My wife believes me; how could I be a cuckold?

But if that were all, it wouldn't be enough to make him freeze in place at this moment, since he had long been used to the existence of system notification sounds.

The reason he suddenly froze was because the voice that rang in his mind was not the original inorganic notification tone, but rather...

"It's infuriating to watch! That cowardly scoundrel clearly wants to help, but he keeps making up so many excuses to avoid it!"

"I know you're worried about this and that, but you're not going to step up in this situation? You worthless coward, are you even a man?!"

"Fine, you want a reason, right? I'll give it to you right now!"

After that woman's voice, which sounded extremely angry yet couldn't hide its coquettish tone, fell, another voice rang in Asano Makoto's mind.

This time, the sound that rang out was the kind of emotionless, inorganic notification tone that he was very familiar with.

[Ding! Due to the strong request from system assistant Lilith, the target has now been confirmed!]

[Target confirmed: Risa Kanno, Phase 1 of the mission has begun.]

[Mother commits the crime? Daughter commits the crime! The host must simultaneously achieve the Great Harmony of Life with Kanno Risa in front of Kanno Yuna, using any means necessary, within six months.]

Author's note: I apologize to all my readers. I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I went to the hospital and have been resting ever since.

I only started writing after waking up in the middle of the night, so yesterday's update is only being released now. I'm really, really sorry!

This is the first update of yesterday. There will be four more updates today: the second update from yesterday, two updates today, and a bonus update (there will be five updates in total today; there was no bonus update yesterday, I apologize...).

I'm really sorry to have kept you readers waiting until now. Today, I won't delay any longer!

Chapter 89 The Housewife Killer (2/5)

[The first phase of the mission has begun: Please complete the Great Harmony of Life with Risa Kanno in front of Yuna Kanno. The method is not limited, and the time limit is six months.]

[Mission Completion Reward: "Wife Killer" (Passive Skill, Note: Increases the host's attractiveness to married women).]

[Mission Failure Penalty: Exposing the coercion of Yuna Kanno, resulting in arrest and imprisonment.]

Despite the system having issued a new mission, Makoto Asano paid no attention to its contents.

Now, with his mind filled with that woman's voice from before, he subconsciously asked himself, "Wait, who are you? How did you get into my head?"

Makoto Asano had confirmed long ago that the system could hear his thoughts and would usually answer his questions, and what the other party had just said also proved this point.

However, the system remained silent this time, and the previously unmistakably charming female voice did not appear.

The question went unanswered, and Makoto Asano frowned, then opened the system to take a look.

As before, the system is still undergoing an upgrade, and it will take another 5 hours to complete, which means it will be finished by midnight tonight.

However, since the system had just issued a mission, Makoto Asano felt that the system, or rather, the so-called "system assistant Lilith," was probably playing dead and deliberately not answering his questions.

But even knowing this, there was nothing he could do about it.

Moreover, now that the mission has been issued, there's nothing he can do to change that; he can only do his best to complete the mission as before.

As for this mission...

To be honest, Makoto Asano is now somewhat used to it.

Anyway, the penalty for missions has always been the same: if you fail a mission, it's no different from being dead.

The tasks and rewards are as hilariously absurd as ever, only this time they're a bit more extreme.

A wife-killer, and he even did it in front of his daughter and her mother...

Makoto Asano couldn't help but shake his head, stopping himself from thinking about it and instead preparing to devise a solution to the problem he was currently facing.

After all, he doesn't have time to care about the system's problems right now.

Because after seeing Risa Kanno fall, Yuna Kanno jumped up from her chair and ran to her mother's side to help her up.

Makoto Asano originally wanted to go with them, but as soon as he lifted his butt off the chair, he sat back down.

Because he suddenly remembered that Hiroki Kanno had mistaken him for that Takimoto-san's underling.

Since that's the case, why not make use of this point a little?

Thinking this way, Makoto Asano did nothing and said nothing, simply pretending to be a complete stranger who had nothing to do with the matter, sitting there quietly watching everything happen.

On the other side, Hiroki Kanno picked up the bag that had fallen to the ground and immediately started rummaging through it with great excitement as he ran towards the door.

By the time he reached the door, he had already pulled out a wad of banknotes from his bag and started counting them one by one.

Because it wasn't much money, he quickly finished counting it.

The dozen or so 10,000 yen Fukuzawa Yukichi banknotes, along with a lot of loose change, totaled about 200,000 yen.

Upon seeing the money, Hiroki Kanno's eyes widened in surprise, and he excitedly threw his now-empty purse to the ground.

At this moment, these 20 loose banknotes were not just money to him, but also his hope for turning his desperate situation around.

When he first entered a casino, he won 352 million yen with 10 yen. Now, after half a year of experience in casinos, winning 20 million yen with 6000 yen is no problem for him.

It's not just about paying off the high-interest loans; it's also possible to win more money and become rich.

The thought of this made Hiroki Kanno's eyes light up.

