You say this is a love game?

The exploration level increased by two points.

[Exploration Degree: 91/100]

I don’t know what the reward for the main task of exploring the map will be.

But with such a high difficulty level, there must be something useful, right?

Mizutani Makoto retreated to the first floor of the school building, rested near the shrine maiden, and decided what to do next.

"The only thing left is to fight the boss. It's just a matter of choosing which boss to fight."

But after thinking about it, Mizutani Makoto decided to put the BOSS strategy aside for the time being and make the [Boiling Blood Secret Potion] first.

"Defeat the boss without secret medicine..."

He now has mid-level spiritual power, and if he takes some secret medicine, he might have upper-level spiritual power. Among the bosses that can be defeated now, the weakest is the mid-level Staircase Ghost Talk, Kitajima Sensei, and the strongest is Tang Shizi, whose rank is unknown. In the middle is Hanako-chan, who is upper-level - this boss can be weakened, but no one knows to what extent.

You see, they are basically players of similar ranks.

If he fights with the secret medicine, won't it be easy to win?

Mizutani Makoto went to the back mountain and planned a route to collect spiritual flowers and herbs. He continued to do this until the early morning. On the way, he was forcibly dragged away by Sanatori Yoshiko to rest for two hours, but he got up again soon. This time, he took advantage of the gap to play the game of Ox and Horse Holy Body crazily, and played for the whole day.

Since he was collecting spiritual flowers and herbs, Mizutani Makoto basically stayed in the back mountain. Running back and forth for 365 miles made his soul-farming efficiency relatively low.

But even so, this day and night of hard work still pushed his soul to the number [Soul: 15235].

Besides, he hadn't even squeezed the soul he got from popping the snow globe on Friday night.

This time, Mizutani Makoto refined four batches of [Boiling Blood Secret Medicine] at once from Furuya Ruriko. As for the previous [Flesh Secret Medicine], there were still a lot of stocks, so there was no need to refine it.

Add some spiritual power.

[Spiritual Power: 27→28]

At the same time, Mizutani Makoto took a look at the [Tang Lion Wedge] in the process of making the prop. This thing required 3000 souls plus the Buddha head beads of Ksitigarbha monk... Mizutani Makoto thought about it, then waved his hand and took it directly.

When will it be useful?

There is no need to rush. There are only about 3,000 souls left anyway. You can just take the props in your hands and don’t have to worry about there being a prop that you haven’t bought yet.

At this point, Makoto Mizutani transitioned to Sunday.

He was actually quite busy on Sunday...

Mai Yajima set the time for the "date" at four o'clock in the afternoon. This time point is very subtle. It is just the right time for dinner after shopping, and they can still walk a distance after dinner. It can be said that the abacus beads are clattering.

Shinji Kubo and others originally wanted to invite him to go to the shrine.

Recently, the story of Takeya Nakano was exposed. It is said that he suffered psychological trauma and had to take a leave of absence from school for treatment. The group was originally good friends, so they wanted to visit Takeya Nakano, but Takeya Nakano's family said that his mental state was not suitable for seeing guests, so they had to give up.

After some inquiries, they discovered that the reason why Nakano Takeya was mentally abnormal was said to be related to the doll he met on the street... The former action figure collector now cannot tolerate anything related to dolls in his home. The contrast between the two shocked everyone.

As one of the parties involved, Kubo Shinji and his gang were naturally even more frightened, so they wanted to go to the shrine in Night Light City with the idea of ​​relaxing and exorcising evil spirits.

Out of consideration for the deep brotherly love, Makoto Mizutani was invited.

Then they found out that Mai Yajima had already reserved someone's table in advance, so his friends immediately withdrew his fencing application and told him to go to the children's table and play by himself.

This is the afternoon schedule.

In the morning, he had to deal with Satori Yoshiko's sudden whims.

"I want to go home...to see Mom and Dad!"

OJBK!

Makoto Mizutani has always been extremely fond of Yoshiko Satori.

Early in the morning, Makoto Mizutani carried the little god of fortune and ran to his mother's house. Yoshiko Satori was hesitating in front of the door, as if wondering whether she should invite Makoto Mizutani in to sit for a while.

