31: The Rewards

Light flashed, and Chelsea appeared in her hidden hideout in the middle of nowhere. She was wearing jeans and a hoodie, and a rope was wrapped around her waist, tied to the large box that had appeared along with her. Her attempt to bring the items from another world had succeeded.

As long as something was in contact with her, it could be teleported along with her as well!

But Chelsea wasn't in the mood to open the box and check it. She immediately opened the chat group and started typing!

Kana had actually been so audacious that she kissed Natsuo right in front of all of them!

[Chelsea: @Kana! Explain yourself!]

But even after she sent the message, she got no response for a while.

...

Hilda also returned with a flash of light. When she opened her eyes, she found herself back in her familiar bedroom.

"It feels good to come back." She stretched her arms, untied the rope around her waist, then kicked off her shoes and jumped onto the bed while holding her phone.

She wanted to check her rewards and watch some drama! She hadn't expected Kana to have it in her. That girl had some balls!

...

"I am back." Natsuo returned to the school rooftop. He put down the large bag on his shoulder, which made a clacking sound when it hit the ground. He opened it, revealing a large number of gold bars inside.

Since he couldn't bring cash with him to this world, Natsuo had decided to spend a portion of his money to buy gold and sell it in his world. As for how to sell unlicensed gold, Chelsea had already shown him how to do it. He would simply follow her example.

"I thought I already conveyed that I don't want any relationship." He touched his lips and said with a complicated look. The last moment kiss Kana had given him had surprised him greatly.

He had shown her plenty of times that he wasn't planning to date her and had even tried to cut off all possibilities when he told her that he was dating Chelsea, but it seemed that he had underestimated Kana's persistent character.

Thinking about it, didn't she act the same way in the anime? Even though Shinichi didn't return her feelings, she still kept stalking him and persistently pursuing him, even after she found out that he liked another girl. She even tried to keep Satomi Murano away from him.

"First, let's check the reward!" Natsuo decided not to think too much about it for now. He would leave this matter to the future Natsuo. It was no longer the problem of the current Natsuo!

[Your reward has been allocated successfully!]

[5000 Shop Points]

[1 Lottery Ticket]

[Because you are the Chat Group Admin, the Shop Points you obtain are multiplied by 3.]

[Your current Shop Points are: 15,000.]

"Noice! I am from the privileged class! Long live the Celestial Dragons!" When Natsuo saw the notification, he clenched his fist and shouted excitedly.

Right after that, he impatiently tapped on the large red button that was practically begging to be spanked. The moment he pressed it, a gacha wheel appeared and started spinning at high speed. Then, under his anxious and anticipatory gaze, it finally slowed down and stopped at "Super Soldier Serum."

Then a glass capsule with a metal cap, filled with blue liquid, appeared in his palm. Natsuo stared at the serum in his hand and said, "Super Soldier Serum? Will I become Captain Japan?"

The reward was really good.

The Super Soldier Serum transforms a normal human body into the absolute peak of physical and mental perfection. It enhances strength, speed, stamina, and reflexes to low level superhuman tiers, while also granting an accelerated healing factor, resistance to fatigue and toxins, and heightened mental processing.

Moreover, the Super Soldier Serum grants increased longevity and slows down the aging process.

For Natsuo, who had only just started training, this was a great boost to every aspect of his physical abilities!

[Chat Group Shop has been unlocked.]

[Dimensional Travel has been unlocked.]

"Noice!" Natsuo first entered the Dimensional Travel section and saw that the price for one way travel was 3,000 points, while a round trip would cost 6,000. There was also an option to stop time in his original world while he was away, which cost 6,000 points. So, with the time stop option, a round trip would cost around 9,000 points.

It was somewhat expensive to try it right now, and the only worlds he could travel to were the three women's worlds in the Chat Group.

After that, he briefly checked the Chat Group Shop, but when he saw the prices, he quickly closed the shop. He was scared away.

There were many incredibly powerful things in there, but Natsuo's 15,000 points were far too little to afford most of them. He decided to study the shop more carefully later.

Carefully putting away the serum, he put the backpack over his shoulders and walked away while looking at the Chat Group.

[Kana: What are you talking about?]

[Chelsea: You kissed Natsuo!]

