I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

What he didn't know was that, just as his expression was gradually relaxing, Megumi Ardan was strolling outside the stadium while watching a video on his phone screen.

Or rather, surveillance.

Although, in theory, students are not allowed to view the surveillance footage inside Tressen College.

However, as the eldest daughter of the Meguro family, and especially since the Meguro family only controls the area around Treson, it was not difficult for Meguro Aldan to spend some money to retrieve a few days' worth of surveillance footage.

As for which specific days of surveillance footage were used...

Needless to say?

Although the plan was provided indoors, the surveillance footage did not show any actual footage of the famous general Nuotao receiving the plan from Kitahara Shinji.

However, the surveillance footage clearly shows that Mingjiang Nutao was empty-handed before entering the house.

After she came out, she had a familiar-looking document in her hand.

Even if it weren't for Megumi Ardan, Sakura Susumu could tell who gave this document.

However, Megumi Ardan did not intend to reveal this.

Unlike other horse girls, Meguro Ardan is more mature and knows more than her peers because of her poor health since childhood.

Therefore, she could understand Kitahara Shinji's concerns. She knew that he was probably worried that if the treatment failed, the Mejiro family might put pressure on him, which was why he took this approach.

The reason she was willing to pay a price to find out who gave her this plan was not because she wanted to do anything.

She knows her own condition, and the entire Meguro family has spent a lot of resources on her treatment.

So far, all they've done is keep her afloat, allowing her to barely endure the minimum level of training, so she doesn't have to completely leave the competition.

The fact that they were able to draft such a plan for her at least shows that the other party was aware of the situation.

Furthermore, under this premise, the two had no relationship whatsoever, and could even be considered complete strangers who had never even communicated.

Even under such circumstances, the other party still took the risk and spent a lot of effort to create such a detailed adjustment plan for her.

Even though the plan didn't work, the sentiment behind it was enough to earn her respect.

Moreover, after actually trying it, even though it had only been a short time, Meguro Ardan discovered that the treatment plan was even more effective than the one offered by the renowned doctor whom the Meguro family had hired at great expense.

Although it didn't completely solve her problems, and the improvement was negligible compared to that of a typical horse girl.

But for Meguro Ardan, this was far beyond her expectations.

However, she had no intention of forcing Shinji Kitahara to come and improve her health, nor did she even have the idea of ​​making a private request.

It wasn't that she didn't want to heal her body more, but rather that she believed some things were more important than healing.

To date, Shinji Kitahara has had no relationship with her whatsoever.

At most, it's one-sided. Sometimes she'll watch more because of the other person's reputation or because she finds their team interesting.

Moreover, Shinji Kitahara didn't owe her anything; on the contrary, he provided her with help free of charge. In fact, if you really think about it, she owed Shinji Kitahara quite a lot.

In this situation, let alone making any further demands, the reason she went through the surveillance footage was to find out who gave her the plan and to get some reward from them.

As for the rest, due to a lack of prior information, she could only take it one step at a time.

However, not forcing others to help him does not mean that Megumi Ardan has given up on the idea of ​​having Kitahara Shinji help him improve his health.

On the contrary, after discovering that it was Shinji Kitahara who gave her the plan and that he also had in-depth research on the paranormal quadrant, her desire grew even stronger.

Not forcing someone doesn't mean giving up.

Looking at the man on the phone screen, Megumi Ardan remained silent for a moment, then gently rubbed his cheek with his index finger before putting away his phone and walking outside.

It's just that we might have to try a different approach.

.......

the other side.

During Operation Mejiro Aldan, Oguri Hat's match ended.

After all, it was just a debut match, so Oguri Hat's victory was a foregone conclusion.

After the victory, the strange scene of no one paying attention to the team continued to occur, which seemed to have become a standard occurrence within Shinji Kitahara's team.

After the victory, Shinji Kitahara took Oguri Hat to the temporary activity room, where he helped her relax and asked her what reward she wanted.

award.......

Upon hearing those two words, Oguri Hat's first reaction was to take the opportunity to "eat" a couple of bites of Kitahara Shinji.

Unfortunately, given the current situation, she couldn't think of a legitimate reason to "eat" Kitahara Shinji, so she had to give up.

As for going out for a nice meal, Xiao Limao thought about it and felt it wasn't quite appropriate.

After all, she knew her own appetite. An expensive restaurant could probably bankrupt Kitahara Shinji in one meal, while a less expensive one might not even be as good as the cafeteria in Tressen.

After ruling out those two points, Oguri Hat really couldn't think of any reward she wanted.

Seeing that she was struggling with her thoughts, Shinji Kitahara didn't rush her. After finishing his care, he let her sit quietly and think about it. Then he sat down opposite her and waited until she made up her mind.

Originally, during the waiting period, Shinji Kitahara wanted to take out his phone and continue to slack off.

But after only taking out half of his phone, looking at his hands, Shinji Kitahara thought for a moment, then put the phone back in his pocket, preparing to continue with yesterday's situation and examine the problems he had.

Since the source and purpose of that power that could bring about an increase in quantity have been figured out, Shinji Kitahara doesn't plan to pursue it anymore.

What remains is naturally that pinkish-purple halo.

Although Shinji Kitahara strongly suspected that this thing was simply a result of him drinking too much of Alice's glowing potion, which made him able to glow on his own.

After all, he hadn't discovered any abilities in the previous tests.

Even when it was used, there was no indication of increased strength or faster reaction time; it was just a simple halo effect.

