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Chapter 26: Always Be Awake

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[Confirm to expand the pond?]

[Confirm.]

When Donut pressed the confirmation button across the screen, the college on the screen suddenly changed dramatically.

From Toge's perspective.

The small semicircular pond in front of him began to gradually collapse with the edge as the center. It was as if an invisible foot was stepping on the soft stones and soft soil around the pond again and again.

In less than 20 seconds, the small semicircular pond expanded directly to the outside into a full irregular circle.

Not only that.

Next to the rockery, streams of clear water continuously emerged from the ground, and the turbid dark green water in the pond began to fade and gradually become clear, the fine stones on the bottom of the water slowly appeared in front of Toge at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In addition to the visual shock.

In terms of smell, the light fishy smell that permeated the pond all year round gradually dissipated, the air began to be filled with a very pleasant plant fragrance, which lingered in the boy's nose for a long time.

"...is this the Construction Technique?"

Toge gently raised his palm, and the delicate palm gently held up a firefly emitting a faint light. The light green mixed with gold was reflected in the boy's purple-gray eyes, and the two colors mixed together, as if interweaving a color like flowing light.

At this moment, Toge seemed to understand why the Construction Technique was so precious.

If other attack-oriented sorcerers exist to destroy cursed spirits, then, the Construction Technique sorcerer was probably not just for the sake of a single existence like a cursed spirit.

With the hand of God, they may carry a greater mission, or bear a higher meaning. Otherwise, how to explain their seemingly unlimited huge cursed power? How to explain their almost endless spells?

Prometheus brought fire to mankind, and Noah built the ark for mankind.

What kind of miracles would the construction technique sorcerer bring to mankind?

Let's not talk about the distant ones, let's talk about the present first.

This old pond that looked like it has been around for a long time seemed to have become more beautiful under the transformation of Donut's [God's Hand]. Even the ducks in the pond seem to have been sprinkled with holy water, as pure and beautiful as angels, and the quacking sounds in their mouths were so crisp, pleasant and beautiful.

And the fireflies in his hand, Toge has never seen fireflies since he came to school.

This young and cute creature that only appears in the fields in the countryside, today, actually—

*pop*

A sound that was crisper than the 'King Call duck' interrupted Toge's thoughts.

The faint light of the firefly went out in the boy's slightly startled purple pupils, leaving only the gray-purple color that was infinitely lingering in the cold moonlight.

"..."

Toge looked up awkwardly, and the expressionless Donut in front of him nonchalantly knocked off the firefly on his palm.

The firefly was probably dead.

When the boy looked over, Donut raised a polite smile again, and said calmly, "You have a little bug on your hand, I helped you knock it off."

After saying that, Donut seemed quite satisfied with her behavior, and the smile on her face revealed a naked pride of "how can I be so good at dealing with things?" from inside to outside.

Toge: "..."

He had lived for more than ten years, and this was the first time he had seen such an unromantic person.

That's a firefly! Not some ugly little bug that you couldn't even name!

It's so beautiful, and you actually have the heart to slap it.

But... Donut had made such a big change to things in the school, was there really no problem?

To be honest, Toge was still a little worried about Donut's behavior.

Moreover, with this magical ability, if these things were known by Principal Yaga or the directors of the Jujutsu Association... would Donut be like Ieiri-sensei, where everything she had to do all day was arranged, and she had to report and be monitored when she went out? She couldn't go anywhere except the high school every day... just like an animal kept in a cage.

And being bossed around. When the sorcerer and the cursed spirits fought, Donut was carried by a group of people to repair the place diligently.

But.

Thinking of this, Toge couldn't help but look up and take a closer look at Donut.

The gray-haired girl put her hands behind her back and looked far away at the end of the pond. Still had no idea what year it was.

Maybe, for someone like Donut, it would be better if more people came to take care of her.

She was sometimes awake and sometimes not. Maybe someone would take care of her for the rest of her life, and she would be more comfortable.

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"Dog-san, you just asked me what I think of you."

After cleaning up the pond, Tiantian finally remembered the topic, she had an American-style cliff-hanging dialogue after the fact.

Seamless connection.

"...huh?"

Toge's beautiful purple eyes widened slightly.

In fact, compared to this "huh?", Toge wanted to say "Do you still remember this topic?"

It must be said that this really surprised the boy. He really didn't expect Donut to come back, or Donut actually remembered what he said.

Even Donut, who was sometimes excited and sometimes had a big deviation in her brain circuit, and was also accompanied by indirect heartbreak, as well as intermittent amnesia and confusion. She could still remember what he said.

