Crossover Anime: The Heroine's Savior in the Other World

"Of course, why does the girl say 'long time no see' to the photo at the end?"

"Maybe it's my sister who's woken up..."

Ling suddenly interrupted.

"Yeah, I think so too..."

Feng nodded solemnly.

Chapter 111 What's in the Lucky Box?

"let's go."

Having achieved their main goal of shopping for clothes and watching the movie, the three of them spent the rest of the time aimlessly wandering around. They left the restaurant and quickly arrived at the shopping center's lobby.

"Hmm, it's an Upa gashapon machine..." Rin had only taken a couple of steps when she was attracted by a row of machines against the wall. "You can get an Upa by inserting 300 yen, and if you're lucky, you might even get a super rare metal Upa!"

Upa is a round mascot from the anime "Raynet Sho" that Airi and Marina have been watching recently.

Once, Kitahara Sosuke happened to glance at the anime they were watching and saw Upa howling and howling in it. That round, strange creature with a face that looked a bit like a panda immediately brought back bad memories for Kitahara Sosuke.

However, there are no delusional genius scientists or nerdy hackers here, no time machine, and I have never had encephalitis.

It should be fine...

Want to play?

"Uh-huh!"

Ling blinked her expectant eyes and nodded gently. Her younger sister has always been powerless against cute little trinkets or toys.

So Kitahara Sousuke walked over, looked through the transparent glass case at the pile of round mascots inside, and then took out a few coins and placed them in the girl's palm.

Ling excitedly ran over, squatted down and put three coins into the coin slot, then adorably clasped her hands together in prayer for a few seconds before turning the knob.

As the knob turned, the round, chubby mascots inside the transparent glass began to spin rapidly, and then with a thud, a pale yellow plastic top fell out.

"Oh, it's just a regular upa."

Rin looked a little disappointed, but the girl still picked it up as if it were a treasure. After thinking for a moment, she placed the upa in Kitahara Sosuke's palm: "I'll give it to Sosuke!"

"Don't you want it anymore?"

"Do I want to try again?"

Ling puffed out her pink cheeks and vigorously waved her little fist.

Kitahara Sosuke chuckled and shook his head, casually hanging the pale yellow headband on his keychain before turning to look at Hoshizuki Kaede standing beside him:

"Does Maple want to give it a try too?"

"I want to play that."

Xingyue Feng pointed to the things behind the row of gashapon machines, which were the so-called lucky boxes.

This thing looks like a combination of a gashapon machine and a vending machine. After inserting 1,000 yen, a lucky box will drop down.

There's bound to be a lucky gift inside, but what it might be is anyone's guess. Lucky people might win toys like cell phones, handheld consoles, or watches, but the odds of winning are incredibly low. Those who haven't even won a "buy one get one free" when drinking beverages should probably give up on their dreams and just go to sleep.

After all, with a gashapon machine you can reliably get a toy you want, but the variance of a lucky box is too big. It might be the latest handheld game console, or it might just be a small bottle of drink.

Kitahara Sousuke and Hoshizuki Kaede walked up and each bought a lucky box. The latter also bought one for his younger sister, Rin.

The box looks exquisite at first glance. It is tied with colorful ribbons and can be opened on the spot. There are also employees nearby who are responsible for collecting the opened packaging.

After all, many people have a gambler's mentality. They say they'll only buy one to play around with, but they can't stop later. This can be understood as the gacha player's thought, "I'm sure I'll get something good in the next ten-pull."

Of course, you can take it home and dismantle it later; no one will care.

Kitahara Sousuke glanced at Kaede: "Shall we open it and take a look now?"

"Hmm." Xingyue Feng looked at the lucky box in her hand. "It's my first time buying one, I'm a little excited, haha."

Kitahara Sosuke opened the lucky box in his hand and found a bottle of something that looked like lotion with a name entirely in English inside. The bottle looked somewhat familiar, but it didn't seem to be a cheap product.

"Look, what is this? Is it cosmetics?"

So Kitahara Sousuke casually handed the bottle to the girl next to him. Without much thought, girls would definitely know more about this kind of thing than boys.

"Hey, you actually won the limited edition skin-beautifying bath gel?! Damn it, I was a few steps too late when I tried to buy it and it was all sold out."

Hoshizuki Kaede stared intently at the bath salt bottle in Kitahara Sousuke's hand, her eyes filled with longing: although the bath salt in the lucky box was a miniature version, with a volume almost half that of the one sold in stores, she still wanted it!

"You like it? Then you can have it."

Kitahara Sosuke shrugged indifferently. He finally understood why the bottle looked familiar; it was the same type of bath salts that Airi had bought before.

"Really?" Xingyue Feng's face lit up with joy, and she quickly reached out to take it, but then hesitated and stopped, asking tentatively, "This thing is small, but it's still very expensive. You won't regret it, will you?"

