This place was simply far too remote, far too deep in the wilderness.
Otherwise, just now Hikari wouldn't have been able to fight battle after battle with Hachishaku-sama without any concern.
But now, the remoteness of this place meant that Hikari had absolutely no way to call a taxi.
If the bus stop where he met Aono Moriyama earlier still had a ten percent chance of getting a ride, then here it wasn't even one percent.
Hikari took out his phone and found that there wasn't even a signal. He stopped struggling with the idea.
Carrying his luggage, Hikari prepared to rely on his own legs and walk straight to the next town.
Fortunately, his physical condition was far beyond that of an ordinary person. And Hachishaku-sama had also dragged him along part of the way earlier, otherwise he really would have been exhausted numb.
However, Hikari had not even walked for half a minute when his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He halted right where he stood.
Because in his mind, a system notification sound had suddenly appeared.
[Ding! Anti-NTR early warning alert!]
[A possible NTR incident may be about to occur: a luxurious mansion deep in the mountains, a noble giant-breasted mother and daughter pair, a beautiful maid, and a criminal who accidentally intrudes…]
[A wanted criminal, the giant-breasted mother and daughter, and the maid… all the NTR elements are present. The probability of NTR is high! Host, please pay close attention!]
When he first heard the system notification, Hikari thought he had misheard.
After all, in this kind of deep mountain forest, where would people even come from, let alone NTR.
He even wondered if it might be some kind of monster. Maybe a real minotaur, the kind that actually had horns.
But after listening to the system's prompt, Hikari began to think calmly.
"A mansion deep in the mountains?"
"That actually is possible. It's also one of the common elements in the 2D World."
"A luxurious house in the mountains, a mother and daughter, a maid, and a criminal."
"Could it be…"
"There's really NTR?"
Perhaps because the other party didn't have much direct connection with him and the distance was rather far, the information provided by the Pure Love Anti-NTR radar wasn't very detailed.
But after thinking it over carefully and recalling what he could, Hikari still managed to remember a few things.
Combining that with the information given by the Pure Love radar, Hikari had already roughly determined that this was an incident with an extremely high probability of turning into NTR.
He immediately changed direction, picked up his luggage, and headed toward the direction indicated by the Pure Love radar in the forest.
Compared with returning to Tokyo, going to crush NTR was the most important business right now.
After all, he was going to become the God of Pure Love.
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Deep within the thick and shadowy forest, towering ancient trees rose straight up into the sky.
Ordinarily, this quiet stretch of dense woods was almost completely devoid of people.
But today, an uninvited guest had appeared deep inside the forest.
Rustle! Rustle!
The sound of leather shoes stepping on dry branches and fallen leaves kept echoing.
A middle-aged man in a suit, looking disheveled and with a vicious expression, was trudging through the forest alone in the pouring rain.
At this moment, the middle-aged man, Tani Ichiro, had a twisted expression on his face. Grinding his teeth, he kept cursing.
"Damn it! How did things end up like this?"
"It's all that damn woman's fault. She cheated me out of all my money and ran away. It pisses me off!"
"For her sake I secretly embezzled the company's funds, and now I'm being hunted everywhere while that woman took the money and dumped me! Ahhh!"
"If I ever see her again I'll definitely kill her. That damned bitch!"
The man named Tani Ichiro was a low-level manager at a company. In his spare time he liked a little gambling and visiting the red-light district.
A few days ago, when he went to the red-light district, a girl he often hired told him she had recently discovered a great way to get rich, but it required some startup capital.
Under the bragging and coaxing of that old flame who had often accompanied him through lonely nights, Tani Ichiro began dreaming of striking it rich.
So he quietly took all the public funds that had been entrusted to his management at the company and handed them over to that girl.
But when he went back to the red-light district the next day to find her, he discovered she had already disappeared.
At first he didn't believe it. He called again and again trying to reach someone, but nobody ever answered.
It wasn't until his superior asked him about the whereabouts of the company funds that he suddenly woke up to reality.
He had been scammed.
But by the time he realized it, it was already too late. The huge amount of embezzled money was something he simply couldn't repay.
And if he couldn't repay it, such a large sum would be enough to put him in prison for decades.
Tani Ichiro simply couldn't accept being cheated and then going to prison like that. So before the police arrived at his door, he quietly slipped away and left home.
In order to avoid capture, he deliberately fled into the countryside, heading straight for remote deep mountains where hardly anyone ever went.
At this very moment, Tani Ichiro was hiding inside a vast expanse of dense forest.
In truth, he didn't even know where he was anymore. To avoid being tracked, he had already thrown away his phone.
The dry food he carried with him had also been eaten during the constant hiding and fleeing while being pursued.
And just now, the few curses he shouted had vented his anger, but they also burned quite a bit of his remaining energy.
To make matters worse, it was still raining.
Although the downpour had lessened compared to earlier, Tani Ichiro didn't have an umbrella.
After being soaked by rain for so long, his clothes were completely damp, and he had long been shivering from the cold.
Combined with his lack of food, he was now both cold and starving.
"I can't go on… If this keeps up, I'm really going to die…"
Tani Ichiro hugged his arms around his chest, trembling as he looked around.
But all he could see were dense trees. Not even the shadow of a living creature appeared anywhere, and there wasn't a single wild fruit he could eat.
