You say this is a love game?

Compared to a nickname like Makotan, which was originally used to build closer relationships, she actually wanted to call him more intimately - Cheng.

But if you care about her, why do you always keep such a distance?

She worked hard for a long time...

There's no way he only has friendship left!

He would even glance at my legs occasionally, how could he not be moved at all...

Mai Yajima pursed her lips, then quickly patted her cheeks, revealing a versatile smile.

She doesn't know!

But a smile is everything!

【Clue 5: Her life list.】

"...?"

The window that popped up in front of him made Mizutani Makoto stunned.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that what the girl said was true. She really wanted to go to the beach with him and see the sea that she had never seen before.

But is this reasonable?

Mizutani Makoto didn't understand why this [Clue Five] was suddenly triggered. He had never seen any life list... No, it was very likely that she really included this thing in her life wishes, and then when she said this, Tongzi made a judgment on her.

I haven't even seen what her life list looks like...

Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Besides, isn’t a life list just a list of things you want to do and write them all down on a piece of paper?

People may have had similar thoughts to a greater or lesser extent, wanting to list out the things they must do in life and realize them, but only a few are willing to write them down, and those who actually fulfill their life lists after writing them are even more precious than giant pandas... He said that thanks to a movie called "The Bucket List", his first impression of this thing was that it was often seen in patients with incurable diseases.

"Is this also a secret?"

What else could be considered a secret on Mai Yajima's life list?

At this time, Mizutani Makoto became interested in the girl's life list.

It's a good thing that the clues have been triggered, but he has to figure out the specific content himself, which is quite annoying...

"Also, Makotan, you seem to be worried... Are you worried about something?"

Mai Yajima called out to him, then looked at Mizutani Makoto's wrist and couldn't help but pout.

Tsk, the smell of fox...

Come to think of it, she should pay more attention to her son Cheng.

I always feel like he's onto something big. His spiritual power seems to be growing significantly every time, and now he's even connected to a certain god...

Big things mean big dangers!

Mizutani Makoto didn't think too much about it.

"Of course I do have some worries, but they're not academic. I just want to buy some Chinese medicinal herbs."

"Chinese medicinal herbs? You can ask Mingmei for help."

"Ota?"

Yajima Mai nodded:

"Yeah! Her family sells Chinese medicinal herbs!"

Chapter 106: Mai Yajima died a long time ago.

Makoto Mizutani also worried about collecting the medicinal materials needed for the secret medicine.

In Japan, Chinese medicinal herbs are really hard to find.

Although from the perspective of the "Chinese Civilization Circle", it seems common sense that Japan is very friendly to Chinese medicine culture, but in reality it is not. As early as the Meiji Restoration, Western medicine was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese government brazenly promoted total Westernization, which dealt a devastating blow to Japanese Kampo medicine.

In Japan, medicine other than Western medicine is not recognized. Whether it is Chinese medicine, Korean medicine, Tibetan medicine, or witch doctors from Africa, they are all treated equally.

This low social status lasted for more than a hundred years.

For a hundred years, there has never been any content related to traditional Chinese medicine in the national physician qualification examination. For at least 100 years, there have been no courses on traditional Chinese medicine in Japanese university medical schools. There is no soil for the growth of Kampo medicine in Japan at all.

The situation continued until 2001, when Japan adopted the attitude of "abolishing doctors and testing drugs", and Kampo medicine in Japan only saw a slight improvement.

The so-called abolishment of doctors and testing of medicines means abolishing traditional Chinese medicine, which has no scientific support such as anatomy and physiology. However, traditional Chinese medicines and other medical technologies that are truly effective will be accepted after they are standardized and scientific.

Against this background, the medicinal materials industry related to traditional Chinese medicine has finally started to pick up... At least Mizutani Makoto still has some hope, and he is not left without a place to buy medicinal materials.

However, after all, they have been suppressed for so long. Miss Miko has her shrine as a background support, but Mizutani Makoto is just an ordinary person. If he wants to collect medicinal herbs in reality... this is actually a very troublesome thing.

To be honest, we should be thankful that we can find Chinese medicine sellers.

But he never expected that the problem would eventually revolve around Ota Akemi.

No, he almost forgot.

Even though he elbows everyone when he's upholding justice, it seems that this group of people are specially recruited and none of them got in based on their "talents". They are all wealthy women.

Mizutani Makoto perked up: "Tell me in detail."

Among the four, Akemi Ota's family is a pharmaceutical company that deals with Chinese medicinal materials. It seems that the geographical environment of Yedeng City is more suitable for the cultivation of medicinal materials, which has pushed her family to gain a place in the pharmaceutical industry.

As she spoke, as if she had thought of something, Mai Yajima also explained to Makoto Mizutani the family background of Rika Nishimura.

The key word in this girl’s background is “real estate”.

Yes, Rika Nishimura’s family is in real estate.

It was originally a rising new family conglomerate, but in the 1990s, it caught up with the bursting of the Japanese housing bubble. It was very flashy when it was eating rice, but when the bubble burst, it almost had to perform aerial acrobatics.

Now they are barely surviving and trying to revive the family business, but the current real estate landscape in Japan can only sigh that the future is bleak. So the Nishimura family has been looking for new tracks and life-saving straws, but with little success.

To sum it up, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

After getting answers from Mai Yajima, Mizutani Makoto suddenly understood.

Yajima Mai: "And they are all really nice people!"

"What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you a secret."

The girl stood on tiptoe and captured the keyword "secret", and Mizutani Makoto immediately became interested.

Just now, Mai Yajima gave him another clue. If he finds another one now, wouldn’t it directly trigger the “75% gear” reward?

"Makotan, do you trust your intuition?"