[Kana: Eh? What's the big deal? It was just a goodbye kiss. It's normal in Europe. @Chelsea, I didn't know you were this old-fashioned and backward.]

[Chelsea: Dafuq?! No, it isn't normal! Besides, this isn't Europe! You live in freaking Japan!]

[Kana: Alright, it's my fault. I didn't think you were such a conservative, old-fashioned person. Please forgive me.]

[Chelsea: I'll let it slide this time.]

[Hilda: @Natsuo, you returned? How are you? Did your hand heal back?]

Natsuo honestly admired Kana's thick skin and gaslighting skills. She had actually managed to brush aside such a 'great' crime so easily. He waited for a couple of minutes to avoid getting dragged into the crossfire before answering Hilda's question.

[Natsuo: Yes, I did! By the way, did you check your rewards? I got the Super Soldier Serum!]

[Kana: Super Soldier Serum? Are you going to become the next Captain America?]

[Natsuo: I am not gonna wear a tight spandex suit.]

[Kana: I opened my reward. It's Explosion Magic.]

[Chelsea: Mine is the Six Powers.]

[Hilda: I only got a round trip ticket for world travel with time stop.]

'She can finally stop crying about not being able to use magic,' Natsuo thought when he read Kana's reward. When he saw Chelsea's reward, he felt that hers was actually better than his. The Six Powers were far more useful than the Super Soldier Serum. The only downside was that he needed a strong body to train them properly.

The unlucky one was Hilda, who had gotten the poorest reward. It didn't increase her strength at all.

[Natsuo: @Hilda, now you can visit my world whenever you are free. @Chelsea, your reward is quite good. If you teach the Revolutionary Army the Six Powers, their chances of succeeding will become much greater.]

Honestly, Natsuo didn't trust the Revolutionary Army. He felt that even if they succeeded, after a couple of years, they too would start becoming like the aristocrats in the Empire, squeezing the common people for profit and lining their own pockets.

He told Chelsea his opinion, but apparently, she didn't share the same cynical view as him. It seemed that she had great faith in the Revolutionary Army.

[Kana: I can use magic! Explosion!]

[Natsuo: You probably don't even have enough mana to use it.]

[Kana: There is an option to increase your mana in the Shop for 2,000 points. I can use it twice! So it's no big deal! I can't wait to go to the mountain and blow something up!]

[Hilda: Wait until September, preferably the 11th.]

[Chelsea: The Chat Group taught me all the Six Powers as a reward. I can share them with you. Do you want to try them?]

[Hilda: Yes, my lady!]

[Kana: Yes, mistress!]

[Natsuo: Yes, mommy!]

[Chelsea: You guys are hopeless!]

[Chelsea has sent [The Six Powers.txt]!]

[Hilda: Thank you, my lady!]

[Kana: Thank you, mistress!]

[Natsuo: Thank you, mommy!]

Natsuo opened the file containing the Six Powers and gave it a quick glance. After seeing how complex and extensive it was, he decided to study it properly later.

'How should I use the Serum? This is troublesome.' Natsuo touched his pocket, feeling the tube inside it, as he walked away from the school gates. If he used the Serum, his body would certainly undergo some changes. He didn't know how significant they would be, but there would definitely be some noticeable changes.

And since he wasn't some NovelPhoenix protagonist, he had a family, though a weird one. Any changes to his body would inevitably be noticed, and he wouldn't exactly have a reasonable explanation for them.

"I'll have to move out." Natsuo felt that he needed to move out of the house, not only because of the Serum, but also because it was inconvenient for him to train without being exposed.

He had already been planning to move out, but he had wanted to put it off for some time to avoid his father and stepmother misunderstanding his intentions and thinking that he was opposed to their marriage.

In fact, he had wanted to move out even before his father remarried, but he had been worried about his old man. That guy was always overworking like a corporate slave and letting people take advantage of him at work. Natsuo had always worried about his health, fearing that one day his father would collapse on the floor and have no one around to take care of him.

But now he had a wife and two stepdaughters living with him. He no longer needed Natsuo to worry about him.

"Natsuo-kun!" As he walked past a coffee shop, he heard someone calling his name. When he turned around, he saw a girl leaning against the wall, waving at him.

"Ichika?" Natsuo paused and walked over to her. "It's almost fishy how often I bump into you on my way after school."

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