Don't Come In After Me / The Lingering Sound of Running Water

There are four directional keys on top, up, down, left, and right, and next to the four directional keys is a key that looks like the Enter key.

Just as Asakusa Toru was pondering how to use this thing, a scene resembling a demonstration animation suddenly began playing before his eyes.

The main perspective of the demonstration animation appears to be from the podium, looking down at the packed students below.

On the podium was the 'Focus Spotlight'.

He reached out and picked up the Focus Spotlight, and a frame appeared in the image before him.

To be precise, a frame automatically appeared on the student in the middle of my line of sight.

He raised the Focus Spotlight in his hand and pressed the directional key.

So the frame in front of me began to move back and forth among the students in front, behind, left, and right.

Chapter 115 Don't Follow Me In

The large hand slammed down on the Enter key.

With a click, an incredibly bright light pierced through the ceiling and fell directly on the selected target.

The next instant, the students who had been staring at the podium like dead men turned their heads straight up and looked at the target.

Up, down, left, right.

Each time a direction is pressed to switch targets, the students' eyes begin to move accordingly.

How best to describe it?

Well, if I had to put it in a way, it's like waving a cat toy in front of a cat.

The moment the lights fell, the chosen target, just as described, drew everyone's attention.

... I see.

Is it a crowd control item?

No wonder he received a B rating.

A knowing glint flashed in Asakusa Toru's eyes.

Soon, the animation seemed to be coming to an end, and then, as if afraid he hadn't seen it clearly, it started playing again.

However, it's just a replay; even if you watch it from the beginning again, the animation itself remains unchanged.

But having a demo animation is already a huge step forward.

You should know that he had to explore the previous props himself based on the descriptions, and he had to try them at least once to know what they were like.

Props like the Tenacity Headband, just from the description, made him a little hesitant to actually use them.

Having a demo animation is good enough.

[Conceive reward 'Focus Spotlight'? Current remaining storage time: '23:21:49']

"No."

I'll save this for later and see if I can get a chance to try it out myself tomorrow.

Although the demonstration animation showed how to use it and the effects, one point was not clearly pointed out.

The comment, "Nobody the hell cares where the light came from," is just a rant, or does Focus Spotlight incidentally alter the eyewitness's perception?

This is very important; it determines whether he can openly and brazenly use Focus Spotlight to create some good work.

Actually, Asakusa Toru originally wanted to also try to see if the reward would be issued or swallowed up when the 24-hour storage period ended.

But after thinking about it, it's a B-grade item after all, so I'd better not take the risk and try it.

It's safer to wait a couple of days until the index drops before trying with E-grade items.

"..."

Asakusa Toru's thoughts continued.

As compensation for the false report, the Diary provided three updates.

The first is the version announcement, which is self-explanatory; it's the simplest and most direct way to tell yourself that there are many more people secretly reading your diary.

Secondly, the comment section has been updated. The annotation has been removed, and instead, a 50-character limit has been added to the replies.

Oh right, there's also an option for transparent comments, but I don't know what it does yet.

Thirdly, as we just saw, the reward distribution has been updated.

24-hour retention period, demonstration animation showcasing the effects, and...

It allows you to save items into your Diary.

Is the maximum value of 3 a randomly chosen number?

Or is it... the number of ratings of 'A' or higher?

Voice Recorder, Membership Card, Voice Transmission.

Exactly three times.

"..."

Think it over, then find something to do with your free hands.

Thoughts wandered across the boundless horizon, Asakusa Toru's hand roaming unconsciously.

The Voice Recorder doesn't take up storage space, and the Voice Transmission Skill is useless. Of the three advanced rewards, the only one that might need to be put in the Diary is the Membership Card.

But in reality, the Membership Card is just a medium; the real key is the membership information that has been entered and bound to the card. Even if it is lost, no one else can use it.

This was confirmed by the guiding NPC Amasawa Ichika.

Asakusa Toru has been writing in his diary for over fifty days. Apart from the props that can be clearly put to use, he has acquired a large number of exquisite little trinkets.

There were small leather shoes with only one shoe left, pure rags that looked like swimsuits but were actually bandages, indoor shoes that seemed to still retain warmth, and maid outfits that looked somewhat familiar, like something a dead-faced teacher would wear.

