บท 657: Is There a Possibility...
"Please, have a seat." The attendant gestured to Fumino very politely.
"No, we'll be leaving soon after catching that doll." Fumino waved her hand and declined.
Was it because she hadn't visited the Game Center in a long time?
When did the service at the Game Center become so enthusiastic?
Even when she stood here waiting for a few moments, someone came and offered her a seat to sit on.
"Pfft... Haha, sorry, our seat was left here, you can choose whether to sit or not."
Hearing her words, the attendant suddenly laughed, but upon seeing Fumino's confused expression, he quickly stopped smiling and continued speaking as calmly as possible.
"???"
If she saw correctly, both attendants laughed, didn't they?
"Um, I'm really bothering you both."
After hesitating for a moment, Fumino chose to accept.
The attendant said so, and it wouldn't be good if she disagreed.
"It's okay. If you need anything, you can always contact us."
After leaving those words, the two attendants left.
After the attendants left, maybe it was just her imagination, but Fumino seemed to hear the attendants chuckling.
Was this really an illusion?
Just as she was struggling with this issue, Ren came carrying five boxes of game coins.
"Kamikawa, you're back... Eh? Why do you need to exchange so many coins?"
Fumino regained her senses, greeted him with a smile, and then noticed there was something wrong with the amount of game coins in his hand.
Wasn't this too much?
Clearly, Ren only asked her to catch a doll.
"For convenience."
Ren said without hesitation.
He still seemed very confident, and he had to catch the doll he wanted in five boxes.
"Mhm..."
This time, the bad feeling in Fumino's heart resurfaced.
But when she thought about Ren's past performances, she still chose to trust him, then pointed to the bench beside her and said:
"By the way, a new attendant just came to bring us a bench. Kamikawa, just sit down and take it."
"Sure."
Ren pulled one of the benches to the claw machine, sat in front of the machine, and continued to grab the doll.
Fumino sat on another bench and watched him catch the doll again.
The first hook that Ren exchanged for coins still failed.
"Aim a little more accurately, and you should be able to catch it." She encouraged.
"Yes, I think so too."
Ren carefully manipulated the claw and aimed it at the doll hidden in the corner.
After pressing the button, the claw successfully grabbed it, but as it moved in the air, the doll fell again.
"Is this bad luck?"
Having watched for a long time, Fumino said somewhat hesitantly.
She had witnessed this struggle and fall several times.
"I don't know, but most likely, I'll catch it next time."
Ren shook his head.
He hadn't activated [Luck Max], so his luck should currently be at a very ordinary level.
After checking the time and realizing it was already noon, Fumino smiled and said, "You can try again."
"Um."
So Ren tried again.
The third time, nothing was caught.
"That was a little mistake." He clarified.
The fourth time, he caught it and it fell in the air.
"The timing of pressing it was wrong, the hook's power was too weak." He analyzed carefully.
The fifth time, the sixth time... the twentieth time, the thirtieth time... the second box, the third box...
"I'll definitely do it next time."
"Almost."
"Take this opportunity to adjust the position of the doll."
It was a pity. Ren could catch three of them at once if he had the chance.
"..."
Seeing the game coins disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye and Ren still trying to catch the doll, Fumino didn't know what to say.
Yes, as a liberal arts genius, she was speechless at the moment.
She had said words of encouragement many times, but none of them had any effect.
Because she found that even though she didn't support Ren, he would continue to catch the doll with interest and didn't look desperate at all.
"Kamikawa, let's play somewhere else."
Fumino couldn't stand it anymore, so she took the initiative to persuade him.
"No, I'll help you catch that doll."
This was something he promised Fumino, and Ren couldn't give up just like that.
"Hmmm..."
Although she was touched by his perseverance for her sake, the problem was she didn't have any hope for Ren to catch the doll.
"In that case, good luck!"
Seeing his serious expression, Fumino hesitated for a long time, then uttered words of encouragement again.
"Yes."
After inserting the last game coin into the machine and not catching anything as before, Ren stood up and walked towards the front desk.
"I'll exchange the game currency. Wait for me here for a moment."
"Um."
Seeing him leaving, Fumino responded stiffly.
At this moment, she finally understood what he meant when he said that exchanging five boxes at once was for convenience.
Exchanging one box at a time was not enough for him to consume.
Moreover, since Ren had used so many boxes of game coins and still hadn't caught the doll, how could he dare to say that he was good at catching dolls?
So much so that she believed what he said.
Thinking about this, Fumino sighed deeply.
As she was thinking about how to persuade him to give up later, she suddenly thought of something very important.
It was the legend of the Game Center that she had heard Ichika tell for a long time.
A man once spent two hundred boxes to catch a doll.
She had long forgotten about it, and she could hardly remember it.
But after appreciating Ren's doll-catching skills, she involuntarily thought of a conjecture.
Was there a possibility that Ren was the legendary figure who spent two hundred boxes to catch that doll?
How could it be?
Ren couldn't be that foolish.
Just as Fumino was consoling herself like this, Ren also came after exchanging five boxes of game coins.
"By the way, Kamikawa, the last time you came to the Game Center to catch a doll, how many game coins did you spend to catch it?" Fumino asked hopefully.
"Fifty-five boxes."
Sitting back in front of the machine, Ren answered honestly.
Fumino: "..."
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