Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful fox

Why are you suddenly excited?

Lead you forward or something... Where do you want to go? The only places I would recommend are horribly expensive restaurants.

and many more……

Just at this time.

"Hōyugen! (Rising Dragon Fist!)"

Hoshino Hideyuki's eyes felt a slight stinging sensation again. He turned his head and saw a wisp of gray air wandering on the ceiling of the game room!

huh?

I didn’t expect there would be one outside of school!

As soon as I fell asleep, someone sent me a nuclear warhead!

In excitement, Hoshino Hideyuki no longer cared about the arcade game. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the breath. He saw a young man wearing the uniform of Shenghe High School playing a fighting game with another group of people.

"Your reaction just now was too fast! You used your ultimate move just as I was about to get close!"

"Haha, what a coincidence."

Apparently, the young man from the same school had won and was rubbing salt into his opponent’s wounds with a confident smile, in true Roman orthodox style.

The opponent was not convinced: "Let's play another round! I'll bet on my brother's photos of him wearing women's clothes. I must beat you today!"

The opponent's younger brother:?

Didn’t you say you deleted it?

"You can have fun, but forget about the photos of you wearing women's clothing..."

The young man laughed and took out a red bean from his pocket. He held it in his palm and waved it vigorously three times before walking to the game console.

What a weird move...

Just as Hoshino Hideyuki was puzzled, Sakamoto noticed his absent-mindedness, leaned over to take a look, and said:

"Isn't that Mitsui from the Game Research Department?"

Chapter 75: Fox also wants to be a campus ghost story

Hoshino Hideyuki asked: "Do you know him?"

Sakamoto hummed.

"We were in the same class in the first grade." (Many high schools in Japan reassign classes every year)

As they were talking, the people who were playing against Mitsui suddenly shouted something like "Impossible" and "My photos of me wearing women's clothes", and then lowered their heads in dejection.

Mitsui went up to comfort him with a smile, and repeatedly said that there was no need for photos of him wearing women's clothing, as he preferred the original style. They could go to the sauna together when they had time, etc.

Obviously, he won another big victory.

It was at this moment that Hoshino Hideyuki once again observed the strange gray aura emanating from the person who lost the game and merging into Mitsui.

This was the first time he fully observed the creation and disappearance of this breath.

He immediately thought carefully about what Mitsui had just done...

Beside him, Sakamoto continued to sigh:

"I know those guys on the other side too. They always hang out in the arcade. They have pretty good skills and have even won small prizes held in the shopping mall. I didn't expect Mitsui to be able to beat them so easily. He's worthy of being a member of the Game Research Club..."

Hoshino Hideyuki interrupted and asked, "Do you know why he holds the red beans in his hand? Or, have you seen anyone else do this?"

"that."

Sakamoto answered without hesitation, "It's a ceremony to pray for good luck."

"Good luck, sir?"

"Well, it was originally one of the seven mysteries of our school. You know, every school has similar strange stories, such as Hanako in the toilet, animated human models, and the homeroom teacher who quietly refreshes at the back door of the classroom..."

Hey, the last one doesn't seem to be a ghost story, right?

But the horror level is indeed no different from those of ghost stories...

By the way, as a fox that sneaked into the school, can I also be considered a weird story?

This way, there are eight of the Seven Wonders, just like there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings. This makes it more reasonable, eh~

Here, Sakamoto continued:

"It is said that Mr. Good Luck was a principal during the Showa period. He particularly liked red beans and always asked the cafeteria to make him red bean rice and red bean soup. His bread was also red bean bread. Over time, students would sneeze and spray red beans..."

"Later, he died, but his soul remained in the school, blessing everyone who gave him red beans. He would always be able to get fried rice and bread, and would always be able to guess the right answer to multiple-choice questions. If the teacher didn't mention it before the end of get out of class, he would definitely forget to assign homework!"

I wanted this kind of weird talk when I was in high school!

Hoshino Hideyuki curled his lips and said, "It sounds quite interesting."

"Right, right."

Sakamoto smiled and said, "The people in the game research department thought the same thing, so they chose him as the mascot since the last director, and they also designed a ritual of holding a red bean tightly and shaking it three times to pray for good luck. But it was just a joke, no one took it seriously."

is it?

Hoshino Hideyuki narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered something.

Game Research Department...

It sounds familiar, I seem to have seen it in Inuyama Tetsu's information!

"Nozomi Kondo's club... is it the game research club?"

"Yes, I didn't expect you knew this too, brother."

Sakamoto nodded and said, "She joined the club last semester, around May. She quit the flower arranging club and it was said that she put a lot of effort into it, and it took her more than a week."

