Chapter 28

Natsume Chikage, waiting on the platform, finally saw the train he was going to take slowly enter the station.

He followed the crowd onto the carriage and found it still crowded.

Except for a small number of office workers in suits, most were students wearing various school uniforms.

Among them, there were quite a few familiar Private Tsukikage Academy uniforms.

Today all seats were full, and many people could only stand.

Natsume Chikage carefully squeezed through the crowd and found a relatively spacious corner at the junction of the carriages.

Just as he stood firm and breathed a sigh of relief, about to take his phone out of his pocket to continue writing, he unexpectedly discovered a cold-looking beautiful girl standing in front of him—Yukimura Suzune.

Yukimura Suzune was still in her standard school uniform today.

Her black stockings perfectly outlined her slender leg lines, and a faint absolute territory formed between her slightly swaying skirt and the stockings.

She leaned against the carriage wall, looking down intently at the literature book in her hand.

Whether it was because she noticed the gaze.

Yukimura Suzune happened to look up at this moment, and her eyes met Natsume Chikage's, who had just stood firm.

The two looked at each other, both stunned for a moment.

Clearly, neither of them expected to meet unexpectedly in this small space.

Yukimura Suzune's originally relaxed leaning posture straightened up unconsciously.

"Good morning." Natsume Chikage felt that as a classmate sitting behind her, it would be a bit awkward not to say hello.

Yukimura Suzune was silent for a moment, turned her gaze to the side, and responded softly: "Good morning..."

The voice was so light that it was almost drowned out by the noise of the carriage.

After saying that, she refocused her attention on the literature book in her hand, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing the edge of the book page.

Seeing this, Natsume Chikage didn't disturb her anymore, took his phone out of his pocket, clicked on the document, and focused on writing.

Because the two were standing very close and were both wearing the Private Tsukikage Academy school uniform, their outstanding appearances attracted frequent side glances from surrounding passengers.

Many students from other schools whispered, thinking they were a couple.

Even several students from Private Tsukikage Academy secretly cast curious glances in this direction.

The morning sun cast mottled light and shadows in the courtyard of Private Tsukikage Academy through the thin clouds.

A breeze gently brushed the cherry blossom trees on both sides of the road, and pink and white petals danced in the air, slowly falling on the shoulders of the students coming and going.

Yukimura Suzune was nowhere to be seen.

Natsume Chikage, alone, had a few petals fall on his shoulder, but he didn't notice at all, just focused on walking forward.

When he arrived at the shoe locker area, he happened to meet Fujiwara Aoi, who was changing her shoes.

The moment she saw him, a vibrant smile immediately bloomed on Fujiwara Aoi's face.

"Good morning, Natsume-kun."

Natsume Chikage responded softly:

"Good morning, Fujiwara-san."

Fujiwara Aoi smiled while untying her shoelaces:

"What a coincidence, we actually met here."

While speaking.

Natsume Chikage's gaze was involuntarily attracted by that sports watch, and an undisguised longing appeared in his eyes.

Now he was only one piece of special equipment away from getting an attribute point reward.

He was very curious about what changes would happen to his body after the attribute point was increased, so he urgently hoped to get the next piece of special equipment as soon as possible.

Fujiwara Aoi noticed that Natsume Chikage seemed to keep staring at her hand occasionally, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

She always felt that Natsume Chikage seemed to pay special attention to her hand; could this be an illusion...

It must be an illusion; Natsume-kun is such a serious person, how could he be a hand fetishist...

It shouldn't be...

Fujiwara Aoi shook her head, threw this strange thought out of her mind, and then quickly put on her indoor shoes.

Natsume Chikage sighed inwardly.

He was still too poor now.

If he had money, he would have bought a new sports watch for Fujiwara Aoi long ago, and then found a way to keep this special equipment.

It's a pity that the coffee shop's salary was clearly not enough, and this money still had to be used to pay for daily expenses.

If he really dared to use this money, he would definitely be severely scolded by his sister.

As for the novel, it wasn't finished yet, and even if it was finished, it still had to be submitted and listed.

Therefore, the royalties were temporarily out of reach.

Natsume Chikage felt that he could only pin his hopes on the prize money of the shogi competition for now.

He heard that the competition would start in these few days, but he didn't know when the specific date would be notified.

If the competition started, he thought it could ease the current economic situation, or even be used to buy a new sports watch, thereby exchanging for the one Fujiwara Aoi had now.

At this moment.

Natsume Chikage opened his shoe locker.

In an instant, five or six love letters came into view.

If they were just ordinary love letters, Natsume Chikage might not have any special reaction.

But when he saw that there seemed to be some movement inside one of the love letters, he opened it in surprise and found a special equipment 'Button' inside.

And in Japan, there is a confession habit of giving the button near the heart of one's school uniform to someone else to express feelings of love.

[Fancy Button]

[Quality: White]

[Effect: After equipping, you have a slight probability of making people recall their first love!]

[Introduction: All love at first sight is just lust at first sight!]

Natsume Chikage picked up this button, and his expression became a bit subtle.

This was truly planting willows unintentionally.

When he wanted to actively look for special equipment, he couldn't find it, but when he didn't look for it, it was delivered to his door.

It's just that this equipment effect actually makes people recall the feeling of first love?

Natsume Chikage felt that collecting this special equipment was fine, but if he really wanted to use this effect, forget it...

Actually, he had known since he was a child that being too popular wasn't a good thing, just like when he was in class, he was always surrounded by girls.

So he would often avoid making conspicuous moves.

If he equipped this button... the situation would probably only get worse.

As for the replies to these love letters, Natsume Chikage had no plans to fall in love for now, but he planned to politely decline them one by one.

[You have obtained ownership of this special equipment, would you like to register it?]

[Yes/No]

Natsume Chikage chose yes without hesitation.

[You have successfully registered this equipment, would you like to store it in the panel?]

[Yes/No]

Natsume Chikage temporarily chose no.

Because Fujiwara Aoi and other students were still nearby, if the button suddenly disappeared, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

[You have successfully collected three pieces of special equipment, reward: 1 attribute point!]

Seeing that he really got an attribute point, Natsume Chikage felt a burst of excitement in his heart and planned to find time later to use this attribute point to see what changes would occur.

[Distance to the next attribute point reward: 3 more pieces of special equipment needed!]

The prompt information on the panel was not beyond his expectations.

Just as he guessed, after every three pieces of special equipment collected to get an attribute point, the condition would reset, starting a new round of cycles.

In other words, he needed to collect three more pieces of special equipment to get the next attribute point reward.

At this time.

The first-year boys who witnessed the pile of love letters in Natsume Chikage's shoe locker all felt very uncomfortable in their hearts.

Why could someone receive five or six love letters just after enrolling?