Chapter 171: Please let me check your chest

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"So, so huge!"

"Isn't that girl way too... well-endowed?"

"You'd think she'd tip over running with something that heavy up top."

"H-How is this even possible…" Kaguya covered her chest with one hand, as if shielding herself from a mental shock. "How can a human be that... big?"

With just a quick glance, Kaguya gauged that the girl in front of her was at least ten times more "developed" than herself.

"Shouldn't we be trying to help her?"Umi, who was no stranger to attention herself, quickly snapped out of her daze and called out, "Everyone's focusing on the wrong thing!"

"Amamiya…"

She turned to glance at Amamiya.

But seeing him staring ahead, entranced, she pouted, puffing up her cheeks before reaching over to give his waist a gentle pinch. "Wake up, pervert Amamiya!"

Amamiya snapped back to his senses, looking baffled.

All those jokes he'd heard about people being overwhelmed by...well, this—he'd thought they were exaggerations. But seeing it now, he realized it wasn't a joke at all.

"…Outlaw Don!"

Chika pointed dramatically, activating her skill.

Amamiya darted forward, launching an attack on the zombie reindeer—or more precisely, the reindeer specimen. Aside from its ability to move, it was clear from its dried body parts that it was only a taxidermy figure.

As for the impossibly endowed girl, she lost her balance from the sheer momentum of her chest and stumbled, crashing right into a fence.

She was dressed in a white shirt, short-haired, and visibly shaken. After running for so long, her shirt finally reached its limit.

Pop! 

The buttons on her shirt flew off in every direction.

Amamiya, his gaze unintentionally drawn, caught sight of the two round shapes under the cold moonlight, looking strangely soft and animated.

Hayasaka, trying to keep a low profile, twitched slightly as she observed.

"I thought maybe it was just...padding...but it's real?"

"That's...beyond the human limit!"

"…"

The short-haired girl clutched her shirt, barely holding back tears, and finally broke down, sobbing.

"Hey, don't cry! We're all players here; we won't hurt you."

"The reindeer's been taken care of."

"Amamiya-kun, look away already!"

"…"

After calming down with their reassurance, the girl wiped her face and quietly introduced herself.

The player's name was Kujo. She was sixteen, had already survived two games, and had missed her exams due to a bout of mumps, leading her to study abroad. And yes, she was, incredibly, a junior high school student.

"Eh? How can a middle schooler be that...developed?" 

Chika blurted out in shock.

"It's...a curse." The junior high student's voice wavered with sadness. "I got cursed after opening a blind box, and now I'm like...this."

The group's expressions shifted.

"A curse, really?"

"Oh, right! I remember the daily blind box descriptions warned about curses or evil spirits possibly being inside."

"I thought that was a joke, but it's real?"

"…"

Amamiya, unfazed by talk of curses, noted that while curses and evil spirits could be detected, the odds were low. Among the many members in the players' mutual aid group, very few had ever actually been cursed.

　　In comparison, there was another thing that concerned Amamiya more.

　　"Kujo-san, right?" Amamiya looked at the tearful junior high school girl and said sternly, "Please take your arm away so I can take another look."

　　"Eh?" Chika looked over in shock, "What did Amamiya-kun just say?"

　　Kaguya's black hair trembled slightly, and she doubted her ears: "...Where do you want to see?"

　　"Stupid Amamiya, what are you talking about?" Umi poked Amamiya's waist with her finger, and said angrily, "Kujo is only a junior high school student, and you has already committed the crime of perversion."

　　Umi lowered her voice and said, "If you want to see it, I'll show it to you when I get back. Don't bully a child."

　　You are willing to sacrifice yourself to protect others. Are you actually an angel disguised as a hot girl?

　　"Unspoken rules?"

　　The passerby player, the girl with glasses, grabbed the silver-haired loli and quietly took a half step back.

　　Holding hands is still acceptable, but lifting up clothes in public to satisfy a boy's animal language... Sorry, I still can't accept it!

　　"No." Amamiya sighed, "Am I such a superficial person in your eyes?"

　　"…"

　　The girls remained silent.

　　"Trust between people is so fragile." Amamiya said speechlessly, "Didn't you see that there was something on Kujo-san's chest just now?"

　　"Amamiya-kun, turn around." Chika opened her arms to protect the junior high school student, "We can check it out."

　　"Then I'll leave it to you."

　　Amamiya shrugged and turned away.

　　A soft cry soon sounded from behind.

　　Umi: "There really is something on top of Kujo's breasts, a strange black vertical line of varying shades."

　　Kaguya: "What is that... a tattoo?"

　　"No, it's not a tattoo." The middle school girl quickly denied, "I've never had a tattoo!"

　　Tattoos have a different special meaning in Japan - basically only members of yakuza organizations have tattoos, and people with tattoos will be subject to various forms of discrimination and exclusion.

　　Take Umi for example, dyeing her hair, wearing colored contact lenses, manicures, a necklace, or not wearing her school uniform properly and tying it around her waist are all just ordinary gyaru girl looks, but she would never get a tattoo.

　　Several girls expressed their opinions and discussed for a while, but still could not reach a consensus.

　　"Amamiya-kun, do you know what that thing on Kujo-chan's chest is?"

　　Umi turned around and asked.

　　"I guessed it." Amamiya nodded, "There is also a way to complete the game."

　　"Hey, what is that?"

　　"Go downstairs first. If I'm not mistaken, you'll know right away."

　　"…"

　　The gathered players cheered up and prepared to go downstairs.

　　Amamiya walked up to Umi and said in a low voice:

　　"It's a deal."

　　"Eh?" Umi was startled, "What do you mean..."

　　Halfway through her words, Umi suddenly came to her senses, her pretty face quickly turned red, and she puffed her face to cover her chest, "Pervert!"

　　"…"

　　The group quickly arrived at the hall.

　　Just like before, the stuffed reindeer's body successfully passed through the invisible wall of air, then turned around and pounced on the player again.

　　"Eh, it doesn't look like it will attack Kaguya-chan?"

　　Chika suddenly discovered a blind spot.

　　Amamiya grabbed the broken horn on the reindeer's head and pondered:

　　"Just verify it and you'll know."

　　The solution is very simple.

　　Let Kaguya wear the penguin doll costume mask and stand with other players, and as expected, she didn't get attacked every time.

　　"Verification completed."

　　"It seems that disguising ourselves as a 'monster' does have a certain effect." Amamiya added silently in his mind, "provided that it does not violate the rules."

　　"Finally, here's how to clear the Midnight Mall..."