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"Kitahara-kun, I seem to be the Priest character?"
Nagasaki Soyo looked over expectantly.
"Good luck." Kitahara Makoto nodded. "You are indeed a Priest. As long as your score reaches the corresponding standard at the end of the game, Soyo will be able to bring healing abilities into reality."
"Understood." Nagasaki Soyo clenched her fists, her gaze firm. "I will definitely heal Sakiko!"
"…"
The rest goes without saying.
Kitahara Makoto, accompanied by four girls, once again embarked on the path of beating slimes.
Since Anon and Tomori were both experienced, he didn't need to waste his breath imparting knowledge or skills.
Fighting monsters and leveling up along the way, the group once again arrived at the Boss battle of the first stage.
And then...
Kitahara Makoto deeply missed Yamada Ryo.
Only after teaming up with incompetent teammates did he realize how important a divine teammate was.
First, there was Anon... the most incompetent of the incompetent teammates.
Nijika was fine; at least she had some prior experience with archery. Anon, however, was touching a bow and arrow for the first time today, and her archery was completely random, best described as wild shots.
At the very beginning of the Boss battle, Kitahara Makoto's knee was hit by an arrow, almost forcing him into retirement as a Whiterun guard.
Then there was Tomori Tomari, a real-life klutz. Tomori's performance in the game could only be described as clumsy.
Nagasaki Soyo played the role of a healer, and for now, she only had healing abilities, so there was nothing much to say.
Finally, there was Sakiko, a magnificently styled Valkyrie who could attack from a distance or close range. She was clearly a very powerful character, but no matter how strong a character was, it still depended on how the player operated her.
Just like a sufficiently skilled player, even a support character can solo a marksman.
Unfortunately, Sakiko's gaming talent was quite poor; this was already clear when they played It Takes Two.
Today, facing the first round of acid projectile sprays from the slime Boss, the only person hit was Togawa Sakiko. The Valkyrie's attire was very thin, and as her clothes were corroded, her chest became faintly visible. Sakiko's pretty face instantly flushed red, and she covered her chest, no longer daring to go forward and deal damage.
"I'm tired. Let it be destroyed."
Watching the Boss's earthquake wave sweep over, Kitahara Makoto spread his arms, giving up resistance.
"If I could do it again, I'd choose Ryo..."
Game over.
Kitahara Makoto and the four girls returned to the real world.
"Kitahara-kun, I'm sorry." Chihaya Anon clasped her hands in front of her chest, sticking out the tip of her tongue, and said pitifully, "I really didn't mean to shoot you."
Kitahara Makoto said expressionlessly:
"Both my left and right knees were hit by arrows. If it wasn't intentional, then it was on purpose."
"Makoto-kun, I'm sorry..."
Takamatsu Tomori's small face was full of apology as she whispered her regrets.
After her clothes were corroded by the acid projectiles, Tomori's combat effectiveness dropped to zero, performing even worse than last time.
"It's fine." Kitahara Makoto reached out and ruffled Tomori Tomari's small head. "Try harder next time."
"I'm sorry..."
Togawa Sakiko covered her chest with both hands, her pretty face crimson, and apologized shamefully:
"I didn't help at all."
"Don't take it to heart." Kitahara Makoto sighed. "After all, it's your first time playing, you lack experience, so mistakes are understandable."
"I'm sorry..."
Nagasaki Soyo followed with an apology.
"Eh?" Chihaya Anon tilted her head and looked over. "Soyo-san is a healer and doesn't have combat abilities. Why are you apologizing?"
Nagasaki Soyo: "You all apologized, if I didn't, the formation would be messed up."
Kitahara Makoto looked over faintly:
"Soyo, what's your score? Did you get healing abilities?"
Nagasaki Soyo: "..."
"...I'm sorry!"
This apology was sincere.
Except for Kitahara Makoto's decent score, the scores of the four girls were all terrible, and they failed to achieve the goal of acquiring healing abilities.
"That's enough for today. The game has a cooldown, so we can't keep playing." Kitahara Makoto was quite exhausted. "We'll try again tomorrow..."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the cooing sound of a little pigeon suddenly rang out.
Everyone looked towards Sakiko.
Togawa Sakiko's pretty face, which had gradually returned to its fair complexion, suddenly flushed rapidly. She hadn't eaten anything for almost the entire day, and now that her mood had adjusted, her stomach naturally began to protest.
"It's already six o'clock." Kitahara Makoto took out his phone to check the time and suggested, "Shall we all go eat?"
"You guys go, I'm going home first..."
Chihaya Anon was preparing to leave.
She was friends with Tomori, but not close with Soyo or Sakiko, so she naturally wouldn't join in the fun.
"Let's all go for barbecue." Kitahara Makoto looked at Anon. "My treat."
Sakiko, Takamatsu Tomori, and Soyo, when those three were together, if their gravity fields overlapped, it would probably suffocate people. Someone had to liven up the atmosphere.
Bringing Anon along, just in case.
"Is it appropriate for me to go?"
Chihaya Anon hesitated at the words.
Kitahara Makoto lowered his voice:
"If you don't go, I'll tell Tomori about what happened this afternoon."
"Huh?!"
Chihaya Anon was instantly shocked.
The person who should be feeling guilty is clearly you, and now you're threatening me instead?
That's looking down on people too much!
Chihaya Anon's pretty face quickly broke into a sweet smile, her small canine teeth glinting coldly:
"Since Kitahara-kun is treating, then I won't be polite."
Damn it!
How dare he threaten me! I'll make sure he pays dearly today!
"Then it's settled." Kitahara Makoto looked at Togawa Sakiko. "Sakiko, do you want to change your clothes?"
"No need." Togawa Sakiko gently shook her head. "Just a moment, I'll just wash my face."
"..."
Half an hour later.
At the barbecue restaurant.
The five people sat down in a booth.
Soyo, Sakiko, and Tomori on one side, Kitahara Makoto and Anon on the other.
"Sakiko, I suggest you move out and live alone." Kitahara Makoto intertwined his fingers, adopting the commander pose Soyo liked so much. "Drinking and gambling, always just asking you for money, and now even starting domestic violence. It's impossible to expect your father to suddenly realize his mistakes; he'll only get worse."
"That's right." Nagasaki Soyo agreed. "My mother divorced my father when I was very young because he was addicted to pachinko... Once people get involved with those things, no amount of persuasion helps."
Togawa Sakiko gently bit her pink lips, her expression hesitant:
"Dad was just impulsive. If I leave him again, he'll be all alone..."
Despair accumulates little by little. Clearly, Togawa Sakiko still held onto hope, as he was her biological father after all.
"Apologize now, but make the same mistake next time." Kitahara Makoto said softly, "Someone who drinks and gambles will never truly change unless they experience life-and-death separation."
Takamatsu Tomori tilted her head in confusion: "Makoto-kun seems very familiar with this?"
Of course he was familiar; he had experienced the same kind of life in those ten years of dreams!
Seeing Togawa Sakiko still hesitant, Kitahara Makoto said softly:
"If Sakiko doesn't believe it, then let's verify it..."
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