Seemingly feeling guilty for taking the money from Risa Kanno, he loudly assured her, "Risa, don't worry, I'll definitely win today! I have a feeling that not only will I pay off all my debts today, but I'll also win even more money!"

"When I have money, I will definitely not treat you badly, and the same goes for Yuna. I will make sure you live the life of the rich!"

As he said this, an extremely manic smile gradually appeared on his face.

At this moment, all he could think about was how to win money at the casino and what kind of life he would live after becoming rich. He had completely forgotten that he had lost all his money the night before and was kicked out of the casino.

That's how gamblers are; they always fantasize about winning money, and then gradually become addicted and unable to control themselves.

Even if they end up with their families destroyed, their wives and children scattered, they probably won't wake up from this experience.

Seeing Hiroki Kanno's appearance, Risa Kanno's lips, which had turned somewhat pale, trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

However, perhaps feeling that Hiroki Kanno was now completely beyond redemption, after hesitating for a while, she still didn't say anything, but just looked at him with extremely disappointed eyes, and then silently lowered her head and closed her eyes.

As Yuna Kamino helped her up, she seemed to sense her mother's disappointment. She gently hugged her mother and then glared at Yuuki Kamino with a fierce look.

Then, as if she had suddenly thought of something, she abruptly turned to look at Asano Makoto beside her.

Makoto Asano was staring intently at Hiroki Kanno's movements, seemingly lost in thought.

It wasn't until Hiroki Kanno showed signs of wanting to leave that he slowly stood up, pretending to walk towards the door.

At the same time, he also said, "Wait, Mr. Yuki."

He didn't say much, knowing full well that saying too much would lead to mistakes, he simply called out Hiroki Kamino's name very politely.

After all, his current identity as a debt collector was something the other party had imagined, and he didn't know the actual situation on their end. It would be ridiculous if he talked too much and the other party found out.

So he simply stopped Hiroki Kanno, then slowly walked towards him, giving him a very friendly smile, leaving the rest to the other person's imagination.

Actually, he didn't know if this would work, but based on his previous observations, Hiroki Kanno was indeed a person who tended to overthink things, and seemed to have a lot of faith in his own guesses.

Otherwise, Hiroki Kanno wouldn't have assumed he was a debt collector's underling after meeting him.

Chapter 90 The two girls in the group photo (3/5)

While doing these things, Makoto Asano subconsciously felt a little nervous, afraid that Hiroki Kanno would find out that he was lying to him.

Although it wouldn't really be a problem if the other party found out, that's just how humans are—they're always afraid of being discovered when they're doing "bad things."

Fortunately, just as he had guessed, Hiroki Kanno was indeed someone who liked to overthink things and had great faith in his own judgment.

Upon hearing Makoto Asano call his name, Hiroki Kanno immediately stopped in his tracks, even subconsciously suppressing the previously excited expression on his face.

After all, they were sent by the creditor, so he still had to show them some respect.

His face once again displayed that fawning smile, and he asked somewhat nervously, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Makoto Asano didn't speak; he simply raised his chin, his gaze fixed on the money in Hiroki Kanno's hand.

Hiroki Kanno followed his gaze to his right hand and immediately understood what the other person meant.

He wanted the money he had.

Thinking of this, Hiroki Kanno immediately tensed up.

Although he does owe the other party money, and after losing all his money yesterday, he was given an ultimatum when he asked Takimoto for a loan, and now Takimoto has even sent people to chase him to his home.

But he still couldn't hand over the money, because it was his only hope of turning things around.

So after guessing what Asano Makoto was thinking, he immediately put the money in his pocket and started joking around with Asano Makoto.

"Brother, don't worry. I came back this time to get the money back to Brother Takimoto. I have the money now, and I will hand it over to Brother Takimoto in a moment. You don't need to bother to deliver it to him."

At this point, seemingly feeling that the previous excuse was not enough to make Asano Makoto give up his idea of ​​asking for money, or simply to stall Asano Makoto, he turned and shouted at Kanno Risa.

"Well, Risa, please take good care of this gentleman for me. I'm going to go pay back the money now. After all, I can't keep Takimoto-san waiting too long, can I?"

After saying this, before the people inside could react, he ran out.

Seeing his actions, Makoto Asano paused for a moment, then quickly walked to the door and looked outside.

But where was Hiroki Kanno outside? He had long since disappeared.

Damn it, it's born!

Thinking of what the other party had said before running away, even Asano Makoto, who usually had a good temper, couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Leaving his wife and daughter at home to entertain debt collectors and then running away—what kind of humanoid creature could do something like that?

Thankfully, this is reality. If this were some kind of movie or novel, then what happened next would be impossible to describe in the book.

Putting aside everything else, there's no doubt that Hiroki Kanno is definitely going to get cuckolded.

Wait a minute, isn't this what I came here to do...?

Oh no! I've become the main character in a short film!

Thinking of this, Makoto Asano quickly shook his head, putting these unrealistic ideas out of his mind.

Although what he was going to do was indeed no different from what was shown in adult films, he had a reason for it, rather than simply doing it for sex like in adult films.