"Did we get it wrong?" Tsubame-senpai comforted him softly. "Don't lose heart, junior. Things rarely go smoothly in this world."
"I've already lost heart." Amamiya Natsuki pretended to give up and lowered his voice. "Unless you give me a reward, senpai."
Tsubame-senpai couldn't help giving him a reproachful look and huffed.
"If you say that out loud, junior, I'll give you a reward."
Amamiya Natsuki immediately said:
"I suddenly don't want it anymore."
"Pfft~"
Tsubame-senpai gave a soft snort and led her adopted daughter away.
They hadn't found the boss, but they still had to continue their Wilderness Survival—and the crab claws still needed washing.
"Actually..."
Zhuzhu moved her pink lips beside him, a hesitant expression on her little face. But in the end, she didn't say anything.
Amamiya Natsuki keenly noticed Zhuzhu's small gesture. Curious, he went over to her and asked, lowering his head:
"What were you about to say, Zhuzhu?"
Zhuzhu turned her face away and crossed her arms over her chest, huffing.
"You're seeing things."
Amamiya Natsuki reached out with his right hand and patted Zhuzhu's little head. "Do I need to kiss you before you'll tell me?"
"Pfft!"
Zhuzhu slapped Amamiya Natsuki's wrist. Her little face flushed as she snapped, embarrassed and annoyed:
"Don't push your luck!"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Then hurry up and tell me."
"Tsk..." Zhuzhu hesitated for two seconds, then said quietly, "You said you'd searched the whole island for all the bosses. I think there might still be one left."
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly.
"What?"
Zhuzhu said in a small voice:
"In the Shipwrecked version of Don't Starve, there's a boss called the Octopus King. You haven't run into him yet, have you?"
"The Octopus King?"
Amamiya Natsuki's eyes lit up slightly. Ever since they'd encountered the shark, no