Challenge: The Fool with the Surname Okayamine

Chapter 123 Madness Part 3: "Dating in Progress"

Wow, what a dazzling array of things!

Under the bright and warm lights of the lingerie store, Kurumi and Shido appeared before everyone.

At this moment, Kurumi was embracing Shido in an extremely seductive pose, her arms wrapped tightly around Shido's left wrist like soft vines, looking very intimate.

Walking up to the shelf displaying underwear, Kurumi casually picked up two pieces that fit her. "Shido-san~ which one do you think is better?"

At that moment, Qinli, aboard the Ratatosk, immediately ordered, "Everyone, choose quickly!" As soon as she finished speaking, three options appeared before the crew members' eyes.

[1. On the right, a glamorous style with pink foundation and black lace]

2. On the left, a refreshing light blue color.

3. I might prefer the one next to it that has more nudity...

The conclusion was that the approval rate for option three was as high as 75%...

"She's already gone this far, so it seems there's definitely a need to give it a try." Kotori stared at the screen, and after thinking it over with the most rational thought process, she made this decision.

Hearing Kotori's decision through his headphones, Shido swallowed hard, sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Although both are nice, I still prefer the latter one."

After saying that, Shido, with a feeling of utter helplessness, pointed his sinful hand to the set of lace lingerie behind him, and Kurumi looked over as well.

"Shido-san, which one do you like?"

Kurumi appeared quite composed, while Shido had become animated, gesturing wildly, "Um, I... I don't need to force you..."

"Since you went to so much trouble to choose this for me, then I'll give it a try~"

Kurumi took off her underwear and walked towards the changing room without any hesitation.

"Let's try... as quickly as possible..."

Feeling the strange looks from the female customers around him, some blushed with embarrassment, while others showed expressions of disgust.

Shido felt extremely uncomfortable, with a sense of being treated as an outsider, and cold sweat poured down his forehead uncontrollably.

Tengu City time: 10 hours, 31 minutes, and 55 seconds

After experiencing nearly a minute of social death, Shido felt as if he had just returned from another world when Kurumi finally came out wearing an extremely sexy and revealing black lace lingerie set.

The lingerie was like a mysterious temptation in the night, perfectly outlining her graceful figure. Every line of lace was like a lively elf, wandering across her snow-white skin, revealing glimpses of her alluring curves without any restraint.

"Shido-san~ How was it~?"

Shido remained silent, only swallowing his saliva repeatedly in an attempt to ease the awkwardness.

"Itsuka-kun! What are you doing!"

Upon hearing the sound, Shido turned around abruptly and saw Ai, Mai, and Mii standing in a row looking at him.

"Why are you with Tokisaki-san...?"

"And it was in a lingerie store..."

"Ma Ji washing pantyhose (I really can't stand it anymore)"

Upon hearing the trio speak, Shido was already panicking. If he had to say what the most desperate way to die is, Shido would say...

Just as Shido was so embarrassed he could practically dig out a Qingming Scroll with his toes, Kotori's words came through the walkie-talkie:

"Time's up, run for your life, Shido!"

Upon hearing Kotori's instructions, Shido immediately said he needed to use the restroom and then abandoned Kurumi, rushing out the door at the fastest speed he had ever seen.

"Your underwear is so cute," Shido said to Kurumi before rushing out the door.

"No! I'm running!"

"Wait a minute, you bastard!"

"I can't stand it!"

Feeling betrayed by Shido, the three who decided to avenge their classmate also angrily followed Shido out of the lingerie store.

At this moment, on the high-rise building outside the lingerie store...

"Hey, let me ask you something, Gangfeng-kun... given your body, which is so strong it could turn me into a monster, do you really need to wear those binoculars?"

Leaning against Ming and watching everything in the lingerie store, Yan San looked at Ming, who was using binoculars and focusing solely on Shido's every move, and asked.

Meanwhile, the other three clones were already playing a game of Texas Hold'em on the rooftop.

"Wow, so that's what you care about, instead of me looking at your real body through binoculars? She's still wearing this kind of underwear right now," Mingmo retorted expressionlessly.

"Ah... Hahahaha, how could you possibly have such a thought? Okamine-kun, hahaha!"

Yan San chuckled lightly. If someone could actually have other interests in the opposite sex, it would probably be the end of the world...

As far as her time at Xingying Girls' Academy was concerned, she was all too familiar with the love letters that could have filled the entire box, and how Sawa's attempts to attract Ming would end in vain.

Yan San remembers that during the summer vacation after the second year of junior high school, Sawa took Ming to a lingerie store to see his reaction in order to attract his attention. However, to Sawa's disappointment, Ming didn't react at all and just carried the shopping bags the whole time.

