Tokyo: My Girlfriend

When he got home that evening, as expected, Kitagawa Rena, who was angry, refused to cook for Kitagawa Shinichi.

Meals are only enough for one person.

Fortunately, Shinichi Kitagawa, who had anticipated this, packed some food from the store to take home.

"Is there no food left for me? How cruel."

Kitagawa Rena sat silently at the dining table, slowly savoring her food.

Kitagawa Shinichi sat down opposite her and quietly gazed at the girl's pretty but listless face. Before he could speak, she put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm full. I'm going to study." She then got up and went back to her room.

Shinichi Kitagawa looked up and reminded him, "Don't study too hard."

Rena Kitagawa slammed the door shut with a deafening bang.

This scene is exactly the same as when I first saved her in junior high school.

That night, Shinichi Kitagawa lay in bed, chatting with Hina Kasuga about the novel competition.

Haruna-nee (Haruhi Haruna): "Shinichi! The editor just called me and said I think I've been shortlisted! I have a chance to win! They'll announce the results next week, I'm so excited!"

Sora (Shinichi Kitagawa): "That's amazing? As expected of Hina. Congratulations in advance to our Hina on winning the championship."

Haruna-nee (Haruhi Haruna): "I haven't won the award yet! I've already written the new plot. Can Shinichi video call me and let me watch it online? Please, please, at this crucial moment, I'm counting on Shinichi, both for the novel and for my soul."

When the video call connected, the two people smiled knowingly as they saw each other on the screen.

They chatted about topics typical of couples and work.

Outside in the corridor, Kitagawa Rena was leaning against the wall, eavesdropping on her brother's conversation with that Hina.

They were so happy together.

She bit her lip, but her jealousy was quickly overshadowed by sadness. She picked up her black rabbit doll and turned to go back to her room.

Over the next week or so, Rena Kitagawa's condition gradually stabilized.

He remained indifferent to Kitagawa Shinichi.

Haruhi Hina's novel also won the novel competition this time with the help of Kitagawa Shinichi.

He won a prize of one million yen.

Although the prize money is not much, the title of champion will enhance Hina's reputation and pave the way for her future status as a great writer.

The system rewards were received as scheduled.

[Congratulations on upgrading Haruna Kasuga's career development to Elite, earning you a 2 million yen reward, and successfully unlocking the Tier 2 Shop.]

[Because you and Haruhi Hina are in a romantic relationship, the 200 million yen reward has been doubled to 1000 million yen.]

The current character attributes are:

[Name: Kasuga Hina]

Occupation: Novelist

[Potential: ss]

[Current Level: Elite (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite, Master, Perfect)]

[Unlocking the next level will grant you 20 million yen and unlock the level 3 shop.]

The Tier 2 shop is finally unlocked!

Kitagawa Shinichi quickly opened the shop and took a look, and found that the items sold inside were indeed much better than those in the level one shops.

The system's level 1 shop only offers a single basic professional ability, plus a superpower that can alleviate the damage caused by disease.

The level 2 shops not only offer more skill points for various professions and further teaching capabilities, but also have items that can completely cure heart disease and improve physical fitness.

The price... Kitagawa Shinichi was a little surprised when he saw it.

The superpower to completely cure heart disease requires 3000 million yen, far exceeding the reward of 2000 million yen. Keep in mind that this reward is five times higher than the original amount, although the royalties from the novels he had previously published online would be enough to redeem it.

However, he still needs to exchange for the second-tier teaching ability and testing card. Only by teaching Haruna to continue to advance to the next tier can he receive more rewards.

Purchasing second-tier abilities is also very expensive.

So, completely curing my heart disease can only be put on hold for now. Anyway, I've already bought the damage reduction from the level 1 shop, so I won't die. At most, if it flares up again, I'll just have to go to the hospital or something.

After exchanging for stronger novel guidance abilities and dozens of testing cards, Kitagawa Shinichi checked his available balance, which was about 2500 million yen.

That's not far from the goal of 3000 million yen. He doesn't even need to upgrade Haruna's skills. He can earn enough by publishing a few new books in a short period of time with his newly acquired novel writing skills.

Very good. Goal: to resolve the mess caused by the heart condition within a month.

It's Friday again.

In the evening, Shinichi Kitagawa video chatted with Hina Haruhi.

Haruhi Hina looked disappointed: "Oh? Shinichi-kun isn't coming to his date with his sister this week?"