However, the special effects look pretty good. This way, when going to the mirror maze again, we wouldn't need to drink Alice's glow potion anymore; we could just glow on our own, making it more versatile...

With random thoughts swirling in his mind, Shinji Kitahara closed his eyes, focused his attention again, and slowly guided out that strange power.

Because of his previous experience, Shinji Kitahara was much more skilled this time, and the effect was even better than before. Not only his fingers, but his entire palm was covered with that subtle halo.

It's actually quite pretty...

After opening his eyes, Shinji Kitahara muttered to himself.

Then, he looked at Oguri Hat, about to ask her what she had thought.

But as soon as he looked up, he noticed that Little Chestnut Hat had raised his head at some point and was staring intently at his palm, which was shimmering with a pinkish-purple light.

Seeing her expression, Shinji Kitahara coughed lightly and, somewhat embarrassed, began to explain.

"Um, Oguri Hat, this is—"

boom--

The words stopped abruptly.

Chapter 188: Patterns

What... is going on?

Shinji Kitahara was momentarily stunned as he looked at the girl, Oguri, who was pinning him down and clinging to his arm, earnestly and intently licking and sucking his fingers like she was licking a lollipop.

Just now, just as he was about to explain the halo effect on his hand to Oguri Hat.

For some unknown reason, Little Chestnut Hat's eyes suddenly turned strange, as if she had seen a shark smelling blood.

Then it charged over in a rather ferocious predatory manner, pinned him to the sofa, sat down on it, lowered its head, grabbed his arm, and that's how it ended up like this.

"Little Chestnut Hat, can you hear me?"

He spoke softly, trying to communicate with her.

But Oguri Hat just kept her head down, focused on savoring the amazing treat in her hand, and didn't respond to his question.

What on earth is going on...?

After failing to call out, it was seen that Oguri Hat seemed to have entered some strange state.

For safety reasons, Shinji Kitahara did not do anything further that might provoke her. Not only did he not resist, but he even relaxed his body and cooperated with Oguri's movements.

Fortunately, although her behavior was somewhat frightening, Oguri Hat didn't actually do anything particularly outrageous.

After pinning him down, she didn't try to bite or do anything else, but just kept licking his fingers with her tongue.

Occasionally, when licking isn't enough, she might open her mouth and put his finger in her mouth.

After sucking and swirling the finger in your mouth to savor it, you release it and move on to the next finger, repeating the process.

After being "eaten" like this for a short while, Shinji Kitahara's expression gradually changed.

Although it wasn't obvious at first, Shinji Kitahara suddenly noticed it now.

As Oguri Hat 'devoured' the creature, the strange 'energy' wrapped around his palm was gradually diminishing.

Could it be because of this...?

Sensing the changes occurring in his palm, Shinji Kitahara pondered for a moment and decided to give it a try.

Relax, close your eyes, and then focus your attention...

Dig, guide, and then release from the wrist...

Before Kitahara Shinji could even open his eyes, the moment he released that power from his wrist, a soft and moist sensation covered that area.

And it really is true...

But knowing is knowing.

When he opened his eyes, he saw someone still diligently licking his wrist.

Even though his tongue was stiff from exerting too much force, Oguri Hat still showed no sign of stopping. Kitahara Shinji still didn't know how to resolve the current situation.

Direct resistance? Not really.

While he does have some measures that could counter Oguri Hat in this situation, a mishandling could potentially harm her.

And it's not just her; look at how focused she is now, even though she's only quietly licking right now.

But if he makes a big move and fails to subdue her in one strike, the shock could easily lead to some unpleasant situations.

Should we just let her keep licking like that? That doesn't seem like a good idea.

Although there was still some time before the midday training session ended, he was well aware of Oguri's eating ability.

Let alone such a short time, if she were to get serious, she could eat continuously for an entire day without taking a break.

If they just let her eat like that, then even when the kids on the training field finish their meals and come here to rest, the two of them will still be in this position.

But that's not the worst part.

The most crucial point is that while the energy in his hand might indeed be somewhat attractive to the horse girl, the problem is that it's just some ethereal energy, and most likely it doesn't have the ability to satisfy hunger like ordinary food.

Although Little Chestnut Hat seems well-behaved and obedient now, things will change after a while, especially around lunchtime.

Given her current state and hunger, she might just end up being eaten by him in a physical sense.

It's difficult...

Although Eclipse is now beside him, and it seems that seeing that he is really in danger, it has taken the very rare step of asking him if he needs help.

But the problem is, just like the methods he has at his disposal.

For various reasons, she often didn't know how to handle the eclipse properly, so after careful consideration, Shinji Kitahara did not ask her for help.

Instead, they told her to wait on the sidelines for now, to be prepared to step in only if there was really no other way.

After listening to Shinji Kitahara's words, Eclipse nodded, then continued to AFK while listening to the chatter of the three lively characters beside him.

Then, time went by.

Just as Kitahara Shinji had predicted, even though quite some time had passed and he was starting to sweat, Oguri Hat still showed no sign of stopping.

This can't go on...

Shinji Kitahara looked at her, his eyes filled with growing helplessness.

In the short time that had just passed, he had actually thought of many solutions to the current situation.

The problem is that those solutions are either not safe enough, or they might damage Oguri's hat, or both. In short, none of them are particularly suitable.

But looking at the rising sun outside the window and listening to the faint gurgling sounds coming from Little Chestnut Hat's stomach, she felt that if things continued like this, the situation would become even worse.