This made Toge a little flattered. You know, he was asking questions on his own, and he didn't have any hope that Donut could answer him seriously.

"..."

Thinking of this, the boy's snow-white Adam's apple slid up and down twice. His eyes looked at Donut's mysterious smile with some seriousness.

This was the first time he talked about these topics with his peers during his school days.

Although he and Donut had known each other for a short time, and their relationship was not as deep as that of ordinary classmates.

However, just based on the fact that Toge could speak freely in front of Donut, he felt that Donut meant something different to him.

This feeling was like a person who had been blind for many years, and could only see the world again in front of certain people and things.

This feeling was generally very wonderful... and more importantly, it was probably very memorable... right?

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"You knocked me down, you are awesome."

Just when Toge was daydreaming, Donut's cold and beautiful face like a female star raised a stiff smile, while reading the emotionless lines, and gave Toge a thumbs up.

Then?

Then nothing happened.

The above was Donut's entire opinion of Toge.

Toge: "..."

The good-tempered boy was finally blown away by Donut's beastly attitude.

Toge felt that his serious consideration and wild thoughts just now were all thrown to the dog. He listened to Donut's opinions seriously here, and even felt a little nervous!

But what was Donut's attitude?

It felt like he was impatiently throwing a handful of snacks to the dogs on the roadside!

If she only prepared this kind of answer, she might as well not bring the topic back to the beginning. Since they were talking about this question, why not answer it properly?

Sure enough, his intuition was not wrong.

Whether this girl was awake or conscious, she was probably just perfunctory from beginning to end.

"...no more?"

The Inumaki boy folded his hands in front of his chest, frowned, and stared at Donut in front of him with some dissatisfaction.

"If you want to answer this kind of question, you should be more careful, right? Let's not talk about today's question. Donut-san, do you have any better suggestions? Anyway, I am responsible for taking care of Donut-san these two days, right? Don't you have any dissatisfaction? Suppose the food provided is not delicious, or it is inconvenient to go to the toilet..."

Once the conversation started, Toge started talking.

In his tone, he was not only dissatisfied with Donut's attitude, but also mixed with an inexplicable resentment and a nameless anger.

Tiantian: "..."

Wow, it's a Japanese-style game, even the NPCs in it speak so harshly.

But the question was, what did it have to do with this male character if Donut, a female character, went to the toilet?

Also, did this game even have the function of going to the toilet?

More importantly, in order to appease this character, did she have to seriously write a short essay about chicken soup for the soul? Or was it just perfunctory?

This was too troublesome.

*clack* *clack*

She thought so in her heart, but Tiantian still started typing on the dialog box seriously. This time she didn't have voice input, and typing could better organize her thoughts.

After all, this kind of game character that needed to be coaxed was still very playable in a sense, not as stiff and boring as imagined.

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"The reason why I don't focus on answering this question is because I don't care at all."

Donut, with a stiff face, suddenly stared at Toge and spoke a long paragraph fluently.

Toge: "?"

"Just do what you should do and have a clear conscience. You can't find fault with yourself, so why bother about other people's attitudes?" Donut continued.

"Sometimes people shouldn't be too serious. What others say is just for your ears and forget about it."

"The attitudes and comments of others are just passing clouds and smoke, passers-by in life, you can refer to them, but don't take them too seriously. What you do is worthy of yourself, which is more useful than a hundred opinions from others."

"Of course, I really admire you for knocking me down."

Donut looked at Toge very seriously.

Toge was confused.

"...Donut, are you... awake now?" The boy looked at the serious dark blue eyes and asked slowly.

Suddenly, he felt that the person in front of him seemed to overlap with the person who sat in the set meal restaurant before.

"Awake?"

Tiantian heard the words and shook her head with disdain and smiled.

Suddenly, she opened her blue eyes wide and stared at Toge. The bright and sharp pupils in her eyes sparkled in the dark night.

"I am always awake."
How could I play the game without being awake?

"!!!"

Toge stared at Donut blankly.

At that moment.

He felt a current running through his body from head to toe, stimulating the hairs all over his body to stand up.

[I am always awake.]

If he wanted to describe this feeling in words, it was probably indescribable.

"Here, take it, you're welcome."

Before Toge came to his senses, Donut suddenly took out a red headscarf from her shirt pocket and quickly put it in Toge's hand.

"...what is this?"

Toge came to his senses and looked down at the red headscarf in his hand.

When his eyes met the familiar and bright red lines on the headscarf, the boy was stunned.

[System prompt: Player [Cursed Technique: Moonlight Gym] transfers to partner [Inumaki Toge], and the remaining times of technique are [2 times].]

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