Chapter 6
The most expensive fish...
All eyes were silently drawn to the fish that was thrashing about on the table.
What they had seen and heard that night was so far beyond their imagination that they were completely at a loss for words.
Why did the Kamo family get a new head of household?
Why did this new head of the household specifically come to propose to Gojo Satoru?
How could a marriage proposal actually be half successful...?
And now... this Kamo family head, actually pulled out a live fish and gave it to Gojo Satoru on the spot!
Kamo Chokichi raised his hand to support his head, feeling as if his body was about to collapse and his vision was going black.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a special breed they kept in their pond – the Silver Pine Leaf Koi!
It is indeed expensive, but how could you just slap it on someone's dining table like that... not to mention that its value is less than one-fifth of the gift carried by the servant behind him!
If the Gojo family wants this kind of fish, they can buy as many as they want!
Maybe the fish swimming in the pond right now are the same species as this dying fish...
Kamo Chokichi really wanted to rush forward and take the fish back, then replace it with a carefully prepared gift from his people.
That's right. Even if he mistakenly thought that the purpose of coming to the Gojo family was to provoke them, he would never lose face for the Kamo main family over such a detail.
But at this moment, the one who pulled out that live fish was the devilish head of the family who would often treat people to rotten food and have them grow vegetables in the fields.
Kamo Chokichi could only swallow his anger and prepare himself mentally for the fate of the Kamo family being ridiculed by Gojo Satoru.
Unlike Gojo Satoru, Kazuma Hato did not experience the same confusion or self-doubt that led him to question whether there was something wrong with the gift he gave.
Before discovering the specific items that increase or decrease favorability, you can only give away everything you can in your inventory.
He hasn't been playing the game for very long, and his only haul so far is the fish he caught this afternoon—he deliberately kept it in his inventory without selling it, just in case it might have other uses.
Moreover, he genuinely believed that this fish was a perfect match for Gotama.
"I sat in the fishing spot for a very long time before I finally caught this one."
"It's not very valuable, but it's beautiful, and the color matches your hair. I'll give it to you."
As he said this, he gently pushed the fish towards the beautiful Daigo.
"So that's why you took the time to personally...fish it for me?"
After hearing Kazuma Hato's explanation, Gojo Satoru's confusion turned into disbelief.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the koi again—even though it was now in a half-dead, oxygen-deprived state, it was undeniable that it had been cultivated to be extremely beautiful.
Its entire body has a soft and delicate silvery-white luster, and the scales spread out along its back and two bellies, resembling exquisite silver pine needles, truly deserving of the reputation of "moving gems".
At this moment, the vibrant, life-giving silver-white hair that danced in his eyes was used by the newly appointed head of the Kamo family to praise his hair color.
He was praised.
It's not an overwhelming force that would be rejected, but simply a detail like hair, which is completely insignificant to others.
even……
"Is this a surprise gift prepared for me?"
Gojo Satoru raised his eyes and checked with Hatori Kazuma again.
"Um."
Kazuma Hatori affirmed, and after a brief pause, he gave the handsome Daigo a heads-up so that he could be mentally prepared in advance.
"I will send more in the future, not just fish."
He would send every gift that the system allowed him to send to Gojo Satoru.
After all, how would you know if you could increase someone's favorability if you didn't give them a gift?
Upon hearing this, Kamo Chokichi, who was standing behind him, felt so desperate that he wanted to commit seppuku on the spot.
For the dignified head of the Kamo family to present the head of the Gojo family with a fish caught from a pond as a gift after proposing to him is simply too insulting, shameful, and rude...
However, Gojo Satoru did not get angry on the spot as Kamo Chokichi had expected.
Even more so, the corners of his lips gradually turned up and curled up, revealing a rather happy and vivid expression to the newly appointed head of the Kamo family.
"So you spent time fishing it for me before you came here? No wonder it's still alive."
Gojo Satoru spoke with a smile, his tone light and lively.
"I've never received such a thoughtful gift before—well, this time you've done well. I'll try to raise it and see how it goes."
At the same time, a semi-transparent pop-up appeared in front of Kazuma Hatake.
[Gojo Satoru favorability +6].
It works!
Kazuma Hatori's dark eyes lit up immediately, "I'll catch ten more for you tomorrow..."
Shouldn't I instantly increase his favorability by 60?
Gojo Satoru: "...Hey, wait a minute, we don't need so many!"
The surprise gift I prepared made him quite happy, but why did this kid suddenly take advantage of the situation?
It seems that items that increase favorability cannot be given repeatedly to accumulate them.
Kazuma Hatori gave a regretful "Oh," and amidst the incredulous stares of everyone, he chose the nearest empty seat to Satoru Gojo.
This dining table space was specially reserved for them by the Gojo family after Kamo Chokichi called.
Compared to Kamo Chokichi's more than fifty meals of pickled radish and hard rice, the dinner prepared by the Gojo family was much more lavish; even though it was also a one-person-one-table system, it was filled with exquisite bowls and plates filled with various foods, clearly the work of a master chef and carefully prepared.
