Chapter 22 Charm D "The cat is here, are you dissatisfied?"...

[Appearance - Magical Cat Maid (Permanent): Price: 52,000 Raccoon Coins]

[Appearance - You Are Also a Dragon (Permanent): Obtained by Points Lottery]

The beautiful skins with special abilities have stunning special effects. While cleaning, the player flipped through the dazzling array of items in the system mall with an expressionless face.

There are limited editions that can be won by points lottery, which can transform you into a dragon girl who can fly through the sky and rip griffins apart with his bare hands. Wearing them will greatly increase your physical attributes; there are also many that increase your charm value, such as cat girls, fox spirits, succubi, and angels, all of which have their own racial talents. Some can be purchased directly, while others require the probability of winning by using points obtained by offsetting, or are included in the rewards of accumulated recharge.

This damn krypton-scam game... It ties the card pool's delivery rate to NPC favorability. Isn't this just trying to get players to buy the various skins with special skills and increased charm points in the mall?

The NPCs are also very realistic. When faced with a Charm++ girl, they asked her to draw a single item, but when faced with a Charm D girl, they refused to even invite her to their home... What did Charm D do to you? Charm D just wants to be friends with you!

The poor and unattractive player clutched his wallet, counting his three hundred or so Raccoon Coins on his fingers, then looked at the skins that cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, and felt that the word "system scam" was written all over his head.

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Chaomu closed the page with a snap, and the tension dropped even lower. This kind of kryptonite game, once you top up those six dollars, you'll get a monthly card, battle pass upgrade pack, and you absolutely can't spend it! Anyone who spends is a fool! Raccoon Coins can be earned through hard work, and she can still do it!

She was sulking here, and Kenji Hagiwara naturally couldn't fail to notice it.

The change in her mood was quite sudden, so fast that he was a little confused - the last second, Chaomu was holding his trash can with a look of joy in her eyes, and the next second, her mood seemed to suddenly plummet.

Although her face still had the same expression as always, her eyes looked completely dead... The strange ears and tail that suddenly appeared today were all drooping in a very smart way, and she looked completely lifeless.

This obvious change of mood made Hagiwara Kenji pinch his chin and fall into deep thought for a moment.

Thinking about it, the turning point of her mood seemed to be when she was cleaning the trash can... Could it be that she was in a bad mood because the trash can in his bedroom was so dirty?! Or did she see something unacceptable... No, he came home hungover last night and went straight to bed. There shouldn't be anything in the trash can that is unpleasant for others to see...

If that wasn't the reason, what other triggers were there? Her housekeeping work didn't seem to be hindered by anything… but every now and then while sweeping the floor, she'd glance back at him or at Matsuda, who was reading, with a strange, inexplicable tinge of… resentment in her eyes?

Even though Hagiwara thought he had a relatively good understanding of girls' psychology, he still had no idea what Chaomu was thinking.

His gaze rested on her drooping ears. The girl being stared at suddenly turned around and her ears stood up.

She looked at him for two seconds, a hint of "as expected" revealed on her face, then she sighed, turned around and continued sweeping the floor.

As expected, Hagiwara-kun is still bewitched by virgin special forces...

Hagiwara: "…………?"

Why, why was she looking at him like that? Was it because he'd noticed her ears... That cold face of hers said, "You're really a cat ear addict. How disappointing!"

The young man with semi-long hair coughed dryly twice, then cautiously moved over to her side while holding a packet of biscuits he had opened for her. "Come to think of it, I was just about to ask, why did Xiao Chaomu dress like this today? Isn't it really inconvenient to wear high heels?"

When he'd met her before, she'd always been dressed quite simply, with a gray hoodie that looked welded to her body. He'd assumed she was the practical type, not too concerned with appearances. But seeing her in these outfits, complete with cat ears and tails, a maid outfit, and stilettos, he was quite surprised.

Add to that the cat and meow habit... although it's cute, but when you think about it, it's still strange that she suddenly becomes completely different from when we first met.

"I just asked this question, and someone said 'for a sense of ceremony,'" Matsuda said without looking up. "They also said that dressing this way can improve work efficiency."

"That's true, meow." Chaomu carried the bag and sorted the garbage into different categories. Her high heels made crisp sounds as she stepped on the ground. "Cat, this is to improve work efficiency and customer satisfaction."

If you think about it carefully, although Hagiwara-kun was quite friendly to her before, his favorability shouldn't have increased so quickly due to the influence of Charm D; and today, Matsuda, who was friendly on their first meeting and allowed her to draw SR, has his favorability increased so quickly, which is definitely more than 80% due to the charm improvement of the cat girl maid skin and the virgin special attack.

...It's a pity that she didn't get any permanent bonuses from eating mushrooms this time, otherwise it would at least increase her charm a little...

As she thought about it, the player's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she stomped her heels on the ground fiercely: "I really need to work harder to dig through the trash cans and grow strange mushrooms! Eat ten of them a day, and she won't believe she won't randomly gain a Charm-boosting state!"

She was still struggling with her attributes, and when Hagiwara heard the reason for her maid outfit, he felt helpless and thought, "As expected."

