A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

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Yang was somewhat annoyed. She bought it for 3.6 million, and then lost 3.1 million on the spot? Was she being treated like a fool?

"Are you kidding me? This is my money..."

"Sell it to him."

Yukino suddenly spoke up, interrupting Haruno's complaints, and looked at her older sister with an expression as if she were an idiot.

"Sister, this is to cut your losses. Besides, this thing was destined to go unsold anyway. If you hadn't insisted on putting on that show, it would have been questionable whether it could even sell for ten thousand yuan. It's already a miracle that someone is willing to offer five hundred thousand yuan for it."

Yang opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found himself speechless. Indeed, keeping this junk in his hands was of no use except to remind himself of his foolishness today.

"But……"

The man seemed to sense Yang Nai's wavering and quickly pressed his advantage.

"Miss, please don't misunderstand. I don't want the lamp; I only want the rat-shaped stone on it."

“My youngest daughter really loves these kinds of animal sculptures. She cried so much last week when her hamster died. I saw a stone with a mouse pattern on this lamp base and I was thinking of buying it to cheer her up.”

Yang looked at the man suspiciously after hearing this.

"Just the stones on top?"

The man nodded immediately, looking every bit the doting, doting father.

"Yes, yes, I only want that stone. I don't even want that broken lamp. I'd have to find a place to throw it away if I took it back, which is too much trouble. You can keep it as a decoration. I'll just pry off this stone and take it with me. It's all for the sake of appeasing the child. Being a father is not easy."

These words perfectly broke through Yang Nai's last line of defense.

The other party only wanted the stone, not the lamp, and the reason was that it was for the child. This down-to-earth reason instantly lowered the IQ threshold of this transaction, making her feel less ashamed.

"Sell it to him, sister," Yukino said from the side.

"Although we lost more than three million, it's better than having it all stuck in our hands. And if it's just the stone that's gone, the lamp base... well, we can package it up a bit and say it's some kind of avant-garde artwork, and maybe we can fool my mother."

Yang Nai looked at the man's honest smile, then at the broken lamp that was giving her so much trouble, and finally gritted her teeth.

"Okay, here you go."

She took action and forcefully pried off the octagonal stone embedded in the lamp base.

Because of the age of the glue, the process is not difficult.

She then threw it at the man like trash.

"Take it, take it. It's annoying to look at."

The man caught it as if it were a treasure, quickly took out his phone to transfer the money, and the series of movements were so smooth and fast that one would wonder if he had practiced it.

"Okay! Thank you, boss! I wish you great fortune!"

The man caught the stone, immediately scanned the QR code to transfer the money, so quickly it was as if he was afraid Yang Nai would change her mind. After receiving the money, he didn't even glance at the broken lamp base again, and happily ran off with the stone in his arms.

Watching the man's departing figure, Yang Nai suddenly felt that something was wrong, but when she saw the 500,000 yen that had been deposited into her phone, she forcibly suppressed that feeling of unease.

"call……"

"Forget it, consider it a lesson learned. But what should we do with this lamp holder? Should we really give it to Mother?"

“As long as you don’t say it was bought for four million,” Yukino nodded thoughtfully, looking at the lamp base with a missing piece.

“Pack it up and say that you found a broken piece of Qing Dynasty artifact at the antique market to express a Zen-like beauty of imperfection. I think Mother might think you’ve made progress.”

"...Yukino, you've gone astray."

Chapter 3 Yinglili

Just as the two sisters began to seriously discuss how to use persuasive language to package this piece of trash into a work of art...

An inconspicuous alleyway outside the auction house.

The man in the grass-green suit handed the talisman to Kazama Chiba, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Boss, it's done."

Kazama Chiba put away her phone and reached out to take the talisman.

"Well done"

Looking at what they had obtained, the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

Let's rewind to a few minutes ago.

After Kazama Chiba withdrew from the competition, she hired a waiter on-site and promised him a budget of one million yen if he brought the stone back; she wouldn't care how much he spent on it.

As long as he brings the stone to him, the rest is all his errand fee.

The staff at this auction house were all shrewd and experienced; having worked at auctions for so long, they had developed a keen eye for detail.