Kazuma Hatake tried taking a bite with his chopsticks and found that he could actually taste the flavor. The game even popped up a notification that his stamina had increased—but he hadn't fought a single battle since entering the game, so the increase was pointless.
It truly is a groundbreaking game; even the eating animation is incredibly realistic...
Luckily, he didn't eat the 1-gold meal at noon; it looked terrible.
As for Kamo Chokichi, who was sitting in the back, he was almost in tears.
Without comparison, there is no harm. After eating that shabby, tooth-gritty meal, a regular meal suddenly tasted delicious to him...
Gojo Satoru had someone quickly put the dying silver pine needle koi into the fish tank, while he propped his head up and looked at Hato Kazuma with a cheerful expression.
"How was it? Did you enjoy the food? Oh, right, I remember the Kamo family was supposed to be having their New Year's feast at noon today,"
He asked Yuqu Yizhen with a smile, his tone and wording quite casual, without the slightest airs of a family head.
Which chef do you think makes the food taste better?
Kamo Chokichi suddenly looked up.
But it was too late.
Kazuma Hatori naturally answered every question posed by the beautiful Daigo—who knows which one might be the key to increasing or decreasing favorability?
"Yours tastes better."
Kazuma Hatori was exceptionally honest, "Because I was the one who arranged the chef for the Kamo family's banquet."
Gojo Satoru asked curiously, "Hmm?" "That person's cooking wasn't good?"
The others sat in their respective seats, seemingly engrossed in enjoying their delicious food, but their ears were quickly and discreetly perked up.
Everything that happened tonight was so new and exciting, and it was all thanks to the new head of the Kamo family.
Although their head of the Gojo family also lent a hand.
"I can't really say whether it's good or bad, because I didn't eat it..."
Kazuma Hatori hesitated before speaking, "However, since it's just pickled radish, white rice, and miso soup, it probably won't taste very good."
He pondered for a moment, then turned to ask Kamo Chokichi, who was sitting to his left.
"Changji, you ate more than fifty bowls of each kind. Tell me, were they delicious?"
Kamo Nagakichi: "………………"
This devil, how dare he ask!
"...more than fifty bowls of pickled radish, white rice, and miso soup?"
Gojo Satoru's eyes widened. "Is the Kamo family going bankrupt?"
"To save money."
Kazuma Hatori's tone was unusually serious, "After all, it's my treat."
The main purpose is to save him money.
Kamo Chokichi covered his face in despair, feeling that the Kamo family could no longer face the world of jutsu.
He could even hear the Gojo family members sitting not far away, their comical sounds of trying to suppress laughter but unable to stop themselves from laughing.
However, Gojo Satoru doesn't know how to manage his facial expressions.
He was laughing so hard he almost died.
"You're absolutely right, we must save money!"
Gojo Satoru's tone was beaming with joy as he waved his hand.
"Isn't the Kamo family's garden a bit too small? How about I give you the Gojo family's garden too, and you can have them cultivate it and grow vegetables together?"
"Really? That's so nice?"
Kazuma Hatori's affection for the handsome Daigo suddenly surged, as if he could hear the clinking sound of gold coins arriving in his account.
Now, not only Kamo Chokichi, but also the Gojo family members are no longer laughing.
Who would turn this perfectly good clan land into cultivated vegetable gardens?
But they couldn't defeat Gojo Satoru, who was the head of the family.
At this dinner party, only Gojo Satoru and Hato Kazuma remained unharmed, achieving a world where...
The next day, the Kamo elders, their eyes filled with despair, stood in the Gojo family's courtyard on time, carrying hoes, looking at each other in bewilderment.
The elders of the Gojo family could hardly contain their shock. "You really obeyed, saying you'd come and grow vegetables? And you're doing it yourselves?!"
"Don't even mention it..."
Kamo Nokichi took a deep breath, but his body, which wanted to work, wouldn't obey him. He had to dig the ground while exchanging information with them.
"We can't refuse what the patriarch has arranged."
"It was such a terrifying being..."
The elder of the Gojo family could hardly believe it. "Could he be a sorcerer even more powerful than Gojo Satoru?"
“I don’t know,” Kamo Nokichi said. “From what we know so far, it seems to be a kind of mental coercive rule-based technique, and its power is terrifying… I heard that he came to propose to Gojo Satoru last night and succeeded?”
The elder of the Gojo family responded with a heavy sigh.
“You know, Naiji. We have no way to deal with Gojo Satoru. He is always capricious and willful.”
Kamo Nokichi also looked annoyed, and intermittently grimaced because of his back pain.
"What method should we use to get rid of this demon..."
At this moment, Kazuma Hato, whom they called "incredibly powerful," was trying to persuade Satoru Gojo to agree to team up with him to run a dungeon... no, to go on a quest.
"I want to go too."
"...Do you want to be flattened into a pancake by a near-level one cursed spirit right now?"
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