Chapter 2: An Unexpected Surprise
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was just getting a delivery.
What kind of major crisis could there be?
For the ordinary, this was a super simple task.
However, it was exceptionally difficult for Bruce.
Why?!
Well first of all, Bruce was in his apartment — which was on the fourth floor — while the deliveryman was on the first floor.
Secondly, and most importantly, Bruce’s otaku system made it impossible for him to leave the house.
Even if he did have an hour to leave, he couldn’t just use that time on small matters like a delivery!
Moreover, Bruce had a feeling —
‘This is probably what the system was talking about — a random outing crisis.’
From a certain point of view, the situation was equivalent to a newbie mission, so Bruce didn’t want to leave the house.
Because who wouldn’t want to get an S-rank rating on a newbie mission?!
He thought about it with a clear state of mind.
What could he do now to overcome such a challenging time?
It was certainly something worth thinking about.
“Mr. Bruce?!”
“Are you home?”
At this moment, the courier’s voice emerged from the intercom again, pulling Bruce back from his thoughts about the game.
“I’m here. Can you come up?”
“I’m sorry, I can’t go up. The door is locked.”
The communication resulted in nothing, so Bruce had to think of another way.
Could it be? Did Bruce really have to go downstairs?!
‘No, I absolutely can’t lose that S-ranking. If this continues, I won’t be able to pull through the calculation process.’
Bruce put his thinking cap on, but as expected, there was no other way.
“I really can’t go out. Hold on, I’ll throw the key down and you bring the package up. ”
“Well if that’s the case…”
It seemed that the courier was in agreement as no further remarks were made.
Genius!
Bruce felt that this method was indeed not bad.
After a while, Bruce wrapped the key in a piece of cloth and threw it down, waiting for the courier to arrive.
If he remembered correctly, the delivery package contained a box of peanut butter.
For Bruce, who didn’t go out now, it was simply the perfect supply.
Knock, Knock, Knock!
Two minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
‘It’s here!’
‘It’s finally here.’
Bruce immediately opened the door, full of joy, but suddenly, he was stunned.
It wasn’t the delivery man!
It was his neighbor.
This beautiful young girl in front of him was his neighbor — Annie. She had just entered university this year and had good grades. She also had a good personality, spoke softly and was very well liked by her neighbors.
She even studied at library for the upcoming exam even though it was the weekends.
“Bruce, is this your delivery package?”
“I’m sorry, I saw the courier opening the door just now, so I asked and brought it for you. Oh, and here’s the key.”
Annie explained with a warm smile while they looked at each other.
He took the package.
“Thank you, it is indeed my package, thank you so much.”
As Bruce said that, he subconsciously looked at Annie with the Eye of Truth.
‘Hmm?!’
’80 points!’
‘The initial data had already reached 80 points!’
‘In other words..’
‘My pretty neighbor has always liked me and I was completely clueless?!’
‘Is there even such a thing?’
‘And because of the Eye of Truth, another 10 favorability points were added, instantly making that 90 favorability points.’
‘Is this considered a free gift?!’
‘Receive a package and get a pretty girl – seems reasonable!’
As Annie was explaining, she delivered herself along with the package into Bruce’s apartment.
“Ding, congratulations to the host for overcoming the F-rank house-leaving crisis.1 point rewarded! Reminder: this type of house-leaving crisis can be completed again once.”
“Ding! Initiating the shopping mall system!”
Everything had come together
which caused Bruce to be shocked.
Without any hesitation, he closed the door and sat down to begin checking.
To be honest, Bruce was astounded.
Anything could be exchanged in the mall system — sports cars, helicopters, cruise ships, and even aircraft carriers.
In other words, as long as one had enough points, one could exchange them for anything they desire.
Similarly, one could also exchange for items that did not exist in the real world — fire spells, ice spells, lightning battle axes, super genes, and so on.
Having only 1 point was enough for one to exchange an abundance of items.
Even the collectable figurines that Bruce had always wanted before could be exchanged for.
‘Hmm?!’
‘Inflatable dolls?!’
‘But..’
‘It seems that there is no need for inflatable dolls now.’
With a beauty in front of him, wouldn’t it be a waste to buy inflatable dolls?
“Bruce, what are you doing?”
“Do you not want me to come in?”
Annie placed the package on the table and turned to look at Bruce.
Her big eyes filled with doubt.
“Cough cough…”
Bruce coughed lightly to ease up the awkward atmosphere.
During that moment, his eyes kept wandering across Annie’s figure.
The tight black short sleeves on her upper body highlighted her breasts, which fluctuated with the rhythm of her breathing.
Bruce could guarantee that he wouldn’t be able to grab them with only one hand.
Her lower half consisted of a short skirt with black silk stockings, which was both sexy and adorable.
Nonetheless, Bruce had to hold himself back.
Although he was an otaku and would occasionally joke that figurines were his wife,
when it was time to act, Bruce had to take his chance!
Bruce knew that Annie took a shine to him, and the favorability was already close to 100 points,
but he had to take it step by step.
There’s no way that they could hook up straight away, right?
It would be considered as rape.
‘No!’
‘Absolutely not.’
This was a form of game-like fun. Now that the favorability level was almost full, he couldn’t just lose it all at once.
“Why aren’t you welcomed?”
“Sit anywhere you like. I’ll go make you a cup of Iced Cocoa.”
After understanding the situation, Bruce became much more relaxed.
On the other hand, Annie came in and started blushing.
“You came in?!”
‘Just like that, I’m in? What should I do next? Should I make sure that I’m wearing a full set underwear? I don’t think I’m wearing separate ones though. Bruce won’t think too much of it, if we started hooking up, right?’
‘Forget it, I’ll just go back and make sure.’
In the middle of that thought, Annie stood up abruptly.
The two of them looked at each other.
Bruce could read the hesitation in Annie’s eyes.
Annie could read the hesitation in Bruce’s eyes too.
But the two of them had completely different uncertainties.
Bruce was thinking that they couldn’t just let this go. Since she was here, might as well make her trip worthwhile.
On the other side of the coin, Annie was wondering if Bruce had found out about the underwear situation.
‘No!’ Annie thought to herself.
She decided that she had to go back.
“Bruce, I need to go back first. I’ll come back later. You continue making the cocoa.”
“You haven’t eaten lunch yet, right? Wanna try my cooking later?” Bruce asked.
Annie was blushing as she looked at Bruce and said,
“Sure.”
Bruce chuckled.
Then, Annie returned to her room, and Bruce’s doorbell rang again.
That’s right!
It was a delivery.
With past experiences, Bruce knew what to do. He proceeded to throw the keys down, and a few moments later, a package arrived.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for overcoming the F-rank house-leaving crisis. 1 point rewarded!”