You will surrender to me.

When Naoto met this friend again later, he was in good spirits. He told Naoto that he tasted the real flavor of an apple.

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Author's words: This story is based on the impressions left by some miscellaneous books I have read before, but it seems a bit off topic.

Chapter 152: The Disappeared "Shrine"

In fact, it's not that Naoto has no way to learn about that religion. Momoki Rimu will definitely tell Naoto what she knows, but she may not have recovered yet. Even if he wants to go find her, it will probably be night. But Naoto has plans tonight, so let's talk about religion tomorrow.

Naoto stood up from the stone bench next to the track and field stadium, patted his butt, and prepared to leave. Naoto wanted to go and take a look at the place he found when he was looking for Dong Gang last time.

The wooden house looked a bit like a shrine, and there was a strange item called the "Pheromone Tree" inside. Although it was unknown why it could only be seen under special vision, this was not what Naoto was concerned about. Naoto suddenly thought, if you need to open a special vision to see it, then how did Dong Gang see it? Did he use some props, or was it just based on his feelings?

Besides, how did he know that there was a pheromone tree there? You know, it is something that cannot be seen by the naked eye under normal circumstances, and it does not emit any smell.

Unlike the [pheromone] that was adjusted to emit a kind of pheromone-like ability after being absorbed by Naoto, it did not have these functions when it was still a strange object. Its only effect was to produce a liquid that could force estrus. Its effect was so good that just one drop of the original liquid could turn any chaste saint into a silver bullet. This thing could completely maximize the body's reproductive instinct.

Naoto walked along the path he had taken a few days ago, following his memory.

The place was not very far away, but it was a bit off the beaten track. It was located in a group of vacant buildings and was obscured by several tall buildings.

"No, what about that house? I have such a big house, and it's gone just like that?!"

Naoto looked at the place where there should have been a shrine-style wooden house in his memory and was suddenly confused. Now there was a green meadow there, similar to the surrounding meadows. It seemed to be as it should be. The previous shrine was like a dream that existed only in memory.

"That's not right. I remember the appearance of these two houses correctly. So it should be correct. Why is it missing?"

Naoto walked around the grass where the "shrine" was supposed to be several times, then stood there looking at the two buildings in front of the land. He did not find any difference from the houses in his memory, which meant that Naoto's memory was not wrong, but where was the "shrine"?

For such a big house, even if you left a piece of land without grass, it proved that Naoto was not mistaken. Now this place is full of flowers and plants, and it doesn't look like they were temporarily transplanted here. This weird feeling that is inconsistent with memory makes Naoto a little confused.

Naoto stood on the grass that was supposed to be the "shrine", squatted down, pushed aside the grass, and looked at the soil. It was no different from the surrounding soil. Could it be that Naoto remembered the previous incident wrongly? But he had already absorbed the [pheromone tree].

Naoto thought about it, turned on the special vision, and then observed the surroundings and here, and indeed found a little difference.

In the special vision, Naoto can only see some special energy, such as "desire" with black gas as the external manifestation, which is the main source of Naoto's current self-improvement, and the blue "gas" he saw before. Naoto is not quite sure what that thing is, and now, Naoto has seen a new color of energy.

At the edge of the "shrine", there is a faint dark purple "gas" floating around. If you look from a bird's-eye view, the dark purple "gas" is probably the four sides of a rectangle, and this rectangle is the scope of the "shrine". Although Naoto did not look from a bird's-eye view, he can still guess the general situation and infer it.

“It’s a little outrageous.”

Naoto sighed softly, his eyes emitting a faint purple light, and dark purple vertical pupils faintly visible in the depths of his pupils. However, Naoto was unable to know the changes in himself, and only thought that he had simply opened up another perspective.

You know, this is about making a house disappear out of thin air, and also making the grass look like it has always been there instead of being pressed down. This is definitely not something that can be done by normal force. Even if we find a way to let the construction team demolish the house over the weekend, it is impossible to deal with the subsequent matters. At least the residue cannot be dealt with completely.

