Chapter 145
Just like his [Danger Sense] skill level of lv.5, in this world, intuition is something that cannot be explained.
However, this also proves that the elderly woman in front of us is indeed a person with extraordinary talent in certain fields.
This unreliable divination ability might not be of much use, but the Aragaki Family is large and wealthy, so supporting an extra mouth to feed is no problem for them.
As previously agreed, Aragaki Shun gave the other party a guarantee of their future life in exchange for the fortune teller imparting all his knowledge to him.
"In a few days, I'll leave school for a trip before the summer vacation ends, and I'll help you register your information while I'm at it."
"After you leave the Advanced Nurturing, contact this phone number and they'll arrange things for you."
Upon receiving the contact information from Aragaki Shun, the fortune teller beamed with delight and repeatedly expressed his approval.
Her current life isn't exactly impoverished, but it's not exactly wealthy either. It's always good to have more connections in high society.
The deal was thus completed.
Over the next two days, whenever she had free Aragaki Shun would come to the fortune teller to study metaphysics together, quickly emptying her mind of any potentially useful knowledge.
It can only be said that her occasional accurate predictions are entirely due to her talent, while her other knowledge in the field of divination is more like a combination of versatile rhetoric and keen observation.
After learning all of these things, Aragaki Shun found that his Personal Panel was completely unresponsive, clearly indicating that he could not use it to condense a mystical skill.
However, it wasn't entirely fruitless. Perhaps because I had accumulated enough knowledge during this period, at least one skill had improved without consuming Source Power.
[Erudition lv.4 (2/5) → Erudition lv.4 (3/5)]
On the other hand, there's the achievement I got from Ibuki Mio during the elevator incident—
[Achievement Completed: Community of Destiny (Ibuki Mio), your connection to this world has increased, Source Power +2.]
[Source Power: 10 → 12 (Current efficiency: 5 per month)]
For some reason, despite all three being bound by Community of Destiny, Ibuki Mio brought more Source Power than Shiranami Chihiro, Wang Meiyu, and Yamamura Miki.
It can only be said that the world pays different amounts of attention to different people, and it seems that Ibuki carries relatively more fortune.
Keeping this thought to himself, Aragaki Shun decisively used up the excess Source Power.
[Sun Kin Lv.1 (0/2) → Sun Kin Lv.2 (0/3)]
[Source Power: 12 → 10 (Current efficiency: 5 per month)]
Stepping into the sunlight, a continuous stream of solar energy flows into the body and is then digested by the [Gluttony] ability, which is at level 5.
The three attributes of strength, constitution, and agility, which had previously stagnated, seem to be slowly increasing again.
Because no qualitative change has occurred yet, the specific numerical changes are not reflected on the Personal Panel, but Aragaki Shun knows that he has indeed become stronger.
It doesn't directly increase the base attribute from 11 to 12 using Source Power.
Instead, it gradually increased from 11 to 11.2, 11.25, and 11.32.
This kind of numerical increase after the decimal point will not be reflected on the panel, but it can be applied to an individual, increasing their strength by several kilograms or even tens of kilograms each time.
If he could stretch out the time long enough, even without consuming Source Power, he could still use sunbathing to push his basic attributes to 12 or even 13.
This is a realm that no matter how gifted or how hard humans train, they can never reach.
Without a doubt, he has undergone some kind of evolution, which has fundamentally broken through his original growth limits.
It's getting more and more exciting...
Time flew by, and for the next few days, Aragaki Shun slept in Ibuki Mio's bedroom.
The girl had a strong personality, and no matter how he tried to persuade her, she was unwilling to go to the man's dormitory or apartment.
Similarly, she didn't acknowledge that the two were in a relationship, only thinking about avenging herself in bed, and as a result, she was defeated and passively unlocked one more and more humiliating defeat CG after another.
At 6 PM that evening, after activating [Abnormal Neglect], Aragaki Shun, with his extremely low presence, once again arrived at the girls' dormitory of Class 1-C.
He swiped his room card to open Ibuki's bedroom door, entered the girl's simple room, put down the dinner he was carrying, and went to the bedroom to wake the girl who was still sleeping.
"Tsk~ What time is it now?"
Somewhat wearily, the blue-haired girl threw back the covers and looked at the dimly lit environment outside the window; her face suddenly fell.
Because it's summer vacation, the two of them seem to be having a bit too much fun these past few days.
I started staying up late at night and slept until 11 a. m. Then, during my lunch break, I got the urge to go for another round and slept until evening... I patted my cheeks shyly. Ibuki had never imagined that she would lose track of day and night because of something like this.
"It's almost 6 p. m. now. You exercised for so long at noon, it's time to get up and have dinner."
He playfully rubbed against the girl a couple of times, Aragaki Shun laughed and dodged Ibuki's leg attack, tossing over the clean clothes beside him.
"Hmph~ I'm going to take a shower first, don't come in and cause trouble."
With a touch of arrogance, Ibuki a warning, and then simply walked into the bathroom.
Well, this so-called warning felt more like a seduction, but considering his sleep schedule these past few days, Aragaki Shun chose to obey and didn't go in to help like he did last night.
Just minutes later, an unexpected outburst forced the girl to abandon her previous statements.
The school suddenly sent an email to all students, informing them that there was a problem with the water company and the entire dormitory would be temporarily without water.
Aragaki Shun tried turning the kitchen faucet, but no water came out.
According to the email notification, the repairs appear to take some time, and if the project is delayed, the water outage is expected to continue until morning.
However, the school also implemented some remedial measures.
If you need more than two liters of water at a time, it seems you can get rations at the Student Cafeteria.