The girl smiled triumphantly.

"I have a super strong intuition. I can tell whether a person is good or evil at a glance."

"In my opinion, they are relatively kind people... So, even if they accidentally do something wrong, as long as everything has not escalated to a point of no return, I can forgive them without hesitation."

I was even very happy, pleased that this group of people had turned over a new leaf.

As she spoke, the girl puffed out her chest proudly: "It's not that I'm weak and easy to bully, but I have a clear bottom line."

Rely on intuition to judge whether a person is good or bad?

Mizutani Makoto originally wanted to say, "You must be kidding me."

But then he thought again, even the reward of the Undead Totem appeared in Mai Yajima's mission, and Tongzi also prompted that the difficulty was unusual... He silently swallowed his complaints and kept it in mind.

Maybe she can really see through people's hearts?

Now, there are two explanations for the difficulty of this task - one is the background of the Yajima family, and the other is Yajima Mai herself.

Ever since Satori Yoshiko's mission, Mizutani Makoto had been paying close attention to the "Girl's Secret!" quest, which offered rewards far beyond his wildest dreams. He'd been wondering where Touko's difficulty rating came from, and had been observing Yajima Mai for nearly a month.

Yes, he was not only spying on Mai Yajima's secret, but also observing Mai Yajima's performance, wondering if this girl was another fierce ghost from somewhere.

But there is nothing abnormal about Mai Yajima.

She works in a convenience store. Although her salary is not high, she is cheerful every day and smiles at everyone she meets. She is a lively, cheerful and energetic young high school girl. She is the combination of "love and sunshine" that Bros fear the most. Cyber ​​vampires would probably melt on the spot if they were exposed to her light.

She is not even a "vengeful spirit" like Satori Yoshiko. She has a clear memory of the past, body temperature, breathing, heartbeat, faint fragrance of hair, and refreshing smile. How can you say she is a vengeful spirit?

Every time Mizutani Makoto speculated about this mission, he would think that in the end it would basically circle around the "Yajima family", secretly thinking that there might really be some "darkness of the Yajima family", which would be worthy of the reward given by the mission.

The girl chuckled, then pretended to push Mizutani Makoto casually.

"And one more thing!"

"What's your connection with them? I just saw it all. They were all looking at you..."

Mizutani Makoto suddenly felt like a thorn in his back, and a drop of cold sweat ran down his forehead.

He has to stay calm!

"You are fine now, you are so proud. Even if you ask Mingmei for help, Mingmei will definitely help you!"

Mai Yajima poked his arm relentlessly, but Makoto Mizutani turned a deaf ear to her and stared into space, but Tongzi didn't give any new prompts.

So it's not a secret?

Or was Mai Yajima joking with him?

As if he had thought of something, Mizutani Makoto asked again: "Aren't you in a hurry to go to the convenience store today?"

"I took a leave."

The girl raised her chin proudly.

"And I'm thinking of submitting my resignation. I feel like the money I make working at a convenience store is so low."

"Working is just working. How can you make a lot of money working?"

"How can I make money then? I saw someone recommend robbing the rich to help the poor..."

Extremely dangerous signal!

Yajima Mai muttered and waved goodbye to Mizutani Makoto in front of her apartment building. Mizutani Makoto did not leave immediately, but stood downstairs of Yajima Mai's apartment building and stared at her for a long time.

It is indeed fate.

But when he has the chance to move away in the future, will Mai Yajima still live here?

Will this girl start crying again then?

When this thought popped into his mind, Mizutani Makoto even laughed at himself.

"Am I being too pessimistic?"

He hasn't even started thinking about buying a house yet, but he's already considering this?

Mizutani Makoto calculated that his scholarship had already gone through the procedures with his class teacher. It was a high bonus of nearly 1.5 million yen, but even if the bonus was received, the total assets of the Mizutani family would only be around 4 million yen. Even buying a house in a second- or third-tier city would generally cost 20 to 30 million yen, which was still a long way off.

"You need to complete more tasks!"

But before that, he had to contact Ota Akemi first, and take advantage of the free time to work hard these days to see if he could fill the 10000 souls... Actually, there weren't that many, only about 7000 left, right?

The greater the ability, the higher the efficiency of the liver soul!

Not only will there be more monsters that can be spawned, but more importantly, the speed of spawning monsters will be significantly increased.

Mizutani Makoto understood and left.

At the horizon, clouds piled up layer upon layer, as if painted with ink. Suddenly, the clouds parted, revealing the hidden sun high in the sky. With the rays of sunset rushing out, the sky was dyed a brilliant golden red.

The streetlights lit up one by one, emitting a soft glow in the darkening sky.

Downstairs in the girl's apartment building, the shadows of the trees swayed gently in the breeze, casting mottled shadows on the ground and hitting the toes of the girl's shoes.

Mai Yajima stood quietly for a while, looking down at her phone, as if sorting out her thoughts.

She tapped on her phone, then put it in her arms, walked out of the apartment building alone.

Dusk is also the time when demons appear.

The dusk dyed the sky a sickly crimson blue, and the clouds condensed into lead-gray clouds, hanging between the high-voltage towers.

Mai Yajima stood at the top of the rooftop, looking at the high-voltage power tower in the distance. Feeling bored, she lowered her head and took out a small notebook with a black cover, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then closed it with a snap.

Soon, a tiger thrush flew down from the sky and landed on the back of Yajima Mai's hand.

The tiger thrush, also known as the tiger-spotted ground thrush, is an olive-brown bird with iridescent scaly markings. In Japan, it's typically found near Shikoku Island, often at high altitudes. Night Light City, however, lacks high mountains and is quite far from Shikoku Island, making it an unsuitable location for birds like the tiger thrush.