Thinking back on it, tears welled up in her eyes without her noticing, perhaps because she was thinking of her dearest friend who could never return.

"Hey, Eye Three, what's wrong? You were just joking with me, why are you suddenly crying..." Ming's emotionless voice came through the phone. Eye Three simply wiped away a tear from his right eye and replied:

"It's nothing, I just thought of her."

Ming's pupils contracted sharply upon hearing the word "her." "Oh, next time I ask you, you don't need to tell me..."

"I see."

...a transitional sound effect of the ticking clock hand swinging~

Shido ran as fast as he could, with the three people chasing closely behind. He turned into a small alley and was then transferred to Origami's side by Kotori using Ratatosk's transfer device.

"Hoo-hoo...hoo-hoo, sorry, I got it, origami."

"It's okay, I just arrived too."

Origami replied calmly, and then all the pigeons that had been perched on her head and shoulders flew away, signifying how long she had been waiting. Shido couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat because of this.

Are you tired?

"No...nothing like that. Um...where are we headed?"

"Movie."

Origami said calmly, but Shido was quite alarmed, "That movie... could it be..."

"Qwinred, the location for the Heavenly Palace has been decided."

After saying that, Origami took Shido's hand and headed towards the restaurant where they would have lunch.

"Please wait a moment."

After ordering their food, Origami and Shido sat down.

"Oh?"

"There's still some time before the movie starts, let's have lunch first."

"I see."

Shido suddenly realized what was going on, then tactfully took a sip of the ice water on the table before asking, "Hey, Origami, why did you ask me out today?"

I don't like you being alone.

Origami's answer was simple and clear. It made Shido a little dazed, but Origami's offensive wasn't over yet, "The movie's over, I hope you can come to my house."

"Wh...what do you mean?"

"Then we go up for a while."

"Huh?!" Shido finally couldn't hold back and exclaimed in surprise when the origami master uttered those words.

"I was serious."

After two plates of pasta were served, Shido picked up a fork and put a rolled-up ball of pasta into his mouth to eat.

Just as Shido was chewing slowly, Tohka, who was passing by the window, startled him so much that he spat out all the noodles he had in his mouth.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm just going to the restroom for a bit."

Faced with Origami's concern, Shido Nao, in a particularly hurry, once again used a stomachache as an excuse to rush to Tohka's place.

The moment Shido turned to leave, Origami's gaze followed his receding figure closely until he completely disappeared from sight.

Then, she slowly withdrew her gaze and fixed it on the spaghetti that Shido had just eaten, which was still slightly warm.

Origami gently picked up the fork placed to the side, and her usually calm eyes now gleamed with an indescribable light.

"Tohka!"

Tohka, who was running at top speed to find Shido, heard Shido's voice and suddenly stopped and turned around to look.

"Shido!"

Shido walked over slowly. "Are you alright?" Tohka asked Shido with concern about his stomach. Shido could only scratch his head and brush it off.

'Gurgle!' Tohka's stomach began to protest.

"Let's go to a restaurant for dinner."

“Great idea, Shido.”

Later, Shido took Tohka to a sushi restaurant, while Kurumi was still waiting outside the lingerie store.

"Are you still watching? Gangfeng, you really aren't tired," He San, who had just finished two rounds of Texas Hold'em, said to Ming as he walked up to him.

Ming put down the binoculars and rubbed his eyes. "It's alright, but it looks like you clones have a lot more free time than I do. Why don't you come and help me out?"

"Help? What kind of help?" He San asked, puzzled.

"Keep it from my main body, I need you to help me bury these things at specific locations." Ming said with a serious expression, throwing a map and four pieces of parchment into He San's hands.

After receiving the map, He San opened it with some confusion and saw that the circular map of Tiangong City depicted five points converging to form a pentagram.

"This is……"

"You don't need to worry about what these are. When the time comes, you and the other three will bury these four parchments in places other than the top corner in the middle. They will be useful to me in the future."

Kazusa looked at the map and parchment in his hand, his heart filled with doubts, but he still agreed. "Alright, but if the main body finds out, you probably won't do anything, right? After all, we're old friends."

"No, it's not a matter of relationships. It's just that the more you know, the more unsafe I feel. It's not that you'll betray me, it's just some unspeakable reasons... Remember to leave as soon as you're done burying it, and don't ask so many questions."

Ming gave He San instructions, and He San returned to the group of three playing Texas Hold'em and recounted what Ming had told him.

Although the three clones were also curious, they nodded and disappeared into the shadows.