Chapter 2
“Rumor software?” Shirakawa Natsumi tapped the icon, intending to delete it, but the next second, a pang of heart palpitation shot through her chest.
The pain made him quickly cover his chest; this sudden palpitation happened more than ten times a day.
He closed his eyes, regulated his breathing rhythmically, and calmed himself down. His response was so skillful it was heartbreaking.
“Natsu, are you feeling unwell?” Hashimoto Arina seemed to have been paying attention to him. Seeing the pain on his face, she hurriedly came out of the ward, reached out and supported his shoulder, her voice anxious.
With her body supported, Shirakawa Natsumi immediately felt more comfortable and forced a smile: “With Sister Cai caring about me like this, you wouldn’t be secretly in love with me, would you?”
“Hmph, brat.” Hashimoto Arina breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was alright. She raised her hand to hit him, but then withdrew it: “If you want to win over your older sister, you’d better get well first.”
“Tch, you clearly won’t be seduced, and you just said you weren’t considering younger men.” Shirakawa Natsu shrugged, changing the subject with a few words to brush it off. He knew his own physical condition; honestly, his heart pain only added to her psychological burden.
His congenital organ weakness is not something that modern science can solve.
“Kids should act like kids, no need to pretend to be mature.” Hashimoto Arina’s eyes were filled with pity, but it was quickly covered up by a smile. She took Shirakawa Natsu’s arm and dragged him toward the bed: “Although I’m not good at getting along with younger men, obedient little boys are an exception.”
Hashimoto Arina skillfully patted the hospital bed, quickly smoothed out the bedding, straightened the pillows, and then let Shirakawa Natsu lie down. She covered him with a thin blanket and then began to tidy up the headboard.
When bending over, her large chest is suspended in the air. Although she is wearing a white coat, she looks very awkward despite her professional demeanor.
“I can do it myself.” Shirakawa Natsu turned her face away, a little embarrassed, afraid that her heart wouldn’t be able to take it if she kept watching.
As Hashimoto Arina was tidying up, she noticed the half-finished drawing he had just started working on. She picked it up and flipped through a few pages: “Is it another new story?”
“Yes, this is a story about love and miracles,” Shirakawa Natsu explained. In the world of Saint Seiya, the fact that the five main characters could turn the tide so many times after being killed can only be described as a miracle.
Seeing him happily introducing his new work, Hashimoto Arina’s eyes suddenly reddened, and she quickly turned her head away: “Get some rest. I need to go check on the patient in the next room. If you feel unwell, just press the call button.”
After saying that, he put down the drawing and hurriedly left the ward.
“What’s wrong with her?” Shirakawa Natsu saw her leave in a hurry. She wanted to draw a few more pages, but when she raised her hand, she felt that she couldn’t muster any strength.
He had no choice but to put down his pen, lean back on the hospital bed, take out his phone to unlock it with his fingerprint, and what came into view was the strange app he had just seen.
A blond minotaur is hard to miss.
Shirakawa Natsu became curious about this unique app. She tapped the icon, and her phone screen instantly went black. A blonde minotaur appeared on the screen, surrounded by beautiful women of various skin tones.
In terms of CG production quality, it can be described as top-notch in the industry.
“That’s pretty good.” Shirakawa Natsumi’s expression turned serious. With this level of artistry, he could easily draw some 2D characters and have tons of people spending money to call them his waifu. He wouldn’t need to make any malware.
After the CG ends, you enter the UI interface. The entire interface is surprisingly simple, with an empty space in the middle and four floating options on the right: hairstyle, skills, items, and status.
When Shirakawa Natsu clicks on an item, a prompt immediately appears in the empty slot:
“Please select your target first.”
“Photo album/Photographs”.
Shirakawa Natsu looked up. He was staying in a six-person room. An old lady was lying near the door, and a muscular man was sitting next to her, also playing on his phone.
Even though it’s just a game, I still don’t want to put a muscular guy on it.
Opening the album, there’s a photo of Arina Hashimoto, smiling brightly and making a V-sign at the camera.