If you want to completely destroy this house in a short period of time and leave almost no trace, you can only use strange objects to do it. In other words, someone came during the weekend and used strange objects to destroy this house.

But there is no reason for this. This house has been abandoned for a long time. Why go to such great lengths to move this house or destroy it directly? When Naoto entered, he did not see much. Except for a few pieces of furniture in the side hall where the [pheromone tree] was found, there was no stuff, not even dust, let alone any evidence of what was made.

Naoto walked along the edge of the dark purple "gas". He felt nothing in his body and had no way to actively absorb the "gas". He could only sigh and return the same way.

Uh-huh...

Naoto walked on the road, stretched out one hand and placed it on the wall. As he walked, the wall slid and rubbed along the way. After a few steps, he passed the house in front of the "shrine" and Naoto put his hand down.

"Tsk, it's really dirty. As expected, this empty house has been empty for so long that no one has been here. A lot of dust has accumulated. It's really dirty."

Naoto rubbed his fingers. The palm that had just rubbed against the wall was now covered in dust. The dust had stuck to the palm, forming a layer of gray film. Even his fingers were covered in dust and were dirty. He decided to go to the sink to wash his hands first when he got back.

Naoto shook his hands. Although he knew it was useless, he still wanted to shake them off to try to get rid of some of the dust on his palms.

Hmm? Wait, dust?

A light suddenly flashed in Naoto's mind. He seemed to have thought of something just now, but he couldn't remember it this time.

Dust...dust...yes, these houses have been vacant for so long, they can almost be called abandoned houses, they should be full of dust, but when I went in, I didn't seem to feel any dust. At that time, I seemed to sigh that Dong Gang cleaned the place so cleanly. Now think about it carefully, how could Dong Gang clean a place so spotlessly.

Even if there were strict requirements, it was probably impossible for Dong Gang to clean the entire house spotlessly. At most, he would just clean some necessary places relatively cleanly. As long as it did not affect his own needs, he would not have too high requirements for the place.

So, the biggest anomaly was that the "shrine" itself was spotless. However, Naoto was thinking about the source of the potion materials of Dong Gang at the time and did not notice the abnormality in this detail. Or he noticed it but did not take it seriously at the time.

If you think about it more seriously, the body of the "shrine" might be a strange object, and the pheromone tree is just a bait, just like some plants and animals, when hunting, they will emit some kind of sweet scent as bait to attract the prey, trap it, and then digest it.

If you think about it carefully, the absorption of the [Pheromone Tree] was also due to Naoto's inexplicable appetite, which made Naoto pull this thing off the table and eat it directly. The taste was not bad, a bit like the sweet and crisp feeling of papaya, rather than the woody taste like its appearance.

But if that was true, Naoto ate the bait, then logically Naoto should have been trapped, but Naoto came out very smoothly afterwards, without any obstacles at all.

There is only one possibility to keep it indifferent when the pheromone tree is its bait, that is, this thing has an owner, and it performed this series of behaviors under the control of the owner. After Naoto ate the pheromone tree, its owner found an opportunity to come back and take the thing back.

But what is the purpose? This doesn't make sense. They can't just throw this thing over to give Naoto an "upgrade item", right? And even if a [bait] can be considered an independent strange item, and a powerful one at that, then how powerful must the "shrine" be, or the thing that forms the "shrine"?

Naoto didn't quite dare to think about this. So far, neither the strength of superpowers possessed by humans that can be found on the Internet nor the strength of Naoto's own abilities are particularly high. Except for the extraordinary ability of stopping time, the upper limits of other abilities are relatively obvious.

The Bull Talisman can make people extremely powerful, but it does not strengthen your physical fitness. Instead, it achieves the performance of infinite strength by amplifying the effect of the power you use. In other words, the Bull Talisman can only be said to be a power effect amplifier. The same power can achieve different effects through different outputs of the Bull Talisman's energy. However, this is also very simple and crude, and very practical.

