Gloves

Komuro Takashi and Hirono Toda had somehow made their way into the hall and were preparing to pry open one of the cabinets. The girls' laughter and chatter from the bathroom reached their ears, leaving them both looking helpless.

"They seem to be having a lot of fun. Should we follow the usual routine and sneak a peek?" Hirono Toda suggested as he examined the cabinet lock.

"Tch, I don't want to die..." Komuro Takashi clearly dismissed Hirono Toda's suggestion.

"Heh heh, I never thought you'd be such a coward, Komuro. Just imagine those girls' youthful, energetic bodies—and Teacher Marikawa's outrageously unfair figure. Doesn't that get you fired up?"

Listening to Hirono Toda continue tempting him, Komuro Takashi involuntarily thought of Kurumi. Then he felt as though her icy gaze were fixed right behind him. "Hirono, maybe you should think about Tokisaki Senpai instead. Would she break your legs and throw you outside to feed the Dead Bodies?"

Following Komuro Takashi's words, Hirono Toda imagined the scene. His round, fat body shuddered. "Ha... ha... Komuro, you really know how to joke. How could I possibly have such filthy thoughts as peeping on girls while they bathe?"

"And who knows?"

"Alright, Komuro, get ready to shove it in hard. Then we'll both put our backs into it."

Komuro Takashi's forehead darkened with lines. He wanted to punch this damn fat shut-in. "Hirono, did you ever pass Japanese class?"

"Hm? Why do you ask?"

"Don't you think what you just said sounded awful? It made me want to..."

Hirono Toda looked up and saw Komuro Takashi looking like he had endured all he could, one fist raised high. He hurriedly said, "Stop, stop, stop! Komuro, you need to calm down! Let's pry the lock open first, alright?"

... Bang!

The two boys were in the prime of adolescence. Their strength might not have been at its absolute peak, but they were still strong enough. With the crowbar and one hard pull, they pried open the black cabinet.

"Clink, clink-clink."

The force was so great that the cabinet shook several times as it sprang open. Several amber-colored bullets rolled out onto the floor. Hirono Toda's eyes lit up as he carefully picked up the little darlings.

Komuro Takashi looked inside the cabinet and was immediately disappointed. Aside from stacked boxes, there was only a pair of binoculars. There were no guns at all.

"Oh my god!" Just as Komuro Takashi was about to leave, he heard Hirono Toda's excited cry and turned to look. "Komuro, do you know what this means? These boxes are all ammunition, and they're all unopened! These binoculars are military-grade too!"

"But there are no guns. What good are these? Are you going to fight Dead Bodies head-on with bullets in your hands?"

"No, no, no. Isn't the cabinet next to it still unopened? Come on, Komuro, give me a hand. Let's see what's really in here!"

"Sigh..." Komuro Takashi sighed and returned to the crowbar, wedging it into the gap. "If there's nothing in there, that'll be a real headache."

"There has to be! If there's ammunition, there must be guns too!" Hearing Hirono Toda's firm voice, Komuro Takashi said nothing more. Whether there were guns or not, they would find out once they opened it!

"Let's go!..."

The two gripped the crowbar with both hands and leaned backward, putting a little force into their shoulders at the same time. "One, two—bang!"

"Ow!" The moment they counted to three, they unleashed their strength—but they had not expected the cabinet to open so easily. Carried by momentum, they fell straight forward!

Hirono Toda especially. When his chubby body hit the floor, Komuro Takashi felt as if there had been an earthquake.

"That hurts..." Komuro Takashi pushed himself up and glanced toward the pried-open cabinet...

"Hm?" He let out a startled sound as cold sweat broke out across his back. He had expected small pistols, but there was a big one instead!...

"Hey, Hirono!" Komuro Takashi patted the fat shut-in still sprawled on the floor. He had yet to recover from the shock of seeing such a beast.

Hirono Toda tilted his head to the side. "Huh?!" After seeing what was inside the cabinet, a sharp glint flashed through his eyes. His fat body lunged at it with an unreasonable burst of speed. "I told you there'd be something! I never expected it to be such a good thing!"

Watching Hirono Toda continuously fiddle with the firearm, Komuro Takashi was still sweating slightly. "Hirono, what exactly does Teacher Marikawa's friend do? Didn't they say she worked at the airport? How could she have the connections to get hold of this stuff?"

"Someone from an organization? No, that doesn't seem right." Hirono Toda scratched his head. "Works at the airport... Could she be military?!"

"More or less. Otherwise, how could she have this kind of thing at home?"

"Achoo!" Far away at the airport, Rika Minami sneezed hard. She stood at a high point with a sniper rifle in hand, the wind blowing fiercely around her.

"What's wrong?" A male colleague beside her asked with concern. "Did you catch a cold?"

"Maybe my friend is thinking about me."

"Who?"

Rika Minami touched the tip of her reddened nose. "I don't have many friends. It's probably Shizuka. I wonder how she's doing now..."

Meanwhile, in the apartment bath, Shizuka Marikawa was having her breasts kneaded by Miyamoto Rei, letting out one seductive moan after another, while Takagi Saya and Busujima Saeko frolicked nonstop.

Of course, they had tried their luck with Kurumi too, but Kurumi had taught each of them a lesson.

Even now, Kurumi's hands still retained that soft, elastic sensation and lingering fragrance. In the end, things had gotten too wild. She truly had not expected girls to be even more daring than boys, and she could not take it anymore, so she ran out.

As for what she would wear? Hadn't Kurumi bought plenty of clothes in her spatial backpack?

"Wow! Although this gun is semi-automatic, the M14 series' full-auto mode would only waste ammunition." Komuro Takashi watched Hirono Toda sink into a trance-like state and could not help reminding him, "Um... Hirono..."

He was completely immersed in his own world. Even with Komuro Takashi calling him from so close by, he did not hear him. He muttered to himself, "The magazine can hold another twenty rounds. That's illegal in Japan. Illegal~"

He stressed the last two words heavily, so excited he looked as if he were high. The glint flashing across his lenses made Komuro Takashi afraid to approach him, so he could only keep calling his name from behind... (This Hirono is even scarier than Tokisaki Senpai!)

Dressed in casual homewear, Kurumi looked particularly girlish. She wore blue shorts that hugged her hips and a grayish-white shirt printed with a brown teddy bear in the center. After leaving several sets of clothes behind, she went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water.

The instant she had stepped into Nanri's residence, the prompt for the main quest had already sounded, but Kurumi had not rushed to check it.

She walked over to the sofa in the living room, kicked her rabbit slippers aside, and curled up on the couch. A lazy air spread around her.

She summoned the virtual panel. Its pale blue glow remained unchanged...

Main Quest ③: Arrive at Nanri's residence (Completed. Reward issued. Follow-up main quest unlocked. Please check it yourself.)

Main Quest ④: Cross Choujyu Bridge and reach the opposite shore (Success: 100 Reincarnation Points; Failure: All points erased)

"100 points... What will happen?" Kurumi thought. Her own strength had improved quite a bit as well. Could there be a mini-boss? Would it be Koichi Shidou?

She opened the shop, flipped to the bracer section, then glanced at her total of only 53 Reincarnation Points... Kurumi fell silent. Why was all this stuff so expensive?!

Looking at the bracers one after another, each with its own glowing effects and absurdly cool designs, she thought, Oh my god! Would people beat me to death if I dressed like this?!

Silently, she flipped to the very bottom. On the second-to-last page, she found what she needed...

"Black Gold Gloves!"