Chapter 605: A Lively Gathering of Six
Chapter 605: A Lively Gathering of Six
[The Living Room]
Natsuha was watching TV, waiting for Hikari to come out of the washroom after his bath.
But after waiting for quite a while, she still didn't see anyone come out.
Instead, mixed in with the noisy TV program, she could vaguely hear movement coming from the washroom now and then.
Natsuha immediately stood up from the sofa and quickly walked over to check.
Seeing that the washroom door was slightly open, she reached out and pushed it open at once.
A wave of hot steam rushed toward her face. Natsuha narrowed her eyes and lifted a hand to fan it away.
When the steam thinned out and she saw the scene in front of her clearly, Natsuha immediately stared wide-eyed, her face full of anger.
Seeing Hikari and Yukino inside the washroom, her pretty face filled with annoyance.
"Seriously! No wonder Sister Yukino said to let Hikari-kun wash first."
"So you wanted to sneak a bite before everyone else!"
After shouting that, Natsuha stripped off her clothes and rushed over as well.
After realizing her little scheme had been discovered by Natsuha, Yukino stuck out her tongue, looking a little embarrassed.
So not only did she not stop her, she even moved aside on purpose.
Seeing Natsuha charging over impatiently, Hikari smiled and opened his arms.
The three of them messed around and played for quite a while.
By the time the steam inside the washroom had filled the entire space and the temperature kept climbing higher, Natsuha had already been flushed red by the hot moisture, panting heavily and starting to struggle to breathe.
Even Yukino, who was a snow woman, had red cheeks and burning skin.
Seeing this, Hikari pulled them both up.
He carried one on each side back to the living room.
After resting properly in the living room for a while, Natsuha and Yukino gradually recovered.
Maybe because they hadn't seen him for several days and really missed him, after recovering, Natsuha and Yukino both took out the equipment and props they had prepared.
Then they pulled Hikari along to keep playing different games.
Looking at the enthusiastic girls, Hikari stayed with them and happily continued playing.
But halfway through the party, Hikari frowned slightly.
Even though gathering together with Yukino and Natsuha today had been pretty enjoyable overall, he still felt like something was missing.
Maybe it was because when he used to play together with Yukino before, Kaede would always assist from the side.
As one of the best among the oni race, Kaede had extremely strong physical ability, so she could occasionally block Hikari's fierce attacks.
Combined with Yukino's ability as a snow woman to control ice and snow, the two worked very well together.
But now that Kaede wasn't here, with only Yukino and Natsuha alone, it really did feel a bit lacking.
Looking at Natsuha and Yukino, who had only been playing together for a little over half an hour before getting so tired they were struggling to breathe and even rolling their eyes, Hikari let them rest again for a while.
Then he asked them, "Yukino, Natsuha, are you two okay?"
Hearing his concern, both of them nodded.
"We're okay, it's just... Hikari-kun feels even stronger now," Natsuha was still breathing a little hard. She stuck out her tongue and spoke to Hikari.
"Yeah... it really feels like Hikari-kun got stronger again. I'm starting to have trouble handling it," Yukino nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Natsuha.
What they felt wasn't an illusion.
During the past few days back in the countryside, Hikari had not only been improving his physique every day by adding points, he had also gained quite a few new skills and divine abilities. His strength had improved by a lot again.
Although Natsuha and Yukino had also been improving, there was no way their leveling speed could compare to Hikari's.
So now, when facing Hikari, the amount of time they could hold on had shortened again. Looking at the exhaustion between their brows, Hikari thought for a moment.
"How about... I call a few more people over for the 0rgy?", Hikari suggested.
"Uh..."
After hearing that, the jealous little vinegar jar Natsuha instinctively wanted to refuse.
Yukino beside her also didn't want to share with others.
But after remembering the huge pressure Hikari had just put on them, and with tiredness still visible on their faces, they nodded in agreement.
Hikari immediately told them to wait.
He told them to continue resting first.
Then he got up, picked up his phone, and made a call.
"Hello, Ruri?"
["Hikari-kun? Why are you calling me?",] Hearing Hikari suddenly take the initiative to call, Kurumizaka Ruri, who normally was always the one going to Hikari's house to party with him, became extremely surprised.
"From the sound of it, Reina and Yukina are there too?", Hikari asked with a smile.
["Yep, the three of us are researching new moves together!"], Kurumizaka Ruri, Hamazaki Reina, and Sasaki Yukina, the three gyaru girls, were very passionate about researching all kinds of new moves and combination techniques.
They often brought Hikari new surprises.
Hearing that, Hikari smiled and said, "How's the research going? Want to come test them out now?"
["Huh? Right now? Really?"], Hearing Hikari's words, Kurumizaka Ruri became excited.
["Coming! Coming! Coming! We're heading over right now!"], Hamazaki Reina had already impatiently interrupted from the side.
["At Hikari-kun's house? We sisters will be there immediately,"] Sasaki Yukina also said excitedly.
Hikari smiled, "I'm not home today. I'm having a gathering over at a friend's place."
"There are already two girls here. If you three don't mind, you can come join us."
Hearing that, not only did the three gyaru girls not mind at all, they became even more excited.
["There are already two other sisters there?"]
["We're coming right away!"]
["How can we miss this kind of moment? We just developed several new moves that need multiple people working together!"]
Kurumizaka Ruri and the other two gyaru girls chattered over each other as they agreed.
Hearing the sounds of them quickly packing up and even shutting the door before leaving, Hikari smiled and hung up.
Sure enough, excitement and desire for parties seemed carved into the hearts of Kurumizaka Ruri and the other two gyaru girls.
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In only around ten minutes, the three gyaru girls hurried over to Harmony Apartments.
Looking at the three girls outside the door with excited expressions, Hikari personally opened the door and welcomed them into Yukino's home.
There had already been three people in Yukino's apartment.
Now with three more gyaru girls added, the number directly exceeded five people.
The gathering became even livelier.
Although at first both Natsuha and Yukino's side, and Kurumizaka Ruri and the other three gyaru girls' side, were somewhat reserved around each other, after talking several times, the five girls quickly got along well.
And since Kurumizaka Ruri and the others were naturally friendly to begin with, they soon started calling each other sisters.
Looking at the lively group of five girls, Hikari sighed that the gathering finally didn't feel so monotonous anymore.
Honestly speaking, with Hikari's current high-level and overpowered veteran-player status, just playing games with Yukino and Natsuha alone, even though both of them were talented and powerful in their own right, Hikari could still easily leave them completely overwhelmed.
But once the three-person gyaru group of Kurumizaka Ruri and the others joined in, the situation became much better.
After all, there's strength in numbers.
But even though there were more people now, at first Hikari still didn't feel much pressure.
Maybe because the girls still weren't very familiar with each other, during the beginning of the multiplayer video game session, the coordination between Natsuha and Yukino and the three gyaru girls was honestly pretty poor.
You could say they were all fighting separately.
So even though Hikari was fighting one against five, he could still handle it easily and trade blows back and forth.
But later on, Hikari gradually started feeling pressure.
Because the three-gyaru group led by Kurumizaka Ruri normally loved gatherings, they often researched advanced party gaming techniques together.
By now they had mastered quite a few combination techniques.
Even though none of them individually matched the talent of Yukino, the snow woman, and might even be a bit weaker than Natsuha, once the three of them combined their strength, they became very powerful together, not losing to anyone. It was truly a case of 1+1+1 being greater than 3.
And the three gyaru girls were highly creative. After discovering Yukino could control ice and snow, they joined forces with her, making the four of them pressure Hikari together.
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