Facing Kaito's righteous posture, Shodai pouted instead, reached out and pinched his waist.
But she didn't use force, just a small pinch out of spite.
After all, him saying that about her made her look pretty bad.
Sigh~
Who made her Eromanga-sensei!
"Alright, I don't know about Ako and Eriri's situations. I only know that you three alone give me a headache."
"To be honest, I never thought about these things. You guys are the ones who started it!"
Well, he had never thought about them before, because he is always thinking about them.
As long as he keeps thinking, where was the 'before'?
"I never thought about this either. But who made you, Kaito, so charming, so handsome, so reliable..."
"If you needed it, we might not even be able to queue in front of you."
Shodai pouted somewhat resentfully, then reached out, wrapped her arms around Kaito's neck, and with a "hey" jumped up, wrapping her legs around his waist.
"What are you trying to do?"
"Do it."
"???"
'Oh, I got counter-killed?'
'That won't do.'
"Heh, woman, don't you know you're playing with fire?"
"Tsk tsk, playing the domineering CEO now? But before I play with fire, you answer one question first!"
"Fine, ask away. Let's see what trick you have."
"Hehehe~"
Shodai showed a cunning smile, then cleared her throat and put on a serious expression.
"So, I'll ask: if my mother and I fell into the water together, who would you save first?"
"???"
'Damn, what era is this, still asking this question?'
'Only now it's become the girlfriend's mother?'
'Wait, Shodai, you have a mother?'
"Asking this question, are you trying to trick me?"
"No, I have an answer!"
"What answer?"
As Kaito wondered, Shodai leaned close to his ear and softly whispered the answer.
She spoke softer and softer. After hearing it, Kaito only felt like his face had been hit by a truck, and then run over back and forth.
'Oh my god.'
"Alright, alright. Get down now."
He was tempted, but he couldn't move.
There were people nearby!
And if they were gone for too long, they would surely come looking.
With his combat power, even if he was thick-skinned, he couldn't withstand the scene of social death!
How would they all interact then?
"Alright, let's go to the next place and see if there are any more wild chickens or rabbits."
Kaito suppressed his fire, finally managed to pull her off, and set off again.
Let it be known, he wasn't as cowardly or 'healthy' as some so-called protagonists. His situation really wasn't suitable.
This kind of thing, at the very least, had to wait until they got home.
"Hmph, you're smart~"
Shodai snorted with a smile and followed behind him.
Actually, she had only wanted to test Kaito's attitude just now.
Of course, she knew that trying might lead to demise, but she just wanted to try!
Blame it on her mentality and curiosity!
If it came down to it, she would go all out!
Now~
Hehe, she liked Kaito even more.
If she really threw caution to the wind and got carried away, she was actually quite scary.
"You said it. Hurry up and follow."
"Okay~ Oh right, Kaito, do you think there are bears here?"
"I don't know. Probably not."
Speaking of bears, Kaito couldn't help but hope there were bears.
Thinking back to when he was a child, he once ate bear paw. That deliciousness...
But after middle school, he never had it again. To this day, it's a regret.
Now that he was in another world, eating bear paw wouldn't be a problem, right?
Whether there were bears or not was unknown. The tasks only mentioned fierce wild boars and giant pythons as enemies.
After exploring further, they found no more wild chickens. But Shodai, accompanying him, discovered a rabbit hole in a nearby thicket.
Kaito went over and took a look. There was grass around, but a bit further away, the ground looked somewhat trampled. He confirmed it was a rabbit den.
After all, rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows; it's a habit of many rabbits.
Kaito reached into the rabbit hole...
"Oh, quite deep?"
He wasn't afraid of being bitten, but the depth of the rabbit hole meant he couldn't reach it with one hand. So he used his ability to push the rabbits out from inside.
Then, two plump wild rabbits were caught by Kaito like this.
"Wow, such cute white rabbits. Kaito, maybe we shouldn't eat them?"
"What are you saying? Don't you know how delicious rabbits are?"
"Well, I've never actually eaten one. Tell me?"
Shodai was stunned for a moment, then asked curiously.
"Here, let me tell you."
"Little white rabbit, white and bright, lift it up by its two ears."
"Cut the artery, cut the vein, motionless and truly cute."
"Peel the skin, chop into pieces, throw them in the pot for a stir-fry."
"Add some water, put the lid on, sprinkle some cilantro before it's done."
"Take a bowl, grab some chopsticks, open your mouth and take a bite."
"Not too salty, not too bland, truly a delicious dish to go with wine!"
...
Kaito's own mouth watered.
He used to refuse to eat these cute animals too. But ever since his father bought an edible rabbit from the market and tricked him into thinking it was chicken, he discovered the deliciousness of rabbit.
Damn it!
Do you know how he felt when he was told it was rabbit after eating it!
"Dad, is rabbit meat expensive? I want more! No other reason, Mom's cooking is just too delicious!"
As someone from Guangdong, as expected, is there nothing they won't eat? It seems like besides the online joked-about Fujian people, he's tried a lot of things!
"Damn it! Kaito, how can you describe such a cute rabbit as so delicious! Where's your conscience!?"
"Conscience? Probably taken by my stomach. After all, the world is vast, the stomach is the biggest."
Kaito spouted another fallacy, happily tied up the rabbits, and put them in the suitcase, pitifully awaiting their delicious fate alongside the chickens.
Next, they explored further, but unfortunately found nothing else.
Temporarily confirming no other gains, Kaito and Shodai had no choice but to return the way they came.
Luckily, everyone had some gains.
They caught a total of 8 wild chickens, and a full 32 wild eggs, enough to make one serving of Japanese-style oyakodon rice bowl per person.
Besides the two rabbits Kaito caught, Kie's group also caught one, totaling 3. These could be grilled. Braising or stir-frying was unfortunately not possible due to conditions.
Some people got minor injuries while catching chickens, but Irisviel healed them with her healing Magecraft.
"Let's go back! We might just get those 100 points. In the afternoon, we'll go find the treasure!"
"Oh!"
Speaking of treasure, everyone was very excited.
Besides experiencing it in games, actually searching for treasure in real life is an extremely rare opportunity!
In real life, besides tomb raiding and salvaging shipwrecks, what other ways are there to find treasure?
Maybe there are, but definitely very few! At least, it's not something ordinary people know about.
Now, being able to experience searching for treasure firsthand, even if the process didn't involve the expected battles of wits and courage or trap challenges, they were still happy with it.
Most importantly, they were all looking forward to what was actually inside the treasure!