Last time, she was afraid that her father would chase her out, and also afraid that her father would go to visit her eldest brother's apartment, so she didn't tell her father about her eldest brother's identity.

It's June 30th now. Almost a month has passed since she came to Big Brother's small apartment at the beginning of June. Mom and Dad should be calmer now. Maybe they'll listen to her talk about Big Brother...

Moreover, she also planned to apologize to her parents.

She had been too willful before, leaving her mother to her father, not daring to explain and running away. This must have made her mother very sad, and it also caused a lot of trouble for her father. She had to apologize for all of this...

When the little god of fortune turned around, he found that Mizutani Makoto had already run away.

"what?"

Yoshiko Satori blinked in confusion.

"What's there to run for?"

But Mizutani Makoto has something to say:

"Of course we have to run!"

On the street, Makoto Mizutani's steps can be described as light and brisk.

He didn't want to be a third wheel in the Satori family, so he just wanted to spend his time with Satori Yoshiko and her parents.

After all, he was an outsider, so he couldn't help feeling a little restrained when he went there. Then, Satori Yoshiko revealed everything he had done to the Satori couple. The treatment he received at this time was definitely too much for a 16-year-old innocent boy to bear.

Satori Yoshiko can throw herself into her parents' arms, kiss them, hug them, and lift them up high, but what can he do? Just sit there and drink tea and chat with his uncle and aunt while they discuss their work as an exorcist?

Run!

He was responsible for sending the person to her mother's house, and then he went to do his own thing.

Taking advantage of this free period, he bought two mobile phones.

With enough money in his small treasury, he was able to buy a mobile phone for Satori Yoshiko, so that the little god of fortune wouldn't have to borrow his phone all the time. At the same time, he also planned to buy a phone for the Wow Monster who lived in the deep house, to activate the phone for the little monster and make it easier to contact him.

On the way, I also checked on the progress of Wow Demon's mission.

"Waaaaaa?!"

It was not until he stood in front of the deep house and faced the dancing Wow Demon that Mizutani Makoto suddenly realized how helpless he was without Kako's mother.

Where's my level 10 Wow translator?!

"Wow……"

Mizutani Makoto was invited into the mansion by the Wow Demon. This place was indeed an old house. The buildings around the courtyard looked old and dilapidated. The walls were covered with moss and vines. It was obvious that no one had taken care of them in years. There were also a few tattered lanterns hanging from the pillars of the corridor, swaying in the wind.

As expected, there were a large number of small animals living inside. Bats were densely packed and hanging upside down under the eaves, while toads were jumping in the corners of the courtyard, beside the stone steps or in the grass, making low "quack" sounds.

Mizutani Makoto suddenly thought of something.

If he wants to buy a house, can he directly buy the land of Wow Yao?

This house has been haunted by the Wow demon for so long that it has become notorious. No one is willing to take it over even if it is sold at a low price. If he takes over this "haunted house", he can probably save a lot of money.

But this thought just flashed through his mind for a moment before Mizutani Makoto put it out of his mind - this place was too dilapidated, and it looked like an old house that had not been visited for more than ten or even twenty years. Wa Yao would feel comfortable living in it, but he might not be able to tolerate this environment, and he would have to renovate it when the time comes.

What's more, Wa Yao has lived in this place for many years. It can be seen at a glance that it likes this land very much. It even calls him "Lord Shuigu". He would not come to snatch the house from his own brother.

After entering the house, the man and the demon began to communicate using their cell phones.

That's right.

Wow Yao can speak Japanese.

"terribly sorry!"

This sentence was displayed on the phone, and Wow Demon knelt down and apologized, with its huge toad head knocking deeply on the ground, looking particularly funny.

According to Wow Yao's narration, it activated all of its demonic veins, and all the little monsters that could shout started shouting, but there was still no clue as to how things would progress.

Now, it has also brought Mizutani Makoto into the room, and there is a map hand-drawn by Wa Yao hanging on the wall. It happens that it is not slacking off at home, but is coordinating the overall situation here!

"Look, Master Mizutani, these are the places I, Xiaoyao, have searched. But finding someone who disappeared a year ago is like looking for a needle in a haystack, even with the previous news reports."

As he spoke, Wow Yao looked frustrated:

"We don't even know whether she's alive or dead."