"Don't you think it's strange?"

Hoshino Hideyuki asked, "How could a young lady who likes to bully others join a club with the word 'game' in its name?"

"This is Touma-sama. You're new here and don't understand our school."

Sakamoto smiled even more happily.

Being able to help Hoshino Hideyuki answer questions and solve problems in this regard gave him a sense of accomplishment.

"The game research department of our school has a long history, which dates back more than 60 years!"

“There were no video games at the time. They mainly studied traditional games like mahjong, shogi and hanafuda (a kind of playing cards), and they were quite good at it!”

"Not only did they produce two Dragon Kings (a certain limited title in shogi), but several members also became famous professors in the cultural field after graduation, and they are often interviewed by TV stations!"

"This club now also includes video games. And because the chairman's daughter became the director this year, it has completely separated itself from other clubs in terms of funding and event standards. The high-end equipment has attracted all the people in the dedicated video game department!"

"So you see, the Game Research Department has a very high status in Shenghe Middle School."

"But because of this, the threshold for joining is not low. You need to defeat the old members in a few specific games..."

Sakamoto scratched his head.

He tried it when he was a freshman in high school, but was unsuccessful, so he joined the comics club.

But precisely because he had tried it, he was able to find out many things very clearly.

"I've really learned a lot..."

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked and suddenly noticed that after winning the game, Mitsui took off his school uniform jacket and took out a thin hoodie from his handbag and put it on.

He matured precociously, and after changing his clothes, he looked less like a student.

Then he walked out of the arcade and turned right into the store next door.

and many more……

If I remember correctly, that's a pachinko shop over there!

The so-called Pachinko is a pinball machine, a type of gaming machine that is suspected of gambling.

On the surface, Japan prohibits this kind of business.

But pachinko exploits a legal loophole.

The specific way to play it is to exchange money for small steel balls, put them into the machine to play the game. This game is highly luck-dependent. If you win, you will be returned with more small steel balls. These small steel balls can be exchanged for prizes in the store, or other tokens, such as medals or redemption coupons.

Up to this point, everything is legal because the steel balls are not exchanged for money.

However, once players are outside the store, they can find other stores or underground channels to redeem their prizes and tokens for cash.

Although this step involves cash, it is also legal because the transaction is not conducted in the pachinko parlor, it is a third-party transaction!

To sum up, pachinko has become a legal illegal business.

"Well, let's stop here for today."

"what?"

"I have a TV show I want to watch when I get home."

"Oh, alright."

After saying goodbye to Sakamoto, Hoshino Hideyuki went into the men's room and changed his school uniform into a casual suit.

He then entered the pachinko parlor.

Soon, we found that Mitsui classmate.

The other person was sitting in front of a machine that was covered with 2D girls and was playing a popular animation on the screen, pressing buttons frantically. For a moment, the atmosphere was electric and lively.

This scene is so weird...

The fox blinked, and then remembered that many pachinko machines actually use two-dimensional elements to decorate the machines in order to seduce young users.

What a sinister intention.

It would be better to just play the animation of the captain's death. During the game, just repeat the line "Don't stop". If you lose, sing Flower of Hope. If you win, play the animation in reverse to revive the captain. Well, this is a sincere suggestion!

at this time……

Blah blah blah!

Mitsui won the jackpot, and countless small steel balls rolled out of the machine, causing exclamations from people around him!

After all, this is all money!

Hoshino Hideyuki, who was hiding nearby, narrowed his eyes.

The Eye of Insight discovered that the few wisps of gray aura just now dissipated from Mitsui's body.

Thus……

He had some guesses about the nature of this aura.

At this time, the cell phone beeped.

When I picked it up, it turned out to be a private message from the class monitor.

He said that he learned that he and Kondo Nozomi had a conflict and hoped to mediate, so he invited him to talk in the class after school tomorrow.

It's so funny, it looks fake at first glance.

What kind of mediation? It's clearly a fight on the streets of Shenyang.

However, Hoshino Hideyuki didn't hesitate too much. He just replied "OK" and walked out of the store.

First, I sent a message to Tetsu Inuyama.

I don't mean anything else, I just want to report this pachinko parlor - it allowed minors to sneak in so easily, you're not an internet cafe, just prepare to be fined!

Fox, although I don't even have a registered permanent residence, I consider myself a good citizen who abides by the law. I can't stand this kind of dirty things! Humph!

Then he called Sakamoto.

"Jiro, do you know who the director of the game research department is? Well, I want to meet him~"

Chapter 76 Let’s play cards, Fox!

The next afternoon.

After school.