The Horse Talisman is Naoto's main source of endurance, and Naoto is confused about its judgment.

The others are more for daily living assistance. Except for time stop, the other abilities have no real use in fighting.

The ability of the [Pheromone Tree] is mainly temptation, inducing certain emotions, which is normal as a bait. As a hunter, the main body's ability is probably "digestion" and "confinement". These straight people happen to have no way to deal with it, and can only see whether the horse talisman will pay attention to these things.

Chapter 153: The pendant he picked up, Katase Shouno’s strangely stronger

Crackle, clackle, clackle...

The water pouring from the faucet washed over Naoto's palms as he was rubbing them, washing the dust on his hands into the sink and flowing into the sewer through the drainpipe.

After washing his hands, Naoto shook off the water stains on his hands and took out a pendant from the side pocket of his pants.

This pendant is composed of a rope of unknown material and a small round pendant. This little thing is colorless and transparent, and it looks like the material is a bit like glass or crystal. There seems to be some pattern in the middle of the pendant. When Naoto holds it at a certain angle to the sunlight, he can vaguely see the outline of some kind of figure.

Naoto found this pendant on the land that was supposed to be the "shrine". Naoto was about to leave and had already walked past the two houses in front of that place, but Naoto somehow turned back to look at the grass again, and saw some reflections, so he turned back and finally found this small pendant at an angle.

The pendant looks the same whether Naoto uses normal vision or special vision. It seems to be a very normal thing, but Naoto feels that this thing is definitely not a useless thing.

This thing was thrown there, and no one knew whether it was intentional or accidental by the instigator, but since it was there, it showed that this thing must have a function that Naoto didn't know about.

Naoto's magic ring did not react, which means that this thing is definitely not a strange object, at least not a naturally generated strange object. Man-made strange objects are also garbage to Naoto's magic ring and will not react. The thing in Teacher Hattori Meiri's hand is a good example, but this is just Naoto's guess, and the facts remain to be verified.

If one could know what the pattern inside this small pendant was, one might be able to find some clues, but the pattern inside this thing was still a little unclear even if the angle was right, and Naoto couldn't see what the pattern looked like at all.

The black rope that holds the pendant is very comfortable to the touch, and feels smooth, a bit like... silk? This thing is not as rough as ordinary ropes, but has a very smooth touch. In addition, the black color of this rope does not seem to be dyed later, and looks extremely appropriate and natural. It should be the original color of this thing, that is, this rope is originally black.

In addition, there is no gap at the connection between the rope and the small pendant, which means that the rope cannot be freely pulled left and right and can only be fixed at this angle. However, the impact is not very big. Anyway, the black rope feels very smooth and there will be no burning pain when rubbing it repeatedly on the neck.

Naoto hung the small pendant around his neck. The rope did not cause any discomfort, and it was even a little cool, which felt pretty good as the temperature gradually rose.

"What is this thing used for?"

Naoto held the small pendant in his left hand. The crystal-like pendant sparkled in the sunlight, sparkling with little bits of light.

And on the magic ring on Naoto's middle finger, the magic eye-like gem on it seemed to come alive, the pupil trembled slightly, and the color in it seemed to be darker. The pupil, which was originally scattered as if in a trance, slowly condensed, and an invisible and colorless aura emanated from it, and then wrapped Naoto's whole body.

"Hmm? Why do I feel a little weird?"

Naoto put down the pendant and looked around, but didn't find anything. He looked at himself and nothing unusual seemed to have happened. It seemed that nothing had happened at all, but Naoto had a feeling that something seemed to have happened to him, or he was affected by something. Although Naoto couldn't see it and didn't know what it was, he felt something.

Could it be this?