From all the descriptions of useful tools to useless junk, Asakusa Toru summarized a pattern.

Items whose effect descriptions include the word "you" are items that are automatically bound to that item as the main subject.

Even something as seemingly random as Voice Recorder, which could be found anywhere, contained member information recorded within the White Room space itself.

Of course, Voice Recorder that have already been discovered and become copies will not have such restrictions.

However, to be honest, items of level higher than C are basically bound by default.

So far, among the rewards Asakusa Toru has received, apart from E-rank junk items, only the Mind-Calming Popsicle and Cold Medicine are non-binding items.

... I don't feel there's any need to put them in my Diary.

Okay, I'll just stuff some in and see.

The only prop I have on hand right now... oh, the only one I can get Voice Recorder.

It got stuck inside the clothes.

Both of them.

He casually pulled a Voice Recorder from under the covers Asakusa Toru tried to insert it into his Diary.

With a faint ripple, the Voice Recorder was slowly swallowed by the Diary.

"Oh wow?" So that's how they store items? That's amazing.

What if the prop is larger than Diary?

... It seems he hasn't received it yet.

Wow, was this part of your plan too? The Diary?!

Even the E-grade junk items don't contain many large objects; they're mostly things that can be compressed to the size of a page in Diary with a little squeezing.

The only product that could barely be considered a bulk item was the mass-market pack of Mind-Calming Popsicle.

I'll try it later.

That's basically it for exploring the reward distribution update. After inserting the original Voice Recorder, he can still take out a new Voice Recorder. However, the Voice Recorder stored in the Diary will become a 'non-original' dungeon item and will slide out of the Diary with a 'click'.

It seems that the definition of 'prop' is relatively strict for Diary.

"Ugh..." Just as Asakusa Toru was about to continue thinking, the soft jade in his arms made a soft sound.

She seemed to have woken herself up.

"... Ah, um... oh..."

First, the brain slightly reboots, then the body signals the brain to calm down, and then the brain quickly realizes the current situation.

Kushida Kikyo lifted the sheet, then looked at the hand resting on the area she hadn't actually allowed to explore, and sighed softly.

"I'm going to take a shower."

I fell asleep because I was too tired, but now that I'm awake, I can't skip taking a shower.

Whether it's sweating or something else, sleeping in a sticky, mushy state is never a good idea.

"Don't follow me in," she said.

Chapter 116 Echoes of Water

Not going in... that's impossible.

Come on, this is his dorm room!

There's no reason why he can't go into the bathroom.

Wash! It definitely needs to be washed! It absolutely must be washed!

You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't wash yourself properly!

I can put the Diary thing aside for now; it's not going anywhere. I just need to take a bath to Matsushita and reset my mind.

The sound of water lingered.

Under the girl's glare, Asakusa Toru pulled out the maid outfit from the closet.

There was nothing she could do; this was his dormitory, Kushida Kikyo hadn't left any clothes here. If she didn't want to wear his loose-fitting clothes, there really weren't any clothes she could wear.

She couldn't possibly wear a band-aid, so he had no choice but to dig out this thing.

"... Whose clothes are these?" Looking at the maid outfit that was clearly not her size, Kushida Kikyo, abandoning her previous coquettishness, asked coldly.

"New."

Kushida Kikyo gave a very disdainful look:

"Who are you kidding? Tell me, who else are you having an affair with?"

She picked up the maid outfit and looked it up and down.

"Ichinose's? No, her size should be larger..."

"Shiranami Chihiro's? No, she's not that big."

"Himeno Yuki? That's not right either..."

"Amikura Mako? Doesn't seem like it..."

"Kobashi Yume? No, no, no..."

"Whose is it...?"

Kushida Kikyo frowned.

"You're overthinking it." With a swift and decisive movement, Asakusa Toru Kushida Kikyo chopped Kushida Kikyo on the head, interrupting her thoughts. "You're the first one here."

"If you don't want to wear the maid outfit, then wear my clothes."

"... I don't believe it." Kushida Kikyo pouted, completely unconvinced.

This guy's experience couldn't be more extensive; no matter how you look at it, he's a total scumbag, how could he possibly be the first one?

She's more like it.

Never mind, she'll find a way to do it.