The email also anticipated that the Student Cafeteria would be very crowded, so students were asked to be mindful of this.
As a prohibited activity, the school stated that the convenience store is temporarily unavailable because it is expected to be overcrowded.
In addition, the Keyaki Mall provides free bottled water, which is usually allowed to be used, but the school prohibits students from filling bottles and taking it home.
Ibuki Mio, who was halfway through washing. "..."
Looking at the residual shower gel on her body and shaking the showerhead that suddenly stopped producing water, the blue-haired girl felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.
At that moment, she was actually relieved that there was still a man outside who could help her.
Although it's because of the other person that I need to take a shower at this time.
Thinking of this, Ibuki Mio shook the water droplets off her hair to clear her mind, then forcefully pounded on the glass door of the bathroom.
"Aragaki the pervert, are you still there?"
"While I don't mind you calling me that in private, if you need my help, I suggest calling me 'brother' would be more effective."
Carrying two buckets of water, Aragaki Shun pushed open the bathroom door and looked at the girl whose body was covered in foam, with water droplets sliding down her curves. A satisfied smile appeared on his lips.
"Wait, why are you taking off your clothes at a time like this? Don't you know the water's cut off?"
"It's alright, that's just how fate works. In this kind of atmosphere, the few cases of bottled water you kept in the room will come in handy."
"I brought it up just in case, it's not... ugh... pervert... damn it... let's change seats..."
Another half hour passed. After carrying Ibuki out, the girl didn't want to move anymore and could only shamefully accept the man's feeding.
After finishing her meal, seeing that this beast was going to stay, Ibuki Mio finally suppressed her remaining competitive spirit and pushed Aragaki Shun out of the room.
"You unsatisfied guy, go find your girlfriends. You're not welcome here."
With a loud "bang," the Leader of Class A was slammed out of the door.
Leaning against the gate, the boy shook his head with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.
On the bright side, at least Ibuki's situation is resolved, and for the time being, there's no need to worry about time management issues among the girls.
To comfort himself, Aragaki Shun took out his phone from his pocket.
He hadn't had time to pay attention earlier, but he vaguely remembered hearing the phone ring twice while he was busy.
Swipe out of the communication interface, and there is indeed a number showing as a missed call.
That's Horikita Suzune's phone call!
It's worth noting that the Student Council President's sister called twice, but each time the call only lasted a few seconds before she hung up on the other end.
"What happened?" Aragaki Shun, somewhat puzzled.
If it were something important, that guy certainly wouldn't give up so easily; he would persevere and keep trying to get through on the phone.
Calls like this, which come in for a few seconds and then automatically hang up, and this happens twice in a row... the other party is probably facing some kind of difficulty, and it's probably a personal one, which is why they're so hesitant.
After all, she was an aloof and proud woman who firmly believed she could solve all her problems on her own.
If it weren't for the repeated reprimands he and Manabu Horikita gave him last semester, the other party probably wouldn't have sent those two calls.
Feeling a bit strange, Aragaki Shun decided to call back to check.
However, no matter how many times the phone rang, Horikita Suzune did not answer it.
Raising an eyebrow, the Leader of Class A simply hung up the phone and sent an email instead.
[Aragaki Shun]: "What on earth happened?"
Two seconds later, the email interface displayed the word "read".
Despite the "read" status, the other party showed no intention of replying to the message.
Another minute passed, and looking down at the phone screen, which remained unchanged, the boy gave a cold smile.
[Aragaki Shun]: "Very good, it seems there really is a problem on your end. I'll contact the president right now and tell him that Suzune has been kidnapped."
Less than three seconds later, the expected ringtone sounded, and Aragaki Shun answered it.
"Hello~ Is this Horikita Suzune? What embarrassing thing happened to you that's keeping you from answering my calls and replying to my emails?"
"That's not how it works, I'm sorry, that didn't happen here..."
Horikita Suzune's voice sounded a little tired, but she still tried to hide it.
When Aragaki Shun heard the metallic clang, the girl opposite him fell silent.
"So what exactly happened? Should I call the president over?"
Horikita Suzune: "..."
After hesitating for a long time, a voice finally came from the other side--
"Let's say there's a turtle."
"Um?"
"It's a very intelligent and excellent tortoise, but what if it accidentally flips over? Don't you think that would be terrible? It would become unable to get back up on its own."
"I see. So, little turtle, how did you fall? Do you need me to come over and turn you over?"
This metaphor is somewhat nonsensical, but its meaning is clear— Horikita Suzune has encountered a predicament that she cannot solve alone.
"I... I'm not a turtle, that was just a hypothetical scenario..."
"Okay, let's say you're a little turtle. How can I help you turn over?"
215. Preparations before leaving school; Kushida's pool invitation
"Okay, let's say you're a little turtle. How can I help you turn over?"
Horikita Suzune: "..."
It seemed a bit awkward to say, and the other end of the line hung up immediately.
Then, the next moment, Aragaki Shun's phone suddenly received a photo.
Above, the girl with long, straight black hair looked away as if embarrassed, for at the front of her right arm, a woman's small water bottle had completely blocked her hand.
"Pfft~ Hahaha!!!"
Unable to suppress a laugh, Aragaki Shun truly hadn't expected that the other party would encounter such a bizarre situation.
[Aragaki Shun]: "You're not bored and secretly playing some little game by yourself, are you?"
[Horikita Suzune]: "... I only got like this because I was washing cups."
[Aragaki Shun]: "Okay, I understand. I'll contact Ichinose right away and have her come over and help you."
[Horikita Suzune]: "Wait, why are you calling other people? Can't you come and help me pull it apart?"
[Aragaki Shun]: "Are you sure you want me to go to your room so late at night?"