Yutsukiko Matsushita, the eleven-year-old girl who disappeared a year ago, was once reported in the news.

When Mizutani Makoto commissioned Wa Yao, he must have shown Wa Yao all the relevant news he had found. Wa Yao knew Matsushita Yutsuki's characteristics, the place where she disappeared, and the time period of her disappearance, but even so, Wa Yao tried his best and could not find any traces at the crime scene a year later.

The time span is too long.

Mizutani Makoto didn't blame it, as he knew it was a difficult task.

Looking up, he saw a rough map drawn by Wow Yao on the wall. He had already thoroughly explored the area surrounding Yutsukiko Matsushita's possible disappearance, and was constantly expanding outwards, apparently intending to thoroughly search Night Light City.

Too loyal.

He gave me a task, and I just went all out to complete it...

Makoto Mizutani had never seen such an honest little brother in his life, and he couldn't help but be deeply moved. He finally overcame his dislike for the toad, gently patted the little brother on the head, and gave it a doting head pat.

"Well, keep up the good work."

I won’t paint a rosy picture, let’s talk about something practical - a performance bonus of 200 soul points, and a mobile phone for easy communication.

"Wow~!"

Wow Yao immediately hugged Mizutani Makoto's thighs, and tears flowed from her huge frog eyes like wide noodles.

Mizutani Makoto still had things to do, so he said a few words to Wa Yao and quickly left Wa Yao's mansion and headed straight for the Ichi-no-no-kata where Ippon Taro was.

Early in the morning, it happened that Ben Ta Bell was forging iron in the yard.

The one-eyed and one-legged old monster was doing the stacking work. His big palms carefully stacked the relatively "fragile" metals, and then he began forging with an extremely skillful technique.

Saying that they disdain the hardness of Damascus steel.

But looking at the old fellow's skilled technique, it's obvious that he has done a lot of Damascus patterns.

Mizutani Makoto narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the metal swirling in the flames.

Under the illumination of the furnace fire, the red-hot metal is about to enter the hammering stage.

Mizutani Makoto was watching with great interest, and Ippon Taling, who rarely had like-minded spectators watching him shoot iron, also showed off his skills on the spot.

It required no power hammer, nor bellows, relying solely on the strength of his arm and the feel he'd cultivated over the years to repeatedly fold, forge, and stretch the metal in the fire. Each swing of his arm carried the force of thunder, and the hammer's landing was incredibly precise. For a moment, the sound of powerful blows continued, resembling the roar of thunder.

With its powerful arm strength and superb technique, the metal was kneaded like dough, without any resistance, and was quickly forged into a knife shape... It turned out to be a dagger.

"Zi——!!"

Damn it.

It's water quenching!

Are you really sure about this, old man?!

Uncle, nine and a half out of ten water-quenched ones are doomed!

Showing off your skills means losing half the battle!

But Yiben Ta'e is a monster blacksmith, and he has been making this knife for many years. Even if he fails, it is impossible for him to fail while doing such a small job.

The blade had not yet been assembled into the handle when Iben Ta Bell put it up, and with a single jump, he appeared in front of Mizutani Makoto.

It made him look happy.

Mizutani Makoto did not disturb him while forging the sword. Instead, he watched him for a long time with the eyes of a little fan, which made the old blacksmith's blood boil.

Mizutani Makoto: "I'm here to ask you to strengthen my weapon."

Yiben Taling: "There's a discount today."

He gave Mizutani Makoto a 20% discount.

However, weapon enhancement is cheap, only 500 at a time, and even if you forge it continuously, it won’t use up many souls.

Mizutani Makoto took out the two small forging stones and one forging stone obtained from the mission of Matsushita Kei, and gave them to Ippon Taro, asking him to help forge the Ryogen Tachi.

It’s just right, the upper limit of the small forging stone is +5, and then you can use the forging stone together.

After about an hour, Yiben Taliang helped him forge the [Liaoyuan Tachi +3] to [Liaoyuan Tachi +6]

"In this case, the sword will finally reach its full potential."

"How many times can it be strengthened like this?"

"Four times, and then there's no point in going any further."

So the upper limit is +10?

Mizutani Makoto understood.