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What are the others doing?

The moment Sanzenin Sora received the briefcase, the others finally came to their senses, but reflexively pulled out their pistols from their pockets.

They usually only consider using guns to suppress their opponents when they encounter top fighters from other groups.

This pressure manifested itself in this high school student.

Sanzenin reacted faster, lifting the car door while shielding Makino Kohei in front of him.

She had never tested the power of firearms, so she opted for a safer approach.

"My dad broke his hand. I need to borrow 30 million from you for his medical treatment. I'll pay it back within a week."

Kohei Makino gritted his teeth and said, "If I can't recover these thirty million tonight, I'm dead!"

“If you don’t give it to me, you’ll die right now! When you go back, you can explain that you couldn’t get the 30 million back, and so many people can testify for you.”

After saying that, Sanzenin kicked out of the car door, knocking over three or four people along the way.

"With their injuries, you can go back and report. Don't force me to kill anyone!"

Kohei Makino simply couldn't imagine what he had provoked.

Car doors weigh several tens of kilograms; is it possible to kick one of them more than ten meters away and send several adults flying?

If he knew that this was still the power that Sanzenin had managed to control, he would probably faint from fright.

"Okay...okay, I'll lend you the money, but I hope you'll keep your word and pay it back within a week!"

After releasing Makino Kohei, he and his men slunk away. Even though they had guns, they didn't dare to fire without any silencers.

No one expected that tonight's operation would be forced to the point of having to pull out a gun.

There are still quite a few residents in this area.

"Phew... thankfully the survival environment for gangsters is deteriorating year by year, otherwise it really wouldn't be so easy to solve."

Sanzenin breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the yakuza leave.

"The underworld is indeed quite different from what I imagined..."

Hu Muyao was fully prepared to help Sanzenin fight. His soul form was characterized by its element of surprise, making it well-suited for skirmishes.

"These days, gangsters prefer to avoid trouble. As long as their core businesses aren't threatened, they're too lazy to cause any more problems. I told them I'd pay back the money to give them hope, so they wouldn't fight me to the death. Even if they kill me, they won't gain anything in the end. They might even get a few killed in the process. At least that kid Makino will die."

Hu Muyao felt that he was quite clever as a contractor.

It is remarkable that they were able to identify the risks and find reasonable solutions in such a short time.

She is prone to impulsiveness when it comes to matters concerning her father.

Hu Muyao fully understands this.

The ambulance arrived quickly, and after emergency treatment, Sanzenin Sora got in and went to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, the doctor asked Sanzenin to pay the fees first. Instead of opening the suitcase directly, Sanzenin went to the restroom to retrieve part of the cost of the surgery. After haggling for a long time at the payment counter, he finally got the other party to agree to pay a deposit first, and then slowly pay the remaining balance during his hospitalization.

The entire surgery, plus subsequent hospitalization and recovery, will cost approximately ten million yen.

But Hu Muyao saw a hint of relief on Sanzenin's face.

What are your plans after this?

"What else can we do? We can continue to attend school as usual, pay the fees on time every day, and then make some money at night. We'll still have 20 million left. Making 2 billion shouldn't be a problem."

Sanzenin Sora sighed, "I didn't expect magical girls to be so powerful... Could you tell me roughly what my current strength is? I'd like to keep an eye on it."

Hu Muyao thought for a moment and replied, "Statistically speaking, your agility is equivalent to ten adult men, and your strength is equivalent to twenty adult men. However, these two combined will provide an additional boost to your overall strength... I don't have specific data on how much it will boost you. At the same time, with this strength, your physical attributes will definitely be enhanced to a corresponding level, otherwise you might end up breaking your own bones with a single punch..."

This is an important conclusion that Hu Muyao drew after repeatedly using the "Joyful Funeral" skill to forcibly increase his agility and strength attributes.

An attribute increase is definitely not simply a matter of adding 1 point.

Regardless of which attribute is improved, it represents a completely new evolution.

"I see... I get it now. Are the other magical girls at this level too?"

"should be."

"It won't be that easy for me to steal their jewels. Forget about that for now. I need to figure out how to make more money and buy a large apartment in a high-rise building in the heart of Tokyo."

Sanzenin's eyes gleamed: "Do you know how much I envy that feeling of standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling window and looking at the Tokyo night view?"

Sanzenin clenched his fist: "Now that I have this power, I must pursue my happy life."