This photo shows Hashimoto Arina wearing sheer black stockings at the hospital. Shirakawa Natsu secretly took a picture with his phone, and after being discovered, Hashimoto Arina generously allowed him to take the picture.
The moment the photo was selected, a 3D model of Arina Hashimoto appeared on the previously empty interface.
“Holy crap!” Shirakawa Natsu was startled and almost sat up in bed. This ability to create models instantly was beyond the capabilities of existing drawing tools.
What shocked him even more was Hashimoto Arina’s attire—not the black stockings in the photos, but a white lab coat and short skirt that revealed her long, fair legs—that was what she was wearing today.
Shirakawa Natsu pinched his thigh, and the pain confirmed that he wasn’t dreaming.
At that moment, he realized that this app was not the rogue software he had thought it was.
“Ouch!” Shirakawa Natsu clutched her chest; her heart was racing whenever she got excited. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
After confirming that he wouldn’t die from over-excitement on the first day he received the cheat code.
Shirakawa Natsu carefully observed the UI interface. She first pressed her finger on Hashimoto Arina’s body and flipped it upwards, but the character did not move or change its actions with her finger, instantly feeling that half of the fun was gone.
The character’s favorability rating is displayed in the upper right corner, showing a favorability score of 76.
Without knowing the total score, it’s impossible to determine whether it’s considered high or low.
Next to the favorability rating, there is a claim button. Clicking it will display whether you want to claim the favorability rating, and there is a 48-hour cooldown period for claiming.
Each target can only be extracted twice.
There is no option to change the character; that is, you can only import other women after you have completed the romance with the selected character.
Before deciding whether to use Bai Chuanxia’s method, consider the effect of degree integration.
The four buttons on the right are for hairstyle, skills, items, and status.
Bai Chuanxia first selected the development version, and the interface changed to a game talent tree format.
The first one is a picture of a cheerful, tousled blonde hairstyle. Clicking on it reveals a note: “A married man is so touched +10”.
The image is grayed out; clicking it again will prompt that 20 points of favorability are required to redeem it.
Bai Chuanxia read it carefully again to make sure she hadn’t misunderstood; it meant he was a married man, which would increase his attractiveness to men.
Behind the cheerful, tousled golden hair are two branches; exchanging them requires 40 points of favorability.
They are: flowing golden medium-length hair, with the note: “Increases the favorability of married women by +10 on the basis of short hair”.
Sloppy medium-length blond hair, with the note: “Increases the success rate of threatening one’s husband’s wife by 10% compared to short hair.”
The talent tree requires you to choose one of two directions to advance, unlike short hair which increases male favorability.
After selecting the option to send a message, it will affect the female character, with the effects being in two opposite directions. Increasing her favorability is understandable.
The latter increases the success rate of threats, which always feels rather subtle.
There’s a lock icon next to “Zhongfa Advanced,” so you can’t see the icon. It seems you need to unlock Zhongfa first before it appears.
Bai Chuanxia has three buttons left: Skills, Items, and Status, with Skills being the one that appears.
The skills are simpler than the hairstyles, with only two: beginner photography and beginner music. It takes 10 favorability points to redeem them, and 30 favorability points to upgrade to intermediate level.
The skills listed later are all grayed out and locked, so they can’t be seen.
Compared to hairstyle choices, where one relies on talent and the other on quirky humor, skills are much more normal.
Music is a powerful tool to increase a girl’s affection for you.
No girl can resist a boyfriend who takes beautiful photos of her.
The inventory is simpler, with only one item: Stamina Potion, which requires 10 points of favorability to exchange.
Effect: Maintains stamina for 12 hours.
Note: “I can do this all day.”
Bai Chuanxia shook his head. Up to this point, he had not found what he truly wanted.
People only realize the importance of health when they are sick.
I took a deep breath and tapped the last status with trembling hands.
It was an outline of a male human body, with lines and dots marking out the various parts of the body: heart, kidneys…
Bai Chuanxia’s heart, which had been calming down, started beating rapidly again, and he tapped his heart with his trembling fingers.
“Should we upgrade to the Strong Minotaur Heart?”
“Note: This is a powerful and energetic heart that will provide you with endless power in battle.”
“Required redemption points: 100 points”.
