After finishing her reasoning, Hoshino Rin fell into deep thought. Although the conclusion was derived by herself following the logical chain of intuition, Hoshino Rin believed that it should be the truth. But why did that game have to wait until she was out of the house to be played? Hoshino Rin also had a hunch in her heart. She had read that post too. The characteristic of the game was eerie. Although some people in the comment section speculated that it was an H-game, she didn't think her brother was after that. But if it was just a horror game, there would be no need to care whether she was at home or not. Well, after eliminating all the impossibilities, no matter how absurd the final answer was, it was the truth!
"Do supernatural powers... really exist?" Hoshino Rin thought for a while and decided to verify it a little. First of all, her brother's plan was most likely to start playing that strange game when he was the only one at home. From this, it could be inferred that either her brother was worried that she would be affected by supernatural powers like last night, or he wanted to hide things related to supernatural powers. Of course, the possibility of both was the greatest. So as long as she showed interest in that game, if her brother stopped her, then her reasoning would be correct in all likelihood! And that would also mean that supernatural powers really existed in the world!
Taking a deep breath, Hoshino Rin left the kitchen and knocked on the door of Hoshino Gen's room. The door was opened, and Hoshino Gen stood behind the door and asked strangely, "What's the matter?" Hoshino Rin swallowed hard and tried to make her expression as natural as possible as she asked, "Oni-chan~ Did you buy that game that you were going to spend 10,000 yen on last night?" Hoshino Gen raised his eyebrows. "Why are you asking about this?" "Well... I also saw that post. I'm a bit interested in the game mentioned in it. If you bought it, could you send me a copy of the file too?" After saying that, Hoshino Rin added, "Of course, if it's inconvenient, I can go and buy it from the person who posted it myself..." Hoshino Gen stared meaningfully at Hoshino Rin's slightly unnatural little face for a while, and finally said calmly, "Whatever you like." Then he retreated into the room, and the door closed again. Hoshino Rin, who was left outside, blinked her big eyes. After a moment, she stuck out her little tongue and made a face at the door.
It was different from what she had thought, but Hoshino Rin already had an idea in her mind. Her brother didn't directly answer whether he had bought the game or not, which probably meant he had madamadadane. He didn't agree to give her the game file directly, which probably meant that the game did have problems. As for the "whatever" he said at the end... Well, that was unexpected. Although they hadn't spent much time together in the past year, in her impression, although her brother Hoshino Gen was a bit taciturn, he was actually a rather gentle and polite person. However, thinking about it now, those were probably just appearances. Maybe after last night, he felt that his image had been shattered, so he simply revealed his true nature and didn't bother to pretend in front of her anymore. Looking at his current performance and thinking carefully about his past appearance, Hoshino Rin guessed that the gentleness he showed in the past might have been to reduce unnecessary communication with others. As for that politeness, perhaps it was indifference and alienation towards others. Hoshino Rin became more and more curious about this brother whom she had been rather disappointed in before. It was like drawing a card in a game. Originally, she had expected to get an SR for a long time, but when she got it, she found it was just an R. However, when time peeled off the rough exterior of the R, there was actually a glittering "SSR" hidden inside. She thought for a while, took out her mobile phone, found that post again, clicked on the homepage of the person who posted it, and entered the private chat. "Hello, I want to buy the game 'Red Skirt' that you mentioned in the post."
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In the spacious bedroom, the decoration was full of girly charm with the main colors of blue and pink. On the carpet, on the bed, and on the desk, there were neatly placed plush toys everywhere. The biggest one was even bigger than a person, and the smallest one was only the size of a palm. Shimizu Yu was tightly clutching a stack of talisman papers in her hand. She was barefoot, stepping on the carpet and pacing in circles. Her eyes were fixed on the talisman papers in her hand, and her pretty face was full of hesitation. From last night until now, she had been hesitating and struggling about whether to test the functions of these talisman papers at home like this. But think about it, she only had eight in total, and they would be gone once used! If she wanted more, she could only ask Hoshino Gen, but... if the condition for getting the reward was the same as that evening yesterday, then she would never do it even if she was beaten to death. After all, she was almost killed yesterday afternoon! Surely it would be too wasteful to use one here! Precious products of superpowers! But there were eight in total. It wouldn't matter if one was wasted, right? Eight minus one was still seven!
Suddenly, Shimizu Yu stopped in her tracks. She clenched the talisman papers with both hands and made up her mind! Just use one! Just consider it as verifying the authenticity! After all, that guy was the one who could use a cute girl like her to block the mud. He wasn't a good person! What if he gave her fake ones? Thinking like this, Shimizu Yu successfully convinced herself. She put seven talisman papers into the iron box in the drawer of the desk and kept one in her hand. How to activate it? It seemed that it was with her blood at the moment of leaving her body, right? Come to think of it, did that guy bleed when using the talisman? Shimizu Yu rummaged through the drawers of the desk, found the thumbtacks that hadn't been used up before, lit the unburned scented candle on the desk, and roasted the tip of the thumbtack on the fire.
Shimizu Yu took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and stabbed the thumbtack into the finger of her left hand. While the pain came, a touch of bright red oozed from the fingertip. Not daring to delay, she quickly picked up the talisman paper and wiped it on the fingertip. Whoosh~ In Shimizu Yu's shocked yet relieved eyes, the bright yellow talisman paper in her hand was swallowed by a wisp of flame. Then it quickly expanded into a fireball the size of a basketball and floated on her palm. A mysterious connection made her feel that she could control this fireball. Shimizu Yu thought that it was probably because this fireball was activated by her own blood. It was so incredible. A feeling of being on cloud nine, as if she was in a dream, welled up spontaneously. "How beautiful..." With the reflection of the fiery red light in her watery big eyes, Shimizu Yu murmured to herself.
"Ring ring ring ring——!" The shrill ringtone of the phone suddenly rang. Shimizu Yu's heart skipped a beat, and that mysterious connection was instantly cut off. "Ah!" In her short exclamation, the fireball exploded with a bang, turning into tiny sparks and dissipating in the air. "Ah——!" Shimizu Yu screamed and knelt on the ground, desperately rummaging through the carpet. Perhaps she was hoping to find the unburned talisman paper, but unfortunately, talismans were not candles. They turned into ashes the moment they were activated. Naturally, Shimizu Yu couldn't find anything. With a dejected sigh, she puffed up her cheeks and got up to pick up the mobile phone on the bed. She took a look at the caller, and as expected, it was Suzuki Sawami. When the call was connected, Shimizu Yu shouted with resentment, "Sawami——~!"