublesome…"
Kitahara Makoto exhaled lightly, his eyes quickly firming up, and he walked towards the bathtub, looking straight ahead:
"Togawa-san, I'm sorry, the keychain must be found."
Using Hand of Stripping on the same target continuously in a short period of time will increase the consumption of mental power exponentially, so three times is really the limit—by the third use, his head had already started to feel slightly dizzy and faint.
Don't forget, doubling is multiplication. If it doubles on this basis, Kitahara Makoto really doubts whether he will faint.
There's only one last chance left, so he must strive for perfection.
So, he must find the keychain in the bathtub!
Taking two steps to the front of the bathtub, Kitahara Makoto looked straight ahead and used the towel he had just Stripping to cover Togawa-san's conscience.
"Hoo…"
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief together.
The temptation of the conscience was really too great, so in order to stabilize his mind, he had to cover it up.
"Togawa-san, I'm looking for the keychain?"
Kitahara Makoto squatted down next to the bathtub and asked softly.
"Okay…"
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