Mocked by Kawashima Toya, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally couldn't hold back and exploded, trying to get up and grab him.
"Heh." Toya sneered, not bothering to dodge. "If you can get up, I'll count it as your win."
The relentless mockery made Utaha's face flush red as she struggled to stand.
In the next second, a sensation like an electric shock shot through her waist.
"Awoo!" Utaha let out a cute whimper that didn't match her usual image.
Her struggle stopped abruptly, and she collapsed onto the sofa as if her bones had turned to jelly.
"Kawashima, save me!"
"I twisted my waist again!!!"
At this moment, Utaha felt unprecedented pain. Her twisted waist burned like it had been electrocuted.
She didn't dare to move, terrified of making it worse.
Toya teased, "Still want to be naughty?"
"Now you'll behave, right?"
He felt nothing but deep schadenfreude for Utaha's predicament.
After a round of teasing, Toya smiled and sat down beside Utaha. "I'll massage it for you."
"Mmh." Utaha responded weakly, completely lacking the usual aura of the sharp-tongued Fatty Kasumi.
Although letting a boy like Toya help her was embarrassing, she had no other choice.
The twist just now made her feel like she couldn't move her body at all, as if even a slight movement would send her straight to the underworld.
Ten minutes later, Utaha's exquisite, alluring face was full of shyness as she whispered, "Kawashima, that's enough."
"I feel much better now."
She didn't know where Toya had learned his techniques, but in just ten minutes of massage, her twisted waist felt significantly better.
This relief was faster than any ointment prescribed by a doctor.
At the very least, she could move freely now.
Toya nodded slightly. "Since you can move now, I'm going back to my room to rest."
"Be careful on your own."
With that, he returned to his room, leaving Utaha alone in the living room.
Utaha's wine-red eyes were filled with helplessness. "Does this guy really have no thoughts about a beautiful girl like me?"
"He goes to sleep so early every day."
She really wanted to believe Toya was a pervert, but their cohabitation had been utterly uneventful.
Although there was another person in the apartment, it felt no different from living alone.
In manga, cohabitation between a man and a woman always led to exciting events.
Yet, between her and Toya, nothing unexpected happened. The only accident was the one she had accidentally caused this morning.
After complaining, Utaha looked helplessly at the laptop on the table. "No matter how I think about it, I'm skipping writing today."
Although Toya's treatment had helped her recover significantly from the severe sprain, she was still far from being able to write her light novel.
She could only rest well for a day and try to write tomorrow.
Utaha happily found an excuse and carefully returned to her room to rest.
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Meanwhile, Next Door.
Just as Toya entered the sweet dreamland to train in the Land of Shadows, Gabriel in the apartment next door couldn't sleep at all.
In the dim, lightless apartment, only the glow of the computer screen illuminated the darkness.
Gabriel, her golden hair a mess, stared unblinkingly at the screen with her large, clear eyes.
"Why hasn't 'Trash Fox' logged in yet?"
"Why isn't he online?"
"Usually, he's online by now!"
She had sold her angel halo to get money for in-game purchases, excitedly buying equipment just to thrash Trash Fox.
She had waited all day, but Trash Fox hadn't logged in once.
"Trash Fox, log in already! Otherwise, you're disrespecting the money I spent!!!"
Gabriel completely broke down.
Why did she sell her angel halo to play this game?
For the Trash Fox who went AFK and trolled her in the 5v5 MOBA.
For the Trash Fox who killed her in the open-world game.
Now that Trash Fox wasn't here, what joy was there in the game?
Just one wall away...
Toya had fallen asleep early, with absolutely no intention of playing games.
Playing games occasionally for leisure was fine, but he was worried about running into Gabriel.
Gabriel was an angel; it wouldn't be strange if she had some weird methods.
If she traced him directly through the internet cable, it would be troublesome.
During this period, he would be going to the Land of Shadows to train and become stronger every night. Why would he waste time on games?
While Gabriel waited bitterly, Toya was also in an unimaginable predicament in the Land of Shadows.
Shishou Scáthach had directly summoned a horde of undying demonic beasts for real combat training.
When the demonic beasts were killed, they would revive quickly.
When he was killed, he would also revive, but the pain of death remained unforgotten.
Facing the endless tide of demonic beasts, Toya's expression was indifferent, showing not a trace of fear or wavering.
Scáthach stood quietly in the back, observing Toya's battle.
"Only in this way can you survive the terrifying ordeal."
"Come before me and kill me thoroughly!"
Countless vicious and brutal demonic beasts rushed from behind Scáthach, yet not a single one dared to attack her.
Scáthach stood like a pillar dividing the world, splitting the tide of demonic beasts apart.