Hungry and chilled to the bone, Tani Ichiro immediately fell into deep despair.
But just as he was about to collapse where he stood and wait for death, suddenly, a very strange seven-colored glow drifted past before his eyes, like a fish made of rainbow light swimming through the air.
"Is this… some kind of hallucination before I die?"
Tani Ichiro rubbed his eyes, thinking he had become delirious from hunger.
But when he looked carefully again, another streak of seven-colored light floated past.
Seeing such a miraculous sight, excitement immediately surged in Tani Ichiro's heart.
"This must be heaven showing me the way!"
"Heaven must be helping me!"
"My life isn't meant to end yet, it isn't meant to end!"
"Hahaha!"
Following the guidance of the rainbow light, Tani Ichiro trudged forward step by step through the dense forest under the rain.
After walking for a while, the seven-colored glow gradually disappeared.
Tani Ichiro instinctively raised his head.
Then his eyes suddenly widened.
"Th-this is?"
He stared in shock at the scene before him.
In the middle of this deep mountain forest, a luxurious mansion had suddenly appeared.
The mansion resembled an aristocratic British manor from the last century. It was enormous and magnificent, like a mountain rising from the earth. Like some extraordinary spectacle, it stood brightly lit within the silent and gloomy forest.
"What a huge mansion… this is unbelievably luxurious… building something like this must cost a ridiculous amount of money," Tani Ichiro muttered in astonishment, his eyes almost spinning.
"Wait! In a place like this deep in the mountains, how could such a huge house suddenly appear? This isn't some haunted house, is it?"
Tani Ichiro suddenly came back to his senses.
He carefully looked at the plaque above the mansion gate, where three large characters were written.
"Munakata… Residence?"
Facing this suddenly appearing mansion, Tani Ichiro fell into hesitation.
He was afraid it might be a haunted house and didn't dare approach.
But right now he was starving and freezing, and it was still raining. If he continued wandering in the forest, he would almost certainly die.
Approaching might mean dying in a haunted house.
But continuing to wander meant certain death.
Tani Ichiro immediately stopped hesitating. He hurried to the mansion gate and knocked hard on the door.
He raised his hand and knocked several times nervously, but there was no response.
"Could it be that such a big house doesn't have anyone inside? That can't be…"
Tani Ichiro was a little stunned, but he could clearly see the windows glowing brightly with light.
Unwilling to give up, he kept knocking.
Just when he was starting to feel hopeless, with a creak, the mansion door opened.
"H-hello!", Seeing that someone had finally opened the door, Tani Ichiro hurriedly spoke.
He looked up, then he froze slightly.
The one who opened the door was a young maid.
She looked to be around her mid-teens, with braided hair and round-framed glasses. Her appearance was delicate and pleasant.
At this moment, the pretty young maid was looking at Tani Ichiro, this sudden visitor, with wary eyes.
She asked cautiously, "You are?"
Tani Ichiro quickly explained, "I… I came out… out for a trip, and then I accidentally got lost. I've been wandering in the forest for a long time. I saw this mansion here, so I came over hoping to ask for some help…"
Hearing Tani Ichiro's hesitant explanation, the delicate young maid Takahara Ren's brows gradually knit tighter.
Because his words didn't sound very sincere. And judging by his appearance, he didn't look like a good person at all. There was a rather vicious feeling about him.
So regarding Tani Ichiro's pitiful act, Takahara Ren didn't show any reaction.
Tani Ichiro also noticed that this young maid seemed very wary of him and had a poor impression of him.
He hurriedly pleaded in a humble tone.
"Well… could you let me come in and rest for a while? I haven't eaten for a long time. If I don't get something to eat soon, I'm really going to die…"
"Sorry, we don't really welcome outsiders here," Takahara Ren shook her head in response to his request.
Hearing this, Tani Ichiro's face immediately showed despair.
"So please leave…", Takahara Ren slowly began closing the door.
Just as she was about to shut it, while Tani Ichiro stood there in despair not knowing what to do, even thinking about forcing his way inside, suddenly, a mature and seductive female voice came from inside the house.
"Ren, a visitor is still a guest. Let this gentleman come in~"
Hearing that charming voice, Tani Ichiro's body trembled slightly. Already starving, he couldn't help swallowing, because there was an indescribable allure in that voice.
The young maid Takahara Ren, meanwhile, turned her head in surprise to look at the woman who had just spoken inside.
"Madam Rurie, he…", Takahara Ren seemed about to say something.
But before she could finish, the lady interrupted her.
"It's alright. This gentleman looks far too miserable. If we leave him alone, he will definitely die outside."
"A human life is at stake. Let's help him. Invite him in to rest for a while."
Hearing Munataka Rurie's words, although she was still somewhat unwilling, the maid Takahara Ren frowned and opened the door.
"Come in," Takahara Ren said to Tani Ichiro.
"Okay! Thank you! Thank you, madam!"
Seeing the warm light spilling out from the open doorway, Tani Ichiro was overjoyed.
He thanked them repeatedly while quickly stepping into the enormous luxurious mansion.
The moment he entered the Munakata Residence, Tani Ichiro's eyes widened.
Because an air of luxury rushed toward him.
Inside the spacious hall, a towering crystal chandelier emitted soft light, brightening the entire space.
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