Bab 61: Ch 61. The Horror of Dreams
From Yukinoshita's perspective, Hoshimi seems to be playing a pay-to-win card mobile game.
"Have you done this kind of thing before?" Yukinoshita asked.
Hoshimi paused his fingers, turned his head to look at Yukinoshita, and thought for a moment before saying, "No, I've only encountered such situations and know how to deal with them."
In fact, in his previous life, Hoshimi often dealt with minor injuries like sprains.
The boss's daughter was too wild, often running around and spraining herself frequently. Over time, he became quite skilled at handling such situations.
At a glance, he could roughly assess the severity of the injury, whether it was a simple sprain or a more serious bone injury. For the former, he could handle it himself; for the latter, he would quickly send them to the hospital to avoid delaying treatment.
Of course, these were experiences from his previous life. Considering his current family background and status, he shouldn't encounter such things often...
"Is that so?"
Listening to Hoshimi's reply, Yukinoshita's eyes flashed with a hint of contemplation.
Based on her judgment and intuition, Hoshimi was probably lying... This man was as usual, full of lies, not a single word of truth.
But because of this, Yukinoshita realized something.
She seemed to know almost nothing about Hoshimi, except for superficial things that could be seen. Deep down, she knew nothing.
Even the dreams she entered frequently; she didn't know about their mysterious learning functions.
What kind of person was Hoshimi, upon careful consideration, she really knew very little.
Apart from the reckless arrogance in dreams, she had never actively observed or speculated deeply about Hoshimi's true personality.
Today was the 15th day since Hoshimi transferred to Sobu High School. For a whole half month, she had been in constant conflict with Hoshimi, completely forgetting to carefully observe and speculate on other aspects of him.
Knowing oneself and knowing the enemy can ensure victory in a hundred battles. In the future, perhaps she would need to carefully examine every aspect of Hoshimi to find his weaknesses and see through him!
Yukinoshita looked at Hoshimi, who had returned to playing games.
"Hoshimi, what game are you playing?" Yukinoshita asked casually.
"A pay-to-win mobile game." Hoshimi replied without lifting his head, still focusing on the guild battle.
Yukinoshita's mind moved on, continuing, "Is it fun?"
"It's alright for killing time."
"Do you like playing games?"
Hoshimi glanced at Yukinoshita from the corner of his eye, thought for a moment, and replied casually, "Can't say I like it. It's just something to do when bored. If there's something important, I wouldn't bother playing games."
Yukinoshita seemed to think of something and continued, "So you spent a year at home just killing time playing games?"
"Yeah, besides that, I read light novels, watch anime, and occasionally watch movies when bored."
"You're an Otaku?" Yukinoshita asked directly, thinking of a certain concept.
"Sort of, but not really. From the things I do, it looks like I'm an Otaku, but I just do it for fun and to pass the time. I can do other things too, like..."
Hoshimi put his phone down, reached out, and grabbed Yukinoshita's lower right leg, slowly moving upwards.
"What are you doing?!" Yukinoshita's pupils shrank, her expression instantly turning cold.
"Hehe~" Hoshimi chuckled, releasing her and picking up his phone again. "Just teasing you. Your reaction was quite interesting."
Yukinoshita remained silent.
After a while, she said coldly, "Hoshimi, you have a really evil mind."
"I think it's okay. Although I have a bit of mischief, I haven't done anything outrageous. It's just within a certain limit to make myself happier."
Hoshimi glanced sideways at Yukinoshita and continued, "Yukinoshita, you've appeared in my dreams quite a few times. You should know that in my dreams, if I want to do something, you have no room to resist."
Yukinoshita fell silent.
"Oh right, Yukinoshita, do you remember the time when I deprived you of your sight in the dream?"
Yukinoshita nodded. That time when she lost her sight, she felt helpless and panicked, and the memory was still fresh.
It was the only time she truly wanted to surrender to Hoshimi...
If Hoshimi hadn't been holding her hand all along, her mentality might have been in trouble long ago.
"Yukinoshita, let me tell you a little secret." Hoshimi looked at Yukinoshita, his smile gentle as he said, "In dreams, I can arbitrarily manipulate your senses."
"For example, I can increase the pain sensation tenfold, or even completely eliminate it."
"Most interestingly..."
Hoshimi's lips curled up, showing his sharp white teeth, looking somewhat sinister and evil.
"I can adjust the dopamine secretion in your body. Simply put, I can control your sense of happiness and pleasure, making you sink into a specific behavior or thing I designate."
"Long-term adjustment like this could completely affect your real self."
"Hey, Yukinoshita, do you think I'm a good person for restraining myself from using such interesting abilities?"
At this moment, Hoshimi's smile was bright, sunny, and at the same time sickly and evil...
Looking at Hoshimi like this, Yukinoshita suddenly felt cold all over.
She suddenly had a feeling that the Hoshimi sitting in front of her had turned into a bottomless abyss, always thinking about how to drag people down.
"Hey, Yukinoshita, why aren't you saying anything?" Hoshimi's smile faded, replaced by a polite smile as he looked at Yukinoshita.
Yukinoshita silently stared back at Hoshimi for a while before saying softly, "Hoshimi, why do you have this ability?"
"Are you talking about the dream ability? I don't know either. It just suddenly appeared."
"... Suddenly appeared?" Yukinoshita asked tentatively, "Was it a year ago?"
"Yes."
On the first night he crossed over, he entered his own dream.
At the same time, he confirmed from the memories of the original owner of the body that 'he' had never entered the dream.
In other words, the dream ability was his own.
"Hoshimi, is this the reason you stayed home?"
"Yes."
Actually, it wasn't.
The real reason was that he didn't want to go out and reveal any flaws, and he was really tired of socializing, wanting to be quiet and peaceful by himself.
"..."
Yukinoshita pondered quietly with a wealth of information.
Suddenly, she thought of a question: how did Hoshimi know that he could adjust dopamine levels in his dreams?
Did he experiment?
Did he experiment with someone else? Himself? Or someone else?
Wait a minute! Hoshimi's dream had appeared a year ago, which meant that someone else had definitely entered Hoshimi's dream before her.
Did Hoshimi use the person who entered his dream before as an experiment?
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