Chapter 678

Tarot cards! Perhaps not a coincidence!

Afternoon.

The school dismissal bell echoed long at the end of the corridor.

In the Collection Club activity room.

Fujiwara Aoi was still participating in training at the Track and Field Club and had not yet returned.

Natsume Chikage, Xiyuanji Qilai, and Xuecun Lingyin were quietly doing their own things.

Natsume Chikage's fingertips jumped rapidly on the phone screen, focusing on typing.

Xiyuanji Qilai was lying on the other end of the long table, holding an exquisite magnifying glass, carefully observing the natural texture formed on a mineral specimen.

Xuecun Lingyin, as usual, was holding a heavy literary book, immersed in the lines of text.

The club room was peaceful, with only the rustling of turning pages, the light sound of tapping on the screen, and the slogans of the sports clubs vaguely coming from outside the window.

Just at this moment.

The door of the activity room was gently pulled open with a "swish".

A pretty and lively head with low twin tails poked in from the door crack.

Qiutian Shana's agile eyes scanned the room quickly, and the moment she captured Natsume Chikage's figure, a brilliant smile instantly bloomed on her face.

The three people who heard the sound of the door opening turned their heads to look in unison.

Natsume Chikage was stunned, somewhat surprised:

"Eh, Qiutian-san, why are you here?"

Xuecun Lingyin frowned slightly, clearly not recognizing the strange girl in front of her.

"Natsume-kun, do you know her?"

Xiyuanji Qilai blinked her amethyst-like clear eyes, also curiously sizing up the visitor, her gaze shifting back and forth between Natsume Chikage and Qiutian Shana.

Natsume Chikage nodded and explained to the two:

"This is Class B's Qiutian Shana, a classmate of Jin Teng Weixi."

Qiutian Shana coughed twice, cleared her throat, and introduced herself generously:

"Hello everyone, I am Qiutian Shana from Class B, I came here specifically to find Natsume-kun this time."

Natsume Chikage asked:

"Is there something the matter?"

Qiutian Shana reached out the hand she had been keeping behind her back, revealing a brand new PS5 game console and several game cartridges, with a playful smile on her face:

"Natsume-kun, didn't you promise to play games with me before? Look, I even brought the game console, just to test if your 'Street Emperor' can compete with me."

"Let me state first, I am very strong, you know. Even Shankou-kun and Chaowu-kun, who are members of the Game Club, are not as good as me."

"I thought that since you have to go to work after club activities, I figured I'd take advantage of this free time to play for a while."

"Natsume-kun, are you busy right now? If not, how about playing a few rounds now?"

Natsume Chikage looked at the PS5 console in her hand that was clearly just unpacked, and said in astonishment:

"I'm not busy right now... playing for a bit is fine."

"Just... you brought the whole game console into the school?"

"Didn't the guard and teachers stop you?"

Qiutian Shana shook her head happily, her twin tails swaying along:

"No."

"I said I was a member of the Game Club, and they let me in."

Natsume Chikage fell into a brief silence.

But he had to admit that the club name was indeed quite useful at times.

As long as the behavior roughly matched the nature of the club they belonged to, teachers usually wouldn't probe too deeply.

Natsume Chikage shook his head, pointing out a practical problem:

"Even if you brought it, we don't have a TV here to connect this game console."

Qiutian Shana said "eh" in surprise, hurriedly looked around the entire activity room, and found that there was indeed not even a shadow of a screen.

"You don't even have a TV in your club room?"

"What's the situation with this?"

"The Game Club I joined before was fully equipped, and even many ordinary clubs have at least a TV or projector."

Xuecun Lingyin narrowed her eyes and explained in a flat tone:

"We are a newly founded club, different from those departments with a long history and sufficient resources, it's not strange at all that we don't have these devices."

Qiutian Shana seemed to have been splashed with a basin of cold water, pouting somewhat angrily:

"No way... I was so excited thinking about coming over to play with you."

Xiyuanji Qilai's agile eyes blinked, suddenly remembering something, and suggested happily:

"Since we don't have one, why not apply to the school?"

"Didn't we just crack the second 'Seven Mysteries' event?"

"Just in time to take this opportunity to suggest to the teacher to upgrade the club's hardware equipment."

Xuecun Lingyin, upon hearing this, frowned and recalled:

"Didn't we agree before to prioritize applying for air conditioning?"

Xiyuanji Qilai stretched out a slender index finger and analyzed seriously:

"The weather is actually quite comfortable now, it's fine if we are not in a hurry. And we will soon be able to get the next clue material about the 'Seven Mysteries' from the physics teacher."

"So I think now is also a good time to apply for a TV."

Xuecun Lingyin immediately refused, her attitude clear:

"I don't agree."

"No matter how you look at it, the practical benefit of applying for air conditioning is higher."

"And Qilai, you want to apply for a TV now, it's simply because you want to try what it feels like to play games in the club room, satisfying your own curiosity, isn't it?"

Xiyuanji Qilai was poked in the heart, and smiled somewhat shyly:

"You saw through me, Lingyin."

Qiutian Shana, however, seemed to have grasped hope, humming happily:

"Air conditioning or whatever, apply for it when it really gets hot, the teacher will definitely agree."