Hu Muyao still whispered a reminder: "In short... gambling is wrong."

"Gambling? Do you still think I'm gambling? Gambling involves winning and losing, but if I have this much luck, then this isn't gambling, it's just a money grab!"

"But it's still better to be careful... so that the other magical girls don't notice us."

"Of course I know that. If the gem is taken away, all my power will be reduced to nothingness. I don't want to lose such power."

……

"You've been staying at home for more than three days now. When are you finally going to think about going back to school?"

It's already 10 p.m., and in the dimly lit room with the curtains drawn, only the light from the computer screen flickers faintly.

A pink-haired girl wearing loose sportswear stared blankly at the game screen on her computer, her eyes swollen with dark circles.

The table was covered with snacks and drinks, just within the girl's reach.

"I must be crazy to imagine that my teddy bear would talk to me and urge me to go out..."

The pink-haired girl murmured to herself.

"To be honest, the things that have happened these past few days have been really strange... Ugh, so scary... I don't want to go out..."

"Are you even conscious? The power you gained after making a contract with me is real. What are you doubting? If you don't believe me, try it out! Since the contract, what have you done besides staying home playing video games? You haven't even gone to school! How are you going to find the other magical girls?!"

"Don't make noise, don't make noise... Waaaaah..."

The pink-haired girl clutched her head, her eyes tightly shut, and groaned in pain, "My inner demons are this severe... I'm really going crazy... Oh, I actually got a purple item, yay..."

Her attention was quickly drawn to the rewards she gained in the game.

"Goto Ai, I'll emphasize this again! I'm not your fantasy, the contract you made with me is real! If I steal the gems from other magical girls, I can grant you one wish!"

"Ugh... I don't want to... That kind of thing is too troublesome, and what would happen if my gems were taken away..."

Goto Ai's hands moved rapidly, sometimes bursting into wild laughter, sometimes unusually depressed, making the musician wonder if his contractor was mentally ill.

What terrible luck! To run into a contractor like this right off the bat. Other contractors would probably be actively searching for other magical girls and figuring out their combat abilities by now.

"It won't matter if it's taken away; at most, you'll lose your current abilities."

"Abilities... What abilities do I have? Oh... It seems to be the ability to reduce the power of others, which sounds so dark... I'm already a second-year high school student, how can I still be fantasizing about these things like magical girls... Sigh."

Goto Ai lay down to the side and collapsed onto the floor, curling up in a ball: "I'm so tired. I've had a tough day."

"..."

The musician couldn't figure out how to win.

Are we really going to wait until the other three magical girls have decided who is the winner, and then wait for the magical girl who has collected all three gems to come knocking on our door?

Based on the musician's experience, the dungeon definitely wouldn't let the four magical girls drag on like this.

If there is no action for a long time, it will inevitably lead to special events.

For example, it could allow four door knockers holding gems to sense each other's locations.

The longer I linger here, the worse it will be in the end.

This damn restriction.

I was forced to reside inside this teddy bear, and could only appear as a spirit for ten seconds at a time.

The other knockers must be too incompetent for the system to have to restrict itself like this.

The musician consoled himself with this thought, while glancing at Goto Ai's attributes.

Trust Magical Girl:

Stamina: 100

Spirit: 49

Wisdom: 10

Agility: 100

Power: 50

Charisma: 10

Her stats were quite high, but her spirit was reduced by 1 point because she played the game for 24 hours straight.

But what the musician wanted to complain about the most was that, despite being a magical girl of trust, she didn't even believe that she was a magical girl herself.

No matter how much they tried to persuade him, he stubbornly believed that he was hallucinating and intensified his efforts to escape reality through games.

The musician was furious. Several times he showed his soul form to prove that his existence was real, but Goto Ai would always punch him in the head.

"I must overcome my inner demons!"

The musician dared not take a punch with 50 power, so he stopped showing his soul form and instead tried to persuade him with words.

Who would have thought she was so stubborn!

"Aaaaaah! Goto Ai, you shut-in deserve to die!"

"That's true..."

Goto Ai fully agrees with this assessment.

"You bastard!"

"Uh-huh……"

"Don't you have any friends at school?"

Hearing this, Goto Ai straightened up and pounded her chest: "My inner demons are constantly attacking the weakest part of my heart. Goto Ai, you must hold on!"

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The musicians were almost in despair when they suddenly discovered that using the topic of friends could stimulate Goto Ai.