I loaded the dream game

"But... now is the stage for you to play your cards..." Hubie reminded in a low voice.

"Eh? Is that so?" Ai Lu Ke was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

"..."

Kato Megumi turned around and looked at the boy in confusion, as if she was confirming something.

"…It means flying (get money Zhao) chess." After a moment's silence, Xia Zhi said with certainty.

You can't say that after the magical changes, flying chess is no longer flying chess, right?

"Would you like to play together?" He looked at the girl and invited her.

"This..." Kato Megumi hesitated.

"Let's play together."

Xia Zhi made the decision for her without her permission, and at the same time restored the chess pieces on the board to their original positions, ready to start another game.

His behavior caused dissatisfaction from Eluke.

"Xia Zhi, you're so cunning." The girl puffed up her cheeks and said, "I almost won."

"I'll give you two more pieces of cream cake tonight." Xia Zhi rubbed her head, thought for a moment, and added, "I made it myself."

"Great!" Ailuko smiled happily.

He was easily bought off.

Looking at the happy star girl, Kato Megumi thought to herself.

How should I put it? Although it was decided without her permission, she didn’t hate this feeling at that moment…

.......

Chapter 420 "You're always welcome"

Because we started preparing late for lunch, it was already around two in the afternoon when we finished eating. Plus, we played some games in the middle, so time quickly came to the evening.

At this time, Xia Zhi naturally invited Kato Hui to stay for dinner and then played games. By the time they remembered that they had to go home, it was already very late.

What's strange is that during this period, Kato Megumi never took the initiative to ask to go back. If Xia Zhi hadn't offered to send the girl home, she might have stayed and played with them all night.

"Kato-san, you don't have to be so considerate of our feelings. If you want to go back, just ask directly."

Walking side by side with the girl on the quiet and deserted street, looking at the road ahead illuminated by street lamps, Xia Zhi said this to the girl beside him.

"Mr. Xiazhi, do you think I'm forcing myself?" Kato Megumi tilted her head slightly and asked him.

Xia Zhi returned a puzzled look.

"No." Facing his doubts, Kato Hui gently shook her head and said with a smile: "I really think that I am very happy with you Xiazhi classmate, so I have been playing with you until now."

Kato Megumi is a very ordinary girl. Like most ordinary girls, she worries about grades and exams, goes shopping alone on weekends, gets bored when she encounters something she doesn't like, and gets curious when she sees something interesting. Similarly, she also plays at her friend's house until dark.

"Xiazhi's home is really interesting and lively."

With her hands behind her back, she carelessly stepped on the seams left by the paving on the ground, lowered her head and looked at her feet, speaking with a slightly sighing tone.

Xia Zhi thought about it and it seemed to be true. Ever since Hubie and Eluko came to the house, it felt like the house hadn't been so quiet for a long time... How should I put it, it was completely different from a year or two ago.

At that time, although he and Xia Zhi tried very hard to make the festival more lively, there were only the two of them after all, and Xia Zhi himself was not a very outgoing person, so it was inevitable that it felt a little deserted.

Speaking of which, it's difficult for Xia Zhi. It would be more lively and happy if she was with her classmates and friends on her birthday every year, but she still insists on going home to spend it with him every time.

"ah."

The short exclamation in his ear drew Xia Zhi's attention back. He turned around and saw that Kato Megumi, who was walking beside him, had stopped and lowered her head to look at her feet, with a hint of regret in her voice.

"…I've gone astray."

"Don't worry too much. People can't walk in a straight line with their eyes closed." Xia Zhi said comfortingly.

But, I had my eyes open just now?

Although she was somewhat confused, the boy's words still aroused Kato Hui's curiosity, and she asked, "Why?"

"Coriolis force?" Xia Zhi gave an explanation.

Huh? Is it related to something so grand? Kato Megumi tilted her head slightly.

"I'm kidding." Seeing the confused look on the girl's face, Xia Zhi chuckled and continued, "It's simply because there are slight inconsistencies in the size of a person's feet and their steps. Normally, you can't feel it with the guidance of vision, but when you close your eyes and lose the correction, the inconsistency gradually accumulates, and the final manifestation is that it's difficult to walk in a straight line."

The auxiliary role played by human vision is much greater than imagined. Not only the correction on route, but even the maintenance of one's own posture balance cannot be separated from the assistance of vision.

This point will become very clear if you just try to feel the difference in difficulty between standing on one leg with your eyes open and with your eyes closed.

"Hey... Xiazhi knows a lot." Kato Megumi couldn't help but sigh.

That is……

Xia Zhi showed a smug look on his face after being praised.

"But the test results don't look very good."

Summer Solstice: "..."

This is the tragedy of exam-oriented education.

Of course, his situation has not yet risen to this level.

"Knowing a lot doesn't mean you'll get good test scores," Xia Zhi replied in an indifferent tone.

"It's like some people speak English every day, but if they take the same English test, their scores may not be that good."

An exam is an exam after all. In essence, it is a summary and test of the learning outcomes of the academic year, rather than a test of overall knowledge. If you don’t study hard in class, isn’t it natural that you will do worse on the exam?

Besides, if he could sleep in class every day and still get full marks in every subject, what would those hard-working students think? Wouldn't it be too unfair to them? Maybe they would even lose their direction in life.