Naoto suddenly thought of the ring on his hand. He turned over his palm and looked at the magic eye-like gem on the ring, but found that it was no different from its usual appearance and it didn't seem to be the function of this thing.

As Naoto put the small pendant down, it touched Naoto's chest, and the invisible aura lingering around Naoto also enveloped it, and then penetrated into it. Then the pendant was like a glass full of water mist that was being wiped clean of the water vapor. A trace of clarity slowly emerged from the blur, but it was barely noticeable, and the speed of "clearing the water mist" was also extremely slow. There would not be any obvious changes in a short period of time.

In fact, this ring itself has a certain confusing effect. Otherwise, it would be strange if no rumors were spread if you wear such a conspicuous thing to school every day. Naoto was worried about this at first, but later he found that this thing was blank in the eyes of others. There was no ring-like jewelry on the middle finger of his left hand. Although he didn't understand the principle, it saved Naoto a lot of worries.

However, there is a problem. Since this thing can change the image in other people's eyes, does it mean that the image in one's own eyes is not necessarily true? In other words, after the identification, this thing no longer has the consciousness of the abyss demon itself, otherwise Naoto would find a way to get rid of this thing no matter what.

However, removing the soul does not mean removing the biological genetic instincts. The instinctive abilities will still be activated at some unknown time, and Naoto knows very little about this thing, so it is sometimes quite troublesome. Although Naoto could not see or feel the sudden wonderful feeling just now, as he has gradually entered the extraordinary state, his sixth sense will be strengthened. Naoto perceived some changes in himself through this seemingly illusory sixth sense.

"Forget it, never mind. I can't do anything anyway. Let's go back and check on the baseball club first. I have an appointment tonight."

Naoto was too lazy to think so much. All his abilities were obtained by typing [Get] from the driver when he traveled through time. This thing can not only obtain information, but also obtain extra things. It is quite practical, but the limit of three times a day is really annoying.

Even if he can't cope with it later, the worst that can happen is that he will live his life as an ordinary third-generation rich man. Anyway, with his grandfather's means, since he can get this ring, then solving the side effects of this thing should not be a big problem. If he is lucky, maybe he will draw something good and soar to the sky?

For example, the Eye of History, the Eye of Death, and so on, or some other divine thing, if you draw these things, it will be a dimensionality reduction attack on this world.

After fantasizing about drawing the godhood and sweeping the world with countless harems, Naoto returned to reality. After all, he couldn't even deal with Lady Hachisha in the demi-human area. It was useless to think about it. You know, there were all kinds of cat girls, dog girls, and even cow girls there, and even elves. However, Naoto couldn't go there. The thought of it made him feel uncomfortable.

call--!

Snapped!

Naoto subconsciously reached out and grabbed a small object flying from the air. He retracted his slightly numb hand and looked at the small ball in his hand. It was a baseball.

Naoto raised his eyebrows. The ball was hit outside. Isn't such a big field enough for you? Which player is so powerful? The ball was hit outside. But it happened that I also had to go to the baseball club to see which guy was so strong. Even if Naoto's physical value exceeded the average of ordinary adults after being strengthened, he would probably need to use the power of the bull charm to hit the ball so far. Could it be that someone used physical strengthening?

Naoto took the baseball and continued walking towards the stadium where the baseball club was located. Soon, a classmate wearing the baseball club's uniform came running towards him.

"Student, are you looking for this?"

Naoto told him to stop and then took out a baseball and handed it to him.

"Ah? Yes, that's it. Thank you for your help, classmate."

The classmate took the baseball handed over by Naoto with a grateful look on his face, said a few words of thanks, turned around and was about to go back, but Naoto held his shoulders and he could not move.

"Classmate, do you have anything else to do?"

The classmate asked gently.

Although he was just a rookie responsible for picking up balls, he was not stupid. He had been picking up balls for a while and he had been exercising all the time. However, he was pinned down and unable to move by one hand of this thin-looking boy. You can imagine the difference in strength between them. So even if he was impatient, he could only put on a gentle expression.