He could tell at a glance that Yukino was the type who responded better to gentle persuasion than force, so he casually made up a lie that his daughter liked, and with the act of buying the box and returning the pearl, he successfully bought the talisman from Yukino at a low price.

Now that he had received his reward, the man's eyes instantly narrowed into slits with a smile.

"Boss, you're so generous! If you need any more work like this, just let me know. I'm a professional actor; I worked as an extra in a theater troupe for three years!"

Qianyu didn't reply, but simply put the inconspicuous talisman into her pocket and casually took out a Fuyuji from her wallet and tossed it to the other person.

"Let's go get a coffee. Remember, you haven't seen me today."

"I understand! I understand! Today I'm just a poor father buying a gift for my daughter, I don't know anything else!"

The man took the money, thanked him profusely, and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

After obtaining the Rat Talisman, Kazama Chiba did not linger for a moment and went straight back to her residence.

While passing by an anime merchandise store, he casually bought some figurines, intending to use them for his experiment later.

Ten minutes later, he returned to his rented room on the second floor of an old apartment building, carrying two huge paper bags.

The room was simply furnished with a bed, a desk, and several cardboard boxes piled with miscellaneous items.

Kazama Chiba casually placed her tote bag on the table and was about to change her shoes when her phone suddenly vibrated in her pocket.

She pulled out her phone, and the name "Sawamura Spencer Eriri" flashed on the screen, below which was a large photo of herself that she had forcibly set up at some point.

The blonde girl in the photo is making a peace sign at the camera, her smile so bright it's almost blinding.

Kazama Chiba stared at the name for two seconds, then scrolled past it.

"Hey."

"Qianyu! Where did you run off to?!"

"I'm a bit busy right now. If it weren't for something as big as the Earth about to explode, I would be dead."

"Huh? You're busy?"

Eriri paused for a moment, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

"What could you possibly be busy with besides going to school and working? Even if you're busy breathing, stop right there!"

"I'm currently outside the UDX building in Akihabara. You have twenty minutes... no, fifteen minutes to get there!"

Kazama Chiba recalled for a moment and said.

"I don't remember signing any contract of servitude."

Have you lost your memory?

"Didn't I casually mention last Wednesday while I was painting that I wanted to buy new acrylic paints next weekend?"

"Since you heard about it, you should have made time for it! Do I really need to send you a formal letter to inform you about something like this? Are you an idiot?"

This logic is so absurd it's astonishing.

Kazama Chiba said as she changed her shoes:

"I don't remember today being the day of the game expo? According to tradition, you should be following Aki Tomoya around, squeezing through crowds for those limited edition bonuses."

The barrage of complaints felt like being suddenly choked.

A few seconds later, a voice that was clearly lacking in confidence came over.

"Him? He said he had to go help Kasumigaoka Utaha with her outline at the last minute, anyway, it's not important!"

Kazama Chiba leaned against the table, looking out the window at the rusty clothes rack.

Sure enough, anyone with a little brainpower could guess that Kasumigaoka Utaha had probably used some excuse to seduce that bespectacled otaku again.

Or perhaps it's that seemingly insignificant Kato Megumi who quietly takes over the protagonist's weekends again.

"So you got stood up, and that's when you remembered I might be available?"

Eriri seemed to have been hit where it hurt.

"Don't put it so harshly!"

"What do you mean 'I remembered you were free'? This is your chance! Being able to go shopping with me is an honor many people would kill for! Okay, come on over, we need to get to the art supply store early or we won't be able to buy anything."

If it were before, Kazama Chiba would probably be presented with a dating sim-like selection screen.

Show your loyalty to the female lead in different ways to increase her affection for you.

But I'm sorry, miss, times have changed.

With the Rat Talisman, why would I still play Galaga?

"I don't have time."

Kazama Chiba said directly.

Silence fell again on the other end of the phone.

This silence lasted even longer than before.

Clearly, the other person was trying to understand a line that was completely beyond her comprehension.

"Huh? What did you say?"

After a long while, Eriri's voice finally came through, filled with disbelief.

That was probably the first time in her life she had ever heard such a straightforward rejection from Kazama Chiba.