Anyway, grades don’t matter to Xia Zhi. Even if he does poorly on the test, he won’t be beaten when he gets home, so he won’t bother to show off and attract attention just for such a good score.

...So it's not unreasonable that he was described as "socially isolated" by Xia Zhi.

On the other hand, Kato Megumi was a little confused.

Then why don't you study hard?

"If this continues, Xia Zhi might become a social outcast." She said this after thinking for a while.

Summer Solstice: "..."

I just don't want to study. There's no need to make it so serious, right?

"But it doesn't really matter."

Kato Megumi chuckled and stopped in front of a house.

Xia Zhi then realized that they had unknowingly returned to the girl's doorstep.

The door of the house was still closed and there was no light on in the house. It seemed that the girl's parents had not returned yet.

The street lamp above her head cast a bright and soft light, dispelling the darkness around her. Under this soft light like a stage, Kato Hui turned around with her hands behind her back and looked at Xia Zhi, smiling and said, "What do you think, Xia Zhi-san?"

What do I think?

Xia Zhi was a little confused.

Although what the girl said was true, for him now, even if he did nothing and stayed at home all day, he could still live well and not starve to death, but he always felt that this was not what the girl meant.

"Well, goodbye, classmate Xiazhi." Without giving him time to think, Kato Megumi waved goodbye to him and turned to walk towards her home.

Looking at the girl's departing back, Xia Zhi thought for a moment and then said:

"…Kato-san."

"Huh? What's wrong?" The girl turned around in confusion.

"From now on, you can come to our house anytime you want."

Whether you are lonely, bored, or just want to find someone to study with...if you want to come, you are always welcome. Xia Zhi's words revealed this meaning.

"Is that so..." Kato Hui tilted her head slightly and asked, "Shouldn't you discuss this matter with your family first?"

"No need to discuss, I am the head of the Kitahara family."

"But, Xia Zhi, your last name is not Beiyuan..."

Summer Solstice: "..."

Is it worth worrying about such details at this time?

Seeing the look on the boy's face, Kato Megumi chuckled and waved at him again: "Well, I'll bother you more in the future, Xia Zhi."

……Eh?

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he found that the girl had disappeared behind the door and returned to her home.

Looking at the lights in the house, Xia Zhi was silent for a moment, then lowered his head to look at the metal object he had taken out of his pocket...

...Um, Kato-san, it seems you forgot to bring your key back.

Chapter 421 Random Snack Box x Gambling Dog Simulator√

Today is the day after May 5th, which is May 6th according to "normal" logic, but actually August 13th, the Ullambana Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival.

However, these are not the point.

The point is, I don’t have to go to school today... Oh no, no, the point is, today is the summer solstice, and something a little outrageous happened.

Although he knew early on that due to open source information, various anomalies would appear randomly in this world, but if the dream game and the items he set were not counted, this was the first time he saw the birth of a "wild" anomaly with his own eyes~.

The process was somewhat similar to when he added settings to other items. It was all silent, without any signs or abnormalities. If Hubie hadn't reminded him later, he wouldn't even have realized that his snack box had become abnormal without him noticing.

...Does this count as running directly into the muzzle of a gun?

Xia Zhi thought to himself while eating the potato chips he had emptied out of the snack box.

After a brief investigation, he quickly understood the characteristics of this abnormal snack box.

Generally speaking, it is possible to re-randomize a certain attribute of the items placed in it.

For example, the bag that Xiazhi has in his hand now is a bag of tomato sweet and sour potato chips whose flavor attributes have been randomly reset.

Apart from anything else, although the taste is a bit unique, it is actually quite delicious. He thinks Ai Lu Ke should like it and suggests that some businesses can try it.

Thinking this, Xia Zhi returned his gaze to the snack box in front of him.

Although it sounds powerful, how should I put it... Just like the "Status Marker", it cannot create new attributes, but can only re-randomize an existing random attribute, which greatly narrows its scope of application.

In addition, the "random" nature cannot be controlled, and the practicality of this anomaly is actually much smaller than imagined.

Not to mention……

Xia Zhi tried putting another unopened bag of potato chips in and covering it with a lid. He waited ten seconds and took it out again. He found that this time it was not the taste that had changed, but the potato chips themselves... or the ingredients.

The potato chips that were originally made from fried potatoes have now been replaced by slices of salmon meat. The tender and delicate luster looks quite fresh, but it tastes like the original barbecued chives, which feels quite novel.

“…It’s double random.”

Isn't this a bit too much of a gamble? Can you add a guarantee?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

After another round of experiments, he confirmed again that the characteristics of the snack box would only work on inanimate or inorganic matter, and could not follow the properties of living things. In addition, due to the size limitation of the snack box, the idea of ​​using it to reset one's life was probably impossible to achieve.

...By the way, is Huby an inorganic or organic substance?

Xia Zhi couldn't help but think in his heart.

"According to human's definition of inorganic matter and life... Hubie should be classified as an inorganic life form..."

Hubie answered his question from the side.

"Thank you for your answer." Xia Zhi rubbed the girl's head and said.

Ordinary items have been tested, so can this snack box have abnormal properties?

Xia Zhi thought about it, took out the bag of indestructible potato chips, and put it in the box.

Ten seconds later, he looked at the potato chips on the table, which had changed from the original plastic packaging to a thin layer of rice paper packaging, and fell into deep thought.