Shinichi Kitagawa asked in confusion, "Don't you have a celebration party this week? Aren't the editor and other authors all going to celebrate with you?"

In the video, Haruhi Hina is wearing pink pajamas, lying on the bed with her arms crossed, her long, light yellow hair falling over her fair shoulders: "Yes, that's why I was thinking you and your sister could go together, celebrate, and then we can have a date tonight or something."

Haruhi Hina blushed slightly and pursed her lips; she was still thinking about getting intimate with someone this weekend...

Kitagawa Shinichi wondered how much time was left: "It's okay, there's plenty of time later anyway. Since Haruna is having a celebration this week, I'm planning to take some time to write a few short stories and earn some extra money."

"You're going to write another short story?!" Haruna Kasuga developed a liking for Shinichi Kitagawa because of his novels, and she's practically a loyal female fan of his.

"Great! Another good story to read! But what about extra money? Is Xin Yi short of money lately? I have some, how much do you need? I can give all the money to my boyfriend, just leave me some for food and rent."

Other people's money cannot be used to buy items in the system store, otherwise Kitagawa Shinichi would have solved his heart disease problem long ago.

"I don't need it, I just wanted to write and earn a little extra money on the side."

Haruhi Hina stared at Kitagawa Shinichi, looking on with a pity.

"Okay, it feels so hard not being able to see each other this week. We're supposed to be in the honeymoon phase, but we can only see each other once every two weeks. Even though we'll have plenty of time to spend together in the future, missing someone isn't something that's easy to shake off. I miss you."

"Has Hina stopped pretending to be a mature older sister?"

"Hmph~ Does acting cute stop you from being a sister? You wicked Xin Yi!"

On Friday night, because he planned to work hard on writing a short story for two days over the weekend, Shinichi Kitagawa went to a convenience store to buy two days' worth of food.

If I hadn't argued with Rena, I would have been able to eat Rena's food these past two days, but delicious food is obviously not so easy to eat.

While choosing instant noodles, he coincidentally ran into a familiar girl.

Kana Sato, dressed as a shrine maiden, was also shopping, and Shinichi Kitagawa's eyes widened when he saw her outfit.

A white long-sleeved top and bright red trousers/skirt.

Kana Sato's ponytail was styled into a Hime cut princess hairstyle. When Shinichi Kitagawa first saw her, he even hallucinated that she was the heroine of a certain anime. All that was missing was a bow.

"Huh? Shinichi-kun? You're here to buy things too?"

Seeing the large bag of snacks in the other person's hand, Kitagawa Shinichi asked curiously, "Is Kana a shrine maiden?"

Sato Kana blushed and scratched her head sheepishly, "Yeah, the shrine on the mountain belongs to our family. I... I thought Shinichi-kun knew."

"I've never heard of that before, but Aunt Sato and you don't live at the shrine, do you?"

Kana Sato replied, "My mother basically lives at the shrine, and I also stay at the shrine during my holidays. However, I live far from school during the week, so I live alone at the foot of the mountain when I'm not busy."

"I see, you look really good in your shrine maiden outfit."

Sato Kana's heart pounded at the unexpected exaggeration, and she didn't know how to reply. Then, in a flash of inspiration, she remembered the previous topic: "Th...thank you! By the way...why did you buy instant noodles? Isn't Rena at home?"

Shinichi Kitagawa explained the reason, and Kana Sato looked a little embarrassed: "You two haven't made up yet... So that means you've been eating all this random stuff this week?"

"It's alright, it's not bad to eat these fast foods occasionally."

"How can that be?" She thought for a moment, "How about I go home and cook for you and bring it to you? I'll cook for you every day until you and Rena make up."

"Oh? I can't accept that."

Sato Kana waved her hand and said with a smile, "It's alright, it's alright. I'm very free, just a lazy bum. Otherwise, I'd just be killing time at home anyway. I'll go home now and make it for you, so you can try my cooking!"

She ran off before Kitagawa Shinichi could agree, saying she would be done soon.

Shinichi Kitagawa blinked, thinking to himself that there really were a lot of nice girls in Kabasaki Town.

Remembering that he had just replaced dozens of test cards, Shinichi Kitagawa decided to let Kana Sato try them out.

The result was an unexpected surprise.

Name: Kana Sato

Occupation: Painter

[Potential: ss]

[Proficiency Level: Beginner (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite, Master, Perfect)]

[Unlock the next level to receive 2 yen]

Kana Sato is actually a rising star?!