"I want to ask, who hit this ball? The force was really strong, it even went out of the stadium."

Naoto looked at him with some curiosity.

Seeing that Naoto didn't have any trouble and was just asking who hit the ball, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"To be honest, I didn't expect the ball to fly so far. This ball was hit by Katase. I don't know what medicine he took today. He was just a substitute before, but today he suddenly broke out. Every ball he hit was very good. The ball just now flew out directly under his powerful hit. Everyone was shocked at the time."

Katase Shouno? The one that Nanao Akane likes?

Naoto let go of the classmate's shoulder, allowing him to walk back quickly. Then he stood there thinking for a while, sneered, and followed the classmate towards the stadium.

Explosion? Or a sudden explosion of strength, quite interesting. It's strange that the baseball team collectively played badly today. Although I don't know how they started training again, after the training started, there was an unexpected surge in the strength of a certain member. Obviously there is something wrong.

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Author's words: If nothing unexpected happens, I will be called Akane Nanao tomorrow (brackets)

Chapter 154: Asking for help comes at a price, Nanao-senpai

When Naoto arrived at the stadium, he found that the members of the baseball team were training enthusiastically. This was completely different from what he had seen before, when almost everyone here looked listless and slumped on the stone benches. The difference could be considered a reversal of two levels.

"Oh~ Are you all so energetic?"

Naoto approached the baseball club and watched them practicing over and over again. Some were practicing the swinging posture of the baseball bat, some were practicing pitching, and some were doing actual sparring. The batter at this time was Katase Shouno, the one who had been close to Nanao Akane when Naoto and Haruno Kasumi came here last time.

With Naoto's arrival, the members who were originally scattered all of a sudden and unconsciously moved away from Naoto, as if Naoto was some kind of monster, and an empty vacuum zone was formed around Naoto.

Although most people were concentrating on training at this time, the movement here also attracted some attention, causing some people to turn their attention over here.

"Hey, you, come here."

Naoto felt depressed when he saw them pretending to take a casual stroll and deliberately staying away from him. He was not some tyrannical devil, so why did they all stay away from him like a tiger? He might as well just randomly select one person and let him come to Naoto.

"I?"

The classmate pointed at himself and asked, then looked left and right, and suddenly there was no one around him. Everyone took the opportunity to stay away from him. He had to consider himself unlucky and came in front of Naoto. He could only hope that Naoto didn't have any intention of making a fuss with him.

"Classmate, I want to ask, why are you all so energetic now? It seems that not long ago, you were all so tired of wearing clothes?"

Naoto pointed at the people who were practicing hard and asked with interest.

"Well, it seems that it's because Brother Katase brought some energy drinks to replenish everyone's energy, so that everyone's physical fatigue has been relieved."

This "strong man" honestly told Naoto everything he knew.

"Relieve fatigue? They probably hadn't been active for long when I came over, so why are they so tired?"

Naoto raised his eyebrows. You'll be tired in a short while? And an energy drink can restore your energy. Is this energy drink the stamina potion in the game? Drinking one bottle can replenish your stamina. Is there such a good thing? Isn't this much better than stimulants?

"Well, I'm not really sure. Everyone has been feeling very tired today. I don't know why. Only Manager Nanao has been as active as ever."

The "strong man" shrank his neck, fearing that Naoto would hit him.

"Hmm? Nanao is the only one who doesn't feel as tired as the rest of you?"

Naoto turned his head and looked at Akane Nanao who was watching them practice at the venue where Katase Shouno was. After observing her carefully, he indeed did not find that she had the same... excitement as those who were practicing?

Yes, a feeling of excitement. Naoto felt an abnormal feeling of excitement in these members who were practicing. He couldn't be sure at first, but after careful perception, he found that these people had a faint abnormal feeling of excitement. It was just that at first glance he took it as a feeling of "energy" because they behaved so energetically.