"Customers who give positive reviews for something like this shouldn't be on your customer list at all..." He pinched his brows and said as tactfully as possible, "I understand Xiao Chaomu's desire to quickly get orders and make money, but if they give a bad review just because you're not wearing a maid outfit, then they're a high-risk customer themselves, and they're not targeting your business capabilities..."

Anyone who specifically orders a cat maid to come and clean their house must be a geek or a middle-aged man with ulterior motives, right? It's too dangerous to do housework in someone like that...

"But Hagiwara-kun and Matsuda-kun also like cat ears, right?" Chaomu finished collecting the garbage bag, wiped his hands, stood in front of them, and flicked his tail. "They've been staring at cats. Especially Matsuda-kun, this morning... meow."

Hagiwara choked and started coughing. After hearing what happened next, his curious eyes immediately turned to Youjunran.

Matsuda Jinpei couldn't stand it any longer and covered her mouth, his ears flushed red. "That's normal for men when they wake up in the morning... Stop talking nonsense, you idiot! Who, who is obsessed with fur? How could I like it..."

The short-haired girl tilted her head, letting him cover her mouth. Her ears didn't tilt back in displeasure, but instead stood up. Her golden eyes looked at him calmly, as if to say, "The cat is here, and you're not satisfied?"

Matsuda Jinpei couldn't utter a word for a long time, so he had to let go of her hand and said seriously: "Anyway, I won't deduct your salary just because you don't wear a maid outfit - Hagi won't do it either, got it? Next time you go to someone else's house to do housework, don't dress like this. If anyone asks you to wear a maid outfit, call the police, call me or Hagi directly..."

Chaomu wanted to come wearing a maid outfit - but this outfit is limited to 24 hours and will be gone when it is refreshed tomorrow.

Facing Matsuda who was trying to prove that he was not obsessed with cat ears, she nodded and said soothingly: "The cat knows, meow."

If she gets anything else from eating mushrooms, it might even be the Dragon Lady... But if she does, she'll immediately go to the Kurosawa Formation. She refuses to believe that there's no chance of a skill book dropping from a boss fight. Going out of her way to gain favor with an annoying NPC is impossible; Tata Kai is the player's destiny!

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, apart from buying appearances, Chaomu actually has channels to improve his charm.

She then looked at "How to Become the Face of the Police Force" in the Hagiwara card pool and "Three Sentences to Make a Rich Woman Spend a Million Dollars on Me" in the Shiji card pool. Both of these SSR skill books looked like they would increase Charm. So far, her relationships with Hagiwara and Shiji were pretty good. If she continued to work hard, she should be able to get them sooner or later.

"You don't have to force yourself to maintain your habit..." Although he thought it was cute that she was so serious about pretending to have it, Hagiwara Kenji still hoped that she wouldn't have to do things she didn't want to do just to "please" someone. "Just be yourself, Asamura-chan, and don't force yourself to be a certain way, okay?"

"Then don't be too self-indulgent," Matsuda added quickly, "At least climbing through windows without protection is strictly prohibited!"

Although they are both virgins who love cat ears, these two police NPCs are really nice.

"Okay, meow." Chaomu wagged his tail and said seriously, "But since we're the cats today, we have to keep it up until the end, meow—after all, Hagiwara-kun and Matsuda-kun aren't bad guys, meow."

Moreover, this habit of speaking is inherent in her appearance, and she cannot change it even if she wants to. As soon as she opens her mouth, she wants to meow... Even the urge to climb the window is stronger than usual.

The air conditioner in Hagiwara's house looks easy to climb... I kind of want to climb up it.

Matsuda naturally had no idea what she was thinking.

Although he was given the nice guy card, he finally felt relieved a little when he saw that she was obedient and honest, as if she really didn't force herself.

"Whatever you want... Anyway, I won't pay you more even if you insist on pretending to be a cat." The curly-haired young man had just checked the housekeeping hourly rate, taking into account her efficiency and the allowance. He and Hagiwara handed her today's paycheck and said, "Anyway, thank you for your hard work today."

"My portion is here," Hagiwara Kenji said, his eyebrows slightly curved. "The remaining portion will be supplemented by lunch. Since Asami helped take care of the most difficult windows, you can order whatever you want from the staff meal today."

Congratulations to the player for completing 2 daily tasks. Earned Housekeeping Skill Level ++, Experience ++, and Raccoon Coins +20.

The Japanese yen paid by the NPC was in cash. Chaomu weighed the heavy wallet, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes: he could use this money to buy some books at the bookstore and keep them at home, so that he could use his free time to improve his skill levels.

"Next time you need housekeeping, please be sure to call me." Her tail was pointed upward, wagging from side to side. "You don't have to treat me to a meal or pay meow. Hagiwara-kun can pay with his driving skills, meow, and Matsuda-kun can teach me some tricks. I want to learn everything, meow."

She had been narrowing her path by always staring at the skill books in the card pool - since reading books and tutorials can improve skill levels, why can't she learn from others?

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The author has something to say: When I wrote about the six-yuan gift pack, all I could think about was "How can I not spend money on this?"

It’s not certain whether you will spend 520 yuan or not, but I will definitely spend 6 yuan (look away)

I really want Raccoon to spend some real money on a six-dollar mount... Wouldn't it be super cool to have a transformable flying motorcycle in the gift pack? Honey, just spend some real money!