Is it as expensive as you?

Kithara Sosuke asked with a smile.

"You think you can buy Lord Feng with just a bottle of bath salts?" Xingyue Feng curled her lips in disdain and took the bath salts without any politeness. "Wait until I open my lucky box. If it's suitable, I'll trade with you."

Feng eagerly picked up the lucky box in his hand, first carefully examined it, and then shook it vigorously twice. The box only made a soft "clanging" sound, indicating that the contents were not too heavy.

The girl was immediately disappointed. According to the rule that weight is roughly equal to value, this time it definitely wouldn't be as good as Kitahara Sousuke's stuff.

"It might be a cash card."

Kitahara Sosuke noticed the disappointment on the girl's face and offered words of comfort.

The lucky boxes do indeed contain cash cards, not the kind of deceptive discount cards that offer ¥50 off for every ¥1000 spent, but genuine shopping cards that can be used as cash. Apparently, the amounts are quite substantial, ranging from ¥5,000 to ¥20,000.

However, the probability isn't much higher than on a handheld console.

"makes sense."

Feng hugged the box, closed her eyes, and prayed for a few seconds. The girl's serious and earnest appearance was so cute that one couldn't help but want to secretly pinch her pink cheeks.

"I'm going to tear it down."

Hoshizuki Kaede opened her eyes and looked at Kitahara Sousuke. After receiving an encouraging nod from him, the girl gently untied the ribbon binding the box and then opened the box lid with anticipation.

The box was completely empty, except for a small, square object in the left corner.

It's supposed to be the legendary cash card... Yeah, right!

"This is……"

Kitahara Sosuke's eye twitched. It was too late to stop him. He could only look at Hoshizuki Kaede, who had already reached for the box, with a strange expression.

"What's this?" Feng asked, picking up the square object from the box with a puzzled look. He brought it close to his eyes for a closer look. "Okamoto 0.01..."

"Snapped!"

"What the hell! Why would there be something like this in a lucky box?!"

Hoshizuki Kaede slammed the packaging bag onto Kitahara Sousuke. The girl's cheeks flushed bright red, like a ripe apple that made one want to take a bite.

"You perverted Sosuke, just go die ten thousand times already!"

Chapter 112 Singing Love Songs for You

"Feng, this is yours."

Ling tried to draw from the gashapon machine twice more, but unfortunately, neither of them produced the rare Alloy Upa. So, the girl had to give up her enthusiasm and give one of her Upa to her older sister.

Why is your face so red?

Ling tilted her head in confusion, looking at Feng, whose blush had not yet completely faded.

"No, it's nothing..."

Hoshizuki Kaede glanced guiltily at Kitahara Sōsuke, whose square-shaped object was safely tucked into the latter's pocket.

Although I did say I wanted to exchange the contents of the surprise box with her, the idea of ​​a girl personally giving an Okamoto to a boy is just crazy.

And why is this guy so calm about putting it away?! Is he planning to use it for…?

"We've had enough fun, let's go sing karaoke!"

Xingyue Feng slapped her face hard, trying to forget her blushing and racing heart, and forced a smile.

"Good~"

Ling nodded and strung her light blue Upa on her keychain, making it a pair with the one Ling had hung on her backpack. The twins even got the same color from the gashapon machine.

As a commercial center, Liutianma Shopping Center naturally has several KTVs nearby, and there is a considerable flow of people.

Since karaoke in Japan is charged per person, after selecting a room number at the karaoke counter and paying the corresponding fee, Kitahara Sosuke, Hoshizuki Kaede, and Hoshizuki Rin walked through a narrow passage to their room under the dim red overhead light.

The room wasn't large, and the ceiling had those multi-functional colored lights with adjustable brightness, which gave the whole room a warm tone when turned on.

The private room is about ten square meters, a fairly regular rectangular space. A curtain is hung on a small stage at the far end, and blue leather sofas are placed symmetrically on both sides of the long table in the middle.

The soundproofing of the KTV rooms was quite good. The moment the room door closed, the messy footsteps in the corridor and the singing from other rooms that weren't properly closed were all shut out.

Even if they do something unusual inside, it seems like no one outside will hear...

Kitahara Sosuke subconsciously thought of the Okamoto in his pants pocket, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at Hoshizuki Kaede's youthful and energetic figure. Just then, the girl looked back at him, seemingly thinking the same thing as him.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and then they both looked away somewhat guiltily.

"What do you want to do?"

Hoshizuki Kaede puffed out her small chest, glaring fiercely at Kitahara Sōsuke, a hint of blush appearing at the back of her ears.

"think……"

Kitahara Sousuke swallowed hard.

"Go to hell!"

"I'd like to request a song!"